Magnet-equipped truck clears Ouachita highways of road trash
B E Erskas of the highway commission uses a magnetized truck in Ouachita parish to remove nails scrap and metal from gravel roads. The magnets reach beneath the surface and have pulled out steel bars several feet long while stopping a vehicle over a railroad track with power on. The effort aims to cut tire trouble for motorists by clearing road hazards.
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B. E. Erskas
Highway Commission
Ouachita Parish
Erskins
Blooded Cow of Henderson Herd Sets State Butterfat Records
Two purebred Jersey cows win state championships in their age classes after a 65 day test. Golden Fern's Devotion owned by A H Henderson Ruston earns Jersey prize for cows over five years old with 697.27 pounds butterfat and 12 296 pounds milk. Pogis Gert of Iberia, two year old champion, records 613.10 pounds butterfat and 11 234 pounds milk tested by the bureau of dairying at Jeanerette.
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Associated Press
Baton Rouge
Jersey
Ding
American Cattle Club
Golden Fern
A. H. Henderson
Ruston
Pogis’ Gert
Iberia
Bureau of Dairying
Jeanerette
Three Men Arrested on Prohi Charge After Early Arrest
Three men E T Wooton O C Grigsby and E G Ned McInais were arrested at 1 a m today for drunkenness and possessing whiskey. Wooton faced an additional driving while intoxicated charge. Their Mississippi registered car was stored and about four ounces of whiskey seized. Grigsby and McInnis bonds set at 100 dollars each Wooton at 175. Sergeants J D Busby and W W Cummings made the arrests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. T. Wooton
O. C. Grigsby
E. G
Ned) McInais
Wooton
Grigsby
McInnis
Monroe Furniture Co. Ltd. FiFa marshal sale notice
Marshal's sale in Monroe Louisiana to satisfy a writ of FiFa against Elisha Randel. Property seized includes a New Home Machine and will be sold at the City Hall front door in Monroe on Saturday June 15 1929 at public auction. Cash terms to highest bidder. City Marshal notice dated June 4 1929.
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Monroe Furniture Co. Ltd
Elisha Randel
City of Monroe
State of Louisiana
Parish of Ouachita
Monroe
Louisiana
New Home Machine
Fifa
M. Brothers
Marshall's Sale in Monroe Louisiana 1929
City Marshal 3 M Brothers to sell at the front door of the City Hall Monroe Louisiana on June 15 1922 at legal hours merchandise furniture and fixtures from J P Bonar Jr building South Fifth Street described in inventory to satisfy writ of fi fa with cash to the last and highest bidder.
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Monroe
Louisiana
J. P Bonar, I Jr
South Fifth Street
God
Will Ee Pele
M. Brothers
City Court Sale Notice in Ouachita Parish Louisiana
Public sale directed by City Court of Monroe Ouachita Parish Louisiana on Saturday June 15 1928 at front doors of the hall in Monroe to satisfy writ with sale to last and highest bidder. Property described as fenced lot between Eleventh and Searle Avenue used by colored ball park.
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M. L. Morris
Fete Towns
City of
Monroe
State of Louisiana
Parish of
Ouachita
Honoratia
Ba Penge
State of Ana
Dave
Louisiana
Searle Avenue
Franciscan Sisters Thank Public for Aid at Annex Opening
The Franciscan Sisters of St. Francis sanitarium thank their many friends for courtesies at the opening of the new sanitarium annex and the nurses training school commencement. Both events were highly successful thanks to public cooperation and thoughtfulness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Franciscan Sisters of
St. Francis Sanitarium
Organize Man Power for Cow Census June 18
Special to The News Star Ruston June 8 A preliminary organization of the man power to take the dairy cow census for Lincoln parish June 13 was held at the chamber of commerce rooms attended by over fifty farmers. Ward captains were named for eight wards with two enumerators per ward to complete the census in one day. The overall project for four parishes requires not less than 450 men for June 18.
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Star
Ruston
Lincoln Parish
Chamber of Commerce
W. E. McBride
Frank Price
Will Tomlinson
C. J. Dring
Joe
S. Henry
Floyd Phillips
Simsboro
James H. Frazier
Chaudrant
W. F E. Hammons
R. T. Henry
Dubach
Lincoln
Bienville
Union
Jackson
Wright Leaves for Kentucky College for Year Study
Miss Bernice Wright secretary of the Ouachita Parish Tuberculosis and Public Health association has secured a year's leave and will depart tonight for Bowling Green Kentucky to take a commercial course. She will be accompanied as far as Nashville by Miss Katherine Livandals, a Barkdull Faulk teacher, who will study at Peabody College this summer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bernice Wright
Ouachita Parish
FTC to Open Final Phase of Alcoa Antitrust Hearings
The Federal Trade Commission announced that on June 13 the final phase of hearings will begin in its antitrust case against Aluminum Company of America. Rebuttal testimony will be presented by the commission at the June 13 session.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Washington
Federal Trade Commission Today
Aluminum Company of America
Commission
Congress in session amid farm relief and reapportionment talks
The House considers pre vacation program while the Senate takes up a compromise farm relief bill and a census reapportionment conference is set. Other actions include a constitutional amendment to end lame duck sessions and confirmations and probes involving nominations and land banks.
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Senate
Joint Conference Committee
House
Congress
Joseph P. Cotton
New York
Reed
King
Utah
T. P. Magruder
Heflin
Alabama
Alfred E. Smith
McKellar
Tennessee
Cramton
Michigan
de Priest
Illinois
Senate Democrats
Robinson
Arkansas
Louisiana Special to Sell State Plans Unveiled
Herbert Bayliss of the Louisiana State Chamber of Commerce outlined the first annual Louisiana Special train trip from July 6 to 25. The 7300 mile, 19 day journey visits 44 cities in 14 states, with seven Pullman cars serving major Louisiana cities. An exhibition car will showcase state products to promote Louisiana’s natural advantages.
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Louisiana
Northwest
Herbert Bayliss
Louisiana State Chamber of Commerce
Vancouver
British Columbia
New Orleans
Baton Rouge
Opelousas
Alexandria
Lake Charles
Monroe
Shreveport
Little Rock
Missouri Pacific
Long supporters fight attempt to halt recall action
In New Orleans on June 8, lawyers filed for a writ of mandamus in the Louisiana supreme court to dissolve an injunction that blocked a recall petition against Rep. Sylvest of Washington parish. The filing by registrar R. H. Spring and local recall leaders aims to allow petition certification to the secretary of state.
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New Orleans
Sylvest
Washington Parish
Long Partisans
Louisiana Supreme Court
R. H. Spring
Parish
Secretary of State
Carter
District Court
Supreme Court
Grayson Man Wins Caldwell Parish Road Contract
The Louisiana highway commission awarded W. O. McKeithen of Grayson the contract to build 4.85 miles of gravel roadway on the Columbia-Chatham highway in Caldwell parish. His bid was the lowest at $32,414.38 among 19 projects opened May 28 by the commission.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baton Rouge
Louisiana Highway Commission
W. O. McKeithen
Grayson
Columbia-Chatham Highway
Caldwell Parish
Cake Gifts Lauded at 25th Anniversary
A large quantity of cake was sent to the Louisiana Training Institute and to the Louisiana Baptist Children's Home by the People's Homestead & Savings association to mark its twenty fifth anniversary. Management of the two institutions expresses hearty thanks via the News-Star.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louisiana Training Institute
Louisiana Baptist Children’s Home
People’s Homestead & Savings Association
News-Star
City Judge Fines Man for Carrying Concealed Weapon
City Judge W. M. Harper yesterday afternoon fined Sam Perry 150 for carrying a concealed weapon. In default of the fee the defendant must serve 150 days. In the state court 100 and costs were imposed with 99 suspended. Perry is described as a gas field worker.
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W. M. Harper
Sam Perry
Perry
Insect powder sparks grave misgiving in Tit Bits
A short quoted exchange from Tit Bits hints at danger and dark humor about insect powder and a possible self harm joke. The fragment suggests a curious scene at a reader era publication and a stark question about death by one’s own action.
Monkey Catcher Sought as Two Monkeys Run Wild in New Orleans
In New Orleans on June 8 a monkey catcher is needed to recover Jack and Jill two pet monkeys of Dr William Cain who escaped their cages and roam the trees near St Charles and Washington avenues. Their baby Babette cries after being deserted while the owner worries over the family.
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Ly Associated Press
New Orleans
Jack
Jill
William Cain
St. Charles
Washington Avenues
Dr. Cain
Exploring With Plane Planned by MacMillan
Commander Donald B. MacMillan plans an Arctic aerial expedition this summer with 11 men aboard the Bowdoin. The voyage from Wiscasset, Maine, June 22 will use a tri motored cabin airplane as a mother ship to survey Labrador and Baffin’s Land, aiming to finish within three months and return to the United States in September.
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Associated Press
Boston
Arctic Circle
Donald B. MacMillan
MacMillan
Arctic
Bowdoin
Wiscasset
Labrador
Baffin
United States
British Postmen Tire of Snobbish Addresses
STROKE-TRENT England June 8 The British postman grows tired of long addresses on letters. He prefers simple numbers and has begun ignoring elaborate names like John Willington-Jones esq Excalibur Anvil Court Hanging Sword Lane Round Circle Stoke-on-Trent Staffordshire England.
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Associated Press
Trent
England
John Willington-Jones
Excalibur
Anvil Court
Hanging Sword Lane
Round Circle
Stoke-on Trent
Staffordshire
Eng
Jackson heads river commission inspection to Vicksburg
Brigadier General Thomas H. Jackson president of the Mississippi River Commission leaves by steamer for flood control works as far south as Vicksburg, Miss. He travels with Lieut. Col. F. W. Wilby and Major L. B. Chambers of the Memphis district.
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Associated Press
Louis
Thomas H. Jackson
Mississippi River Commission
Vicksburg
Miss
F. W. Wilby
L. B. Chambers
Memphis
New Cup Offered for Kiel Regatta
Kiel reports a memorial cup donated by the North German Yachting Club for the Kiel regatta starting June 22. The coast cutter class cup honors Prince Henry of Prussia, former Kaiser’s brother and longtime honorary member. It must be won twice to become the winner's property.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kiel
North German Yachting Club
Prince Henry of Prussia
Nearly Blind Texas cattleman plants turf dream at Arlington
Texas pioneer Thomas Waggoner, long nearly blind, saw Panchio finish third in the Kentucky Derby. His Three-D stables at Arlington take their name from cattle brands, and the Arlington track grandstand cost over a million dollars to build. The Derby placing gave Texas early national notice as a breeding ground for racehorses.
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Dallas
Texas
Thomas Waggoner
Panchio
Cowman
Paul
Waggoner
Arlington
Arlington Track
Pension applications await state board review
Fifty five pension applications will be considered by the state board of pension commissioners at its quarterly meeting next Tuesday. The cases are from Confederate veterans and widows, including some previously rejected applications now up for reconsideration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baton Rouge
State Board of Pension Commissioners
W. M. Stirling
Children Plan Voyage Alone to England on Olympic
The two young children of Mr. and Mrs. A. Roland Tree sailed solo across the Atlantic on the Olympic after their parents missed the midnight departure to attend a theatre. The parents pursued the liner by tug to catch up at the harbor. Mr. Tree is a nephew of Lady Beatty and Mrs. Tree a niece of Lady Astor. they travel from a Virginia estate to their English home.
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New York
A. Roland Tree
Mr. Tree
Lady Beatty
Claude Gill to be sent to Caddo for theft arraignment
Claude Gill aged 19 was turned over to U S Marshal R A Gehringer to be moved to Shreveport for arraignment on stealing an automobile. He and two younger Monroe boys were arrested in Texas after crashing the stolen car in a ditch. Gill plans to plead guilty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Claude Gill
R. A. Gehringer
U. S
Shreveport
Gill
Monroe
Texas
Fairfax veteran of World War II dies. body held for relatives
Not much is known about Fairfax's relatives. A native of Fairfax Virginia he lived formerly in Washington DC where he worked at Walter Reed hospital. He met his English wife in Washington. They had no children. He came here four years ago and worked at the Ellis and Butler laboratory. He was a World War veteran and recently took the IRGC officers reserve corps exam. The body is held at a local morgue pending relatives' word.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fairfax
Washington
Washington, D. C
Walter Reed Hospital
Ellis and Butler Laboratory
Officers Reserve Corps
Loray mill clash leaves patrolmen wounded in mass pickup
Police say guards at a strikers camp fired only when a guard’s gun discharged accidentally during a confrontation near the Loray mill. Patrolmen H. C. Jackson, Tom Gilbert, Charles Ferguson were wounded as officers faced a group of strikers and sympathizers en route to the mill. Joseph Harrison, a Pas saic N J union organizer, was also struck and held at the hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tom Gilbert
Charles Ferguson
Joseph Harrison
Passaic
N. J
National Textile Workers Union
Harrison
Aderholt
H. C. Jackson
Loray Mill
George W. Carter
Mizpah, N. J
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