Louisiana House Seeks 400000 Annual Tick Eradication Funds
J Frank Ard introduces a 400000 yearly appropriation from the general fund for 1931 and 1932 to start a statewide tick eradication program under the Louisiana live stock sanitary board. The plan, approved by the senate, partners with the U S bureau of animal industry, operates in zones, and aims to free one third to one half of the state from quarantine with state and federal support.
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Associated Press
Baton Rouge
Ginsberg-Peltier
House
J. Frank Ard
Lafayette
General Fund
Louisiana Livestock Sanitary Board
Senate
George C. Everett
B. B. Jones
U. S. Bureau of Animal Industry
Federal Department
Louisianans Earn Degrees at Miss A and M College
At Mississippi A and M College in Mississippi, 215 graduates received degrees after an address by L A Downs of Chicago, head of the Illinois Central railroad. Delphus Yelverton of Mize won the campus Sevens trophy for fearless service, and William Pappenheimer of Meridian earned the student body athletic trophy. Other degree recipients included W T Burt Jr of Crowley and T W Crawford of Mangham in Louisiana.
Four Suspects Held In Nesbit Bank Robbery
Four suspects in the 3500 bank robbery of Nesbit Mississippi were jailed in Memphis while police seek a fifth accomplice. Lee Hoffma and his wife Bertha Hoffma along with Jack League and Aubrey Williams were held for questioning after being captured near Bungalow City and in Memphis.
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Memphis
Tenn
Bank of Nesbit
Miss
Lee Hoffma
Bungalow City
Here
Bertha Hoffman
Jack League
Aubrey Williams
Hoffman
Weather advisory warns southeast storm offshore coast
The weather bureau issued advisory 9:30 a m detailing a southeast storm from Sandy Hook to Boston. A disturbance over central Pennsylvania moves northwest with high pressure over Canadian provinces causing strong southeast winds reaching gale force off the coast this afternoon and tonight.
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Associated Press
Washington
Weather Bureau
Sandy Hook
Boston
Pennsylvania
Canadian Maritime Provinces
Kruschen Salts Diet Plan Promises Weight Loss
An old advertisement touts Kruschen Salts as a daily morning remedy to shed fat and boost vitality. It claims the tonic cleanses poisons and acids, tones the stomach liver kidneys and bowels, and leads to clearer skin and a livelier figure with a four week supply for 50 cents.
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Collens Pharmacy
Montana
Flood relief bills flood Louisiana legislature
Baton Rouge June 10 97 new proposals in the House and 30 in the Senate marked opening of the legislature’s fifth week as flood relief and other measures flood the hopper. The Williams flood aid bill targets seed for farmers in Avoyelles Bossier Caddo Concordia Grant Natchitoches Rapides Red River and Winn parishes. The Redmond bill raises sheriff salaries 40 percent. Senate action also includes an abolition bill for the Shreveport criminal identification bureau and a call for biennial penitentiary reports.
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Associated Press
Baton Rouge
House
Senate
Redmond
Oser
North
Louisiana
L. L. Williams
Orleans
Ard
Lafayette
Red River Valley
Wimberly
Bienville
Frymire, Sere and Williams
Huey P. Long
New Orleans
The
Highway Commission
Schwing
Iberville
Shreveport
Williams
Avoyelles
Bossier
Caddo
Concordia
Grant
Natchitoches
Rapides
Red River
Winn Parishes
State Department of Agriculture
Larcade Highway Commission
Flood Sufferers Counted as Thousands in Eight Louisiana Parishes
Miss June Lonas of the Red Cross says flood relief funds are under raised with 40 000 to 50 000 needed and only a third raised. She lists parish losses Grant 600 Natchitoches 700 Red River 700 De Soto 160 Rapides 400 Caddo Bossier 160 Winn 40, totaling nearly 14 000 people. She will move to Natchitoches parish to aid.
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June Lonas
Red Cross
Monroe
Louisiana
Miss Lonas
Grant Parish
Natchitoches Parish
Red River Parish
de Soto Parish
Rapides Parish
Caddo-Bossier
Winn Parish
National Red Cross
Two Government Departments In SOS Call Probe
Washington reports show the commerce and navy departments conducting parallel probes into the elusive SOS signal that cut Senator Reed's radio speech by 26 minutes. NBC officials deny involvement and note two New York NBC stations ceased after WOR Newark signed off, following navy orders.
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SOS Call
Washington
Commerce and Navy Departments
James A. Reed
Radio Trust
Missouri
Sedalia
National Broadcasting Company
New York
H. Aylesworth
NBC
Radio Corporation of America
Radio Marine Corporation
Reed
Aylesworth
Navy
WOR
Newark
N. J
Weaver Preaches Prodigal Son Sermon at Swartz Revival
A sizable assembly heard Rev. M. E. Weaver unfold The Prodigal Son from Luke 15 18. The sermon traced the prodigal’s departure return and reception with Mr. Smith leading music. Services continue nightly with a 7 pm prayer service and 8 pm preaching.
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Swartz
M. E. Weaver
Mr. Smith
New York Chief Justice Links Childless Homes to Divorce
Justice Harry E. Lewis of the state supreme court asserts childless homes are the principal cause of divorce in Brooklyn. In nine of ten cases the woman asks no alimony.
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New York
Harry E. Lewis
State Supreme Court
Brooklyn
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Nesbit
United Press
Associated Press Photo
Walter Louis Reichardt
University of Pennsylvania
American Academy In
Rome
Frymire
Ellender
Terre Bonne
Southern Bell System
Southern Bell
Telegraph Company
Oh P
Rex Flintrote
H. R. Hayes Lumber Co
Jim Reed
Missourian
RCA
Charles H. Hess
Tuckerton
Hess
U. S. Naval Communications Service
Commerce Department
Atlantic Seaboard
Federal Radio Commission
Radio Divi
Sion
Weaver
the Prodigal Son
Back Yard
MSA Lay en laure else _ Educational
Dad
Mother
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