Hard Fight Anticipated in La House
Baton Rouge June 11 Associated Press The 1928 Louisiana session braces for a crowded hopper as members rush measures before tomorrow’s closing date. Key bills include Severance tax tobacco tax repeal road building warrants and parish gas and kerosene taxes. Gov Huey P Long seeks the severance tax to fund free textbooks while opponents call the tax class legislation amid gas oil industry objections.
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Associated Press
Baton Rouge
House
Senate
Treasury
Huey P. Long
J. E. McClanahan
Caldwell
McClanahan
Governor Seeks Stricter Discipline At State University
Baton Rouge notes report from Associated Press on measures to tighten discipline at the university. Acting President Thom Atkinson and the executive committee will implement reforms across multiple buildings and a two to four year curriculum plan. The board authorized graduation for 221 students and asked Governor Huey P. Long to present the degrees.
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Associated Press
Baton Rouge
Louis
Thom Atkinson
sGernor Huey P. Long
Italia's 18 Men Struggle to Reach Land in Arctic
General Umberto Nobile leads a six man party from the pack ice off Northeast land toward shore. Two are injured and one of the original stranded crew is reported lost after the gondola broke free. The report comes from Citta di Milano as of June 11 at Kings Bay Spitzbergen.
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Kings Bay
Spitzbergen
Umberto Nobile
Citta di Milano
Mexico's Lindbergh Heads to Washington in Nonstop Flight
The report notes Mexico's aviator Lindbergh-like heroism as he flies non stop from Mexico City to Washington arriving at 8 10 a m aboard a Mexican built army plane. The feat marks the greatest Mexican aviation achievement to date and echoes similar carrier flights by Carranza.
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Associated Press
Mexico
City
Carranza
Vals
Washington
Vinibareh
Mexico City
Juares
Paso
Texas
City-Juarez
Kee Zit
Hooverites discuss running mate as 1932 bid advances
Kansas City dispatch says Commerce Secretary Hoover gains support and eyes a vice presidential candidate. Midwest players debate if the choice should avoid the farm belt and consider candidates from the Dakotas Minnesota Nebraska Kansas Missouri Illinois or beyond the Alleghenies and Rockies. Prominent names include Deneen Allen McKelvie and others.
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Hoover
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Minnesota
Nebraska
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Missouri
Illinois
Alleghenies
Rockies
Nanking Council Seeks Immediate Withdrawal of Foreign Troops
The Nanking government council issued a manifesto to treaty powers demanding immediate withdrawal of foreign troops from China. It cites mutual suspicion caused by foreign forces and argues treaties block deconstriction, urging immediate treaty revision to allow Nationalists to interior China.
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Associated Press
Shanghai
Nanking
China
Packing Em In at K C as McIntyre Checks Conventions
Kansas City welcomes visitors with a festive scene captioned by McIntyre. The convention reporter notes banners, crowds, parades and a lively city atmosphere, mentioning Will Rogers and Sam Blythe nearby, and a playful, anecdotal tone about local life and press routines.
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Broadway
Madison Square Garden
Muehlebach
Struss
Will Rogers
Sam Blythe
Charlie Driscoll
New York
McIntyre to Wire Daily Dispatches from Kansas City and Houston
The News Star announces famed writer LJ Q O McIntyre will send daily wire articles from the Kansas City and Houston conventions. Readers are urged to subscribe and place orders for the News Star daily edition to receive his reflects on the events.
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LJ Q O. O. McIntyre
News-Star
Kansas City
Houston
Hambone Meditations by J P Alley
A fragmentary notice references Hambones Meditations by J P Alley with dialect title text noting No t Bite yet a scowling cowed warning about taking one’s britches. The readable portion includes a rugged rustic tone and street language.
Silence of Cal Puzzle to Leaders in Convention Plot
Republican leaders seek word from President Coolidge as the convention nears. anxious to gauge if he will reverse last August stance not to run and respect December statement, while factions press for contact through Secretary Mellon amid prevailing uncertainty.
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North Woods
Republican National Committee
Mellon
Lock's Dream of Black Gold May Come True
Special to The News-Star Bastrop La June 11 The long oil search begun in 1916 with Louis Lock's Spyker Morehouse parish gas well may end in Meyers No 1 in 15-22-7 east Morehouse parish The Texas Oil company now works easing Meyers well at about 3000 feet with 315 leases totaling about 171508 dollars Nine drilling locations exist nearby and another well spudded two miles north in Huff plantation Pending further wells in Bonne Adee east of the area.
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News-Star
Bastrop
Louis Lock
Spyker
Morehouse Parish
Meyers
Texas Company
Meyers Well
Huff Plantation
Bonne: Adee
Compromise Candidate Seen in Solon Curtis
In Kansas City June 11 Associated Press reports Hoover forces push for a first ballot nomination as Mellon and his Pennsylvanians hold key 79 votes. The Pennsylvania delegation arrives by special trains for the convention while Mellon declines to name his support, signaling ongoing preconvention maneuvering.
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Kansas City
Andy Mellon
Pennsylvania
Herbert Hoover
Charles Curtis
Kangas
Curtis
Hoover
Mellon
Mr. Mellon
Coolidge
Wreck Victims Crowd Hospitals at Oxford Mississippi
A motor car wreck near Oxford Mississippi last night injured 29 people, five seriously, with one not expected to live. The Binots Central No 34 carriage carrying University of Mississippi students plunged through a washed out trestle and overturned in 15 feet of water. Librarian Miss Alice Mayes suffered internal injuries.
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Associated Press
Oxford
Miss
Binots Central
University of Mississippi
Alice Mayes
The
Univers “‘Y
Passenger dies in car fall near Opelousas
Mrs Henry Ethel Christ aged 17 was killed when she fell from the back seat of a car in Opelousas Louisiana last night. The vehicle was driven by Leo Gay who had his wife and several other persons as passengers.
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Associated Preats
Opelousas
Henry Ethel Christ
Leo Gay
Mins Christ
Youth Hurt Prank at Riverside Dance Injures Boy
Frank Breece Jr a 15 year old sustained a broken right arm a broken nose and skull fracture after slipping from an iron pipe and a rose trellis at the home of P M Atkins on Riverside Saturday night He is in Riverside sanitarium in fairly comfortable condition though the accident caused alarm The incident occurred during a dancing party at Mr and Mrs F M Atkins residence as boys and girls mingled outside for a prank.
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P. M. Atkins
Riverside
Frank Breece, Jr
Riverside Sanitarium
Young Breece
F. M. Atkins
Breece
Hoover Keeps Hand on the Pulse of Kansas City
Washington June reports: Secretary Hoover directs his campaign for the presidential nomination from Kansas City headquarters. A radio and telephone setup keeps him in direct contact with his forces as he pursues party support.
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Kansas City
Washington
Ibbert Hoover
Merce
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Hoover Kansas City
First Steps Taken to Form Building Committee
A representative committee from various occupations in Monroe city was appointed this morning to form a municipal building department. Arnold Bernstein heads the effort as the group begins its initial organization.
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Municipal
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