Louisiana Travelers Association Elects Stanley Reid President
Stanley Reid of Monroe was elected president of the Louisiana Travelers' association at its annual convention in Lake Charles. Other officers include Frank Burton Alexandria first vice president and A P Kraemer New Orleans second vice president. Lake Charles named next convention city with bids from Alexandria Baton Rouge and New Orleans.
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Stanley Reid
Monroe
Louisiana Travelers’ Association
Hotel
Virginia
Reid
Frank Burton
Alexandria
A. P. Kraemer
New Orleans
L. H. Deeves
J. H. Eschener
Marcy Labry
W. D. Arroyo
Arroyo
John C. Roth
Lake Charles
Baton Rouge
Thomas F. Jett
First Christian Church
Jett
William M. Edge
Jefferson Island
W. S. Gardiner
Gordon Hotel
Lafayette
Gardiner
State Commission Endorses Ferry Rate Abolition Report
Louisiana public service commission endorsed the Taylor Koebel report urging abolition of river crossing charges by railroads. The charges reach six cents per hundred pounds at New Orleans Baton Rouge and Vicksburg with potential growth in shipping from Mississippi crossing points south of Memphis if the Interstate Commerce Commission adopts the proposal. The crossing fee stands six cents below and four cents at Memphis, and none north of Memphis.
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Baton Rouge
Louisiana Public Service Commission
Inter- State Commission
Taylor and Koebel
New Orleans
Vicksburg
Miss
Mississippi
Memphis
Tenn
Interstate Commerce Commission
Taylor-Koebel
Tennessee City
Muggy McGee swaps up to town sedan in Monroe
West Monroe fireman George Muggy McGee turned a run down coupe into a town sedan through a series of three swaps aided by cash owed him. The sedan has a self starter an anti theft device and fair upholstery. Also notes on Tonnie Harris a young newspaper boy turned clerk and other city snippets.
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George
McGee
West Monroe
National Guard
Leon Wood
Famed Aviator Plans Extensive Ocean Flight
Lieutenant Robert S. Fogg, famed for storm flights to Greenly and Horse Islands, reveals eight months of secret prep for a possible first roundtrip Atlantic crossing by airplane. He aims to film Greenland ice cap and Iceland volcanoes, with a route New York to London via Sydney Nova Scotia Hopedale Labrador Julianhaab Angmagsalik Greenland Reykjavik and Inverness. The Danish government granted permission. longest leg 810 miles land and 650 miles sea.
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Concord
N. H
Robert S. Fogg
Greenly Island
Horse Island
Vermont
Atlantic
Fogg
Lake Winnepesaukee
Greenland
Iceland
Europe
New York
London
Sydney
N. S
Hopedale
Labrador
Julianhaab
Angmagsalik
Reykjavik
Hornafjord
Inverness
Scotland
Repeal rumpus sharpens GOP split in Chicago
Mississippi delegation head Lamont Rowlands files appeal against the national committee seat decision favoring Perry Howard. Rowlands predicts seating after full facts are presented. In Chicago the convention battles over repeal and a possible shift in leadership intensify as organized vets press repeal and drys resist.
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Chicago
Mississippi
Lamont Rowlands
Picayune
National Committee
Perry Howard
Rowlands
Curtis
Pres
Taxpayers to ride special train to Baton Rouge Tuesday
Arrangements completed for a chartered train carrying Twin Cities and other taxpayers to the state capital. The train leaves Missouri Pacific depot at 5 a.m. Tuesday with stops at Columbia Clarks Olla and Alexandria. Round trip tickets are eight dollars. Parish residents urged to join the protest crusade in Baton Rouge.
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Twin Cities
Baton Rouge
George O. Breece
Missouri Pacific
Columbia
Clarks
Olla
Alexandria
Breece
Young Franklin Parish Woman Ends Life at Home
Jewel Ingram, 24, of Franklin parish, believed to have suffered mental depression, died after self administering poison at her home in Winnsboro. Dr. King ruled death as suicide due to low spirits. she was a LSU Normal graduate and former high school instructor. Funeral held at family residence. the Ingram family has long been established in the parish.
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Winnsboro
Jewel Ingram
Franklin Parish
J. M. Ingram
R. FP. King
Franklin
Miss Ingram
Louisiana State Normal
Ingram
Frank A. Johnson Dies Suddenly in Monroe Hotel
Frank A. Johnson a 29 year old traveling salesman for the Jefferson Island Salt Co and member of the Louisiana Travelers Association was found dead from heart failure in his Monroe hotel room at 6 this morning. He attended the organization’s annual convention and ball last night and had been in good health. The coroner investigated after President William Edge of the association discovered the body.
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Frank A. Johnson
Jefferson Island Salt Company
Louisiana Travelers’ Association
Johnson
Monroe
William Edge
Travelers’ Association
Hoover will not restore wartime National Defense Council
President Hoover rejected a proposal to reestablish the wartime National Defense Council. He signaled his stance in a public reply to a letter endorsed by 86 civilians and presented at the White House by General Albert L. Cox of Raleigh, with notable signers including Edsel Ford and Clark Howell.
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Washington
Hoover
August Heckscher
John Hays Hammond
William Green
Stevens
the Legion
Clark Howell
Atlanta
Tulane Football Star Yields to Movie Lure
New Orleans June 11. Tulane captain and All American end Jerry Dalrymple signed with Carl Laemmle Jr to appear in a gridiron film. Other football luminaries are slated for the same picture. Dalrymple led Tulane to the Rose Bowl where the Green Wave lost to Southern California.
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New Orleans
Jerry Dalrymple
Tulane
Carl Laemle, Jr
Southern Calfornia
Campaign of the bonus army proceeds with recruiting drive
Army of war veterans expands plans to reach 50 000 with officers sent to St Louis Philadelphia and other cities. Waters launches campaign to grow ranks while camps clean and health measures improve including a 50 bed hospital and dispensary at a marine corps reserve armory. Contagious cases isolated at Fort Foote as relief funds arrive from Father Charles E Loughlin.
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Washington
Army of War Veterans
Congress
Walter W. Waters
Portland
Ore
St. Louis
Philadelphia
Anacostia
Marine Corps Reserve
Fort Foote
Maryland
Potomac
Louisiana V F W Encampment Set for Monroe Convention
Veterans of Foreign Wars of Louisiana and Mississippi plan their annual encampment in Monroe with C A Hunt in charge. Registration begins Friday June 17 at 8:30 in Hotel Frances, sessions at 10:30 and 2, followed by a barbecue and A E F reunion.
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Veterans of Foreign Wars
Louisiana
Mississippi
Monroe
C. A. Hunt
Rodney J. Hobbs
Hotel Frances
Police Juries urged to send men to Baton Rouge
RIchland police jury president J D Hatch called 47 police juries to send delegates to a Baton Rouge meeting to organize a program for the Sanders Hamiter Huson bill. The preliminary session aims to prepare arguments for the legislative hearing and seek tax relief while funding state obligations.
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Rayville
Baton Rouge
Sanders-Hamiter-Huson
J. D. Hatch
Richland
Hatch
Old State House
Louisiana
Sanders, Hamiter
Huson
Petty Heads Credit Men Association For Next Year
J. D. Petty elected president of the Retail Credit Men’s Association at a Hotel Virginia luncheon. Officers include W. K. Anders as vice president and H. B. Ryland as secretary and treasurer. Fifteen members attended as Ryland reported nearly 10,000 credit cases reviewed and a successful prompt-pay campaign.legislation favorable to members is expected to pass this session.
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Retail Credit Men's Association
Hotel
Virginia
J. D. Petty
W. K. Anders
H. B. Ryland
Ryland
Credit Men’s Association
Fourth District Democrats Hold Parishes Meetings in Protest
In Shreveport Louisiana on June 11 meetings were held across Bossier Webster Claiborne Red River DeSoto Bienville and Caddo parishes to elect delegates to the statewide Democratic convention in Shreveport June 14. The convention will select delegates to the national Chicago convention protesting the delegation named by the state central committee. Webster and Bienville endorsed the plan while Webster split vote indicated some absentees.
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Shreveport
Chicago
State Central Committee
Bossier
Webster
Claiborne
Red River
DeSoto
Bienville
Caddo
Webster and
Grippe Forces Speaker Garner to Bed at Capitol
Washington June 11 An attack of lagrippe this morning sent Speaker Garner to his hotel bed after reporting to the capitol at 7 am He dictated letters for hours before his temperature rose Dr George Calver called and ordered bed Mrs Garner helped him to the hotel Rainey Illinois Democratic leader presided over the house and Garner hoped to return Monday
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Washington
Lagrippe
Garner
Capitol
George Calver
House
Representative Rainey
Illinois
Brinkert denies Sharpe alibi in Lindbergh case
Ernest Brinkert ex convict arrested in the Lindbergh case tells state police his story and leaves Alpine with officers. He denies Violet Sharpe’s alibi claiming he and his wife spent March 1 and following night at a Bridgeport home. Detective Walsh while Brinkert is held, investigators check the alibi and pursue a Bridgeport lead.
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Alpine
N. J
A.P
Ernest Brinkert
New Rochelle
N. Y
Violet Sharpe
Englewood
Dwight W. Morrow
Brinkert
Miss Sharpe
Bridgeport
Conn
Harry Walsh
Jersey City
Center Avenue
Larchmont
Monroe Delegates Attend 13th Louisiana Women’s Club Convention
The thirteenth annual Louisiana Federation of Business and Professional Women clubs opened in Lake Charles with delegates from Natchitoches Shreveport Baton Rouge New Orleans Ruston Monroe Covington and other cities. Officers rain and program details announced include Mrs Frank Womack presiding and luncheon and tea on the agenda.
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Lake Charles
Louisiana Federation of Business and Professional Women’s Clubs
Natchitoches
Shreveport
Baton Rouge
New Orleans
Ruston
Monroe
Covington
Frank Womack
Monita Goldsby
Leon Locke
Mabel Collette
Lula Lockett Jones
Opelousas
Mabel Dees
Laural Dees
Allene Hawsey
Leocadie
H. Amiss
Henrietta Koepp
Maude Reid
Lake Charles Club
Collette
Jessie Norton
Claudine Jones
Laura Dees
Leocadie Amiss
Famiie Rex
Baton Rous
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Jes’ Ramblin
Tonnie Harris
DeSiard
All Kindness
T. L. Reser
International Gas Products, Inc
Sam Abrowitz
McGehee
Ark
Bob Ed Tucker
Arkansas
J. H. Hart
Delhi
Tensas Basin Levee
Southeast Arkansas Levee
R. F. Adams
Bosco
Tom Adams
J. W. Myers
Texas
R. L
Dick) Pritchard
Sam Goldman
la. Travelers’ Association
Charles E. Loughlin
Detroit
Louisiana V. F. W
Tenneee
Wheeee
Helena
Crete
Ewes
Arkansas City
Natchez
Angola
Sheneee
Cumberland
Nashville
Eebes
Ohio
Pittsburgh
Cincinnati Centes
Cairo Seweneeeees
Tennessee
Chattanooga
Fort Smith
Little Rock
Red
Ouachita
Camden
Praca
Raymond Benjamin
California
Colonel House
Senator Fess
Ralph Williams
Oregon
President Hatch of
Petty
Sharpe
Mamaroneck
Claude W. Moody
Rouken Glen
Woman’s Club Gathering
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