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Monroe News Star

Location

Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America

Date

Jun 12, 1929

Page

15

LSU Faculty Appointments Sanctioned by Board

Baton Rouge June 12 Eleven faculty appointments for Louisiana State university were approved by the board of supervisors. New instructors take posts in zoology botany dairying journalism music accounting and Spanish with several replacements due to leaves of absence resignations and transfers.

Baton Rouge, la Louisiana State University Thomas W. Atkinson Board of Supervisors Harry J. Bennett B. S M. S University of Illinois Roy L. Mayhew Helen Boysen University of Texas Corinne Keaty Carl J. Eide University of Minnesota Drvin L. Forbes A. P. Gelpi Michigan State Agricultural College George F. White Paul C. Jones B. J University of Missouri Emory K. Johnston Carleton Liddle B. Mus Oberlin Jcollege Conservatory Smusic Lola Stone-Evans

New York Woman Finds Diamond Ring Then Returns It

Lauretta Olston discovers a diamond ring in the lobby of a piano company's building and wears it briefly before taking it to a jeweler for appraisal. Valued at $10,000, the ring is kept safely in the jeweler's vault and Olston awaits her reward.

Egg Associated Fress New York Lauretta Olston Lork Lauretta

Count Polignac Held in New York Hotel Roundup

French count Maxence de Polignac held in his New York hotel suite amid federal charges over a vast international liquor ring. He was remanded on 25000 dollar bail.

New York Maxence de Polignac Polignac

Parents discuss children’s taste in magazines and coping with exposure

The speaker laments Joyces access to sensational magazines and vulgar trash despite home reading of solid literature. They ask whether parental methods failed, note such taste shifts are a normal phase, and urge patience and steady guidance.

Joyce

City Fathers Change Beach Garb Rules In Chicago

Chicago city council, after a drawn out process, amended the bathing ordinance to align beach attire with current styles. Alderman William A. Rowan, Thomas J. Bowler and Dorsey R. Crowe were the committee equals in the decision making.

Associated Press Chicago William A. Rowan Thomas J. Bowler Dorsey R. Crowe

parental counsel on reading and appetite for imagination

The passage urges a parent to balance proportion and humor as a child discovers literature. It recommends patience and tolerance for a child’s raw emotion and sensational plots, noting that today’s cherished works may seem rough to the grown reader in time.

Actic

I Woman Recovers With Lydia E Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound

A Pratt West Virginia woman aged thirty credits Lydia E Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound with restoring her strength after severe illness. She recalls being bedridden and weak before taking three doses and two bottles, then returning to work and recommending the product to friends. She invites letters for proof of claims.

Mars E. Steee Pratt, W. Va

Lake Michigan Swim Fashion Sparks Chicago Wardrobe Debate

A Chicago parade of swim models prompts Aldermen Rowan Crowe to weigh the new short pants with silk jersey. The ordinance allows blouse or bloomers with constraints on sleeves and skirts, permitting jersey knit suits with a skirt and trunk lengths above the knee.

Illinois Women's Athletic Club Alderman Rowan Alderman Crowe Lake Michigan Chicago

War department names sixteen honorary military schools

The War Department designates sixteen academies and schools as honorary military schools for 1929. Included is Gulf Coast Military Academy at Gulfport Mississippi.

Washington War Department Gulf Coast M Military Academy Gulfport Miss

Life Span of Georgians Doubled in Six Decades

Athens Georgia June 12 Dr R M Harper research professor of economics at the University of Georgia reports that in the 64 years since the Civil War life expectancy in Georgia nearly doubled from 31 to 60 years. He cites Athens gains from 1885 to 1895 tied to local water works and notes future life expectancy may top out around 70.

Athens Georgia R. M. Harper University of Georgia Harper

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