Hammond Plans Improvements In Near Future
Hammond officials push two projects. A natural gas franchise awaits final approval, with safeguards added. A new hotel, costing about 300000 dollars, will be built by a corporation with local partners, aimed at providing modern accommodations between Jackson Mississippi and New Orleans to meet strawberry season strain.
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Associated Press
Hammond
Carter
Jackson
Miss
New Orleans
Winnsboro Lions Meet at Lake Louis in social gathering
The Winnsboro Lions Club held a June meeting on the banks of Lake Louis at Sicily Island. About 100 attendees enjoyed a fish fry prepared by a club committee, with the Winnsboro orchestra providing music and no business conducted. T. C. Reagan and W. A. Butler joined as members. Also noted, a tornado event recovery and Texas Christian University alumni distribution were mentioned in brief as separate items.
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News-Star
Winnsboro
Winnsboro Lions Club
Lake Louis
Sicily Island
T. C. Reagan
W. A. Butler
Lincoln farmers turn to alfalfa as home hay crop
Special to The News-Star Ruston June 12 Lincoln Parish farmers embrace alfalfa as a home-grown hay crop despite soil doubts. Reports from E A Stinson James R Kinman A H Henderson M L Cook and C G Tomlinson show careful ground prep lime application four to six tons per acre for three to five years drainage must be good. Surplus fields may yield three to five tons per acre across four to six cuttings.
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News-Star
Ruston
Lincoln Parish
South
Five Tech Faculty Members Study Away This Summer
Five Louisiana Tech regular faculty members will be away in summer for further study. L. M. Phillips will pursue graduate work at the University of Texas, while R. L. Reese enrolls at the University of Illinois. Eunice Coon Williamson plans a master's at Columbia and Addie Lois Fine will study French at the Sorbonne during a Paris visit. Elbert Haskins heads to New York after the first session to study with Madame Bianca Randall, a mentor he has trained under previously in Paris.
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News-Star
Ruston
Louisiana Tech
L. M. Phillips
University of Texas
R. L. Reese
University of Illinois
Eunice Coon Williamson
Columbia University
Addie Lois Fine
Europe
University of Sorbonne
Paris
Elbert Haskins
New York City
Bianca Randall
Haskins
Madame Randall
New York
Try Youth for Killing in Quarrel Over Woman
Texarkana Arkansas June 12 The state seeks the death penalty against Leon Barton 24 charged with the murder of Clyde Pilgreen 22 near Texarkana twelve days ago Barton claims he was intoxicated at the time of the shooting during an argument over a woman.
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Texarkana
Ark
Leon Barton
Clyde Pilgreen
Here
Barton
Pilgreen
Former Prohi Official in New Orleans Shoots Wife and Kills Self
Wilmer H. Helm, 40, former prohibition special agent for the gulf division, shot his wife Mrs. Rose Morgan Helm in their General Pershing street home and then killed himself with the same pistol. Mrs. Helm had sought a peace bond the day before, alleging he tried to poison her. She lay in serious condition in a hospital. Helm died at the scene.
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Associated Press
New Orleans
Wilmer H. Helm
Prohibition
Gulf Division
Rose Morgan Helm
Helm
General Pershing
Two youths held for robbery of store at Jones
J P Check and Carl Piltcher, two youths of Jones, are held in the parish jail charged with robbing the W L Pugh store at Jones last Saturday night. They confessed to entering the store on occasions and a large quantity of canned goods, cigarettes, and novelties were found in their possession. They were arrested shortly after the break in and it is likely the case will be examined by the grand jury next Monday.
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News-Star
Bastrop
J. P. Check
Carl Piltcher
Jones
W. L. Pugh
Pugh
Varicose Veins Ad Promise Quick Leg Relief
An advertisement extols Moone's Emerald O 1 as a remedy for varicose veins promising immediate comfort and reduced swelling. It asserts women can wear fine stockings and skirts without embarrassment, claiming dramatic cosmetic and comfort benefits from a two ounce bottle.
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Moone
Ouachita Drops Almost a Foot In Week's Time
The Ouachita river at Monroe falls from a high 40.6 last week to 39.7 today, a drop of about four tenths. Expected to drop rapidly for a week or two unless heavy rains return, then flood risk subsides. About 300 acres of parish land flooded, including a 40 acre Ward Nine farm. a 52 acre Cheniere farm also flooded. The Cannon family near R O Cannon faces hardship as crops ruined.
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Ouachita
Monroe
R. P. Benson
Cheniere
R. O. Cannon
4-H Club House Under Construction On Lake Winnsboro
Near Sicily Island on Lake Louis banks a 4-H club house nears completion as a permanent meeting place for clubs from Tensas Madison Concordia and Franklin parishes. W S Peck donated five acres for the project with the work advancing due to strong 4-H club support and timely benefits. A meeting of the involved clubs is planned soon.
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Winnsboro
Lake Louis
Sicily Island
Tensas
Madison
Concordia
Franklin
W. S. Peck
Local Farmers Club Showcases Model Crop Acreage
Members of the organization describe single handed efforts producing cotton and corn on one acre, praising the crop as a model in growth and results to be held in the new home.
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