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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 13, 1930
Page
17
Lockport's oldest amusement house, a longtime stage for world class actors and singers, is being razed after a varied career from opera to roller skating. The building, which survived a devastating fire fifty years ago, is being replaced with a more contemporary facility.
The tariff measure, backed by a narrow majority and expected to become law next week, raises farm and industrial duties including bricks, cement, hides, and sugar. Critics warn it will harm foreign trade, while supporters cite stabilizing business and expeditious resolution. Figures like Reed Grundy Ford and Sloan protest high rates and potential reprisals.
A telegram details alleged bribery attempts to force a candidate from the Arkansas race. The message names Tom Terral Lee Cazort Ernest Drew Allen Winham and others and claims a $1500 cash payment and a high office appointment were offered to withdraw. The note emphasizes concerns over spending large sums to influence the governorship.
The legislature debates the administration substitute for a 25 year highway bond program totaling 68 million dollars for paving and nine bridges, with changes to the highway commission and a potential constitutional convention limited to specified amendments. The House adjourns to Monday as committees push the plan amid opposition and rulings.
Detective say Washington confessed to killing Pierson the auditor from Nashville to Chicago after exposing a loan fund discrepancy. Westbrook, linked to the case, is charged with conspiracy. Pierson’s son helped identify Washington who allegedly posed as a farmer and business owner. The body was found near Scottsburg after a likely river dumping. Washington is sought in Fort Wayne for prior courtroom violence.
Scientific discussion from Princeton by Prof William Berryman Scott argues that eel scales vanished due to the eel’s disc like mouth and horny tooth rows. The mouth evolution is cited as a unique vertebrate adaptation altering life history. Lockport NY report dated June 14.
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