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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 13, 1930
Page
5
Legal action paused the planned quitting business sale at Z-B Department Store in Monroe. Building owners sued to enforce the lease before opening, delaying the event until a settlement allowed the sale to resume Saturday at 8 30 AM with further price reductions promised by manager Sam Zipkes.
A patient in Cambridge, mass, has breathed with a tank respirator designed by Professor Philip Drinker and A L Shaw of Harvard. The device places the patient in an airtight chamber with a suction pump creating a vacuum that drives air into the lungs and then reverses to expel it. The system has operated continuously for three weeks.
A Kharkov school fire occurred during a film showing on Wednesday. Twenty eight children died and many were injured.
In Baton Rouge on June 13 three senators Schwing Norwood and Foucher resigned from the public roads committee accusing it of being a whitewash. They cited that the committee cannot fully disclose the truth and would be hampered in any investigation. The resignations followed a failed motion to appoint attorneys for the group.
Senators press Allen for names of lawmakers’ staff and relatives employed by the commission and seek salary records. The highway chairman must submit work progress and purchase statements, while the committee invites the Constitutional League for information on alleged irregularities. Several members oppose outside counsel. resignations warn of a whitewash.
Shreveport June 13 Mrs Nora Kersh 40 of Homer died from injuries after an automobile collision yesterday. The victim was reported dead today in the crash that occurred in the area.
BATON ROUGE June 13 Governor Long announced he accepted the resignation of C. S. Williams from the New Orleans dock board. Williams said he would be absent for months and could not attend duties. The governor offered no candidate to fill the vacancy. Williams had been appointed a little over a year ago by the current administration.
Windermere report states Sir Henry Segrave's Miss England dived at high speed on the lake. The vessel overturned and Segrave is presumed killed in the accident.
Lake Windermere, over 100 mph, saw a new world record attempt turn fatal as the craft dived. Segrave and crew were thrown into the water with Segrave fatally injured. Sir Henry Segrave and mechanic B Willcocks were rescued by bystanders, while the other mechanic F Halliwell vanished.
Miss Lucy Hodges Mercer of Shreveport Louisiana married Lieutenant Paul Weyrauch of Spokane Washington today at the cadet hospital at West Point New York. He broke a leg in his final equestrian exhibition Tuesday, forcing the change from the chapel ceremony.
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