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Newspaper

Monroe News Star

Location

Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America

Date

Jun 14, 1928

Page

11

Nobile Crew Believed Safe Off Spitzbergen After Italia Rescue Hope

General Umberto Nobile and five Italia crew members near land, with Beech or Foyne Island rescue in sight as Biagi reports from Kings Bay. Three others, including Dr Finn Malmgren, missing since May 30 after the dirigible strike and ice drift.

Associated Press Kings Bay Spitzbergen Umberto Nobile Italia Beech Island Foyne Island Finn Malmgren North Cape King Charles Island Barents Sea

Conventioneering and Kansas City Life Reflections

The writer criticizes political conventions as routine and profit driven for hotel sellers and badge hawkers. He recalls travel from a lunch wagon to dining in mansions with cabinet members and governors, noting the changing city scene and playful digs at journalism and headlines. A dinner companion adds a social note.

Kansas City Kew River

Assessor Salary Misstatement Corrected in Baton Rouge Dispatch

A press dispatch from Baton Rouge incorrectly said Ouachita Parish Assessor Joe Hanna would receive a salary increase from 3000 to 6000 dollars. The house approved a corrected increase to 5000 dollars, and the error has been clarified in updated reports.

Baton Rouge Joe Hanna Quachita Parish

Platform Committee Planks On Labor Railroads and Mail

Justice to miners consumers and producers. Highways funding aligned with needs and resources. Labor aims to sustain living standards and high wages with steps to reduce injunctions in disputes. Railroads seek regulatory changes to reflect market and competition. Anti-Lynching plank. Merchant Marine to stay American built owned and operated with fleet sale to private owners and replacements. Radio channels to serve all classes. Waterways development continues.

Shipping Board

Second Excursion Planned by Quachita Tuberculosis Assn

Tickets go on sale today for the second boat excursion of the season by the Quachita Tuberculosis and Public Health association on Monday June 25 at 7 30 p m from Cooley's wharf. The first outing sold out with many turned away and the new event is expected to be equally popular. Proceeds will go to the association treasury and the last trip added over 300 dollars to the funds.

Quachita Tuberculosis and Public Health Association Cooley’s Wharf Tuberculosis Association

Herbert Hoover and His wartime leadership

The text highlights Herbert Hoover as a capable organizer and notes his pivotal role in forming the Commission for Relief in Belgium in 1917. It describes his return to the United States to apply food conservation principles to support the war effort and credit his notable wartime leadership.

Michigan Hoover United States Commission For Relief Belgium

Suffragist Leader Mrs Pankhurst Pioneers Vote Drive

The article recalls Emmeline Pankhurst a key suffragist who with Christabel founded the WSPU and led militant campaigns for women’s suffrage. Delegations to the House of Commons, jailings of supporters and the rise of the Women’s Freedom League are noted with references to Holloway Prison and ongoing activism.

Women’s Social and Political Union Christabel Holloway

Miserable five years relieved by Sargon in Memphis claim

Mrs. G. E. Morrison of 222 Exchange Place Memphis testifies that after years of constipation insomnia nervousness and rheumatism Sargon and Sargon Soft Mass Pills improved her condition. She credits relief from dizziness swelling and pain and endorses the product as gentle on the stomach with no griping. The text notes auto intoxication due to liver sluggishness and cites local Memphis and West Monroe drug outlets for purchase.

G. E. Morrison Exchange Place Memphis Tenn Thare Monroe Collens’ Pharmacy DeSiard St Collens Five Points Pharmacy Collens’ & Thompson Virginia West Monroe Josey-Butler Drier

Notable Citizens and Circus Anecdotes At Local Event

The writer recalls Miss Cannon daughter of Uncle Joy mixing wit with politics while a band plays California Here I Come. An unusual hotel moment follows with three strangers including M J Barry observed during a visit.

Cannon Uncle Joy California M. J. Barry

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