Prohibition Plank Emerges At Hoover Nominating Fight
Chicago convention mood shifts as party leaders back a compromise on a new dry amendment while refusing to say it will be ratified. Vice presidency questions swirl with Curtis favored for renomination and Dawes supporters urging backing from Iowa Texas and Illinois amid a tense political rally.
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Tien
Chicago Stadium
Hoover
James R. Garfield
Ohio
Lake Michigan
Curtis
Charles G. Dawes
Washington
Iowa
Texas
Illinois
Kellogg All-Bran Aids Digestion Uses And Iron Content
New laboratory tests show Kellogg's All-Bran provides bulk to exercise the intestines and contains vitamin B to tone the intestinal tract. It also supplies twice as much blood-building iron as beef liver by weight. Two tablespoons daily helps constipation with no habit forming risk. recipes on the red and green package. Made by Kellogg in Battle Creek.
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Kellogg
Battle Creek
Little Theater Movement Advances in Monroe
The Little Theater movement gains momentum in Monroe says president Mrs. E Richards. Dramatic instructor F Myrick Russell returns from the state and plans the initial play The Whole Towns Talking. Grand theater at 2300 South Grand street has been satisfactory and will have the stage enlarged for better rehearsals.
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Monroe
E. Richards
F. Myrick Russell
Grand Theater
South Grand Street
Friends of the Movement
Tax Protest Rally at Baton Rouge Hearings on Tax Reforms
Parish tax protesters gather in the capitol to address an open hearing before the joint judiciary committee. Senator F E Delahoussaye chairs proposed constitutional amendments by Sanders and Perrault Hamiter and Drake to end farm and home taxes and impose lien taxes. Charles O'Brien presides with reading of the state constitution preamble.
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O’brien
Louisiana
O'Brien
J. Franklin Schell
St. Landry Parish
Long supporters mobilize to Baton Rouge protests
The New Orleans States reports that every state employee and Long organization member boarded trains to Baton Rouge to oppose tax payers at protests. About 20 New Orleans police joined, moving under secret orders as hearings on tax measures begin in the capitol today.
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New Orleans
Baton Rouge
Senator Long
Local Delegates to Attend Presbyterian Institute
Three delegates from First Presbyterian Church will travel tomorrow to Louisiana College Pineville for the third annual Presbyterian training school for auxiliary workers. Local participants are Mrs. A. M. Wills Mrs. Kate Morrice and Mrs. Chester Newney with additional delegates from northeast Louisiana including Mrs. Harry L. Walton and Mrs. W. T. Sartor Sr. The first session convenes tomorrow night at the Alexandria Presbyterian Church with director Mrs. C. L. Bodin outlining courses as the school closes June 22.
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First Presbyterian Church
Presbyterian
Louisiana College
Pineville
A. M. Wills
Kate Morrice
Chester Newney
Louisiana
Harry L. Walton
Rayville
W. T. Sartor
Alto
Presbyterian Church
Alexandria
C. L. Bodin
Lake Charles
4-H Club Meet In Watson Community
At a Watson meeting 4-H club leaders E R Strahan and Mrs Jewel L McQuiller gave crop cultivation guidance and hat making instructions. Members reported solid progress in gardens and projects while demonstrations on canning were held in wards eight and nine. Strahan visited farms noting generally good crop conditions but a need for rain. Moth larvae eat 11 to 13 times the weight of adult moths.
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Watson
E. R. Strahan
Jewel L. McQuiller
Louisiana Delegates Named for Party Confab
The convention will name delegates for the party’s national convention with eight alternates and a 24 member delegation to cast Louisiana’s 20 votes in Chicago. John D. Ewing and Miss Gladys Breazeale are favored for national posts, with nominations led by Edward Righter and Dolph G Frantz respectively. Francis W. Nicholls is likely to be permanent chairman, while John M. Caffery will head the platform committee and W. H. Hodges the credentials panel.
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Louisiana
Chicago
John D. Ewing
Shreveport
Gladys Breazeale
Natchitoches
Ewing
Edward Righter
New Orleans
Breazeale
Dolph G Frantz
Boy Falls From Tree Injures Raymond Fox
12 year old Raymond Fox son of Mr and Mrs R J Fox of 2715 Gordon avenue fell from a tree at Gordon and Carolina avenues. He sustained painful bruises and was treated at home by a physician and remains confined to bed with plans to be out in a day or two.
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Gordon and
Carolina Avenues
Raymond Fox
R. J. Fox
Gordon Avenue
Miss Moffett to Present Dance Revue at Neville High
Miss Regina Moffett brings a dance revue to Neville high auditorium tonight featuring four young performers Bessie Ann Silverstein Dorothy Davis Betty Dawson and Jo Ann Biedenharn in the April Showers scene in the rose garden The program includes 53 pupils and will run one hour and 15 minutes with rapid scene changes to cover two acts.
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Regina Moffett
Neville High Auditorium
Bessie Ann Silverstein
Dorothy Davis
Betty Dawson
Jo Ann Biedenharn
Rose Garden
Miss Moffett
Partial Solution of Store Robbery Linked to Delaware Car
The morning of June 5 Dewey Haynes a taxi driver reported a robbery and a car used in the crime was found in Pennsylvania. A man renting the car matched Dean McCormick cashier’s description and after the robbery two men walked off and may have joined a third in a car.
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Dewey Haynes
Delaware
Penn
Pennsylvania
Dean McCormick
Railroad Freight Rates Cut on Cotton Shipments to New Orleans
ICC ruling will cut freight rates by about 10 percent effective August 1 for cotton shipments from this section to New Orleans. In the interim, special concentration points for cotton will be set at Monroe Rayville and Ferriday.
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Interstate Commerce Commission
New Orleans
Monroe
Rayville
Ferriday
Monroe's Phone Directory Lists About 4700 Names
Monroe's new green covered telephone directory is delivered showing approximately 4700 listings. District Manager J W Warren notes many changes and urges immediate use to avoid wrong numbers while advertising the included business directory on yellow pages. Subscribers without a copy should contact the telephone business office.
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Monroe
J. W. Warren
Warren
Budget Canning Success Highlighted by Mrs McQuiller
Home demonstration agent Mrs Jewel L McQuiller notes H W Allen and family use the budget system to stock fruit and vegetable supplies. They canned 300 tin cans and 250 glass jars last year and many more this year including beans peas and soon tomatoes corn butter beans and soup mixes. The family teaches others in the community about steam pressure canners and sealers for safe storage.
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H. W. Allen
Jewel L. McQuiller
Camp Fire Luncheon Showcases Local Craft Work
Local Camp Fire council members attend a noon luncheon at Camp Fire headquarters 707 St. John Street. Mrs. F. B. Neeley announces a display of Dorothy Menges home made jewelry and Camp Fire craft work.
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Camp Fire Council
Camp Fire Headquarters
St. John Street
F. B. Neeley
Dorothy Mengis
Captain Kidd Joins Royal Commission Then Turns Pirate
In 1696 Captain Kidd was appointed to the English Royal Commission and immediately began illegal cruising as a pirate.
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Captain Kidd
Royal Commission
Faultless washing machine promises quick, gentle clothes care
Advertisement extols a new and finer Faultless washer that cleans and wrings in ten to fifteen minutes with less wear. It urges readers to invest and discover the marvel for themselves.
Faultless Model L Washer Showcased in Green Finish
Pictured above is the new and finer Faultless Model L Washer finished in green. It features a gleaming porcelain tub and steel skirt and legs, a one piece aluminum agitator, and is advertised as silent in operation and easy to operate on the market.
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Monroe Commercial School
DeSiard Si
Watson Community
Bernhardt Building
W.R. Cherry
American National Life Insurance Co
Boy
Neville High
of American Women
Plough
C. F. America
N. B.C
Allworki
the American Tobsees Co
Lucky Strike
Luckies
Scrvbe
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Monroe Furniture Co
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