Motor boat races set for Crosslake in Shreveport
Shreveport will host free public motor boat races at Crosslake on June 25 with more than 10 000 Ark La Tex entrants expected. Five hydroplane classes offer about 500 dollars in cash prizes plus loving cups. Top drivers from Dallas Fort Worth Mineral Wells Austin and Oklahoma City join regional contenders for the Ark La Tex speed classic of the year.
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Shreveport
Spe
Ark-La-Tex
Shreveport Boat Club
Crosslake
South
Southwest
Texas
Dallas
Fort Worth
Mineral Wells
Austin
el Doreco
Tulsa
Oklahoma City
Cross Lake
Hal M. Arthur
Sherwood Lee
Bob Dixey
Harry Marioneaux
Governor to Boss Kansas City Police
Governor Stark calls for a state controlled metropolitan police in Kansas City to end the Pendergast machine's grip on Missouri politics. He equates passage of the bill with a civic corruption swing and the decline of graft ridden governance and religious ideals. Opponents have alleged police involvement in political trips.
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Stark
Kansas City
Pendergast
Fair City
Ellender Seeks Labor Board Rule Changes
Chairman Thomas urges flexibility in labor board hearings to admit hearsay as needed for equity cases. The discussion continues on rules governing evidence and investigatory powers. Nick Appert, a Parisian confectioner, is noted as the world’s first successful canner.
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Thomas
Utah
Nick Appert
Prescription C-2223 offers relief for rheumatic discomfort
The ad promotes Prescription C-2223 as a sedative analgesic for rheumatic pain and fever relief. It claims thousands benefited from its action and mentions a money back guarantee for Prescription C-2228 at 60 cents or one dollar, urging buyers to demand the full name.
Leche postpones hearing on state university matters
Governor Leche defers the public hearing in Baton Rouge after a report from the attorney general. He accuses the Times-Picayune States of misrepresenting facts about public property and university activities and calls for further investigation. The New Orleans States editorial page praises LSU’s commerce and transport ventures and urges transparency.
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Times-Picayune Publishing Company
Tulane University
New Orleans
Leche
Louisiana State University
Ellison
McLachlan
Metairie
Daily States of
Caldwell
New Orleans States
Delgado Trade School
Richard W. Leche
Baton Rouge
Newcomb College
James Monroe Smith
University
Doctor Smith
Louisiana
British plan measures in retaliation
Britain weighing new propaganda department and diplomatic moves as Strang visits Moscow to accelerate a British French Soviet mutual aid pact. Reports describe concessions in Tientsin, foreign populations, military presence, and consular concerns amid rising East Asia tensions.
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United States
William Strang
Moscow
Hai River
Tientsin
Yung-Pao
East Asia
John K. Caldwell
Peiping
Hongkong
EF. L. Law
Law
Eric Mayell
Fox Movietone Newsreel
International Bridge
Mayell
William G. Halthorne
First Special Area
Burning synagogue strikes fourth in Maerisch Ostrau district
Reports from Prague say a synagogue was burned Sunday at Hrusov in the Maerisch Ostrau mining area. It is the fourth Jewish house of worship destroyed by fire in the district within a month.
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Prague
Hrusov
Maerisch Ostrau
Lonnie Smith Released on Bond After Assault Charge
Lonnie Smith was released on a 250 dollar bond Wednesday morning after sheriff's officers arrested him on a charge of assaulting his wife.
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Lonnie Smith
Stop Skin Itch Ointment Promises Fast Relief
Blue Star Ointment releases a strikingly effective medicine to stop itching from eczema rash tinea ringworm pimples scabies and toe itch. It softens roughness soothes rawness and offers a money back guarantee if not satisfied.
Old School in Slidell Razed for New Grammar Facility
Slidell Louisiana June 14 The demolition of an old three story school began this week by WPA workers to clear space for a new 14 room Slidell Grammar school. The St Tammany parish school board says the old frame building is unsafe and inadequate. The new one story brick campus will have 12 classrooms an auditorium work room superintendent office and rest rooms plus a brick home economics cottage and a cafeteria and dining area on site. The auditorium will feature a 16 by 52 foot stage and separate dressing rooms. Excavated soil will be reused for campus fill and a recreation area.
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Slidell
WPA
Slidell Grammar School
St. Tammany Parish
Body of Third River Victim Recovered
The drowning of Edna Joy Long occurred Tuesday at 5 30 PM. Funeral services were held at 10 30 AM Wednesday with burial in Rayville Masonic Cemetery. The child is survived by her parents five siblings and multiple relatives. Mulhearn Funeral Home of Rayville handled arrangements.
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Edward Ray
Herbert, Jr
James Grant
Blany Lee
Dorodthy Ann Long
Mulhearn Funeral Home
Rayville
Star Spangled Banner moths and museum guardianship
The 162nd anniversary of the flag’s adoption notes moth damage to the Star Spangled Banner. Smithsonian experts mothproofed fireproofed and placed it in a large glass case while guarding its authenticity for visitors and skeptics. Mary Pickersgill of Baltimore made the banner and received $405.90.
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Washington
Francis Scott Key
Smithsonian Institution
Institution
Eben Appleton
New York
George Armistead
Ft. McHenry
Baltimore
Smithsonian
Mary Pickersgill
Party Meets Delegates Named by Politicians in States List
The document lists states organizing party meetings and selecting delegates or holding primaries. Alabama, Georgia, Arkansas, Louisiana are noted with possible primary decisions by state committees. A long roster names Colorado through Wyoming as states choosing delegates in conventions.
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Alabama
Arizona
Arkansas
Louisiana
Georgia
Colorado
Connecticut
Delaware
Idaho
Indiana
Iowa
Kansas
Kentucky
Maine
Maryland
Michigan
Minnesota
Mississippi
Missouri
Montana
Nevada
New Mexico
North Carolina
North Dakota
Oklahoma
Rhode Island
South Carolina
Tennessee
Texas
Utah
Vermont
Virginia
Washington
Wyoming
Ward 9 Resident Fonda Dortch Struck By Paralysis Stroke
Fonda Dortch of Ward 9 remained in serious condition at St. Francis sanitarium after an early Wednesday admission. He suffered a paralysis stroke at his home Monday morning.
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Fonda Dortch
Ward 9
St. Francis Sanitarium
Dortch
Starlings Targeted by Alcohol Aided Feeding Plan
County Commissioner William McIntyre reports a plan in WAUWATOSA to combat flocks of starlings by feeding them oats soaked in alcohol. Alderman Edward Ehmke says the tactic risks killing other species via inebriation and an incinerator disposal. In Lexington a restaurant posts a noon closure sign.
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Wauwatosa
Wis
Edward Ehmke
Florida gale warning shifts from Cedar Keys to Mobile
A gale warning issued for the northeastern Gulf of Mexico predicts the storm moving northward at 10 to 12 mph. If its path and intensity hold, the center will reach the coast tonight between Apalachicola and Mobile with winds up to 50 mph and above normal tides. Coastal warnings extend from Cedar Keys to Mobile and Tampa Bay to Mobile.
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Pensacola
Fla
Appalachicola
Mobile
Ala
Weather Bureau
Gulf of Mexico
Cedar Keys
Panama City
Tampa Bay
Training School Crops Promising At Louisiana Institute
With summer sessions over, boys at the Louisiana Training Institute focus on farm work. No cotton will be grown this season. oats corn and various vegetables will be raised to support livestock. Cold wet May and early June hindered growth, but warm days have improved conditions.
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Louisiana Training Institute
Harvey Dillon
Wallace Seeks Funds For Farm Migrant Camps
Wallace argues for a new influx of funds to expand migrant housing camps after noting about 30,000 families use part time accommodations yearly. He says $5 million could extend camp facilities to 20,000 more families across the far west Texas Florida and migrant areas. C B Baldwin adds migrants hailed as families who would have homesteaded and prospered decades ago.
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Pacific Coast
FSA
Far West
Texas
Florida
Wallace
C. B. Baldwin
WPA approves Delhi parish road improvement project
The office of Representative Newt V. Mills reports a WPA project for Richland parish with an expenditure of 17 053 dollars. It funds Delhi thoroughfare work including excavating grading sub grade surfacing and incidental tasks on town owned property. Easements obtained for privately owned drainage work. no taxes or assessments to cover federal funds.
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Newt V. Mills
Richland Parish
Delhi
Ferriday man earns medical degree at Tulane graduation
Morris Pasternack of Ferriday received the degree of doctor of medicine at Tulane University's commencement exercises Wednesday night. Degrees were conferred on 497 graduates.
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Ferriday
Morris Pasternack
Tulane University
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