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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 17, 1929
Page
7
The Boykin No. 1 gas well in Richland parish formed a crater and swallowed the derrick in its hole on Saturday morning. Crowds visited the site about two miles south of Start as officials debated relief wells and hoped the gas would bridge over and stop flowing.
Florida representatives approved a 71 to 13 resolution criticizing the administrations social policies in entertaining Negroes at the White House. The measure urged GOP official Glenn Skipper to press the president to stop such incidents, state delegates accusing Florida voters of being betrayed by action.
Hodge's drug store long at 221 Trenton street West Monroe is sold and to be renamed Kennedy Bennett Drug Company. New owners Kennedy and partner Pierce Porter plan Monroe drug operations with Dr W J Hodge building a Grand street store near Riverside Sanitarium.
The Louisiana Supreme Court ruled Act 17 of 1928 illegal in the cases State v Lang and State v Ellis, invalidating the lunacy commission provisions that replaced civil code articles 267 and 273 and did not allow further review. A separate report from Covington notes a Peter Pan club camp in Washington Parish with 14 girls, 23 boys, five local leaders and two agents present.
Public auction at the Monroe Courthouse West front door on Saturday June 22 1929 at legal hours for the land tract described near Bayou DeBiard Bayou DeSiard North Section 37 Township 19 North Range 4 East with terms of sale at not less than one sixth of the inventory value. The sale is conducted by the testamentary executor under a May 18 1929 order of the Fourth Judicial District Court Ouachita Parish Louisiana.
The Morning Post details a sale of a lot with credit to F H Drake of Minden and J B Kendall of Ruston for the financing. The deal will use a bond issue and be handled by City Savings Bank of Shreveport, with Mrs James Wooten selling the lot and Glasell of Shreveport awarded the contract. Groundbreaking is planned within 30 days.
The E. L. Tuton Lumber Co retail shed and stock were destroyed by a midnight fire of unknown origin in Ruston. Value of building and equipment placed at 3 000 dollars with stocks worth 4 000 dollars. Insurance via Lumbermen’s Reciprocal. Business to be rebuilt after adjustments.
Southern state commissioners of agriculture and 12 southern businessmen adopted a resolution urging Congress to limit tariff revisions to agricultural products and other industries with 1922 condition changes. The measure targets the Borah proposal and will be sent to the Senate and House. Delegates say it shows southern support for tariff protection and willingness to raise nonagricultural duties to boost farm schedules.
The old Dolly Madison well on Guilford College campus will be marked with a granite shaft within months. The unveiling will feature at the annual state D A R conferences next March. Dolly Payne Madison, born May 20 1768, is noted in Guilford College library records as the wife of the third U.S. president.
WINNSBORO June 17 Plans are being made for holding club meetings at all central points in Franklin parish to prepare for the 4-H club camp says C E Kemmerly assistant agent Club members who have one acre cotton demonstrations are preparing to side dress them with nitrate of soda.
Two automobile fortunes support a permanent cancer research laboratory in Bar Harbor. The project memorializes Roscoe B Jackson of Detroit and is led by Dr. Clarence Cook Little, with Edsel Ford and Dr. W. S. Murray among key collaborators from Michigan and Maine. Founders include Bar Harbor residents and university figures.
Minden cooperates with state university extension forces to eradicate mosquitoes near the camp for the 4 H club gathering on July 15. Webster agent W Givens says the city council was asked to approve 2100 feet of pipe to bring water to the camp.
Officials report on a beer runner shooting at Plattsburg New York by customs agents. Assistant Secretary Lowman said last week customs must use firearms only to protect life or prevent a felony. Officers are warned to exercise restraint and can be held accountable for fatal shots.
The lot near Harrison street to Catalpa rose in value after the street extension. It sold to C. C. Bell, West Monroe mayor, for about 15000, then sold to Dr. J. Q. Graves for 40000, netting 25000 profit. Graves now sells the lot for the Medical Arts building at 90000, earning 50000 profit.
Mrs. Herbert W. Holt of New Orleans describes severe prior illness including stomach trouble, headaches, and nervous breakdown. After using Sargon Soft Mass Pills, her digestion improved, appetite returned, weight increased, and skin cleared. She credits the remedy for renewed health and better sleep.
Miss Lula Keller and sister Miss Georgia Keller led the Methodist orphanage in Ruston with Lula as matron and Georgia a four to five year veteran. The assistant matron, unnamed, died in a nearby accident. Rev. R. W. Vaughan, superintendent, was notified in Hammond where he was to preach. Mrs Vaughan rushed from Dallas to Ruston after learning of the tragedy.
Advices indicate seven people died in the air liner accident and a salvage operation is reported complete as officials await a formal prescribed investigation. Passengers include Mr Mats ter an American business man and director in several firms. Survivors were brought ashore at Folkestone including two women two men and the plane s mechanic. One unidentified woman s body was recovered later and the pilot remained injured.
An eye witness recalls the crash fifteen minutes after eleven as the plane glided down three miles offshore and struck the water. A nearby trawler rushed to the scene within 100 yards and helped rescue passengers after part of the plane was chopped away to reach them.
The Paris mission drew crowds as air minister Lorent-Egnac praised the stowaways, while Assolant Lefevre and Letti faced air regulations. Schreiber, the curious American youth, drew mixed reactions and a nickname meaning rascal as plans emerged for a future Paris to New York crossing. Lotti revealed a plan to cross westward next and claimed 35 percent shares for Assolant Lefevre and 35 percent for Schreiber’s story, with a $20,000 syndication offer for the American.
The Dawes plan discussion at the Pilgrims' dinner in Lossiemouth signals the start of negotiations with other naval powers expected to cooperate. The article notes no announcement about a possible British prime ministerial trip to Washington to meet President Hoover on the Anglo American situation amid a London atmosphere of intense enthusiasm.
Amid expressions of sizable opinions, negotiators noted surprise and some disappointment as additional powers entered the naval talks, signaling wider involvement in the settlement discussions.
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