New Air Line Extends Passenger Service to Northeast Louisiana
The Delta Air Service of Monroe and the Flying Service of Bastrop announce a new air line from Jackson through Dallas, marking regular passenger service for Northeast Louisiana. The Jackson Dallas route fills a long gap between Memphis New Orleans and Dallas, promising growth for local business and commerce as residents back home initiatives to ensure the line succeeds.
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Twin Cities
Louisiana
Delta Air Service, Inc
Monroe
Bastrop
Jackson
Dallas
Gion
Union
Alabam
Memphis
New Orleans
Northeast Louisiana
Northeast
Jackson-Dallas
No Wisdom Monopoly in Mississippi and Louisiana Tone
The Jackson Clarion-Ledger cites Bilbo showing investigative zeal and contrasts his stance with Governor Long. The piece argues no leader is omniscient and urges Long to seek advice, noting Mississippi’s Bilbo is not uniquely honest and Louisiana could benefit from broader input.
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Bilbo
Mississippi
Jackson Clarion-Ledger
Louisiana
Long
Fight to the finish over Jadwin flood plan in Jonesville
Mayor H M Wheeler cites Jadwin plan for a Boeuf floodway as a fight to the finish. Flood control leaders, including the Tensas Basin Levee Board and the Tensas Basin control association, mobilize in opposition with Washington representation and ongoing vigilance to ensure victory.
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H. M. Wheeler
Jonesville
Knowig
Tensas Basin Levee Board
Tensas Basin Ad Control Association
Washington
Wheeler
2Tar
Dirt farmer heir reclaims Avon Castle land to plow profits
Frederick Ives, the Canadian dirt farmer who recently inherited the Earldom of Gent, keeps turning 600 year old Avon Castle lawns into plowed fields to make them pay. His son Percival remains a chip of the old block as the pair continue farming for both profit and beauty.
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Frederick . Ives
Gent
Avon Castle
Percival
Waterloo and democracy in a changing world
Victor Hugo’s Waterloo marks a front change in the universe and the rise of peopleward politics. The column argues for spiritual values and widespread belief that righteousness exalteth a nation, with critique of municipal graft and civic virtue. Copyright 1929 King Features Syndicate.
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Victor Hugo
Waterloo
St. Helena
Louis X XIV
Louis XVI
Marie Antoinette
Emil Ludwig
Napoleon
Hugo
France
Rousseau
Diderot
Voltaire
Paine
Jefferson
Burke
Lenin
Vesuvius
Pompeii
Herculaneum
Maj Gen Edgar Jadwin to retire after long service
In a quiet office at the munitions building Maj. Gen. Edgar Jadwin chief of army engineers, a leading flood control expert for 25 years, prepares to retire on August 7 at age 63. He will leave with the rank of lieutenant general and a world wide reputation.
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Washington
Edgar Jadwin
Army Engineers
Jadwin's Vast Civil Works Career Highlighted
The article notes General Jadwin’s leadership on the Panama Canal Atlantic side, his postGalveston storm reconstruction work, and his WWI role organizing the 15th engineers and directing 160000 officers to rapid rail and highway construction. It claims the Jadwin plan guides Mississippi flood control efforts.
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Jadwin
Panama
Goethals
Galveston
France
15Th Engineers
General Jadwin and the Panama Canal Spirit
Waterways have been General Jadwin s hobby during most of his military career. After graduating from West Point in 1890 he led harbor improvement projects including tripling Ellis Island s size for immigration. He later studied at Willets Point and earned civil and military engineering degrees. In 1927 he inspected the flood damaged Mississippi valley and responded to a resident s question with five words They built the Panama canal. He pursued a solution to what was described as the world s greatest engineering problem.
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Jadwin
West Point
Ellis Island
Willets Point
New York Harbor
Mississippi Valley
Army Engineers
Mississippi
Panama Canal
Australian baker claims heir to sixth earl in inheritance case
A baker born in Australia asserts his father was the sixth earl's son, potentially entitling him to an inheritance. The dirt farmer earl and the young Viscount show indifference, while both prefer returning to a Canadian farm. English succession law yields curious outcomes in this human comedy.
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Baker
Australia
Earl
Gasoline tax better than tobacco but both tax bills in question
A Memphis column notes Tennessee taxes on gasoline and tobacco reveal public sentiment. Gasoline tax funds roads while tobacco tax supports schools, yet voters tolerate the former more than the latter. The writer recalls easy passage of a two cent gasoline tax and criticizes the dislike of luxury taxes despite similarities. The piece ends by inviting readers to vent about summer driving frustrations.
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T. H. Alexander
Memphis Commercial Appeal
Barnum
Stamp Collecting Attracts Odd City Crowd In New York
In New York stamp collecting draws a mixed crowd from truck drivers to matron and doctor at dealers' counters. Collectors seek rare air mail envelopes from Hawker and Byrd flights, with values cited from 8.50 to 500 dollars, plus balloon post and balloon mail items.
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New York
Afghanistan
Zanzibar
Charles Lindbergh
America
France
Balloon-Post
New Zealand
Office Boy Suggests Skipping Work For Ball Game
The office boy urges the boss to attend a ball game while business is quiet. The boss declines, stating he is awaiting a call, leaving the boy to consider leaving as well.
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Christian Science Monitor
St Francis Sewing Circle meets. reports relief efforts
The St Francis Sewing Circle met with Mrs. Herbert Cook presiding as vice president and chaired by Mrs. Ed Brennan. Committees reported on aiding two sanitarium patients one discharged, one continuing treatment. Hosts served a confectionery luncheon. various guests visited Monroe from Ruston Union parish New Orleans Nacogdoches Beaumont Bastrop and Lufkin.
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St. Francis
Herbert Cook
Ed. T. Brennan
A. M. Brothers
Ruston
George Steele
West Side
Day of
Bastrop
J. T. Hill
Stage Producers Eye United Tour to Revive Broadway Road
New York stage producers propose a United Producers of America merger to tour top Broadway shows, building national subscription audiences from a single headquarters. The plan mirrors the Theater Guild’s citywide presentations, addressing high costs and roadjaunts by bundling and guaranteeing tours for broader reach.
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New York
Sam H. Harris
Harris
Quill
United Producers of America
United Producers
Theater Guild
Boston
St. Louis
Aamsunde
Chicago
Mr. Harris
Radio Program Schedule On Air Across Major Stations
Central Time radio listings detail programs from WABC to WEAF and WJZ, with block times for orchestras, bands, vaudeville, and dance music. Notable stations include WABC New York KMOX Chicago WEAF and KDKA Pittsburgh, listing hosts and featured ensembles for 6 PM to 1 AM.
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Associated Press
Frederic W. Wile
United States Navy
WADC
WOWO
KMOX
KOIL
WHK
WCCO
WBBM
KMBC
WISN
Paul Whiteman
WGHP
WBE
WOOWO
WSPD
KLRA
WLAC
WDO
WBRC
WREC
KFIF
KTSA
WDSU
KFH
WFBM
WRLD
Bunker Hill
WGY
Genia Faramova
KSD
WFIJC
WKY
WWJ
WSAI
WLS
WOW
WDAF
WHAM
WGN
WHAS
WSM
WMC
WSB
KVOO
Eskimos Dance Orchestra
Harry Reser
KYW
KSTP
WTMI
KPRC
WEAF
WGY Wtam
WDAP
Wre
WEBC
WOAI
Lill Scotti’s Hotel Orchestra
KOA
WJZ
New York
Max Jacobs
KWHK
Edwin Franko Goldman
KDKA
KWK
WLW
Wren Kstp
WTMJ
Louis Katzman
WJR
Wren
College Drug Store
Minstrels
Syncomatics Orchestra
WBAP
WLIB
Chicago
Uncle Quin
Weaf & Wiz
Chicago Lumber Dealers
Howard O'Brien
Amos-Andy
Dan
Sylvia
Cincinnati
Cleveland
Ohio Caverns
WIZ
the Pines
Fillmore
Los Amigos
Ed McConnell
Orchestra
Dance Orchestra
Des Moines
WEAYF
Little Symphony
WCX
WJIR
Detroit
W5z
Cigar Girls
Amos
Graystone Group
Wayne
Farm
Safety Council
WABC
KFAB
Lincoln
Minneapolis-St. Paul
Eddie Dunsteter
Kmox St. Louis
Stove League
WIZ & Weaf
Aw Ned
KGO
KPO
Eskimos Orchestra
Orchestradians
KOMO
Radio Vaudeville
Whiteman’s Bend
KLZ
KDYL
KMTR
KFA
XEX
KGA
Voice of Columbia
New
Murray
Harris
KGA Kex
KLZ Wil
WIBO
WIL
Wiibo
If matches are made in Heaven then cigars are born
A humorous collection of quips and mini observations from a vintage humor page. It weaves playful lines about meteor gas readings, marriage costs, sword swallowing at social events, and reformers plotting indecisive outcomes, ending with a vaudeville gag about surf bathing.
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Heaven
Nice Women by William A. Grew at Broadway summer run
The piece follows the Girard family with Geraldine torn between her father Mark Chandler and Billy Wells as Elizabeth navigates with urban cynicism. Robert Warwick plays Chandler and Sylvia Sidney shines in her first comedy role.
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Broadway
William A. Grew
Girard
James
Geraldine
Billy Wells
Chandler
Elizabeth
Robert Warwick
Mark Chandler
Sylvia Sidney
Wife of Famous Actor on Motor Tour
Wife tells her husband policy to pull up during a motor tour as a policeman stops them with a Burosrank henk phrase, sparking a tense exchange. The gossip item notes the unusual incident involving a well known actor and his spouse.
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Waeakix Saasemala
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Eat
Air Line
Governor Long
Long J
Grant
Alexander Cairns
Notre Dame
Herbert Plummer
Paris
Mr. Barnum
State of
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By Richard Maslock
Newfoundland
England
Hawker
Byrd
North Pole
Deming Seymour
Central Clear Channel
Bob
Walter Wilson
Lads
Travel Bureau
Farmer Rush
Mike & Herman
Southern Clear Channel
Fort Worth
Hotel Orchestra
KTHS
Hot Springs
Boyd Goodwin
Thomas
Avey
Louisville
Waar
Armos- Paners
Lions’ Club
WSM Nashville
Tenor
San Antonio
John P. Medbury
Yerkes Observatory
Guardian Angels
King Features Syndicate, Inc
John
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