Contractors vie to bid on Monroe High School project
Twelve contractors from Monroe Shreveport New Orleans Alexandria and Little Rock have obtained plans and expect to bid for the Monroe city high school erection. Bids open at city hall June 30 for a project near 450000 with plans drawn by J W Smith and Associates and copies issued by that firm.
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Monroe City High School
Monroe
Shreveport
New Orleans
Alexandria
Little Rock
Werner Company, Inc
William Peterson
J. W. and
R. T. Burkes
Lee Ellis
W. C. Salley
George J. Glover Company, Inc
Tudor and Ratcliff
0. M. Gwin Construction Company
Gordon Walker
Frank Masling
Ashton Glassell Company
Caldwell Brothers
Frances
Ashton Glassell
J. W. Smith and
Bilbo Names Full Mississippi Hospital Commission
Gov. Bilbo announced the complete personnel of the new Mississippi hospital commission. John G. Burkett was named as the third member, joining Will Jacobs and Harvey F. Harrison. The panel aims to finish the $5,000,000 insane hospital project amid a dispute over the retiring original commission. The deposed body included Dr. J. W. Provine Col. Sid McLaurin and W. H. Waddell.
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Jackson
Miss
Carl White
Theodore Bilbo
New
Mississippi Hospital Commission
John G. Burkett
Will Jacobs
Harvey F. Harrison
J. W. Provine
Mississippi College
Clinton
W. H. Waddell
Sid McLaurin
Brandon
St Augustine Bank Shuts Doors Under Liquidation
Bankers Trust company of St Augustine fails to open for business. The notice on the door says the directors voted to close and liquidate due to unfavorable conditions and weak local support. Depositors will be paid in full as liquidation permits.
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Associated Press
ST. Augustine
Fla
Bankers Trust Company of
Constitutional League
League
Cheese and Cream Plant to Open in Winnsboro Soon
The Gris ham Ice Cream company of Delhi plans a modern ice cream and cheese factory in Winnsboro. The Delhi plant manager visited a site yesterday to assess a building for temporary housing while construction starts. The venture is expected to invest $15,000 or more.
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Winnsboro
News-Star
Grisham Ice Cream Company
Delhi
Senate adjournment sought after World War pensions vote
Washington June 19 Senate leaders eyed adjournment next week while pushing votes on the World War pensions bill and the rivers and harbors measure. The veterans bill likely to pass by nightfall. the Great Lakes water dispute with Illinois was set for swift action.
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Associated Press
Washington
Senate
Johnson
Commerce Committee
Great Lakes
Glenn
Minois
Blaine
Wisconsin
Jake Paralysis Victim Sues Jackson Druggists
M K White deputy circuit clerk of Hinds county sues two Jackson druggists for 60000 damages claiming an impure compound purchased from J W Harding and Roland Lovelace caused partial paralysis. The extract allegedly came from Superior Products company of St Louis.
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Associated Press
Jackson
Miss
M. K. White
Hinds County
White
J. W. Harding
Roland Lovelace
Harding
Lovelace
Superior Products Company of
St. Louis
United Fruit Plans Three Fast Passenger Liners
Crawford H. Ellis, vice president of United Fruit, announced contracts to place three additional fast passenger liners into service between New Orleans and Colombia Panama and Cuba at a cost of 11 million dollars. The ships will be built within a year.
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Associated Press
New Orleans
Crawford H. Ellis
United Fruit Company
Colombia
Panama
Cuba
Finance Minister Moldenhauer resigns in Berlin
United Press reports on June 19 that Finance Minister Paul Moldenhauer resigned to Chancellor Heinrich Bruening. The cabinet was summoned to discuss the move.
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United Press
Berlin
Paul Moldenhauer
Heinrich Bruening
Long and Parker Across Baton Rouge Politics Clash
Baton Rouge hosted rival mass meetings on June 18 1929 as Governor Huey P Long pressed a 68 million highway bond plan while Former Governor John M Parker led the Constitutional league in sharp attacks. The sessions drew 25 000 attendees from New Orleans and parishes amid clashes and intense rhetoric.
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Associated Press
Baton Rouge
Louisiana State University
Huey P. Long
John M. Parker
Constitutional League of Louisiana
League
T. Semmes Walmsley
New Orleans
Long
Shreveport
Walmsley
Highway Commission
Hugh Wilkinson
Allen Ellender
Terrebonne
J. E. McClanahan
Caldwell
Leon Law
Sabine
Carter Rownd
Livingston
W. H. Bennett
East Feliciana
Parker
Gilbert J. Dupre
St. Landry
J. L. Pitts
Alexandria
Constitutional League
Paul Barron
State of
Louisiana
United States
Supreme Court
Highway Department
Byrd and Antarctic Explorers Return Home in New York Welcome
Rear Admiral Richard Byrd and his Antarctic party arrive in New York after years at sea and ice. A 77-ship escort parades up the harbor as crowds greet the explorers who mapped the Antarctic ice cap. Byrd praises the homecoming and speaks from a radio aboard the cutter.
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New York
Richard Evelyn Byrd
New York Harbor
Battery
Broadway
City Hall Park
Antarctic
Manhattan
Australia
Bert Balchen
Byrd
Paul Sipple
Eleanor Bolling
City of New York
Grover A. Whalen
America
Admiral Byrd
Whalen
New Orleans Banker to Join Nashville Banks
Sidney W. Souers executive vice president of Canal Bank and Trust in New Orleans resigns to become vice president of Fourth and First Banks in Nashville Tennessee. Fourth and First Banks owns most stock in local First Fourth and First National Bank Nashville Trust Union Planters Memphis Manhattan Bank. Souers has served as vice president since 1925. resignation effective July 1.
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New Orleans
Sidney W. Souers
Canal Bank and Trust Company of
Fourth and First Banks, Inc
Nashville, Tenn
First Fourth
First National Bank
Nashville Trust Company
Nashville
Union Planters National Bank and Trust Company
Manhattan Bank of
Memphis
Souers
Lonoke Democrats Bar Tedford From Renomination Ballot
Lonoke Arkansas June 19 The Lonoke county democratic central committee refused to list Representative Tedford for renomination noting that his filing came after the ticket closed. The action blocks his name from appearing on the ballot.
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Lonoke, Ark
Lonoke County
Democratic Central Committee
Tedford
Ship Crash Account Reveals Loggers Costs and Prison Punishments
Testimony details lumber yard capacity of 1 623 000 feet and logging costs 15 per thousand in hills and 442 in low lands. Captains and wardens discuss punishments, including a four inch strap, long line and restoration as a trusty, amid prison camp administration questions.
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Ture
Schwing
Steckler
Spence
Daugherty
Flournoy
McClanahan
J. A. Robinson
Robinson
Prison Officials Refute Tales of Drinking Parties
Baton Rouge June 19 The senate penitentiary investigating committee heard testimony at Angola denying drinking parties at the prison big house while confirming occasional visits by outsiders for drinks. Witnesses described farm crops assets and road work as the inquiry scrutinized the Angola facility and past operations.
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Associated Press
Baton Rouge
J. E. McClanahan
Caldwell
Senate Penitentiary Investigating Committee
Angola
Paul Cyr
Bob Lourney
Orleans Parish
J. Bob Daniels
A. P. Steckler
I. J. Spence
J. Daugherty
Camp F
Daniels
Big House
Robert S. Maestri
Conservation Department
Anderson
Cooley 18 Back Captains Board Meeting Return
COOLEY 18 BACK Captain G B Cooley member of the board of directors of the Louisiana State Chamber of Commerce returned this morning from New Orleans where he attended the monthly board meeting.
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G. B. Cooley
The
Louisiana State Chamber of Commerce
New Orleans
A Family Doctor's Laxative Is Best
An advertisement promotes Dr Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin as a safe laxative for all ages. It touts laboratory supervision, original prescription accuracy, and wide family use with bottles sold in drugstores.
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Dr. Caldwell
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