Treasury Guardians approve loan for penitentiary bills
The Baton Rouge board of liquidation known as the Treasury Guardians, at a meeting, granted a $285 000 loan for exiting penitentiary bills subject to legislative approval. Lieutenant Governor Cyr voted against it. They also noted higher salaries for J E McClanahan and S M Beasley versus previous regimes.
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Board of Liquidation
Baton Rouge
Treasury Guardians
Cyr
J. E. McClanahan
S. M. Beasley
Simpson
Treasury
Long
Louisiana
Governor Long
Hotel
Roosevelt
Louisiana Supreme Court Upholds Free Textbook Law
The Louisiana supreme court this week upheld a free textbook law with four justices in the majority and three in the minority. The decision is not final as further appeal is planned and the vote was close. The New Orleans Item quotes the majority’s view that supplying books to children in private and sectarian schools is permissible under the state’s police power to dispel ignorance, a point seen as potentially expanding constitutional reach and affecting future Louisiana legislation.
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Louisiana Supreme Court
Louisiana Court
New Orleans Item
Louisiana
Bilbo Urges Mississippi Highway Special Session
Governor Bilbo calls a June 24 special session of the Mississippi legislature to act on highway legislation. He stresses the urgency of hard surfaced roads and warns against rushed bond funding driven by politics. The News-Star cautions restraint and guarantees on road funding before pledging large bonds.
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Mississippi
Bilbo
News- Star
Objection to Hawley tariff seeks court review of seized books
The piece argues the Hawley tariff bill would strip federal courts of oversight on seized books and leave decisions to customs officials, risking a clash between scholars and political appointees. It cites Apuleius The Golden Ass as an example of a classic judged by taste rather than law.
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Apuleius
Uncyclopedia Brit
Charles Whibley
Jesus College
Cambridge
Right Angles: Pharaoh and Moses in Progress Thought
The essay contrasts Pharaoh and Moses as two mindsets in society and progress. It notes how some resist reform within constitutional bounds while others push forward, suggesting that revolutionary ideas often meet backlash before eventual evolution, ending with a provocative call to end the Pharaohs.
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Charles Sumner
United States Senate
Moses
Emerson
Carlyle
Boards of Trade
Pharoah
Pharaoh
Red Sea
Egypt
King Features Syndicate, Inc
Launch No 10,090: Presidential Barge On Washington Potomac
A 40 foot launch built for the presidency, carried on the Mayflower and used by Coolidge Hoover and Harding administrations, sailed from Washington navy yards into the Potomac at about 13 knots. The luxury craft seats 37, features mahogany cabins and dura lumin after-cabin, with white cedar, spruce deck, white oak frame and silver plating.
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Washington
Washington Navy Yards
Potomac River
Herbert Hoover
Mount Vernon
Hoover
Harding
Coolidge
United States
Navy Craft Mayflower’s Sister In Navy Yard Combat Craft
Four man crew with coxswain in command. the craft built in New York navy yards and designed by the naval bureau. Its sister No. 10,091 was built at the same time for the battle fleet commander. This vessel, unlike the Mayflower, is less luxuriously outfitted and No. 10,090 cannot rival its parent in Hoover era popularity after decommissioning in Philadelphia.
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Navy Yards
New York
Naval Bureau of Construction and Repair
Philadelphia
Women smoking sparks debate in Nation and press
A Natchez Democrat column argues militant feminism promotes public smoking by women and critiques prohibition and advertising bans. It recalls Carrie Nation clashes and cites Smoots's stance while condemning obscene literature as trash.
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Carrie Nations
Carrie Nation
Reed Smoot
Utah
Smoot
Swim Lessons and Lessons From A Cabin Editorial
A Collier's clipping from the Houston Post Dispatch front page urges fathers to teach children to swim, recounting two boys drowning after a bayou accident. It contrasts real skill with playful dog-style strokes and warns against teaching only canine methods.
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The
Houston Post-Dispatch
Thalia Theater Fire Ends Bowery Landmark for Chinese Opera
The Thalia on the Bowery burned for the sixth time, wiping out New York Citys only Chinese theater. Chinese opera stars Lenn Po Hing and Lee Foy Fong mourned ruined wardrobes worth tens of thousands of dollars while some costumes were salvaged for a planned replacement venue run by the Chinese Merchants Association. The fire ends an era that saw German, Yiddish, Italian and Chinese drama at the Thalia, with the theater likely to be replaced by a loft building.
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Richard Maslock
New York
the Bowery
Thalia Theater
Lenn Po- Hing
Lee Foy-Fong
Chinatown
Lenn Po-Hing
Lena Po-Hing
Brooklyn
Mott and
Pell Streets
Bowery Theater
Chinese Merchants’ Association
Charles King
Newark
Paul Po-Chi Fung
Chinese Dramatic Club
Tang Ming U Hwong
Little Theater
Bowery
Andrew Jackson
Junius Brutus Booth
Edwin Forrest
Charlotte Cushman
Malibran
Sacred concert and club entertainments mark community week
A Hayden benefit drew a fair audience at the Methodist church with Prof Hayden and assistants delivering careful, refined selections. Hypathia club enjoyed an afternoon at Mrs T H McMillan’s home on Louisville avenue with floral adornments. Young Matrons Embroidery club gathered at Mrs S H Hamilton’s home. Other items note J M Cobb's upcoming Pueblo trip, the Masur residence on Bres avenue and Third street, the Horuffs leaving for New York, Blanks’ return from Shreveport, and Pipes and Dr Taylor buying Fords from J Lowe & Company.
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Methodist Church
Hayden
Hypathia Club
T. H. McMillan
Louisville Avenue
West Side
S. H. Hamilton
J. M. Cobb
Pueblo
Colo
Herman Masur
Bres Avenue
Third Street
Albert Horuff
New York
Horuff
The Romantic Prince reviewed in Sabatini’s latest
New York critics ponder Rafael Sabatini's The Romantic Prince as Scaramouche era heroes age. Prince Anthony d Egmont rejects an arranged match, goes into exile, meets Johanna, faces Provincial Governor Rhynsault, and finds a bittersweet resolution.
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New York
Duke of
Guelders
Catherine de Bourbon
Charles the Bold
Flanders
Johanna
Rhynsault
Kuoni
Sabatini
Anthony
Foch Character Shown Through Maj Bugnet’s Reminiscences
Maj Charles Bugnet presents Foch as a man of action and indomitable will in the last eight years of his life. In Foch Speaks he records conversations to reveal the general’s character and belief in work and knowledge as inseparable from duty.
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Napoleon
Hercules
Mozart
Foch
Marshal Foch
France
Charles Bugnet
If You Couldn’t Have Wealth What Would You Choose
A Brooklyn Eagle quotation ponders choice when wealth is unavailable. The line posed asks what alternative value or asset might satisfy desire or ambition beyond money.
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Brooklyn Eagle
Lindberghs Discuss Colonel's Flights Courage
By Associated Press from New York on June 20 The Lone Eagle appears ready for action with strong support from his wife Mrs Lindbergh answered when asked if she fears the colonel's flights She replied Certainly not and spoke of confidence in his aviation pursuits.
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Associated Press
New York
Lone Eagle
Radio Programs Schedule for June 20 Across Major Stations
Central Time radio listings detail programs on WABC WJZ WEAF and many affiliates. Items include Arabesque, Detective Mysteries, The Met Yorkers Concert, Buck and Wing, Operas, and long blocks of music, news, and dance shows with station and network coverage across New York Chicago Detroit and other markets.
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Kmox Koil
WBBM
KMEC
WFBM
Sentinels
Jessica Dragonette
WGY
WTAM
WWJ
WGN
KSD
KSTP
WHAS
WSM
WSB
WMC
WKY
WSAI
Frank Black
WG Wtam
KYW
WDAF
WBAP
Old Counselor
Andy Sannella
WOW
WSMB
WAPI
WTMJ
WJA
KPRC
WOAI
Concert Bureau
Old Madrid
KPR
WFIC
KOA
Jack Albins
Dave Bernie
Orch
WSM Wow
Chicago
Rockland
WIZ & Weaf
WABC
WENR
Farmer Rush
Mike & Herman
WLIB
Uncle Quin
WEAF
WJZ
Amos-Andy
Dan & Sylvia
WLW
Cincinnati
Crosley Review
Eae
Cleveland
Eden
Oeconcnostte
Des Moines
WCX
WJR
Detroit
Amos
WOWO
KFAB
Lincoln
Kjir Orch
KJR
WCCO
Minneapolis-St. Paul
KMOX
St. Louis
KVOO
Tulsa
Atlanta
WIZ
Birmingham
University of Alabama
NBC
KRLD
Dallas
Fort Worth
Ace of Dads and Other Shorter Notes From May Be I’m Wrong
A compiled humor column outlines gags from anecdotes about a gangster cleared in a nineteen murder case and satirical bits on manners efficiency and misprints. It presents vaudeville style gags and wry quips about chefs tipping punctuation and a baggage smasher meeting an unbreakable trunk.
Words of a stern commander on work and will
The marshal valued terse action over talk focusing on results. He urged constant building and decisive will, saying knowing what you want and acting is half the battle. He never lost heart, vowing to remain in being despite setbacks.
Disappointment and Murder Motif in Dark Weather Plot
A small town girl with questionable morals kills herself by wrecking a car after emotional turmoil. Two lovers, Jules and Lyle, bet on who will marry her, with Lyle prevailing. The tale follows the decision and its outcome as June’s fate unfolds.
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Marguerite E. Baldwin
June Fawley
Jules
Lyle
June
Golfer Slays Rival After Missed Tie Putt
During a summer golf match two players neared a tie on the eighteenth. A sneeze at a second remaining doomed the first to miss the final putt and murder followed. He was captured, tried, and sentenced to hanging, with his final wish to take a few practice swings.
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