Pilots Prepare For Mail Trips On Delta Route
Seven pilots stationed at Selman airport prepare to fly Delta Air lines mail service over the Charleston Fort Worth route. Chief pilot P L Higgins leads the group including Don Dice Charles Dolson Lee Mc Bride Andrew Dixon John Worthen and O R Hauder as they study the route landings and terrain prior to starting July 1 operations.
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Delta Air Corporation
Charleston-Fort Worth
Selman
C. E. Woolman
Delta Corporation
P. L. Higgins
Don Dice
Charles Dolson
Lee McBride
Andrew Dixon
John Worthen
O. R. Hauder
Dice
Standard Oil Company
Southwest Shippers Plan Monroe Meeting
The Southwest Shippers advisory board will hold its quarterly meeting in Monroe on September 26 and 27. This marks the first Monroe meeting, a joint conference of railroads and traffic managers with 200 to 300 attendees expected. the prior quarter met in Oklahoma City.
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Southwest Shippers’ Board
Monroe
Southwest Shippers’ Advisory Board
H. J. Fernandez
Shreveport to Discuss Milk Marketing Pact
Washington reports a hearing set for June 25 in Shreveport Louisiana on a proposed milk marketing agreement for the Shreveport sales area. The plan includes use of the lease and surplus system and farm payments tied to milk use by dealers and distributors.
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Washington
Farm Administration
Shreveport
Louisiama
Japan Eyes Unified Front Against Nation Threats
Report notes growing Japanese security concerns in the Pacific as the birth of Manchukuo expands naval duties and responsibility for defense planning across the region.
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Japan
Pacific
Manchukuo
Jap Stand Seen As Peace Menace
Rear Admiral William V. Pratt argues Japan’s push for a higher naval ratio harms peace. He cites Japan’s equal treatment claim while urging recognition of its limits under the current 5-5-3 arrangement. Pratt notes Japan’s global reach and income do not justify parity and lists five reasons to stay at the bottom of the ratio.
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New York
William V. Pratt
Japan
Pratt
Naval Conference, Wrote In the “Quarterly Reviews
England
United States
Police chemist disputes blood evidence in Ferrand case
Police chemist says stains on a trunk are not blood and that Miss Ferrand faces suspicion of profiting from a crime. Investigators believe Poderjay planned to abandon Miss Turverson, while Ferrand’s status as a accomplice is in doubt but she may still withhold information. Poderjay alternated on his marriage claims in London.
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London
Bestermann
Poderjay
Miss Ferrand
Belgrade
Miss Turverson
Corpse Found in Brighton Station Woman Still Unidentified
Police say a dead woman likely killed within three weeks and urge identification within 24 hours. Scotland Yard broadcasts focus on women missing since May 30. An infant found dead in the station checkroom February 24 was not linked to the murder. inquest hearings in the torso case postponed to July 18.
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Scotland Yard
New York Traffic Courts Jammed After Crackdown Order
New York traffic courts were jammed by 4000 drivers one day after policemen were ordered to crack down. The surge overwhelmed dockets as officers intensified enforcement across the city.
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New York
Upper Chamber Adopts Measure By A Wide Margin
Lawmakers debate a Noe bill linking Ouachita college with Louisiana State University and the Monroe campus plan. Critics warn the move burdens budgets and disregard state education leadership while supporting expanded college access and prior funding commitments.
Field adjuster for NRA to enforce code compliance in Monroe
The field adjuster for the NRA will enforce maximum hours and minimum wages strictly. He notes many violators do not understand the code and some predict non enforcement. He will be in Monroe this week in Hotel Monroe room 459 or Chamber of Commerce to take complaints.
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Ment
Hickman
Monroe
Hotel Monroe
Chamber of Commerce
Shreveport
Leach-Beach Leach Couple Wed in Greenville Temple
Lake Providence groom Joe Leach and Detroit by marriage Beatrice Leach united in a Greenville Mississippi ceremony led by Rabbi Rabinowitz. A luncheon followed with family from Lake Providence Detroit Oak Grove and Memphis planned a motor honeymoon to Memphis Chicago and Detroit before returning to live in Lake Providence.
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Joe Leach
Louis Leach
Lake Providence
Beatrice Leach
Morris Leach
Detroit
Mich
Greenville
Miss
Rabbi Rabinowitz
Thuner Leach
Mrs Peters Returns Home from St Francis Sanatorium
Mrs Louis Peters long illness at St Francis sanitarium ends as she is moved to her Ferriday home in improved condition. Peters, formerly Ava Benton, was Ferriday high school's most popular girl in 1930.
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Louis Peters
St. Francis Sanitarium
Peters
Ava Benton
Ferriday High School
Patient Resting After Appendicitis Operation
William Bethany an inmate of the Louisiana Baptist Children's home was reported resting well at St Francis sanitarium following an appendicitis operation Tuesday.
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William Bethany
Louisiana Baptist Children’s Home
St Francis Sanitarium
Obituary for Dominics Fontana and Miller Smith
Dominics Fontana 61 of 2801 Lee avenue died Tuesday night at home. Funeral Thursday at St Matthew's Catholic Church with Rev. M. R. Gremillion officiating. interment in Catholic cemetery. Survived by widow, nine children, siblings and pallbearers listed. Miller Smith 59 of Alto died Tuesday morning at home. Funeral Wednesday. interment Morris Hill Cemetery in Union Parish. Surviving widow, two daughters and three sons.
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Dominics Fontana
Lee Avenue
St. Matthew's Catholic Church
M. R. Gremillion
Mr. Fontana
Sam Fontana
M. F. Fontana
Shreveport
Jacks Pete
Mary
Angelina
Katie
Annilee Fontana
Monroe
Jack Fontana
Independence
Bessie Messina
Lena Bianagio
Miller Smith
Alto
Morris Hill Cemetery
Union Parish
Clever
Mattie Smith
Buck
John
Marvin
Funeral services for Fred Doolittle Jr
Funeral services for 18 month old Fred Doolittle Jr of Clarks were held at the family home with Rev. John Paul Jones officiating. Burial followed in the old Bethel cemetery. Survived by his parents and four siblings Iverton Lee Vera Louise and Viola.
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Fred Doolittle, Jr
Fred Doolittle
Clarks
Monroe Hospital
John Paul Jones
Old Bethel Cemetery
Iverton Lee
Vera
Louise
Viola
Miss Buttitta Faints Twice During Penney Injury Trial
Miss Mildred Buttitta, plaintiff in a $50,000 suit against J. C. Penney of Monroe, fainted twice in court over head injury from a 1932 cup reportedly falling from a money conveyor. She was confined to bed Wednesday after morning sessions and will miss the afternoon hearing.
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Mildred Buttitta
J. C. Penney Company of
Monroe
Miss Buttitta
Thomas Buttitta
North Fifth Street
J. C. Penney Company
Three Men Held After Evangeline Burglary Tools Find
Three men identified as Jimmie Breazile Clifford Prather and Ike Prather were arrested at Basile Evangeline parish by the bureau of criminal identification. They are held in Ville Platte with nitro glycerin fuses dynamite caps two automatics and a big bottle in their possession. Breazile is wanted in Waco for a 1930 bank robbery and the others are known in Houston.
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Baton Rouge
Basile
Evangeline Parish
Bureau of Criminal Identification
R. L. Whitman
Bureau
Ville Platte
Jimmie Breazile
Clifford Prather
Ike Prather
Texas
J. A. Richard
Joe W. Bates
Mrs Waldo Wood Dies in Macon From Blood Poisoning
Mrs. Waldo E. Wood a prominent Baptist woman from the south died in a Macon hospital from blood poisoning contracted from a facial pimple while visiting relatives for the first time in four years. The 30 year old was acclaimed for her community work and religious leadership.
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Macon
Waldo E. Wood
South
State lottery debate echoes across Louisiana legislature
A House committee advances a constitutional amendment proposal to legalize state lotteries and fund veteran and deaf programs, while weighing an enabling act for 1936. Legislators discuss revenues and the potential shift of ticket dollars from abroad, with estimates ranging from tens to fifty million annually.
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Louisiana
Havana
Mexico
Gilmore
United States
Murphy J. Foster
Representative Fisher
New Orleans
Fisher
Monette Jones
Beauregard
Ways and Means
Bradford and Lee
Rapides
Two Youths Drowned in Lake Charles Pool
In Lake Charles Louisiana two boys Jack Piper ten and Billy Markward one drowned in a local pool last night with around twenty bathers nearby They were missing for nearly three hours after which James Piper fourteen found their absence and a pool search recovered the bodies Despite rescue attempts both boys died Their parents are Mr and Mrs J P Piper of Fairfax Alabama and Mr and Mrs W J Markward of Davenport Iowa The boys worked with Stone and Webster on a construction job in the area.
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Lake Charles
Jack Piper
Billy Markward
James Piper
J. P. Piper
Fairfax
Ala
W. J. Markward
Davenport
Piper
Markward
Stone and Webster Engineering Corporation
Story Telling Hour Moves To Thursday Schedule
The American Legion and auxiliary sponsor change story hour from Saturdays to Thursdays for the rest of summer. Miss Eleana Brinsmade says the first Thursday gathering is at 9:30 a.m. at Monroe Public Library. Meetings will be in the library then likely move to the garden for hot days.
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The
American Legion
Eleana Brinsmade
Monroe Public Library
Papen's resignation offer rejected by Hitler in Berlin
Vice Chancellor Franz Von Papen offered to resign after criticizing parts of the Nazi regime in a Sunday speech. Hitler refused to permit the step and promised to address justified complaints. Officials say Goebbels barred a radio broadcast and newspaper publication of the speech.
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Berlin
Franz von Papen
Hitler
von Papen
Propaganda Ministry
Joseph Goebbels
Boll Weevils Reported Across Southern Fields
Reports focus on central and north Louisiana with showers aiding emergence. Auburn experts in Alabama note heavy southern activity but expect heat to curb damage. Tennessee reports no weevil sightings and North Carolina officials say cotton is spotty but cannot confirm invasion.
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Louisiana
Wilson
Alabama
Auburn
Tennessee
North Carolina
W. A. Graham
FHA Plan Outlines New Mortgage Insurance Divisions
Hopkins named chief as FHA nears start of programs. Insurance funds would back mortgages up to 80 percent of appraised value for new homes, with other divisions for low cost dwellings and refinanced old mortgages. National mortgage associations to be chartered, funded by private sources, buy mortgages and issue bonds. A dynamite scare ends with a customer abandoning a wrapped stick in New York store.
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FHA
New York
Captain Workman Leaves Monroe for Corpus Christi Assignment
After three years in the Salvation Army here Captain W. L. Workman departed Wednesday morning for Corpus Christi Texas to relax before starting a new role as Salvation Army financial campaigner. Major Albert Figgins of Ocala Florida replaces him and will head the Monroe headquarters, with plans for Workman to travel through Louisiana Mississippi and Alabama from Birmingham Alabama as his base.
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Salvation Army
W. L. Workman
Corpus Christi
Texas
Workman
Albert Figgins
Ocalla
Fla
Birmingham
Ala
Louisiana
Mississippi
Alabama
Monroe
West Monroe
Veteran Captain Courtney Hospitalized at St Francis
Captain E. G. Courtney, a Spanish-American War veteran, was admitted to St Francis sanitarium Wednesday morning with an illness that has kept him bedridden for much of the past three years.
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E. G. Courtney
St. Francis Sanitarium
Courtney
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