Senate Calendar Moves With Lighted Next Weeks
Baton Rouge reports the Senate near smooth sailing with 17 bills and 20 house measures up for final passage. Key items include Sandose’s plan for appointive Supreme Court justices, pension-raising DA salary bill, and banking charter limits. House faces crowded calendar delaying luxury tax vote and budget bills as debates continue on taxation and school funding.
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Baton Rouge
R. P
Senate
Sandose
Supreme Justice
Supreme Court
Supreme
Pikehall
Shreveport
P. H. Gilbert
Highway Commission
Davey
A. M. Smith
Sanchez
Jones
Whitehead
Honeymoon Wins and Hat Bets Stir Open Headlines
The story blends a Missouri Valley singles win by A H Chapin Jr of Springfield Mass after his wedding to Charlotte Hosmer with a note on a British Open hat bet between Walter Hagen and Bobby Jones. It hints at sports triumphs and playful wagers as life events unfold.
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Associated Press
Kansas City
A. H. Chapin, Jr
Springfield
Mass
Charlotte Hosmer
Ames
England
Mass Meeting Called Over Monroe Hospital Plan
A special mass meeting at First Methodist church requests attendance at 8 p m to discuss landing a proposed million dollar state Methodist hospital in Monroe. Reverend Marion Monk notes progress with local supporters including the Monroe and West Monroe Chamber of Commerce urging a large, representative turnout. Monroe must show determination as other cities compete for the project.
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First Methodist Church
State Methodist Hospital
Monroe
Marion Monk
West Monroe
New Orleans
Alexandria
Opponents to Early Adjournment Win in House
Washington June 21 By AP the House vote 190 to 84 blocked a definite adjournment date by sending the adjournment resolution to the Ways and Means Committee. House Republican leaders sponsored the measure to delay a final decision.
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Washington
A. P
House
Congress
House’ Ways ‘and Means Committee
Disabled World War Vets Open Annual Meeting
Atlanta hosts the sixth annual convention of Disabled American Veterans with 5000 plus attendees from across the United States. Notables include Colonel John R. McQuigg and General Frank B. Hynes. Programs feature Mme Schuman Heink, taps at Arlington, London, Brussels and Paris, and a parade led by blind veterans with guide-footed escorts.
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Atlanta
A. Pij
United States
John R. McQuigg
American Legion
Frank B. Hynes
Veterans' Bureau
John W. Mahan
Happy Buck
Stone Mountain
East Lake Country Club
Mme. Schuman Heink
Mme Schuman Heink
Arlington
London
Brussels
Paris
Argentine flier arrives safely after seven days missing
Bernardo Duggan, noted Argentine sportsman, and companions Eduardo Olivero and Ernesto Campanelli reached Vigia Brazil safely after seven days missing on a seaplane flight from New York to Buenos Aires. They were flying from Paramaribo Dutch Guiana when signal was lost.
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Buenos Aires
A.P
New York
Bernardo Duggan
Eduardo Olivero
Ernesto Campanelli
Vigia
Brazil
Paramaribo
Dutch Guinea
Cheyenne
French Guinea
Osage murders: Burkhart sentenced for 1924 explosion deaths
Ernest Burkhart pleaded guilty to murder in the death of W. E. Smith, a Fairfax rancher, in a plot to seize Osage property. He testified he hired an assassin and named his uncle W. K. Hale as the plot instigator. The case tied to a broader Osage murders conspiracy.
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Pawhuska
Okla
A. P
Ernest Burkhart
W. E. Smith
Fairfax
Smith
Rita
White
New cotton pest found in Louisiana warns farmers
A new pest called the cotton hopper or Mexican flea has appeared in parts of Louisiana threatening cotton stalks and bolls. Officials at Tallulah and Ouachita parish report serious concern while scientists urge dusting with sulphur and multiple insecticide applications to halt spread and damage.
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Tallulah
Strahan
Ouachita Parish
Madison
East Carroll
West Carroll
Charleston champ upsets boat in fatal river accident
In Saulte Ste Marie six youths drown when a rowboat capsizes during a dance display by Arthur Tessier, who toppled into St Marys River. Only 15 year old Isaac Jon viceur survives as onlookers and rescuers search the icy rapids.
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Charleston
Saulte Ste Marie
Tessier
Kaiser Hohenzollern Keeps Vast Estates After Vote
In yesterday’s German vote the public backed confiscation of royal land but the majority fell short of the constitutional threshold. The Kaiser’s vast holdings remain in place due to low turnout and legal requirements.
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William Hohenzollern
Kaiser
Referendum Fails to Confiscate Hohenzollern Estates
Berlin reports that a national referendum on expropriating Wilhelm Hohenzollern estates failed to reach the required majority. About 14,889,700 votes for and 542,311 against, with over 600,000 ballots defective, left the plan blocked despite strong socialist support and opposition from President Hindenburg.
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Berlin
A. P.1
Wilhelm Hohenzollern
Windenburg
Hanover
Hindenburg
Interest in Anti-Evolution Bill Builds in Louisiana House
Baton Rouge June 21. With the Shattuck anti evolution bill on final passage tonight interest grows as members discuss it. The calendar is crowded and 38 house bills remain unfinished. The measure has strong support but faces organized opposition and a floor hearing before a vote.
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Baton Rouge
A. P
Carrville
Sylvest
House
Businss
Trans-Mississippi Golf Meeting Opens in St Louis
Qualifying rounds of the twenty sixth annual trans Mississipp i golf tournament began at the Algonquin Country Club in St Louis. Nearly 8 300 golfers from the Midwest compete for the title.
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St, Louis
A. P
Algonquin Country
Middle -West
Expect New Gasoline Tax Bill 10 Pass
Baton Rouge June 21 with two measures for a one cent a gallon gasoline tax for parish road funds in the house the Bennett bill would be amended to send one cent of the levy to parishes for road construction and maintenance. Orleans would get 20 percent and the rest on mileage basis with state highways funded by the highway commission.
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Baton Rouge
A. P
Bennett
Sanchez
Sylvest
Washington Parish
Orleans
Highway Commission
House
Minnesota primary centers on governor and congressional races
Minnesota voters headed to the state primary with races for governor and U S House seats. In the Fourth District St Paul incumbent Oscar Keller seeks renomination with Melvin Maas calling for Walstead law changes and Fred Snyder backing prohibition. Governor candidates include Theodore Christiansen facing George Leach, and Magma Johnson seeking the Farmer Labor nomination against Tom Davis.
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ST. Paul
A. P
Minnesota
Oscar KE. Keller
Melvin J. Maas
Fred A. Snyder
Theodore Christiansen
George E. Leach
Minneapolis
Magma Johnson
Farmer- Labor
Tom Davia
Printer Shows Presence Of Mind With Hand Cut Off
Crowley Louisiana June 21 A P Joe Blacksher manager of the Opolousus Progress weekly newspaper had his left hand cut off at the wrist by a power paper cutter Yet he wrapped the stump with a handkerchief and managed to stamp his arm with the paper’s seal before being rushed to treatment.
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Crowley
A. P
Joe Blacksher
Opolousus Progress
Conferees Reach Agreement on Expanding U S Air Service
Senate and House conferees approve a package to strengthen the national air service. It calls for 1800 new army planes over five years and creates an assistant secretary of war to oversee the reorganized air corps. A navy bill proposing two large dirigibles awaits the president. Civil aviation rules already law.
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Washington
Senate
House
National Air Service
Air Board
Army
Reorganized Air Corps
Navy
Shenandoah
Coolidge
F. Trude Davison
New York
Henry P. Davison
Army Sir Corps
Reed questions in Vare campaign funds probe in Philadelphia
A Pennsylvania primary financing dispute unfolds as Senator Reed of Missouri presses Albert M Greenfield on the Businessmen's Committee and its disbursements. The dialogue centers on cash contributions and fund transfers to Ware allies, with Reed demanding direct answers about campaign finance handling.
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William
Ware
Pennsylvania
Washington
Pennsylvania Repub
Senat Reed
Missouri
Senate Campaign Funds Committee
Albert M. Greenfield
Williend S. Vare
S.mmittee
Vare
Ts Field
Businessmen’s Committee
Thomas F. Watson
Pepper
Pinchot
Reed
Businessmen's Committee
Greenfield
Tool
Julius E. Maabaum
Stanley Company of America
Ang
Philadelphia
River Stages Report for Mississippi Ouachita and Ohio Rivers
River stage readings list up and down changes for several stations. Vicksburg and Shreveport show rises and falls, with Cairo on the Ohio at 22.1 feet rising 3.8. Camden and Monroe on Ouachita show increases as conditions shift.
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Mississippi
Vicksburg
New Orleans
RED
Shreveport
Ouachita
Camden
Monroe
Ohio
Cairo
Thousands Throng Giant Stadium for Eucharistic Congress
Chicago reports the first general session of the twenty-eighth international Eucharistic Congress met with massive crowds at Grant Park Stadium. Worshippers pressed toward the altar as the program stalled after Communion, preventing scheduled addresses by Cardinal Von Faulhaber, Archbishop Daniel Mannix, and Senator David Walsh. Traffic was diverted and streets blocked as attendees remained packed around the field and altar despite pleas to disperse.
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Chicago
A. P
John Cardinal Bonzano
Cardinal von Faulhaber
Munich
Germany
Daniel Mannix
Melbourne
Australia
David T. Walsh
Massachusetts
Grant Park
Lake Front
Michigan Boulevard
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Slayer
Oklahoma
Trans-Mississippi
Beauty
Margaret Leigh
Joseph Pondelik
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U. S. Air Service
Solon
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