Special Car to Take LA Lions to Convention
Louisiana Lions clubs plan to attend the international convention in Denver July 15 to 18. A Missouri Pacific special leaves New Orleans July 12 at 11 59 p m reaching Monroe July 13 at 8 45 a m. Lions from 27 clubs will join along routes through Little Rock Hope Monroe Collinston Alexandria Winnsboro Jena and other towns to form the through train.
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Louisiana Juion Clubs
Denver
Missouri Pacific
New Orleans
Monroe
Lions Clubs
Shreveport Club
Little Rock
Haynesville
Shreveport
Hope
Minden
Arcadia
Oak Grove
Collinston
Alexandria
Winnsboro
Jena
Delhi
Mangham Lions
Plain Dealing Lions
Shreveport Party
Baton Rouge Lions
Homer
Vivian
Shreveport Aggregaton
Ringgold
Monroe Lions
Gibsland
Lions Club
Oil City
Jonesboro
Orleans
Dubach Lions
Gilliam
Bossier City
Denaldsonville
Louisiana House Standoff Over Constitutional Convention Bill
The Louisiana House faced a ten hour session with heated debates as the constitutional convention bill, tied to issuing $68 million in highway bonds, stalled behind about 200 measures. Speaker Fournet denied a two thirds rule to advance, sparking clashes over rules and outside access. Ellender and supporters cried foul as efforts to filibuster continued.
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Highway Commission
House
Long
W. Clark Hughes
Bossier
Hughes
Ellender
Terre Bonne
Spencer
Madison
John B. Fournet
Sneaker Fournet
Supreme Court
Bauer
St. Mary
Sylvest
Washington
Sayes
Avoyelles
Speaker
Bogan
Caddo
Perrault
St. Landry
Frymire
Orleans
Sanders
Fast Baton Rouge
Edwards
West Carroll
Suich of Orleans
Rome
Ginsberg
Prominent New Orleans figure Sidney Buchanan Dies
Sidney Roman Buchanan, 68, a well known former New Orleans businessman with sugar planter roots and political ties, died Friday. Police chased David W. Cullinane on Canal Street and arrested him for operating a vehicle while intoxicated.
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New Orleans
Sidney Roman Buchanan
David W. Cullinane
Canal Street
French Aviator Rescued By Shepherdess in Andes
Henri Guillaumet, a French airman missing for a week after a crash in the Andes, was found by a lone shepherdess near Pareditas Argentina. He endured a 400 foot fall 150 meter drop in the ice and days without sleep before being aided to Pareditas and flown out.
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Associated Press
Mendoza
Argentina
Henri Guillaumet
Pareditas
Andes
Guillaumet
Santiago de Chile
Buillaumet
Six Deacons to Be Ordained at First Baptist Church
Six recently elected deacons of the First Baptist church will be ordained at a Sunday service. Dr. P. E. Burroughs of the Baptist Sunday School Board will preach on The Deacon and His Responsibilities. Ordained are J. T. Morgan E. H. Murrell Sam Newsome J. M. McCarty Earl Pettit and A. O. Davis.
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First Baptist Church
P. E. Burroughs
Nashville
the Baptist Sunday School Board
J. T. Morgan
E. H. Murrell
Sam Newsome
J. M. McCarty
Earl Pettit
A. O. Davis
Dr. Burroughs
L. T. Hastings
L. A. Stulee
the Church Administration Magazine
Wrong Man Put on the Spot by Hired Slayer
In Hammond Indiana on a busy Indiana Harbor corner a shooting injures merchant John Alban. Police say a hired killer shot at Alban mistaking him for a marked target near a gambler. the gunman fled the scene. Alban's condition is serious and the intended victim may have been the gambler.
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Hammond
Ind
Indiana Harbor
John Alban
Alban
Indana Harbor
Man Rescued by Provincial Officer After Plane Elopement
A provincial policeman discovered the man Friday and notified authorities. An aircraft was brought to the scene to transport him back to Mendoza.
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Mendoza
Itemized Henderson deal looms amid prison finances
Public hearing reveals penitentiary debts of about 10 000 tied to a joint rice farm with John P Burgin while machinery was said to serve the entire system. Witnesses recount Shuster Sale commissions and 37 000 indebtedness to Shushan Brothers as lawmakers probe prison operations at Angola.
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Pointe Coupee Parish
John P. Burgin
Phillips
Shuster Sale Agency
Angola
Shuster
Shushan
M. J. Himel
A. D. Bryan
J. Bob Daniels
Harry Pitcher
Fuqua
Dreher
Thomas Dreher
LeBouef
Cyr
Pecot
Himel
Long
Daniels
Bryan
Claims Dentist Used Fake Name for Sixteen Years
Dr J M Bentley, a Neon Kentucky man, faced charges for using an illegally obtained license and practicing in Arkansas and Tennessee. Attorney G G Westbrook said the imposter also faced 1926 federal narcotics charges in Jonesboro, which ended in a directed verdict acquittal. Bentley admitted using a friend’s license after failing to obtain a Louisville diploma and worked in Hoxie and Walnut Ridge before Tennessee. He was denied a 90 day grace to complete new cases.
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J. M. Bentley
Neon
Hazard
Arkansas
Tennessee
G. G. Westbrook
Jonesboro
Ark
Bentley
Louisville
Hoxie
Walnut Ridge
Legislature in Brief Bills Passed Friday Night
The legislature approved multiple bills including H B 419 creating free employment agencies under labor commissioner, H B 452 banning aiding escapes from state institutions, H B 173 reorganizing Orleans levee board, H B 472 transferring state lands for a fish hatchery, and H B 490 funding Boy Scout movements. Several measures failed like H B 455 on sheriff sales and H B 465 on adoptions and inheritances.
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Heintz
Commissioner of Labor
Orleans
McClung
Natchitoches Parish
Wilds
H. B
McDonald
Winn Parish
Fruge
Marchand
Lengster
Ginsberg, Spencer and Ellender
Heehe
Abels and Cutter
Hamiter
Meebe
Ginsberg
Bauer
Wilkinson
Highway Commission
Senate
McDermott
Death of Mrs Emily Louisiana Howe mother of J Ed Howe
News reached J Ed Howe telegraph editor of the Monroe Post that his mother Mrs Emily Louisiana Howe 93 died at her daughter Mrs BE Beard’s Los Angeles home burial in Hollywood cemetery. A native of Quitman county Georgia she lived in Shreveport years before moving to California after a paralytic stroke in 1916. She was a lifelong Baptist and beloved by many.
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Emily Louisiana Howe
J. Ed. Howe
Monroe Post
Howe
el Dorado, Ark
The
Baptist Church
Monroe Municipal Gun Club Ironic Decline Letter
A letter from J. G. Bell, vice president of the Monroe Municipal Gun Club, recalls the club's founding at the Munici pal Golf Club cottage and its swift decline as wives curb shell purchases and clay pigeons. He notes the cost of clay pigeons and shells, the dwindling interest, and the claim that many men would rather hunt game than shoot birds. The piece ends with humorous musings on domestic influence and boredom in hard times.
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Gan Club
News-Star
Monroe Municipal Gan Club
Municipal Golf Club
Mama
Borneo
Monroe Municipal Gun Club
J.G. Bell
Disabled Veterans Gather for World War Reunion in New Orleans
In New Orleans on June 21 thousands of Disabled Veterans of the World War begin gathering for their annual reunion. Commander William J. Murphy of Santa Ana California and Brigadier General Jack Dunn of Boston lead the vanguard as the event opens Monday.
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New Orleans
William J. Murphy
Santa Ana
Cal
Jack Dunn
Boston
Crazed Slayer Claims He Is a Red Diamond
A letter from a self described red diamond killer claims he was chosen to punish, naming Mozynski and two murder victims. He says his mission ended after papers were returned and describes escorting two young women, Katherine May and Elizabeth King, away after Mozynski and Sowley were killed.
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Supreme Council
Russia
United States
Mozynski
Katherine May
Elizabeth King
Joseph Mozynski
Noel Sowley
Negro Returned to Rayville on Murder Charge
Albert Johnson, a negro, was returned to Rayville today on a murder charge. Deputy Sheriffs Gillis and Copeland brought him from the city where he was held after police arrested him following a description of the slayer. Johnson admitted nothing and had two pocket knives when seized.
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Rayville
Albert Johnson
FE. J. Gillis
Sam Copeland
Johnson
L. G Parker
Woman found dying on El Dorado street
El Dorado Arkansas June 21 Mrs Nora Arnold 30 wife of farmer Frank Arnold was found in a residential street with fatal head and neck injuries. She died en route to hospital. Police arrested her husband after he appeared at the scene as a crowd gathered. Authorities suspect she was thrown from or jumped from a car.
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Associated Press
EL Dorado
Ark
Nora Arnold
Grannis
Frank Arnold
Former NOPD Officer Sentenced for Murder Then Escapes
Charles Geurand, a former New Orleans policeman, was convicted of killing a young black girl after making improper advances. Though sentenced to hanging, a lunacy commission found him insane. He is being transported to the east Louisiana insane asylum at Jackson, Louisiana.
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New Orleans
Charles Geurand
East Louisiana Insane Asylum
Jackson
Gourand
Tragic Cliff Fall At West Rock Park Injures Many
A man leapt from a cliff at West Rock while a family picnicking nearby watched in horror. He toppled himself and three others from a 70 foot drop, killing them. Police say Spang grabbed the victims and threw them over the edge as onlookers heard pleas. The site is a noted New Haven landmark with historic associations and volcanic rock formations.
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Spang
West Rock
Park
Sysem
Charles I
England
New Haven
Challenge of Cannon Taken Up by Tinkham
The dispute centers on remarks by Representative Tinkham alleging Bishop Cannon violated the corrupt practices act by not reporting $48,300 from E. C. Jameson of New York used to promote the anti Smith campaign. Cannon threatened libel actions and denied the charges.
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Tinkham
George Holden Tinkham
E. C. Jameson
New York
House
Shreveport Woman and Baby Hit by Unidentified Driver
Mrs Hazel Fisher of Shreveport and her eight month old baby were struck near Provencal by an automobile carrying three unidentified men. The car overturned in a ditch and all three fled. Fisher and baby were found unconscious and taken to a hospital in Natchitoches oriented toward family. Fisher had been en route to her father’s home in Dequincy. Her husband John Raymond Fisher died months earlier in a ladder accident. Both are not in serious condition.
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Associated Press
Shreveport
Hazel Fisher
Natchitoches
Provencal
Marshal J. W. Dwyer
Ernest Bobbitt
Seven Drownings in Four Days Reported in Mississippi
Jackson Miss June 21 Lewis Williams of Poplarville an orphanage inmate drowned and two others escaped early today pushing Mississippi four day drowning toll to seven Otis Duon and his wife died in Neshoba county Peiday and Gibson Pritchard 25 near Yazoo City Mrs Charles Lee Naomi Toughs stone and Grady Touchstone near Meadville in Franklin county are also noted in the toll
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Ass Wo Jackson
Miss
Lewis Williams
Poplarville
Baptist Orphanage
Mississippi
Otis Duon
Neshoba County
Peiday
Gibson Pritchard
Yazoo City
Charles Lee
Naomi Toughs Stone
Grady Touchstone
Meadville
Franklin County
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Pegues
DeSoto
Buchanan
Edgar Rice Burroughs
Tarzan
Akut
Numa
King of Beasts
Beasts
Associated S’ress
Bebe Daniels
Ben Lyon
Los Angeles
South America
Dr. P. FE. Burroughs
N. O
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