Charges Made Against Power and Light Companies
A federal trade commission examination reported that the National Power and Light company reorganized subsidiaries and increased fixed capital by 35 million dollars. Ledger costs for 1928 showed 127.3 million with the 35 million rise excluding write ups from reorganizations and not counting Lehigh subsidiaries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Washington
National Power and Light Company
Federal Trade Commission
A. R. Cobert
Commission
National Company
Colbert
Lehigh Power Sureties Corporation
Cobert
Lehigh Corporation
Memphis Power and Light Company
Carolina Power and Light Company
Knoxville Power and Light Company
Arkansas Power and Light Company
Houston Lighting and Power Company
Birmingham Electric Company
West Tennessee Power and Light's Company
Memphis Natural Gas Company
New Orleans Counsel Secures Injunction in Highway Case
In a contentious session Judge Farrot issued a preliminary injunction tying up about 13 million dollars in highway bond funds. The case involved the city of New Orleans and the Louisiana highway commission over contract obligations and attorney general approval for counsel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
High Court
Tax Commission
New Orleans
Michel Provosty
Henry B. Curtis
Orleans Parish
Fire Board
James Henriques
Gus Llambias
Sewerage and Water Board
Leslie A. Fitch
East Baton Rouge Parish
Leander H. Perez
Tax Commissions
Attorney General
Jones
Highway Commission
Blasini
Supreme Court
State Supreme Court
Favrot
Lewis L. Morgan
Covington
E. S. Cain, Jr
Francis P. Burns
Mr. Morgan
Commission
Harry B. Henderlite
City of
John Klover
Bryson Vallas
Farrot
Louisiana Highway Commission
Governor Long Denies Unlimited Constitutional Convention
Huey P. Long asserts the constitutional convention is legally limited by the call and will not exceed it. He argues newspapers misstate the process and claims the road law and other limited provisions will be ratified in advance, with the convention confined to those terms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Supreme Court of
Supreme Court
Louisiana
American Sugar Refinery Company
State Vs. Regis
United States
Cotton Co op Manager Opens New Orleans Exchange Floor
E F Creekmore general manager of the American Cotton Cooperative Association arrived in New Orleans to set offices and begin operations. He met with J P Henican president of the exchange as directors near approval for membership. The cooperative plans full operation by August employing 200 to 300 people.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Orleans
E. F. Creekmore
American Cotton Cooperative Association
Creekmore
New Orleans Cotton Exchange
J. P. Henican
Exchange
Cotton Cooperative
U S Must Modernize Battleships to Match Britain
Rear Admiral George H. Rock told the House Naval Affairs Committee that the United States would lack battleship parity with Britain until all line ships are modernized. Seven of the fifteen ships retained under the London treaty are already modernized or underway, with a $30 million measure before the committee to modernize Idaho New Mexico and Mississippi.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
United States
Great Britain
House Naval Affairs Committee
George H. Rock
Bureau of Construction
Senate
Idaho
New Mexico
Mississippi
Fail to Agree on Sub for Veteran Measure
Senate Republicans at a Washington conference failed to agree on substitutes for the finance committee's veterans relief bill. Leader Watson said the measure would add about 102 million dollars to the current 511 million annual veterans program total, and it faced a presidential veto.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate
Finance Committee
Hoover
Watson
Boy Kills Himself After Camp Expulsion
East Point Georgia June 23 17 year old Jack Mulkey forced to leave Citizens Military Training camp at Camp McClelland Alabama because of illness committed suicide at his father’s home. Parents found him dead with a bullet in his brain. Mulkey had just graduated honor student from Russell High School.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
East Point
Jack Mulkey
Citizens Military Training
Camp McClelland
Ala
Mulkey
Russell High
Twelve Days Left to Pass Big State Appropriations Bill
With 17 days remaining in the legislative session only 12 days remain for the general appropriations bill to pass both houses. The measure totals about 14 million dollars and faces extensive debate over hospital and education funding amid calls to advance the bill despite a crowded calendar.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hughes
House
Senate
Ellender
Terrebonne
Tax Commission
State Board of Health
Health Board
Dairy Commission
Board of Health
Louisiana
Heat Waves Sweep Across Cities With Record Temperatures
Day by day extreme heat grips the nation from Louisiana to the Midwest. New Orleans hits 96 with 92 today amid swamp mists. St Louis records 101.4 as Illinois and Missouri see deaths. Georgia reports high winds and hail along with damages estimated at 100000 in Colquitt and Worth counties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Orleans
Louisiana
Mississippi
Moultrie
Colquitt and
Worth
Georgia
ST. Louis
Harvey Duncan
Anna
Ill
Carlyle
Birmingham
Ala
The
Mercury
Chicago
Middle West
Weather Bureau
Illinois
Missouri
Iowa
Reids’ Lake
Paxton
Neb
Hook and Ladder Company No. 14
Chicago Fire Department
War Department Contracts for Airplane Engines
The War Department approved 876 airplane engines totaling 5.336 million dollars. Pratt and Whitney Aircraft Co. of Hartford received 684 Wasp 450 hp engines worth 3.802 million for 402 airplanes. Curtiss Aeroplane and Motor Co. of New York got 40 engines of 420 hp and 152 engines of 600 hp worth 1.534 million for the same aircraft order.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
War Department
Pratt and Whitney Aircraft Company
Hartford, Conn
Wasp
Curtiss Aeroplane and Motor Company of
New York
New Lindbergh Born Quietly Amid Family Euphoria
The newborn Lindbergh arrived in a restrained ceremony at the Morrow home with nurses and hospital gear sent home. Mrs. Lindbergh remained active in aviation making flights with Col. Lindbergh before and after the birth. The infant, described as resembling his father with blonde hair and blue eyes, marks a rare moment of public calm surrounding a high profile family.
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Morrow
Lindbergh
Ambassador Morrow
Colonel Lindbergh
Anne Morrow
Mexico City
United States Legation
New England
Central America
Glendale
Cal
New York
Legislature Opens Seventh Week With Tax, Trial Bills
The house will consider Hoffpauli’s proposal giving 15 dollars per educable child yearly and Sere’s plan to add two substitute jurors in criminal cases. Senate action centers on Caffery’s constitutional amendment to raise income tax from 3 to 10 percent with limits noted. The penitentiary probe resumes with witnesses including C. T. Phillips and others subpoenaed to appear this afternoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sere
Senate
Caffery
Senate Penitentiary Investigating Committee
C. T. Phillips
Quachita 4-H Boys and Girls Leave for Camp
Quachita 4 H boys and girls depart in private cars for a week long encampment. Leaders F R Strahan Jewel L McQuiller and other adults accompany the group with suit cases and farm produce for meals. The camp runs from today through Friday with lectures from LSU professors and nighttime music.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. R. Strahan
Jewel L. McQuiller
Claude W. Davis
Mary Johnson
Strahan
McQuiller
Gordon Cain
Richland Parish
Louisiana State University
Heflin Urges Accord on Muscle Shoals Plan
Senator Heflin of Alabama met with President Hoover at the White House urging a joint agreement on Muscle Shoals legislation. He also asked Hoover to press the Federal Farm Board to ensure cotton farmers receive at least 20 cents a pound.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senator Heflin
Alabama
White House
Hoover
House
Senate
Muscle Shoals
Heflin
Federal Farm Board
Stray Dogs Targeted After Children Bitten
After three children were bitten by stray animals, authorities consider drastic measures to shoot on sight. Community fears rise as safety concerns escalate and calls for protective action grow louder.
Young Bandit Robs Memphis Orpheum Offices
In Memphis on June 23 an unidentified bandit slugged Carl Ledbetter the treasurer at the Orpheum theater offices and escaped with 800 dollars. Ledbetter lay unconscious until two women workers found him. police investigate the daylight robbery downtown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Memphis
Tenn
Orpheum Theater
Carl Ledbetter
Ledbetter
Pittsburg club tears down dilapidated houses
In an effort to beautify the city Pittsburg Kan club members tore down two dilapidated houses after gaining permission of the owners.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburg
Kan
Priest Drowns Saving Two Girls in River
In Montreal on June 23 a priest died after rescuing two girls from drowning in the St. Lawrence at Vardennes. Father Raymond Cloran S J prefect of discipline at Loyola College, 46, swam to support the girls until a boat arrived, then himself sank.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montreal
St. Lawrence
Vardennes
Raymond Cloran
S. J
Loyola College
Father Cloran
Improvements Sought at W. M. Depot and Park Plan
Fields calls for converting the lot behind West Monroe station into a park and demands immediate railroad improvements promised a year ago. Umbrella sheds from the old Illinois Central station are to be moved to the site as part of the plan. Fields also seeks Public Service Commission authority to probe Baton Rouge telephone rates for about 300 suburban users.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fields
West Monroe
The
Public Service Commission
Baton Rouge
Senate approves London naval treaty in foreign relations vote
The Senate Foreign Relations Committee approved the London naval treaty by 16 to 4 and ordered it reported to the full Senate. Senators Johnson and Shipstead announced minority reports, while Borah planned to submit the treaty as a ratification resolution without committee recommendation. Hoover called for ratification.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Washington
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Senate
Johnson
Republican
California
Shipstead
Farmer-Labor
Minnesota
Borah
Hoover
Foreign Relations Committee
Rioting in Seville Wounds Many as Police Fire
Riots erupted in Seville on June 23 after a clash between police and striking workers. Police fired into the crowd to quell demonstrations, wounding many and escalating unrest in the city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seville
Spain
Rockefeller's Son to Wed Today in New York Ceremony
John D. Rockefeller 3d will serve as best man for his brother who marries Miss Eleanor Clark in a ceremony at the Clark home. After a reception they sail for a world honeymoon and plan to reside at Pocantico hills estate in New York. The bride, 22, is a Philadelphia attorney's daughter and a noted horsewoman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gwendolyn Roberts
Eleanor Clark
David Milton
New York
Rockefeller
Laura Wayne
Catherine Clothier
Alice Lippincott
Philadelphia
Genevieve Bell
Pittsburgh
Beverly Cole
Washington
John D. Rockefeller
Clark Home
Tarrytown
N. Y
Mr. Rockefeller
Pocantico Hills
New York City
Ambassador Dawes Visits former office boy in Milwaukee
Charles G. Dawes ambassador to England spent time from the Chicago world fair plans to visit Francis Kilkenny once an office boy for Dawes. Kilkenny now ill in a Milwaukee sanitarium. They chatted for an hour before Dawes resumed travel. Kilkenny rose to become a successful stock broker after his apprenticeship.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milwaukee
Wis
Charles G. Dawes
England
Chicago
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American Legion
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Shreveport
East Louisiana Hospital
Jackson
Central Louisiana Hospital
Pineville
Louisiana Training Institute
Monroe
State School For the Blind
State School For the Deaf
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Louisiana Tuberculosis Commission
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Quachita
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London Naval Treaty
Dartmouth College
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George B. Roberts
Pennsylvania Railroad
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