Three Gliders Hauled In Sky in US First
In Los Angeles on June 23 a motorless trio was towed aloft by a powered plane, marking a potential aerial express system. The gliders piloted by Richard DuPont Hawley Bowlus and D W Wilson rode three 200 foot ropes from Joe Plosser’s cabin ship, then released after 30 minutes to land safely at Grand Central airport.
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Los Angeles
United States
Joe Plosser
Richard DuPont
Wilmington
Del
DuPont
Hawley Bowlus
Charles A. Lindbergh
D. W. Wilson
Plosser
Grand Central Airport
Sugar’s Louisiana Dawn: 1795 Commercial Production
Sugar first produced commercially in Louisiana in 1795 using a boiling process invented by Etienne De Bore, a French colonial settler.
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Louisiana
Etienne de Bore
Old Account Book Reveals 1700 Indian Trade Details
Greenwood Delaware Capital June 23 A vintage ledger shows Captain John Evans Virginia Carolina licensed trader kept accounts with Native peoples in the early 1700s. Items include a fox skin for 18 cents an otter and beaver skin for under 75 cents and a half pint of rum for 50 cents.
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Greenwood
D. C
Mary W. Wells
John Evans
Virginia
Carolina
McClelland Last Rites Held For former Louisiana Lawmaker
Former La Fourche Parish representative J. W. McClelland died Thursday from a self inflicted wound and will have final rites in Des Allemands. Dr J L Daines acting coroner ruled death by own action. Interment planned in Magnolia Cemetery Baton Rouge. Survived by widow three daughters Dean Mary Martha of New Orleans and brothers R H and R L of Baton Rouge.
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Misses Dean
Mary
Martha McClelland
New Orleans
R. H. and
R. L. McClelland
Baton Rouge
Preliminary Hearing Set For Slayer Wade In Houston
Houston Tex June 23 preliminary hearing for L C Wade 43 year old oil field worker charged with murder in the slaying of George Anderson 40 year old contractor has been set for Friday afternoon Investigating officers said witnesses described a fight at a private home sparked by jealousy over a woman.
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Houston
Tex
L C. Wade
George Anderson
Anderson
St Paul Beer Gardens Create Jobs For Musicians
St Paul musicians see more work as legal beer brings employment rises. E P Ringius of the musicians association notes a shift from lively novelty tunes to the waltz and two step as demand grows. The piece mentions local changes in music styles alongside the beer issue.
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St. Paul’s Beer Gardens
ST. Paul
E. P. Ringius
Romance of Ice Highlighted at Rotary Meeting
Ted Riley spoke on The Romance of a Cake of Ice before the Rotary Club at Hotel Virginia. He traced ice use from Nero to modern artificial production, noting 1805 shipments to Martinique and the 1904 to 1930 growth in U S ice output to 65 million tons.
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Ted Riley
Rotary Club
Hotel Virginia
Nero
America
Frederic Tudor
Martinique
West Indies
William Cullen
Jacob Perkins
England
Gorrie
Florida
United States
Bar Association Dates Moved to October 6 7
The Louisiana State Bar Association annual meeting in Shreveport has been rescheduled from October 13 14 to October 6 7. Secretary W W Young announced the change after the executive committee altered the dates at a recent meeting.
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Louisiana State Bar Association
Shreveport
W. W. Young
Hit and run driver sought in carrier James Quarlander death
Tyler Texas June 23 officers sought a hit and run driver in connection with the death of James Paul Quarlander a 31 year old newspaper carrier killed in a traffic incident Friday in the city.
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Tyler
Texas
James Paul Quarlander
Insurance firm named in 2000 suit over denied claim
William H. Johnson sues The Aetna Life Insurance Company of Hartford in district court seeking 2000 dollars plus 500 attorney fees. He says he was insured for 1000 under Dixie Roofing group policy when he fell through a sky light in July 1931, injuring his back hip and rendering right arm permanently disabled. He alleges proof of disability was given but the insurer refused payment, and he seeks payment or double the policy value. The note adds that about 200 Confederate veterans remain in Kentucky.
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Aetna Life Insurance Company
Hartford
Master Plumbers End Convention at Orleans
The National Association of Master Plumbers closed its convention in New Orleans with Robert J. Barrett of Washington named president John J. Calnan of Chicago named vice president H O Green of Tulsa treasurer and Frank Bentley of Washington secretary for the term.
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New Orleans
National Association of Master Plumbers
Robert J. Barrett
Washington, D. C
John J. Calnan
Chicago
H. O. Green
Tulsa
Okla
Frank Bentley
Washington
Interest in wildcat oil tests near Bastrop
Interest is shown in two wildcat oil tests in Morehouse parish. The Barnes Sullivan well in section 12 township 21 north range 7 east is under way and drawing attention.
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Bastrop
Morehouse Parish
Barnes- Sullivan
Township 21
Wildcat oil tests near Gallion region draw scouts
Oil scouts from various areas monitor two wildcat wells in a parish five miles southeast of a Texas well find the sites in the southwest quarter of the northeast quarter of section township 22 north range 7 east. The Texas well had reached over 2500 feet by Thursday morning while the local well stood at about 1400 feet.
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Gallion
Texas
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Bar
W. H. Johnson
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Orleans
Home Furniture Company, Inc
North Fifth Streets
Stein-Antley
Cypress St
West Monroe
H. H. Hudnall
S. Grand St
Monroe
J. L. Warren
Pan-Am
J. W. Wallace Service Station
Coleman West Monroe
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