New Orleans Engineer J Frank Coleman Named Public Works Assistant
J Frank Coleman, a noted New Orleans consulting engineer, is named engineer assistant to General Hugh S Johnson, administering public works under the national industrial recovery act. He will head one subdivision, with Henry M Waite leading the other. Coleman serves on the Reconstruction Finance Corporation engineering board and as vice president of the American Engineering Council. He previously led the American Society of Civil Engineers in 1930.
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New Orleans
Ashington
J. Frank Coleman
Hugh S. Johnson
Henry M
Waite
Dayton
Ohio
Coleman
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
American Engineering Council
American Society of Civil Engineers
Mississippi
Central America
Blind prosecutor named deputy district attorney in Shasta
John A. Spann, blind since 1922, has been named deputy district attorney of Shasta county. He lost his sight during high school, finished prep school at the state school for the blind, then entered college and graduated with honors.
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Redding
Cal
John A. Spann
Shasta County
Spann
State School For the Blind
Celeryville Acre Yields 500 A Year in Ohio Crops
Celeryville Ohio shows prosperity as 200 acres yield 40000 cases of celery annually worth about 100000 dollars or 500 dollars per acre. Farmers belong to the Golden Rule Celery Growers association though they sell independently. Settlers from Michigan reclaimed muck land after Lake Erie's recession.
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Golden Rule Celery Growers’ Association
Michigan
Lake Erie
Delegates Arrive for Louisiana Mississippi VFW Encampment
New Iberia Louisiana June 23 Several hundred delegates arrived for the third annual encampment of the Louisiana Mississippi Veterans of Foreign Wars running through Sunday with memorial exercises and a parade. A. W. Long Shreveport leads the group welcomed by Mayor Joseph A Daigre. A three parish beauty contest with 100 entrants is set. An auto tour through Evangeline country to salt and sulphur mines is on the program. Biloxi Miss and Shreveport bid for the 1934 encampment.
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New Iberia
A. W. Long
Shreveport
Joseph A. Daigre
Evangeline Country
Biloxi
Miss
Federal Stockade Razing Removes Old West Jail Landmark
In Muskogee Oklahoma on June 23 a relic of the old west the federal jail stockade was razed. Used from the late nineteenth century until 1907 it housed notable prisoners including Frank and Al Jennings. The jail consisted of three small frame houses inside a high wooden wall and faced repeated arson attempts.
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Muskogeer
Okla
Oklahoma
Frank
al Jennings
Nine Denominations Join In Missionary Conference
Nine denominations including Baptist, Congregational, Dutch Reformed, Friends, Lutherans, Methodist, Episcopal, Presbyterian, and Universalist will hold a combined home and foreign missionary conference at East Northfield Massachusetts from July 7 to 15. Delegates from eastern states will study mission work and living arrangements, with many to stay in tents, marking the gatherings’ first joint history.
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New York
Home and Foreign Missionary Conferences
East Northfield
Mass
Baptist
Congregational
Friends
East
Postponed Ball Game To Be Played at Park
A postponed baseball game will be played Friday night at Forsythe Park between St Matthew’s and West Monroe Bible class teams. First pitch scheduled for 8 o clock with a prompt call.
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Forsythe Park
St. Matthew's
West Monroe
Pardons by Alfalfa Bill Number Ten in Two and a Half Years
Oklahoma Governor William H Murray issued only 10 full pardons in nearly two and a half years. He freed 611 convicts on parole and revoked 131 paroles. he emphasizes releasing deserving inmates on parole and not commuting death sentences. Patrick Hurley is noted as the only Oklahoman to serve in the Hoover administration.
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Oklahoma City
Oklahoma
William H
Murray
Every Seat Taken at Revival by Dr M E Dodd
Dr M E Dodd preached at First Baptist West Monroe in a revival on Little Journeys With Jesus with every seat filled. He spoke on Bethlehem’s virgin birth and the born Son of God, stressing salvation through Jesus. Czechoslovakia begins overhauling unemployment relief, replacing dole with a productive program.
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M. E. Dodd
First Baptist Church
West Monroe
Jesus
Bethlehem
Jerusalem
Rachael
Church of Nativity
Paul
Man
God
Czechoslovakia
Colored Church Conference At Antioch Starts Next Week
A conference at Antioch church for colored members begins Monday and lasts eight days with sessions daily at 2 30 pm. Both youth and adult workers along with training school workers are urged to attend. The previous Monday’s conference was highly successful with many white participants aiding the effort.
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Antioch Church
First Baptist Missionary Society Members Named
H Jones, Mrs Clara H Seaman, Carson, Mrs L T Hastings, Dr Stroud and other members named as part of the First Baptist Missionary society proceedings.
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H. Jones
Clara H. Seaman
Carson
L. T. Hastings
Stroud
Ricle
First Baptist Missionary Society
How to whiten diapers with soap and boiling
Instructions describe boiling diapers for a half hour in strong suds with yellow soap milk and water. After boiling, wash in hot suds rinse in clear hot water and finish in cold blue water.
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Swift
H. K. Poulan
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Monroe
California
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Celeryville
Toledo
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Wheeling
H. van Zoest
Patrick J. Hurley
President Hoover
Cavalier
Home Furniture Inc
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Surebes
Southwest Baking CO
Layton
Messina
Lee
Colored Church
Ior
Health Department
Journal of American Medical Association
Wesson Oil
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