Redmond Bill for Hospital in Monroe Amended
Special to The News-Star Baton Rouge June 26 The Redmond bill to create a northeast Louisiana Charity hospital at Monroe was amended on third reading to include Ouachita parish representation on the hospital executive board. The seven members will include three from Ouachita and four from other parishes of the fifth district. Final passage the next day in the Senate is expected.
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News-Star
Baton Rouge
M. C. Redmond
Monroe
Northeast Louisiana
Ouachita
Ouachita Parish
Fifth Congressional District
Senate
Porter in hospital as illness worsens
Congressman Stephen G. Porter chairman of the house foreign relations committee is sinking rapidly at Allegheny General Hospital. He has been hospitalized since June 11 with cirrhosis of the liver. President Hoover sent flowers to the Hospital.
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Pittsburgh
Stephen G. Porter
House Foreign Relations Committee
Allegheny General Hospital
Hoover
Patriotic Ball Planned by Monroe Legion on July Fourth
Leonidas Barkdull Faulk post No. 18 American Legion will host a patriotic ball on July 4 starting at 9 pm on the Hotel Virginia roof. The Masqueraders orchestra from KMLB will provide music. Prizes will be awarded by E. Jack Selig Sig Haas & Sons Palais Royal and J. C. Penney.
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Leonidas Barkdull Faulk
American Legion
Virginia
KMLB
E. Jack Selig
Sig Haas & Sons
Palais Royal
J. C. Penney Company
Cotton Shippers Meet in New Orleans to Plan 1930 Marketing
The American Cotton Shippers association held a meeting in New Orleans to outline marketing plans for the 1930 crop and to establish headquarters. Presidents and sales directors of cotton cooperatives serve as directors of both the Shippers association and the $30,000,000 American Cotton Cooperative Association. Allen Northington of Montgomery, Ala., presided, with E S Creekmore, vice president and GM of Smith and New Orleans, leading discussions.
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New Orleans
American Cotton Shippers’ Association
Cotton Shippers’ Association
American Cotton Co- Operative Associations
Allen Northington
Montgomery
Ala
Shippers
E. S. Creekmore
Smith and
House Passes Omnibus Road Bill 80 to 3 in Louisiana
In Baton Rouge a brief session approved the omnibus road bill unifying hundreds of parish road projects into the state highway system for maintenance. The D and H votes showed three dissenters Gueymard Williams and Woods. Also approved flood relief measures for north Louisiana and a school tax increase for Red River parish.
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Associated Press
Baton Rouge
House
Public Roads and Highways Committee
Gueymard
L. AL. Williams
Woods
North
Louisiana
Douglas
General Engineer Fund
Caddo Parish
Caddo Levee Board
Hart
Hamiter
Caddo
Hawkins
Red River Parish
Pogues
Natural gas lines near Monroe ready as city loops expand
The 12 inch line from Fairbanks to Monroe nears completion despite five water crossings awaiting subsidence. A V Miller of Southern Gas Line notes rapid Monroe West Monroe growth drives extensions while eight and six inch loops around the city and new lines on Jackson street and Lee avenue improve service. Alston C. Prophit to assist public with gas issues, work to start July 1. R F E Foster was the lone Mississippi legislator not to file a bill in 1930.
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Fairbanks
Monroe
West Monroe
Natural Gas Company
A. V. Miller
Southern Gas Line, Inc
The
Hudson Gas
Forrest Avenue
Jackson Street
Lee Avenue
J. H. O'Toole
Miller
Alston C. Prophit
Twin Cities
Citizens Protective association forms to oppose state convention
The Citizens Protective association in New Orleans announces plans to block a proposed state constitutional convention. Formed by local businessmen during a meeting last night, the group says its mission is to appeal statewide to reduce political dissension and promote prosperity, with Frank Cameron as acting head of the executive committee.
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Associated Press
New Orleans
Citizens Protective Association
Frank Cameron
Salvation Army official visits New Orleans unit
Captain W. H. Bartlett of the Salvation Army inspected the local Salvation Army and Life Saving Guards in Forsythe park last night. Guards members honored included Thelma Delaselle Agnes Delaselle Mildred Delaselle Helen Jordan Sallie Goodwin Hazel Fleming Opal Acorn Opal Rhodes Flora Rhodes Vera Dowdy Alta Trichel and leader Mrs Thelma Williams. Plans for next year were outlined.
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Salvation Army
Life Saving Guards
Bartlett
Forsythe Park
Thelma Delaselle
Agnes Delaselle
Mildred Delaselle
Helen Jordan
Sallie Goodwin
Hazel Fleming
Opal Acorn
Opal Rhodes
Flora Rhodes
Vera Dowdy
Alta Trichel
Thelma Williams
Telephone Line to Camp Ki-Ro-Li to Be Installed
Through aid from the Southern Telegraph and Telephone and others a telephone line to Camp Ki-Ro-Li will be installed in the next few days. Poles were delivered yesterday and about one and a half miles of line will be built. Workmen are stringing the line today.
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Southern \\ Telegraph and Telephone compar
Southern Carbon Company
t\La Del Qil Properties, Inc
t\ Southern Gas Line, Inc
Teleptoe
Camp Ki-Ro-Li
Admiral Byrd Pilot Receives Norwegian Medal
Bernt Bale chen, pilot for the South Pole flight with Rear Admiral Richard E. Byrd, was awarded the Norwegian Order of St Olaf by royal order. A dinner last night honored him before about 2 000 guests with Byrd praising his service.
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New York
Bernt Balechen
Richard E. Byrd
South Pole
Haakon, V
Norway
Byrd
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