India backs silver plan at world conference amid pledges
India signaled willingness to cooperate in silver rehabilitation as outlined by Senator Pittman. Secretary Sir George Shuster led the Indian delegation. India holds about 400 million ounces, a key factor for stabilizing silver prices under the plan. The conference faced hurdles on wheat production restraint with Australia opposing lower prices. France Hungary Poland Germany and Albania voiced opposition to the quota truce proposal amid Hull's broader tariff removal agenda.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
India
Key Pittman
Sir George Shuster
the Treasury
Pittman
United States
Australia
Stanley M. Bruce
Cordell Hull
Hungary
Poland
Germany
Albania
Arrest of Spaniard in Vatican blast raises security clues
An arrest was made early Monday morning in the Vatican blast case. A Spaniard is linked to depositing the bomb package an hour before the explosion. Solomon’s whereabouts remain undisclosed as investigators review train departures and hotel searches. Under the Lateran treaty he will be tried in Italy. The bomb was described as only moderately powerful. The pope, unaware of danger, continued work in his private library thinking cannon fire signaled noon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Solomon
Vatican
Italy
Tisdales Welcome Sunday Son Born At St Francis Sanatorium
Dr and Mrs A D Tisdale announce the birth of a son on Sunday at 3 pm at St Francis sanatorium. Mother and child are reported doing well.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tisdales
A. D. Tisdale
St. Francis Sanitarium
Believed to Ease Pains in Three Minutes with B C
A newspaper advertisement claims B C prepared by a registered pharmacist provides rapid relief from inorganic pains in minutes. It promises use for colds headaches neuralgia and fever and says it calms a distressed nervous system without opiates or habit forming drugs. It urges purchase in We and Be packages wherever drugs are sold.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
B. C
Three Day Hearing Begins by Public Service Body
The Louisiana public service commission on Monday opened a three day hearing into miscellaneous utility cases. The docket includes railroad station abandonment applications rail rate adjustments and motor transportation proceedings. Thirty five cases were scheduled for Monday with thirty nine to be heard Tuesday and six on Wednesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baton Rouge
Louisiana Public Service Commission
Futures Record Gains Of More Than 2 50 A Bale
Chicago grain prices rose sharply as cotton futures jumped 2 50 to 3 a bale the highest in about two years. Buying poured in from many sources while profits trimmed some gains. J J Case rose to 92 50 before giving back part of the rise. The New York Cotton exchange noted May world consumption at 1 284 000 bales, the largest since Oct 1929.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Wall Street
J. J. Case
International Harvester
Sears Roebuck
Montgomery Ward
U. S. Steel
American Telephone
General Motors
Consolidated Gas
Pound
New York Cotton Exchange Service
Mrs. Hutton Rumored Baby Sparks Paris-Twisting Drama
Reports claim Mrs. Hutton may have had a baby, triggering a rush to Neuilly town hall. Authorities found no birth record at the hospital, as Mrs. Hutton remains in grave condition and plans rest in Switzerland before a possible return to Paris for divorce. Nurse Middleton accompanies her during travels.
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Paris
Los Angeles
Mrs. Hutton
Middleton
Miss Middleton
City Briefs Covering Local Meetings and Military Movements
The Ouachita Dairy Dealers Co operative association will meet at Hotel Monroe on Friday at 8 pm to discuss important matters. Delegates report from Monroe and West Monroe after the Methodist conference in Mansfield. Rabbi F K Hirsch attends Kiwanis in Los Angeles with family, after leaving Monroe Monday. Thomas J. Shields, J Snyder, and Billy Black head to Chicago for the world’s fair and then to West Point for July 1 entry. Two Monroe youths, S M McReynolds Jr and Clayton Mullens, graduate from West Point this month. McReynolds heads to coast artillery, Mullens to infantry. Lieut J Noble White returns to duties after two weeks at Fort Barancas, with intelligence department instruction noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ouachita Dairy Dealers Cooperative Association
Hotel Monroe
F. K. Hirsch
Los Angeles
Monroe
Thomas J. Shields
Ruston
J. Snyder
Winnsboro
Billy Black
Chicago
West Point
United States Military Academy
S. M. McReynolds, Jr
Clayton Mullens
McReynolds
Coast Artillery
Mullens
Infantry
Fort Barancas
Fla
J. Noble White
Western District
Louisiana
Invention credited to C L Sholes printer editor
C L Sholes, a printer and editor, is credited with the invention of the typewriter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. L. Sholes
Sypewriter
Government cotton program explained to Louisiana farmers
Baton Rouge June 2. Louisiana cotton growers were urged to cut acreage by about 30 percent to raise fall prices. Parish meetings outlined the plan, with contracts offered for abandoning acreage and compensation for reduced cotton planting. Community committees and farm reps aim to reach every farmer to secure pledges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baton Rouge
Louisiana
National Farm Act Administration
Lincoln Parish Farmers Back Wallace Cotton Curb Plan
In Ruston Louisiana on June 26 five hundred Lincoln parish farmers unanimously accepted Secretary Wallace's rental plan to retire ten million acres of cotton. They will plough up the target acreage once local committees approve the signed applications, aiming to complete the quota by week’s end.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Secretary of Agriculture
Schedule announced for Franklin Parish meetings
Franklin Parish cotton acreage retirement meetings are scheduled across Baskin Bates Midway Gilbert Mixon Oak Grove Ft Necessity Ogden Lone Cedar Chase Central Waverly with sessions listed by date and time. The schedule covers high schools and local stores from Monday through Friday in Winnsboro Louisiana.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winnsboro
Franklin Parish
Baskin High School
Newman's Store
Bates School
Midway
Gilbert High School
Mixon School
Oak Grove
Ft. Necessity
Episcopal Divine Against Day Law
A Tennessee group opposes federal prohibition, arguing repeal of the 18th amendment returns decision on liquor laws to states. The Tennesseans for ratification of the 18th amendment led the anti prohibition campaign.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Episcopal Divine
Union
Tennessee
Tennesseans
Fire at Hello World Grocery Causes Major Loss
A blaze early this morning at Hello World Grocery in the 700 block of Washington street caused heavy damage estimated at 35 to 50 percent of building and contents. The cause of the fire is not known.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hello World
Washington Street
Long Denounces Bar Association In Porterie Row
Senator Long attacks the Louisiana Bar Association over its expulsion of Porterie after he refused to bow to the group. He alleges corporate influence and says Porterie’s resignation was rejected, with the association citing unprofessional conduct in balloting fraud probes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Long
BAR Association
Porterie Row
Louisiana Bar Association
Porterie
Association
Washington
Orleans Parish
Dozens Die in Dixie Mishaps Across Several States
A string of deadly incidents across North Carolina Virginia Georgia Tennessee and Florida records 28 deaths. Victims include Thomas Webb James H. Morgan Elmer Lovett Lucille Kelly and others in automobile train and drowning accidents. Police and military personnel also reported fatalities from crashes and a Langley field plane wreck.
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Wadesboro
Concord
N. C
Thomas Webb
James H. Morgan
Elmer Lovett
Lucille Kelly
Fayetteville
Strauss M. Street
Fred E. Stephens
Edenton
Washington, N. C
Kathleen Warren
Virginia
H. W. Mackelcan
Lewis Horvath
Charles C. Sayre, Jr
Albert C. Olive
Langley Field
James River
Ernest Leigh Spivey
Williamsburg
Charles T. Porter
St. Andrews Bay
Panama City
Fla
Charles
Lonnie Carter
Lawtey
Thomas M. Zuber
Daytona Beach
Marion M. Moultrie
Savannah
Evelyn Newkirk
Atlanta
Homer D. Kennedy
Chattahoochee
West Point
Will Waters
Gallatin
Tenn
Louis Planze
Memphis
Bruce Hilton
Bentonville
Ark
Howard Raby
Pascagoula
Miss
John W. Traynham
Laurens
8. C
Beans Presented to Monroe Welfare by Strauss and Sons
Fifteen hampers of string beans were presented to the Monroe Welfare association by Strauss and Sons on Monday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monroe Welfare Association
Strauss and Sons
Two States Vote Tuesday on Prohibition Repeal
The article notes California and West Virginia gearing up for repeal ballots amid expectations of heavy turnout and debate over prohibition. It also mentions Alabama and Arkansas moving on the twenty first amendment on July 18 and Indiana’s delegates expressing their stance from the June 6 results.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr. McBride
California
West Virginia
Drys
Wets
Alabama
Arkansas
Indiana
Prohibitionist and Anti Prohibition Camps Form in Austin
Rival camps gather in Austin to pick delegates for a state convention on repeal of the eighteenth amendment. Conventions plan to outline campaign strategy for August 26 balloting and the November 24 seating of the winning slate. Morris Sheppard will inaugurate the sessions at the Texas House and B Y Cummings will convene repealists at Gregory Gym UT.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Tex
Texas
House of Representatives
Morris Sheppard
United States
B. Y. Cummings
Fort Worth
Gregory Gymnasium
University of Texas
Weekend burglaries probed. several sites hit
Police investigate a series of weekend burglaries including American Service Station 2680 DeSiard Street Gilletts filling station at Louisiana Training Institute and Community Store 2501 Breard Street Maryland Brooks owner. Loot included tobacco cigarettes meat and a pistol. a watermelon was eaten.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
DeSiard Street
Gillett’s
Louisiana Training Institute
Breard Street
Maryland Brooks
Gillett's
Red Cross Institute in Vicksburg Proves Successful
One hundred representatives attended the Red Cross Institute for executive secretaries of Mississippi and Louisiana held in Vicksburg last week. Eighteen attendees came from Louisiana. Relief work in Minden will be completed Monday. A life saving examiner training course will be held in Bastrop July 24 to 26.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Red Cross Institute
Mississippi
Louisiana
Vicksburg
W. C. Holstein
Ouachita Parish
Red Cross
Minden
June Lonas
Monroe
Bastrop
Holstein
Processing tax cuts faced by farm price controls
The article discusses proposed processing taxes on basic commodities including wheat and tobacco under the farm act. It explains these taxes align with the gap between current farm prices and pre war fair value, and notes wheat price movements could adjust the levy or revenue, with Secretary Wallace’s acreage plan implying up to 30 cents per bushel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wallace
Obituary Notices from Brownville and Delhi
George W. Dunn aged four days son of Mr and Mrs L P Dunn died Monday. Funeral held at residence Brownville at 11 am conducted by Rev FE Huntsberry of First Baptist West Monroe. Interment Hasley cemetery. William Ball 12 died at Delhi Sunday at 2 pm after typhoid fever. Funeral at Mt Zion cemetery near Ruston Monday morning. Surviving mother and stepfather Mr and Mrs J T Newton of Delhi. Also three brothers Jerry Darby Zeak Ball and three sisters Mrs Lizzie Harrell Bernice Ball Lillian Ball.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George W. Dunn
L. P. Dunn
Brownville
FE. E. Huntsberry
First Baptist Church
West Monroe
Hasley Cemetery
William Ball
Delhi
Mt. Zion Cemetery
Ruston
J. T. Newton
Jerry
Darby
Zeak Ball
Lizzie Harrell
Bernice Ball
Lillian Ball
Monroe Methodist delegates attend Mansfield assembly
Mrs. A. R. Hollaway Mrs. R. R. Cann and Mrs. W. D. Bazone left Monday as delegates from the First Methodist church of Monroe for the Methodist assembly for adults at Mansfield college Mansfield this week. The conference is sponsored by the Missionary society Sunday school and the layman's board of the Louisiana Methodist conference.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. R. Hollaway
R. R. Cann
W. D. Bazone
First Methodist Church of
Monroe
Methodist Assembly
Mansfield College
Mansfield
The
Missionary Society
Sunday School
Louisiana Methodist Conference
Federal Cotton Reduction Fight Begun in South
Cobb leads campaign to curtail cotton by two plans offering per acre subsidies and option contracts. Under plan one growers may receive 6 to 12 dollars per acre plus an option on government cotton at six cents a pound. Plan two offers higher per acre payments but no option. Roosevelt says success hinges on farmer cooperation and contract signups.
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Strahan
Eureka
Calhoun
Cheniere
Drew
Cypress
Okaloosa
Sterlington
R. A. Wasson
Lapine
Mineral Springs
Fondale
D. Y. Smith
J. R. Tidwell
J. B. Filhiel
R. L. Moore
Guy O. Barr
Mose Perry
T. C. Rowland
I. E. Lucas
Guy P. Stubbs
Charles Schulze
Alex Lamdrum
Harrison Rhymes
N. W. McHenry
O. S. McDonald
W. A. Calloway
Sam M. Rutledge
W. T. Calloway
H. L. Pace
Ward Ten
L. H. Peevy
Jeff D. Cole
R. K. Percy
Cobb
Roosevelt
Galveston Man Appears Winner of Congress Seat
Indications from the seventh Texas district show Galveston businessman Clark W. Thompson elected to succeed the late Clay Stone Briggs. Thompson, a Democrat, leads Palestine challenger Thomas D. Pickett by over 1,000 votes as final tallies expected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Galveston
Seventh
Texas
Clark W. Thompson
Clay Stone Briggs
Thompson
Thomas D. Pickett
Palestine
Attorneys for Mellon Seek Suit's Dismissal
Attorneys for Andrew W Mellon former secretary of the treasury and others asked the District of Columbia supreme court to dismiss a 220 million dollar suit accusing them of defrauding the government in settling foreign steamship company taxes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Junetorneys
Andrew W. Mellon
Mer
the Treasury
Treasury
District of Columbia Supreme Court
Foreign Steamship Company
Bank Robber Trio Held. One Sought After In Caldwell Parish
The Caldwell parish sheriff pursued three suspects after a bank robbery, with Wells captured near Rus ton while en route to Columbia. Banker R. C. Baygent and Rush Tarver were wounded but in fairly good condition as reports described injuries to Baygent near the head and Tarver in the thigh.
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Wells
Sherriff A. J. Thigpen
Emmett Leggett
Lincoln Parish
Ruston
Columbia
King
R. C. Baygent
Rush Tarver
L. V. Tarver
Monroe Police
Mr. Baygent
Mr. Tarver
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Public Service Body
Aimee
Lincoln
Dixie
South
Mellon
Paresh
Caldwell Parish
S Cey
Louis Detho
Mackinac Islani
Pre
Toronto
Montreal
Duluth
Washington, D
Informatio
Paul
Minneapolis
Denves
Yellowstone
Portland
Ban Francisco
New York Boston
Ilinois Central
Illinois Central
Jim
June Beve
Darling
Homeymoom
Lifebuoy
Ratria
Atin
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