Vacation Bible School ends with joint exercises at churches
Monroe closes its three week daily Vacation Bible School with morning programs and a joint closing at the Methodist church. Certificates and gold stars honor attendees while an exhibit features models, scrap books, and a metal treasure chest sent to the Philippines with a peace-themed letter. More than 100 slides show views of Jerusalem and Jesus's travels.
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Monroe
J. B. St. John
Ann Trigg
First Methodist Church
First Baptist Church
Methodist Church
Christ
Mexico
Japan
Movement For
Austria
Belgium
Czecho-Slovakia
Denmark
England
France
Germany
Holand
Hungary
Ireland
Irish Free State
Scotland
Sweden
Switzerland
Wales
Jerusalem
Jesus
Wharton Brown
Daily Vacation Bible School
J. A. Reid
A. D. Tisdale
Endurance Fliers Aim To Surpass 420-Hour Record
Hunters brothers push the City of Chicago into day 18 of continuous flight at Sky Harbor airport. At 7 40 a m CST the craft logged 376 hours as they strive to beat the 420 hour record by 5 01 am Sunday with a two day extension. The motor sputtered and the plane tilted right raising concerns over possible failure or a storm.
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Chicago
Hunters Brothers
City of
Sky Harbor
Local Woman Critically Hurt In Car Accident
A local woman was critically injured when her car struck a parked vehicle while avoiding a gravel truck. Mrs Johnson and her mother were in a group traveling to Monroe to visit relatives and shop. Mr Johnson accompanied his wife to the sanitarium and works in mill work at Holly Ridge.
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Johnson
Holly Ridge
Federal judge frees man who cannot tell beer from near beer
Springfield report says Federal Judge Fitzhenry ruled for William Musselman who admitted tasting beer before it was illegal and near beer since. He stated he could not distinguish between the two and did not want to punish the man based on someone guessing the alcohol content.
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Associated Press
Springfield
Fitzhenry
William Musselman
Governor ready to pardon Mooney and Billings on Billings ruling
Governor Young plans to pardon both Mooney and Billings if the state supreme court recommends clemency. The court now reviews the Billings case and a favorable verdict is EXPECTED within days. A positive ruling would trigger immediate gubernatorial action freeing both men.
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Young
Mooney
Billings
Supreme Court
United Press
State Supreme Court
Billinge
Blind man regains sight after 30 years in Chicago
J. F. Fish, a Chicagoan who became blind after a tree fell on him in 1899, has his left eye miraculously restored and surveys a transformed city. He built Northwestern Business College and prospered as teacher and businessman while hoping his right eye may recover.
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Chicago
J. F. Fish
Ohio
Fish
Northwestern Business College
F. N. Bonine
Niles, Mich
Confessed to Attacks Upon Eight Women
A mob trailed the fire chief's car carrying Chief Word and Officer Dewey Smith for a short distance. Beaumont reports at 11 30 the suspect, a negro, was lodged in county jail by Port Arthur officers. The trip to Beaumont, 22 miles away, took 16 minutes.
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Word
Dewey Smith
Beaumont
County
Port Arthur
Legislature in Brief: House Debates Divorces and Tax Proposals
Summary of House actions including 71 yeas 4 nays on regulating divorce statutes and community property. Various bills approved or advanced cover fire marshal act funding, veteran services, hospital and school appropriations, infrastructure, and state offices with multiple party votes and aims across New Orleans and statewide.
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Lautenschlaeger
McClanahan
Wingrave
New Orleans
Burke
Sdniat Memorial
H. B
Letissier
Louisiana League
Frymire
Ginsberg
Rapides
H. BR
Armstrong
State Industrial School For Girls
Delesdernier
Grand Prairie
Sylvest
Sullivan Memorial School
Bogalusa
Woods
Terrebonne
Hoffpaulr
Ellender
Terre Bonne Parish
Camp Moore
Tanginahoa
Louisiana
Williams
Vernon
Louisiana Historical Society
Drouin and Leuissier
Senate speedes up appropriations measure amid clashes
Senate work accelerates on a measure to fund school revenues while debating bills on lineman safety and public service salaries. Boon of Claiborne attacks Louisiana Progress as he defends independence from Huey Long amid calls for faster passage of several budget items.
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Senate
Dore
Boone
Gilbert of Franklin
Committee On Capital and Labor
Morvant
Redmond
Louisiana Progress
Claiborne
Long
House Passes Fruge Bill To Pay Debts And Fund Schools
The House approves aFruge amendment to place in the state constitution tax revenues for malt and severance taxes to support schools. It would ensure legislated appropriations raise state school funds to 15 dollars per educable child, fund the Isaac Delgado trade school, equalizing fund, and adult illiteracy instruction, while debates over repayment of state board loans continue.
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Hoffpaulr
Isaac Delgado
New Orleans
Louisiana
Jordan
Fruge
Bogan
Caddo
Hamiter
Frymire
Orleans
State House Debates Loan Repayment Plan and School Fund Move
The Louisiana House debated repayment of liquidation loans with Fruge proposing installment payments. Opponents urged restraint, citing state finances while McClanahan defended capital plans. The body killed Sayes Law on bond fund diversion and adjourned for the weekend.
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McClanahan
Caldwell
House
Fruge
Sylvester
Rapides
Sayes
Avoyelles
State House
Law of Sabine and
Sages
Hughes
Bossier
Ellender
London naval conference outline cited in Arkansas dispatch
Mountain View Ark June 27 an outline of the London naval con ference was discussed in a brief dispatch. The report notes key points and potential implications for British and allied naval policy.
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Mountain View
Ark
London
Seventeen Thousand Barrels Fire Blaze Rocks New Jersey
A mass oil blaze in Clean New Jersey scorched 17 000 barrels of crude oil over 3 000 square feet after a tank cracked in a thunderstorm. Fire crews from six towns fought the inferno as losses exceed 150 000 dollars and thousands watched the dramatic scene. Meanwhile hottest June on record looms over New Orleans with readings near 100 and water shortages.
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N. J
Vacuum Oil Company
New Orleans
Mercury
Weather Bureau
Metairie
Robinson Addresses State Picnic on Highway 9 Work
Senator Joseph T. Robinson was the chief speaker at a statewide picnic held here yesterday. The event aimed to boost support for completing work on highway 9 and to arouse public interest in the project.
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Joseph T. Robinson
Robinson
Deadly storms end Atlanta heat wave and threaten crops
A fierce windstorm in Atlanta ended a heat spell and damaged downtown, injuring four and demolishing an old grandstand. The heat claimed a second victim in Macon, while crops across 12 Delta counties suffer from drought and low Mississippi River flow, alarming Arkansas farmers.
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Delta
Mississippi
Atlanta
Hugh Benson
Macon
Navy Dirigible Los Angeles Cruises Off New Jersey Coast
The Los Angeles reports by radio it is 180 miles off the New Jersey coast and will return to its hangar around noon. It landed at 7:30 p m after an all day cruise over New York state with 34 crewmen and 12 officers under Lieut Commander Vincent A Clarke but could not land due to a sudden thunderstorm.
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United Press
Lakehurst
N. J
Navy
Dirigible
Los Angeles
Naval Air Station
New Jersey
New York State
Vincent A. Clarke
Bandits in Stolen Auto Hold Up Two N C Women
In New Orleans on Iberville street at dawn two masked gunmen in a stolen car held up Mrs. Walter Thompson and Rita Santos. They robbed purses and a $600 diamond ring, and Mrs. Thompson hid rings under the seat. The thieves fled as police traced the license plate and linked the car to the theft.
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Associated Press
New Orleans
Walter Thompson
Rita Santos
Iberville Street
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University of Maryland Medical School
Mooney and Billings
General Highway Fund
Red River Bridge
Boyce
John Lewis
MecGrath
Milne
Folkes
C. A. Higginbotham
Angola
Bauer
H.B
Hoffpauir
Richarme
Ramirez Jones Co
Hebert
Bureau of Scientific Research and Statistics
Department of Conservation
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McClung
Natchitoches
Highway Commission
J. H. Henry
Board of Commissioners
Atchafalaya
Bayou Boeuf Levee
Hawkins
Red River
Bayou Pierre
Meaux
Land Office
Cameron Parish
Blanche
Baton Rouge
Del
Senator Boone
McConnell
Huey P. Long
Huey Long
Cassagne
St. Johns Parish
Wilkinson
West Baton Rouge
Heebe and
Jefferson, St. John
St. Bernard
Plaquemines Parishes
Shattuck
Calcasieu
Jennings
Evangeline
State Board of Liquidation
Morgan
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Madison
Appropriations Committee
Wyoming
Fred W. Johnson
Rock Springs
United States
Monroe Tent & Awning Co
South Grand
Carlisle
Pennsylvania
Atlantic Seaboard States
Cleveland
Miss
N. C
Mileag
Monroe Company
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