WPA project eyed to clean Youngs bayou in city
Commissioner Tidwell outlined plans to extend a WPA project to clean and deepen Youngs bayou from the city south to where it meets LaFourche swamp. He said parish police jurors favor cooperation and that work will proceed quickly in city sections, with a future plan to widen the effort beyond city limits to reduce street flooding during heavy rains.
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Young’s Bayou
LaFourche Swamp
Parish Police Jury
Young's Bayou
Tidwell
Monroe
Chamberlain Shows Courage Amid Global Tensions
The piece cites Chamberlain’s steadfast stance amid postwar memory of Sarajevo and World War I. It notes the 1914 assassination sparked mobilization and vast casualties, asks whether his policy is right, and praises his restraint against pressure. It cites war in Spain Ethiopia and China, and stresses his stability against stampede toward rash action.
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Sarajevo
Serbia
Franz Ferdinand
Gavarilo Princep
Chamberlain
Roosevelt
Spain
Ethiopia
China
Mrs Hahn Appeals To Supreme Court
Mrs Anna Marie Hahn of Cincinnati Ohio appealed to the Supreme Court today from a death sentence in the electric chair. Ohio asked the court to let the conviction stand. Hahn was convicted November 6 of murdering Jacob Wagner one of four men the state alleged were poisoned in a profit motive scheme.
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Washington
Anna Marie Hahn
Cincinnati
Ohio
Supreme Court
Jacob Wagner
Four Family Members Die in Gas-Filled Bridgeport Home
Bridgeport police report an entire family of four found dead in their Capitol avenue residence. Joseph Krason, 40, a bake shop proprietor, his wife Maria, and their two sons Stanley 14 and Joseph Jr 4 were identified. Mrs Krason likely slain with blows while in bed. son Joseph Jr strangled. Stanley asphyxiated. father died in an adjoining room with Stanley. Neighbors smelled gas from four open stove jets. no gun found. Police keep an open mind pending further investigation.
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Bridgeport
Conn
Capitol Avenue
Joseph Krason
Maria
Stanley
Joseph
James H. Bray
Helen Lucas
Bray
H. R. Deluca
Krason
Capone’s Dark Reign at Alcatraz Revealed in Memoir Tale
Prison accounts recount Capone as the most hated inmate at Alcatraz. The narrative details his spending, lavish parties, and deteriorating mental state. A confrontation with a guard and a vivid episode with Karpis illustrate the brutal routines and fear inside The Rock.
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Capone
Karpis
Alcatraz
Solons Open 8th Week of Legislature
The legislature moves into its eighth week with actions on a national park conversion tender, salaries for the governor and lieutenant governor, and pay raises for parish assessors. An appropriation proposes a $1000 plaque to honor the 15 senate holdouts who blocked Huey Long’s trial in 1929. A constitutional amendment would extend the mineral code drafting commission to two more years after a code was killed.
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National Park Service
Roosevelt
Congress
House
Senate
Huey Long
Hat Toss Story Highlights Foreign Ambassador Courtesy
A former Japanese ambassador notably threw his hat into Chesapeake Bay to buoy a companion’s stranded straw hat. The anecdote contrasts practical political drama with a rare act of selfless gesture during a visit, illustrating light international charm.
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Garner
Chesapeake Bay
Democrats back Harrison for president in 1900 bid
The state committee gathered to map the congressional primary ballot and nominated Will Whittington Greenwood from the third district due to no opposition. Herbert Holmes Senatobia was reappointed chairman and Louis J. Wise Yazoo City was elected executive secretary, succeeding Sydney T. Roebuck Newton.
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United States
State Committee
Will Whittington
Greenwood
Herbert Holmes
Senatobia
Louis J. Wise
Yazoo City
Sydney T. Roebuck
Newton
Britain seeks to arm merchant ships as Spain clash grows
London reports Prime Minister Chamberlain resisting calls to arm British merchant vessels against air attacks as Spanish insurgents press in Valencia and at the frontier. Diplomatic exchanges show Britain and France wary of widening conflict while Italy and Germany back Franco. In Hendaye, Madrid style fighting stalls but both sides claim tactical gains.
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Britain
Barcelona
Paris
Europe
Spain
Germany
Italy
Milan
Il Popolo Diltana
London
Chamberlain
House of Commons
Philip J. Noel- Baker
Ttam
Ellen C. Wilkinson
Portugal
Richard Austen Butler
Miss Wilkinson
Hendaye
Valencia
Mediterranean
Sarrion
Teruel
Castellon de la Plana
Teruel-Mediterranean
Francisco Franco
Swedish Royal Pair Welcomed at Atlantic festival
The Swedish royal pair arrived for Swedish American festivities extending into July as rain dampened the Christie and Delaware rivers junction scene. President Roosevelt spoke briefly to the royal party and paid tribute to Finns linked to Delaware's 1638 colonization, praising Finland's steady payments and the bond between nations. He accepted a monument, saying it would symbolize enduring goodwill and close ties.
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Atlantic
Christina
Delaware
Roosevelt
Finland
Rudolf Holsti
Evangeline League Opens With High Scoring Doubleheader
Alexandria stays hot by sweeping New Iberia 3 0 and 7 2 as Lake Charles trails in second after an 8th win in 9. Zapor homers with two on in the third to seal the opener. game two called at sixth due to darkness. Umpire Allinger fainted from heat in the fourth. Blues drop seventh straight to Lake Charles 15 14 in 10 innings. nightcap 4 3 Jeanerette. Abbeville and Rayne survive long twin bills to midnight with wins over Lafayette and Opelousas.
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Associated Press
Lake Charles
Jeanerette
Alexandria
Aces
New Iberia
Cardinals
Zapor
Allinger
Jeanerette Blues
Blues
Abbeville
Lafayette
Rayne
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Sox
Tribe
New Iberia Alexandria i Sh
Burkhart
Callender
Schumacher
Tighe
Amaral
Mueller
Ugs
Elections Committee Sets Terms And Appointments
The report lists term expirations for judges and new commissioners including Judge J Hugo Dore in Ville Platte and Judge R M Taliaferro in Harrisonburg both ending December 31, 1939. It notes Wade O Martin as the new public service commissioner and lists congressmen for districts one through eight with bar associations. Secretary Newlin says committees for Congressional, Supreme Court, Public Service and Court of Appeal districts will meet with the state central committee.
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J. Hugo Dore
Ville Platte
Second Circuit Court of Appeal
R. M. Taliaferro
Harrisonburg
Wade O. Martin
J. O. Fernandez
Hugh M. Wilkerson
Paul H. Mahoney
Rene L. DeRouen
David M. Ellison
Leonard Allen
John H. McSween
Newlin
State Central Committee
Congressional
Supreme Court
Public Service
Court of Appeal
Mrs Hudson Died Monday in Monroe
Mrs E Hudson, daughter of Byron and Charlotte Breard McKean, longtime Monroe resident, died Monday. She married in 1882 to Frederick Gray Hudson, a prominent Louisiana lawyer. Survived by two sons Fred G Hudson Jr and Murray Hudson and a stepdaughter Dolly Mattison of New York. Two daughters Erin and Edith Hudson had predeceased her.
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Erin
Edith Hudson
Sugar futures steady as No 3 holds. No 4 eases in New York
Irregular price moves in the sugar futures market. No 3 contracts show steady buying while No 4 slips on scattered selling. July No 3 rises to 1.78 and March to 1.91. No 4 July falls to .95 1/2 and March to .95. Futures No 3 settles 1 to 2 points up or down. Sales reach 5,850 tons. London Fire Brigade preserves 30 brass helmets in memory of fallen owners who died in duty.
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New York
London Fire Brigade
Cotton Market Mixed Reversals Near Session Close
New Orleans prices eased after early gains as July near first notice day. July 8.78, Oct 8.86, Dec 8.93, Jan 8.99, Mar 8.98, May 9.05. closing steady to 5 points lower. Exports 9,271 bases. spot cotton quiet down 3 points with sales 43 and stocks 677,458.
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Longs
New Orleans
Mixed Cotton Futures Edge Lower After Early Gains
New York reports conflicting forces on cotton today as July liquidates and profits take hold ahead of forward months. October rises briefly to 8.74 then slips to 8.75 while the overall list shows modest net changes. spot values hold steady at middling 8.81 with futures closing 4 to 6 points lower.
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New York
Liverpool Quotations and Futures Rise in Edged Market
Liverpool market notes limited receipts with quiet Spark spread. Prices advance with American, strict good middling and other grades quoted. Futures closed higher across July through May, reflecting a firmer tone with gains and shifted by several points.
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Liverpool
Cottonseed Oil Quotations From New Orleans and New York
Cottonseed oil prices held steady in New Orleans with summer yellow at 8.00n and crude at 6.75 to 7.00n. Futures in New York rose 4 to 8 points with July at 8.22 and Sept at 8.28b on 200 contracts traded, along with Oct 8.27 and Dec 8.26b amid nominal bids.
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New Orleans
New York
Chicago grain market steady amid rains and gains
Chicago wheat prices opened higher then rose on news of further unwelcome rains over domestic harvest fields in the southwest and Canadian belt. July wheat moved to 77 1 4 cents, September to 78 1 2, corn started steady to down 1 4, and by close wheat was largely unchanged with July at 16 1 8 and Sept at 77 7 8. Corn closed unchanged to 3 8 lower with July 57 1 2 5 8 and Sept 59 1 8.
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Chicago
Poultry market report from Chicago prices
Chicago June 27 poultry live market shows steady prices across 30 trucks with hens over five pounds at 17.5, under five pounds at 17.5, Leghorn hens at 14, broilers colored 14.5, White Rock 16, Plymouth Rock 17, Leghorn 14, fryers colored 15, Plymouth Rock 19.5, White Rock 20, bareback chickens 13-15, roosters 13.5, Leghorn roosters 13, turkeys hens 18, toms 16, No 2 turkeys 14, ducks four and a half pounds up, white colored 14, small 12.5, geese not listed.
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Chicago
White Rock
Plymouth Rock
Stock Market Mixed Gains After Morning Selloff
New York stocks rose fractions late in trading as aircrafts led gains while last week’s rally paused. Volume neared 2 million shares with 690,000 hands exchanging in the first hour and a brief dip, then a comeback. Aircrafts utilities and specialties performed best. steels and motors lagged amid inflation chatter and hopes for government stimulus.
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New York
Wall Street
Action of Washington
Chicago Livestock Prices Report June 27
U S Department figures show hogs at 18.00 with 7.0 direct, uneven and 10-25 lower than Friday. Cattle and calves: 14,000 cattle, 1,500 calves. fed steers and yearlings active, scarce grain fed stock, cows slow but bulls firm. Sheep and lambs: 6,000 head, old crop lambs slow, native spring lambs to yard traders at 8.75, clipped lambs inactive.
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Chicago
U. S Dept
Texas
Butter And Eggs Prices In Chicago Market Report June 217
Butter and eggs trading updates show firm butter creamery specials around 26 1 4 to 3 4 with extras at 26 and firsts at 23 3 4 to 24 1 4. Fresh graded extra firsts local holdings listed at 19 2 4 to 19 3 4 with cars 20. Dandelions note origin of name from dent de lion leaf shape.
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Chicago
Swayze's Dairy Inc winds up affairs appoints liquidator
Notice records unanimous vote on June 23 1998 to wind up Swayze's Dairy Inc with M D Swayze of Monroe LA named liquidator. Also listed are sheriff sale notices for Ouachita Parish pending dates July 1938 detailing property seizures and forced sales including Lots in C C Bells Subdivision and Let 2 Block One Brooks Addition Monroe LA with multiple publication dates.
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Swayze's Dairy, Inc
Anid Corporation
M. D. Swayze
Monroe
Louisiana
Swayzes Dairy. Inc
Lo Jane
Sheriff's Sale Home Owners’ Loan Corporation
Henry Allen
State of Louisiana
Parish of Ouachita
Fourth District Court
Fourth Judicialistrict Court
Parish of
Ouachita
Fellowine
Layton
Ouachita Parish
Louise- Anne Avenue
Louise-Anne Avenue
Ath Street
Sheriff's Sale
People’s Homestead & Savings Association
Maye D. Powers
Parish of Quachita
Fourth Judicial District Court
C C Bell
Loen Corporation
Edmund Stevenson
Brooks
Air-Plane Fishing Protest Planned by Santa Barbara Fishermen
Santa Barbara fishing interests announce an appeal to the state legislature to stop airplane fishing after eyewitness reports of planes patrolling waters off Ventura and Santa Barbara counties. Fishermen say smoke bombs are dropped to locate schools of fish and schooners coordinate with radio to extend net coverage along the coast.
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Met Barbara
Calif
Santa Barbara
Ventura
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