Budget bill cuts riot financing in Louisiana session
In Baton Rouge on June 29 the House trimmed a 35 000 allowance for riot control for 1929 30 from the state budget arguing the need is premature and unnecessary. Representative J Y Sanders Jr defended the amendment, while Gilbert Dupre opposed removing the governor s automobile from the executive department appropriation.
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Aton Rouge
J. Y. Sanders, Jr
Fast Baton Rouge
Parish
Gilbert Dupre
St. Landry
House
Executive Department
New Sidewalk To Be Laid At Once On Desiard Street
Work will begin immediately on a sidewalk at the corner of Fourteenth and DeSiard streets. It will extend about 75 feet on DeSiard and 175 feet on Fourteenth street. The base is graded and ready. Grading also ongoing in the 2600 block of DeSiard for cement walk.
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Fourteenth and
DeSiard Streets
DeSiard
Fourteenth Street
DeSiard Street
Senate Committee Advances Tick Eradication Bill
Baton Rouge June 29 The Ginsberg tick eradication bill won unanimous approval from the Senate committee on agriculture after striking out all house amendments except local option and spraying of horses and mules.
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Baton Rouge
Genate Committee On Agriculture
General Ashburn to Be Guest at Dinner Tonight
Gen. T. Q. Ashburn, chairman of the Inland Waterways corporation, will dine at the Hotel Virginia cameo room at 8 pm in a Chamber of Commerce event linked to Congressman Riley J. Wilson. The visit centers on expanding barge service on the Black and Ouachita rivers as the waterways bill enables increased capitalization. City and parish officials, plus Wilson, will attend the dinner and discuss Ouachita transportation tonight.
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Cameo
Hotel Virginia
Chamber of Commerce
T. Q. Ashburn
Inland Waterways Corporation
Riley J. Wilson
Black
Ouachita
Waterways Corporation
Mississippi
Ambulance Called to Five Points Causes Crowd
An ambulance stopped at 625 12 DeSiard Street in Five Points last night to take a woman with appendicitis to a hospital. Police and officers directed motorists who gathered to watch to clear the scene.
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Five Points
DeSiard Street
Reflections On Politics And Train Journeys From 1928
Author recalls travel memories and disdain for modern politics while vowing to quit political conventions. Vivid vignettes include a Kansas City ear lobes show, a Missouri Pacific porter reading Greek, a depot hash-house waitress with a white mouse, and hospitalities in Houston and St. Louis. He cherishes personal moments with family and strangers.
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Missouri Pacific
Chicago
Lincoln Park
Zoo
Harvey
St. Louis
Palestine
Texas
Kansas City
Houston
McNaught Syndicate, Inc
Young Alfred Smith Jr Pledges Help for Dad in Election
Alfred E. Smith Jr. arrived in New Orleans from Houston where his father was named the Democratic standard bearer. He, 27 and a New York lawyer, said he would help as a speaker mainly near New York and would go anywhere his campaign asks. Mrs. Smith called the nomination wonderful.
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New Orleans
Alfred E. Smith, Jr
Houston
Democratic Party
Smith
New York
Mississippi Shifts to Smith Votes After Delegation Fray
In Houston on June 29, Mississippi delegates switch from their favorite son to Alfred E. Smith as Ohio’s votes swing. Final tally lands Smith nine and a half, Harrison eight and a half, with Bilbo’s governor absent and Kramer’s alternates unresolved amid heated roll calls and chair rulings.
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Houston
Homer H. Casteel
Canton
Mississippi
Ohio
Atlee Pomerone
Smith
Alfred E. Smith
H. V. Wall
Brookhaven
Ritchie
Maryland
C. W. Stewart
Osaka
Stiffer Penalty Bill Passes Unanimously in Senate
Baton Rouge June 29 The Senate unanimously approves Representative Bauer’s bill requiring a sentence of imprisonment for a third felony conviction not less than the longest term nor more than twice the longest term prescribed for a conviction, overriding the indeterminate sentence act.
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Baton Rouge
Bauer
Senate
Black Maria Relegated as City Patrol Wagon
A historic police wagon once feared for its stern law presence will be retired to storage as the city plans a lighter patrol vehicle. The new wagon will be smaller and easier to deploy, with a quieter role in policing residential districts.
Governor's car funds spark heated budget debate
A controversial amendment shifted funds in 1929 30 allocations, boosting the adjutant general's department by 35 000 for the governor as commander in chief, while adding 20 400 to the public service commission for a secretary and clerical staff. The approved items cover executive, state houses, judiciary, health, education, and numerous state agencies with substantial increases in several departments.
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Public Service Commission
House
McClanahan
Caldwell
Executive Department
Tax Commission
Secretary of State
State Board of Agriculture and Immigration
Louisiana Public Service Commission
Commissioners of Statistics and Labor
Registrar of Voters
State Library
Soldiers’ Home
State Board of Health
Charity Hospital
New Orleans
Shreveport
Louisiana Training Institute
Monroe
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Harrison
Senator Stephens
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Ellen Woodward
Woodville
Bidwell Adam
Pass Christian
George H. Sill
Tupelo
M. A. Parke
Brooksville
J. H. Stone
Tremont
A. C. Anderson
Ripley
T. Brame
Bay Springs
W. L. Claythe
Meridian
R. Walton
F. C. Hathorn
Hattiesburg
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Commerce Street
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