State Bids Sought for 70 Miles of Concrete Highways
The Louisiana highway commission will open bids on June 29 for 70 miles of concrete highways and 13 miles of Carmack roads, funded from the highway bond issue and general highway fund. Main projects include Lake Charles-Lacassine, Westwego-Algiers Heast, Alexandria-Colfax, and Carmack's Ridder-Leesville, with several other routes across multiple parishes.
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sAssociated Press
Hisaton Rouge
Ilty of Crils
Carmack
Heresisiana Highway Commission
Houston
Leage
Commission Eral
Ated
Beneral Highway Fund
Parke
Mack
Calcasieu
Jefferson Parishes
Pearat
Lake Charles-Lacassine
Jefferson Parish
Westwego-Algiers Heast
Rapides Parish
Alexandria-Colfax
Carmi Bienville
Lincoln Parishes
Aratthecadia-Simsboro
H. D. St. Landry Parish
Opelousas-Beggsing
Franklin Parish
Natchitoches Parish
Flora-Bellwood
Ghway
Houston Webster Parish
Coushatta-Minden
Messia
Versailles-Chef Road
Orleans Parish
Chef Ehe
Six S Quadrant Dry Raiders Launch Second Memphis Raid
Six squads of federal dry raiders plus city patrolmen began a second liquor crackdown in Memphis Tennessee. They aimed to add about ten arrests to the eighty two already jailed earlier in the week as undercover agents continued work during the raids.
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Associated Press
Memphis
Tenn
Jinish Wilson
Prohibition
Rig
Flier Dies of Injuries From Army Plane Crash
Corporal Elmer Barry died in Nassau county hospital from injuries and burns after an army observation plane he rode in with Lieutenant Maxwell Balfour burst into flames and fell 2060 feet. Balfour will recover.
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Associated Press
Mineola
N. Y
Elmer Barry
Nassau County Hospital
Burne
Army
Maxwell Balfour
Balfour
Court hearing set in city on Monday next
The Interstate Commerce Commission will hold a hearing in the federal courtroom Monday July 1 at 9 a.m. Examiner Kerwin presides over case No. 22,646 local carbon companies versus the railroad. A tariff refund and future rate reductions are sought for movements from the Monroe gas fields to Berger Texas. The Columbian Carbon company and subsidiaries prompted the dispute after plant removals last year. The hearing spans the day with carbon officials and railroad counsel as witnesses. After testimony, briefs will be submitted and the examiner will report findings to Washington for decision.
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Interstate Commerce Commission
Federal Court Room
Kerwin
Panhandle
Texas
Columbian Carbon Company
Monroe
Berger
Commission
Washington
Shortage of Wires Triggers Buick Fire at Griffin Studio
A Buick sedan owned by Griffin studio was damaged by fire at 9:30 this morning at Peach and South Grand streets. Investigators attributed the blaze to a shortage in the wires.
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Griffin Studio
Peach and
South Grand Streets
Local man called to Texas after foster father burned
A. H. West, an inspector at Ouachita parish health unit, heads to McKinney Texas to aid Thos J Townsend who suffered severe burns on June 27 while servicing a car. Townsend, 18, is employed as a music company salesman and is in poor condition but with hopeful prognosis. Another foster child remains in the family.
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A. H. West
Ouachita Parish
McKinney
Texas
Thos. J. Townsend
Mr. West
Senator Knott of Lincoln En Route to Ruston
State Senator R. B. Knott of Ruston, one of the faithful fifteen who blocked Governor Huey P. Long's impeachment trial, was seen in Monroe this morning en route from Baton Rouge to his home. He denied any knowledge of a highway commission chairmanship and said no offer had been made or discussed with Long.
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R. B. Knott
Ruston
Huey P. Long
Louisiana Senate
Monroe
Baton Rouge
Louisiana Highway Commission
Knott
Long
Aged Ouachita Farmer George Brown Dies At Home
George Brown 71 a respected Ward 6 farmer near Calhoun collapsed at his farm duties and died of heart disease. He had lived most of his life in the parish and was a widower. Funeral from his residence this afternoon with burial in Grisham cemetery. The text also notes Bob Jones winning a southern amateur championship at age 15.
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Ouachita
George Brown
Ward 6
Calhoun
Mr. Brown
Grisham
Bob Jones
New Thinking Plan Proposed At National Education Association
Association delegates discuss replacing dogma with flexible thinking. U S Commissioner William John Cooper urges teachers avoid final answers. W P Morgan calls for federal funding to expand teacher training from 41 schools in 1872 to over 200 normal schools by 1926 with rising appropriations.
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Associated Press
Atlanta
National Education Association
William John Cooper
United States Commissioner of Education
Representative Assembly
W. P. Morgan
Western Illinois State Teachers’ College
Bureau of Education
Washington
United States
British Ambassador Sir Belby Alston Dies at 60
Sir Belby Francis Alston the British Ambassador to Brazil died today in London aged sixty. His death and full obituary follow in this late edition.
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London
Belby Francis Alston
Brazil
Music In The Air Sparks Monroe Letter to Editor
A Monroe reader complains about late night noises from Walnut Street businesses and calls for quieter hours. The letter criticizes industrial sounds and asks city commissioners to enforce reasonable bedtimes, contrasting with other noisy settings and referencing Booker T. Washington.
Nightingale Signage and Auto Shop Mention Along Night Hours
Fragmentary lines reference a night scene with signs and a shop named Jakes Auto Top Shop at 116. Mentions of tuning and drinking hints at a casual, late night setting with repeated 2 a.m. time cues and informal chatter about signs, kits, and calling on the Lord.
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Nightingale
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