Homes Exhibit Reaches Climax At Parish Show
The Monroe West Monroe display draws wide attention with parish engineer department miniatures. Joe Ford leads the exhibit showing James A Noe hatchery Selman airport Camp Ki Ro Li Boy Scouts and health and farm relief programs. Exhibitors praise the event as a rare educational opportunity and urge annual shows.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joe Ford
James A. Noe
Selman
Camp Ki-Ro-Li
A. V. Miller
Twin Cities
Blue Star Ointment Promises Quick Relief for Skin Ailments
Advertisement touts Blue Star Ointment to relieve eczema itching, ringworm, tetter, and rashes. Claims include fast absorption, germ killing, no burning, and safe, reliable healing impressions.
Thedford's Black-Draught for Bilious Attacks
A Kentucky woman reports relief from bilious attacks after using Thedford's Black-Draught a long time. The purely vegetable laxative stimulates bowels to remove foul waste and is priced at 25 cents per package.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thedford
Florence Burch
Shelbyville
Economic Review Shows May Through June Gains Across Regions
The report notes a 24.2 percent rise from May last year and a 36.5 percent increase for the first five months of 1934 in department store sales. Building permits surge 112.2 percent and contract awards up 193.8 percent in the same period, with May contracts 21 percent down from April. Cotton consumption rose from April to May but averaged 16.4 percent below May 1933. Alabama pig iron output up 6.3 percent month to month and 168.3 percent versus 1933. The six-state district includes Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, Tennessee. Georgia peach estimates on June 1 for 1934 rise to 6,290,000 from 5,440,000 in 1933, up 15.6 percent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alabama
Sixth
Federal Reserve District
Florida
Georgia
Louisiana
Mississippi
Tennessee
Bank
Christie Railroad Abandons Five Mile Short Line
The Christie and Eastern Railway was authorized by the Interstate Commerce Commission to abandon operation over a five mile line from Pearson to Red River and Gulf Junction, Louisiana. The line began in 1921 and the lease expired February 1 last. it was not renewed due to timber exhaustion in the area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Christie and Eastern Railway Company
Interstate Commerce Commission
Peason
Red River
Gulf Junction
England Records 186 370 Foreign Visitors in 1933
England hosted 186370 foreign visitors in 1933, about 5000 more than the previous year, reflecting rising international travel and tourism demand.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
England
Roosevelt Urges Reform and Reconstruction to Bow to Common Good
In a nationwide talk the president denounces self seekers and calls for a blend of old and new in building government and economy. He argues relief requires spending, cites recovery progress, and asks citizens if they are better off than last year, urging reform and reconstruction aligned with constitutional rights. The brain trust is not named but the administration seeks top talent.
Louisiana Senate approves changes to budget measures
Louisiana senators debated biennial and education funding, trimming a health board item and debating vocational training funds. Advocates argued for efficiency and rural needs, while supporters urged preserving health services amid concerns of patronage and potential disease response. A revised funds plan shifted allocations and set caps on frozen state funds collections.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ments
A. C. Gardiner
Church Point
W. Scott Heywood
Jennings
Louisiana Tax Reform Commission
State Board of Health
Gove Davis
Olla
Davis
Waldo Dugas
Lafayette
Southwestern Louisiana Institute
Heywood
Gardiner
Board of Health
Tax Reform Commission
Jules Fisher
Jefferson
Not enough context to identify a full headline
Paragraph fragment notes a department described as "the most important one in the state" but lacks clear event, date, or individuals to summarize into a complete item.
Lindsey Stands By His Amendment
Senate floor leader Cole man Lindsey reiterated he will not remove amendments to the Shreveport city charter bill. The amendments give Governor Allen power to appoint the mayor and aldermen for two years. Senator Huson suggested adjustments, but Lindsey said no knowledge of any adjustment and noted a two-thirds vote could repeal them.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baton Rouge
Coleman Lindsey
Webster
Senate
Shreveport
Or. K. Allen
Charles Huson
DeSo‘o
Allen
Huson
Lindsey
Marie Dressler Sheds Hope As Her Condition Narrows
Illness tightens around Marie Dressler who rallies briefly before slipping toward possible death. Telegr ams pour in from fans while close friends gather outside the Billings estate as her long screen career follows a hard stage path and medical efforts continue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nuzum
Marie Dressler
Wildom
New York
Billings
Woman Recovering From Spider Bite At Hospital
A patient at Monroe General hospital for several days after a spider bite, Mrs. Lucille King of Eros, was reported Friday to be recovering nicely. Also, Mrs. Cora Sparks of Urania, with a fractured hip from a fall last week, was considerably improved. Uncle Sam is reputed to spend about $500 000 annually for publicity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monroe General Hospital
Lucille King
Eros
Cora Sparks
Urania
Uncle Sam
House Passes First Phase of Tax Relief Plan in Louisiana
Legislative action centers on school aid funding tied to government economy and a proposed liquor tax. The House approved a chain store levy aimed at national chains, with revenues directed to parishities to support bonded indebtedness rather than a statewide property tax relief fund. Tomorrow the House plans action on a state liquor control tax bill refined by Senator Huey P. Long.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thon
Burns
St. Tammany
Duke of Orleans
Ways and Means
Louisiana Tax Reform Commission
Commission
Huey P. Long
Huey Long Says Compromise Reached on Cotton Tax Plan
Baton Rouge June 29 Senator Huey P Long announced a compromise reducing the cotton exchange tax from two per cent to two cents per hundred dollars in transaction value. He said the federal government would take three one hundredths, leaving the two one hundredths to Louisiana. The stock exchange tax remained at two per cent in the same bill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baton Rouge
Huey P. Long
Administration-Tax Reform Commission
Senator Long
Long
New Orleans Cotton Exchange
Louisiana Tax Reform Commission
House
Ways and Means
Convicted In Kidnapping Man Denied New Trial
Currie W. Caldwell, convicted in the kidnapping of Robert Cerf, son of Corsicana banker, and sentenced to 10 years, was denied a new trial by the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals. Caldwell, convicted on an assault in disguise charge, was indicted with Jimmie Ash Oliver Clapp and Charles R. Hassell. The kidnapping occurred December 9, 1930, with Cerf taken to Dallas for a $45 000 ransom.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Currie W. Caldwell
Robert Cerf
Court of Criminal Appeals
Caldwell
Jimmie Ash
Oliver Clapp
Charles R. Hassell
Young Cerf
Dallas
Welburn Divorce Trial Nears End
Leidel of Boerne testifies the man accused is Welburn 31 year old former pastor of Government Hill Methodist church. Mrs Welburn seeks divorce for mental cruelty claiming Welburn fathered her seven month old child. Welburn denies marriage or paternity and cites San Antonio alibi dates in July 1933 with corroboration from church members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wm. Drummond Welburn III
Welburn
San Antonio
Grand Jury to Probe Welburn Divorce Controversy
In San Antonio Texas on June 29 a grand jury will investigate the divorce dispute between Mrs Wineta Long Welburn and the Rev William D Welburn Jr The summons came as Mrs R F Long mother of the plaintiff was ordered to testify before the ninety fourth district court grand jury.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Antonio
Texas
Wineta Long Welburn
William D. Welburn, Jr
R. F. Long
Ninety-Fourth District Court
Grand Jury
Whip Stock Test Successful at Rusk Well
A whip stock test proved successful at the T. J. Wood No. 1 new Birmingham development well in Rusk Texas. The test produced 417 barrels of pipeline oil in hours.
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Rusk
Tex
T. J. Wood
Birmingham
War Department awards contracts for bombing planes and engines
The War Department awarded a contract to Glenn L. Martin Company of Baltimore for 81 bombing planes at 3,195,450 dollars. A second contract went to Wright Aeronautical Corporation of Paterson, New Jersey for 280 airplane engines at 1,105,733 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
War Department
Glenn L. Martin Company
Baltimore
Wright Aeronautical Corporation
Paterson
N. J
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West Monroe
Christie Railroad
Bernhardt
Roosevelt
I. L. Lyons & Co., Ltd
New Orleans
Huey Long
DeSiard
Bella Scherck Davidson Woman's Shop
Travel
Marcy Lee
California
Bonnie Bright
Ola Reet
Firestone
Monroe Tire Exchange
DeSiard St
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