Louisiana House Examines Highway Commission Data Demands
Three Louisiana lawmakers push resolutions seeking a full list of highway commission employees with payrolls, a year of paving and gravel project records, and federal aid fund allocations. Wilkinson Edwards and Cutter introduced the measure, with debate delaying immediate action.
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Associated Press
Baton Rouge
Huey P. Long
House
Louisiana Highway Commission
Wilkinson
West Baton Rouge
Edwards
West Carroll
Cutter
Tangipahoa
Highway Commission
Ellender
Terrebonne
West Baton Rouge Solon
Open Hearing on Tick Measure Set for Tuesday 27
Baton Rouge May 20 An open hearing will be held Tuesday May 27 at 3 p m in the house of representatives by a joint agriculture committee on the tick eradication question The hearing time was moved from Tuesday night to the afternoon to avoid a legislator reception by Governor and Mrs Long The tick bill calls for a state wide tick eradication program financed by state and federal funds
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Baton Rouge
House of Representatives
Senate
House Committee For Agriculture
1929 Cotton Production Totals Released by USDA
The 1929 cotton crop was estimated at 14.828 million bales of 500 pounds by the USDA with area planted about 47.6 million acres and area harvested around 45.8 million. Florida figures show several state totals, with Mississippi and Arkansas among the leading producers, and California excluded from the U S total with lower New Mexico output.
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Associated Press
Washington
Department of Agriculture
Census Bureau
Wight
Virginia
North Carolina
Hatganihiecines Srenmane
South Carolina
New Mexico
Lower
California
Old Mexico
United States
Unknown Man Shoots Self at Market Street Gallery
An unidentified man about 27 entered a Market Street shooting gallery in St. Louis, fired 43 practice shots, then killed himself. The venue has seen a prior death by self harm and an attempted similar act in recent months.
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Associated Press
ST. Louis
Market Street
Editor Says Cattle Will Supplant Cotton in Dixie
Everett P. Partridge of Industrial and Engineering Chemistry predicts cotton will shift from textile raw material to chemical supply. He says the center of cotton production moves west of the Mississippi into Texas and Oklahoma, with dairying and stock raising expanding in Mississippi and Alabama.
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Dixie
New York
Everett P. Partridge
Journal of Theerican Chemical Society
Partridge
Mississippi
Texas
Oklahoma
North Central
Alabama
South
Witness accounts in Franklin impeachment case recount $80,000
Cliff Cowan, Gulfport attorney, testified about an eye witness from Memphis hotel on September 7 describing the $80,000 transfer that settled a threatened $10 million suit against Warren Bros. Carl Marshall and George Crafts were named in the scene with Franklin present. The testimony supported six impeachment articles accusing Franklin of hush efforts and improper disclosure.
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Prose
Jackson
Miss
Memphis
Warren Bros
Cliff Cowan
Gulfport
Lester C. Franklin
State Tax Commission
Carl Marshall
Bay St. Louis
George B. Crafts
Owan
Crafts
Marshall
Franklin
Cowan
House
Marshal
New Orleans
Vicksburg Opens $7 Million Mississippi River Bridge
Vicksburg and nearby towns celebrated the opening of the new seven million dollar Mississippi river bridge linking Mississippi and Louisiana. A ribbon cut and two ocean water bottles splashed on the span marked a historic first physical handclasp between the states as river craft saluted the ceremony.
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Associated Press
Vicksburg
Miss
Mississippi
Louisiana
Mississippi River
Pacific
Atlantic
S. S. Control
Navy officer commits hari-kari amid London pact tensions
Tokyo May 20. Amid the return of Admiral Kotora Takarabe from London and his talks with the cabinet, Lieutenant-Commander Fijikusakari Kusakari fatally wounded himself on a train. Comrades offered no comment. tension over the London treaty fuels speculation about the navy's stance. Takarabe remains under guard and is expected to keep the navy portfolio.
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Associated Press
Tokyo
Kotora Takarabe
London
Fiji Kusakari
Naval General Staff
Kobe
Kusakari
Takarabe
Yuko Hamaguchi
Navy
Navy General Staff
Mississippi code of 1930 takes effect immediately
Mississippi new code of laws becomes effective today as Governor Bilbo signs the enacting bill. Except for a few specific dates, the entire Mississippi code of 1930 public statute laws takes effect at once.
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Jackson, Miss
Mississippi
Bilbo
Local residents ride to Vicksburg for river bridge opening
A special Illinois Central train carried 235 local travelers to Vicksburg for the Mississippi river bridge opening ceremonies. The train originated in Shreveport and arrived with 450 aboard, including Monroe Mayor Bernstein and chamber of commerce officials.
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Illinois Central
Vicksburg
Mississippi River Bridge
Shreveport
Monroe
Bernstein
Chamber of Commerce
Legislature in Brief: Calcasieu Parish measures and other bills
Summary of proposed bills includes Calcasieu parish actions to sell the poor farm and two acres of land. Other items raise budgets and define highway additions, tax changes, and state capital bonds. Several measures set penalties for robbery with firearms and restrict legislator service during terms.
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Shattuck
Calcasieu Parish
Armstrong
State Industrial School
McClanahan
Caldwell Parish
Caldwell
Williams
Vernon
Vernon Parish
H. B
Thibodeaux
St. Martin Parish
Shattuck and
Perrault
Double Slaying Ends Green Bay Slot House Burglaries
In Green Bay on May 20, John Van Veghel roadhouse owner and Lucile Bird sall employed at the Golden Pheasant inn were found beaten to death. Two slot machines were broken open and rifled after a long string of roadhouse burglary attempts.
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Green Bay
John van Veghel
Lucile Birdsall
van Veghel
Golden Pheasant Inn
Hambone's Meditations by J P Alley
A dialect piece titled Hambone's Meditations features Miss Lucy Low and remarks on aging. The text presents a folksy monologue about life, time, and memory in a rural voice.
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Hambone’s Meditations
J. P. Alley
Five Mississippi Hospitals Hurt by Bilbo’s Veto
Gov. Theodore Bilbo issued eight vetoes on May 20 including a $5,000,000 hospital appropriation bill for Jackson Meridian Vicksburg Natchez and Laurel. He cited restrictive gubernatorial power and trustee control and said the measure had too many discriminations. He also vetoed the bank guaranty bond issue and the Sunday blue law bill, while approving barber licensing and educational appropriations.
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Jackson
Miss
Theodore G. Bilbo
Bilbo
Meridian
Vicksburg
Natchez
Laurel
Chancery Courts
Young Bride Accused in Infant Death Near White Castle
Police filed murder charges against 23 year old Peter Rodesta and his wife after an infant’s body was found buried under a garage near White Castle. The 21 year old mother admitted killing the baby born May 10 by striking and strangling it and said she tried to place it in an orphanage before abandoning the plan. The husband allegedly helped bury the child, though he later claimed he knew of the killing.
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Baton Rouge
Peter Rodesta
White Castle
New Orleans
Mississippi River To Rise Through Late May
Forecaster R A Dyke of the New Orleans weather bureau predicts rising waters on the Mississippi below Vicksburg and the Atchafalaya through near the end of May. The Red River below Shreveport climbs to 36 feet around May 24 to 26 and then eases by June 1. Ouachita near Camden could reach 42 feet by May 22, with flood stage at 30 feet.
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St. Bouts
Memphis Nes
Helena Pease Naar
Arkansas City
Vicksburg
Natchez Arate
Baton Rouge
New Orleans Eeeeee
Atchafalaya
Etn Melville
Missouri
Kansas City
Ohio
Cairo
Arkansas
Little Rock
Red
Shreveport
Rise
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Ouachita
Camden
Epee
Monroe
Associated Press
New Orleans
R. A. Dyke
New
House Military Panel Approves Shreveport Airport Bill
The House Military Committee approved a bill to authorize the secretary of war to acquire about 25 000 acres near Shreveport Louisiana for a United States army third attack aviation group site at no cost to the government. The measure would permit new rights of way to relocate oil pipelines crossing the property.
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News-Star
Washington
House of Representatives Military Committee
James
Secretary of War
Shreveport
United States Army Third Attack Aviation Group
Weinman Receives AIA Fine Arts Medal for 1930
New York sculptor Adolph Alexander Weinman who created the dime and the half dollar has been awarded the American Institute of Architects fine arts medal for 1930. He is honored for his contributions to American sculpture and architectural ornament.
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New York
Adolph Alexander Weinman
The
American Institute of Architects
Chicago Police 1313 switchboard handles seven languages
A new police switchboard named 1313 began operating in Chicago to receive calls in seven languages including French Polish Swedish Yiddish Italian German and English with fluent listeners ready to hear the worst.
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Chicago
Police
Receiver Sought for the Monarch Royalty Company
Kansas City May 20 Stockholders ask the United States district court to appoint a receiver for the Monarch Royalty corporation which handles oil royalties in Oklahoma Texas Arkansas Kansas and Louisiana The petition says the firm borrowed money at high rates to pay 12 percent for preferred stock and shows 7 000 000 shares outstanding valued at one dollar each
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Kansas City
Monarch Royalty Corporation
Oklahoma
Texas
Arkansas
Kansas
Louisiana
United States District Court
Cheniere Brake Game Preserve Bill Introduced
Representative F. C. Bennett of Monroe introduced a bill to establish a fish and game preserve in Ouachita parish at Cheniere Brake and to build a fish hatchery on Bayou Desiard. The eight square mile preserve would be released by the state, and the hatchery would help stock the water. The two projects may be considered separately with the hatchery likely approved and the preserve facing potential objections.
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News-Star
Baton Rouge
Ouachita Parish
Cheniere Brake
Bayou DeSiard
F. C. Bennett
Monroe
Bennett
Cheniere
Ribbon Kills Bride. Youth Confesses in Oak Park
Chicago police report William H. Putscher aged 19 confessed to slaying Mildred Helsing, alleging he strangled her with a hair ribbon after returning home during a burglary in her Oak Park residence on April 1. Deputy Police Commissioner Stege led the questioning.
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Chicago
Mildred Helsing
William H. Putscher
Stege
Helsing
Putscher
Oak Park
Lindbergh marks Paris flight anniversary with no celebration
In New York on May 2 1932 Colonel Lindbergh recalled his 1927 Paris flight three years earlier saying there would be no celebration for the anniversary. He laughed at the remark and kept to his routine.
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New York
Colonel Lindbergh
Paris
Fame
Death occurs on day trial scheduled in Bastrop case
Dr. C W Ducommon Bastrop pathologist and key state witness in the Ellis Hayden murder case was found dead in his office as the trial was to begin. The autopsy he performed led to the indictment of Hayden for murder. a continuance was granted and further autopsy exams were planned to probe the cause.
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News-Star
Bastrop
C. W. Ducommon
Ellis Hayden
Ducommon
Lavinia Hayden
Garrett
J. T. Shell
Ducommun
State Bureau of Identification
Shreveport
Hayden
Texas Jim Baker Pleads Guilty in Murder Trial
James Texas Jim Baker confessed slayer of Henry Gaw the Guggenheim laboratory night watchman pleaded guilty to second degree murder at General Sessions court as jurors were selected. Gaw 25 and a former sailor was poisoned last December. Baker had earlier confessed eight other murders, all believed mythical.
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New York
James
Texas
Jim” Baker
Henry Gaw
General Sessions
Baker
Gaw
Guggenheim
Anti Racing Bill Sets City Against Country Over Gambling
Louisiana lawmakers again debate a broad anti racing bill aimed at banning all gambling on horse or dog betting. Sponsors Jones of Beauregard and Armstrong of Rapides seek penalties of 100 dollars and six months in jail for any betting device or method. The measure follows two decades of attempts to curb racing and betting at New Orleans venues.
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Associated Press
Baton Rouge
Louisiana
Fairgrounds
Jefferson Park
New Orleans
General Assembly
Jones
Beauregard
Armstrong
Rapides
State Supreme Court
Jefferson
Fair Grounds
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