Parishes Okayed for Road and Bridge Work in State Letting
Low bidders announced for all projects in the state first letting of a 75 million road and bridge program. Caldwell parish receives 7.1 miles of concrete on Columbia Core highway and 3 miles on Columbia Chatham, with Zeigler Construction of Nashville, Tennessee the paving bidder at 173,452.41 dollars. Franklin parish gains bridge work with Vincennes Bridge Co. as low bidder at 49,265.97 dollars. Richland parish gets 5.6 miles of concrete on Crew Lake Road while neighboring parishes also win contracts as the state advances highway construction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ouachita Parish
Ouachita
Caldwell Parish
Columbia-Corey Highway
Columbia-Chatham Highway
Zeigler Construction Company
Nashville
Franklin Parish
Vincennes Bridge Company
Bayou Macon
Winnsboro- St. Joseph
Franklin and Tensas
Tensas River
Winnsboro-St. Joseph
Richland Parish
Highway Awards Approved by Advisory Board
The New Orleans advisory board approved 22 highway projects awarded by the highway commission in Baton Rouge and authorized issuing the first 15 million dollars in bonds for Louisiana's 75 million dollar roads and bridges program. The date for bond action will likely be set for December 27, according to O. K. Allen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Orleans
New Highway Advisory Board
Highway Commission
Batonage
Commission
Louisiana
O. K. Allen
High Commission
Hammons to Name Deputy Marshal in Near Future
West Monroe district court will gain a deputy marshal soon after new offices are commissioned by Governor Huey Long. Chief J M Hammons receives many applications and will choose after commissions arrive. Deputy will relieve civil court duties from Hammons shoulders. Walter N Morris reports construction of judgeship HQ will finish by mid next week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Monroe
Huey Long
J. M. Hammons
Hammons
Louisiana
Walter N. Morris
Fear Griffin Missing After Storms in Ontario Flight
Cleveland authorities and Griffin's wife report the Cleveland pilot William S. Griffin missing after his small cabin monoplane disappeared during a Tuesday flight from Hamilton Ontario to Buffalo New York. Griffin, employed by Wing's Inc, was alone aboard.
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Cleveland
William S. Griffin
Hamilton
Ontario
Buffalo
N. Y
Griffin
Wing's, Inc
Toy Benefit Matinee Set at Paramount Theater
A toy benefit matinee at the Paramount Theater is planned for December 6 at 9 a.m. Admission is a toy donation distributed to families in need. Scouts repair discarded toys with help from the Monroe Welfare action and local sponsors.
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Paramount Theater
Harry Rice
Ger
Paramount
News-Star
Joe Boy Scout Troops
Monroe Welfare Action
R. L. Simpson
Santa Claus
Quachita HI in Play Off With Homer
Quachita Parish High School football still alive in the state title race after a Friday morning meeting in Minden. Four North Louisiana teams Monroe Shreveport Homer and Mansfield were chosen for a three game playoff to determine the North Louisiana champion with Monroe vs Homer and Shreveport vs Mansfield. The winners meet in the final deciding game.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ouachita Parish
Minden
North Louisiana Athletic Association
Jack Hayes
North Louisiana
Monroe
Shreveport
Homer
Mansfield
Legionnaires of Monroe hear talk by national commander
Monroe Legionnaires will hear Ralph T. ONeil national commander of Topeka Kansas speak at a two day Louisiana legion conference in Alexandria. ONeil will be guest of honor at a banquet Saturday night at the Hotel Bentley and address the Sunday morning session starting at 10. The conference opens with a 6:00 p m. Saturday meeting at the courthouse as State Commander Sam Jones of Lake Charles coordinates a full program with district chairmen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monroe Legionnaires
Alexandria
Louisiana Legion
Ralph T. O'Neil
Topeka
Kans
Sam Orchard
O'Neil
Bentley
Monroe
Court House
Sam Jones
Lake Charles
Orleans Youth Killed In Boys Bandit Game
A 16 year old, John Winters, died after a rifle his three companions were playing with was accidentally discharged. Chadwick Lacroix, 16, was unloading the gun when the fatal accident occurred in New Orleans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Orleans
John Winters
Chadwick Lacroix
Alabama Invited to Represent East in Rose Bowl Classic
Alabama received an invitation to play Washington State in the Rose Bowl on January 1. President George H. Denny said the Crimson Tide would accept. the squad goes to Pasadena after a flawless season with nine wins. Wallace Wade leads an unbeaten team against Washington State in the fourteenth Rose Bowl renewal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alabama
East
Crimson Tide
Washington State College
Pasadena
Los Angeles
University of Alabama
Earl Foster
Tuscaloosa
Ala
George H. Denny
Washington State
Cal
Denny
Jeff Coleman
Washington
Stanford
Wallace Wade
Brown
Wademen
Tennessee
Vanderbilt
Kentucky
Florida
South
Crew Rescued After Schooner Lost in Heavy Seas
Captain Thomas Douglas and five crewmen recount their mid ocean rescue by the Murex after the Ronald M. Douglas sank in a November gale. The Cadiz bound salt schooner departed October 26 and was half complete when disaster struck. They await transport home through the British consulate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Orleans
Ronald M. Douglas
Thomas Douglas
Anker Murex
Cadiz
Newfoundland
Officers Search For Body In Louisiana Marshes
Officers aided by trappers and fishermen search marsh bayous in La Fourche parish for Louis Cheramie a 36 year old from Cut Off La alleged informer for the federal prohibition department believed slain and his body thrown into a bayou Kiram Cheramie his brother leads the hunt saying his brother and two men in a small car abducted him before not returning Cheramie had recently helped expose rum smuggling through marshes near Conscienne canal two miles from Napoleonville with two unidentified men suspected of knowing of a large liquor supply.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Orleans
Lafourche Parish
Louis Cheramie
Cutoff
Federal Prohibition Department
Kiram Cheramie
Cheramie
Louisiana
Conscienne Canal
Napoleonville
Bandits Hold Up Payroll at Cleveland Printing Plant
Six workers of the Chandler and Price Co. in Cleveland were held up by two bandits who escaped after seizing an $8,000 payroll. No injuries reported. The incident occurred today at the printing press manufacturer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland, O
Chandler and Price Company
Hambone’s Meditations by J P Alley
A humorous column observations of a New Orleans style butcher shop laughably remarking on rabbits and meat. The voice blends dialect and street sense as the narrator comically relays a past shop scene with playful exaggeration.
Ruth Nichols Starts Transcontinental Flight toward Albuquerque
Ruth Nichols, Rye, N. Y. society aviatrix aiming to lower the women's trans continental record took off from Wichita at 10 08 a m CST for Albuquerque New Mexico today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wichita
Kas
Ruth Nichols
Rye
N. Y
Albuquerque
N. M
Bank president found dead in Nashville hotel
R E Donnell 63 president of the closed Liberty Bank and Trust was found in a Nashville hotel room with a shoe lace tied around his neck. Police say death was self inflicted after ceaseless effort to reopen the bank, with an envelope to his son found on his person.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nashville
Tenn
R. E. Donnell
Liberty Bank and Trust Company
Mr. Donnell
M. D. Johnson
Knox and Inman Reindicted on Embezzlement Charges
Jackson Mississippi November 28 Rush H Knox and Cecil E Inman former state officials were re indicted by a Hinds county grand jury for embezzling state funds. Three new indictments returned Wednesday and both men arraigned with bonds set at 5000 each. Knox faces one charge of embezzlement and two joint indictments with Inman over misappropriation of state funds. The single indictment concerns delinquent privilege tax collections.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jackson
Miss
Rush H. Knox
Cecil E. Inman
Hinds County
Knox
Mississippi
Mr. Inman
State Tax Commission
Guards Capture Six Bandits Planning Bank Robbery
Bloomingdale New Jersey November 28. One of six armed men believed to be planning a hold up of the First National bank was shot today. The men were arrested half a mile from the bank. Guards who had hidden near the bank captured the six bandits seriously wounding one. Officers had watched the bank since four men entered last week and bought money orders after walking around the bank and studying its layout.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bloomingdale
N. J
First National Bank
Railroads Lift All Drouth Rates This Saturday
Louisiana railroads will end the drought relief freight rates on Saturday after a conference led by Public Service Commissioner H G Fields with railroad executives. The 33 1/3 percent cut aimed to aid live stock and feed shipments, with October showing the heaviest use in North Louisiana. West Monroe reports trains carrying feedstuff using the reduced scheme across September to November, totaling dozens of cars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Drouth
Public Service
H. G. Fields
Louisiana
West Monroe
Pat Mason
Illinois Central Lines
Commissioner Fields
Public Service Commissioner
Mason
Two Slayers Garrotted In Havana City Prison
In Havana city jail two murderers were garrotted for the killing of Florencio Amporro a pawnbroker carried out a year ago. No spectators were permitted to witness the executions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Havana City
Havana
Florencio Amporro
Speculation Stifled Report Says Co-ops Approved
New Orleans November report from the Cotton Exchange board urges a hands off government policy in the cotton market to restore confidence. It endorses cooperative farm marketing as fair trade and notes a drop in New Orleans port gross handlings from 2,202,912 in 1929 to 1,956,630 in 1930. Through shipments from Texas to southern mills declined, affecting volumes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Orleans
New Orleans Cotton Exchange
Congress
Farm Board
Texas
Southern Mills
Slayer of Two Policemen Dies In Electric Chair
Jess J. Maple, who killed two Houston policemen during an attempted arrest for robbery, was executed in the Texas state prison early today. He ate Thanksgiving dinner before the sentence and told reporters he had much to be thankful for, including a farewell letter to his wife.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Huntsville
Tex
Jess J. Maple
Houston
Maple
Quick Response to Undernourished Babes Milk Appeal
In Monroe Mrs. W. P. McCall secretary of the welfare association appealed for milk for undernourished babies. Mothers visited the welfare office with stories of neglect due to destitution. Five firms and individuals donated cases of milk or equivalents including Alden Shotwell Monroe Creameries Mrs Grayson Guthrie Fred Fudickar and R R Gatlin manager of the Ritchie Grocery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monroe
W. P. Mc- Call
Monroe Welfare Association
News-Star
Association
Alden Shotwell
Grayson Gutherie
Fred Fudickar
R. R. Gatlin
Ritchie Grocery
Goodfellows Fund Appeal Receives Broad Support
Contributions to the Goodfellows Fund totaling 223.50 were acknowledged with gratitude. Anonymous donors and Rodney J. Hobbs Post 1809 Veterans of Foreign Wars contributed to support a noble cause in Monroe Louisiana as Mrs McCall urges continued giving.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Goodfellows Fund
Rodney J. Hobbs
Goodfellows’ Fund
Care News-Star
Monroe
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Guachita Ial
Caldwell
Crew Lake Road
Will H. Hays
Jessie Herron Statesman
Bolivia
Bethesday, Md
Associated Press
New West Monroe Court
Fear
Quachita HI
Parish Gridiron Aggregation
Legionnaires
Orleans
United Press
St. Louis
Eanes
Arkansas City
Baton Rouge
Brownlee
H. A. Brownlee
Prohi
Hambone’s Meditations
J. P. Alley
Coprrieht
Syndicate
Lacs
Virginia Lee Corbin
England
Inman
New Orleans Exchange
Mrs. McCall
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