Local Guard Company Praised by Army Inspectors
Major Oscar Schneidau and five US Army officers praised the 156th Infantry Louisiana National Guard unit noting an excellent supply room esprit de corps and equipment care. 37 of 63 members are Louisiana Tech students with 65 armory locks and 35 new rifles added. Inspectors included Captains Newell Morrow Tilton and generals Fleming Guerre and Kuttner. The party planned a tour to Minden Shreveport Mansfield Natchitoches and Alexandria.
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Louisiana National Guard
Oscar Schneidau
New Orleans
United States Army
Louisiana Tech
C. H. Newell
Morrow
BE. H. Tilton
United States Army Infantry
R. H. Fleming
Louisiana
L. F. Guerre
J. K. Kuttner
156Th Infantry
Minden
Shreveport
Mansfield
Natchitoches
Alexan
Miracle Act Switches On Lights In Old Quarter
New Orleans April 11 commission of Public Utilities head William T Hall used a grid glow device to illuminate 400 new electric lights in the Vieux Carre. The Westinghouse apparatus converts body static electricity into a positive charge to energize the lighting current. Dedication follows the Canal Street white way christening.
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New Orleans
William T. Hall
Vieux Carre
Old Quarter
Westinghouse Electric Company
Brillant Canal Street
Fugitive From West Monroe Is Arrested Here
C Mitchell, a Negro fugitive from West Monroe, was arrested on the Western Central tracks Friday after three. Sheriff A J Thigpen and Deputy Clyde Prasier, alerted by Ouachita Police Chief Hammonds, pursued him as he tried to flee beneath a box car dropping the pistol. He was lodged in the parish jail and later taken to West Monroe.
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C. Mitchell
West Monroe
Twinois Central
A. J. Thigpen
Clyde Prasier
J. M. Hammonds
Ouachita City
Mourne
Shreveport
Thigpen
Mitchell
Hammonds
Louisiana Firms in Sweeping Southwestern Gas Merger
New Orleans April 8 New Orleans and Atlanta Louisiana gas interests span from St Louis to New Orleans and from Atlanta to Monterey Mexico as two Louisiana firms join in a merger. Electric Light and Power Corp would dominate the enlarged natural gas holding through control of United Gas Corp the new company forming to absorb United Gas Co and Louisiana Gas and Fuel Co and the Pelos Corporation of Louisiana.
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New Orleans
St. Louis
Allanta
Gla
Monterey
Mexico
Stuberiedl
Nework
Electric Light and Power Corporation
Beatie
Southwest
Ie United Gas Corporation
Preent United Gas Company
Louisians Gas and Fuel Co
Peles Corporation of
Louisians
Merger Would Unite Major Gas Firms and Vast Fields
The consolidation aims to create one of the world’s largest gas concerns. Palmer Corporation controls 56,000 acres of gas lands in Monroe Richland Elm Grove and other fields with 75 wells and daily open flow 559 million cubic feet. The merged entity would operate 160 miles of pipeline and expect first year gas volumes above 180 million cubic feet. Gas would be sold largely for industrial use.
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Cms
Palmer Corporation
Monroe
Richland
Elm Grove
Grand Jury Indicts 126 In Jamaica Ginger Probe
Oklahoma City April 12 United States deputy marshals with federal indictments named 30 persons and firms in a Jamaica ginger sale probe. True bills against 126 were returned, with several druggists indicted but not named yet. Bonds of 25000 and 5000 were posted for two Holdenville druggists. The investigation reopened cases against W O Gordon former assistant attorney general and L Thoroughman former minister and federal prohibition agent over alleged bribe related exploitation.
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Oklahoma City
Okla
United States
Oklahoma
Holdenville
Leroy Crutcher
Cy Simpson
Doyle Hoppler
W. O. Gordon
L. Thoroughman
Gordon
Homer Knappenberger
Earlsboro
Pottawatomie
Long speech frames Senate bid and highway bond dispute
Governor Huey Long vowed to oppose Senator Joseph Ransdell in the September primary unless he could finish his governorship first. He defended his record, attacked Lieutenant Governor Cyr, and backed a two cent gasoline tax bond for highway work. Senator Schwing rebutted the bond plan, while a convention criticized cross-state printing amid a broader political clash in Plaquemines.
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Plaquemines
Huey P. Long
Joseph BE. Ransdell
United States Senate
Senate
Paul N. Cyr
Doctor Cyr
View Roads
Port Allen
Long
Simsport
Calvin K. Schwig
Schwing
Huey Long
New Orleans Death Rate Drops in February Health Report
New Orleans reports a downward trend in February death rate with whites at 14.19 per thousand, 1.83 below the ten year February average, 2.48 below January 1930, and 0.45 below February last year. White deaths totaled 401 in February, vs 471 in January and 402 in February last year. Louisiana resources fuel automobile industry growth, with crude oil, refineries, carbon black, hardwoods and tires boosting mileage. Carbon black cited as extending tire life from 3000–5000 miles to above 20,000. In 1928, over 54 million pounds of carbon black were exported via New Orleans, worth over $5 million.
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New Oreans
New Orleans
Board of Health
Louisiana
A. G. Tread
Monroeba
Tragedy Strikes Vienna Farmer in Frightful Ending
O H Winfrey of Vienna farm near the city died in a chain of acts described as a tragedy of almost every description. Despondent over unknown reasons he shot two miles away in his barn, then set the barn and his house on fire before shooting himself. His family was away, neighbors found his body as flames consumed the buildings.
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Vienna
O. H. Winfrey
Himsel
Woman Nominee Seeks Illinois Senate Seat As Dry Candidate
Ruth Hanna McCormick, Republican nominee for senator from Illinois, plans to run as a dry. She addresses her opponent J Hamilton Lewis stance on prohibition and says she will speak more on the issue in the fall campaign. After a long talk with President Hoover she backs his enforcement programs but differs on the world court question.
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Washington
Ruth Hanna McCormick
Ilinois
J. Hamilton Lewis
Man Dies After Fight Over Gambling Game in Laurel
Laurel Mississippi April 8 Dave Thompson 52 died yesterday after an altercation with two youths jailed on murder charges. Thompson died from a terrible blow that broke his neck and jaw with death instantaneous. Ringo Andrews and Claude Owens, brother of a Laurel police officer, are held for the killing. The incident reputedly grew from an argument over a gambling game.
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Laurel, Miss
Dave Thompson
Thompson
Ringo Andrews
Claude Owens
Laurel
Victors To Tell Plans For City Inauguration Night
New Orleans reports a Democratic landslide electing Walmsley and officials-elect by four to one over Republicans. A Roosevelt hotel banquet hosts City Association leaders with Lockett of U of C to outline city needs and plans. Voters total 67,738, the largest general election turnout here.
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New Orleans
Walmsley
Roosevelt Hotel
The
Association of Commerce
Locket
U. of C
Privily
National Party
State Awards Fiscal Agency Contracts To 80 Banks
The Louisiana state board of liquidation on April 11 awarded fiscal agency contracts for two years to about 80 banks. Rates ranged from 3.02 percent bid by most New Orleans banks to higher bids by country banks. About $16,000,000 will be deposited with banks in the First and Second districts, with the rest divided among other districts.
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Baton Rouge
State Board of Liquidation
New Orleans
Louisiana Made Planes Hit 180 MPH In Test Flight
New Orleans April 14 Two Louisiana built monoplanes piloted by Harry P. Williams and James Wedell averaged 180 miles per hour on a ninety mile course from Patterson to New Orleans. The Wee-Wine and Wee-Will finished at Menefee field despite pockets of adverse winds as they tested designs for a proposed local aircraft factory to be opened later this year.
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New Orleans
Harry P. Williams
James Wedell
Patterson
Menefee Field
Risinger arrests drunken group on Rust streets
Marshal W D Risinger took QO Lloyd and W A Hough both white Jessie Holmes and Berry Hill colored all of Minden into custody on Sunday afternoon for drunken and disorderly conduct with Lloyd charged additionally for driving while intoxicated. The quartet rode in a Ford roadster and allegedly struck banker Add Thompson's car. They were held at the parish jail with trial set for April 23. Lloyd was released on bond. others remain jailed.
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QO. F. Lloyd
W. A. Hough
Jessie Holmes
Berry Hill
Minden
Rust
Lloyd
W. D. Risinger
Add Thompson
Marshal Risinger
Tri-State
Tariff politics and logrolling debated in newspapers
Newspapers across parties discuss how tariffs are shaped by political horse trading rather than economic models. Experts note lawmakers trade concessions on corn and leather to gain broader support, highlighting the gamble of politics over precision.
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Sei Blors
Senator 1
Thieves Steal From First Baptist Church in Knoxville
A theft at the First Baptist Church of Knoxville reports $600 in cash and $1200 in checks taken from the church safe. Police suspect suspects remained inside after last night’s sermon and struck after the pastor and congregation left.
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Knoxville
Tenn
First Baptist Church of
Swallow Again Reelected Labor Federation Leader
Baton Rouge April 1 Charles W Swallow of Shreveport was today reselected for the fifth time as president of the Louisiana State Federation of Labor at its three day convention near Lake Charles Perrell Shreveport was named secretary and the vice presidents named include Frank Mining New Orleans Louis subuique New Orleans Lo B Rodrique Lake Charles C B Atkinson Monroe E E Flowers Alexandria Cit Twilly Shreveport and A H Bordelon Baton Rouge Charles Johnson Shreveport EL
Confederate Veterans Reunion Planned for May Third
Confederate Veterans Camp No 7 schedules a reunion on Saturday May 3 at First Baptist Church. A balanced program will be held in the basement followed by a dinner in the adjoining room served by the local United Daughters of the Confederacy. Wives widows and Barksdale Camp members are invited to dine with the veterans.
North Louisiana Optometric Society Meets in Monroe
At the bi monthly Monroe meeting of the North Louisiana Optometric Society a clinical demonstration and round table discussed eye care methods. Dr Julius Neu mueller of Penn State College of Optometry was invited to lecture. The group favors continued regional collaboration to advance vision conservation. Mayor C C Bell and J M Hammons won re election in West Monroe's Democratic primary.
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North Louisiana Optometric Society
Monroe
Texas Optometric Convention
Dallas
Julius Neumueller
Pennsylvania State College of Optometry
North Louisiana
Louisiana
8. R. Clay
West Monroe
C. C. Bell
J. M. Hammons
Marshall
Marriage Licenses for Colored-Samuel Peterson and Nannie Bill
A marriage license was issued to Samuel Peterson of Bims and Nannie Bill of Simsboro. The civil ceremony across the race and color line reflects local records of union.
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Samuel Peterson
Bims
Nannie Bill
Simsboro
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Mississippi
Big Factor Inc. S. Automobile Industry
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Ruston State Bank
Ruston, la
Business and Professional Directory
the State Life Insurance CO
Indianapolis
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Ellis Bailey
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A. G. Hornsby
Rep
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DE. W. P. Simpson
Desidence Telephone
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