New airline plan from New Orleans to Panama announced
J Echols, a Texas pilot linked with Eastern capitalists, announced a plan for a new passenger airline from New Orleans to Panama with an 18 hour flying schedule. He aims for a February non stop flight, hopes to cut to 12 hours, and sees Gulf seaplane bases and future lines from Vera Cruz to Havana and Caribbean routes as a precursor to a permanent service within six months.
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New Orleans
New Orlenne
Panama
J Echols
Texas
Echols
Gulf of Mexico
Vera Cruz
Havana
U S 8 Texas To Visit New Orleans For Carnival
The U S 8 Texas flagship of the U S fleet will sail to New Orleans February 25 and stay until March. Commander R E Cassidy of the Algiers naval station has been advised. This marks the second Carnival visit with the vessel open to visitors from the Canal Street landing wharf.
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New Orleans
Texas
R. E. Cassidy
Algiers
Canal Street
Card of Thanks for J T Richardson Family
A note of gratitude from the Richardson family thanks friends for kindness after the death of J T Richardson and honors Dr Bond. Signed by Willie Richardson and relatives. London news mentions W J May, long serving Buckingham Palace postman, pensioned after 87 years. He estimates 65 090 miles walked collecting and delivering mail at the king’s residence.
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J. T. Richardson
Dr. Bond
London
W. J. May
Buckinghan Palace
New Orleans December Shipping Totals Hit 1.13 Million Tons
New Orleans port officials report December shipping shows high tonnage with 272 arrivals. American vessels totaled 640,771 tons while British steamers reached 182,916 tons, outpacing other nations and boosting 1930 forecasts to exceed 1929 records by over a million tons.
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New Orleans
Board of Commissioners
Sweden
Italy
Japan
Beacon, Floodlights Slated For A. T. Field
New Orleans officials of Gulf Coast Airways announce a beacon light will be installed at the 8. A. T. airport immediately with a battery of eight floodlights to follow soon. The lighting aims to elevate the field to an A-1 rating. The beacon will sit atop the administration building as plans for floodlights progress rapidly. Regular Gulf Coast and Grand Isle trips are on the company’s schedule.
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New Orleans
Gulf Coast Airways
Ffield
Gulf Coast
Grand Isle
More White Ways Slated For N O For Saving
New Orleans will extend its white way lighting program after refunds totaling over 50000 were returned to the city. The plan now includes Magazine Street and a prominent wholesale area as well as some streets in Algiers across the Mississippi. The revised plan calls for intensified lighting on Canal Street in the Duslugss district and its parallel streets.
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New Orleans
Nighttime Illumination Plan for French Quarter and City Park
A proposed lighting scheme would thread ten miles of white lights along St. Charles Avenue from Canal Street to City Park and back via Canal Street to Claiborne. Magasine Camp St Charles Baronne streets would glow with antique style in Vieux Carre to match its ambiance.
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Magasine
Camp
St. Charles
Baronne
Fee iCircle
St. Charles Avenue
Carrollton
City Park
Canal Street
Claiborne
Vieux Carre
Jules Carville Resigns from Louisiana Tax Commission
New Orleans January 22 Jules A Carville in person tendered his resignation to Governor Long as a member of the Louisiana tax commission in a Roosevelt hotel meeting. The resignation was accepted and the governor said they remain good friends. The resignation takes effect February 1.
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New Orleans
Jules A. Carville
Long
Louisiana Tax Commission
Roosevelt Hotel
Carville
Jules
Marriage Licenses Colorful: Bass and McLain Tied in Union
Howard Bass of Dubach and Gladys McLain of Vienna obtained a marriage license, signaling their forthcoming union. The registration marks a step in their plans to wed, reflecting a formalized match in the community records.
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Howard Bass
Dubach
Gladys McLain
Vienna
War Department allocates $300000 for rivers and harbors
Washington January 22. The War Department announced an allotment of about $300,000 for rivers and harbors. Included in the distribution were Ouachita and Black rivers in Arkansas and Louisiana with $22,000 allocated to that pair.
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Washington
War Department
Ouachita and
Black Rivers
Arkansas
Louisiana
Radio Body Has No Way To Curb KWKH Owner
Cleveland January 21 Thad H Brown general counsel of the Federal Radio commission said the commission has no means to curb W K Henderson owner of Station KWKH Shreveport Louisiana despite broadcasting complaints He warned that if his station is shut down he will set up a Mexico operated station on every frequency imaginable Brown said there is no immediate prospect of legislation to create a radio censorship board.
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Cleveland
Thad H. Brown
Federal Radio Commission
Washington
W. K. Henderson
KWKH
Shreveport
Brown
Henderson
Commission
Radio
Mexico
Board of Radio Censorship
Delta Air Service Cuts Plane Rates
Delta Air Service Inc announces a drastic passenger rate cut approx 50 percent effective January 20. The Monroe Louisiana firm operates regular air service linking Dallas Shreveport Monroe Jackson Meridian Tuscaloosa and Birmingham and follows a national policy among major air carriers.
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Monroe
Delta Air Service, Inc
Dallas
Shreveport
Jackson
Meridian
Tuscaloosa
Birmingham
United States
Court to Pass On Text Books
Washington reports that the Louisiana statute providing free school books to children will be reviewed by the supreme court. Emmett Cochran and others challenge the law, arguing state funds may improperly finance books for private school attendees as well as public schools. The state had appropriated 750000 dollars for book purchases for 1928–1930.
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Washington
Louisiana
Supreme Court
Emmett Cochran
Louisiana General Assembly
30 Above In Alaska Eskimos Pity U 8
Bekhnos at Point Barrow the Arctic circle point consider organizing a chamber of commerce to aid sufferers in frigid areas. Radio reports cite zero weather and intense suffering across America. Temperature yesterday was 30 above zero.
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Bekhnos
Point Barrow
Alaska
Arctic Circle
Chamber of Commerce
United States
America
School Superintendents To Meet in New Orleans
State Superintendent Y. H. Harris calls the annual meeting of superintendents and school boards for January 29 and 30 in New Orleans at Montleone hotel. Important matters will be discussed.
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New Orleans
Y. H. Harris
Montleone Hotel
N C Pontchartrain Railroad Reaches 100 Year Mark
New Orleans, La January 20 1830 The Pontchartrain railroad received a charter launching the first west of the Alleghenies. Now under Louisville and Nashville ownership it celebrates a century of service from New Orleans to Milneburg Lake Pontchartrain with the lake named locomotive and 300 passengers boarding the inaugural twelve coaches, arriving on time.
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New Orleans
Pontchartrain
Allegheny Mountains
Louisville and Nashville Railroad
Milneburg
Lake Pontchartrain
Marriage Law Change In Legal Form
New Orleans January 22. A proposed Louisiana amendment proposes a five day interval between signing the marriage license and the wedding to prevent child marriages. Mrs P A Blanchard spoke for the New Orleans branch of the State Parent Teachers association at its annual meeting in the Roosevelt hotel. The group discussed public measures to enact the law and planned the Jennings April state convention with cotton day on the second convention day. Mrs J C Hazel will preside as chairman.
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New Orleans
Louisiana
P. A. Blanchard
State
Parent-Teachers’ Association
Roosevelt Hotel
George P. Meade
Gramercy
Jennings
J. C Hazel
Two Million Pine Seedlings Planted in Louisiana
DeRidder Louisiana January 21 The Long Bell company reforestation drive closes with 2 000 000 pine seedlings grown last summer at DeRidder being planted on Long Bell land between Longville and Bagley. John Tyler assistant forester and F A Hodges of Longville each run crews of 35 men planting longleaf Cuban and loblolly seedlings at 75 000 to 100 000 per day. Fire lines are plowed and two thousand acres will be planted this year. Seedlings are placed 1000 per acre 6 by 8 feet apart with 80 to 90 percent expected survival.
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DeRidder
Long-Bell Company
Long-Bell
Longville
Bagley
John Tyler
F. A. Hodges
Bandits Bind Watchman Loot Store At Home
Homer Louisiana January 21 burglars visited about 3 am after binding guard John Oakes and locking him in a store closet they ransacked City Drug Store and the new drug store taking only change from each but stealing all prescription whiskey in the new store they escaped by car Oakes freed himself by daylight three bandits were believed to be involved fingerprint officers from Shreveport are en route to lift prints on doors and the whiskey lock
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Homer
John Oakes
City
Heavy penalty on liquor charge in Monroe city court
In Monroe Louisiana on January 21 city judge W M Harper handed down one of the city s heaviest liquor penalties. Dan Sanderford a local taxi driver was fined 250 for the city and 250 for the state plus costs totaling 508 50 if paid. He was sentenced to 60 days in city jail for both city and state offenses. If fines are unpaid he faces 400 days in jail.
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Monroe
W. M. Harper
Dan Sanderford
Sanderford
Ctty Juul
That Explains It Chronicle Insight About Callings
Quote suggests many miss their calling and ironically excel at running others' businesses. The remark frames talent as confusion of vocation, implying some people lean into rival roles by chance or circumstance.
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The
San Francisco Chronicle
Seek Death Penalty For Veteran, 84
State's attorneys announce they will seek the death penalty for 84 year old veteran J. K. Stephens, accused of fatally stabbing his son-in-law W. R. Kernell after a heated argument last October. Stephens, represented by counsel, faces trial in Little Rock with testimony expected from Kernell's widow, Stephens' daughter, regarding the incident and prohibition views.
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Little Rock
Ark
Dan
J. K. Stephens
W. R. Kernel
Kernell
Stephens
Self Defense Claim Noted in Fatal Stabbing Case
Police say the suspect admits a tense encounter with Kernel before the stabbing. He claims the younger man advanced with a weapon, and he acted in self defense.
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Kernel
Orleanians Honored By National Fodic
New Orleans engineers receive national recognition in the same week. John F. Coleman becomes president of the American Society of Civil Engineers. Allan T. Tuseiburri is named director of the 15th district covering LA, TX, OK. Bryson Vallas is elected vice-president of the American Roadbuilders Association at the Atlantic City convention.
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New Orleans
John F. Coleman
American Society of Civil Engineers
Allan T. Tuseiberry
Louisiana
Texas
Oklahoma
Bryson Vallas
American Roadbuilders Association
Atlantc City
Society of Civil Engineers
1929 White Death Rate in New Orleans Falls to Low
New Orleans health figures show the white death rate in 1929 at the lowest in city history. Dr. W H Robin of the city board of health credits improved living conditions, knowledge, and care of the body for the decline. He notes rising public health efforts by groups and individuals as a key factor.
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New Orleans
W. H. Robin
City Board of Health
Robin
Veteran and Wife Slain in Georgia Farm Home
Fort Valley Ga Jan 23. Bodies of Green Hartley 86 a Confederate veteran and his wife 82 were found beaten to death with a club in their farm home eight miles from town. Evidence of a brutal struggle. Floors torn up and furniture ransacked for money Hartley reputed to hoard.
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Fort Valley
Georgia
Green Hartley
Hartley
Part Of Volstead Act Declared Unconstitutional
Federal Judge J W Woodrough ruled that the provision allowing personal injunctions against liquor violators is unconstitutional and a dead letter after ten years. He quipped that a bootlegger under injunction faces life imprisonment without jury trial, questioning the remedy’s sense.
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Omaha
Neb
J. W. Woodrough
Woodrough
J. W. Woodromeh
Orien
Anaiest
Pousti
Cunningham
Hartlesging
Judes
Woodrowell
Punother
Nebraska Fariat
Bederid Duce
Munyer
Girnecoha
Ponchatoula Girl Granted Divorce in Chicago Court
Chicago January 23 Mrs Rae Corbin Hoyt formerly a Ponchatoula La school girl was granted a divorce from Henry Jackson Hoyt She testified she married at age 14 and that her husband disappeared after three months They said she had not seen him in eight years.
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Chicago
Rae Corbin Hoyt
Ponchatoula
Henry Jackson Hoyt
Highway Detours Announced Across Multiple Routes
The Louisiana State Highway Department, Office of the Maintenance Engineer, announces detours due to bad road conditions. Detours affect Federal Route 80 from Rayville east to Winnsboro then Delhi or Ferriday, State Route 3 north to Tallulah, and U.S. 65. Additional detours cover routes near Amite Hammond Independence Winthbohd Route 244 to Dodson, and Federal Route 40 from Monroe to Shreveport via Eros Claiborne Jonesboro Lucky Castor State Route 1.
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Louisiana State Highway Department
Rayville
Winnsboro
Delhi
Ferriday
Norits Jen
U.S
Tallulah
Amite
Hammondau
Independence
Winatbohd
President Hoover Names North Carolina Doctor to Child Conference
President Hoover selects Dr. DN Welbuys of North Carolina to lead a child health conference in New Orleans. The American Child Health Association head’s work on infant care and a study of public health topics is highlighted in a report circulated by the American Medical Association. The bulletin notes concerns about child welfare and community health impacts.
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Hoover
N. C
New Orleans
Col Ur
Th. Ry
Tleawer
American Child Health Association
Welbuys
Hevdy
American Medical Association
Tie United
Execution date to be set by Governor Long in coming days
The court room was crowded as the judge pressed the sentence. The defendants showed no emotion while Judge Shell pronounced the verdict. Weol and Winn were conveyed to the Onacalla period fest in Monroe following their sentence, with guards keeping watch as age and imagination mingled in the reported account.
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Shell
Weol
Winn
Monroe
Peard
Ransdell Bill Shers Rig Notice of Final Account
Notice in the Third District Court Lincoln Parish Louisiana of the succession of Herman and Pearly Cole. Administrator A HL Sums seeks final account approval and homologation of funds. interested parties urged to show cause why the account should not be approved. Court date and details provided.
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Herman and
Pearly Cole
USL P. D
Third District Court
Lincoln Parish
Laidsiapa
Roar Torrie Haave
Prenetor Keanedell, Demarest
Goui-tua
King's Speech Guns Through Youth's Body
A Columbia Broadcasting staffer Harold Vivian, chief control operator, steadied the network by manually bridging live wires after a generator leak touched him with electricity. He held the circuit for 20 minutes until replacement lines were connected as King George prepared to begin the London conference address.
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Great Britain
Canada
United States
London
iGeorge
Columbia Broadcastine Econpany
Harold Vivian
Hanes
Nebraska judge bars personal injunctions in liquor cases
Omi Nebo reports that Judge J. W. Woodrowell ruled a Nebraska prohibition era rule allowing personal injunctions against liquor law violators unconstitutional. The ruling cites federal law limits and the need for due process, aligning with prior Nebraska rulings and signaling a shift away from individual restraining orders in enforcement actions.
13 Is Lucky In Bridge Tale From Fractured Text
Fragmentary OCR yields a garbled note about 13 spades in bridge with scattered names and phrases. The readable bits reference players, a bid sequence, and a mysterious scene, but most content is indecipherable.
Black residents sentenced in Bastrop district court
A jury in Bastrop sentences Black defendants to death for a brutal case involving Bob Dye, an aged white man. Judge J Stell presides. a transcript of the case will be sent for further action.
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Bastrop
Don
Batttards
Joe Who
Bo Webb
Motel Estues
Bob Dye
J. Stell
Pridvy Torplasg
Stockholders Meeting Notice for Ghoice Divboet Lainoer Co Ltd
Notice that stockholders of Ghoice Divboet Lainoer company Ltd will meet in the colony’s capital at Dubaeh La on Monday February 10 1930 at 10 o'clock a m to elect a board of directors for the coming year and to conduct lawful business. A H Wacker Secretary.
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Ghoice Divboet Lainoer Company
Dubaeh
Nicotine
Notice of Final Account in Doss Estate
Probate docket in Lincoln Parish Louisiana notices creditors and interested parties to show cause within ten days why final account by administrator Mary Jane Doss should not be approved and funds distributed accordingly by order of the court dated January 1930.
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Thomas Alton Doss
Third Judicial District
Lincoln Parish
Louisiana
Mary Jane Doss
Third Judicial District Sale in Lincoln Parish Louisiana
Notice of judicial sale by the Third Judicial District Court in Lincoln Parish Louisiana. On February 6, 1930, the estate of John L. Hogan will be sold at his late residence by auction for cash to satisfy debts. Property includes household goods and scattered lands described in section 32 township 18 range 2 West. Administratrix Nancy Hogan signs the notice.
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Lincoln Parish
Tonisiana
Linvol Parish
Letsiana
John L. Hogan
Jius
Nancy Hogan
Ward Marshal Sale By Ville Of A Writ Of Fi Fa
The Ward Marshal announces a sale of seized goods from the storehouse of Bob Hagan in Ruston Parish conducted under a writ of Fi Fa. Items include bedding sets, bed frames, dishes, cookware, refrigerators, stoves, fruit jars, and assorted property, to satisfy the writ and costs, cash with security and no appraisal. Sale set for Saturday February 1st, 1930 at the principal front desk of the court house in Ruston.
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Ruston
Taneold
Bouisiana
Thas Court Louse
Bob Tlaguy
T. Richardson
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J. G. Richardson
J. W. Richardson
W. A. Richardson
W. D. Willis
A. T. Field
Jules Carville
Allot Fund
Delta Air Service
Eskimos
U. 8
Fayettesville
University of Arkansas Experiment Farm
Here
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Ottawa
Dun
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Orleans
Ransdell Bill Shers
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Lee Jie
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