Sugar Surplus Alters Global Farm Policy Reach
The world faces a sugar surplus with 105 nations affected and 28 million tons produced this year, 1 million more than last year. Cane sugar dominates two thirds of output, led by Cuba, Java, and the Philippines, with Java cheapest due to Dutch management and Malayan labor. A major international commodity agreement aims to curb production and guide other crops like wheat if successful.
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Cuba
Java
Philippines
Europe
Architects Propose Vast Glass Skyscraper Complexes
Plans filed with New York City officials reveal nearly a dozen glass wall skyscrapers planned for the coming year. Projects include a glass hotel, two large apartments, a steel framed 18 story warehouse with 40 acres of floor space, and glass structures up to 75 stories high. Structures will use rustless metals and insulated glass bricks. lighting at night will transform the exteriors into glowing color towers.
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New York City
Albert E. Marshall
Perfection Bake Shop Sold to Mississippi Man Phil Waltz
Announcement this morning states the Perfection Bake Shop formerly owned by W. Dickard has been sold to Phil Waltz of Clarksdale Mississippi. Waltz takes over the business promising top quality bread pastries and bakery products and notes prior bakery experience in his home state. The shop will keep the Perfection Bakery name.
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Perfection Bake Shop
W. #. Dickard
Phil Waltz
Ruston
Clarksdale
Mississippi
Waltz
Perfection Bakery
Sacred Sacred Musical Festival Unites Ruston Churches
The First Baptist Church hosted a capacity crowd for Ruston and Louisiana Tech performers in a first sacred festival. About 800 heard choral works, solos, and instrumental numbers by First Baptist, Trinity Methodist, and Tech groups, with Mother's Day themes and flags honoring mothers. Organists, conductors, and choirs assisted, and plans to make the event annual were discussed.
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First Baptist
Ruston
Add Thompson
Trinity Methodist
Louisiana Tech
Elbert Haskins
Stella B. Kidd
First Baptist Church
Stuart L. White
Trinity Methodist Church
Woodrow Wilson
First Baptist Choir
J. W. Thurman
R. H. Allen
C. G. Latimer
W. Y. Galloway
Sam Griggs
J. W. Williams
Jessie Colgin
Dorothy Harris
Clint Bradley
W. J. Bolin
Zoe Heard
Dallas Goss
Elbert Gaskins
Kendall Hearn
Travis Melton
Regulation of Public Utilities Shows Strong Oversight
A study by Henry C. Spurr finds over the past fifteen years more than 200000 utility regulation applications were filed before commissions, with only 154 reaching the Supreme Court and fewer than 1 percent to federal courts. Public regulation benefits both utilities and the public, ensuring fair profits, low rates, and high service standards.
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Henry C. Spurr
Supreme Court
Second Division Highway Maintenance School Opens
The Louisiana Highway Commission conducts a second division maintenance school in Baton Rouge at buildings formerly LSU facilities. Instruction covers concrete and asphalt highways, gravel maintenance, and machinery rates. Maintenance workers from Livingston, Wanipanga, St. Welona, Washington, and St. Tammany parishes attend. others will be brought in.
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Louisiana Highway Commission
Louisiana State University At
Baton Rouge
Livingston
Watnipanga
St. Welona
Washington
St.Tammany
Mississippi Bridge Project Aids Crescent City Growth
New Orleans Public Belt will oversee a combined highway and railroad bridge across the Mississippi at New Orleans. Louisiana to sell 7 million dollars in highway bond funds. remaining costs covered by Public Belt and Southern Pacific, with tolls to retire bonds. The move follows Baton Rouge and Vicksburg bridges, expanding eastward river access. Louisiana Highway Commission seeks Army approval for a Krotz Springs Atchafalaya crossing as part of Evangeline and Jefferson highways, featuring a 350 foot center span and 30 foot clearance, pending War Department decision.
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New Orleans
Public Belt Railroad
Mississippi River
T. Semmes Walmsley
Crescent City
Southern Pacific Railroad
Southern Pacific
Baton Rouge
Vicksburg
Louisiana
Louisiana Highway Commission
United States Army Engineers
Atchafalaya River
Krotz Springs
War Department
Ludlum Elected Mayor of Bastrop in Tight Primary
J Reginald Ludlum won Bastrop mayoral race in the second primary defeating Charles J Goodwin by 84 votes. Goodwin served two terms as mayor. Ludlum carried all four precincts with 503 votes to 419 for Goodwin. Ludlum is a long-time city council member and son of a former Bastrop mayor.
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J. Reginald Ludlum
Bastrop
Charles J. Goodwin
Goodwin
Ludlum
Marriage Licenses Color Bowden and Clara Bell Willie
The notice records the marriage license for Theo Bowden of Clay to Clara Bell Willie of Choudrant. A brief social note follows about a moot question in social ethics regarding a man who boasts about himself joining a community band.
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Theo Bowden
Clay
Clara Bell Willie
Choudrant
White Allen A Breeder of Jonesboro Case Opens
White Allen A. Breeder of Jonesboro files action against Willard Pepper of Jonesboro alleging breach of contract over a business dispute in the Jonesboro district court. Pepper denies the claims and seeks dismissal citing lack of merit.
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White
Allen A. Breeder
Jonesboro
Willard Pepper
Beautification rite of Sura Djinges girls in Africa
Native belles of the Sura Djinges tribe in the Lake Chad region undergo a lip stretching beauty ritual. Beginning around age four or five the lower lip is stretched to the size of a dinner plate while the upper lip is distended about half that distance.
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Lake ‘Tchad
Africa
Local Girl Hazel Meeks Tops Brenau College Honors
Hazel Meeks of this city, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Meeks, tops Brenau College in Gainesville Georgia with leadership and scholarship. She is finishing her junior year at the Georgia College serving as Alpha Chi Omega president and head of student government for next year while maintaining high grades in speech. She has led drama roles and remains popular on campus, with a philosophy of work and play.
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Hazel Meeks
J. F. Meeks
Brenau College
Gainesville
Georgia
Miss Meeks
The
Georgia College
Alpha Chi Omega
Dramatic Department
Jackson
Louisiana
Goss's Senior Recital Delights Louisiana Tech Audience
Dallas Gosg tenor drew praise at Louisiana Tech Tuesday night in the senior voice recital marking the first graduating student from the department of voice. The program featured Handel and Faure selections, French numbers, and Broadway encores, with John Green and Emmett J. Lee Jr. supporting.
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Fred Holloway
Hoffman
Cincinnati Conservatory of Music
Goss
John Green
Greta Kidd
Brahms-Philipp
Alfody
America
Rolfe
Emmett J. Lee, Jr
Lee
Hahm
Faure
Guna
McGill
Mabel Lines
Burleigh
Mr. Goss
Faulty School Buildings Linked to Tuberculosis Spread
Public schools examined show alarming rates with as many as 60 percent of children harboring tuberculosis in mild or early form. The findings suggest school conditions may contribute to disease transmission across communities.
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