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Parker becomes Governor of Louisiana.
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One of the earliest reforestation efforts in U.S. started near Bogalusa in 1920. Since then, Crown Zellerbach Corp. and its predecessors have planted 161,731 acres in creating the largest man-made forest on the North American continent.
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Andrew McShane, a hide merchant pulls a surprise upset of long time mayor Martin Behrman to become New Orleans new mayor. He takes office on December 6, 1920.
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Reformer McShane chooses as his police chief Guy Ross Molony who has served honorably in World War I after training in Latin American revolutions. He is highly praised for his administration during McShane÷s tenure, but Martin Behrman, the next mayor replaces him. He returns to Honduras and pursues a career as a brewery manager. in 1933 he helps quell another Honduran insurrection. He established a rice mill as well as the rice industry in Honduras He went into retirement in New Orleans in 1962 and died there ten years later. |
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