Illinois concerns successful bids offered in Monroe sale
Continental and Commercial Securities and Federal Securities, both of Chicago, bid 4 1 4 percent with a premium of 18100 to Monroe, with Ouachita National Bank and Central Savings Bank as depositories. The bid topped the prior premium record by about 6000, as the council completed a two-bid round after a lengthy session. Other bidders included Hibernia Securities of New Orleans and several firms in Detroit and Chicago.
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Continental & Commercial Company
Federal Securities Company
Chicago
Ouachita National Bank
Central Savings Bank & Trust Company
Monroe
Monroe Commission Council
Higernia Securities Company
Orleans
Hibernia
Hibernia Company
R. V. Wehrhem
Sutherlin-Barry Company
Commercial Securities Company
Kauffman, Smith and Company
Detroit Trust Company
Braun, Bosworth and Company
Interstate Trust Company
Man Who Claims Fewer Marriages Credits Police with More
By Associated Press. NEW YORK April 7. George Schultze, 67 year old shoemaker, says he cannot recall more than five marriages but police credit him with 20 or more. He will not marry for two and a half years after being sent to Sing Sing for larceny from one bride.
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Associated Press
New York
George Schultze
Thief Steals $278 From West Monroe Grocery
A thief broke into J. O. Burns's West Monroe grocery on Coleman avenue and Sixth streets, stealing $278 hidden in three containers and turning out the light before fleeing. Deputy Clyde Mitchell notes Burns kept cash in unpretentious spots, and authorities suspect local African American suspects who had patronized the shop.
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Coleman Avenue
Sixth Streets
West Monroe
J. O. Burns
Monroe Theatre
Burns
Sheriff's Office
Clyde Mitchell
Ouachita Grand Jurors Return 31 True Bills
Ouachita parish grand jury, in session since Monday, prepared to report its completed inquiry this afternoon. The body, noting few murder cases, handled mainly minor offenses and moved quickly through the docket before delays from new investigations.
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Ouachita
Ouachita Parish
Weather and sport hopes as Meridian prepares for season
Meridian weather shows improvement and manager Spoke Emery plans practice with hopefuls as teams seek pre season games before the opening week. In Trinidad US Army goodwill squadron planes depart for St George Grenada on a short 100 mile hop from Port of Spain.
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Meridian
Miss
Emery
Port OF Spain
Island of Trinidad
United States
Army Good Will
St. George
Grenada
Windward Islands
Trion Attitude Toward Carbon Black Legislation Discussed
New Orleans April 7 Testimony before Judge Boatner examined Commissioner Trion of the department of conservation remarks on carbon black legislation. Attorney General Percy Saint testified about the Davey bill introduced in 1926 and whether the gas consumption limits for carbon black were to be reduced as part of the conservation program. The discussion traces back to prior Smyly-Herkness suit trials and the 1928 proceedings.
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Associated Press
New Orleans
Trion
Department of Conservation
Siven
Boatner
Percy Saint
Davey
Mpedalanwea
Eegvyivus BO Faw
Senato
Wilkingon
Irion
Saint
Tafore Pgs Selon
Pilots Seaplane Destruction Blamed on Anti Fascist Agents
Rome papers condemn sabotage of Commander De Pinedo's seaplane at Roosevelt Dam in Arizona. They applaud U S aid in sending a new aircraft and report Balboa arranging a replacement from military planes to be shipped to Genoa and then New York.
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Arizona
Associated Press
Rome
de Pinedo
Roosevelt Dam
Arizon
United States
Popolo di Roma
America
Signor Balboa
Ministry of Aeronautics
Mussolini
Genoa
New York
Kangaroo Court Shut Down in Cook County Jail
Illinois, Chicago April 7. Warden Edward Fogarty announced the abolition of the Cook County jail kangaroo court after 20 years. Judges Russell Scott John Flannery and "Bootsie" Stamm allegedly chaired biased sessions fining prisoners for trivial acts and diverting fines to themselves and the detainees.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Cook County
Edward Fogarty
Russell Scott
John Flannery
Bootsie” Stamm
Kangaroo Court
Scott, Flannery
Stamm
Fogarty
Scott
Flannery
Sapiro Links Libel Suit to Maine Growers Collapse
In Detroit on April 7 Aaron Sapiro testifies in his $1,000,000 libel suit against Henry Ford. He attributes the Maine Potato Growers Exchange collapse and $19,300 in fees to alleged libelous articles in Ford weekly Dearborn Independent. Senator Reed outlines the organization of Maine and Minnesota potato growers and Sapiro's fees.
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Associated Press
Detroit
Aaron Sapiro
Henry Ford
Maine Potato Growers Exchange
Ford
Dearborn Independent
Sapiro
Independent
James A. Reed
Ford Counsel
Maine Potato Growers
Minnesota
Maine
Logans Date With Bride Goes On Hold Over Age
Louis A Logan, 23, has a two year wait to remarry his betrothed, 16, after annulment. Parents opposed marriage due to age. Logan notes she will wed again on her 18th birthday and claims their love began at first sight.
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Associated Press
New York
Louis A. Logan
Charlotte Silvery
Louis
Irene Rich remarries estranged spouse to David Blankenhorn
Del Monte California April 7 Irene Rich the screen actress has wed David Blankenhorn a Los Angeles realty operator. Rich was previously divorced seven years ago from Lieutenant Colonel Charles Henry Rich. Blankenhorn was divorced eighteen months ago.
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Associated Press
Delmonte
Calif
Irene Rich
Screen
Charles Henry Rich
David Blankenhorn
Los Angeles
President Resolves to Act in Nicaragua Mission
President Coolidge appoints Henry L. Stimson, former secretary of war, to travel to Nicaragua as a representative to convey U S views to Minister Eberhardt and Admiral Latimer. He will gather information for Washington as fighting and bloodshed intensify while protecting American interests.
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Associated Press
Washington
Coolidge
Henry L. Stimson
State Department
Eberhardt
Latimer
Department
Nicaragua
Grand Ball Featured For Veterans At Reunion
Tampa April 7 two major engagements marked the thirty-seventh annual reunion of the United Confederate Veterans as factions clash over 1928 meeting place and chief office. Little Rock and Lexington vie for host with plans to follow memorial service and a grand ball今晚.
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Tampa
Fla
United Confederate Veterans
Little Rock
Ark
Lexington
J. C. Foster
Houston
Texas
trans-Mississippi Department
Edgar D. Taylor
Richmond
Virginia Department
Sons of Confederate Veterans
Confederate Southern Memorial Association
Florida
Old South
Old Virginia
Royal dwarf's love story unearthed at pyramids of China
Cairo reports an ancient tomb opening reveals Senab, a dwarf who led keepers of the royal wardrobe, married to Princess Sentites, a poor relation of the fourth dynasty.
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Associated Press
Cairo
Pyramids of
China
Senab
Croesus
Sentites
State to Locate Delinquent Girls Home Near Alexandria
The Louisiana State Industrial School for Delinquent Girls will be built on a 40 acre site six miles from Alexandria the city donated the land. The board after surveying sites in Alexandria Shreveport and Monroe chose Alexandria for central location and accessibility. A meeting in Alexandria April 27 will review tentative architectural plans by J W Smith Monroe architect with first unit contracts due in 60 to 90 days. Board members include W T Mayo Rev Frank Tripp Rufus Mellhenny Mrs J W Bolton and Mrs William Lamb.
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Associated Press
Shreveport
Alexandria
Avery Island
Rufus A. Mellheny
W. T. Mayo
Monroe
Mr. Mayo
Mayo
Frank Tripp
Minden
Rufus Mellhenny
New Iberia
J. W. Bolton
Alexandra
William Lamb
New Orleans
Two Men Escape With Mail Loot In Chicago Train Robbery
Two armed robbers boarded the Joliet to Chicago Lincoln Limited, bound and gagged express messenger A A Gothoff and conductor James Connery, forced the safe combination, and escaped after cutting a signal wire five miles out. Casual estimates place the loot from $2,400 to over $20,000 in cash drafts and bonds. The train halted briefly near Joliet before entering Chicago.
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Chicago
Chicago and Alton
Lincoln Limited
Joliet
A. A. Gothoff
Express
Union Station
Express Company
Stephen Healey
Gothoff
James Connery
Frank Wenglasa
George Mitchell
Connery
St. Louis
Transport Henderson Sets Sail for Shanghai Port
San Diego April 7 Loaded with artillery air power and 1560 marines the transport Henderson sailed for Shanghai. The sixth regiment reinforced the force already at Shanghai under Brig. Gen. Smedley D. Butler. Six airplanes could not be loaded and remain at the pier awaiting a later crossing.
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Associated Press
San Diego
Cal
Henderson
Shanghai
Smedley D. Butler
Death toll reaches sixteen in Wyoming refinery blast
PARCO Wyoming April 7. The explosion of an oil still at the Producers and Refiners corporation plant raised the death toll to 16 with three of six survivors in Rawlins hospital. George Currey died last night and three others were given little hope. Damage estimated between half and three quarters of a million dollars.
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Parco
Wyo
Producers and Refiners Corporation
Rawlins Hospital
George Currey
King Ferdinand's condition improves in influenza spell
The king of Romania, Ferdinand, showed overnight improvement from influenza, with more strength reported and better sleep evident this morning in Bucharest.
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Bucharest
Ferdinand
Calm Negro Slayer Faces Alabama Electric Chair Tomorrow
Horace Devaughn, accused of killing A B Moore and Ruby Thornton in a Birmingham area car in January, awaits execution by electrocution tomorrow. He remains calm, with no appeals filed and no indicated stay from Governor Graves.
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Associated Press
Montgomery
Ala
Horace Devaughn
Alabama
Devaughn
Graves
A. B. Moore
Ruby Thornton
Birmingham
Victoria Grant Becomes Balmoral Housekeeper
London April 7 Victoria Grant has wed and is now Mrs Victoria Grant She is appointed housekeeper at Balmoral Castle with the title linked to the position Queen Victoria is her godmother.
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London
Victoria, Grant
Victoria Grant
Balmoral Castle
Queen Victoria
Planned Large Dairy Owner James Caskey Ends Life in West Monroe
James O. Caskey a Bienville parish landowner and dairy settler, aged 38, shot himself in his West Monroe home after a two week illness. The act occurred at 7 p.m. with his wife and two daughters nearby. A pistol was found near the bed and doctors and the sheriff investigated. Caskey had recently relocated to establish a large dairy and build homes in town. Continued on page eleven.
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James O. Caskey
West Monroe
Caskey
Pastetel
Bienville Parish
West Mone Roe
West Monroa
Ouachita Parish
Cas
Mexican Bandits Said to Have Slain American Miner
A dispatch from Nogales states Fred Combs, 30, an American tied to La Dura Mining in La Dura Mexico, was killed last Sunday traveling by car from Esperanza to La Dura. A Chinese cook accompanying him was also slain. the report attributes the murders to Mexican bandits.
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Nogales
Ariz
The
Herald Today
Fred Combs
la Dura
Mexico
Esperanza
Virginia Man Confesses to Triple Slaying and River Bodies
Henry Griffith, 49, of Richlands Virginia, confessed to killing his wife Mellie Griffith and friends Matthew Lawson and his wife, dumping their bodies in Clinch River near Swords Creek. He was jailed in Lebanon, Virginia after investigators tied his account to the deaths.
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Virginia
Associated Press
Bluefield
W. Va
Henry Griffith
Richlands
Russell County
Lebanon
Harry H. Couch
Russel County
Griffith
Mellie Griffith
Matthew Lawson
Jellico, Temn
Clinch River
Swords Creek
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Mississippi
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Memphis
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J.C. Caskey
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