Dictator role in currency talks sparks radical debate
Reparations experts propose an official with broad power to set exchange values and commodities, a plan seen as radical by some but supported by conservative bankers. Senator Wheeler faces questions linking the National Republican Committee to Montana indictments, yet the impact lies in public impression rather than justice.
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Wheeler
Montana
Daugherty
Washington
Republican Committee
Market Signals Jump as Reparations Debate Moves
The cotton market shows optimism about a fair Reparations Committee outcome, with mills set to run and demand for cotton goods rising. A new revenue bill, approved by the Senate Finance Committee, faces a rival Democratic bill modeled after Longworth in the House, setting up a floor clash in the Senate. The conservative chamber weighs Wall Street views and the impact on stocks and luxury demand as power shifts in a party-driven scene.
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Senate Finance Committee
Senate
House
Wall Street
Rolls-Royce
Senate soldiers bonus bill grows into insurance award plan
The soldiers bonus bill has evolved into an insurance award based on the original compensation principle and will reach the floor by Saturday. It is expected to pass like the House measure, amid reports of a Democratic plan. Supporters say passing as is could avoid a veto risk if the President might not veto an insurance bonus.
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Smoot
School Strike at Minden Proves to Be Short-Lived
SHREVEPORT La April 10 according to a long distance tele vne message from Professor Ferm Herdson superintendent of schools Webster parish the strike of students at Minden High School yesterday was short lived More than 70 pupils reportedly participated in the demonstration which followed the Webster parish school board action in dismissing Professor L H Denman as high school principal for alleged conduct unbecoming a school official including insubordination.
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Shreveport
Profesor FE. Sherdson
Webster Parish
Minden
Richardson
L. H. Denman
Police Jurors Set April 29 Meeting in Baton Rouge
The Aveyilles parish police jury announced the statewide police jury meeting date moved to April 29 in Baton Rouge. Topics include gasoline and vehicle taxes auto licenses cattle dipping and the no fence law.
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Alexandria
Aveyilles Parish
Baton Rouge
American to Be Dictator of Exchange
Paris reports a proposed world exchange dictator likely an American to head a reparations payments agency. The plan would station a five-nation committee in New York London and Amsterdam under a Berlin headed head to oversee currency stability and reparation transfers. American investors would provide about 100 million dollars via external loans to back the new bank of issue during reconstrucion.
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Paris
United States
France
Italy
England
Belgium
Bank of Issue
Reparation Commission
New York
London
Amsterdam
Berlin
Germany
News-Star praised for new 30000-copy press by national and local papers
The Monroe News-Star receives a congratulatory letter from the Southern Newspaper Publishers Association in Chattanooga praising its new 30,000 copies per hour duplex press and improved facilities. W. C. Johnson signs the letter, noting expected boosts in circulation and advertising along with better early dispatch. The Rouge Democrat also commends the paper's fresh dress and large sixteen page format, wishing continued prosperity.
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News-Star
Monroe
South
Southern Newspaper Publishers’ Association
Chattanooga
Andy
Min
Southern Daily Newspapers
W. C. Johnson
Met Rouge Democrat
Monroe News-Star
Smoot predicts Senate to pass soldier bonus Saturday
Senate finance committee delays action on the soldier bonus bill to Saturday morning with Chairman Smoot predicting agreement on a measure like the House version. Democrats seek more study while figures from Army Navy and Marine Corps show costs ranging from about 2.88 to 3.63 billion plus administration and cash payment costs.
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Washington
Senate Finance Committee
Smoot
House
Army
Navy
Marine Corps
H. P. Brown
Veterans’ Bureau
Joseph McCoy
Favors McCoy
Herbert Hess
American Legion
McCoy
Civil Engineers Split Into Divisions at Atlanta Meeting
The spring meeting of the American Society of Civil Engineers in Atlanta dissolved into concurrent division sessions. The power division the highway division and the sanitary engineering division conducted separate discussions as part of the agenda today.
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Civil Engineers
Atlanta
American Society of Civil Engineers
Power Division
Highway
Sanitary Engineering Divison
Romanian Queen Marie Arrives for State Visit in Paris
Queen Marie of Romania and King Ferdinand arrived in Paris for a three day state visit. The pair wore a vivid blue French tone outfit and a fur coat as they began engagements marking the royal visit.
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Paris
Queen Marie
Rumania
Europe
Ferdinand
Stinnes Near Death in Berlin After Double Pneumonia
Hugo Stinnes remains conscious but hopelessly ill in Berlin as doctors treat a severe fever from a double pneumonia complication. He has endured three major operations, including gallstone removal, and struggles to hold on as he near the end.
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Berlin
Hugo Stinnes
Herr Stinnes
Hiram's Friends Disappointed at Primary Results
Washington April 10. Friends of Senator Hiram Johnson gather in Washington to judge the status of his Republican presidential bid. Johnson denies knowledge of a conference as delegates fail to meet expectations in Michigan Illinois and Nebraska. Coolidge managers see favorable returns and plan post convention campaigning assuming nomination.
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Washington
Hiram Johnson
Michigan
Illinois
Nebraska
Johnson
West
Middle West
Coolidge
Vacancy in Presidential Row Opens for New Tenants
Hotel rooms in presidential row that served as headquarters for Senator Hiram Johnson's campaign will be available to new tenants next Monday. Officials expect the Johnson suite to be vacated today or tomorrow following the campaign.
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Chicago
A. P
Presidential Row
Hiram Johnson
Johnson
Bill Alexander to be hanged at Homer jail Friday
Haynesville April 10 Arrangements have been completed for hanging Bill Alexander at the Homer jail Friday for the murder of Tom Rogers in the Haynesville oil fields two years ago. Alexander fled after the crime and was a fugitive until located in Oakland California last fall and brought back for trial. Reverend A J Smith baptized him yesterday and he handed the pastor a letter to bootleggers to be opened after his death read publicly. He hopes for a last minute governor pardon.
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Haynesville
Bill Alexander
Homer
Tom Rogers
Alexander
Oakland
California
A. J. Smith
Haynesville Baptist Church
Louisiana
Odd Fellows Buy Home for Aged Members in Louisiana
Shreveport reports Gus Joliff, state grand master of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, bought an eight room dwelling for $17,000 to be converted into a modern home for aged members. The plan received authorization at the state convention.
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Shreveport
Independent Order of Odd Fellows
Gus Joliff
Odd Fellows
Record Freight Car Load In Early 1924 Marks Peak
Washington April 10. More railroad cars carried revenue freight in the first thirteen weeks of 1924 from Jan 1 to March 29 than in any prior period. The car service division of the American Railway Association reported 11,587,274 cars, up 270,534 cars or 2.4 percent from the same period in 1923.
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Washington
Car Service Division
American Railway Association
Bidding Starts for Ouachita New Court House
Bids for Ouachita parish’s 400000 courthouse were opened May 14 after advertising and reception by the parish police jury. The plan outlines offices for the clerk, assessor, sheriff, and a jail, with a vaulted criminal court room, multiple floors housing district and civil courts, extensive jails, and an attic execution room.
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Ouachita Parish
J. W. Smith
Civil District Court
Capital Lines Up For Bitter Fight On Day Successor
In Baton Rouge parish a mass meeting drew 2600 signers opposing Dr Ed Young's election as sestiff amid a heated general election. Mrs Eudora Day supporters push her bid, led by Mayor Wade Bynum, amid allegations of KKK influence.
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Baton Rouge
Ed Young
Young
Eudora S. Day
Robert Day
U. S. Steel Orders Decrease From End of Last Month
New York April 10 Unfilled orders of United States Steel Corporation on hand at end of March totalled 4 782 807 tons, down 136 094 tons from February, as disclosed in the monthly report published today.
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New York
United States Steel Corporation
Cotton Moves Up Five Dollars Amid Buying Stampede
In New Orleans on April 10 a wild surge of buying orders lifted cotton by five dollars per bale at the open. May contracts rose to 32.81 cents, about 103 points above yesterday's close, aided by a strong Liverpool market. Gains faded later, but the overall rise since Tuesday totals about fifteen dollars per bale.
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New Orleans
Liverpool
Swartz area wells surveyed for remedial steps by state officials
A detailed Department of Conservation survey of Swartz area wells, led by Supervisor H. W. Bell, concludes most wells require some remedial measures while others need no changes. Data on depth, gas rock, casing, rock pressure and recalibrated capacity were collected to identify causes of pressure drops and outline fixes. Instructions will be mailed to operators, with Southern Carbon cited for proactive work to delay exhaustion of high value gas content.
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Swartz
Department of Conservation
H. W. Bell
Supervisor Bell
Bell
Southern Carbon Company
Area 48
BurBan Company
el Dorado
Ohio Oil Company
Urania Holdings
Clark and Mallett
Urania Petroleum Company Holdings
Monroe
Young Alberta Postmaster Released on Bond in Misappropriation Case
Alvin B. Bishop a 25 year old former Alberta Louisiana postmaster was released on $750 bond after a hearing before United States Commissioner Cecil Morgan. He faces misappropriation charges for $560.70 and was removed from the Alberta post office April 4 after an inspector investigation. He is married with three children.
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Shreveport
Cecil Morgan
United States
Alvin B. Bishop
Alberta
Bishop
Post Office
Radio Corporation Denies Unfair Methods Charge
The Radio Corporation of America filed a general denial with the Federal Trade Commission to charges of unfair methods in competition. It asked permission to present original agreements with other concerns before replying in detail to specific allegations.
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Washington
The
Radio Corporation of America Today
Federal Trade Commission
Commission
West Carroll New Oil Discovery in Louisiana Wildcat Drilling
Orion Oil company reports continuous oil shows for sixty hours at a West Carroll parish site near Forest. Industry observers note the Urania gas push continues with leasing active and multiple companies testing nearby tracts as regulators consider new rules if a pressure base is confirmed.
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Urania
Fred Stovall
Orion Oil Company
West Carrol Parish
Oak Grove
Monroe
Forest
West Carroll Parish
Orion
Senator Bagley
Stovall
Texas
Arkansas
Louisiana
W. H. Mills
Olla
Bur Ban
Wheeler case probes Wheeler and land frauds in Montana inquiry
Testimony links William J. Burns and Arthur Lambdin to the Wheeler indictment. George Lockwood and Blair Cohen tied to discussions at Great Falls as the committee debates subpoenaed Midland Bank records and Daugherty connections. Miller brothers land frauds in Oklahoma featured as Wheeler subcommittee sessions resume behind closed doors.
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Washington
Anne P
Miller Brothers
Tennessee
Daugherty Mn
Montana
Wheeler
Post Office Department
Daugherty
Arthur Lambdin
Telephone Company
George B. Lockwood
Republican National Committee
Blair Cohen
Great Falls
Burns
Cohen
National Committee
Lambedin
Senate
Republican National
Midland Bank
Washington Court House
Ohio
Moses
New Hampshire
Brookhart
Examiner
M. S. Daugherty
Harry M. Daugherty
Jess Smith
ATRED
Oklahoma
George L. Miller
Miller
Etc
Whee
Sai Miller
Miles
John Todd
Todd
Harry 5Ety
Alleged Klansmen Denied Bond in Lilly Riots Murder
In Ebensburg Pennsylvania Judge John A Evans ruled it unlawful for men to wear gowns and masks. He ordered 25 men arrested in Johnstown in connection with the fatal Lilly riot to be held without bail for the June term. The defendants face murder and riot charges and were brought to Ebensburg on a special trolley car.
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Ebensburg
Pennsylvania
John A. Evans
Johnstown
Lilly
Evans
Founder and leaders shaped West Louisbounds and Lake Charles scene
Julie Muller Marx, identified as founder of the t Store in West Louisbounds and Lake Charles, La, appears amid undisclosed details. The fragment mentions three years of Charles and founder roles, but text is incomplete.
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Lake Charles
Agul
Julie Muller Marx
Charles
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West Carroll
Monroe Area
Urania Gasser
T Store Wr Weat Louisbounds
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