Veterans Clash Over Sons Leadership In Confederate Meeting
Delegates at the United Confederate Veterans reunion wrestled with leadership and union issues for the Sons of Confederate Veterans as they adjourned a tense session. Resolutions backed keeping the Sons separate and moving forward with memorial initiatives, while elections faced delays amid anti Klan faction tensions.
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Sons OF Veterans
New Orleans
United Confederate Veterans
Sons of Confederate Veterans
Sons and Veterans
Sons In Convention
Confederated Southern Memorial Association
Julian S. Carr
J. W. Bachman
Veterans’ Organiation
A. C. Wilson
The
Memorial Association
Confederate Veterans
Southern Memorial
Committee On Resoluions
Jefferson Davis
Haddad Denounces Rudolph Valentino View of Arab Sheik
Shreveport April 12 Rotarian George A. Haddad dressed as a desert sheik at a Rotary Club for ladies meeting criticized Rudolph Valentino's film portrayal of Arab rulers. He warned Arabs seek an international lawyer to sue Valentino and the film industry for misrepresentation. He noted King Faysal supported Arab victories in World War I and praised American aid to Arabs and Bedouins through a college.
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Shreveport
George A. Haddad
Near East
Rotary Club
America
Haddad
Rudolph Valentino
Valentino
Moving Picture Industry
Tornado strikes Meridian Louisiana damaging town and injuring residents
A tornado hit Meridian La thirty miles south of Alexandria at 4 30 am injuring about half a person two dozen homes wrecked and fifty eight damaged with eight blown away. Whites and blacks injured including Louis Woods and a Woods temporary relief funds.
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Alexandria
Meridian
R. C. Russell
Rock Island
Russell
Meridian Lumber Company
Louisiana
Louis Woods
Pineville
Scott Ready to Go Ahead for Election
Shreveport April 12 Elect B F Scott of Junction City has declared he will carry his case through every court in Arkansas if necessary to prove he is legally elected mayor of the border town that has busy politics since the municipal election last Tuesday.
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Shreveport
B. F. Scott
Junction City
Arkansas
Arkansas-Louisiana
Refined sugar hits year's high price in New York
Refined sugar sold today at 940 cents a pound, up ten points and a new high for the year. Cable reports indicate British refiners, major buyers in the market, have also raised sugar prices.
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Associated Press
New York
To Be In Style Three Hats And Coin In Hat Style
President Harding can keep in hat style this summer without spending a cent. The National Association of Men's Straw Hat Manufacturers of America released a letter from Harding thanking them for supplying straw hats. The style advice says a man must own three hats this summer a rough straw a leg horn and a smooth straw for different occasions.
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New York
Harding
National Association of Men's Straw
Red Flag Songs Stir Commons Over Veterans Pay
London reports say the House of Commons erupted in disorder over veteran civil service salaries. The government agreed to form a committee to study ex-service pay, a concession fueled by Labour pressure and opposition unity. The incident included singing of The Red Flag inside the chamber, a rare sight in the old Parliament.
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London
House of Commons
Exchequer
J. Ramsay MacDonald
House
Baldwin
Associated Press
Bonar Law
England
New Missouri Pacific President Monroe Visitor Baldwin Arrives
L W Baldwin named new Missouri Pacific president on the first of the month visits southern lines on an inspection tour. He emphasizes courtesy, public relations, and cooperation with employees and patrons as essential to railroad success. Baldwin travels as far as Lake Charles Louisiana and returns to Monroe this afternoon with his party including E J White and J E Murphy among others.
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Missouri Pacific
Monroe
L. W. Baldwin
Missouri Pacific Railroad
St. Louis
Baldwin
Maryland
South
Public Service Corporation
Lake Charles
Mr. Baldwin
E. J. White
E. Perkins
F. P. Johnson
J. E. Murphy
John Cannon
Charpe
E. C. Willis
E. A. Hadley
Ee. Hopkins
C. L. Stone
W. C. Smith
J. W. Kearney
C. D. Hicks
Me Williams
Petitions Put Henry Ford On Nebraska Presidential Ballot
Petitions with more than 1600 names were filed with Nebraska secretary of state to place Henry Ford on the next year’s primary ballot as a Progressive Party candidate for president. Similar petitions will be filed in Idaho and circulated in Kansas Minnesota Illinois Indiana South Dakota Colorado and other states. Loy M Harrop of the American Economic League says Ford has been drafted though Ford has not been consulted and expects he would not decline.
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Omaha
Neb
Henry Ford
Nebraska
Progressive Party
United States
Idaho
Kansas
Minnesota
Illinois
Indiana
South Dakota
Colorado
Loy M. Harrop
American Economic League
Hartford
Conn
Ford
Mr. Harrop
London House of Commons Scene Draws Mixed Reactions
British papers critique the house of commons debate with government blamed for blunders and opposition for violent excesses. The Times and liberal papers urge moderation, while Chronicle notes dwindling support for the ministry and hints at an early election. Labor papers condemn extremist tactics impacting Ramsay MacDonald and moderates.
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London
House of Commons
the Times
Chronicle
Daily Herald
Labor
J. Ramsay MacDonald
Madison Fla Convict Camp Boss Charged in Tabert Death
Walter Higginbotham known as whipping boss at a Madison county convict camp is indicted for first degree murder in the death of Martin Tabert of North Dakota. He posted $10,000 bond and may face trial May 15 in Cross City Florida with seventeen witnesses testifying.
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Madison
Fla
Liberty
Walter Higginbotham
Martin Tabert
North Dakota
Higginbotham
Madison County Grand Jury
Tabert
Fifty Information Bills Sent State's Atty General Coco
District Attorney David I. Garrett is summoned to New Orleans by Attorney General A. V. Coco to confer on the Morehouse case. They may decide on filing information bills against suspects tied to Ku Klux Klan activities and the Watt Daniels and T. F. Richards slayings.
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David I. Garrett
New Orleans
A. V. Coco
Morehouse
Monroe
Garrett
Watt Daniels
T. F. Richards
Coco
Connecon
Mer Rouge
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Colorao
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Confederate Memorial Hall
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Sheik
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House Committee of Investigation
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State Guard
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Lester
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W. J. Lester
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Plack
Scott
Tight Little Isle
Trip
Tallahasse
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Weaks Supply Co
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Congregation B'nai Israel
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Rochelle
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