Will Atkinson and D A Breard Win In Municipal Primary
Will Atkinson and D A Breard, incumbents on Monroe’s city commission, won decisive Democratic primary victories over C A Green and City Judge Charles Schulze. Breard trails by 97 votes from a 2 to 1 margin over Green, while Atkinson led Schulze by over 4 to 1. The vote totals were Breard 1538, Green 624, Atkinson 1724, Schulze 423, with 2164 total ballots cast.
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D. A. Breard
Monroe
C. A. Green
Charles Schulze
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Rying
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Atkinson
Judge Schulze
Schulze
Arnon Bernstein
Lanetic Executive Committee
News-Star
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Atkinson Schulze
Park
Georgia Tuckereeneeeee
Russell Cleaning Co
Monroe Auto Supply
Milner Motor Co
Court House
Peters Furniture Co
Fire Station No
White City Station
Motor Wheel Corp
Clear View
Tertiirtiir
Thirty Six Die In Stampede At Hindu Bathing Rite
In Hardwar United Provinces India thirty six pilgrims died and many were injured in a rush to bathe in the Holy Ganges during the kumbha mela. Women numbered twenty one and men fifteen among those killed at wooden barricades as the ceremony neared its final stage.
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Hardwar United Provinces
India
Ganges
Seven Held in Slaying of Two in Mississippi
In Forest Mississippi a preliminary hearing was set for seven men charged with shooting to death Tom Sorsby and his 16 year old son Dayton near Harpersville. The suspects admitted the shooting according to Sheriff Cloyd McKenzie. They reportedly waited at the Hudson home after Sorsby received a note warning him to leave the community.
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Hudson
Sorsby
First Methodists Take Step Toward Adequate New Edifice
A special session of the quarterly conference of the Methodist Episcopal church, led by Rev. N. E. Joyner, approved pursuing a building program. A building committee was named to study needs and plan a suitable edifice, with a finance committee to follow. The building committee includes B. B. Handy, T. O. Brown, C. V. Sanders, S. M. Collins, and S. M. Mc Reynolds. The stewards board will consider continuation.
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Quarterly Conference
The
Methodist Episcopal Church
N. E. Joyner
B. B. Handy
T. O. Brown
C. V. Sanders
S. M. Collins
S. M. McReynolds
Board of Stewards
Levee Dynamited Near Pettyville Repaired Fast
The Big Lake levee eleven miles north of Pettyville Ark was dynamited by four or five men who fled after a gun battle with guards. The break was repaired quickly and did not fail flood defenses. Arkansas river floodwaters rose near Fort Smith and Fort Gibson, with damage pegged at about $250,000 as rain continued.
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Associated Press
Pettyville
Ark
Big Lake
Here
Missouri Line
St. Francis River
Fort Smith
Arkansas River
Fort Gibson
Okla
Weather Bureau
North Canadian River district residents warned to flee
Oklahoma City officials ordered residents in a thickly populated district on the north bank of the North Canadian river to evacuate today after danger warnings.
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Oklahoma City
Okla
Tulsa Flood Alert Forces Cedar Island Residents From Homes
Residents of Cedar Island and nearby lowlands in Tulsa and suburbs were ordered to evacuate after a second flood warning from T G Shipman of the U S Weather Bureau Ft Smith. The Arkansas River stood above 14 feet and was expected to reach flood stage around 16 feet today.
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Tulsa
Okla
Cedar Island
T. G. Shipman
United States
Ft. Smith
Arkansas River
Shipman
Goodwin Heads Bastrop Primary As Mayor Race Narrowly
In Bastrop Louisiana yesterday the Democratic municipal primary produced no clear mayoral winner. C J Goodwin led with 210 votes, while incumbent A G McBride had 155 and G W Hiatt 147. A second primary between Goodwin and McBride may be held in about thirty days. Five aldermen were chosen: Spier Rawlinson Ludlum Turpin Todd, with Madison and Snyder defeated. Voter turnout set a Bastrop record at 15 votes more than the previous high.
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News-Star
Bastrop
C. J. Goodwin
A. G. McBride
G. W. Hiatt
Cate
Aue
Will Dee
Mr. Goodwin
MceBride
W. H. Spier
J. B. Rawlinson
W. A. Todd, Jr
Charles Snyder
Messrs. Spier
Rawlinson
Ludlum
Turpin
Todd
Madison
Snyder
McBride
Ouachita Senator Details Carbon Control During Trial
State Senator T. L. Hood of Monroe testified in the Irion ouster case about Dr. V. K. Irion’s involvement with carbon black in Ouachita. Hood said he opposed the Davey bill, warned it would wreck the carbon black industry, and that the measure was rewritten and defeated after a public hearing. He noted gas wells improved recently and carbon black gas consumption fell from 321 to 244 million cubic feet daily.
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Associated Press
New Orleans
Senate Committee
Davey
V. K. Irion
General Assembly
Irion
T. L. Hood
Monroe
Ouachita
Hood
Dr. Irion
Morehouse
Fuqua
Senze Committee On Conservation
Big sale of gas lands near Rayville in Richland area
In one of the largest parish sales, 2000 acres were sold in fee for 270000 dollars. The land lies seven miles southwest of Rayville and includes the Gulf discovery well on Clear Lake. Sellers include Robert Rhymes, Harrison Rhymes, Mrs. La Fleur, and Mrs. Patterson. purchaser is Natural Gas Producing company of Bastrop. Possession for farming is allowed to the former owners for one year.
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News-Star
Rayville
Clear Lake
Robert
Harrison Rhymes
la Fleur
Patterson
Bastrop
Deadly tornado devastates Rocksprings and spreads damage
A tornado in Rocksprings Texas killed at least 62 people and injured about 150 with 33 identifications reported. The disaster followed by floods across Oklahoma and Arkansas as four tornadoes hit eastern Oklahoma, Ft. Smith and surrounding counties, causing widespread destruction and warnings.
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Rocksprings
Texas
Oklahoma City
Okla
Oklahoma
Haskell
Leflore
Arkansas
Ft. Smith
Oklahoma-Arkansas
Caddo County
Tulsa
Arkansas River
Tornado Damage Swells in Ft Smith Area
At Ft Smith Arkansas on April 13 two dead and about a dozen injured as a tornado wrecks roughly 100 homes. Victims named are Mrs. S. D. Hester and Mrs. T. L. Fuller. Rescue and repair efforts begin in Clifton area.
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FT. Smith
Ark
S. D. Hester
T. L. Fuller
Clifton
Summerlin warns of added rise in river from heavy rains
J W Summerlin of Rayville said heavy rains in the upper Mississippi and Ohio basins may push the lower Arkansas and northeast Louisiana Mississippi River higher than expected. He noted river levels at St Louis Cairo Arkansas City and the 1922 level near 55.7 at Arkansas City as preparations are made to strengthen levees.
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Ohio River
Mississippi River
Arkansas
Louisiana
J. W. Summerlin
Rayville
News-Star Today
Arkansas City
Summerlin
Tensas Basin Levee
Cairo
Ohio
Earl Carroll Collapses En Route to Prison
Theatrical producer Earl Carroll collapsed on a train bound for the Atlanta federal penitentiary and was taken to a Greenville hospital after suffering coma since morning. Doctors said the coma’s cause was likely medical, not solely nervous strain, as reports from Greenville and Green ville sources detail the incident.
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Associated Press
Greenville
D. C
Earl Carroll
Atlanta Federal Penitentiary
New York
S. C
Federal Penitentiary
Atlanta
New Orleans Leader Named Louisiana Highway Chair
Major Frank T. Payne of New Orleans was named chairman of the Louisiana highway commission after Wilson Peterman resigned. Payne vows to push the Chef and Rigolets bridges and the Hammond to New Orleans Lake Shore highway, seeking more exits for New Orleans. Peterman, ill, remains hospitalized after a brief Baton Rouge visit following two months as chair.
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Associated Press
Baton Rouge
Frank T. Payne
New Orleans
State Conservation Commission
Louisiana Highway Commission
Simpson
Wilson Peterman
Peterman
Major Payne
James J. Bailey
Chef
Rigolets
Lake Shore
Hammond and
Patterson
Commission
Mayo Brothers’ Hospital
Rochester
Franklin
Doctor Charged With Clubbing Wife to Death
Detroit police and courts move quickly after the death of Grace Loomis two months ago. Dr. Frank R. Loomis faces a first degree murder charge issued by Judge W McKay Skillman. Loomis was arrested at his offices and taken to police headquarters.
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Associated Press
Detroit
W. McKay Skillman
Recorder’s Court
Frank R. Loomis
Grace
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