American Legion Day ends with plea for unity and service
Frank L. Whitman national field representative urges workers to condemn propaganda and aid wounded soldiers as Monroe hosts Legion Day events. He cites Leonidas Barkdull Faulk Post No 13 as active and calls for hospital, vocational training and compensation reforms under unified oversight.
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National
Whitman
Leonidas Barkdull Faulk
Louisiana
Monroe Public School
Frank L. Whitman
American Legion
Legionnaire
National Field
Monroe
Rights of Pythias
DeSiard Street
H. L. Driskell
Post
Phillip Bernhardt
A. D. Bernhardt
Legion
United States
Monroe mass meeting debates tax exemptions and city burden
Monroe business leaders urged the constitutional convention to keep tax exemptions with no city or parish special cases while two motions passed. One would have the city and parish bear criminal expenses according to assessed value, the other sought no exemptions for any city. The meeting organized by the Monroe Chamber of Commerce also called for a referendum and featured remarks by Thomas E. Flournoy and C H McHenry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Orleans
Monroe
Monroe Chamber of Commerce
Frank P. Stubbs
Allan
Ouachita Parish
Sam Kaplan
J. Harvey Trousdale
Kaplan
Flournoy
Scholars
McHenry
C. H. McHenry
Monroe Eagles organize as Ouachita Parish votes severance tax
Ouachita Parish police jury urges constitutional lawmakers to permit a severance tax on natural resources for parishes. Monroe hosts Louisiana Second Circuit Court of Appeal session with many cases set for April 1940 1941 and 1943. Fraternal Order of Eagles Monroe No 894 organizes with Ben Lieber temporary president and E T Trout secretary. meetings at I C O F hall followed by banquet.
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Monroe Eagles
URCE
Ouachita Parish
Monroe
State of Louisiana
Baton Rouge
Allen Scholars
Frank P. Stubbs
Ben C. Dawkins
Hewitt Bounachaud
Court of Appeal
Second Circuit
Louisiana
D. N. Thompson
C. V. Porter
Natchitoches
R. B. Dawkins
Ruston
P. S. Hamilton
Order of Eagles of
Ben L. Lieber
E. T. Trout
The
Eagles
C. K. Banfield
New Orleans
Grand North
I. C. O. F. Hall
Banfield
Land in Homer Area Involved in Million Dollar Signature Dispute
A 120 acre oil land dispute in Homer Louisiana pits Frank M. Walker against Standard Oil Company and Gilliland Oil Company over a deed signed in 1900. The trial before Judge J E Reynolds in Claiborne parish centers on the deed's signature alleged to be Walker's with potential testimony from handwriting experts as the case could extend over two days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
America
Homer
Louisiana
Standard Oil Company
Gilliland Oil Company
Oklahoma
Third Judicial District Court of
Claiborne Parish
J. E. Reynolds
Arcadia
Frank M. Walker
Tarrant County
Texas
Walker
Thorughout
Henry Stevens
Magnolia
Ark
Stewart
Minden
Delaware Corporation
W.W. C. Murrell
Standard Oil
Gilliland Oil
Signature
Divine Speech Delivers Masonry Talk at Monroe
Rev. Wm. McDougall of New Orleans spoke to about five hundred Masons at a joint Graham Surginor and Western Star Lodge meeting in the Masonic Temple on Masonry. Attendees came from Columbus Lake Providence Bastrop and nearby towns with Roland of El-Rabuh Shreveport present.
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Wm. McDougall
D. D
New Orleans
Graham Surginor
Western Star Lodges
Masonic Temple
Atendance
Columba
Lake Providence
Bastrop
Neighoring
Roland
Elarubah Temple
Shreveport
McDougall
Louise McGuire
Eastern Star
Temple B’nai Israel
Explosions Destroy Twelve Buildings in Randolph
In Randolph Massachusetts a series of explosions destroyed twelve buildings belonging to the United States Fire Works Company. The blasts caused extensive property damage but no lives were lost.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Randolph
Mass
United States Fire Works Company
Ives
Local Citizen Buys Property in New Fields
A. Roth and others of Monroe purchase from S. R. Morgan and associates of Bryant Dry Goods Company of El Dorado Ark the entire stock of ladies ready to wear and furnishing and a five year lease on the home of the dry goods company in the oil city. Monroe men plan to open a large department store in South Arkansas.
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A. Roth
Monroe
S. R. Morgan and Associates
Bryant Dry Goods Company
el Dorado
Ark
Oil City
Arkansas
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Associated Press
London
Miner's Federation
J. H. Thomas
Railway Mens’ Union
Transport Workers
Thomas
Frank Hodges
National Federation of Miners
Lloyd George
Triple Alliance
Citizens Mass Meeting
Constitutional Convention
Geo
Matthew Adams
Morbis
Thompson, Porter
Dawkins
Richland
J. G. McCormick & Co
Geo. Toney
Whit Jones
Intervenor
Appellant
Ellis, Ellis & St. Paul
Tobin R. Hodge
George M. Calder
Western Union Telegraph Co
Hudson, Potts, Bernstein and
Fred Cook
R. L. Brice
Appelant
Elis and Ellis
J. M. Durham
Franklin
Ouachita Flour & Feed Co
Brown & Smith
Ellis, and
Ellis
W. H. Thompson
S. M. Dumas
Mary R. Dumas
Admx
Josie Dumas
Als
J. Walter Elder
Sebe L. Digby
Joe M. Hicks
Will Cage
H G. Fields
H. E. Dawkins
West Carroll
George W. Boswell
Daisy Bradley
D. J. Anders
R. V. Reeves
J. W. Maull
H. M. Bailey
M. H. O'Connell
W. S. Fondren
Edgar Crowe
Oak Grove Gin Company
Ouachita
L. N. Larche
Spencer-Richardson Pharmacy
Appellants
Munholland and
Garrett
Hud
Order OF Eagles
N. D
Monroe Masons
Port Gibson
Miss
Jesse Watts
Dr. Alverson
Vicksburg
Ouachita Iron Works and Machine CO
DeSiard
Trinidad
Roofing Products Weaks Supply Co
WM. McDougal, D. D
Will
Temple B'nai Israel
Leon Cohn
Secy
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