Electric power plan praised by Senator Randell in New Orleans
The column cites Senator Joseph El Randell advocating a national electric system funded by Muscle Shoals, leveraging Louisiana oil and gas and promoting power distribution to homes, factories, and mills. It notes Looming projects, boat service on Ouachita, immigration bill debate, a Tangipahoa murder reprieve denial, and Monroe’s sports ahead of Cotton States League opener May 8 vs Vicksburg.
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Monroe
Muscle Shoals
Joseph el Randzell
New Orleans
Louisiana
Sai
Ouachita
Arkansas-Louisiana Navigation Company
En Orleans
Camden
Attorney General Coco praises Monroe growth during visit
Attorney General Coco says Monroe has shown great gain while not in the probe of carbon companies. He held an open house in Hotel Monroe lobby and spoke to the Lions Club recalling a 47 year earlier visit. The official noted the town has sprouted wings since then.
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Monroe Field
Coco
Monroe
The
Lions Club
Forget Prisoner He Starves in His Cell
London reports a prisoner in a small town near Utrecht who was arrested late March died of starvation in his cell as authorities forgot he was imprisoned. The incident highlights a lapse in custody and care by local officials.
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London
The
Daily Mail
the Hague
Marth
Utrecht
Vet Robber Forbes Gets Indictment
Former Veterans Bureau director Charles R Forbes was indicted by a federal grand jury in Baltimore on charges of conspiracy to defraud the government over a 3 million dollar supply sale to the Thomson Kelly Company. Nathan Thomson and Commander Charles R O Leary were also named in the action.
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Baltimore
Charles R. Forbes
Veterans Bureau
Federal Grand Jury
Thomson- Kelly Company
New York
Boston
Nathan Thomson
Charles R. O’leary
United States Navy
Veterans’ Bureau
Perryville
Maryland
Colonel Forbes
Forbes
Move to fasten Woodrow Wilson tradition at Democratic convention
Democrats close to Wilson praise a one plank bid to support American participation in the League of Nations with or without reservations. Judge John W. Westcott leads the call at a Woodrow Wilson Democracy banquet in New York, backed by Newton D. Baker’s letter urging unity and the Wilson tradition.
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New York
Wilson
Woodrow Wilson
Woodrow Wilson Democracy
League of Nations
John W. Westcott
Camden
New Jersey
Baltimore
Say Whalen Wrote Words To The Rosary Not Rogers
In Boulder Colorado on April 16 the death of Father Thomas Whalen is linked to the song The Rosary where Whalen is said to have written the words. Sister Mary Emily and friends say Rogers credited for the words but Whalen wrote them and submitted to the Washington Post.
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Boulder
Colo
Thomas Whalen
Robert Cameron Rogers
Mary Emily
Mount St. Gertrude Academy
Father Whalen
Washington Post
Rogers
Post
Nevin
Ransdell Urges Flood Relief at North Carolina Banquet
New Orleans April 16 United States Senator Jos E Ransdell dean of the Louisiana delegation in Washington urged united action for proper flood relief from Mississippi River high water. He said he was committed to no single flood control system while being acclaimed by 585 hosts at a public dinner in his honor.
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New Orleans
United States
Jos. E. Ransdell
Louisiana
Washington
United Action
Mississippi River
Hamon's Widow Subpoenaed in Brookhart-Wheeler Probe
Mrs Georgia Hamon Rohrer widow of slain Oklahoma politician Jake L Hamon was served a subpoena to appear before the Brookhart Wheeler senate investigating committee. She said she would resist and would not testify, claiming papers on her late husband's political connections were likely burned and that she never had Republican secrets.
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Chicago
Georgia Hamon Rohrer
Jake L. Hamon
Oklahoma
Brookhart-Wheeler Senate
Hamnon
De Ridder Man Pleads For North Carolina Deportation
Joseph T. Stoma, a Syrian peddler from De Ridder, petitions federal court to deport his wife Helene Stoma, pregnant with their child, arguing to protect the unborn. A temporary restraining order delays removal as authorities must show cause next Monday.
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New Orleans
Joseph T. Stoma
Foster
Stoma
de Ridder
Helene
Syria
United States
DeRidder
Banias
Latakia
America
Beirut
Marseilles
Lake Charles
Intrepid Explorer Reaches Mindanao After 73 Days At Sea
Ira Sparks from Indiana completed a perilous voyage in a 23 foot craft, leaving Honolulu January 9 and arriving Mindanao Philippines March 22 after 73 days at sea. He earlier drew attention by shipping himself in a packing box from San Francisco and was removed from a ship at Honolulu to build his own boat for the Holy Land project.
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Honolulu
Ira Sparks
Holy Land
Moses
Philippines
Mindanao
Star-Bulletin
Sparks
Indiana
San Francisco
California
Thaw sanity trial opens with expert testimony in Philadelphia
In Philadelphia on April 16 expert neurologist Dr. George Wilson testified Harry K. Thaw is sane and able to manage a $1,000,000 estate. Thaw appeared in court with plans to testify. Evelyn Nesbit’s son’s attorney pressed questions about alleged hotel incidents and a room enticement. Sensations are anticipated as Nesbit and Thaw’s mother, and Thaw himself, may take the stand to conclude the case.
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Philadelphia
Harry K. Thaw
Common Pleas Court
George Wilson
University of Penna
Thaw
Wilson
Pennsylvania Hospital For Mental and Nervous Diseases
Tweedledums
William A. Gray
Evelyn Nesbit
Russell William Thaw
New York
H. K. Thaw
Common Pleas
Charles K. Mills
Stanford White
J. M. Patterson
Mary Copley Thaw
Radio knife used first time in cancer cases
In Chicago on April 16 Dr. Louis E. Schmidt reported two nearly bloodless operations using a low power radio knife. The device uses a radio current to heat tissue and burn through skin fat and muscle with no pressure. It can search to a depth of a thirty second of an inch and is not a replacement for the surgical knife but a valuable addition.
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Chicago
Louis E. Schmidt
W. H. Dodge
Schmidt
Ki youra expresses regret over US Congress actions
Tokio reports Premier Ki youra telling American correspondents that he deeply regrets the United States Congress has dealt with Japan so dras tically, signaling a tense diplomatic moment during wartime.
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Tokio
Kiyoura
Today
Congress of the
United States
Monroe Club Seeks Moniker For Season Pass Contest
The Monroe Cotton States league club seeks a nickname for its team. Women voters may win a season pass by submitting a name to judges M. C. Thompson W. C. Feazel and A. L. Wise before Saturday noon.
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Monroe
M. C. Thompson
W. C. Feazel
A. L. Wise
French debate Dawes plan reparations figures surface
Paris reports show French opinion divided over Brigadier General Dawes's plan for German reparations. Proponents cite total payments near 21 billion gold marks. critics warn of an "amputation" of France's claims and concern over exchange rates.
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Paris
A. P
Dawes
France
Poincare
London
Premier Poincare
Germany
Figaro
Quotidien
Rhineland
United States
Great Britain
Power chief offers new Shoals plan
Public hearings opened before the Senate Agriculture committee on the Muscle Shoals project. The Hooker White Atterbury plan proposes a fifty year government lease with a profit sharing setup via the United States Muscle Shoals Power and Nitrate Corporation. The government would supply capital while profits split 75 percent to government after ten years. E H Hooker described the plan and its aim to produce cheaper fertilizer and maintain war material plants.
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Washington
Muscle Shoals
Senate Agriculture Committee
Mucle Shoals
United States Muscle Shoals Power and Nitrate Corporation
E. H. Hooker
Hooker Electric Chemical Company
New York City
Hooker
Niagara Falls
Hocker
Ford
Texarkana Trial Tests Dividend vs Return Defense
In Texarkana Arkansas on April 16 the Pat Merr oilfield case moves as attorney W H Martin argues that there is no difference between a dividend and a return of stock. Witnesses from several states report 100 percent dividends while prosecutors push the idea that such payments are returns of capital. Judge Youmans overruled the objection. Lulu E Conklin of Orlando Florida testified she invested and received only telegrams letters and picture books though another investment yielded a 59 dollar return.
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Texarkana
Ark
W. H. Martin
Pat’Merr
Smackover
el Dorado
United States District Court
Marr
Youmans
Martin
Lulu E. Conklin
Orlando
Florida
Pat Marr
New Jersey Vacuum Oil Workers Strike Over Wages
Seven hundred fifty workers at Vacuum Oil in Bayonne go on strike demanding a ten percent raise. Company admits only office staff reported for work. Standard Oil of New Jersey employees in northern NJ pursue similar pay demands. W. C. Teagle rejects them. John D. Rockefeller Jr. absent due to illness.
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New Jersey
Bayonne
N. J
Vacuum Oil Company
Standard Oil Company
W. C. Teagle
Standard Oil Company of
Republic of Labor
Newark
John D. Rockefeller, Jr
London Attitude Toward Jap Immigration Sparks Ire
The Daily News reports that U S Senate opposition to Japanese immigration is drawing London attention. The piece calls the stance an injustice contradicting internationalism and the Washington pact, urging the senate to view Ambassador Hanihara's note as an explanation and to weigh peace risks from intolerance.
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London
United States Senate
Daily News
America
Japan
Senate
Hanihara
Dean of French Letters Celebrates 80th Birthday
Tours France April 16 Dean of French Letters and prince of Prose Stylists Ana tole France marked his eightieth birthday by continuing his work as usual as letters of congratulations arrived from all quarters at his home in Labadhellerie.
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Tours
France
Anatole France
Men of Letters
Labadhellerie
Ask That Army Chaplains Get Advancement Chance
Representatives from many religious denominations urged a joint Senate House sub committee to pass legislation giving military chaplains the same advancement opportunities as medical dental and veterinary corps officers and to raise their ratio to one chaplain per 800 soldiers.
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Washington
Senate
House
British Premier backs air disarmament conference plan
Prime Minister MacDonald said he would welcome an invitation from any power to discuss the whole question of air disarmament in response to Major General Seely's call for an international conference. The exchange followed Seely's speech in the House of Commons urging joint action.
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London
A. P
MacDonald
House of Commons
J. E. B. Seely
Air Council
Prominent figure Howard Mannington defies Senate probe
Howard Mannington, linked to the "little green house on K street" in the Daugherty investigations, refused yesterday to appear before the Senate probing committee. His lawyers filed a letter outlining reasons for defiance.
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Howard
Mannington
Little Green House
K Street
Daugherty
Howard Mannington
Senate
Gas probe targets Monroe field as Coco vows charges
Attorney General A V Coco and District Attorney David L Garrett plan to file charges against most Monroe gas and carbon companies after a Conservation Department report on production and operations. The probe, begun during Coco's term, aims to pursue all violators before his June 1 departure.
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Monroe
A. V. Coco
Department of Conservation
David L Garrett
Conservation Department
Garrett
Coco
Ir. Garrett
Swartz
Madison Square Garden to Host Democratic National Convention
New York April 16 Madison Square Garden will host the Democratic national convention next June as planned, after the national committee rejected the 258th armory option due to its inaccessibility and the forty minute subway ride to the hotel center.
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New York
Madison Square Garden
Democratic National Committee
258Th Armory
Major Frederick L. Martin MIA Rescue Effort In Alaska
Major Frederick L. Martin, commander of the US Army air squadron, is rescued after his plane lost in the waters of Kialaginak Bay near Kodiak Island. Destroyers Corey Hull and Starr and the Seattle searched the area while other planes reached Chignik.
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Cordova
Alaska
A. P
Seattle
Frederick L. Martin
United States
Seward
Kialaginak Bay
Chignik
Kodiak Island
Corey
Hull
Starr
Martin
Chicago
Boston
New Orleans
Major Martin
Fred
Kialaginak
Cape Igviak
Portage
Kanatak Bay
Kodiak Islands
Dutch Harbor
Unalaska
Fliers Back-Track To Find Commander In Alaska
In Chignik Alaska on April 16 three of four Army fliers who left California March 17 to fly around the world prepared to back-track 120 miles that night in a search for their commander who had arrived yesterday.
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Chignik
Alaska
California
Smith Admits Presidential Nominee Prospect
Albany April 16 Governor Alfred E Smith declares he would be honored to lead the Democratic forces in the next campaign if the party's national committee in New York votes next June. He spoke after the state convention endorsed him as the type of public official needed for the presidency.
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Albany
N. Y
Alfred E. Smith
Smith
Democratic National Committee
New York
Fire destroys livestock pavilion at Louisiana State Fair Grounds
Fire caused by an undermined structure in the livestock judging pavilion at the Louisiana State Fair Grounds in Shreveport destroyed the pavilion and damaged the adjacent swine barn. Total loss estimated around 10000 dollars.
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Shreveport
Baseball Results Summary for National and American Leagues
League results show scattered scores and pitcher pairings including Marquard with E Smith and Carlson with Wilson for the Boston Philadelphia match, Grimes with DeBerry for Brooklyn New York, and other listed combinations. Also noted are Cleveland Detroit and Philadelphia Washington games with various pitching and batting lineups.
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Boston
Philadelphia
Marquard
E. Smith
Carlson
Wilson
Brooklyn
New York
Grimes
DeBerry
Bentley
Gowd
ST. Louis
Chicago
Cleveland
Detroit
Cnniccun Muaseininuserms
Ilike Coveliskie
L. Sewell
Whitehill
Bassler
Phiadelphia— Wwashington
Romel
McGrew and Brogeyé
Morgridge
Ruelos
Io Teen
Wioniinl
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Congress
Tangipahoa Parish
Dallas Calmes
Board of Pardons
Sporting News
Vicksburg
Red Tarkelson
Mississippi
Monon
U.S
Say Whalen
Rosary
Ransdell
N. C
Hamon
Jake
Peddler
Intrepid ‘Explorer
Harry
Power Chief
London Authority
Alaskan Bay
Army Flier
Pittsburg
Cincinnati
Souther League
Memphis— Little
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