Sterlington Plant to Add Two Generating Units
Louisiana Power and Light plans to install two more generating units at the Sterlington station, tripling capacity. Major W. J. Parkes says engineering is complete and W. E. Swift of Ford, Bacon & Davis will direct construction, with work to last about a year. The project aims to support a forthcoming Camden Arkansas pulp mill and potential German chemical plant investment.
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Sterlington
Louisiana Power & Light Company
W. J. Parkes
W. E. Swift
Ford, Bacon & Davis
America
R. G. Warren
Swift
Camden
Ark
Great New
First Main Levee Break Feared as Ouachita Rises
The Ouachita River flood threat grows as rain totals press Monroe and West Monroe. Officials warn a levee breach is possible if banks cannot hold a 46 foot stage, urging emergency prep and sack revetments while residents face widespread street flooding and stalled traffic.
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New Seas
Bulle
St Ouachita
Ouachita River
Monroe
Ouachita
Mississippi
Theo Terzia
R. 0. Morston
News-Star
Twin Cities
DeSiard Street
Coleman Avenue
West Monroe
Morrison
West Monroe man survives suicide attempt by aspirin
J W Ryles a 45 year old cafe owner from West Monroe attempted to take eight aspirin tablets at his home late last night in a personal crisis. He was rushed to Riverside sanitarium where a stomach pump saved him. He cited financial troubles as motive with possible domestic strain noted.
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Monroe
Trenton Street
West Monroe
DeSiard
Eleventh Street
News-Star
Lee Avenue
Barkdull Faulk
D. A. Breard
Finance and Public Utilities
Ninth
Man
Twin Cities
J. W. Ryles
Riverside Sanitarium
Ryles
Brown Paper Mill Company
West Side
Riverside
Tallulah Finds Levees Still In Good Condition
Reports from Tallulah and surrounding areas indicate levees in the third district remain sound despite high water. O W Campbell of the Fifth District Levee Board says rainfall was light and conditions hold above 1922 levels with adequate labor and material to cope. J W Summerlin and Horace Mangham of the Tensas Basin Levee Board report Arkansas City prepared, predicting a sixty foot stage and no serious trouble yet.
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Arkansas City
Red River
Third District
O. W. Campbell
Fifth District
Tallulah
J. W. Summerlin
Horace Mangham
Rayville
Tensas Basin Levee
Summerlin
News-Star
Cairo
St. Louis
New Orleans Braces for Historic River Battle
As the Mississippi rises after record rainfall, New Orleans residents move to higher floors while Canal and Baronne streets flood basements. Levees along the river show strain with sandbagging efforts and 24 hour watches as crews bolster defenses from Natchez to Plaquemine.
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Canal and Baronne Streets
River Pointe
Natchez
Plaquemine St
Easter Observed Across Twin City Churches With Services
City churches plan an extensive Easter program with sermons at 6:30 to 11 a.m. and evening cantatas. Clergy include Rev. M. S. Monk at First Methodist and Rev. A S Lutz at West Monroe Methodist, with St. Matthew's Masses and a Grace church musical program.
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First Methodist Church
M. S. Monk
St. Matthew's Church
Gounod
Grace Church
First Christian Church
First Baptist Church
N. E. Joyner
First Presbyterian Church
Twin City
Carroll Improves as Custody Carrier Notes Start Date
Earl Carroll the New York theatrical producer in a coma on the way to Atlanta penitentiary to begin a one year and a day sentence for perjury shows signs of improvement. Deput y marshal John Pinkley in custody says commitment papers set the term to begin April 12 the day Carroll left New York for Atlanta.
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Associated Press
Greenville
Earl Carroll
New York
Atlanta
John Pinkley
Carroll
American Destroyer Returns Fire in Yangtse Clash
Reported today from China say the U S S Preble was fired on by gunmen on the Yangtse bank between Nanking and Shanghai. A sailor was wounded and American hospital property seized at Wuhu. Miss Mary I Craig of Philadelphia is believed captured by bandits in Yunnan Province.
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Associated Press
Yangtse
Wuhu
China
Mary I. Craig
Philadelphia
Yunnan
U. S
Preble
Yang
Paris
United States
France
Great Britain
Japan
Italy
Peking
Hankow
Manchurian
Blast Demolishes Block of Shops Killing Nine
An explosion on Chicago's west side demolished a block of shops with dwellings, killing nine people from two families. Fire followed. theories include bomb, gas, or exploding sulfur. authorities favor sulfur as the cause. Missing suspected dead include Barnett and Rose Levin. Albert and Leonard Levin. Harry and Anna Sikovsky. Samuel and Ross Sikovsky.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Barnett Levin
Rose Levin
Albert Levin
Leonard Levin
Harry Sikovsky
Anna Sikovsky
Samuel
Ross Sikovsky
Levin
Sikovsky
Golfing Plans Consider 250 Acre Farm for Grant Memorabilia
In White Plains New York a table that once hosted a General Grant poker game is eyed for display at the 19th hole. A 250 acre former summer retreat is proposed to be devoted to golf and to preserve the general’s mementos.
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White Plains
N. Y
Trains Resume on Illinois Central Route After Washouts
Rail service on the Illinois Central line between Monroe and Shreveport resumed after heavy rains washed out a quarter mile of track near Gibsland, with a second washout near Monroe to Vicksburg repaired. Missouri Pacific trains ran slightly late due to high waters, while Interurban buses reported all lines operating.
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Illinois Central System
Monroe
Shreveport
Gibsland
Vicksburg
Missouri Pacific Railroad
Lake Village
Bluff
Noble Lake
Interurban Transportation Company
Mississippi River Levee Break Causes Large Flood Near Doreno
The first break in the main line levee of the Mississippi River occurred near Doreno Missouri county Missouri early today flooding a 40 mile stretch. Thousands of acres of lowland were under water as the gap widened after a 90 foot breach washed out by high winds. Across the river Hickman Kentucky faced homelessness with 800 people displaced yesterday. New Madrid and St. John’s Bayou area anticipated the worst flood in history.
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Memphis
Tenn
Doreno
Mississippi County
Missouri
Hickman
Piker kills father and wounds two brothers in Arkansas
Will Piker, a young farmer near Bradford in Jackson County, killed his father and wounded his two brothers before barricading in a barn. He resisted capture as officers prepared to use tear gas bombs. the brothers were not seriously wounded. Telephones in the area were crippled, limiting details of the incident.
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Father
Ark
Newport
Will Piker
Bradford
Jackson County
Piker
Claiborne Parish Farmer Found Guilty in Murder Case
Homer Louisiana April 16 verdict returns guilty as charged without capital punishment in S D Foster case for murder of Gwyn Stevenson. Foster a Claiborne parish farmer faced trial after weeks of investigation and testimony.
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Homer, la
S. D. Foster
Claiborne Parish
Gwyn Stevenson
Weak levees patched after record rainfall near New Orleans
April 16 report says the lower Mississippi levee system withstood heavy rain. Weak spots above New Orleans were reinforced with filled sand bags and crews at Lutcher worked overnight to fortify banks as water rose 0.4 feet in 24 hours and reached 20.2 feet, still two feet below the crest.
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Associated Press
New Orleans
Weather Bureau
Lutcher
Gasoline Price Skids Low in South California
Four large oil companies cut the retail price of gasoline by two cents amid a ongoing southern California gas war described as a battle for gallonage. The clash drives the local price to 12 1 2 cents a gallon including the state tax.
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Associated Press
Los Angeles
Calif
California
Levees Saved At Three Points In South Louisiana
In the storm days, volunteers from sugar refineries and others saved levees at Gramercy Garyville and Lutcher near Baton Rouge and New Orleans by topping and strengthening the embankments. G D Waddill of the Mississippi River Commission said work would continue to ready all levees for higher water. Federal forces operate at nine points along the Mississippi while private crews number about fifty on the river front. Convicts from St Gabriel worked on levee defense as planners and engineers push the effort.
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Pisquemine
New Orleans
Esplanade Avenue
Associated Press
Baton Rouge
G. D. Waddill
Mississippi River Commission
Pontchartrain Levee
Gramercy
Garyville
Lutcher
Waddill
Weather Bureau
Mississippi
Seacp Meton Roses
Howie
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