General probe into railroad rates and conditions ordered
A senate resolution authorized by Chairman Cummins directs a general probe of railroad maintenance costs efficiency and rate reductions starting about May 1 with railroad executives as first witnesses. The inquiry aims to assess maintenance costs efficiency and methods to cut freight and passenger rates.
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Associated Press
Washington
Senate
Cummins
Interstate Commerce Committee
Monroe People Pushing Wells In Haynesville Fields
The Haynesville Oil Company, formed by Monroe Winnfield and Alexandria businessmen, prepares an extensive drilling campaign with two wells planned three miles south of the Haynesville oil zone. Sid Simmons Drilling of Monroe starts one well. the second begins next week. The company owns 8000 acres in Haynesville, with seven nearby locations and a $150000 capital. Nearby, Grayson No 2 wild gas well near Monroe faced blowout but is to be saved soon. New drilling rules under act 250 of 1920 set to take effect April 26.
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Haynesville Oil Company
Monroe
Winnfield
Alexandria
Haynesville
J. D. McGee
Bob Harman
Homer
Haynesville @il
S. L. Richey
E. L. Warlow
Montgomery
Sid Simmons Drilling Company
Florsheim
Grayson No. 2
United Oil and Natural Gas Products Corporation
Department of Conservation
State of
Louisiana
Noted Author and Lecturer Pennybacker Heads Monroe Visit
Mrs. Percy V. Pennybacker arrives from Ruston to lecture in Monroe on Woman and Her New Citizenship at City School auditorium tomorrow night A free address to the public follows a reception at the Elks Club honoring the distinguished guest Pennybacker, born in Petersburg Va, educated in the U S and Europe, ex president of the National Federation of Women’s Clubs and author of History of Texas. She is a prominent figure in national civic and educational circles with aimed talks on women’s roles and patriotism.
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City School
Percy V. Pennybacker
Ruston
Pennybacker
C. C. Jones
Fifth District Federated Clubs
Lake Charles
Monroe
Elks Club
Pennyback
Austin
Tex
United States
Petersburg
Europe
National Federation of Women’s Clubs
Texas
Federation of Churches
Famous Negro Pickpocket Back In Monroe After Long Escape
Jesse Jenkins, a negro fugitive from Monroe since 1918, was arrested in Columbus, Ohio and brought back by Officer Booth to serve a sentence for pickpocketing. He had been in Columbus penitentiary and was to be paroled when his Monroe warrant was found. Inspector R. E. Heap notes Jenkins is a renowned local criminal. He was previously arrested in Holly Springs, Mississippi, under habeas corpus but released there, delaying Monroe authorities.
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Jesse Jenkins
Monroe
Columbus
Ohio
Booth
Jenkins
R. E. Heap
Holly Springs
Miss
Funeral rites for Augusta Victoria held at Royal residence
Amid tolling bells a funeral service for Augusta Victoria former German empress took place in the Royal residence. At the foot of a simple coffin stood four sons of the former royal couple who attended the ceremony freely, during days of Hohenzollern rule.
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Potsdam
Augusta Victoria
Jersey Breeders to Meet in Ouachita Parish
The Jersey Breeders of Ouachita parish will meet tomorrow afternoon at 8 in the chamber of commerce rooms to discuss plans for a Jersey Breeders of North Louisiana meeting in West Monroe on Saturday April 30.
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Ouachita Parish
Chamber of Commerce
North Louisiana
West Monroe
Farmerville Comes to Monroe for Sunday Baseball
The Monroe baseball team will host Farmerville at Forsythe Park in Monroe next Sunday. Farmerville has a strong team and the local aggregation is one of the best ever formed here, making the contest highly anticipated.
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Monroe
Farmerville
Forsythe Park
Oil Boom Expands Near El Dorado Field
Since the Busey well near El Dorado finished on January 10, the El Dorado oil field has grown to 33 producing wells with 183 tests underway. Field output includes 75,000 barrels of pipeline oil and 50,000,000 cubic feet of gas daily across about twelve square miles.
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el Dorado
Weaver to Build New High School in Natchitoches Parish
Weaver in Natchitoches parish plans a handsome high school at an estimated cost of 20 000 dollars. J W Smith of Monroe is the architect and will prepare plans and supervises the contract, with bids to be awarded before June 1.
Ash On Trial In Monroe For Car Theft
Lewis T Ash a Negro stood trial in Monroe Sixth Judicial District Court before Judge Fred M Odom for stealing a Ford from E S Maupin engineer in charge at Mon roé The jury found him guilty sentence pending The case described as one of the term s most important criminal matters Cincinnati Harding backed Salvation Army home service drive donating 5000 toward a 40000 Marion army corps building project.
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Lewis T. Ash
Sixth Judicial District Court
Monroe
Fred M. Odom
Ash
E. S. Maupin
Monroé
Newton
Tree of Criminal Court
Odom
Cincinnati
Harding
Salvation Army
Salvationists
Army Corps
Marion
Black man pleads guilty in Logtown shooting case
Columbus Lee, a Black man, pleaded guilty in the Sixth Judicial District before Judge Fred M. Odom to shooting with intent to kill. He received a sentence of one to three years in the state penitentiary. A concealed weapon charge was not pressed. The incident involved a posse and a volley into brush, with Lee wounded in the hand after surrendering.
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Columbus Lee
Logtown
Sixth Judicial District Court
Fred M. Odom
David I. Garrett
Lee
Arthur Ward
Columbia
Monroe
D. L. Roper
Sixth District
Ward
Elmira
N. Y
United States Army
Camp Pike
Industrial Workers of the World
Dike Cut-Off Plans Deferred by Tensas Levee Board
The Tensas Basin Levee Board postponed action on Boeuf river cut off until after the constitutional convention on drainage. Richland citizens urged deferral while Ouachita Caldwell and Morehouse residents pressed for the project to avert flood damage, with estimated cost of 15 000 to 20 000. The board remains split as northeastern Louisiana opposes the cut off and others insist it would save thousands of acres by diverting waters from LaFourche lake into the Boeuf river. CONTINUED ON PAGE THREE
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Tensas Basin
Boeuf River
Arkansas
W. H. DeGraffenreid
Monroe
Ouachita Parish
Louisiana
Ouachita
Caldwell and Morehouse
LaFourche Lake
DeGreffenreid
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