Thousands labor to save Arkansas levees in flood
At Fulton Lake near Arkansas City more than 1,000 men work behind the slough and levee to repair a 150 foot slide while sandbags hold back the river. Engineers and volunteers from nearby towns join in a hard battle as waters rise and more crews are called in.
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Associated Press
Memphis
Tenn
Fulton Lake
Arkansas City
Trittle
Vicksburg
Mississippi
Arkansas
Louisiana
Duckport
Craig
War Department
Concordia Parish
Yazoo Basin
Mississippi River
Ned Bradley
Rayville
Bradley
Chauffeurs in City Face State License Penalties
About 8 000 Louisiana chauffeurs lack chauffeur licenses with delinquency penalties in effect since March 2. A. S. Phelps, state license collector, in Monroe to push collections, notes only ~3 000 of 20 000 non-New Orleans drivers have paid. In Ouachita parish only 25 of 500 600 chauffeurs have secured licenses, while occupational tax debts exceed 10 000.
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Louisiana
A. S. Phelps
New Orleans
Louisiana Highway Commission
Monroe
Ouachita Parish
Phelps
North Louisiana
State Highway Commission
A. B. Taylor
Baton Rouge
Reed Lennon Motor Co forms in Northeast Louisiana
The Reed Lennon Motor Company organized with 14000 capital in Monroe area, buys out S B Hicks Motor Sales on Walnut street valued at 40000, to operate Buick cars with modern service and garage facilities. Directors include Stephen Lennon and Luther Reed.
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Reed-Lennon Motor Company
S. B. Hicks Motor Sales Company
Walnut Street
Louisiana
Reeds Lennon Motor Company
Stephen Lennon
Luther Reed
Hugh S. Lennon
Lennon
Hugh S
Reed
Monroe Auto Supply Company
Buick
Lions Club Plans Forsythe Park Beautification Drive
At a weekly luncheon the Lions Club resolved to launch a movement to make Forsythe Park a great place of beauty for residents. The plan is to begin immediately with a new civic effort.
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Lions Club
Forsythe Park
Lions
Parish Farm Sold to Morton and Associates
Henry Gregg sold 287 acres at Bayou DeSiard on Park sub-division of Cuba plantation portion section 35 18N 3E four miles from Monroe. Purchase price stated as 10439.86 dollars to Oliver B Morton and associates.
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Henry Gregg
Oliver B. Morton
Bayou DeSiard
Park
Cuba Plantation
Monroe
Parish farmers buy carload of nitrate at Ouachita parish
Farmers of Ouachita parish have purchased a carload of nitrate of soda through cooperative effort led by agricultural agent E. R. Strahan. Strahan stated the group plans to procure additional farm supplies cooperatively.
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Ouachita Parish
E. R. Strahan
Strahan
Marion School Near Completion
The Marion high school building designed by J. W. Smith of Monroe will be completed by contractor T. L. Davis of Marion around May 1. It is a three story brick structure with a cost of $65,000.
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Marion High School
J. W. Smith
Monroe
T. L. Davis
Marion
Ammonia Tank Explosion Damages Tech Food Plant
An explosion at the Tech Food Products building in Pittsburgh injures two workers and causes about one hundred thousand dollars in damage. Fire officials report four large ammonia tanks ruptured during the incident.
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Pittsburgh
Tech Food Products
Last Sight
West Ouachita Faces Record Flood Overflow
West Ouachita parish wards eight nine and nearby westside areas are cut off from West Monroe by the highest water yet seen. Water covers railroad tracks and may force route changes for North Louisiana to Arkansas trains as levees at Fulton Lake near Arkansas City are completed and held by 1500 workers.
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Ouachita Parish
Westside
West Monroe
Ouachita
Monroe
West Side
Arkansas & Louisiana Missouri Railway
Missouri Pacific Railway
Chauvin Bayou
Bastrop
Crossett
White and Huttig
Jamie Heron to Speak on Golden Rule in Monroe
Monroe Rotary Club schedules Jamie Heron of Orange New Jersey to deliver his famous address Putting the Golden Rule into business at the City School Auditorium Friday April 21 with music and local talent. Admission is free and area clubs are urged to attend with family and friends for a memorable event.
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Monroe
Baton Rouge
Jamie
Monroe Cotton Gin Improvements Under Way at Monroe Plant
Improvements are being made at the Monroe Cotton Oil Company plant after its purchase by H. C. Cole trustee. Officials expect operation this year. An engineer estimates the plant’s actual value at 179000 and projects 40000 needed to ready the oil department for service.
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Monroe Cotton Oil Company
H. C. Cole
Monroe
Genoa talks hinge on Russia Germany treaty
Genoa dispatch says reparations commission will void the Russo German treaty and France warns it will quit the Genoa conference unless Russia and Germany annul their trade pact seen as a dual alliance shaping Europe’s balance of power.
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Associated Press
Genoa
Germany
Paris
Rapallo Sunday
Russia
Commission
Daily Mail
France
German delegation debates Genoa retreat with honor at stake
Genoa April 19 German Chancellor Wirth and Foreign Minister Rathenau led a delegation weighing whether Germany can remain at Genoa after the big five and the little entente agreed on a joint stance toward the Russian-German treaty without consulting Germany.
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Genoa
Wirth
Rathenau
Germany
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Richland Downes, Jr
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Reed-Lennon CO
NEW Automobile Organization
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Lloyd George
Walter Rathenau
Great Britain
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Morton and Associates
West Ouachita
Jamie’ Heron
Louis Entzminger
First Baptist Church
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Elks Club
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