Knights Templar select Monroe for 1926 convention
Richard Downes Jr of Monroe elected grand commander at Lake Charles conclave. Monroe named 1926 convention city with 250 knights present and high attendance, as officers sworn in and grand prelate to be appointed later. Downes praises Lake Charles sessions and promises royal entertainment in Monroe next year.
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Lake Charles
Knights Templar of
Louisiana
Richard Downes, Jr
Monroe
James H. Rowland
Shreveport
Guy W. Hopkins
Lafayette
Phil G. Ricks
New Orleans
Johnny Pitts
Alexandria
Sam Stone
J. Paul Haller
John B. Parker
Henry CC. Pitcher
Angela
Robert F. Spangenberg
Mark A. Quilty
Samuel Haas
Downes
Guy W. Junker
Beaumont
Texas
L. E. Thomas
Albert B. Davis
Rudolph Krause
Knights Templar
Order
State Medical Association
State Bankers’ Association
Knight Templars
Graham Surghnor
Coast Capitalists Buy Continental Shale Oil Unit
A syndicate of Los Angeles capitalists closed a deal to purchase the Continental Shale Oil Products company near Santa Maria, Calif. The price was $2,500,000 and the sale includes patents perfected by the late Dr. David T. Day for extracting oil from shale.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Santa Barbara
Cal
Los Angeles
Continental Shale Oil Products Company
Santa Maria
David T. Day
River Stage Readings Across Mississippi and Red Rivers
Water levels show Memphis at 14.9 feet with a 0.7 fall while Vicksburg sits at 24.1 feet down 9.2. New Orleans at 5.1 feet up 0.1 and Shreveport at 10.2 feet down 0.2. Alexandria 7.6 feet down 0.2. Ouachita readings list Camden 4.2 down 0.1 and Monroe 13.4 feet steady.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mississippi
Memphis
Vicksburg
New Orleans
Red
Shreveport
Alexandria
Ouachita
Camden
Monroe
Roberson Vigilant as Jury Is Selected in Epstein Case
Howard Roberson sits alone as the Epstein murder trial moves forward eight months after the previous joint trial. His wife and three children attend, while juryman L. A. Walker is seated. The courtroom atmosphere tightens and a rope blocks front-row spectators as orderly conduct is expected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roberson
Howard Roberson
Luther Hays
Adolph Epstein
L. A. Walker
Walker
George Wesley Smith
Clavis Plot to Use Gas Bombs in Big Robbery
Chicago detectives disclose a planned daylight bank robbery led by Henry J. Fernekes with ten conspirators. The scheme involved gas bombs, ammonia tanks, smoke bombs, and gas masks to disable people and loot cages, vaults, and bonds. Anna Beaucamp aided the plot from a rooming house. Fernekes was later arrested in a library.
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Clavis
Chicago
Henry J. Fernekes
Wm. Shoemaker
Anna H. Beaucamp
Swich
Fernekes
Rockland County
New York
Shoemaker
Radish Shipment From Oakdale Totaled 504 Barrels
Oakdale chamber of commerce reports 504 barrels of radishes shipped this spring from about 26 acres. Five carloads were sent at roughly 4 dollars per barrel, yielding about 100 dollars per acre.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oakdale
Chamber of Commerce
Egyptian Confessions Open Plot to Kill Sirdar
Cairo April 22 judicial authorities publish a summary of confessions by suspects in the assassination last November of General Sir Leo Stack the Sirdar of Egypt. Abdel Fattah Anayat and others admit talks of a violent program to gain independence and murder the Sirdar with a web of alleged accomplices including Dr Shafik Mansur Mahmud Ismail and Ibrahim Musa. Police arrest Haq Ahmed and find a revolver in a railway workers home.
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Cairo
Egypt
Sirdar
Leo Stack
Abdel Fattah Anayat
London
Shafik Mansur
Mahmud Ismail
Shafik
Abdel
Ministry of Pious Foundations
Mahmud Pashid
Society of Vengeance
Ibrahim Musa
Mohammed Fahmy
Abdel Hamid Anayat
Abdel Fattah
Mahmud Rashid
Shafik Mansure
Wheeler on Stand in Own Defense in Montana Trial
Senator Burton K. Wheeler testified in Great Falls Montana that he appeared before the interior department to press petroleum permits for Gordon Campbell oil operator. Witnesses disputed Wheeler's involvement and telegrams linked to the permit process were challenged as possibly not sent by Wheeler.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Great Falls
Mont
A. P
Burton K. Wheeler
Department of the Interior
Gordon Campbell
Montana
Richard Haste
Montena
Wheeler
Edwin S. Booth
Interior Department
Campbell
Haste
L. E. Lincoln
Booth
Lincoln
Fred Munger
Lewistown
H. C. Glosser
Daughters Investigating Committee
Gorini
Hayes
Senator Wheeler
New York
Soviets Allow Peasants to Hire Farm Labor
The Soviet government granted farmers the right to employ salaried help on their farms. Previously peasants could not hire labor as land nationalization rules limited ownership to what one could work. Officials found industrial labor rules unsuitable for villages and caused dissatisfaction among peasants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moscow
A. P
Illness Forces Change in Plans for Revival
Illness cancels Sayville revival meeting at the Methodist Church planned for Sunday night. Dr. Robt E Goodrich of Shreveport, the preacher, is unwell and an alternate date is hoped to be arranged once his health improves.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
News-Star
Rayville
Methodist Dhurch
Sayville
Robt. E. Goodrich
Shreveport
King Boris Narrowly Escapes Ambush Near Sofia
King Boris of Bulgaria and his retinue survived an ambush by attackers believed to be Communists near Sofia. Two of the king's attendants were killed in the gun battle, and a bullet clipped part of the king's moustache before he jumped from the car and led his soldiers in repelling the attackers, who fled.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boris
Bulgaria
Sofia
New Orleans Police Captain Dies in Frame-Up Crisis
Police Captain Charles Hemard central to a frame up dispute that led to suspensions of Hemard Chief Healy and five others. Hemard died by his own hand in New Orleans after a grand jury inquiry and affidavits alleging false testimony and misconduct in the Raymond Holland hold up case.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Orleans
Charles Hemard
Hemard
Healy
Molony
Raymond Holland
Holland
Albert Davidson
Davidson
Chief Healy
Captain Hemard
Commission to Receive Bids on Two La. Bridges
The Louisiana Highway Commission will accept bids on May 14 for two south Louisiana bridges. One spans Bayou Isle Des Cannes on the Lafayette Abbeville highway seven miles south of Lafayette with 12.19 foot panels. The other crosses Minor canal on the Houma Gibson highway seven miles west of Houma featuring a 30 foot steel beam channel span and two 19 foot creosoted timber approach spans with embankment and shell surfacing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baton Rouge
Louisiana Highway Commission
Louisiana
Bayou Isle Des Cannes
Lafayette-Abbeville
Lafayette
Houma- Gibson
Houma
Henry Ford sued for large libel by Sapiro in Detroit
Aaron Sapiro filed a 1 million dollar libel suit in U S district court naming Henry Ford and the Dearborn Publishing Company as defendants. The suit alleges Dearborn Independent articles defamed Sapiro by accusing him of conspiring with Jewish bankers to control world food markets and harming his standing with farmers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit
Mich
Henry Ford
The
Dearborn Publishing Company
U. S. District Court
Aaron Sapiro
Wm. C. Gallagher
Sapiro
Dearborn Independent
Farmers of America
Canada
Withdrawal of 165 from U S ship in Honduras ends
The Denver landing detachment of 165 officers and men was withdrawn from Ceiba Honduras after Honduran government troops reinforced the port. The ship will remain offshore to protect Americans and others if needed amid revolutionary activity. Consul Waller reported a Ceiba outskirts battle where federal troops defeated revolutionists. Captain Jeffers dispatched the detachment at President Barahoma's request to safeguard lives and property.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Denver
Ceiba
Honduras
Waller
Bitter Debate Before Painleve Cabinet Vote in Chamber
In Paris nine hours of bitter exchanges centered on Joseph Caillaux now finance minister. The chamber of deputies supported the Painleve cabinet with 304 votes to 218 after tumultuous exchanges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
A. P
Joseph Caillaux
Chamber of Deputies
Prinleve
Klan Candidate Loser in Herrin Mayer Race
In Herrin Illinois Marshall D McCormack won the mayoral race on the citizens ticket defeating Ku Klux Klan candidate Thomas Welty on the conservative ballot by 197 votes. The vote outcome ends a heated Williamson county factional contest and was reported April 22.
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Herrin
Ill
Williamson County
Marshall D. McCormack
Citizens
McCormack
Thomas Welty
Ku Klux Klan
Jury selection in Roberson case continues at length
At 2 30 this afternoon the two remaining jurors were not yet accepted in the Roberson murder trial. Seven talismen were disqualified after revealing fixed opinions on guilt. Two jurors will be chosen by about 3 30 with witness hearing to begin then. A prior panel brought ten jurors total. 21 more were summoned as the pool exhausted. Ouachita entrants head to Baton Rouge for the Louisiana High School Rally starting tomorrow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Howard Roberson
Roberson
Ernest Fudickar
C. A. Green
John B. Foster
E. N. Flonsheim
L. S. Roberts
J. E. Lockwood
David S. Marx
Talismen
Sandel
E. C. McGee
Monroe
S. M. Foster
West Monroe
J. S. Sims
Calhoun
H. C
Ouachita Parish High School
Monrose City High
Baton Rouge
Louisiana High School
City High School
Robby Germany
Duncan Kemp
Ouachita Parish High
Charles Hill
Alfred Morgan Horton Pepper
Lloyd Walters
Baker Hunt
Walter Coulson
Robert Erwin
Prescott Smith
Valley Ball
Mary Lou Bynum
Fister Snabnet
Tommie Greer
Susie Henry
Dovie Frith
Cara Averitt
Blanche Milton
Melon Stewart
Lucile Horton
Mike Smith
Norman Rushing
Bernon Coates
William Guy
Millard Griffin
Guy Stubbs
Alfred Morgan
Vernon Coates
Jack Hayes
James Larche
News-Star
Bobby Germany
P. Smith
M. Smith
McGee
Mr. Russell
Swartz
George Wesley Smith
McGee S. M. Foster
Epstein Slight
Heer
Fur
Mr. Sims
Epstein
H. C. Cole
J. G. Cobb
Mra Blanchard
Yaa
Louisiana high school rally opens in Baton Rouge
About 2500 visitors are expected for the Louisiana state high school rally running April 23 to 25 in Baton Rouge. Over 100 schools will send entrants across athletic, literary and other events, with 1500 prepared for a university barbecue and 800 for athletic contests. Governor Faqua will address attendees as editors attend the journalism contest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baton Rouge
A. P
New University
H. L. Faqua
Confederate Veterans Unable to Attend Dallas Reunion
Gulfport Mississippi April 22 Two hundred inmates at Jefferson Davis Confederate Soldiers Home will not attend the Confederate reunion in Dallas next month. Superintendent Elnathan Tartt cites advanced age and weakness making future reunions inadvisable for the old veterans.
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Gulfport
Miss
Jefferson Davis
Confederate Soldiers Home
Dallas
Elnathan Tartt
Mr. Tartt
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Masonic Group
D. A. Schumaker
Mrs. Schumaker
England
Sen Wheeler
U. S. Solon
N. O
Commission
U. S
Painleve
U. K
Klan
Herrin Mayer
City High Tennis
Theige
Ramsey
J. S. Ramsey
Mr. Smith
Mr. Ram
Sey
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