Arrestees Held In Plaquemine Levee Guard Plan
Flood reports from Cairo and Plaquemine describe guard deployments by the New Iberia National Guard to protect a fifty mile levee stretch. Laborers flood relief efforts, with thousands mobilized. engineers report levees holding as floods threaten Arkansas City to Lake Village.
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Vicksburg
New Orleans
Cairo
Louisiana
Arkansas
Associated Press
Baton Rouge
New Iberia National Guard Company
Plaquemine
Parker
Charles Tiche
John W. Summerlin
Tensas Basin
Arnold Bernstein
Monroe Police Department
Arkansas City
Lake Village
Monroe
Collinston
J. W. Summerlin
Richard Downes
Memphis
Helena
Floods swell in Dallas and Fort Worth as rains break records
Dallas reports overflowing commercial and residential areas and flooded basements with impassable streets and debris. In Fort Worth two women drowned after taking refuge in a tree as floodwaters swept it away. River readings show rises and rainfall in multiple locations as the Mississippi crest looms near Cairo.
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Dallas
Texas
Ft. Worth
Tex
Florence Street
Official dismissed agent for disloyalty to the department
Washington April 25 under direction of Attorney General W O Watts special agent of the department of justice was removed for disloyalty to the department after admitting he furnished Representative Johnson Republican from South Dakota information used in Johnsons attack on the department in a recent speech in the house
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Washington
W. O. Watts
Department of Justice
Department
Johnson
South Dakota
House
Seaplane Santa Maria Missing After Nassau Trip
Key West April 26 The commercial seaplane Santa Maria left Monday for Nassau with six aboard including one woman and has not arrived. Naval seaplanes have begun search efforts.
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Keywest
Fla
Santa Maria
Nassau
Citizens Stand By Officials in Negro’s Arrest for Back Talk
Rayville marshal T. E. Speight and Richland parish deputies A. A. Abell and George Bryant were arrested by a US deputy marshal on charges of obstructing the mail after arresting Ernest Thomas, a Black railroad clerk, for obscene language. They waived examination and were bound over to the US court in 500 dollars each as Rayville leaders pledged support.
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T. E. Speight
Rayville
A. A. Abell
George Bryant
Richland Parish
United States
Monroe
William O’kelley
Marshal Speight
Abell and
Bryant
Ernest Thomas
Vickeburg
Shreveport and Pacific Railroad
Gardner Willing to Try Election Again in Junction City
Jimmie Gardner who won Junction City Arkansas mayoralty by nine votes requests a new election with qualified Arkansas residents only. F P Wilson contends the result, alleging Louisiana residents voted and poll taxes were unpaid on 29 ballots. The dispute attracts regional attention as court action and political maneuvering continue.
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Jimmie Gardner
Junction City
Ark
F. P. Wilson
John M. Brown
Mr. Gardner
Arkansas
Louisiana
Gardner
Wilson
Mahony and
Yocum
Union Parish
Local Physicians To Attend Meeting
The Morehouse Parish Medical Society will meet in Bastrop on Wednesday afternoon. Dr. Thomas Wright Dr. C P Gray and other members of the Ouachita parish medical society will attend. Caldwell parish is preparing for renewed work and Monroe residents will attend the next meeting.
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Morehouse Parish Medical Society
Bastrop
Thomas Wright
C. P. Gray
Ouachita Parish
Feudists Join Forces with Authorities in Mill Creek Drive
Feudists of Clay county have united with civil authorities to arrest about two hundred residents as a circuit judge issued warrants yesterday. All people over twelve in the Mill Creek area are to be taken into custody to curb lawlessness in Kentucky’s mountains.
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Manchester
Clay County
Mill Creek
Kentucky
Special Criminal Court Term Opens In Ouachita Parish
The Ouachita parish criminal court convenes May 15 under Judge Fred M. Odom with grand and petit juries drawn. District Attorney David I. Garrett aims for a brief session, with bills of information in most cases and three murder trials against Tom McDonald, Robert Bell, and Albert Madison slated. The grand jury list includes J. A. Perry, E. N. Larche, G. B. Cooley and others.
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Criminal Court of
Ouachita Parish
Fred M. Odom
Bastrop
David I. Garrett
Tom McDonald
Robert Bell
Albert Madison
Ouachita Jury
J. A. Perry
E. N. Larche
G. B. Cooley
L. W. Mobley
B. B. Handy
Thos
J. Hilburn
Isaac T. Davis
Sanford Camp
W. W. Curtis
W. W. McDonald, Jr
H. V. Fluker
Fred A. Coon
Roy O. Hale
William M. Miller
I. D. Wallace
B. ©. Avant
Ivey A. Faulk
L. H. Peevy
Reese Camp
P. Rey
Milk campaign planned in Ouachita parish in September
Mrs Jewell MeQuiller Ouachita parish home demonstration agent returns from New Orleans where she attended the Milk for Health Campaign and will stage a campaign in September under the Monroe Chamber of Commerce. Other agents from North Louisiana took part and Ruston held an event last week.
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Jewell MecQuiller
Ouachita Parish
Monroe
New Orleans
Mrs Pleasant Leads Northeastern Louisiana Campaign Tour
Mrs. Pleasant G. Ruffin Pleasant of Shreveport chairs the State Conservative League of Woman Voters and will speak in Monroe Ruston and other towns in a multi day tour. She opposes the woman s party bills and the blanket bill in Congress following the tours by Mrs. J D Wilkinson and Miss Lavinia Eagen of Shreveport.
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Ruffin G. Pleasant
Shreveport
State
Conservative League of Woman Voters
Monroe
Ruston
Louisiana
Pleasant
Woman's Party
Congress
J. D. Wilkinson
Lavinia Eagen
Japan joins alliance of reds and Germany menace to peace
Genoa reports say the conference risks wreckage as Soviet and allied positions clash over new Russian demands. Pershing testifies before the Senate on building up forces to prevent another world war. France signals no plan for further occupation of Germany if reparations default occurs by May 31.
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Japan
Germany
History OF Nations
Associated Press
Genoa
Cannes
Paris
Poincaire
France
Lions Hear Scout Plan To Aid District Boys
Executive Director Carmack of the Boy Scouts told the Lions Club that several thousand district boys could join. He cited 600 scout age boys in Monroe and outlined organizing 140 troops to serve 2 240 to 5 000 boys. An executive council of 25 will be formed in Monroe Friday with Monroe as headquarters. No building is planned, but 15 acres of donated land will be used for hikes and maneuvers.
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Louisiana Bar Association
Monroe
Cordenio Arnold Severance
St. Paul, Minn
Severance
American Bar Association
Minnesota Bar Association
Bar Association
Ramsey County
the American
LIONS
BOY Scouts
Carmack
Lions’ Club
Messrs. Butler and Holloway
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St. Louis
C. A. Severance
PD. W.iddingson
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Supreme Court of the United States
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Southern Pacific Railroad Company
Supreme Court
J. Zach Spearing
Daniel Wilkinson Iddings
Dayton
Benjamin W. Kernan
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F. G. Hudson, Jr
Frank P. Stubbs
Henry Montgomery
H. H. Russell
George Gunby
Henry Bernstein
Adolph Wolff
Percy Sandel
Thomas Newton
Bureau of Information
J. B. Lamkin
W. B. Clarke
John J. Potts
M. C. Redmond
Robert Layton
R. M. Breard, Jr
O. C. Dawkins
R. H. Oliver, Jr
R. O. Randle
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J. B. Dawkins
C. W. Easterling
Ford Pipes
E. M. Hudson
M. C. Thompson
Harry Oliver
O. A. Easterling
E. T. Lamkin
L. L. Smith
Greenville
Natchez
Krayville
Feudists OF
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Monroe May
Mrs. Pleasant
West Monroe
R. H. Rogers
Pershing
Senate Military Committee
War Department
Ouachita Game Protective Association
Circle No
Methodist Church
Old Monroe Feed Co
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Weaks Supply Co
Genasco Koofing
Hassler
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