Briand Threatens Ruhr Occupation If Germany Fails To Pay
Paris April 26 Premier Briand told the Chamber of Deputies that if satisfactory proposals with guaranteed payments are not offered by May 1 the Ruhr valley will be occupied. French officials say Germany’s failure to pay the 20 billion marks due May 1 is separate from broader reparations talks. Germany claims current proposals would end penalties and seeks freer trade.
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Briand
Chamber OF Deputies
Armies OF Nations
Ruhr
Germany
Associated Press
Paris
Bell Ordinance May Fit Monroe School Desires
Baton Rouge April 26 Mayor Bernstein and Henry Bernstein arrived to address Monroe school matters. A proposed Bell ordinance, aimed at limiting legislature control over local schools, gains support and will be reviewed by the education committee at 2 PM. The measure would recognize municipal boards and systems existing under local acts.
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Baton Rouge
Bernstein
Henry Bernstein
Monroe
Bell
Lake Charlies
Friends of the City School
Germany Reparations Proposals Reported to State Department
Germanys counter proposals on reparations were received at the state department and laid before the cabinet at today’s regular meeting Paris circles say penalties may be applied to Germany immediately after May 1 despite Germanys reparations offers.
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Associated Press
Washington
Germany
State Department
Germany reparations delay absorbs officials in Washington
Officials in Washington focus on an unexpected delay in Germany's reparations proposals. They express confidence that the communication sent from Berlin Sunday night by Loring Diesel, American High Commissioner in Berlin, would be received and reviewed.
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Associated Press
Washington
Germany
Berlin
Loring Diesel
Fragmentary note on attempted delay in presidential notice
A fragmentary sentence mentions timely decoding for early attention by President Harding and Secretary Hughes but provides no explanation for any attempted delay.
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Harding
Hughes
Germany Accepts Allied Obligations If Needed
Berlin reports a clause in German counter-proposals states Germany is willing to assume allied obligations to the United States if US and allies desire, to the extent of Germany's ability. The dispatch notes an estimate of two hundred million gold marks, or nearly so.
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Associated Press
Berlin
Germany
United States
Baton Rouge Plan to Adjourn Convention for New Constitution
Chairman Peterman of the municipal and corporation affairs committee proposed adjourning the convention after final schedules and recessing three to six months. A special committee would review the draft constitution to remove legislative matter and draft a new constitution. Other members approved the idea but no motion was made pending other committees. The move signals possible delay.
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Baton Rouge
Peterman
Municipal and Corporation Affairs Committee
Mrs. Fischman Dies in New Orleans After Monroe Stay
Mrs. David Fischman, wife of Dr. David Fischman and former rabbi of Temple B n ai Israel, died yesterday afternoon in New Orleans. The couple lived in Monroe from 1917 to 1920 before moving to New Orleans. Her death was a shock to local friends who valued their service to the Jewish and wider community.
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David Fischman
New Orleans
Fischman
Temple B'nai Israel
Monroe
New Orleana
Fis
Shingle Mill Started in Chauvan Area
The North Louisiana Shingle Company of Monroe opened a large shingle mill at Chauvan near Monroe. Work began yesterday and thirty five men are employed at the mill and in the woods. The firm owns a three year run of valuable timber in the Chauvan neighborhood.
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Monroe
West Monroe
North
Louisiana
Elks’ Club
el Karabah
America
South
The
North Louisiana Shingle Company, of
Chauvan
McCarty Leaves Federal Post for Haynesville Oil Venture
J M McCarty of West Monroe resigns as Internal Revenue Agent after years with HQ in Monroe. He joins Smitherman Layne Palmer interests to develop Haynesville oil fields and will work with Smitherman McDonald Drilling Company. Relatives also active in the project.
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J. M. McCarty
West Monroe
Internal Revenue
Monroe
Smitherman-Layne Palmer
Haynesville
Louisiana
Smitherman- McDonald Drilling Company
Treasury Department
Loth
McCarty
Lynching Near Carriere Shocked Dairyman’s Wife Case
In Hattiesburg Mississippi on April 26 a mob hanged an unidentified Black man about thirty near Carriere, half a mile north of Picayune, after accusing him of assaulting a dairyman’s wife. The body was riddled with bullets, the suspect said to have come from New Orleans. Meanwhile New York reports a President Harding letter at the Associated Press annual luncheon, pledging support and urging continued good will toward the administration.
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Hattiesburg
Miss
Ozone
Carriere
Picayune
New Orleans
New York
Harding
Associated Press
Frank B. Noyes
United States
Blacks Dig Cave On River Bank In Monroe Robbery
Two crimes solved after arrest of Abe Roy alias Willie Douglas. Douglas confessed to the Fream Jewelry Store robbery and said loot was hidden in a riverbank cave washed away by rising water. Police also detained George Lewis in connection with Monroe Hardware thefts and prepared warrants.
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Monroe
Abe Roy
Willie Douglas
Fream Jewelry Company
Willie” Doughs
Che
Méurée Eatinane Company
Robert E. Heap
Douglas
Ab Ray
Fream
Ray
Ouachita River
Monroac
Heap
Alice
George Léwis
Lewis
Roy
Ouachita Parish 4-H Club Exhibits and Fair Plans
Local club members display sewing devices and prize jars of produce at a meeting in Ay La Station. Miss Josephine McNally shows Red Cross posters from Calhoun High School pupils. Poultry expert Harlow Williams and fair specialist A Ormsby give lectures. Cotton producers discuss pooling the season’s crop through central marketing agencies in the southern states.
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North Loutsias
Josephire McNally
Ouachita
The
Red Cross
Calhoun High School
Harlow L. Williams
A. ©. Ormsby
Memphis
Tenn
Louisiana constitutional convention faces time limits
Baton Rouge reports seventeen working days remain to draft a constitution within seventy five days. Experts doubt full consideration of all measures to be adopted or rejected, signaling a likely extension of ten to fifteen days beyond May 14.
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A. G. Cook
Baton Rouge
Tennessee
Kentucky
New York
Illiftiess
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Imperial Council
Portland
Ore
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ELKS
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F. B. Surgaine
Federal “Post
Eo Negro
Local Hardware CO
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Génasco
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Monroe Brick & Builders
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