Local military to aid in state flood area Monroe tax relief predicted by senator
Captain W. W. Cooper's Company G of the 156th Infantry Louisiana National Guard was ordered to Harrisonburg Catahoula parish to assist the Red Cross with flood refugees. Monroe and West Monroe expect 15 to 20 percent real estate tax relief and cotton land assessed as low as $10 per acre under a potential Ouachita parish tax reduction. Senator Hood said reductions in assessments and cotton land values are likely as Louisiana Tax Commission considers relief for flood impact areas.
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Monroe
Cooper's Company
Ouachita Solon Harrisonburg
RED Cross
Concordia-Catahoula
W. W. Cooper
156Th Infantry
Louisiana National Guards
Toombs
Harrisonburg
Catahoula Parish
Catahoula
Concordia
Sicily Island
Cooper
Adjutant General
Randolph H. Percy
Louis W. Hayden
Concordia Parish
Clayton Junction
Clayton
Junks
Panola
West Monroe
T. L. Hood
Ouachita
Louisiana Tax Commission
Ouachita Parish
Hood
Tax Commission
Richland
Caldwell
Union Parishes
Alexandria
Baton Rouge
Lake Charles
Rail officials map 20 feet flood reach northward in Catahoula parish
Missouri Pacific officials say Ferriday and Clayton area could see up to twenty feet of water within twenty four hours. Trains may run to Sicily Island while rescue efforts continue from Monroe. Refugees occupy box cars. many towns remain inaccessible amid rising floodwaters.
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Perriday
Monroe News-Star
H. Kahn
Tensas Trading Company
Clayton
Clayton Junction
Ferriday
Panola
Junk
Missouri Pacific Railway
Louisiana
Missouri Pacific
Concordia Parish
Sicily Island
Catahoula Parish
The
Monroe
Monroe-Vidalia- Natchez
Missouri Pacific Railroad
Monroe-Natchez
Railroad Company
Taylor
Flood Strikes Ferriday Area As Weecama Levee Break Widens
AP report from Natchez dated April 27 describes a 200 foot levee breach near Ferriday Louisiana with a widening crevasse at Weecama. Over 4000 flood refugees in camps at Harrisonburg Martinsville and Natchez with Red Cross relief. Rescue boats and volunteers aid eight white and about 25 Negro families marooned at Junks Louisiana.
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Associated Press
Atlanta
Harrisonburg
Martinsville
Natchez
Miss
Red Cross
Louisiana
Natchez, Miss
Weecama Levee
Lake Concordia
Ferriday
Wilfred Geisenberger
Natchez American Legion
Junks
Democrat
Pearl City
Mississippi
Land gift to Boy Scouts for camps near West Monroe
Thomas H. McMillan, a leading Ouachita parish citizen, donates 20 acres near West Monroe for Boy Scout camping in the fifth district. Five acres go to the scouts while fifteen acres may be used by Monroe and West Monroe municipalities for camping grounds for tourists and troop headquarters.
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Thomas H. McMillan
Ouachita Parish
West Monroe
Court House
Boy Scout Movement
Fifth Congressional District
Boy Scouts
Monroe
Monroe Auto Buys Building As Local Dry Goods Firm Purchases Lot
Two large Monroe deals recorded at the courthouse show Alice Meyer and Blanche M. Florsheim selling to Monroe Dry Goods Co., Inc. a 109 by 150 foot lot on Second and Washington streets for 20000 dollars, with 10885.70 paid in cash. Monroe Auto and Supply Co. bought the S. C. Blackman building on Washington and Walnut for 42500 dollars, to be occupied by new owners while Blackman moves to Ouachita Coca-Cola site. Frank Turk sold block 11 Hardtimes plantation to Tony Turk for 3500 dollars.
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Alice Meyer
Blanche M. Florsheim
Monroe Dry Goods Company, Inc
Stevens, Hubbards and Springer
Second Street
Washington Street
Monroe Auto and Supply Company
S. C. Blackman
Washington and
Walnut Streets
Walnut Street
Blackman Company
Ouachita Coca-Cola Bot
Ouachita River Rises After Prolonged Rainfall
Heavy rains in Ouachita parish push the river to 41 feet, a 0.2 foot rise. Monroe reports 2.12 inches in the past 24 hours and 2.73 inches in 48 hours. Senator Hood calls for tax relief via reduced valuations despite fixed millage.
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Ouachita Parish
Ouachita River
Monroe
Ty Cobb Sings Swan Song As Retiring President
The Monroe Rotary Club honored retiring president Ty Cobb with a swan song luncheon and gift. Dr. Jesse Adams accepted the presidency pledging cooperation to grow the club’s community influence. Aubrey Haas presented Cobb a silver tray engraved with the club’s tribute. Charley Butler entertained with dialect songs as visiting Bar Association members were invited to lunch Friday.
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Ty” Cobb
Rotary Club
Rotary
Jesse Adams
Dr. Adams
Monroe Rotary Club
Cobb
Adams
Aubrey Haas
Ty Cobb
Haas
Charley Butler
Baptist Revival
State Bar Association
Association
Realty transfer records and oil rights sale noted in Monroe
Property transfer of a lot in Bry and Wilson addition to the Riverside Realty Company by the Louisiana Savings Bank and Trust Company was recorded yesterday with a $50,000 payment. Alice Burke and others sold a half interest in 14 acres oil and gas rights in section 6-18N-5E to J. Grasty for $226.
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Bry
Wilson Addition
DeSiard Street
Catalpa Street
Riverside Realty Company, Inc
Louisiana Savings Bank and Trust Company
Court House
Alice Burke
Grasty
Wolfe brothers and Price arrested in 2.5 million mail truck raid
New York post office inspectors arrest Louis and Jack Wolfe and Jacob B. Price for the October 1921 Broadway mail truck robbery. Securities valued at 75000 dollars are recovered.
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New York
Louis
Jack Wolfe
Jacob B. Price
Post Office
Lower Broadway
Levee Breach Floods Parishes Near New Orleans
A 100 foot wide levee section at Poydras broke causing widespread flooding. About 350 families flee, 1200 homeless, 80 000 acres of truck land inundated as residents from St Bernard and nearby towns move to Shell Beach. A separate Miss river flood crevasse at Ferriday worsens, with a 200 foot gap expanding rapidly.
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Mississippi
Poydras
St. Bernard Parish
New Orleans
Associated Press
St. Bernard
Toca
Alluvial City
Reggio
Yscloskey
Natchez, Miss
Concordia Parish
Ferriday
Legislators Oppose Postponing Louisiana Session
Senator T. L. Hood and Representative T. T. Webb from North Louisiana oppose delaying the regular legislature session beyond May urging flood conditions not justify postponement. They argue the lawmakers have ready plans and the work for Louisiana is too important to delay.
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North Louisiana
T. L. Hood
Hood
Louisiana
T. T. Webb
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Iron Mountain
Monroe Division
M’millan
Monroe Auto CO
Local Dry Goods CO
Quachita River
Yeggs
Weaks Supply Co
Genasco
Anu Ine
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