German Chancellor Links Evacuation To Stable European Policy
Berlin April 29 Hans Luther declares German policy will not change and calls for quick settlement of Cologne area evacuation by the Allies to secure stability Europe. He emphasizes Germany seeks peace not war and pledges to international cooperation while rejecting new inflation talk.
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Berlin
A. P
Cologne
Hans Luther
Germany
League For German Industry and Commerce
von Hindenburg
Luther
Hindenburg
Europe
Adequate N. C. Levees Cost 600000 Report
New Orleans officials urged the Mississippi River Commission to allocate 600000 for adequate levee protection. The request followed protests over a 250000 grant and concerns of irreparable flood damages if levees fail. Col. Potter indicated the request could affect funds for other river sections.
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New Orleans
Mississippi River Commission
Stemaer
Mississippi
Baton Rouge
Orleans Levee Board
Dock Board
Col. Potter
River Stages Report Across Ohio and Nearby States
River gauges show Cairo at 19.8 rising 1.1, Memphis 12.02 falling 0.1, Vicksburg 19.1 down 0.8, New Orleans 3.7 down 0.5. Red River: Shreveport 9.0 steady, Alexandria 5.7 down 0.3. Ouachita: Camden 0.5 rising 0.8, Monroe 11.0 down 0.2.
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Ohio
Cairo
Mississippi
Memphis
Vicksburg
New Orleans
Shreveport
Alexandria
Ouachita
Camden
Monroe
Monroe Beauty Contest Offers Galveston Trip Prize
Monroe residents attend a bathing girl revue to select "Miss Monroe" for a chance at a $100 prize and a trip to Galveston for the national beauty contest. Entry requires mailing a form. judging focuses on neatness face form and carriage. prizes include beach wear and equipment.
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Galveston
Monroe
Louisiana
Galveston Beach
Monroe News-Star
Saenger Theatre
Milady
Atlantic
Caldwell School Closings Prompt Civil Suit in Parish
A Caldwell parish suit challenges the plan to close rural and grade schools at seven and a half months while keeping four high schools on a nine month term. Plaintiffs allege equal school-term requirements apply where a parish tax funds schools and seek to void the discrimination against rural and primary schools. The case, Moss & Peters representing the plaintiffs, is set for May during the Eighth District court term. Farming is progressing with rain needed. southern Caldwell and areas toward Alexandria and Lake Charles report rains and unusually cool mornings.
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News-Star
Columbia
Parish School Board
Caldwell Parish
Moss & Peters
Winnfield
Alexandria
Lake Charles
Porter Headline at Monroe Reserve Officers Dinner
Col Thos F Porter of Lake Charles Louisiana jurist and president of the Louisiana Reserve Officers Association was guest of honor at the Monroe chapter dinner at Lotus Cafe. He warned of a possible major war within a decade and urged reserve officers to support the national guard and act as a bridge to civilians.
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Thos. F. Porter
Lake Charles
Louisiana
Louisiana Reserve Officers Association
Monroe
Reserve Officers Association
Rbastron
Col. Porter
P. M. Gayle
Japan
Russia
Orient
United States
Congress
National Guard
Association
Lafayette
W. W. Cooper
New Orleans
Geo. Madison
Bastrop
David I. Garrett
John R. Humble
Ivey Faulk
Louis Bolleigh
Ll. Milton King
D. L. Greenbury
R. L. Wood
W. I. Neill
H. F. Seeley
George Wright
J. E. Lockwood
Louis Hayden
Sims C. Nettles
Wm. Rodriguez
L. R. Hemler
J. L. White
F. A. Williams
A .C. Volk
Plot Triggers Extra Guards for Secretary Chamberlain
London notes additional guards assigned to protect Foreign Secretary Austen Chamberlain amid reports of a plot against his life. Officials offered little detail on the plot, with some details believed to have emerged outside London.
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London
A. P
Austen Chamberlain
Flogging of John Barker Comes to Trial in Louisiana
Shreveport reports preparations for the district court trial of W. E. Miller and W. C. Oliver, Cedar Grove residents, charged with assault and conspiracy after allegedly flogging John Barker, 53, who was bound to a tree and beaten for allowing his 16 year old daughter Jewel to ride a bicycle in knickers.
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Shreveport
Caddo Parish
W. E. Miller
W. C. Oliver
Cedar Grove
John Barker
Oliver
Frank A. Blanchard
Miller
W. A. Mabry
T. R. Hughes
Barker
Hughes
Parker
Jewell
Earle H. Crane
Collins Suit Draws Wide Interest In LaSalle Parish
A high profile case filed in LaSalle Parish involves S. M. Collins suing RA H Bruce J A Huck both of New Orleans and L T Langstrom J T Allison of Monroe for 400000 in damages over a lease in section 7 10 2K LaSalle Parish The trial is set for Saturday in Jena with Wise Randolph Randall and Freyer of Shreveport for the plaintiff and Judge J C Theus of Monroe for the defense The action began at 300000 and was amended April 22 to seek an additional 100000 plus an injunction against trespass on the premises
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S. M. Collins
H. Bruce
J. A. Huck
New Orleans
L. T. Langstrom
J. T. Allison
Monroe
LaSalle Parish
Jena
Wise, Randolph, Randall and Freyer
Shreveport
J. C. Theus
la Salle Parish
Four Dead in Portland Hendricks Apartments Fire
A Portland blaze at the Hendricks apartments killed four people and injured one. Forty residents escaped as flames raged over an hour before firefighters entered. Victims include Clara Spore 20 Frazier 20 E Sullivan 55 and A Lawr a blind man. Mrs Lawr escaped but burned.
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Portland
Ore
Hendricks
E. Sullivan
Clara Spore
Frazier
A. Lawr
Potato Shipments to Chicago Gain Rapidly
Chicago report shows new potato shipments to market reaching 1350 carloads in the last week, nearly double both the prior week and year. Florida sent 970 carloads, Texas 300, Louisiana 75, while Green Mountain old potatoes fell to 35 cents per hundred pounds wholesale in Maine shipping areas.
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Chicago
United States Bureau of Agricultural Economics
South
Florida
Texas
Louisiana
Green Mountain
Maine
Monroe Legion Endowment Drive Aims Five Thousand Dollar Goal
Chairman P M Atkins leads captains across Ouachita parish to raise five thousand dollars for the Legion Endowment Fund. The drive, endorsed by Coolidge and Governor Fuqua, seeks to aid war orphans and disabled veterans, with J H Trousdale directing campaigns across the Fifth District.
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Monroe
Legion
P. M. Atkins
Quachus Parish
Atkins
F. F. Millsaps
Abe Arent
Claude Drew
R. E. McLeod
Sam Kaplan
Ouachita
France
Legion Fund
Coolidge
Fuqua
J. H. Trousdale
Fifth Congressional District
Engineer Killed As Train Leaves Rails In Canyon North Of San Diego
A Santa Fe passenger train from Los Angeles to San Diego left the rails in Sorrento canyon about 20 miles north of San Diego, killing engineer John Warboys and injuring 15 passengers. Warboys died after diving toward a San Diego hospital. his son, also an engineer, was part of the wrecking crew from San Francisco Bernardino. The locomotive struck a bank, two coaches telescoped the tender, pinning the engineer and fireman beneath the wrecked cars.
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San Diego
Cal
Santa Fe
Los Angeles
Sorrento Canyon
Here
John Warboys
Warboys
W. M. Warboys
San Francisco
Bernardino
Transfer of Kentucky Cardinal Sheds Light on Derby Sale
Louisville reports rain and cold winds limit Kentucky Derby workouts while gossip centers on the Lexington sale of Kentucky Cardinal, Western Derby favorite, by Dessa Breckinridge to G Frank Croissant for about 70000 dollars. Havre de Grace hosts twelve 3 year olds in the Chesapeake Stakes with a one and one sixteenth mile run through the mud.
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Kentucky
Cardinal Central Topic
Louisville
Lexington
Cardinal
Dessa Breckinidge
Herald
G. Frank Croissant
Chicago
Havre DE Grace
Sofia Amid Outbreak as Death Toll Rises
A Tribuna dispatch from Sofia reports renewed fighting between Bulgarian government troops and communists. Casualties are believed heavy as explosions and muffled blasts shook the city and street traffic halted while forces tried to blast communists from underground tunnels.
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Rome
The
Tribuna
Sofia
Hindenburg Receives Global Congratulatory Messages
Hanover Germany April 29 Crowned heads deposed rulers and officers send congratulatory messages to the president elect. Notable honors include honorary doctorates from Koenigsberg and Danzig prompting a spread of engineering degrees across German colleges.
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Hanover
Germany
Buenos Aires
Constantinople
San Francisco
Helsingfors
Marshal von Hindenburg
Victoria
Sweden
Baden
Landgrave of
Hesse
Frederick August of
Oldenburg
Paul
von Hindenburg
Hanover Veterinary College
University of Koenigsberg
East Prussia
Danzig
Hindenburg
Urania Well Starts Flowing By Heads In Oil Field Rise
Zeigin et al oil well near Urania LaSalle parish came in as a producer at 1 10 pm flowing by heads with estimates from 100 to 1000 barrels per day. The second producer in LaSalle, it boosts the region as a significant oil field with two 600 barrel tanks and extensive storage planned. Missouri Pacific officials said crews would be added to build sidings and loading racks for oil shipments.
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Urania
Zeigin Et al
Urania Petroleum Co
LaSalle Parish
Monroe
George Zeigin
Missouri Pacific Railroad
Dan Jacobs
Little Rock
Urania oil test underway for first offset well
In Urania Louisiana scouts and oil men gathered at daybreak to witness the testing of Urania No 1 section 18-10 2E the first offset to the discovery well Urania No 6 about 420 feet away Operators drilled into the oil sand aiming for 1 000 to 2 000 barrels daily with optimism of a boom Rowe-Wallace Co casing Urania No 7-10-2E as the second offset
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Urania
George Zeigin
Urania Petroleum Company
la Salle Parish
Monroe
Alexandria
Mid-Continent
Rowe-Wallace Company
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