Community Band to Organize at Local Meeting
A meeting tonight at 8 in the Philip Bernhardt offices 602 Bernhardt building will organize a community band. Officers and a band name will be chosen and practice under Alex Johansson will begin. 32 of 35 parts are filled with experienced local musicians including Ernest Guy James Folmer and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philip Bernhardt
Bernhardt
Alex Johansson
Ernest Guy
James, Folmer
J. E. Broyles
Max Kulcke
Marcus Kahn
Max Packman
Lonnie Pope
Winifred Mask
J. M. Webb
Dr. B. M. MecKair
O. T. Davis
Walter Massing
D. 0. Hinton
Hy Culbertson
John Kelly
R. Wemeley
B. L. Mulhearn
Marshal Johnson
Horace Terrell
George Mitchell
Know Mississippi Better Train To Visit Monroe Tonight
A list of attendees for the Know Mississippi Better Train stops in Monroe includes scores of educators, officials, merchants, bankers, and professionals from across Mississippi led by Dennis Murphree. The contingent features county superintendents, teachers, postmasters, bankers, lawyers, and banking executives from Vicksburg to Meridian and Jackson to Holly Springs, among others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Katherine Staley
Meridian
T. L. Johnson
Lauderdale
F. S. Kennedy
J. S. Luke
Preston
W. A. Land
de Kalb
Torrey Wood
Hollandale
W. H. Ratcliff
Washington
R. L. Parker, Jr
Natchez
L. B. McKay
Board of Supervisors
Sandhill
A. A. Singleton
Forest
Jessie H. Walton
Lexington
T. J. Brown
Ebenezer
Baylies Overstreet
Beaumont
Fred Lyon
Belen
EF. W. Taylor
Sledge
W. H. Alexander
Bay Springs
R. V
Charleston
Harry Smallwood
Laurel
R. A. Stone
Planter
Hollywood
Cleta Weaver
Tupelo
Thos. Fauntleroy
the Commercial Appeal
Memphis
Kate Eckles
Skene
W. H. Bucher
Wm. Gilmore
Jackson
H. A. Kreeze
Luta Moore
K. M. Wishart
Aberdeen
J. C. Holton
Dennis Murphree
W. F. Bond
Cora J. Greaves
Mendenhall
Louise Grego
Greenville
Ivy C. Medd
Picayune
Marion Bridgers
Raymond
Artemise Mott
C. Clark
Jeff Kent
Tom Bridgers
Belzoni
W. B. Hall
Vicksburg
William Gilmore
Imogene Mu
J. H. Garner
Raleigh
H. I. Husbands
Burns
R. B. McGaughy
Ashland
Edna Kirke
Horn Lake
H. W. McIngvale
Hernando
J. B. Holland
Chancery
Mary A. McRae
West Point
H. B
Congress and Farm Board questioned on market impact
A congressional report critiques the farm board for stifling speculation and failing to stimulate cotton sales amid low silver and rubber prices. It notes a 2,164,000 bale national carryover and questions stabilization as a solution while the cotton industry faces a tough outlook and possible mill curtailments. Col. Hester adds that northern mills show weaker sentiments than southern mills, with some curtailment expected but improving conditions later.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Farm Board
India
China
Hester
Mob Seeks Arrested Lawyer After Fatal Bomb Blast
A mob storms Amarillo jail seeking attorney Payne in connection with a June 26 nitro-glycerine bombing that killed Mrs. Payne and injured her son A. D. Jr. Officials fled with Payne as notes found on him reference explosives and a South America escape plan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pampa
Amarillo
Payne
Wichita Falls
Fort Worth
Hontsville
Thompson
W. R. McDowell
Good Will Party From Mississippi Arrives Thursday
Plans are set for the Mississippi Good Will party arrival at 7 30 p m tomorrow for a three hour visit. Automobiles are asked to meet the Know Mississippi Better Train at the Illinois Central station where exhibition cars will be sidetracked for public inspection. The party will be taken to the municipal natatorium then to the Cotton States league night baseball game.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mississippi
Illinois Central Station
Communists Suffer Heavy Losses and Advance Across China
Dispatches report extensive Red Army actions across Hunan Hupeh Kiangsi and Fukien provinces with thousands of Chinese slain and towns pillaged. Foreigners flee Kiukiang and Nanchang may have fallen as Red bands terrorize peasants and loot along the Yangtze River.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Liang River
Changsha
Yangtse
Hunan
Hupeh
Kiangsi
Fukien
Kiukiang
MU Hankow
Hankow
Nanchang
Hoover Farm Board Friends Gain Support in Virginia
In Virginia Democratic races Thomas G. Burch defeated Rep. Joseph Whitehead for the fifth district nomination. Howard Smith won the eighth district nomination over Frank Ball after the Virginia Anti Saloon League split. West Virginia sees coal operator James Ellwood Jones leading the Republican senatorial race. Benjamin L. Rosenbloom, advocating Volstead Act modification, placed second. Missouri re-nominates its whole House delegation, ten Republicans and six Democrats, with light voting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
al Smith
Virginia
Thomas G. Burch
Joseph Whitehead
Smith
Howard Smith
Virginia Antisaloon League
Frank Ball
League
James Ellwood Jones
West Virginia
Benjamin L. Rosenbloom
Rosenbloom
Missouri
House
Hawks Seek Record Flight From Los Angeles to New York
Hawks aiming to regain an aerial speed record from Los Angeles to New York in about 14 hours with six stops at Columbus Indianapolis St Louis Wichita Albuquerque and Kingman. Lieut Col Roscoe Turner holds the east to west non stop mark of 18 hours 40 minutes and Hawks hopes to beat it on the return trip.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
New York
Roscoe Turner
Hawks
Turner
Pistol Flashpoints Mark Political Ruckus in Mississippi
In Meridian tensions flare as attaches shadow Franklin and reportedly carry pistols ready for action amid a heated political moment. Speaker Thomas L Bailey of Meridian states this morning that the scene signals a tense climate ahead of key decisions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Franklin
Thomas L. Bailey
Meridian
House of Representatives
Police Jury Discusses Roads to Cemeteries and Parish Projects
The police jury debated graveling roads to Smith and Antioch cemeteries as parish projects. They also approved loans totaling 50,000 dollars from two banks, designated depositories, and granted right of way to Louisiana Power and Light and Columbian Gasoline.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Smith Cemetery
Antioch
Henry
Antioch Cemetery
J. E. Bryan
F. ©. Peters
Dr. Mengis
Road Committee
Central Savings Bank and Trust Company
Ouachita National Bank
Louisiana Power and Light Company
Ouachita River
Monroe
Columbian Gasoline Corporation
Bayou Bartholomew
J. M. Breard
Louisiana Highway Commission
Arkansas Road
Denton Street
West Monroe
Milton Coverdale
Harry M. Williams
Union Parish
Local Legion Delegates Named for State Meeting in New Orleans
Thirty one Monroe post delegates are named for the state American Legion convention opening August 14 in New Orleans. Alternates named by Commander-elect Sam Orchard include P A Melgren B W Balman Earl Matthews Isa dore Liebriech and twenty others. The list reflects the post's planned representation and backup members for the upcoming session.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monroe
The
American Legion
New Orleans
P. M. Gayle
F. E. Hammonds
8. Orchard
W. W. Cooper
J. L. Croft
J. Lipman
L. L. Jackson
J. A. McClain
D. C. Smith
C. M. Mitchell
John B. Bailey
A. Freeman
A. D. Bernhardt
Sam Caplan
B. W. Hardcastie
C. E. McKenzie
C. L. Mengis
C. B. Mc Simms
Iva Faulk
Luther Howell
Sam Goldman
F. C. Portman
Bernard Levi
Warren Taylor
James A. Noe
Harold Mank
Jeff Caldwell
William B. Mynck
C. M. Aboud
William Haddad
Sam Orchard
P. A. Melgren
B. W. Balman
Earl Matthews
Isadore Liebriech
Fred Hightower
G. R. Williams
Frank Cline
Isaac Lemle
Ben Stern
Joe Trammell
Warren Blackman
R. L. Ward
H. E. Quinn
R. L. Taggart
J. B. Bradley
Frank Rietzel
J. B. Swanson
J. H
Eastern coast heat wave shifts as Midwest crops endure
Heat wave moves to the east with Washington at 102 degrees and New York 92 while the Midwest still faces 90s and 100s. Rainfall is sparse but cools Chicago and Central Ohio, though the drought remains severe and corn crops are at risk of heavy losses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Mid-Continent
Washington
Philadelphia
New York
Maryland
Ohio
Illinois
Billings to Testify in Pardon Bid at California Bombing Case
Warren K. Billings is set to appear as a witness in his own behalf as the California supreme court reviews the San Francisco preparedness day bombing of July 22, 1916. The court considered Billings pardon and Mooney’s possible summons, but did not rule on Walsh’s request at this stage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Warren K. Billings
California Supreme Court
Billings
Thomas J. Mooney
Edwin V. McKenzie
Folsom
Frank P. Walsh
Mooney
Walsh
Local Visitors and Trips Highlight Summer Travel
A string of regional visits and vacations spans Hot Springs Bradford Parkin Ark to Port Arthur and Monroe. People like F A To lar Lonnie Shaw and Edward Johnson visit relatives and explore new places while others camp at Rocky Ford with Ester Plummer and the Sisson family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
News-Star
Mer Rouge
F. A. Tolar
Hot Springs
Bradford
Parkin
Ark
Lonnie Shaw
E. W. Andrews
Bastrop
J. B. Higman
Lawson Rigginbotham
Roselena Travis
McManus
John Mellwain
Port Arthur
G. T. Stevens
Hugo Sisson
Monroe
Edward Johnson
West Monroe
Met Rouge
J. S. Sisson
Birmingham
Ala
Edward Norseworthy
Greenville
Texas
Rocky Ford
Ester Plummer
Hands
Herbert Sisson
Bonita
Pay
Leslie Mills
Corinne Davidson
T. J. Davidson
Slain Chicago Gang Leader to be Buried in Middlebury
The bullet riddled body of Jack Zuta, Chicago gang leader, was to reach Middlebury Friday afternoon. Funeral services were planned for Thursday with burial in the Jewish cemetery. The funeral procession passed through Cincinnati this morning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middlebury
Jack Zuta
Chicago
Cincinnati
Body of Drowned Miss Woman Now Recovered
The body of Mrs. Annette Porter, 17, of Dublin was recovered at Gunnison, 75 miles south, after she and Miss Dorothy McCain, 17, of Merigold and Raymond Hill, 23, of Webb drowned in the Mississippi River at Friarspoint Sunday afternoon. Hill and Miss McCain bodies have not yet been found.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Friarspoint
Miss
Annette Porter
Dublin
Dorothy McCain
Merigold
Raymond Hill
Webb
Gunnison
Here
Hill
McCain
Bailey Not A Candidate For Office Says Page Editor
The speaker stated he is not a candidate for any office. Previously Bailey had been quoted as announcing a gubernatorial bid, a position now clarified as not pursued.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Speaker Bailey
Inquiry Board Probes Coast Guard Killing Off Ipswich
A Coast Guard board of inquiry convened in Salisbury Beach Massachusetts to investigate the fatal shooting of Chief Boatswain's Mate Louis A Pratt by machine gun fire from a Coast Guard boat off Ipswich. Pratt died hours after being wounded during a search for a burning boat near Plum Island.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Salisbury Beach
Mass
Coast Guard Board of
Louis A. Pratt
Coast Guard
Ipswich
Pratt
Cleo Falkingham
Plum Island
Falkingham
Claiborne Club Meets at Home of Mrs J Wilder
The Claiborne community club met Tuesday at Mrs. J Wilder's home. With the home demonstration agent absent Mrs Leonard Gaskins conducted a basketry and reed work demonstration. The club, though young, is among the largest in the parish with many dresses entered in the recent house dress contest. The next meeting will be at Mrs J H Holloway's home on Tuesday August 19. all women in the community are invited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Claiborne Community Club
J. Wilder
Jewell McQuiller
Leonard Gaskins
Faircrest Club
Claiborne Club
Claiborne
J. H. Holloway
Triangle Oil takes over Bienville Parish Dermott No 1 test
Gibsland reports Triangle Oil has taken over the wildcat Dermott No 1 near Gibsland three miles southeast. Financing is available and drilling will finish promptly. A cyclone caused damage to the derrick earlier this week and new timbers are on order. The oil is of high gravity and there is confidence of a shallow field nearby.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gibsland
Triangle Oil Company
Sugar Creek
Beauty winner not boy crazy says father in Memphis view
E L Goff father of Miss Dorothy Goff of New Orleans who was named Miss Universe at Galveston says she is not boy crazy and not interested in sweethearts. He notes he has learned of the victory by telegram and will rejoin his family in New Orleans next Sunday. He wonders what she will do with the prize money and leaves her future to her mother and herself.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Memphis
Tenn
Dorothy Goff
New Orleans
Galveston
E. L. Goff
Two Typhoid Cases Reported in Patrick Family
Two cases of typhoid fever are reported in the family of W. A. Patrick at 2630 De Siard street. The patients are his two children, ages 9 and 6, with another child, age 11, recently recovered. The ill youngsters were moved to St. Francis sanitarium for care.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. A. Patrick
DeSiard Street
Patrick
St. Francis Sanitarium
Excavation Progress for Parish High School Unit
W C Salley contractor reports excellent progress on the parish high school site. He expects foundation completion and first story brick laying within three weeks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. C. Salley
Clarke Speaks at Meeting of Local Kiwanis
W. B. Clarke gave an address titled The Man With Vision at Hotel Monroe noon. He used three stone cutters to illustrate differing aims from trivial labor to contributing to a skyscraper and community progress. Violin solos by Miss Eileen MacKinnon, accompanied by R. A. Irvin, drew applause and praise for her promising future.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. B. Clarke
Kiwanis Club
Hotel Monroe
Clarke
Eileen MacKinnon
R. A. Irvin
Miss MacKinnon
St. Matthew's High School
New York City
New York
Not every WIFE Bell-ans ad urges preparedness
A vintage advertisement targets women who manage households, promoting Bell-ans for indigestion as a quick relief. It emphasizes readiness for emergencies and presents a ready to use package of Bell-ans as a solution.
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Mary E. Doney
Warren County
Reba Jackson
Liberty
Jett
M. E. Irvine
Tunica
C. A. Jacquess
J. O. Hurdle
Lamar
Hindman Doxey
Holly Springs
A. H. Little
Pinola
Henry W .Mangum
Annie L. Strickler
Fort Adams
J. G. Carr
Centreville
H. P. Luna
Walnut
J. B. Dickens
Boletusha
John Stephens
Sumner
R. E. Spivey
Canton
C. W. Lawrence
Flora
P. E. Hadley
Okolona
J. J. Byers
Houlka
Agnes Davis
Hattiesburg
Congress
Federal Farm Board
Sec’y
Legion
United Press
Bienville Parish
Triangle Oil
Man With Vision
Edwards & Acrobat
Oxfords
I. Miller
Andrew Geller
Grenada
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