Poles Rally Against Soviet Push Near Warsaw
Russian Bolshevik forces press northeast and east of Warsaw but Polish resistance holds. French Premier Millerand plans talks with Lloyd George in Blythe with Marshal Foch. aid from France Britain Hungary Romania Latvia and possibly others discussed. Polish delegates in Minsk to negotiate peace.
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Warsaw
Associated Press
London
Brest- Litovsk
Brest-Litovsk
Bug River
Paris
Millerand
Blythe
England
Lloyd George
Marshal Foch
Preeier
Poland
France
Great Britain
Hungary
Rumania
Latvia
Minsk
Flournoy Taken to State Penitentiary for Life Term
Flournoy, a Black man, had his death sentence commuted to life by Governor Parker and was moved to the Baton Rouge state penitentiary by Deputy Sheriff W. S. Upton. Reports say the governor urged a pardon to the prison board. Lonnie Eaton remains under a 90 day reprieve in Monroe parish jail. J. M. Bashore, Texarkana carpenter, was also sent to the penitentiary for six to nine months for obtaining money under false pretenses at Monroe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Flournoy
State Penitentiary
Baton Rouge
W. 8. Upton
Lonnie Eaton
Monroe
Upton
J. M. Bashore
Texarkana
Bashore
Cox Accepts Democratic Nomination for President in Dayton Speech
Governor Cox accepts the Democratic presidential nomination in Dayton marking a launch of the national campaign. He pledges strong League of Nations support with two interpretations to preserve peace and denounces Senator Harding’s separate peace plan. Cox vows strict law enforcement under the Constitution and urges ratification of the treaty.
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Poland
U.S
Supreme Wilson
COX Entente
Terc Ee
Volstead Lawd
Ohio
James M. Cox
San Francisco
Dayton
America
Cox
Gov. Cox
Wilson
Harding
Friends of the League
Senate
Tourists Waysssociation Formed by Arkansas and Louisiana Promoters
The Arkansas Louisiana Tourists Way Association held an organizing meeting in Monroe naming W D Trotter as president and G T Cross as secretary. Members from multiple towns were added to the organization committee as delegates discussed a future Monroe convention to form a permanent highway group along the Missouri Pacific route from Little Rock to Alexandria.
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Arkansas-Louisiana Tourists Way Association
W. D. Trotter
Dermott
G. T. Cross
Monroe
Louisiana
Arkansas
Little Rock
Alexandria
Missouri Pacific Railway
W. d D. Trotter
Dermott Ark
Chamber of Commerce
Fadel
Negro Found Dead On Missouri Pacific Tracks In Arkansas Clue
A dead man found near Monroe Arkansas was described as 50 or 60 with a bruised back and crushed head. Deputies examined a clothing filled suitcase but could not identify him. Two hats, including one with James H. Johnston and Star Clothing Company, point to Arkansas origins.
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Monroe
Alexander's Lane
Ouachita River
D. L. Roper
C. P. Gray
Missouri Pacific
James H. Johnston
Star Clothing Company
James M. Berger, Jr
Newport, Ark
Arkansas
Hatchet Case Involving Greeks Heard In Police Court
Evidence in the cases against Isaac Mantes and Gus Kokinas charged with displaying dangerous weapons, no hatchet, was heard by Judge Charles Schulze in police court. The Greeks allegedly attacked Willie Fields with a hatchet and other weapons, but Fields was not seriously wounded. Officers Thompson and Crown arrested the Greeks. no charge was filed against the negro.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Isaac Mantes
Gus Kokinas
Charles Schulze
Willie Fields
Thompson
Crown
Coughlin Babe May Be Returned This Afternoon
In Philadelphia on August 7 authorities report that Augusto Pasquale, held for kidnapping Blakely Coughlin, says captors must return the child by 4 PM or he will reveal all. Pasquale admits writing the crank letters and says $12,000 ransom was left by the boy’s father on the outskirts of Norristown.
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Associated Press
Philadelphia
Augusto Pasquale
Blakely Coughlin
Pasquale
Norristown
Polish foreign office sends notes to allies and U.S.
Warsaw reports the Polish foreign office has dispatched a note to the allies and a special note to the United States outlining the current political situation.
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Associated Press
Washington
Poland
Warsaw
United States
Fourth Street Lot Sold to Ferris N Kalil in Monroe
Mrs. Mary A. Breard sold a 72 by 143 foot lot in square eighty of the D A Breard Sr addition at the intersection of Fourth street and Bres avenue to Ferris N Kalil for 2850 dollars cash. N C McBowen sold 98 acres to the Atlas Oil Company for oil and gas purposes with no price stated. The land parcels include 2018N 5E 40 acres 14-19N-5E 39 acres and 8-18N-5E 19 acres.
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Mary A. Breard
D. A. Breard, Sr
Ferris N. Kalil
Monroe
Fourth Street
Bres Avenue
N. C. McBowen
Atlas Oil Company
Sunday Service at First Baptist Church
Mr. E. Godbold will conduct the service at First Baptist Church Sunday at 11 a.m. An important business meeting will follow the service. There will be no evening service.
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Baptist Church
E. Godbold
First Baptist Church
Gas Consumers Urged to Pay by 10th to Save Ten Percent
Notice from Natural Gas Co Inc warns customers to pay bills by the 10th to receive a ten percent discount. Bills unpaid by the 20th will result in service being disconnected without further notice.
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Letvia
Will Flournoy
Parker
State Department
National Democracy Today
Cal Prize
Montgomery Fair Grounds
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Lodge
Penrose
Smoot
Senator Harding
Dermott-Monroe
M. FE. Sherland
McGehee
Ark
E. B. Bloom
Pine Bluff
R. R. Rice
Warner
W. G. Akers
Littl Rock Ark
R. Bates
Earl Newton
Wilmot
F. H. Moeller
Blissville
Murry Hudson
J. A. Davenport
Mer Rouge
J. E. McClanahan
Columbia
John B
Denver
Col
Fort Logan
Carmen
Newport
Alh
Sheriff's Office
Coughlin
Babe
Forsythe Park
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