Enthusiasm at Meet of Junior Chamber of Commerce
The junior board of the Chamber of Commerce held a meeting with President Claude Harrison presiding. Albert Horuff urged industrial growth, zoning, and toll removal on the bridge during rush hours, with Mayor Bernstein signaling zoning as a future focus.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. C
the Chamber of Commerce
Claude Harrison
Albert Horuff
Getter Board
Twin Cities
Commission
Horuff
Bernstein
Eby
West Monroe
Kiwanis Club
Ciighest
Meyer Bernstein
Sych
Kiwanis
Sct
Chamber of Commerce
Brown Paper Mill
Chamber
Bhy
W. Davis
Sam Newsom
McKenzie
BR. D. Sisson
W. C. Oliver
Sam Neweam
Ed Pastor
G. de Wise
Woc
Oliver
Weavis
C.F. McRenie
RD. Sisson
Albert Marx
Fifteen-Pound Moccasin Killed on Benson Farm
Merritt Landrum, of the Benson farm south of Monroe, killed a moccasin weighing about fifteen pounds after a field hoeing incident. A bystander Negro worker struck the snake as it reared toward him. Landrum then attacked with a bee and killed it.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. P. Benson
Merritt Landrum
Benson Place
Monroe
Mr. Landrum
Kilpatrick Secures First 1929 Cotton Bale at 30 Cents
A. Kilpatrick for Standard Office Supply bought the first Ouachita parish bale of 1929 at 30 cents a pound. The sale, conducted by Abe Arent at Central Savings Bank lobby, raised about 255 dollars to grower BF. J. White with premium subscriptions totaling 246.50 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. &. Kilpatrick
Standard Office Supply Company
Ouachita Parish
BF. J. White
Ward 7
Abe Arent
Central Savings Bank and Trust Company
Kilpatrick
White
Standard Gin Company
Sander Berry
Ouachita Bank
W. L. Morris
Brownlee Treilor Company
W. L. Ethrite
Ritchie Grover Company
Monroe Grover Company
Monroe Grocer Company
Motor Supply Company
T. J. Brennan
Upachita Coca, Cola Company
Trousdale Printing Company
Meeting Focuses on Rhineland Saar Reparations Issues
Delegates to an important conference dedicate efforts to private tasks on problems in the Rhineland and the Saar valley, and the distribution of reparations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ence
Rhineland
Saar Valley
S. P. Lewis 76 Still Popular as Song Leader
West Monroe resident S P Lewis 76 a longtime revival song leader conducts singing at Liberty church on Calhoun road with Rev C R Newton from Texas Also slated to sing at Spencer August 11 with Rev W P Carter and Rev B Gates He then leads services at Haile August 18 to 24 and at Rocky Branch Baptist the following Sunday Lewis longtime choir leader active in Salem Baptist Downsville and local singing conventions He remains in high demand each revival season.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
S. P. Lewis
West Monroe
Liberty Church
Calhoun Road
C. R. Newton
Newton County
Texas
Lewis
Spencer
W. P. Carter
Junction City
B. €. Gates
Haile
Rocky Branch Baptist Church
Salem Baptist Church
Downsville
Mauretania Sets New Time But Trails Bremen Record
The Cunard liner Mauretania completed the Cherbourg to New York crossing in 4 days 23 hours 34 minutes, beating its own record by 3 hours 34 minutes but finishing 45 hours 8 minutes behind the Bremen record. The ship passed Ambrose lightship at 16 52 a m today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Asealated
New York
Ambrose
Ucherbourg
Bremen
Socialist Party foes mourn death of Mr Berger
The man praised for honesty and public service died after a streetcar accident on July 19. He suffered a basal skull fracture and other injuries and never regained consciousness. An inquest will be held early tomorrow morning with three physicians attending.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berger
Mr. Berger
Snook Trial Details Fight Over Aborting Departure
The account recalls Dr. Snook leaving town to visit his mother in Lebanon Ohio where a confrontation with a girl escalated. He claims she attacked him and he grabbed a hammer from behind the car seat as he says he heard threats and grabbed for a purse. Police later found a hammer and knife at his home after he washed them.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lebanon
Ohio
Seyfert
Commission order cites cross border claims and a dramatic confession
The report details testimony before a commission with officials from Canada and the United States as key agents. It covers a violent confession about multiple blows to a girl, possible throat cutting, and discrepancies with the state over the truth. It also notes a maritime pursuit involving the schooner under Canadian registry and later talks of a large gas powered investment in Louisiana.
Farmer Slain as She Shields Face in Fatal Shooting
The report details a fatal shooting where a farmer was struck in the left arm shielding her face and a second shot hit her in the left side. A nearby resident, Young Andrews, retrieved a shotgun from his porch and fired as Simmons turned his weapon on himself, apparently attempting suicide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Young Andrews
Simmons
Andrews
J. W. Payne
Natchitoches
Bond
Fragmented Crime Details From Early Report
Eyewitness testimony describes a knife found in a car after a fatal shooting. Bloodstained clothing linked to the victim and a note suggesting murder and suicide. Suspect Andrew arrested. wife hospitalized with non fatal wounds. Weather and crop notes follow with cotton ginning figures and boll weevil concerns for several states.
Cotton Prospects Highlight Louisiana Gas Field and Kraft Plants
The report notes the South and particularly Louisiana near Monroe as the world’s core for gas, Kraft pulp, carbon black, and gasoline production. It cites state-by-state crop figures, an indicated yield of 159.8 pounds per harvested acre, and mentions current crop progress being later than last year but near the five‑year belt average with regional differences.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louisiana
Mississippi
Georgia
Oklahoma
Arkansas
Monroe
United States
Sterlington
Couch
Crop Reporting Board
Trolley Accident Witnesses To Be Summoned
Next week the motorman of the trolley that struck the former congressman and all witnesses to the accident are to be summoned.
Infant Girl Victim in Collision Near Tendall Station
A crash west of Tendall station injures a Cameron family member and leads to the arrest of Osborn and a Cox woman. The infant victim was buried today in Delhi as the Camerons continue toward Beaumont.
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Chme
Tendall Station
Osborn
Sid
Cameron
Sevier
Charles McKay Place
Waverly
Cox
Delhi
Beaumont
Toms River
Stowaway Mor ris Roth Lands in Navy Brig
A Tren ton New Jersey plumber's apprentice with big ideas about stowaways appears aboard a ship. He is landed in the navy brig after a careful search confirms another youth nearby was frightened away. Four hundred blue clad sailors are involved in the unfolding routine.
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Trenton
N. J
Brig
Morris Roth
Navy
Graf Zeppelin Sets World Flight From Berlin Hangar
The Graf Zeppelin rolled from the hangar with 22 aboard headed for a world circumnavigation. Dr Eckener, soon to be 60, led a jubilant crew as the airship skirted Times Square and embarked toward a route via Siberia to Tokyo Los Angeles and across the United States. Passengers include Lady Grace Drummond Hay, Sir George Hubert Wilkins and Nelson Morris with others uncertain until departure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr. Eckener
Berlin
Graf
Times Square
New York
New Foundland
Great Circle
Germany
Cape Race
N. F
Eckener
Siberia
Friedrichshafen
Siberian
Tokyo
Los Angeles
Pacific
United States
Lady Grace Drummond Hay
Sir George Hubert Wilkins
Nelson Morris
Chicago
Atlantic
H. A. Godfrey
Brooklyn
M. Cooper
J. Fennimore Cooper
Joachim Rickard
Boston
Duke Professor to Represent U S at Geography Institute
Prof J Fred Rippy of Duke University will be a United States delegate to the Pan American institute of geography and history in Mexico City. Lieut James H Doolittle and Lieut Harry A Sutton received the distinguished flying cross for test flight work. Sir Robert Baden Powell titled baron for developing the Boy Scout movement at its twenty first jamboree. C O Moser of Dallas heads the American Institute of Cooperation for the National Chamber of Agricultural Cooperatives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. Fred Rippy
Duke University
Durham
N. C
United States
Pan-American Institute of Geography and History
Mexico City
Lieut
James H. Doolittle
Harry A. Sutton
Distinguished Flying
Robert Baden-Powell
Boy Scout Movement
C. O. Moser
Dallas
Tex
The
American Institute of Cooperation
National Chamber
Giants Acquire Wallie Brush From Tampa Club
Wallie Brush the pitcher from the Tampa Southeastern association club was sold to the New York Giants for 12500 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wallie Brush
Tampa Southeastern Association
New York Giants
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Hague
Mauretania
Socialist Party
SNOOK
Great Britain
Gulf
Coast Guard
Wolcott
Dexter
John T. Randall
Outlook
Washington, Aug
Manufacturers Record
New Mexico
Arizona
California
States
Leppelin
China
Associated Press
of Agricultural Cooperatives
Peiping
Yen Haishan
Shansi
Chiang Kaishek
Marshal Chang
Manchuria
H. W
Bunny) Austin
J. S. O'Duff
Big Ten
America
Austin
Alten Rhein
Lake Constance
Giants
William Mayo
Charles Mayo
Rochester, Minn
University of Manchester
England
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