South Side school to add six rooms for next term
City officials move to complete six rooms in the South Side school building to serve about 500 children while the rest of the facility awaits final completion. Ike Davis, Monroe contractor, holds the contract to finish the six rooms and work aims to start the new term on schedule.
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South Side School
Davis
Bernstein
Ike Davis
Monroe Contractor
South Side
Board of Education
Monroe leaders push creamery feed plant and canning factory
Progressive Monroe citizens back a stock firm to establish a creamery with $10,000 capitalization to handle farm outputs. They seek a mixed feed plant and may attract a canning facility to process surplus garden produce and hay, corn, and other crops. A sweet potato storage center is also urged to handle a expected crop surge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monroe
Ouachita Parish
B. M. Jackson
Tax Law Revision Delayed by House Senate Conference
Republican leaders in the Senate finance committee and the House ways and means panel near a tentative accord on modifications to the American valuation plan for duties in the next tariff law. A conference between parties postpones further tax law revisions as work shifts to legislative debates and related measures.
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HOUSE
Senate
Associated Press
Washington
Senate Finance
House Ways and Means Committee
Senate Committee
Senate Finance Committee
Ways and Means Committee
Ouachita River Drought Drops Water Levels Across Northeastern Louisiana
The Ouachita River runs at a low stage for a decade in parts of Northeastern Louisiana with long stretches dry above Monroe. Fishermen report walking across bed crossings where water vanished and boats are unused except in pooled sections. Fish gather in numerous small sloughs along the river as conditions ease for land travel.
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Ouachita River
Louisiana
Monroe
City of Monroe Receives Six Deer for Game Preserve
Herman McGuire, a noted Monroe stockman, donates six deer and rabbits to the city. They will be housed in a park above the Natatorium on a freshwater lake and serve as a nucleus for future wildlife to be raised and kept in the park.
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Monroe
Herman McGuire
E¢ Park
Natato
Rium
Paris Legionnaires Welcome in Paris with Honors
Two hundred fifty American Legion representatives led by Major John C. Emery arrived in Paris and were greeted with military honors and cheers from thousands. In Washington Representative Almon of Alabama told Secretary Weeks Ford’s nitrate plant offer was the sole proposal, with another bid expected next week. Los Angeles prosecutors schedule the Arraignment of Madalynne Obenchain and Arthur C. Burch in the Kennedy murder case. Dublin De Valera’s letter to Lloyd George was delivered yesterday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
American Legion
John C. Emery
Washington
Almon
Alabama
Muscle Shoals
Weeks
Ford
Los Angeles
Madalynne Obenchain
Arthur C. Burch
J. Belton Kennedy
Dublin
de Valera
Lloyd George
Negotiations Continue Amid Unclear Peace Proposals
The text notes the presence of peace proposals that include questions needing answers to move future dealings. It states the proposals do not imply acceptance or rejection and are not expected to break negotiations.
Illiteracy Rates by Parishes With Notable Highs
Census Bureau reports statewide illiteracy among residents over ten in Washington Louisiana and neighboring parishes. St Martin records 53.5 percent illiterate, Tensas 50.9, Orleans 5.9, with 21.9 percent overall and 38.5 percent black illiteracy and 10.5 percent white.
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Washington
Louisiana
St. Martin Parish
Tensas
Orleans
Lion and France American marksmen win team title
Lion and France American marksmen secured the team championship of the world international rifle shooting tournament held here this week.
Masked men abduct El Reno railroad clerk tar and feather victim
El Reno Oklahoma masked men took P P Mathews a railroad mail clerk from his home last night blindfolded and drove him several miles before applying tar and feather and dumping him on a street. Mathews and several others were arrested Saturday for disorderly conduct.
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el Reno
Okla
P. P. Mathews
Matthews
US Sets Plan to Limit War Through Global Talks
Washington invites Great Britain France Italy and Japan to join a disarmament conference to reduce armament costs and ease international tensions. The notes emphasize resolving Far Eastern issues by common consent with possible initial focus on naval arms and broad discussion of armaments. Japan’s acceptance hints at limits on discussing already settled facts, with a conference set to begin November 11.
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Washington
United States
Great Britain
France
Italy
Japan
Coina
Pacific
Far East
State Department
Yap
Shantung
Captain Kilpatrick Sent Home to Mobile from Revel
A cablegram from Captain Emmett Kilpatrick in Revel Esthenia to his brother Dr G C Kilpatrick Mobile says he is strong enough to travel and will reach the United States soon after release from a Soviet prison. He will come to Mobile once he lands in the U S.
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Mobile
Emmett Kilpatrick
Revel
Esthenia
G. C. Kilpatrick
United States
New Orleans Visitor Morris Simms Guests of L S Roberts
New Orleans resident Morris Simms is spending several days in the city as a guest of L S Roberts.
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Morris Simms
New Orleans
L. S. Roberts
Mystery Ship Reported By Coast Guard Officials
Government officers in Virgin Islands report a delayed sighting of a so called mystery ship. The phantom vessel is said to have a black hull and rigging in old style fashion. It reportedly carries a powerful motor boat and a crew of thirty.
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Associated Press
New York
Coast Guard
Virgin Islands
Electric iron starts West Monroe house fire destroys two homes
Fire in the Flournoy addition of West Monroe wiped out the D. Van Zant and B. F. Tatum residences with about 7000 in losses and 4000 in insurance. Firemen fought the blaze amid low water pressure and 1550 feet of hose to a hydrant while the Van Zant home iron caused the fire. J. M. Hopper and Mr. Tatum resided in the affected houses.
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D. van Zant
B. F. Tatum
Flournoy
West Monroe
Tatum
van Zant
J. M. Hopper
Mr. Tatum
Few Land Deals Noted In West Monroe Listings
Ford A. Fines sold lots three and four, block eleven, Flournoy addition, West Monroe to J. N. Knowles for 941.67 dollars. W. Hodge sold an undivided half interest in portions of section 11-17N-1E to Robert O. Randle and Alden T. Shotwell for 500 dollars. Water Power sold forty acres in section 3 17N-2 to E. S. Vawter and W G. Miller for 40 dollars.
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Ford A. Fines
J. N. Knowles
Thomas E. Flournoy
West Monroe
W. Hodge
Robert O. Randle
Alden T. Shotwell
E. S. Vawter
W G. Miller
Dodson School Gets Repair Contract in Winn Parish
J. W. Smith, Monroe architect, wins contract to prepare plans for Dodson school in Winn parish at a cost of 12000 dollars. Heating plant to be installed and remodeling to begin within a few weeks.
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J. W. Smith
Monroe
Dodson
Winn Parish
Timber Rights Sold for 400000 to Arko Lumber
The West Virginia Timber Company sold timber rights on the west side of Bayou La Fourche in Ouachita parish and a half interest in the property to Arko Lumber Company of Monroe for 400000. Arko Lumber plans significant lumber development.
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West Virginia Timber Company
Arko Lumber Company
Monroe
Bayou la Fourche
Ouachita Parish
Russian envoy bars political questions in relief talks
Riga August 12 Maxim Litvinoff special envoy says the Russian Soviet government will oppose turning relief into politics but will assess if holding American prisoners affects feeding millions of children and the terms of relief.
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Riga
Maxim Litvinoff
Miss Mary Eady Returns to Chicago Millinery Shop
Miss Mary S. Eady of Chicago has re joined Miss Alice Henry in her millinery establishment. She was here last season and is welcomed back by friends.
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Mary S. Eady
Chicago
Alice Henry
Miss Eady
Upper Silesian Boundaries Deliberations Drag Allied Powers
Paris August 12 1921 Britain and France move to refer the Upper Silesian dispute to the League of Nations. negotiations between Lloyd George and Briand collapse amid a rift over whether mining regions should belong to Germany or Poland. The deadlock threatens the entente and futures of allied cooperation as Curzon and others stay behind while Lloyd George departs.
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Associated Press
Paris
France
Great Britain
League of Nations
Poland
Germany
Upper Silesia
Supreme Council
Silesian
Lloyd George
London
Maurice Hankey
Briand
Lord Curzon
Count Bonomi
Truck and Train Collision Kills Five in Mississippi
In Shar key county near Anguilla Mississippi a truck with a trailer carrying road workers drove onto a railroad crossing ahead of a northbound Yazoo and Mississippi Valley train. The crash killed five people including two white men and three black workers and injured ten others including one white man and nine black workers.
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Vicksburg
Miss
Charles Brown
Yazoo and
Mississippi Valley
Anguilla
Sharkey County
No Evidence of Foul Play in Miami Woman Death
Miami authorities report no foul play in the death of Maude Gilbert whose body was found on the Miami Canal after a car went into the water. E. F. White, her escort, led investigators to the scene and is expected to be released at the inquest.
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Miami
Associated Press
Fla
Maude Gilbert
Miami Canal
E. F. White
White
Gilbert
Monroe Defeats Lake Charles Before Large Crowd at Park
Monroe defeated Lake Charles yesterday by 16 to 5 as a large weekday crowd watched. Wise made a standout catch in the sixth, while Waller hit a triple and Dillard delivered in the pinch. Vogel started for Monroe and held Lake Charles to two runs after the first two innings, with seven Lake Charles hits and sixteen Monroe hits contributing to the final score.
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Monroe
Lake Charles
Wise
Berger
Waller
Dillard
Gladney
Short
Weigart
Vogel
Csv
Traschal
Stewart
Basil
Miller
Daughtry
Chellette
Duncan
Averette
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University of Pennsylvania
Wood
Philippines
U. S
Dodson School
BIC
Harvey
Council
Poae Herrera
Ss Strain
Fitzgerald
Querry
Rf Duncan
Cf Traschal
C Chellette
Poa Nolan
Rf Waller
Monteville
Tin
J. L. Singhal
Pres. Monroe
Weaks Supply CO
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