Italian grocer battles intruder in midnight axe duel
Tony Cerrero owner of a Jackson and Carolina streets grocery in Monroe fights a black intruder who enters via a window armed with an axe. The grocer defeats the assailant with “cave-man” tactics after bites and blows, the axe being Cerrero's own. A bloodhound trail ends without capture.
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Antonio Cerrero
Jackson Street
Tony Cerrero
Jackson
Carolina
Atkins
Monroe
Cerrero
Cerrero Place
Childer
Newtown
Sugar Brothers Wholesale Grocery Robbery Overnight
Sugar Brothers wholesale grocery was robbed last night. The store opened this morning to find cans of coffee, cigars, and assorted goods piled by the door toward the railroad. No clue to the thief. bloodhounds traced a trail along the railroad to the river and a boat crossing, with indications the same burglar may have struck other nearby targets.
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Sugar Brothers Wholesale
Third Street
River Front
Pellagra Deaths Rise in the South Reported by AP
Washington reports 5000 deaths and 100 0 pellagra cases this year per Associated Press. A White House statement accompanies news that the Public Health Service says South food shortages have reached famine proportions in a scientific, restricted sense.
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Associated Press
Washington
Public Health Service
South
Cincinnati Nurse Pleads Not Guilty to Indictment
Olivia one a Cincinnati nurse held for shooting and killing Ellis G. Kinkead former chairman of Cincinnati pleaded not guilty to first degree murder as court assigns counsel for defense. Henry Cabot Lodge named to the American delegation at the disarmament conference. Lloyd George comments on the allied supreme council meeting in House of Commons.
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New York
Olivia One
Cincinnati
Ellis G. Kinkead
Crnsy
Washington
Henry Cabot Lodge
Girman
Senate
London
Lloyd George
House of Commons
Allied Supreme Council
Stormy caucus in house scraps revision plan
In a stormy session Republicans altered the administration tax bill delaying repeal of excess profits and higher income surcharges to January 1 1922 and delaying the corporate tax rise. Democrats plan to file minority reports as the measure moves to the Ways and Means Committee.
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Associated Press
Washington
House
Ways and Means Committee
Fordney
Ways and Means
Representative Mann
Illinois
Frear
Stafford
Wisconsin
Mann
Mendell
Mondell
Defense fights murder charges in Kennedy slaying
In Los Angeles defense lawyers prepare for trial as authorities pursue new evidence. A pawnshop buyer identifies a shotgun stock recovered from the scene and plans to meet Arthur C. Burch to tie him to the gun sale.
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Los Angeles
Madalynne Obenchain
Arthur C. Burch
J. Belton Kennedy
Burch
U S Unemployment Estimates Reach Five Million
Secretary of Labor Davis told the Senate that current estimates show five million seven hundred thirty five thousand people unemployed in the United States, in reply to a resolution seeking figures.
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Washington
United States
Davis
Senate
Ireland Moves Toward Freedom Amid Dail Eireann Session
Reports from London Belfast and Dublin describe Irish military recalls from leave in Aldershot and Ireland as precautionary. In Dublin Eamonn De Valera reaffirms demand for separation from Britain and says he will report on Lloyd George negotiations, citing the Mercier principle against external authority and tying aims to American independence ideals.
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Associated Press
Dublin
Dail Eirrean
Eamonn de Valera
Ireland
Great Britain
Dial Eirrean
de Valera
Lloyd George
England
Cardinal Mercier
Belgium
Germany
Transcontinental Oil to Suspend Work at Chess Wymond and Spencer Wells
The Transcontinental Oil Company orders a halt to operations at its Chess-Wymond well in eastern Ouachita parish and the Spencer well near Spencer in Union parish. The wells began nine or ten months ago in an effort to discover oil in eastern Louisiana.
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Transcontinental Oil Company
Chess-Wymond
Ouachita Parish
Spencer
Union Parish
An Ane
Revival underway at Piniel Baptist Church near West Monroe
Piniel Baptist Church three miles west of West Monroe holds a revival led by Rev. J. W. Thompson. Large attendance reported Monday night. Pastor Rev. J. W. Satterfield. Frank Masling of First Baptist Monroe serves as Sunday school superintendent.
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Piniel Baptist Church
West Monroe
J. W. Thompson
J. W. Satterfield
Frank Masling
First Baptist Church
Monroe
Negro Baptists Hold Session Across Parishes
The Louisiana Tenth District Baptist Association met at Zion Traveler's Church in Monroe with attendees from Ouachita Union Morehouse Caldwell Richland West Carroll and Madison parishes. The week long session is led by president G. D. Fowler of Winnsboro.
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Louisiana Tenth District Baptist Association
Zion Traveler's Church
Monroe
Ouachita
Union
Morehouse
Caldwell
Richland
West Carroll
Madison Parishes
G. D. Fowler
Winnsboro
Arnett Drilling Wins Fourth Well Contract in Morehouse Parish
Morris trustee representing eastern interests awards to Arnett Drilling a contract to drill a fourth gas well in Morehouse Parish five miles from Dean in the parish northwest area. The project aims to pipe natural gas from the Morehouse field to southern cities.
Monroe Plans Greatest Labor Day Celebration
Monroe Labor Council leaders announce a plan for a grand Labor Day parade and events to surpass previous years. J. L. Singhal says the celebration is for all workers and urges merchants and business people to participate with parade floats and public support.
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Monroe Crafts Plan
Mourse
Men of Labor
J. L. Singhal
Monroe Labor Council
Labor Council
Mr. Singhal
Monroe
Uniform Plans to Stop Auto Speeding Considered
Police juries in several Northeastern Louisiana parishes study a uniform ordinance to curb speeding outside towns amid recent serious accidents. Heavy fines for speeds over thirty mph are proposed in areas lacking speeding laws. Officials say parishes must cooperate. Inspector Robert E. Heap of Monroe also backs a uniform auto law for parishes and states.
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Louisiana
Robert E. Heap
Monroe
Georgia mob invasion sparks extradition questions
Greenville reports Governor Cooper vows surprise if Georgia demands apology after South Carolinians attacked Fox and Gappins over the Brazell killing. Berlin says loan talks fail. Mississippi trains resume Mobile Shreveport service under a regional agreement. Judge Hammond warns governors over jail assault. governor offers to extradite mob members to Georgia if names are provided.
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Greenville
S. C
Cooper
Georgia
Fox
Gappins
William Brazell
Atlanta
Hammond
Augusta
Hardwick
Richmond County
South Carolina
Senate panel declines McAdoo as rail funding bill expert
The Senate Interstate Commerce Committee voted 7 to 3 not to summon William G. McAdoo, former director general of railroads, to provide expert testimony on the administration's railroad funding bill.
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Washington
Senate Interstate Commerce Committee
William G. McAdoo
Hidden treasure legends draw gunfire near Monroe Ouachita River
Sheriff Arthur Grant reports treasure hunters on the Ouachita south of Monroe fired on by Black residents near the old Alexander barn. Deputies found a shovel and a long iron rod, with witnesses recalling treasures buried by pirates as talk of hidden gold spreads from Monroe to Riverton.
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Captain Kidd
LaFitte
Monroe
Arthur Grant
L. P. Alexander
D. L. Roper
Roper
Joe Hanna
Alexander Barn
Columbia
Ouachita
Riverton
Ouachita River
Flow of Salt Water From Union Well Reined In
J D O'Brien president of Homer El Dorado Oil Co capped the Clark well in Union parish halting 10000 to 15000 barrels of salt water daily entering North Louisiana streams. An injunction in Fourth District court ordered the company to stop the flow but enforcement failed until O'Brien acted to stop it, protecting fish from mass death.
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Union
J. D. O'Brien
Homer el Dorado Oil Company
Clark Weil
Union Parish
Louisiana
Fourth District
Homer-El Dorado Oil Company
O’brien
Prophits Crackers-Jacks Set Fall Games in Jackson
Monroe baseball manager Harry Prophit announces Mississippi state league matches with Jackson in Jackson September 6 7 and 8 4 and 5 games. Monroe to host Lake Charles in Monroe August 18 19 20 21. dates reflect a busy fall schedule.
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Jackson
Monroe
Harry Prophit
Mississippi
Lake Charles
Drilling Record Set In North Louisiana Gas Field
Al Dunn of Sid Simmons Drilling Company Monroe completed the Ladel No. 8 well in the North Louisiana gas field in twenty five days from start to finish. The region has over a hundred wells. most took three to eight months. Lade No. 3 reached 2160 feet in Ouachita parish section 16 19 5.
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al Dunn
Sid Simmons Drilling Company
Monroe
North Louisiana
Louisiana
Ladel Oil Properties, Incorporated
Lade No. 3
Ouachita Parish
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