President Isolated for Belgian Debt Talks and Walks
President Coolidge met with Secretary Mellon and Senator Smoot to discuss terms for refunding Belgium's debt to the United States as negotiations resume in Washington. Dispatches from Brussels report Belgian anger at the conference and warnings of possible parliamentary action if talks fail.
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Coolidge
United States
Mellon
Smoot
Utah
Plymouth
A. P
American Debt Commission
Belgium
Ain
Washington
Congress
Wabley
Brussels
Shou
Albert
Paris
Wilson
Secret Service
Mr. Coolidge
Messer Hill
White Mountains
Theodora Roosevelt
Rock Creek Park
American War Debt Funding Commission
Belge
Vingtieme Siecle
France
4 United
Front
Micie
America
Colora
National Guard Officers And Men Go To Camp
National guard officers and men from Ruston Monroe and the nearby area travel by Missouri Pacific train to Beauregard near Alexandria for a two week encampment. A large crowd gathered at the station as the unit departed with bands playing and a mix of somber and festive mood. The Service company left earlier to prepare the camp, with Company G members and medical detachment joining, plus the 156th Infantry band.
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Beauregard
Alexandria
National Guard
Ruston
Monroe
Missouri Pacific
156Th Infantry Band
J. F. Rolleigh
J. R. Humb
William Rodriguy
Miles
George Trousdale
Elmer Richards
George Wright
W. W. Cooper
31 Division
Training Starts for 156th Infantry at Camp Beauregard
In Alexandria Louisiana the 156th Infantry National Guard held two weeks of hard training at Camp Beauregard with 51 commissioned officers and 800 enlisted soldiers. Brigadier General L A Toombs commands the unit as the training begins.
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Alexandria
A. P
156Th Infantry
Louisiana National Guard
Camp Beauregard
Here
L. A. Toombs
Zeigin No. 2 flowing heads await beam big
Urania No. 2 at 19-10-2E flows oil this morning after a tubing mishap with 500 feet of 2 1/2 inch tubing slipping. stockholders moved to source new tubing. Urania Petroleum Co No. 8 spudded. Zeigin et al No. 2, 3 rig work ongoing. Cleve Love Tremont No. 2 and Doughty No. 1 progressing. several new locations planned this week amid optimism.
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R. H. Brooks
Urania
Rowe- Wallace
Zeicin Eal
Urania No. 2
Rowe-Wallace
Severe storms pound Richland Parish with hail and wind
Special to the News-Star reports three days of heavy rain wind and hail in Richland Parish. In the northeast around Epps winds blew down trees and damaged buildings including a school house. In the west between Girard and Crew Lake hail caused thousands of dollars in crop losses.
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News-Star
Rayville
Richland Parish
Epps
Girard
Crew Lake
Prohibition Chiefs Gather for National Enforcement Conference
Washington awaits as all state and divisional chiefs in continental U S prepare to attend a high level conference to launch a decentralization driven enforcement program. Assistant Secretary Andrews closes preliminary talks with regional administrators and lists attendees from Illinois Utah Florida Texas and more.
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Washington
A. P
Continental
United States
Hicher
Hawaii
Alaska
Porto Rico
Andrews
The
Treasury
Mr. Andrews
Benjamin BE. Ewing
Illinois
L. F. DeHart
Missouri
J. E. Richards
Utah
M. F. Meadows
Oklahoma
A. L. Allen
Florida
William A. Smith
Tennessee
E. C. Potter
Massachusetts
M. H. Daily
Mississippi
Conference to tighten border smuggling controls with Canada
United States and Canadian representatives plan a joint conference in Washington to agree on identical border regulations for their agents. Assistant Secretary Andrews of the Treasury will lead the American delegation. Date to be set. The rules aim to implement the treaty signed June 6.
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Washington
A. P
United States
Andrews
The
Treasury
Prohibition Probe in New Orleans Seeks Major Crackdown
Federal grand jury considers cases of alleged law violations as D D Jackson reports from Washington that officials will continue the dry campaign on the Gulf Coast. Liquor seized in raids valued at about 1 250 000 dollars. trials due to begin before Judge W I Grubb.
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New Orleans
A. P
D. Jackson
Washington, D. C
Louisiana
Lincoln C. Andrews
the Treasury
Mr. Jackson
Gulf Coast
Washington
Grand Jury
W.I. Grubb
Motorist Hurt on Dixie Highway Shortly after Departure from Monroe
A Ford touring car carrying J. E. King and family from Lecompte to Jackson Miss. ran off the Dixie Overland highway near Holly Ridge. King and family members were injured though none seriously. A second Ford sedan near Delhi overturned injuring its occupants, with one driver sustaining a broken arm.
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News-Star
Rayville
J. E. King
Jackson
Miss
Holly Ridge
Delhi
Jmoat
Hazlehurst
The Pearl Headed Pin By Roy Vickers
Easter afternoon mood in a London flat as Colonel Hallett and his wife discuss house renovations. The dialogue reveals tensions about style and memory, with hints of personal desire and past promises shaping their calm, genteel life.
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Colonel Hallett
Hallett
Hunt Slayer Pal of Maie Theft Chief
George Anderson alias Dutch, a mail robber and ally of Gerald Chapman, is being hunted for the murder of Ben and Mrs Hance after the couple informed on Chapman. Police report tips place him near a farmhouse between Muncie and Hartford City, but he remains at large. A coroner's inquest is postponed to aid the manhunt. Anderson and Charles Wolfe were named by Hance in a dying statement. Wolfe is jailed on $100,000 bond.
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Muncie
Ind
A. P
George
Dutch) Anderson
Gerald Chapman
Ben Hance
Chapman
Anderson
Atlanta Federal Penitentiary
Hances
New York
Hartford City
Hance
James Skelly
New Britain, Conn
Connecticut
Charles F
Wolfe
Wartford City
Bayou Desiard Improvement Committee Set To Organize
A Bayou DeSiard improvement meeting is called tonight at 7 PM in the Chamber of Commerce rooms to complete organization under the current plans. The steering committee includes Theo Terzia Mayor Arnold Bernstein Will Atkinson D A Breard J H Trousdale J W Pope J J Potts Dr Herbert Cole Dr F C Bennett and Clarence Faulk. Letters of support from former governor J Y Sanders arrived endorsing aid to the effort and favoring the plan for action. Attendance is urged for decisive policy formation at the session.
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Bayou DeSiard
Chamber of Commerce
Theo Terzia
Arnold Bernstein
Will Atkinson
D. A. Breard
J. H. Trousdale
The
J. W. Pope
Izaak Walton League
J. J. Potts
Herbert Cole
F. C. Bennett
Clarence Faulk
J. Y. Sanders
Theo, Terzia
Father of Good Roads to Come for Labor Day
Former Louisiana governor J Y Sanders known as the father of good roads will attend the opening celebration of the Monroe Sicard link of the Dixie Overland highway in Monroe on September 7. Local officials and Lone Star route president Henry E Hardiner expect a cooperative parish wide event with labor participation and road improvements nearing completion.
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J. Y. Sanders
Monroe
Monroe-Sicard
Theodore Terzia
Sanders
Ouachita Parish
Calhoun
Louisiana
Henry E. Hardiner
Urania
Riley J. Wilson
Lone Star Highway
Cotton States Error Reported In Parker Record Mixup
The Cotton States League told President Frank A. Scott about an error in Howe News Bureau batting records for Meridian Metros outfielder Wilbur Parker. The tally shows both H Parker and W Parker on Meridian, though only Wilbur Parker has played for Meridian this season.
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Hattiesburg
Miss
A. P
Frank A. Scott
Cotton States League
Howe News Bureau
Wilbur Parker
Meridian Metros
H. Parker
W. Parker
Meridian
Parker
Wilbur
Prohibition Drive Targets New Orleans Resorts and Breweries
In New Orleans and surrounding areas authorities push for grand jury indictments on bootlegging cases tied to Union and Standard Breweries. At Spanish Fort a dry agent was assaulted during a raid and three shots were fired to disperse a crowd. James McBryde, 28, was jailed on assault and resisting a federal officer charges.
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New Orleans
A. P
A. N. Sager
W. B. Andrews
Dity
Union
Standard Breweries
Spanish Fort
James McBryde
Mosquito Survey to Be Made on Gulf Coast
Dr. W V King of the U S public health service announced a Gulf Coast mosquito survey with Louisiana and Mississippi health boards cooperating with the federal effort. The survey will start soon, run for several months, with seaplanes possibly used to locate breeding sites along the coast. King will confer with officials in Mounds, Louisiana before returning to Jackson for further talks.
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Jackson
Miss
A. P
Gulf Coast
Health Boards of
Louisiana and
Mississippi
United States Department of Health
W. V. King
U. S. Public Health Service
F. J. Underwood
State Board of Health
King
Mounds
Sharks Add New Danger for Girl in Channel Swim
Sharks appeared in the English Channel adding risk to Gertrude Ederle’s attempt. Fishermen to Boulogne caught two sharks about six feet long seven miles offshore last night as she prepared to begin tomorrow morning.
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Cape-Gris-Nez
France
A. P
English Channel
Gertrude Ederle
Boulogne
Escaping Youth Taken at Ruston Returned Here
Liberty was brief for Joe Jones alias Filmer Durham a 14 year old who escaped from the city jail between midnight Friday and daylight Saturday. He was recaptured in Ruston and brought back to the city where he is held. He and a colored youth Jack Bennett were found with a stolen Arkansas license car and confessed home in Norphlet near El Dorado. Jones escaped by using a blanket ladder.
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Liberty
Joe Jones
F“lmer Durham
Jack Bennett
Arkansas
Norphlet
el Dorado
Jones
Ruston
Robberies Reported On River Front Sunday Night
Two similar Sunday night burglaries occurred on River Front within hours of each other. Dr J B Vaughn at 2004 River Front lost 100 dollars and a valuable watch while Dr A G McHenry at the L Street corner home lost a keepsake watch and 15 dollars. Police Ham and Detective Tarver investigated.
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J. B. Vaughn
River Front
Ham
L. V. Tarver
A. G. McHenry
L Street
River Stage Reports by Cities and Changes
Mississippi river readings show Vicksburg 7-7 with a 0.6 fall and New Orleans at 1.5 with a fall. Red river readings list Shreveport 10.6 rising 2.4 and Alexandria 8.5 falling 0.3. Ouachita notes Camden 4.2 falling 0.2 and Monroe 18.2 rising 0.2.
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Mississippi
Vicksburg
New Orleans
RED
Shreveport
Alexandria
Ouachita
Camden
Monroe
Judge Saint Denies Fur Charges In Louisiana Case
New Orleans August 17 Judge Percy Saint denied approving fur trapping privileges for Bryan Frere head of Jones Frere Fur Co Frere claimed he was frozen out by Everett and Steinberg Kendall while Everett said no contract reached the state. Saint recounted that a pencil memorandum was made but never presented and Frere did not bid.
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New Orleans
A. P
Louisiana Conervation Department
Bryan Frere
Jones-Frere Fur Company
Washington
WJ. Everett
Percy Saint
Everett
Frere
Steinberg
Kendall
Marsh Island
Russell Sage and
Rockefeller
Bryan
Mr. Everett
Nerdy
Lotop
Bryan Prere
Female wolf added to Forsythe park zoo
City Commissioner Will Atkinson announced the gift of a female wolf now at Forsythe park zoo in Monroe. The donor is Dr. W. D. Anderson of Centreville Mississippi. A female deer was born at the menagerie on Thursday and is thriving. The zoo draws visitors with Sunday afternoon events at Bilsythe park, second only to the salt water aquarium.
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Forsythe Park
Will Atkinson
Monroe
W. D. Anderson
Centreville
Miss
Bilsythe Park
Sheriff Nabs Two Men and Liquor from Parked Car
Two men were taken into custody and two quarts of liquor in pint bottles confiscated this morning from a car parked in the city limits. The men arrested are Mike Murpay and F. S. Maxwell. The arrests were made by the sheriff's office.
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Mike Murpay
F. 5S. Maxwell
Sheriff's Office
The Pearl Headed Pin serial by Roy Vickers
A Blue Ribbon mystery begins in this issue with The Pearl Headed Pin by Roy Vickers. The absorbing tale features ex convicts, society figures, and lively young lovers in a murder driven plot with tangled evidence.
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News-Star
Roy Vickers
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McHenry
Judge Saint
W. J. Everett
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