State and National Leaders Meet in Jonesville on Flood Control
At a Jonesville convention more than 3,000 residents gather to back flood control along the Mississippi and tributaries. Louisiana leaders elect Judge John Dale president and plan further steps at a Commercial Hotel session while speakers including Jos F E Ransdall Edwin Broussard and Riley J Wilson address the crowd.
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Jonesville
Riley J. Wilson
Jos. E. Ransdall
John Dale
Monroe News-Star
Louisiana Flood Control Association
Mississippi
Methodist
Commercial Hotel
Vidalia
Tom Flood
J. B. Fain
John M. Parker
Edwin 38. Broussard
L. E. Hall
Thomas Gilbert
Don Caffery
Louisiana
Ouachita
Black
Red
Atchafalaya
Catahoula
Franklin
Concordia
Tensas
LaSalle
Rapides
Avoyelles
Wilson argues flood control by river separation and more levees
Representative Riley J. Wilson told a Jonesville flood control convention that keeping the Mississippi within its channel by extending levees and separating the Red and Atchafalaya rivers is the sole solution. He warned against levee abandonment and reviewed prevailing theories, urging continuation of established methods.
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Wilson
Riley J. Wilson
Jonesville
Mississippi River
Red
Atchafalaya
Mississippi
Gulf
Watson Spends Night in Jail Before Address
Thomas E. Watson, Democratic senatorial candidate in Georgia, spent the night in Buford jail on liquor possession and public indecency charges. Sheriff Shadburn said he refused to leave but would be released to speak later today after allegedly causing a disturbance at a Buford hotel.
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Associated Press
Atlanta
Thomas E. Watson
Georgia
Buford
Shadburn
Watson
Louisian a Training Institute gets new four year board
Governor Parker names J Arthur Smith Frank J Masling and Rev FE Means all Monroe men to the Institute's board of trustees to serve four years. The current trustees from Monroe C E Faulk S M McReynolds resigning member Henry Hardiner of Urania left unfilled. Board to meet soon for organization. Bids for Lapine teacherage rejected. board aims to build five room home for rural teachers next term. Plans progress for two Jackson parish teacherages at 15000 and a Simsboro high school building at 60000 with two stories 50 by 75 feet. construction to start in sixty days.
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Iana Training Institute
Masling
Henry Hardiner
Urania
Lapine
Ouachita Parish
Parish Board of Education
T. O. Brown
Brown
J. W. Smith
Jackson Parish
Smith
Simsboro
Lincoln Parish
Major Jr Buys Monroe Lot In River Side Heights
L. L. Lieber sold to R. F E. Major Jr. lot four, block two, River side Heights addition, Monroe. The price was $1,000. Senator Hiram Johnson will tour the eastern states for Senator Harding's candidacy, announced from Republican national committee headquarters in San Francisco.
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L. L. Lieber
R. F E. Major Jr
Riverside Heights
Monroe
San Francisco
Hiram Johnson
Harding
Republican National Committee
Weather Forecast Tonight and Friday Cloudy
The forecast calls for likely cloudy skies tonight and Friday. Temperatures remain mild with light winds and no precipitation indicated.
Drowning of Ananias Brown Found Near Monroe Plant
The body of Ananias Brown a negro employed by the Monroe Plumbing Company on Grand Street was recovered from the Ouachita river back of the Faulk grocery store this morning. He disappeared Tuesday afternoon after possibly falling from a house boat near the river and his death is ruled accidental drowning.
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Ananias Brown
Monroe Plumbing Company
Grand Street
Ouachita River
Faulk
L. J. Cosper
Cosper
Ananias
Fierce fighting reported near Warsaw region
London reports continued heavy combat around Warsaw and Novo Georgievsk near the confluence of the Vistula and Bug rivers. The Crimean sector engagements are described as ongoing with indecisive results in the Soviet government statement from Moscow.
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Lenine
Pilsudski
Novo Georgievsk
Vistula
Bug
London
Warsaw
Moscow
Russians Flee Front as Poles Advance Between Vistula and Bug
Warsaw reports Russian soviet forces retreating in disorder along the front between the Vistula and Bug rivers while Polish troops press forward with extraordinary success, according to an official statement.
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Associated Press
Warsaw
Brest- Litovsk
Bug River
Vistula
Bug Rivers
Polish Successes On Many Fronts Reported
Polish successes reported from Warsaw on August 18 include gains across multiple fronts. Military actions and strategic advances are described as creating momentum for Polish forces and signaling resilience amid ongoing operations.
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Warsaw
Associated Press
Fowler outlines plans for Arkansas Louisiana & Missouri Railway
Rotarian E. Jack Selig chaired a Rotary luncheon as R B Fowler general manager of the Arkansas Louisiana and Missouri Railway spoke. He spoke of the road’s actions since its 1902 organization and Midland Railway takeover and pledged to foster a closer, productive relationship with Monroe to boost local business and community welfare.
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Fowler
A. & L. M. Railway
E. Jack Selig
E. K. Means
Abe Arent
G. T. Cross
Rotary
Selig
Leon Hammonds
J. N. Knowles
R. B. Fowler
The
Arkansas, Louisiana and Missouri Railroad
Arkansas & Louisiana Missouri Railway
Arkansas & Louisiana Midland Railway
Monroe
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Matthew Adams
By Morris
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Seeaking Georgian
Parker
Louisiana Training School
J. Ar
Thur Smith
Frank J. Masling
Rev
FE. K. Means
Louis
Parish
R. E. Major, JR
West Monroe
Poland
Rev. Harmon R
Holcomb
Will
First Baptist Church
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