Poland braces as Warsaw front tightens around Soviet forces
Associated Press reports say Polish forces trap Soviet units on the northern front between Prussia and the Vistula, bottling up escape routes and taking many prisoners. Paris dispatch notes Germans seize Danzig piers blocking Polish supplies. Weygand warns Poland may become grave for three quarters of Bolshevik troops.
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Associated Press
Warsaw
Prussia
Vistula River
Paris
Danzig
Poland
The
Matin
Weygand
Russian Soviet Prisoners Captured in Polish Counteroffensive
Paris reports 75900 Soviet prisoners taken in the Polish counter-offensive, according to Warsaw advisories to the French foreign office.
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Paris
Warsaw
Polish Forces Seek To Trap Soviet Armies In Poland
Warsaw reports Polish troops attempt to cut off four Russian soviet armies retreating toward German territory. Soviet cavalry is driven from Soldau and the North Vistula region between Thorn and Plock. Washington cautions Poland not to push beyond ethnographic boundaries during the offensive.
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Warsaw
Soldau
Vistula
Thorn
Plock
Washington
Poland
Roosevelt in California on West Tour
President Franklin D Roosevelt speaks in California during a west tour delivering two addresses. He will depart tonight for Fresno to continue the schedule and speaking engagements.
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San Francis
Franklin D Roosevelt
California
West
Fresno
Foreigners to be freed in Mexico amid kidnap case
Washington reports Mexican foreign office announces urgent steps to secure the release of kidnapped foreigners including Americans seized at Cuale Jalisco by bandits led by Zamora, following an informal embassy communication from Mexico City.
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Associated Press
Washington
Mexico City
Cuale Jalisco
Zamora
Dr Faulk's Car Stolen From St Ann's Alley Saturday
Dr Robert W Faulk reports his Ford missing from St Ann's Alley after leaving it around six o clock Saturday afternoon and returning about seven thirty to find it gone. Police investigate. Tarver notes he recovered several stolen cars last week.
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Robert W Faulk
St Ann's Alley
Faulkin
Tarver
Columbia Department Store Falls Under Bankrupt Court Control
Special to Monroe News-Star reports the Columbia Department Store now lies in the bankrupt court after a receiver, with creditors to meet soon to elect a trustee. Asset value listed at 14 589.26 against liabilities over 26 000.00.
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Monroe News-Star
Columbia
Columbia Department Store
Wnear
Transcontinental Oil Company
Caldwell Parish
Death of B K Finker at Local Home in Monroe
B K Finker assistant city secretary treasurer and tax collector died at his home 1814 Jackson street after a two month illness. Funeral at family residence 10 tomorrow morning. He was 59 years old born January 27 1861. A respected figure in Monroe municipal affairs, he served as tax collector and alderman and was appointed to his final post by the mayor and city commissioners. He had long been a member of the city school board and was a native of Morehouse parish.
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B. K. Finker
Jackson Street
Plaker
Fluker
Monroe
P. A. Pong
Forsythe
Flaker
Apgar
Mr. Flaker
Morehouse Parish
Oak Ridge
Cupid Slump Dampens Ouachita Marriage Licenses
Cupid is not at full duty in Ouachita parish as marriage licenses come in sporadically. Clerk of Court Pat Hamilton notes the number is about half the usual daily average, prompting questions about Cupid’s effectiveness this season.
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Cupid
Ouachita Parish
Pat” Hamilton
Powers Returns from Western Trip to Monroe
L. A. Powers, Monroe grocer, returned yesterday from an extensive trip to California and other western states. He also visited Mexico with his family, after about two months away from Monroe.
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L. A. Powers
Monroe
California
Mexico
Real Estate Transactions Drive West Monroe Market
Jd F Garner and others sold to J E Campbell lots 1 2 and 3 in square 10 of Thomas E Flournoy addition West Monroe for 1500 cash. Mrs Henrietta Bass acting by sheriff sold to J C Liner and Joseph P Parker a lot fronting 1a feet on South Grand Street near Monroe steam laundry on the east bank of Ouachita River for 2000 cash.
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Jd. F. Garner
Als
J. E. Campbell
Thomas E. Flournoy
West Monroe
Henrietta Bass
J. C. Liner
Joseph P. Parker
South Grand Street
Monroe
Ouachita River
Democrats urged to fund Cox Roosevelt campaign in Louisiana
The News-Star calls on North Louisiana Democrats to donate to the Cox Roosevelt national campaign fund. It notes Republicans may raise about 30 million from “special interests” and urges every voter to contribute, with emphasis on modest gifts from many and larger gifts as needed.
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News-Star
Louisiana
L. B. Hicks
National Committee
John M. Parker
Cox
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Babies Exhibit At Elks Club In Decatur Health Event
The Better Babies contest opened at the Elks Club under the Red Cross public health department. Ten babies were examined by physicians and recorded for parents. Officials from New Orleans and local chapter aides assisted with weights measurements and notes. Examinations continue through Wednesday with white children today and tomorrow and Negro children on Wednesday. Examinations also planned for Swartz Calhoun Mt. Vernon and Logtown.
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RED Cross
Alpha
Allen
Monroe
Swartz
Calhoun
Mt. Vernon
Logtown
Public Health Department
Elks Club
Cole Alpha
New Orleans
Josephine McNally
Mary Allen
Alice Gaines
Bartha Bennett
Jessie Rogers
Engineer Walter G Kirkpatrick Returns After Illness
Consulting engineer Walter G Kirkpatrick resumes work at his office after several days of malaria fever. He reports extreme weakness but is optimistic about overcoming the malarial attack and returning to labors soon.
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Consultings
Walter G. Kirkpatrick
Mr. Kirkpatrick
Injunction Moves on Tennessee Ratification Measure
In Nashville on August 23 a temporary injunction bars Governor, Secretary of State, and legislative leaders from certifying ratification to Washington. Chief Clerks Carter and Green are named defendants. A Decatur address urges mass meetings to decide Tennessee’s stance while anti ratification teams begin a state tour.
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Nashville
Tennessee House
Walker
Carter
Green
Senate
Housee
House
Washington
Tenessee
Windsor hosts huge race meet with $100000 added money
Windsor Ont August 21 racing resumed under the Windsor Jockey Club with one hundred thousand dollars in added money distributed over seven days to the participating horsemen.
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Windsor
Ont
Windsor Jockey Club
Cox Ordered to Testify on G O P Campaign Expenses
Chicago August 23 Will Hays and George White chairmen of the Republican and Democratic national committees, plus treasurers of each committee and campaign units, were ordered by wire to appear before the senate committee investigating campaign expenditures next Monday. The panel urged Governor Cox to come or send a representative to present evidence supporting charges that Republicans are amassing a 15 million dollar campaign fund.
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Chicago
Will Hays
George White
Senate
Cox
Carbon Black Freight Rate Hike Proposed by Lines
Carbon manufacturers in Ouachita moved to protest a proposed 10 cents per 100 pounds rate increase on carload carbon black from Monroe. The surcharge, added to a 35 percent general rise, faces a Monroe Chamber of Commerce protest hearing soon with H J Fernandes presenting the manufacturers' arguments.
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Ouachita
F. A. Leland
Southewestern Freght Committee
St. Louis
Monroe
Trafic Department
Monroe Chamber of Commerce
H. J. Fernandes
Trasi
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