Monroe Senator Hood to push Volstead act enforcement bill
Senator T. L. Hood of Monroe will introduce at the special September session a measure requiring city and parish officials across Louisiana to enforce the Volstead act. The bill would grant local law officers the same powers as government agents and mandate cooperation with authorities, aiming to curb liquor law violations. Hood expects broad backing statewide, noting regional splits but confidence in passage.
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Monroe
T. L. Hood
Louisiana
Hood
Senator Hood
South
Local Citizen Invents Novel Coin Saving Bank
A. H. Sweet a former lumber man and Phillip Forsehler a New Orleans truck maker form the Sweet-Forsehler Savings Bank Company to produce a glass savings bank using a pneumatic pump to open the bottom. The Lancaster Ohio plant builds banks with a mechanism ensuring funds release only with banker approval. Sweet expects strong demand, claiming capacity of about a thousand banks daily.
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A. HH. Sweet
Logtown
Phillip Forsehler
New Orleans
Sweet-Forsehler Savings Bank Company
Savings Bank
Sweet
Daugherty to Seek Debs Pardon Recommendations
Washington report says Attorney General Daugherty completed a set of pardon recommendations for Eugene V. Debs based on a case study. Officials would not discuss the content, despite weeks of circulating word that a pardon recommendation might be sent to the president.
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Daugherty
Eugene Debs
Ecommendations
Washington
Eugene V. Debs
Lloyd George Signals Room To Move On Ireland Talks
London reports Lloyd GeorgeReply to De Valera outlines willingness to concede ground on contentious points but rejects full independence. Premier urges Dublin to return for parley while warning delays could end the truce and threaten negotiations. The British offer remains the basis for a dominion status settlement.
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London
Lloyd George
de Valera
Ireland
Dai Ireanh
Dublin
Georgia Republican leader Henry Lincoln Johnson suffers stroke
A Washington dispatch to the Savannah Press reports Henry Lincoln Johnson, a Georgia negro Republican national committeeman, has had a stroke of paralysis and is in serious condition.
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Savannah
Washington
Henry Lincoln Johnson
Georgia
Disorder in Morehouse as Gill associate ordered out
Pomeroy Willis of Mer Rouge improves after being ambushed while patching a tire on the Mer Rouge Bastrop road. Dean, alleged partner of Winston Gill, is ordered from Morehouse parish by citizens and agrees to leave. Gill is under bond for Willis shooting. another victim, Harry Scarborough, from Farmerville, also improves after being shot at a wedding near Newcomb's home. Details from the Met Rouge Democrat recount Willis’s repairs after a blowout, the drive to Bastrop, a rear-aimed shot through the car seat, and Willis being taken to Monroe for treatment. Gill allegedly claimed about the shooting, sheriff notified, and Gill jailed in Bastrop. The Gill family resides near Graball, with the mother in South Carolina.
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Pomeroy Willis
Mer Rouge
Bastrop
Dean
Winston Gill
Morehouse
Gill
Harry Scarborough
Farmerville
Newcomb
Scarborough
St. Francis Sanitarium
Willis
Met Rouge Democrat
Evans’ Hill
Hill Place
Met Rouge
FE. M. Clark
Clark
Dr. McKoin
Mr. Kirkpatrick
Monroe
Four masked bandits rob Morgantown payroll
In Morgantown West Virginia four masked bandits held up a paymaster and escaped with a $28,000 payroll in a bold daylight robbery.
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Morgantown
W. Va
Hardtner Elected President Of Arkansas Louisiana Tourists Way
Henry E Hardtner of Urania was elected president of the Arkansas Louisiana Tourists Way Association. J A Bennett became vice president and S M Collins secretary treasurer. A delegation to the Lakes and Gulf Coast Highway Convention at Poplar Bluff Missouri was authorized with Hardtner named as delegate and chairman.
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Henry FE. Hardtner
Urania
Arkansas- Louisiana Tourists Way Association
Monroe Chamber of Commerce
J. A. Bennet
Dermott
Ark
3. M. Collins
Hardiner
the Lakes and Gulf Coast Highway Association
Poplar Bluff
Little Rock
Monroe
Alexandria
Gulf
W. D. Trotter
R. R. Rice
Warner, Ark
J. A. Davenport
Mer Rouge
W. V. Taylor
Olla
A. W. Johnson
Clarks
E. P. Remley
H. E Cook
D. P. Terry
Simon Bloom
M. E. Sherland
J. A. Christian
M. Collins
Henry E. Hardtner
J. A. Bennett
S. M. Collins
Taylor
Lakes and Gulf Coast Highway Association
Missouri
Arkansas
Louisiana
E. P. Toney
Lake Village
Lake Charles
Beaumont
Houston
Texas
Association
J. B. Foster
8. M. Collins
Walnut Street Paving Move Gains Petition Support
More than sixty percent of Walnut Street property owners sign a petition urging the city to proceed with paving on a mutual payment basis. Samuel Kaplan chairs the committee with Monroe Chamber of Commerce and city officials backing action. Mayor Bernstein hopeful paving can start in sixty to ninety days and notes broader grouping could lower costs by including nearby streets.
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City Commission Council
Walnut Street
Samuel Kaplan
Monroe Chamber of Commerce
Bernstein
America to withdraw Rhine troops soon after ratification
President Harding indicated the administration has decided to withdraw American forces from the Rhine as soon as the separate peace treaty with Germany is ratified. Berlin and Paris reports note business ties and treaty text, while Constantinople weighs resuming U S relations.
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Associated Press
Washington
Rhine
United States
Germany
Berlin
Paris
Briand
France
Harding
Dairying Gains Momentum at Calhoun Station Meeting
A North Louisiana Agricultural Society gathering at Calhoun spurred dairying in Northeastern Louisiana. speakers from LSU and local agents highlighted dairy as a money crop, routes for cream collection, and the benefits of silos, feeds, rotation, and pasture projects to build a regional dairy center.
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Calhoun
North Louisiana Agricultural Society
Louisiana
N. D. Cain
C. E. Woolman
Baton Rouge
L. C. Calloway
Louisiana State University
H. H. Parrish
Ruston
J. B. Anthony
Shreveport
B. M. Jackson
Monroe
T. H. Melliken
Bastrop
Charles Schultz
T. S. Watson
University
Wollman
South
H. H. Parish
Lincoln Parish
Ruston Creamery
Judge Schultz
T. H. Milliken
T. I. Watson
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Constantinople
Weaks Supply CO
Louisiana Parish
Woolman
Wexler’s
J. B. Phillips
West Monroe
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