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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 02, 1922
Page
3
The Fox star performs the greatest stunt production as he leaps an automobile over a fifteen foot embankment into the sea and scales a castle front. Inside the castle Tom frees a detained American girl, while desert Bedouins act as jailers. The chase across the structure unfolds with catlike climbs and daring leaps.
Vegetables at Saenger Theatre Tomorrow appear at all growth stages from sprouts to mature plants for William de Mille's Paramount picture Nice People. Filming used a transplant method to show gradual growth between scenes to depict an abandoned farm revived and productive.
West Carroll Farm Bureau gathered in Oak Grove to form a permanent body and discuss many farm issues including a radio station, better Irish seed, cooperative buying and selling of farm products. Officers were elected and an executive committee named. Also noted was the death of Mrs. Laura A. Land aged 75. She will be buried at Midway Cemetery tomorrow.
Miss Sara Herring of Floyd and Mr. Henry Ware Hobbs of Brookhaven were married at the Herring home in Floyd this afternoon at 8:30. The ceremony featured a musical prelude by Margaret Hall and Julia Herring and was officiated by Rev. H. B. Mercer with a double ring rite. The couple, both from prominent Mississippi families, departed for their future together.
Film producer King Victor risked lives to shoot river rapid scenes for Love Never Dies. A handcar raced toward an oncoming passenger train, and the company leapt off just as the locomotive sped by at fifty miles per hour.
The Monroe Automobile and Supply Co. in sixth district is seized under a writ of fi fa and set for auction January 6 1923 at the Monroe court house front steps. Property described as part of Square Four Cotton Mill Addition including land parcels and improvements with cash terms and equity to the highest bidder.
O H Bynum resigns as Cumberland Telephone Co manager in Monros after over four years to join Stovall Drilling Co. Officials express regret at the departure. The vacant post will be filled around the fifth. no successor named yet.
The bridal party traveled along the Gulf Coast for a ceremony on a bridal trip. The bride wore a tailored brown deveron suit with hat and matching accessories.
Emile Vial of Mandeville Louisiana was found guilty by a jury of manslaughter in the killing of Lew Reynolds former Buffalo Bill showman. Reynolds was shot after a dispute over payment for a boat rented from Vial's business.
Federal agents captured a motor boat operated by George P. Morin of New Orleans at Chef Menteur near Lake Borgne. The vessel carried 450 sacks of liquor totaling 2700 quarts. Charges were filed against Morin.
F Mitchell of Welch high school won the State Teachers Association presidency over P G C Rogers of Homer. Paul Habas of New Orleans was named vice president. Executive council for one year includes W B Hatcher and C B Turner. Long term council members are Annie P Bell and J M Smith.
The Union Tank Car Company of New Jersey seeks a temporary injunction in Baton Rouge district court against the East Baton Rouge parish sheriff and the Louisiana tax commission. It challenges a 25 mill rolling stock tax on non residents, contending it violates the U.S. Constitution and equal protection. The action cites Article 10 Section 16 and Act 109 of 1921 as the basis for compulsion to domicile rolling stock and state jurisdiction.
Alexandria, Dec 2. Due to its central location in Louisiana, about 2 000 state teachers at the state convention in Baton Rouge hope to hold their annual meeting in Alexandria if a suitable auditorium is secured. The chamber of commerce reports the invitation extends to Alexandria to host the 1923 gathering.
Governor Parker will travel from New Orleans to White Sulphur Springs West Virginia for a governors conference, then attend the National Rivers and Harbors conference in New York and a flood relief meeting in Washington. He is expected to discuss nationwide action against the Ku Klux Klan and may outline a program for Congress.
At the Near East conference Ismet Pasha and allies prepare to argue that the Kemalist government has ended foreign capitulations under the Constantinople regime. Angora watchers expect a strong nationalist push to show Turkey can govern its customs and finances without Western control or consular courts.
Representatives from First Baptist churches of Monroe and West Monroe and other nearby churches head to Bogalusa for the Louisiana State Baptist convention opening Tuesday. North Louisianians expect a decision on establishing the Louisiana Baptist Orphanage at Monroe.
New Bern North Carolina faced a massive blaze that destroyed over 300 homes and key structures in twenty blocks. More than a thousand residents, mostly Black, were left homeless as fire squads from Kinston Goldsboro Greenville and Washington battled the flames for eleven hours. State troops patrolled the area while the Red Cross aided victims. No fatalities or serious injuries were reported.
Rome dispatch reports it is certain Pope Pius will visit Castel Gandolfo, the Papal Villa by Lake Albano southeast of Rome. The Vatican audience left officials confident in the journey plan and orders for the miny to depart. No pope has visited the villa since 1870.
The New York clearing house banks and trust companies report a five day week deficit in reserve legal requirements totaling 7,472,190 dollars. This marks a week to week decline of 1,090,140 dollars.
Articles of Incorporation filed in Monroe authorize a Keystone Carbon Company with $150000 capital, later capable of $500000, to run carbon and gasoline plants and to explore for oil and gas. The plan includes plants at Phillips Station on the Missouri Pacific rail line in Ouachita parish and a six month construction timeline. Directors are C K Williams, J P Ehrhart, and E G Davies with Williams as president, Ehrhart as vice president, and Davies as secretary.
Chicago announces the International Livestock Exposition and Grain and Hay Show will open for a week with record cattle and sheep entries from across the United States and Canada. Grain displays total 2 200 samples while prize winners from last year return to defend titles. the event includes farm club youth programs and breed association sales.
Paris police arrested fourteen in August street riots tied to the ship workers strike and they were held for trial on rebellion charges. Cases against thirty six others were dismissed.
Weather outlook Washington December 2 reports week starting Monday. East Gulf States expect considerable cloudiness scattered local rains and normal temperatures. West Gulf States forecast generally fall with temperatures near normal.
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