Twin Cities Banquet Advances Civic Unity in Monroe West Monroe
A January banquet at the Williams building in West Monroe drew 125 business and professional leaders. Speakers from the Chamber of Commerce and city offices urged industrial cooperation, electric and gas advantages, and a shared future, with plans for a cross river bridge and regional unity.
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Williams
West Monroe
Monroe
Virgil C.pettie
Chamber of Commerce
Wiliams
West Side
J.h.jordan
W. Perkins
C. C. Bell
Browning
Thos. C. Newton
Sterlington
Owachita
Morehouse
Bernstein
Old Trenton
W. R. Mitchell
Fred Thatcher
Donald F. Walker
Chamber of Commerce of
Louisiana criticizes Texas highway actions amid Pontchartrain dispute
Huey P Long, head of Louisiana Public Service Commission, attacks Texas Ferguson administration while defending Louisiana ability to build a free Lake Pontchartrain bridge. He notes the Watson Williams contract and opposes paying for it, urging state-led bridge projects.
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Shreveport
A. P
Louisiana
Pa” Ferguson
Texas
Huey P.long
Louisiana Public Service Commission
Long
Watson-Williams Lake Pontchartrain
Supreme Court
Public Service Commission
Ferguson
Conservation Commission
Highway Commission
Fuqua-Sanders
Watson-Williams
Watson Williams Syndicate
Lake Pontchartrain
Milner
West End
Manceville
New Orleans
Mandeville
Standard Oil Louisiana Grads Gasoline Prices
Effective at 7 this morning Standard Oil Company of Louisiana posts a half cent per gallon rise on gasoline across its territory including Louisiana Tennessee and Arkansas The new retail price is 181 2 cents and 1512 cents for tank wagon deliveries.
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Shreveport
A. P
Standard Oil Company of Louisiana
Louisiana
Tennessee
Arkansas
Doughty No. One Extends Urania Field
Doughty No. 1 in La Salle field shows potential production of about 100 barrels per day. The well extends the field roughly three and a quarter miles southwest of the initial area, with casing at 1504 feet and completion at 1510 feet. Oil casing shows strong initial flow, attracting oil men from Monroe Alexandria Winnfield and other points.
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R. H. Brooks
Urania
LaSalle
Cleve Love
Doughty
Beckman-Freeman
Doughty No. 1
Monroe
Alexandria
Winnfield
Inventor seeks 60 million in patent damage suit
Reynald A. Fessenden, noted inventor with 38 radio patents, files in federal court for 60 million dollars against eight corporations he says formed a monopoly and infringed his patent rights. He claims damages of 20 million with potential triple recovery under federal law.
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Boston
A. P
Reynald A. Fessenden
Fessenden
General Electric Company
Radio Corporation of America
American Telephone and Telegraph Company
Western Electric Company, Inc
The
United Fruit Company
Wireless Specialty Apparatus Company
Westinghouse Electric Manufacturing Company
United Radio Telegraph Company
Imprisoned Miner Tragedy At Cardinal Tunnel Boulder
Between 40 and 45 workers are trapped in the Cardinal Tunnel near Boulder Colorado after a fire at the Fairview Mining company operation. Rescue teams rushed to the scene as officials fear unconscious miners due to heavy smoke and lack of breathing gear.
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Boulder
Colo
A. P
Cardinal Tunnel
Fairview Mining Company
River and Red River Gauge Readings Reported
River stages across Mississippi and Red rivers show fluctuations with Memphis at 18.1 feet and 0.2 fall, Vicksburg 30.8 feet and 0.6 fall, New Orleans 9.2 feet and 0.2 rise. Red reads Shreveport 10.0 steady, Alexandria 10.6 fall 0.4, Ouachita Camden 10.0 fall 0.2, Monroe 28.4 fall 1.5, Ohio Cairo 24.1 fall 0.7.
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Mississippi
Memphis
Vicksburg
New Orleans
RED
Shreveport
Alexandria
Ouachita
Camden
Monroe
Ohio
Cairo
Men of L. S. U. Debate Co ed Smoking Opinion Controversy
At Louisiana State University a campus survey in the Reveille shows men students divided over whether coeds should smoke. Cadets voice varied opinions from opposition and humor to concerns about public impression and feminine charm.
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Baton Rouge
A. P
Louisiana State University
Reveille
L. S&s U
Joseph
O. K
Bryn Mawr
Romeo
Juliet
Hellespont
Roberson Seeks Governor Clemency in Murder Case
Howard Roberson, condemned for the Adolph Epstein murder in Ouachita parish, awaits clemency after Governor Fuqua signed his death warrant. Roberson hopes for a commutation as his subsequent appeals and a pardon board review unfold, while he remains housed in Caddo jail during the process.
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Shreveport
A. P
Howard Roberson
Adolph Epstein
Ouachita Parish
Roberson
Fuqua
Board of Pardons
Caddo
Moine
Supreme Court
Attack of Lion Is Fatal to Circus Man
ADA Okla Dec 4 E Y Stephens circus employee in winter quarters died last night after a lion attacked him. He pressed against the cage bars and the animal seized his head and arm drawing wounds from which he died of loss of blood.
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Ada, Okla
A. P
E. Y. Stephens
Stephens
Gulf, Mobile and Northern Declares 4 1 4 Percent Dividend
Directors declare a dividend of 4 1 4 percent on preferred stock with 3 4 of one percent as adjustment to the six percent rate due January 1 1926. Payment reduces accumulation on the issue to 20 percent.
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New York
A. P
Gulf, Mobile & Northern Railroad Company
Commissioner Denies Union Carbon Gas Quota Increase
Conservation Commissioner V K Irion refused Union Carbon Company's request for a larger daily gas allotment for carbon black production. He warned a reduction is likely and emphasized cutting gas use while protecting Monroe field investors. A G Treadgold and H W Engstrom pressed the case. H W Bell attended. Union Carbon is the Monroe gas fields' second largest operator.
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New Orleans
V. K. Irion
Union Carbon Company
Monroe Field
A. G. Treadgold
H. W. Engstrom
Conservation Department
H. W. Bell
Shreveport
The
Conservation Commission
Monroe Gas Fields
Denial in Shenandoah crash case by Col Hall
Colonel Hall, aboard the Shenandoah during the disaster, disputed Col Mitchell's claim that gas cell expansion destroyed the airship. He testified the ship's destruction resulted from the storm’s dynamic force, and parachutes would have been useless. He also said hydrogen inflation would have likely killed everyone aboard.
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Washington
A. P
William Mitchell
Mitchell
C. G. Hall
Hall
Shenandoah
Jury Frees Snelling Son. Father Held on Bond
Winnfield La Dec 4 after 28 hours the jury acquitted John W Snelling Jr of murder in Walter Meyers slaying and hung on Preston Snelling The elder Snelling faced possible manslaughter conviction with bond set at 4000 by Judge F E Jones prosecutors urged acquittal for the son and conviction for the father.
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Winnfield
A. P
John W. Snelling
Preston Snelling
Walter Meyers
Snelling
F. E. Jones
Harry Fuller
Julius T. Long
Shreveport
Kip's Case Goes To Jury In Annullment Suit
White Plains N Y December 4 The suit for annulment of marriage brought by Leonard Rhinelander against his wife Alice Beatrice Jones went to the jury shortly before noon. The jury must answer seven questions guiding the judge to grant or deny the annulment with a possible interlocutory decree pending final review. Both sides felt confident as the case went to the jury.
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White Plains
N. Y
A. P
Leonard Kip Rhinelander
Alice Beatrice Jones
Morschauser
West Chester County Supreme Court
LSU Picks Popular Co Eds In Campus Contest
Miss Myrtle Searle of Amite is named prettiest co ed and Miss Elizabeth McGuire of Mon Toe wins several top honors in LSU’s annual Reveille Gumbo popularity contest. Norman Stevens, Roger Richardson and Felix Schepis earn multiple distinctions.
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Baton Rouge
A. P
Myrtle Searle
Amite
Louisiana State University
George Hatelier
Clinton
Reveille
Elizabeth McGuire
Mon- Toe
Norman Stevens
Picayune
H. Daggett
Dorothy Comegys
Shreveport
Roger Richardson
Felix Sehepis
Columbia
Mary Marston
William D. Cotton
Fred C. Frey
Whiskey Haul Seized Near Bradenton Florida
A liquor seizure near Bradenton Florida valued at about $30,000 followed a capture of a train of liquor cars and trucks. U S immigration officials reported the seizure today in Tampa.
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Florida
Tampa
Fla
A. P
Bradentown
Fla. i
United States Immigration Office
Donations to Yuletide Fund Lag in 1925 Appeal
The Good Fellow fund receives only 55 cents today as donations trail last year. The News-Star urges early contributions from the public and business houses to push the total past the hundred dollar mark for Christmas relief. Pastal entries show donors including Mr. and Mrs. J Bloch and others, with recipients awaiting help.
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Santa Claus
News-Star
North Second Street
Bloch
W. E. McDonald
L. A. McDaniel
C. E. McDaniel
Agate David Agnew Bubb
A. Rustin and Son
St Louis Banker Sees Monroe as Industrial Hub
E R Slocum, St Louis banker and Liberty Central Trust Co official, writes from Monroe praising the Ouachita river site for factories and cheap hydro power. He notes Louisiana Pulp and Paper and Sterlington power plant as signs of a growing industrial base and lauds the new Hotel Virginia as a catalyst for regional growth and visitation.
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Monroe
E. R. Slocum
St. Louis
Liberty Central Trust Company
Slocum
Ouachita River
New Orleans
Louisiana Pulp and Paper Company
Sterlington
Virginia
Louisiana
Tornado Hits Yazoo City Killing Two and Razing Homes
A Yazoo City tornado swept in from the northwest early today, killing two women and injuring more than twenty, with fifty homes demolished and property losses exceeding a quarter of a million dollars. Telephones and telegraph lines were knocked out, hindering rescue work as hospitals filled with the injured.
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Yazoo City
Miss
A. P
C. H. Williams
John Sharp Williams
The
Red Cross
R. G. Thornton
Yazon City
Jackson
Paducah
Kuttawa
Former Vermont Senator Carroll Page Dies at 82
Hyde Park Vermont December 4 Former United States Senator Carroll S Page dies at his home in his eighty second year after paralysis struck November 24 He had served as governor from 1890 to 1892 and as senator for two full terms and part of Proctor's unexpired term before retiring in 1923
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Hyde Park
A. P
United States
Carroll S. Page
Vermont
Page
Proctor
Husky Stowaways Break Handcuffs at State Capital
Two Austrian stowaways, former flying officers in the Austrian army, arrived in Baton Rouge aboard the Amsterdam and broke their steel shackles with bare hands late Wednesday night. They fought guards, were recaptured by Standard Oil refinery watchmen, and departed yesterday for Rio de Janeiro in strong man handcuffs supplied by U S immigration authorities.
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Baton Rouge
A. P
Jack London
Amsterdam
Standard Il Company
Rio de Janeiro
U. S
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Twin Cities
Unity For Civic Progress
Tex
Austin
State Textbook Commission
American Book Company of
Cincinnati
Millany A. Ferguson
Dan Moody
American Book Company
Text Book Commission
James E. Ferguson
State Highway Commission
Frank W. Lanham
Joe Burkett
Hal Mosely
Dallas
John Cage
Stephenville
la Salle
Boulder, Colo
Col. Hall
Snelling, JR
Kip
M’guire
Yuletide Fund
E. L. Slocum
Manu Ars
Kentucky
HUSKY
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