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Newspaper

Monroe News Star

Location

Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America

Date

Dec 05, 1923

Page

10

Missing Youth Believed Murdered in Mobile Robbery Case

Melvin Brant formerly of Gerland Alabama disappeared November 24 and was found murdered in a marsh near the Louisvile and Nashville tracks. County officials plan to swear out a murder warrant for Leon Layfield 17 Chicago Illinois based on eyewitnesses who identified him with Brantley and a rifle near the marsh. Layfield denies any connection to Brantley or the crime.

Ala Melvin Brant Gerland Seine Turpentine Company Here Surday Louisville Nashville Chickasabogue F. S. Hale Chamberlain Leon Layfield Brantley Layfield South Dearborn Street Chicago Louisville and Brantley Boy Will

Oklahoma House Debates Anti Klan Legislation amid Sigler Expulsion

Oklahoma City reports the state house considers long awaited anti-Klan measures while an expulsion trial of Representative G. H. Sigler of Ardmore proceeds. The trial follows a committee recommendation to expel him on charges related to trafficked executive clemency.

Oklahoma City Okla G. H. Sigler Ardmore Sigler House

Bargain Shoe Sale at Smith Bros and New Mah Jongz At Phoenix

Everett True notes a bargain counter of ladies high top shoes at Smith Bros Ltd with reduced prices. A new game Mah Jongz arrives at Phoenix Drug Store. Also ad urges checking Comforts bedsteads and springs before buying from L. W. Gresham Mattress Factory in West Monroe Louisiana.

Smith Bros., Ltd Mah Jongz Phoenix Drug Store L. W. Gresham Mattress Factory West Monroe

Mississippi Syrup Rate Appeals Heard by Commission

Mississippi dealers ask the state railroad commission to reduce syrup rates as hearings proceed in Jackson. A separate ICC hearing is set for Hattiesburg on the Tatum interests petition for immediate rights to operate the Gulf, Mobile and Northern short line from Bonhomie to Hattiesburg, formerly run by the Mississippi Central Railroad.

Jackson Miss Mississippi State Railroad Commission Mississippi Hattiespurg Interstate Commerce Commission Tatum Gulf, Mobile and Northern Railroad Bonhomie Hattisburg Mississippi Central Railroad

World news brief notes on German Reichstag bill and socialists

Reports from Washington Chicago New York and other places cover a Reichstag bill granting government powers, German American committee awards totaling 1.8 million dollars to Unit ed Shoe Corp, a breach of promise and libel suit settled out of court, a marriage of opera star Ricardo Marlin and actress Jane Grey, and Lt. John A. McReady's altitude record attempt with an improvised supercharger.

Berling Reichstag Dr. Marx Washington United Shoe Corporation Chicago Gordon Thorne Mary Lygoe Follies New York Ricardo Marlin Jane Grey Ieutenant John A. McReady Army Air Service War Department

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