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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 15, 1920
Page
1
City commission reports the Forsythe Park electric light and power plant near ready for limited service. The plant will supply street lighting and municipal power while full citywide delivery remains weeks away and early operations may face equipment challenges.
Vienna reports indicate rising tension between Romania and Soviet Russia over Bessarabia. A Vienna dispatch notes warnings of imminent war and Romania adopting measures signaling conflict. Reports also mention a military dictatorship taking hold in parts of Czecho Slovakia with proletariat rule in other districts and ongoing clashes causing casualties.
W E Clarke Frank Masling John Munholtland and others sold property and machinery valued at 19500 dollars to Bell of West Monroe. The sale included two acres along the east line of the Monroe and Southwestern railway right of way and one point three acres on a city block in Factory addition West Monroe.
Washington reports Ruth Russell, who studied Irish conditions for the Chicago Daily News, told the one hundred commission hearings that Ulster mill owners foster religious differences to hinder worker organization. The testimony came as the hearing opened amid a frosty Thursday evening.
The Goodfellows Club appeals for help to ensure a Christmas for the Jones brood living on an obscure street in a poverty stricken part of Monroe. The family includes John Alexander Jones, a former laborer who earned well but saved little due to a large family. Readers are urged to provide gifts and support to bring Christmas joy to the children, highlighting the community’s duty to the needy.
Ouachita grand jury organized in city Monday may report tomorrow afternoon though not certain. Deliberations lasted nearly a week at last session. The present jury shares members with last session and could map out work to file a report to Judge Fred M. Odom sooner. Minor civil suits before Judge Odom are continued with cases set for December 14 to 16.
The West Side board of mayor and aldermen created a building inspector position at the last regular meeting to enforce the building ordinance and ensure future structures conform. Fines for permit violations range from ten to fifty dollars and could include a 10 to 30 day jail term. Postmaster J T Bryant, head of Louisiana postmasters, praised Senator Moses for a December 7 bill to classify fourth class postmasters’ salaries and allow rents when equipment is provided. a Louisiana convention previously approved a similar resolution. Bryant heads a committee to lobby the Postmaster General for compensation of duties.
Northeastern Louisiana residents woke to a loud explosion believed to be a meteor strike near Oak Grove in West Carroll Parish. Bank officials and locals rushed to the bank at 9:80 p.m. but found no damage or robbery indications, ending the scare.
Nominated candidates for the constitutional convention were officially elected yesterday in Ouachita parish and the district of Rus ton Tallulah and J D B D Barksdale. The vote was light as this was a formality and congestion at polls in the primary spurred calls for more polling places and a ward division plan.
Meyer Brothers Limited leases the Meyer Brothers warehouse at the Gramment Grand intersection for five years at 7500 dollars. Dr E G Calvert leases Martine Blacksmith shop lot in West Monroe to West Monroe Realty Company for three years starting January 1 540. West Monroe Realty Company leases the property by Gresham for three years at 1260 dollars.
Telegrapher station agents and other employees of the Mexican National Railways have ordered an immediate general strike. The move is feared to paralyze all lines as workers walk out.
Floyd Blakeney sold eighty acres of land in 29 16N 8E to A. D. Bamburg for $825. The deed records show the transaction completed between the parties.
Harley L. Williams a Baton Rouge poultry specialist is expected to give a demonstration in Log Town tomorrow at 2 o clock assisted by Mrs Jewell McQuiller Monroe home demonstration agent. Steps will be taken to organize a poultry association for Ouachita parish while he is there.
Washington December 15 the Senate finance committee opened hearings on a bill to provide veteran compensation. A delegation from the American Legion was invited to testify, following passage of the measure in the House last spring.
More than 600 writs of garnishment were served on Mississippi fire insurance companies by the state revenue agent demanding penalties totaling nearly 1 million dollars. Major underwriters warned the actions may force withdrawal of all in-state insurers within 48 hours.
New York December 15 The clash between the Clothing Manufacturers Association and the Amalgamated Clothing Workers union peaks as the piece work schedule is instituted in all member shops. Pickets guard entrances but no disorders are reported. Union claims the schedule is effectively a lockout.
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