Naval arms talks shadowed by French plan at conference
Washington dispatches report the naval committee of fifteen debating the French and Italian naval ratio with little chance of quick progress. France proposed a post Jutland fleet of ten ships totaling 370,000 tons, prompting objections from Hughes Balfour and Italian Senator Schanzer. President Harding and Senator Reed voiced cautious interpretations of the four power treaty, while Japan’s security appears non threatening to the mainland Asia. New York advisory council of baseball met to consider policy ahead of big league actions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Washington
Naval Committee
France
Naval
Hughes
Arthur Balfour
Schanzer
Italy
State Department
Senate
James A. Reed
Missouri
Borah
Reed
Japan
Australia
New Zealand
Asia
Kato
New York
Advisory Council of Baseball
Allies express surprise over German reparations request
Paris reports the Allied Reparations Commission refused to consider Germany's plea for time extensions on January and February payments until Berlin specifies exact payment capability, desired delays, foreign exchange details, and guarantees. The note publicizes the commission’s surprise at Germany failing to supply precise figures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Paris
Allied Reparations Commission
Germany
Commission
Berlin
Ouachita Parish to Begin 100 Miles of Roads After Bond Sale
Ouachita Parish Police Jury announced receipt of 1 015 million dollars from Sultherlin Barry & Co of New Orleans for Ouachita road bonds. Bonds sold in October, money now in banks, with plans to start highway construction after January 1. Highway engineer C A Daigie to take over January 1. surveys to take four months. First project runs west from West Monroe to Lincoln parish line via Calhoun and Laouisian Agriculture Station as part of the Dixie Overland highway, with state and federal aid.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ouachita Parish
Sutherlin, Barry & Co
New Orleans
Ouachita Road
John M. Breard
Parish
Breard
C. A. Daigre
Ouachita
Daigie
Claiborne Parish
Homer
Haynesville
West Monroe
Lincoln Parish
Laouisiang
Calhoun
Monroe gas field survey shows huge open flow capacity
The Monroe gas field across Ouachita Morehouse and Union parishes houses eighty producing wells with an open flow capacity of 768,053,000 cubic feet. Ouachita leads with 486,024,000 cu ft from 47 wells, Morehouse has 209,785,000 cu ft from 24 wells, and Union has 72,244,060 cu ft from 9 wells. The field has expanded by about 38 square miles to 250 total, driven by Walbridge of New York and Morris of Dallas, who drilled ten wells in Morehouse, six gasers and four dry holes. H C Morris trustee's Crossett No 1 in Morehouse leads at 33,000,000 cu ft, with Weddle No 1 in Ouachita at 28,000,000 cu ft and Florsheim No 1 in Ouachita at 26,572,000 cu ft. Morris trust and Walbridge plans extend toward the Arkansas line. (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE).
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Monroe
Ouachita
Morehouse
Union Parishes
Ouachita Parish
Morehouse Parish
Union Parish
H. J0. Walbridge
New York
H.G. Morris
Dallas
Texas
H. C. Morris
Louisiana
Crossett No. 1
Department of Conservation
Ouachita Natural Gas and Oil Company
Weddle
H. C. Morris, Trustee
Walbridge & Co
Walbridge and Morris
Arkansas-Louisiana
Morris
Arkansas Line
Christmas Plea Urges Monroe to Aid Goodfellows Fund
A call to action in Monroe urges donations to the Goodfellows Christmas fund amid stark poverty among the city's vulnerable. The piece invokes childhood memories and warns that many children face malnutrition and heartache without timely generosity from the community. It stresses urgent need as receivers outnumber prior years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Goodfellows Fund
Ouachita
Heaven
Author of Wall Streets Bomb Plot Taken in Warsaw
Washington reports Wolfe Lindenfeld, linked to the Wall Street bomb blast of Sept 16, 1920, has been arrested in Warsaw. Burns says Lindenfeld is key to the case, not implicated himself, but connected to radical rings and the moving force behind the plot. Lindenfeld allegedly confessed and named ring leaders.
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Wall Streets
Warsaw
Associated Press
Washington
Wolfe Cindenfeld
Wall Street
William J. Burns
Department of Justice
Bureau of Investigation
Lindenfeld
Department
Burns
Third International
Justice Department
Silvester Cosgrove
Europe
Secret Service
Wolfe Lindenfeld
William Linde
Arrest of Wolfe Lindenfeld in Warsaw tied to Wall Street plot
Washington reports Wolfe Lindenfeld arrested in Warsaw on suspicion of complicity in the Wall Street bomb plot. William J. Burns says the story is correct and that a cable from Warsaw is awaited before details can be discussed. Agents have long regarded Lindenfeld as connected to the case.
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Washington
Warsaw
Wolfe Lindenfeld
Wall Street
William J. Burns
Bureau of Investigation
Department of Justice
Burns
Lindenfelg
Monroe Visited by Mrs Gessell Promoting Spring Course
Mrs Mary Sue Gessell of Baton Rouge district home demonstration agent plans a spring short course and encampment in Monroe for Northeastern Louisiana parishes youth. She aims to gather boys and girls from five or six parishes for a week of instruction and outings. She arrived from Lake Providence where plans were made for two agents one white and one negro. Appointments start January 1. H C Smith of Baton Rouge agriculture department assists Mrs Jewell McQuiller in establishing school gardens at Drew Claiborne Cypress Swartz and Fairbanks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Sue Gessell
Baton Rouge
North Louisiana
Monroe
Louisiana
H. C. Smith
Department of Agriculture
Jewell McQuiller
Ouachita
Drew, Claiborne
Cypress
Swartz
Fairbanks
Mr. Smith
Efforts to Interest Boys in State Older Boys Conference
The third State Older Boys Conference is planned for February 10 1922 likely in Alexandria. A K Jones of the State YMCA reports 20 Hi Y clubs five college student associations six industrial groups and six employed boys brotherhoods in the state. Last year 430 interviews with older boys yielded 90 discoveries of Christian callings. The Baton Rouge first Hi Y conference was held recently with boys electing officers and directing sessions. The program aims to raise character with clean speech habits athletics and scholarship, bolster school spirit, retain students and recruit dropouts, and curb crudeness in sport. The Lake Charles conference preceded this with 214 attendees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alexandria
A. K. Jones
Young Men's Christian Association
Monroe
Baton Rouge
Lake Charles
Decision in China Grove Church Case Blocks Dooley
Judge Fred M. Odom of Monroe ruled for the China Grove Baptist Church colored, enjoining G. C. Dooley from interfering with church property and dispossessing the congregation. The association said Dooley fenced the yard and stored lumber in the church. Dooley claimed to have purchased the property with five acres from Loudon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred M. Odom
Sixth District Court
Monroe
China Grove Baptist Church
G. C. Dooley
Dooley
China Grove’ Association
Manila Dispatch Tells of Losses From Tidal Wave
Manila report details a tidal wave on November 26 that drowned over 250 natives and overwhelmed two towns. Thousands of livestock perished and a vast rice crop was destroyed in the affected region, with information from the constabulary headquarters.
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Manila
Constabulary
Weather Forecast Tonight and Sunday
Tonight expect fair skies and a drop in temperature with a biting chill. Sunday remains fair but continued cold with brisk winds and frost likely overnight in rural areas.
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Tinin
Frances
Harding
White House
Orleans
West Virginia Oil and Gas Company
Florsheim No. 1
the Goodfellows
Goodfellows
Ali
Fife
Helf
Santa Claus
Radicals
United States
Mrs. Gessell
China Grove
American Legion
City Hall
Weaks Supply Co
Genasco
L. W. Gresham Mattress Factory
Lamkin
Wexler
Cleveland’s Garage
Calvert Auto Company
Central Tire & Service Company
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