Price of Spud Boycott Shocks New England Households
New England housewives protest high potato prices with a boycott as potatoes rise to 75 90 cents a peck. A Boston dealer predicts a possible ten dollar per dag level. investigations are launched by Massachusetts officials while farmers in Aroostook Maine defend their crops and costs amid shortages and debt.
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Boston
New England
Eugene C. Hultman
Massachussetts Necessaries of Life Commission
Boston and Maine Railroad
Aroostook
Maine
United States
Ten Billion Franc Loan Flotation Proposed in France
Industrialists from Lille Roubaix and Tourcoing propose a ten billion franc loan guaranteed by a ten percent levy on business turnover of major French industries. The plan aims to establish an autonomous amortization fund under government control and has impressed President Doumergue and Prime Minister Briand. A tobacco monopoly capitalization bill of twenty five billion francs is being introduced in the Chamber of Deputies as a socialist measure backed by Vincent Auriol.
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Paris
A. P
France
Lille Roubaix
Tourcoing
Doumergue
Briand
Doumer
Chamber of Deputies
Vincent Auriol
Turkish anger as Mosul decision shocks Ankara cabinet
The League of Nations council awarded Mosul to Iraq, under British mandate, provoking consternation in Turkey. President Mustapha Kemal Pasha chaired a late night cabinet session in Angora with the full staff to review the implications as Turkish public opinion denounces League subservience to Britain.
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OPLE
A. P
League of Nations Council
Mosul
Irak
Turkey
Angora
Mustaph Kemal Pasha
League
Great Britain
Local LPI Fraternity delegates recap at Ruston meeting
Levi M. Davis and Henry Hooter reported on the national Alpha Lambda Tau convention in Atlanta November 26 to 29. The Ruston chapter lists active members and pledges, notes a census ginning increase in Lincoln Parish, and records city happenings including a fire, travel news, and illness of Rev. Mark A. Price.
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News-Star
Ruston
Levi M. Davis
Henry Hooter
Alpha Lambda Tau
Atlanta
Major Prey S
Prince
Louisiana To Store Record Sweet Potatoes This Year
Louisiana estimates a crop average enough to store about 250000 bushels of sweet potatoes, up from 100000 last year. Parishes St Martin and St Landry hold nearly 150000 bushels in storage while M Hull of LSU surveys Rapides Beauregard Allen and Vernon parishes. Louisiana had normal yields this year after a poor 1924 due to drought. Danish bacon packing has 46 of 58 plants cooperative with 168000 members.
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Baton Rouge
Louisiana
M. Hull
Louisiana State University Extension Division
St. Martin
St. Landry
Hull
Rapides
Beauregard
Allén and Vernon Parishes
Union of German Metal Workers Leads Metal Industry
One of the world’s largest unions, the Union of German Metal Workers, represents workers involved in mining and manufacturing metals across Germany. The union plays a pivotal role in shaping labor standards and industrial policy within the sector.
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The
Union of German Metal Workers
Germany
Little Chapel Planned at Louisiana Baptist Children’s Home
Plans move forward for a new artistic chapel at the Louisiana Baptist Children's Home in Monroe to serve 170 resident children. A special Morehouse Ouachita Baptist association meeting is set for 2 PM at the local church to decide on building erection and 1926 plans.
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Monroe
Louisiana Baptist Children’s Home
Daddy” Flowers
First Baptist Church
Morehouse-Ouachita Baptist Association
Delegates Meet in Stockholm for Second I FCCTE Congress
Delegates from 16 countries representing 42 organizations and about 800000 members gathered in Stockholm for the International Federation of Commercial Clerical and Technical Employees second congress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stockholm
International Federation of Commercial, Clerical and Technical Employes
Death of longtime West Monroe worker Jack Burnett
Jack Burnett died after a three month illness at his home near Brown Paper Mill in West Monroe. Nearly seventy, he had worked fifteen years for E N Faulk firms and previously for E N Paulk Grain. later a warehouseman for Ouachita Flour & Feed Co. Born a slave, he earned the esteem of white and Black communities alike. Ouachita Flour & Feed Co. closed for his funeral Thursday afternoon.
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Jack Burnett
Brown Paper Mill Company
West Monroe
Burnett
E. N .Faulk
E. N. Paulk Grain Company
Ouachita Flour & Feed Co
Monroe
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Britain
Kit AM
Ais
Pesca
Ruston Notes
Bureau of Census
Lincoln Parish
Eugene Liners
East Alabama Avenue
Estelle Tuggle
Music Department
Oklahoma
Lavery Lewis
King-Smith Studio School
Washington, D. C
Walker Riser
Mark A. Price
Denmark
Vicks Orub
RAD
Dr. Phillips
Bell Peppers
R. A. Tiler
Lee Ave
Fuerst & Kraemer
M. L. Wooten
P. O
Hearent Investment Corporation, Inc
Jackson St
Ouachita Abstract & Title Guarantee CO. Ltd
Grand St. Inc
McCaleb & Reed Real Estate & Gen’l Insurance
Old Central Savings Blaz
OMIA
Lai
Beautiful Bugs
Windsor
Columbia Records
DeSiard
Monroe, la
Cudahy
Cudahy Packing Co
U.S.A
HY Yan
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