France Accepts Hughes Naval Plan at Conference
Washington reports Briand and Harvey indicate France will accept the American proposal for capital ship tonnage. Briand informed American ambassador George Harvey to relay France’s acceptance. A London dispatch said Briand told Harvey France has accepted the Hughes ratios, though submarines were not specified.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harvey
London
Briand
Associated Press
Washington
Hughes
France
George Harvey
American State Department
Paris
Havas
Harvey France
Sarraut
Contests Under Way In Monroe And Ouachita Schools
Schools across Monroe and Ouachita host Christmas Seal contests to sell anti tuberculosis seals. Each grade nominates a candidate who gains a vote for every seal sold. Candidates include Thelma Nicholson John Barr Foster Madeline Ward and others across city parish and west Monroe schools with intergrade and cross-school challenges noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monroe
Ouachita
Thelma Nicholson
John Barr Foster
Madeline Ward
John Stubbs
Marguerite Terrell
Annie Laurie Smith
Fannie Wexler
Mildred Cobb
Eva Haynes
Kate Flannigan
Alice Washburn
Ruel Petagna
Caldwell Recommends Atkinson For State Road Engineer Job
The Cald well parish police jury finance committee seeks the lowest gravel price for surfacing the Columbia Colfax highway and related parish roads. A resolution recommends W. E. Atkinson of Markaville be appointed state highway engineer, praising his prior service and duties. The supreme court affirmed granting superseders in an antitrust suit against fire insurance firms, allowing appeals with a $600,000 bond, implying a $16,000,000 total bond under the ruling.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Caldwell Parish
Columbia-Colfax
Highway Department
State Highway Commission
W. E. Atkinson
Markaville
Atkinson
Jackson, Miss
Supreme Court
Weather Tonight and Tuesday Forecast
Tonight will be mostly cloudy with a chance of rain and warmer temperatures. Tuesday looks cloudy with possible showers and a continued rise in warmth across the area.
Wexler Garage Moves Into Meyer Building in Monroe
Sam Wexler's garage has relocated to the newly built Meyer structure at Grand and Grammont streets in Monroe. The modern facility includes a vulcanizing plant, Bowser gasoline pumps, double drive in service, air stations, and ample storage. The site sits on a $30,000 lot in a growing business district and marks a landmark in Monroe's oil and gas community.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sam Wexler
Soi Meyer
Grand and
Grammont Streets
Louisiana
Wexler
Grand Street
DeSiard Street
Monroe
Oil and Gas
Five Women Held After Suburban Fight Ends Tragedy
Huntsville Alabama December 19 reports say Will Rickett s cafe owner is dead Fred Mauterer son of a merchant is dying and five girls are jailed on murder and assault with intent to murder charges from a suburb house brawl following a gay party with over a dozen attendees police indicate whiskey was freely consumed as evidence was found
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Huntsville
Ala
Will Rickett
Fred Mauterer
Ricketts
Mauterer
Farmer Slashed in Five Points Row
Bay Hatfield a farmer was seriously slashed in the abdomen and side by Alvin Gray a horse trader in Five Points Saturday after a dispute over hay. A warrant for Gray arrest on assault with intent to kill was sworn out in Judge Charles Schulze s court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bay Hatfield
Five Points
Alvin Gray
Gray
Charles Schulze
Hatfield
Hay
Barlow
Gas Project Aims to Reach Rapides in One Year
Alexandria mayor John Foisy announced after meetings in New York with Southern Carbon Co directors that a natural gas piping project from the Ouachita fields to Alexandria will be completed within a year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alexandria
Lay Dees
Ouachita Fields
John Foisy
New York
Southern Carbon Co
Wall Street Guarded After Bomb Plot Arrest In Warsaw
In Warsaw and New York authorities tightened security around Wall Street after Wolfe Lindenfeld alias Lindenfeld was arrested on secret service orders for alleged ties to the 1920 Wall Street bomb. Cosgrove in New York and Warsaw reported a blackout of details as federal agents pursue a wide anarchist plot across major cities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warsaw
Wolfe Lindenfeld
Williame Linde
Secret Service
Wall Street
Sylvester Cosgrove
Department of Justice
Lindenfeld
Associated Press
New York
Stock Exchange
Washington
William Linde
West 40Th Street
New York City
United States
Charles Morgan
Chicago
Wolfe Linde
Ondentary Fires Ravage Ouachita River Valley Areas
Special to Monroe News-Star reports several fires of incendiary origin in Ouachita River valley. Marvin Lively loses a hay barn worth about a thousand dollars after a trail leads to an arsonist who rode away on a horse into a swamp. Ben Lenier’s home and household furnishings burn with Mrs Lenier slightly injured. Lenier lacked insurance. Columbia installs a modern electric light plant. First killing frost arrives as region cools. Roy Banister, son of Henry Banister, recovers after major surgery at St Francis sanitarium Monroe. T. H. Benson of Kelly Louisiana reports home and outbuildings burned last night, cause undetermined.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monroe News-Star
Columbia
Marvin Lively
Ouachita River Valley
J. J. Humble
Lively
Ben Lenier
Ouachita River
Roy Banister
Henry Banister
St. Francis Sanitarium
Monroe
T. H. Benson
Kelly
Masons in Rayville Elect Offcers for Ensuing Year
R F McGuire Lodge of Masons at Rayville elected officers for the year led by Worshipful Master E B Green and Senior Warden W A McCoy. Installation set for December 27. Delhi Mangham Holly Ridge Crew Lake and nearby towns attended the election and a banquet with W L Calhoun as toastmaster. Bishop Sessums preached at Christchurch Bastrop with large church attendance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. F. McGuire Lodge of Masons
Rayville
E. B. Green
W. A. McCoy
T.’ N. Rhymes
W. L. Calhoun
Dennis Mann
George Downes
Joe D. Calhoun
E. P. Norman
S. W. Sproles
Delhi
Mangham
Holly Ridge
Crew Lake
Dunn
Girard
Alto
Sessums
Diocese of
Louisiana
Christchurch
Bastrop
Government Wins Suit Against Hardwood Association
Washington reports that the government won a case to force members of the American Hardwood Manufacturers' Association to end their cooperative selling methods. The agreement was claimed to have been adopted to curb competition and sustain higher prices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hardwood Association
Co-Operative Selling
Ment
American Hardwood Manufacturers’ Association
West Carroll to Probe Brutal Killing in Special Session
The West Carroll parish grand jury will convene in special session at Oak Grove on Wednesday to probe the killing of W. R. Anderson, a leading businessman, at his place of business. Several arrests have been made. authorities call it one of the most brutal murders in the area. To prevent mob violence, suspects were moved from the West Carroll jail to other towns. The excitement has eased and authorities say the law will run its course.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Carroll Police Jury
West Carroll Parish
Oak Grove
W. R. Anderson
West Carroll
Railroaders Aid Monroe Children With Generous Yuletide Funds
Vicksburg Shreveport and Pacific railroad employees and shop crafts join the Monroe News-Star Goodfellows Fund drive. Leaders say the appeal moved many to contribute, with a long list of names and amounts, aiming to make every child in Monroe happy on Christmas night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Goodfellows
Monroe
Vicksburg
Shreveport and Pacific General
Goodfellows Fund
Monroe News-Star
Santa Claus
C. N. Story
L. B. Ferguson
H. H. Hodges
Marie Hammonds
Roberta Ferguson
Dollie Cornett
H. J. Moore
H. Gossett
J. B. Cloud
S. R. Kirk
C. R. Barnes
A. Cheesman
Joe Gossett
K. K. Kirk
T. A. Breard
D. T. Miles
N. W. Nugent
Sarah Hughes
Farris Kelley
A. J. Keller, Jr
T. Mundo
J. I. Mingis
T. A. Stevens
C. L. Cobb
L. J. McMullen
Leonard Smith
F. E. Schrader
W. Bailey
C. J. Desmond
R. B. Wilson
J. L. Holder
W. F. Endom
T. J. Hunt
F. C. Roth
D. W. McCranie
E. S. Hilburn
A. S. Crismond
A. E. Smith
A. W. Cockerhan
J. L. Brown
R. W. Powers
B. A. McDonald
BE. E. Kelly
L. L. Blanchard
J. A. Monk
S. A. McQuiston
F. E. Robbins
J. J. Jones
E. Schmallauss
L. Bauer, Sr
Louis Bauer, Jr
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Rey
Monroe Gas
Pacific
Arms Conference
M. Sarraut
Jack Anderson
Jimmie Dooley
Annie Laurie Breard
Elizabeth Breard
Avarice Tucker
Mary Evelyn Watkins
Harold Riggs
West Monroe
Gwendolyn Wood
Imma Norris
Jack Knowles
Bilbo Norris
Matilda Norris
Barkdull Faulk
Leeta Collins
Leonra Farqua
Willie Guerriero
Leona Biggar
Caldwell
Meyer Building
Wexler’s
Farmer
Rapides
Masons
Big Rayville
LODGE
A. P. Ryan
J. E. Punedy
A. L. Bracey
J. H. Kearney
H. M. Huckaby
W. A. Treadwell
R. W. Winberry
R. O. Smith
L. L. Thompson
G. W. Freeman
A. L. Farr
R. J. Castle
A. S. Williamson
Noah Ode
Curtis Monk
J. Murry
B. J. Tatum
I. Beatty
A. J. Lammert
PF. C. McMullen
G. Goodlell
O. D. Brown
C. C. Cage
J.C. Sanford
J. M. Jenkins
K. Kinnison
W. A. Chatham
W. A. Pennington
J. W. Crawford
H. L. Sanford
Bob Cox
C. E. Wilhite
R. L. Oliphant
B. H. Cobb
J. H. Miller
F. Johnson
E. Rowland
A. H. Huffman
C. M. Evans
N. J. Jenkins
W. B. Tims
Boston
Wallace
The
Agricultural Department
Weaks Supply Co. Mill, Oil &Well and Railroad Supplies
Genasco Roofing
American Legion
City Hall
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