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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 24, 1925
Page
1
Federal Attorney Buckner launches his third major padlock campaign on 41 White Way social resorts. Deputies summon proprietors to offer 20 day consent decrees or face trials. The action follows prior evidence gathered and aims for a moral impact during holiday plans.
Urania reports the Hardtner Petroleum Co issuing the field’s first dividend. About 2000 barrels of oil are stored from the Rowe-Wallace lease while the pump delivers 85 barrels daily. Beckman & Freeman No. 4 Urania shows slow oil return as sand may clog the screen. J H McVey and J Sculley praise Urania prospects and plan a loading rack at Tullos after spur completion.
A News-Star appeal asks for Edna and her family living in the city to be located so they may receive Christmas warmth and toys. Readers urged to contact the Welfare Association at City Hall to provide full name and address or direct help until Edna can have a merry Christmas.
The January issue of American Magazine features an article on Starvey C Couch detailing his rise from railway mail clerk to head of a multi company power and telephone empire. It traces his early start at 15, first telephone lines in Louisiana, and rapid expansion into gas powered plants and seven million dollar dams, highlighting his leadership and sacrifice during 1920 financial strain.
Anthony Gibbon of Urania Petroleum will sail from New York after January 1 to England to present a report to British financiers. He urges a campaign to develop La Salle parish holdings with at least 1.5 million dollars and notes 3900 acres with 100 barrels daily from 1000 proven acres and three producing wells. He will visit Cadiz and Paris before returning in eight weeks to boost Monroe industrial progress.
Western football fans awaited Alabama to clash with Washington in the Rose Bowl on New Year’s Day for the title bout. Coach Wallace Wade planned light workouts on arrival with six days of secret practice ahead as R C Torrence directed preparations.
Lester Wallace 17 son of a Choctaw chief, suffered extensive burns at Columbia when gasoline soaked clothes ignited after a dropped match. He was transported to St Francis sanitarium in serious condition. Wallace joined the Clark and Dyers carnival ten weeks ago and left the reservation for travel.
George Williamson of Pittsburgh and Mary Williamson of Cleveland sought a marriage license in Cleveland, and the clerk learned both their fathers were also named Thomas Williamson who married women named Margaret Williamson and Charlotte Williamson respectively.
The News-Star will suspend its annual Christmas Day edition to give management and staff a full holiday. The Saturday issue will publish as usual. The newspaper extends best wishes to all readers for a happy holiday.
River stages and falls or rises reported for multiple locations. Memphis shows 11.2 with 0.3 fall. Vicksburg 22.1 with 9.7 fall. New Orleans 6.2 with 0.3 fall. Red River data covers Shreveport 11.2 0.1 fall. Alexandria 19.6 0.2 fall. Ouachita at Camden 13.2 0.8 fall and Monroe 25.4 with 0.1 rise.
Police in Atlanta doubled patrols and armed reserves with shotguns after 14 people were held up and beaten by bands in fast cars. A Chicago or Illinois car matching descriptions was found on Terry Street with stolen checks and pay envelopes. Two suspects were arrested as Chief Jett led operations and tightened night-shift coverage.
Six armed men seized the Christmas payroll of the Pittsburgh Terminal Coal company totaling 47000 dollars from a paycar at Mollenauer, a mining settlement near Pittsburgh. The robbers fled in an automobile.
Hold-up men carried out more than fifty robberies in the 24 hours ending early today in Chicago. All the culprits escaped and only one is believed wounded after the shootings that followed.
New York December 24 The Standard Oil Company of New York announces a 25 percent dock dividend to stockholders of record January 15 One share for every four held and fractional value paid in cash with no fractional certificates issued The payout follows Magnolia Petroleum merger into Standard Oil NY at four shares of Standard for one Magnolia or 181.23 dollars in cash per Magnolia share.
Deputy Sheriff Childers accompanied two convicted forgers to the state peniten tiary this week where they will begin serving sentences imposed by Judge Percy Sander. C. A. Henson received three to five years for uttering. Henson is alleged to have been part of a once well organized forgery ring. Fred McHenry, a Black man, was sentenced to eight months to two years for forgery and was arrested recently by police.
The Monroe Good Fellows report Christmas gift fund donations totaling 1295.62 with more expected. Volunteers will pack baskets tonight and tomorrow to aid city residents in need, reflecting strong community charity and good will.
Washington observes a three day holiday as Congress adjourns for Christmas. President Coolidge directs government offices to close for December 25 and 26, while White House plans a simple celebration with a community tree and carols.
Former minister tied to McComb Mississippi Little Rock Arkansas and Oil City Louisiana dodges sixty day jail term after juvenile court admits petitions and affidavits. Judge Earl Crane suspends sentence on condition Osborn stays out of Caddo parish while fines paid and Osborn prepares to leave for Dermott Arkansas.
A detailed survey traces the Christmas tree from sixteenth century Strassburg to Germany France England and beyond. It notes legends linking Luther Winifred and Chanukah to the tradition and explains why the tree is lit with lights as a symbol of the season.
Shreveport, La Dec 24 The posse is scouring Red River parish and surrounding countryside for Joe Hardy a 20 year old plantation tenant said to have shot and killed John S Glover a 55 year old planter near his home. A $500 reward is offered for Hardy who hie to hide after the killing. The Diet convenes in Tokyo with formal opening by the Prince Regent on Saturday.
Pope Pius XI closed the holy door of St. Peter's Basilica signifying the end of the Jubilee year of penitence. Some 70,000 inside the basilica, thousands more in St. Peter's square, with Cardinal Hayes among dignitaries, as 3,000,000 pilgrims crossed the threshold over the year.
In Charleston area, a head-on collision of two Atlantic Coast Line specials near Moness Corner killed three train crew members and damaged cars. John W Weeks and his wife survived. relief crews were dispatched as a rescue effort followed.
Attorney General Dan Moody issued an opinion that a special session called by the speaker for impeachment expenses would be a valid state claim. Speaker Lee Satterwhite had delayed a session due to funding concerns as questions from Satterwhite and Rep George Purl prompted the ruling amid the highway controversy.
Warren Jackson, longtime Des Moines chamber of commerce official, resigns to lead the Mississippi coast club as managing director. The Biloxi Gulfport based organization promotes development along the Mississippi Gulf Coast with about 2,000 member businesses from Moss Point to Bay St. Louis.
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