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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 27, 1920
Page
5
Italian government troops press an iron ring around Fiume where Gabriele D Annunzio and a small force of legionaries are besieged. Land and sea forces move toward the city and reports say D Annunzio lines are being driven back with the fall of the city possibly near.
Wittiem Mabry, 19, along with eight Resten youths, faced United States Commissioner Wittiem O’Kelly at Meuree today on charges of stealing 80,000 two-cent postage stamps from the Resten post office last November. Mabry was bound over for $500 to appear at the next term of the United States district court.
Amanda Belt, four, daughter of Ben F. Belt of Monroe Hardware Company, was badly burned when her clothing ignited from a sparkler at her Natchitoches street home. The accident happened about 2 PM as a room of children played. doctors later pronounced the burns serious and she was taken to St. Francia hospital for treatment.
Rome crowds tried to demonstrate in support of d Annunzio last night but guards broke up the affair. Regulars likely to stop the port warrior's seizure as reported by a local regent envoy who warned that the situation along the Adriatic may end badly.
The Ouachita River is forecast to reach flood stage at 32.5 feet at Camden Arkansas today with rising waters expected to spill into lowland areas in Louisiana and Arkansas as Monroe brace for impact. Farmers move livestock to higher ground and sawmills may lose considerable lumber from rising flood waters.
Eurico Caruso stricken with pleurisy on Christmas Day remains under care of five physicians. Complete rest prescribed. if possible, he may return to the stage in five weeks. Other dispatches note Emerson Hough’s serious double pneumonia and European diplomatic notes on civilian guards and German military groups.
The steel bridge at Jackaen ferry on Bayon Macon will be completed in January and turned over to East and West Carroll parishes. Built jointly, the project marks progress for both sides with East Carroll planning a gravel road to the bridge and West Carroll slated to build a highway next year.
The Interstate Commerce Commission suspended from January 24 to May 24 certain schedules increasing rates on manufactured iron and steel articles in carload lots from Houston and Galveston to points in Louisiana.
The nagre population of Little Rock is 17 474, an increase of 30.8 percent. The white population now crowns 63 percent.
Frank Keenan arrested in Shreveport on a complaint by Hugh Daniels over a $25 fraud involving a forged Daniels signature. Bond set at $750, Keenan released. Beaton brother arrested for forgery in Texas. no Monroe arrests on Christmas day. Christmas week sees several local arrests for vagrancy begging fighting and drunkenness.
Pupils from Ouachita Parish High School’s primary and intermediate departments collected five barrels of groceries and articles for residents of the Home of the Good Samaritan. Each pupil contributed items, creating a sizeable gift. The donors and recipients expressed happiness and appreciation for the holiday effort.
A dance will be given by the Italian C. C. S. Club Monday night December 27 at K. C. Hall. Non members admission 1 dollar ladies free. Good music doors open 7 p.m. GEO. ROMANQ president.
In Columbia residents brace against a proposed rise in telephone charges. They plan to inform Cumberland Telephone Company to remove service, then push for a municipal system run at cost with no profit. A mass meeting and vigorous denunciation are anticipated as legal action and petitions unfold.
Washington reports Secretary Houston estimated the soldiers' bonus bill would cost the government about 2.3 billion dollars. He warned it would add tax burdens and said treasury should not bear new costs. He noted revenue ideas in his annual report but offered no recommendations.
Washington reports on December 27 where Republicans accuse Democratic efforts of a filibuster delaying the House emergency tariff measure. Senate leaders clash over routing the bill to committees or the finance panel, with accusations of a rushed embargo and suicidal policy.
Delegates from Honduras Costa Rica Guatemala and El Salvador attend a Central American Wales meeting in San Salvador December 27 as the Americas plan regional security cooperation. The group discusses joint patrols and peacekeeping roles for American Marines stationed in the region.
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