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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 31, 1923
Page
3
Southwestern farmers start the new year in stronger financial shape with reduced indebtedness and larger bank deposits. The Eleventh Federal Reserve district warns against overexpansion in cotton and urges credit caution in 1924 due to feed shortages. Oil output hits records in November. employment in Texas remains favorable for most workers.
Fire Chief Roddy denounces false alarms noting they kill more firemen yearly than real fires. He cites yesterday's New Orleans crash injuring two firefighters en route to a false alarm. He warns the risk to drivers and pedestrians rises on busy holidays like Pow Year’s night.
Mrs Irma Ryals wife of Dan Ryals who disappeared from his home near Jonesboro in Jackson parish months ago is staying with relatives in Spencer La with her three children She says she has given up hope of ever seeing him alive and believes moon shiners killed him and hid his body The family notes that no trace exists to identify the killer or location of the body and Jackson parish authorities have been unable to determine what happened
Parents who gave children air rifles for Christmas are cautioned by Probation Officer Wright about daily violations of city law banning their use within corporate limits. A city bird shooting ban adds to the unlawfulness, and Wright warns guns will be confiscated if rules are broken. Offenders in bird shooting and trespassing will face juvenile court.
Monroe and Vicinity Junior Red Cross groups sent boxes of toilet articles candy and gifts to United States Veterans Hospital No 27 in Alexandria. Miss Josephine McNally confirms strong child participation with enrollments across Parish schools totaling about 1700, and a fund of 25.90 on hand plus a 10 check sent with the boxes. Contingent spring entertainments are planned to raise additional funds for the drive.
A Gulf region storm brings an extreme cold wave with temperatures plunging to near 12 to 28 degrees in southern Louisiana and across the South. The cold snap extends east to western Pennsylvania and West Virginia and southeast to western North Carolina and northwest Florida.
Weather update notes strong blasts in Alaska fading to clear conditions. North Arkansas expects no precipitation while northeast Texas records a chilly two degree low.
A severe cold blast from Alaska covers the west and plains, with many northwest points at 20 below zero. A Lake Erie disturbance will move northeast bringing precipitation east of the Mississippi and colder temperatures, with cold warnings issued for Alabama Mississippi northwest Florida western North Carolina and extreme western Virginia. Snow is forecast for most of the east and parts of the southeast in the next 48 hours.
A Houston expert announced in Cincinnati that Western Texas potash beds may exceed oil in value. The beds, likely formed by Permian sea retreat, could meet U S demand with surplus for the world, Dabney said, noting salt deposits lie under Kansas Oklahoma New Mexico and Texas.
An armed man robbed the dining car crew of Louisville and Nashville train 88 eleven miles north of Mobile, escaping with 8 dollars. The incident was reported to police.
News from New York and Chicago recounts heavy foreign invasion of boxing in 1924 with Luis Firpo, Luis Civenini, European champions Roland Todd and Harry Mason, and Gene Tunney set for February 1. Also notes Norman Brooks tennis bid for Davis Cup and New Year births in horse racing at Chicago stables.
The University of Washington football squad of 29 players plus officials arrives in Los Angeles for the Rose Bowl game against Navy with a planned light workout and rest before kickoff. Meanwhile Young Sterling hones for his 12 round no decision bout in Newark with Dave Rosenberg. Billy Miske of St Paul remains critically ill in Minneapolis with Brights disease.
Shreveport businessmen back promoter Frank Foster to stage Georges Carpenter and Tommy Gibbons in a fifteen round bout in late March or early April. An arena for 50 000 fans is required, with Foster pledging to close the deal.
W M Bradford of Bradford Transportation Company plans to propose a Monroe program to run regular barge and freight steamer service on the Ouachita from Monroe to New Orleans with intermediary stops. He will present to the Monroe Chamber of Commerce mid January and may operate the line himself. Further Duty plan details are awaited as Captain Giles S Doty returns from New Orleans.
Riot aftermath after the killing of Mrs Latimer 24 in Caldher Ark. National guard machine gunners quelled barricaded suspects in a log cabin while ten held on night riding charges faced jail in Van Buren. Jailer mobs attempted lynching Buck and Bettis leading to several arrests and a special term court set in Van Buren.
The Viceroy shortens his Burma tour and heads back to Delhi amid Afghan trouble and rising tension from raids on the northwestern frontier. Mohammend Ali of the international congress denies Afghan action, stating Kabul cannot swallow the Indian elephant. London dispatches report killings of British officers and women near the frontier by Afghan tribesmen.
Minta E. Arbuckle, wife of Roscoe Fatty Arbuckle, was granted a divorce in the supreme court on grounds of neglect to provide and desertion. The ruling, heard by Justice Chester W. Barrows, becomes final six months from today.
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