Ouachita Parish School Financial Report 1929 30
The Ouachita parish and Monroe city schools report 1929 30 revenues and disbursements. Parish revenue totaled 367 601 74 while city receipts reached 148 130 41 from taxes and state sources. Total disbursements were 327 200 98 leaving 94 757 42 on hand.
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Monroe
General Educational Board
Oushita Parish
E Berance
Ouachita Parish
City of
Sherrouse
Orleans
Parish
Ouachita
Vacant Residence Goes Up in Smoke
A vacant negro dwelling at 713 Louiz Anne Avenue was destroyed by fire of undetermined origin before daylight Wednesday. Firemen prevented spread to adjoining houses. The frame dwelling belonged to Fred Burt. Later, upholstery of a Hudson sedan at 400 block of Tex 8 Avenue burned from short circuited wires. Firemen used booster pumps and a short hose line to extinguish the blaze.
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Louiz- Anne Avenue
Fred Burt
Hudson
John Ellis
Tex#8 avenue
Folk In Alabama Town Have No Taxes to Pay
Citizens of Gainesville Alabama will not have city taxes for 1930. There is $263 in the treasury and no outstanding debts, officials decided to use funds on hand for the year. Once a major inland cotton market, the city with over 5 000 residents before the Civil War now has 228 people in 1930.
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United Press
Gainsville
Ala
S Shlenker On Cotton Market Notions
Simon Shlenker, secretary of Juling Lemle Co, offers a critical view of cotton trading. He notes market prices are set in New York and vary with buyers, mill groups, and speculation. He uses a parable about cotton as a seed overcoat and ends with a New Year wish.
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Simon Shlenker
Juling Lemle Company
The
News- Star
Couzens Criticizes President Over Rail Consolidation Plan
Former Senator Couzens assails the president for endorsing a four system rail consolidation, arguing a fifth system adds confusion. He notes Senate actions across May 21 and June 16 1930 showing opposition and calls for investigations into consolidation outcomes.
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Mission
Wabash
Seaboard
Willard
T Hoover
En Couzens
New England
Pennsylvania
New York
Tral
Nickel Plate
Baltimore and Ohio
Senate
Congress
Committee On Inter- State Commerce
West Monroe arrest totals on city streets rise in 1930
Police records show 723 arrests on West Side with January and May leading months in robberies of autos and cross state suspects. New officers added include D. J. Whitlock and W. M. Lee as city churches plan New Year services led by First Methodist and St Matthew's Catholic Church.
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West Monroe
West Side
Hammons
D. J. Whitlock
W. M. Lee
Hanmons
M. W. Cummings
M. J. Bannister
P. H. Hamm
Benny Grayson
St. Matthew's Catholic Church
Grace Episcopal Church
St Matthew's Church
N. F. Vandegaer
E. F. Hayward
Camp Fire Girls Leader Reappointed as Head in Twin Cities
Mrs. Mitchell is renamed as Camp Fire head in the Twin Cities where eight groups total over 200 members. Each Monroe city school sponsors a group with two groups in West Monroe. They produced 300 plus dressed dolls for needy children with aid from the Parent-Teachers, American Legion auxiliary and Boy Scouts under Mrs. Mitchell. The organization has functioned locally since 1916 with leaders Miss Neeley and Miss Kaulk noted for long service.
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A. W. Riggs
Camp Fire Girls
Twin Cities
Monroe
West Monroe
Mitchell
Parent-Teachers Association
American Legion Auxiliary
Boy Scouts
Miss Neeley
Guardians’ Association
Miss Kaulk
Monroe Welcomes New Year Sermon at First Methodist
Rev W Winans Drake outlines a church program at Monroe First Methodist to mark the old year and welcome the new with religious services and communal prayer The article notes that Methodist churches nationwide revive this old custom as the year begins
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First Methodist Church
Monroe
W. Winans Drake
Federal agents raid night clubs
Federal agents conducted dawn raids on multiple night clubs amid an organized crime probe. Authorities said the actions targeted illicit activities and illegal operations. No injuries were reported.
Prohibition Raids Hit Chicago Social Venues as New Year Hopes Rise
Prohibition agents raided Granada cafe and Lincoln Avenue Town club, seizing flasks and liquor from about 300 partygoers. Nine men were arrested at a South Side bootlegging HQ, with weapons and shells seized. Officials touted nonarbitrary enforcement while Kiwanis leaders tied year plans to a buoyant civic mood.
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Paul Whiteman
Granada Cafe
Whiteman
Lincoln Avenue Town Club
South Side
Chicago
Arthur Hamilton
Prohibition
Kiwanis Hold Ceremonies for New Officials
Kiwanis members hold installation ceremonies for new officials as the committee on underprivileged children, a major Kiwanian objective, advances its program. Hirsch chairs the program committee and presented details of the events.
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Kiwanian Hirsch
Missionary Women Attend West Side Meet
Bastrop denomination delegates gather as Mrs. Sam Collins state vice president outlines plans and achievements. A musical number by Mrs. E M McKenzie of West Monroe entertains, followed by a dining room invitation from Mrs. D C Metcalf.
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Bastrop Missionary Society
Sam Collins
The
Missionary Society
E. M. McKenzie
West Monroe
D. C. Metcalf
West Monroe Society
Presbyterian Plan for Year Outlined at Minden Conference
Delegates from Red River churches met in Minden on Tuesday to set a yearlong program for youth religious work in North Louisiana Presbyterian churches. Rev. W. F. O Kelley, pastor, led the conference discussions.
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North Louisiana
Minden
Red River
W. F. O'Kelley
Presbyterian delegates gather at Minden conference
The Presbyterian church at Minden hosted the conference with sixty delegates in attendance. A dinner was served by women of the Minden congregation. Delegates from Monroe included Reverend and Mrs. Ernest Duncan Holloway, Mrs. A. M. Willis, Freida and Annie Michel, Margaret Mitchell, Marie Saxe, Mary Grover, and Nora Lee Butler.
Robbers Surprised by Cops One Shot Two Arrested
Three Richmond men were surprised early today at an attempted burglary in South Hill Virginia. One man was shot and another was wounded as police intervened. The suspects were taken into custody and held for investigation.
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Southhill
Richmond
Police kill if they refused surrender after child shot
Ward Varnier five was shot and killed by Policeman C L Temple who said he refused to surrender Jeff Farmer thirty two and J Cain thirty eight were arrested and charged with burglary Police said Varnier was the only one of the three bearing arms.
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Ward Varnier
C. L. Temple
Jeff Farmer
J . Cain
Varnier
Billiard Experts to Play World Three Cushion Championship
Johnny Layton Sedalia Mo defending champion Otto Reiselt Philadelphia 1030 runner up Tiff Denton Kansas City and Allen Hall seed entrants meet four sectional champions Arthur Thurblad Charles E Jordan D J Jacobs and F Seoville in Chicago for the world three cushion billiard championship starting January 1929. Eight games will be played over 11 days.
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Chicago
Johnny Layton
Sedalia
Cham Otto Reiselt
Philadelphia
Tiff Denton
Kansas Cito
Allen Hall
Arthur Thurblad
Northern
Charles E. Jordan
D. J. Jacobs
Southern
F. Seoville
Eastern
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Advent
Alabama
Virginia Flower Shop
Leo Vandegaer
Hotel
Virginia
S. Shlenker
Couzens
First Methodist Church of
Bstor
A. G. Treadean
Coles
Bentoy School
Carl B. Atkinson
Woman's Missionary Society
J. C. Sadler
Young Women’s Auxiliary
D. C. Warner, Jr
Church Missionary Committee
F. Harold Riggs
Epworth League
Lucille Edwin
Joe Wright
Margaret McMichael
Gordan Avenue Church
H. W. Jordan
Gordan Avenue Methodist Church
Gordon Avenue Methodist Church
Ouachita Bank
Kiwanis Club
Clarence Faulk
Carroll B. Foster
South Pole
Antarctica
South Grand Street
Jack Mays
Lowery Jefferson
West Side Meet
Presbyterian
DeSiard
North Third St
Walker Bros
Leonard Wood
Roosevelt
France
Peyton C. March
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