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06 Feb 1922
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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Feb 06, 1922
Page
1
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Rome reports Cardinal Achille Ratti archbishop of Milan elected pope to succeed Benedict. He assumes the name Pius Eleventh and is noted for long service as Librarian of the Ambrosian Library and Vatican archives. He has Italian origins and is regarded as a leader with liberal yet prudent political views.
The Monroe School of Wireless and Commercial Telegraphy will open February 8 in the McHotury building over the New South Dragstore. Western Union operators will teach wireless and commercial telegraphy to boys and men of Monroe. A radio set will be installed in the coming weeks.
The Richland parish grand jury report notes fewer felonies in six months and 53 true bills, mostly for speeding and dipping-law violations. It recommends parish and municipalities offer $25 rewards for evidence leading to arrests and conviction of Hood law violators.
Monroe News-Star special reports from Columbia that jurors who found Floyd Abrams guilty of killing Sidney Manheim, Missouri Pacific station agent, seek a new trial. A juror says local criticism spurred reconsideration, with court action due next Thursday and no current mob feeling evident.
A Camden El Dorado chamber letter reports government engineers expect river improvements to receive a lump sum appropriation this year. Officials cite increased Ouachita traffic and oil business potential from El Dorado to New Orleans, with steps toward completing locks and dams likely this year.
More than 500 attended the community sing at City High School Auditorium on Sunday afternoon. Ed Shumway led the event with a lively start to finish and plans for a repeat performance next Sunday at three. Gee G. Weaks presided as John B. Mitchell spoke on community service and local talent was invited to perform. The Knights of Pythias band provided music and attendees enjoyed religious and patriotic songs.
The Bastrop Business College opened Monday with good enrollment including students from Collinston Mer Rouge Gallion Beekman Stevenson Bastrop and surrounding parish. Located in the Goodwin building over the Princess theatre the school is run by Thos A Nist a Gregg School Chicago graduate and former instructor. It is an extension of Monroe Business College led by president Alton H Perry.
Miss Francis Birkhead filed a federal suit in Jackson seeking 100000 dollars alleging Governor Russell seduced her while employing her as a stenographer in his office during the 1918 campaign. The complaint names several prominent Mississippians as alleged conspirators and notes an implied intent to marry. The governor called the charges the most damnable blackmail conspiracy in Mississippi politics.
Los Angeles police and the sheriff’s office reopen the William Desmond Taylor murder file to recheck the dead director’s papers in search of fresh clues. Jealousy and motive are probed as detectives seek a clearer path to solving the case.
Rev. Liord T. Grantham pastor of the Alto and Crew Lake Baptist churches is gravely ill after the death of his 16 month old baby in an incident in Alta. He backed a car and the child fell from the back seat, the wheels passing over the infant. The baby was killed instantly. The Granthams have another child a three month old girl. The body was taken to Vaiden Mississippi for burial.
Jefferson parish registrar Edward Stoutig was not removed after a State Board of Registration hearing. Gov Parker supported removal, while Lt Gov Bougnaud and Speaker Walker voted not guilty. The board cited laxity but ruled against ousting Stoutig, signaling continued political rifts and renewed recall pressures in Jefferson.
Detectives reported they had directed a search for a prominent young New Yorker once engaged to a film star, in connection with the death of Taylor.
Washington reports the armament limitation conference adjourned sine die after signing treaties and declarations by nine nations. Major pacts cap naval limits, end submarine warfare, prohibitions on poison gas, and grant China a new bill of rights while pledging open door and Pacific peace. Britain to return Wei-Wei and Japan to withdraw from Shantung and Siberia once stable.
J. W. Summerlin of Rayyville was unanimously elected president of the Tensas Basin Levee Board at the last meeting. Secretary election postponed to April. H. A. Mangham to hold over. Ro R B. Mhoon re-elected as general inspector for the Tensas Basin and Southeast Arkansas Levee Districts. Board also includes W. B. Grayson, N. R. Cotyson, J. P. Whatley, Andrew Jackson, A. N. Williams, J. E. Talbert, and W. H. De Graffenreid.
Gas consumers urged to pay bills on or before the tenth of the month to save ten percent. Bills unpaid by the twentieth will result in service disconnection without further notice. NATURAL GAS CO. Inc.
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