Own Your Own Home campaign urged to ease Monroe housing shortage
A Monroe conference of Chamber of Commerce directors real estate dealers and lenders outlined an aggressive Own Your Own Home drive. It urges rent payers to switch to monthly payments on homes, argues for more owner-occupied houses, and notes expected factory growth and street openings to support a modern city with better services and taxes.
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Chamber of Commerce
Monroe
Cnrve
Cme
Bnudson
DeSiard Ford
Fireard Place
Lynching of Sampson Smith May Have Crossed Ouachita River
Caldwell parish grand jury failed to indict after investigating the Sampson Smith lynching. The report cites secrecy around mob escape methods, including a fisherman ferrying the Sheriff’s party and a river crossing near Monroe, with the body later found three miles west of the Ouachita.
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Sampson Smith
Ouachita River
Monroe
Columbia la
Caldwell Parish
Blanchard Warner
Columbia
Monroe- Columbia Road
Panks Springs Station
Missouri Pacific
Rigsby Admits Theft of Valuables and Seized Pistol
Special Officer Tarver reports the grip and papers stolen from the Bohemia Hotel were recovered and the owner Homer Whittler of Shreveport identified them. Neal Rigsby admits theft and awaits charge. Will Fannin denies knowledge. Items seized include collar pins from Sig Haas & Sone and a bandana from S. Elias. Rigsby and Fannin claim oil field work, last at Belcher. Handle warrants will transfer to parish authorities.
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Luther V. Tarver
Bohemia Hotel
New Life Cafe
Points
Tarver
Oscar Durden
Neal R. Rigsby
Will F. Fanin
Fanin
Rigsby
Homer Whittler
Shreveport
Bender Rail & Equipment Co
Whittler
Monroe
Government quietly deporting undesirables in Britain
London February 8 The government is quietly arresting and deporting undesirable aliens believed to be Bolshevist propagandists in Great Britain according to the Sketch.
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Alliens
London
Great Britain
Grand jury to probe private orphanage abuse case
In Marietta Georgia on February 8 a justice court heard charges against Mrs Naomi Campbell head of a private orphanage alleging cruel treatment of children. A grand jury will investigate the matter.
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Marietta Ga
Justice Court
Naomi Campbell
Return to Work Urged by Electrical Workers Chief
Sphtingfield New Jersey February 8 J P Noonan acting president of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers telegram directed to all electrical workers in Seattle sympathetic strike urging immediate return to work across the union.
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Sphtingfield
J. P. Noonan
International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers
Seattle
Seattle Strike Persists as I W W Active in West
Seattle observers report no action by strike committees representing 55,000 workers as Mayor Hansen warns of federal protection. Streetcar service resumes in Seattle while San Francisco Labor Council rejects a stance against work on jobs moved from strained areas.
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Seattle
Hansen
San Francisco
San Francisco Labor Council
Frisco
The
Iron Trades Council
International
Butte Miners Strike Halts Local Industries
In Butte on Monday February 8 a mass meeting at the I W W hall led about one hundred striking miners, some armed, to block work this morning. Industries are largely suspended awaiting a decision on a citywide general strike in response to wage cuts in the copper mines. Resolutions from two mass meetings allegedly called by the Industrial Workers of the World urged a general strike.
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Butte
Mon
I. W. W Hall
Industrial Workers of the World
Armenian Syrian Relief Drive Urges Monroe Aid
About half of Monroe’s quota for the Armenian Syrian Relief fund has been subscribed and a strong final push is urged before the campaign ends Monday. Officials say four million shelterless men, women and children are dying of starvation without aid and Armenia looks to America for salvation.
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Monroe
United States
Near East
Belgium
Armistice With Germany Edged Toward Extension
Paris February 7 reports the Supreme Council discussing extending the armistice with Germany. The session reviewed many important matters presented by naval and military chiefs and deferred final decisions until tomorrow. The military high command detailed demobilization plans and forces to be kept in occupied regions.
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Paris
Supreme Council
Na Council
Germany
Casualty totals revised for American Expeditionary Forces
Washington reports last week’s casualty tally of missing in action reduced to seven thousand seven hundred eighty eight as Pershing’s records in France are checked. General March said names are dropping daily as the central office verifies data.
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Washington
March
Pershing
France
Textile workers strike in Lawrence near settlement
President of the United Textile Workers told Department of Labor officials that the Lawrence Massachusetts strike has been virtually adjusted. The communication came as talks wrapped up with the union and employers.
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Washington
Feb
United Textile Workers
Department of Labor
Lawrence, Mass
League Nations Draft Expected Finish Today
The conference commission on the Society of Nations expects to finish its work today. The panel completed about two thirds of the draft by last night’s session.
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League OF Nations
Society of Nations
Weimar Cabinet Division Sparks German Assembly Debate
Weimar February 7 The composition of the cabinet dominates the new German national assembly. The plan originally called for a fifteen member ministry with seven Majority Socialists four Centrists and four Democrats. The Majority Socialists now insist they must hold a clear majority.
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Weimar
Associated Press
National Assembly
Cattle Growers to Convene National Meeting Plans
Indianapolis Indiana March 20 plans for a national meeting of livestock growers were announced Invitations will be sent by Governor Goodrich to live stock associations across the country for participation in the event.
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Indianapolis
Fel
Goodrich
American syndicate approves 50 million loan to Belgium
New York, February a deal was reached for a 50 million loan to Belgium by a U S syndicate led by J P Morgan & Co. Details on interest rates were not announced but reported to be about 7 percent.
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Belgium
New York
J. P. Morgan & Co
German Chancellor Resents Terms From Allied Armies
An European report states the German chancellor protests the harsh terms imposed by victorious Allied forces. Allies tighten terms as pressure mounts on Berlin amid ongoing war.
Weimar Assembly Opens Amidst Disorder and Hope
Weimar February 6 Associated Press reports the national assembly’s opening marked by solemnity and democratic symbolism. Chancellor Ebert’s address faced interruptions from independents yet conveyed resolve to abolish noble privilege and place governance in German hands.
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Weimar
Associated Press
National Assembly
Eberts
Benin
q@elesates
Plaeichstag
Imost
Reichstag
Herr Ebert
Himelf
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