Harrison Declares Harding Fell From Pedestal Over Ship Bill
Senator Harrison of Mississippi tells the Senate the president insulted the chamber by delaying the ship subsidy bill and accuses Harding of bowing to Chairman Lasker. He calls for an extra session March 5 and criticizes farm relief delay while noting ship profits and farmer distress.
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Washington
Harding
Congress
Harrison
Mississippi
Senate
Shipping Trust
Lasker
Shipping Board
House
Harris asks schools to prevent replicas of Jackson maskers
A state education letter calls on parish boards to block outrages in Winn and Jackson parishes where two teachers, including a Catholic and Knight of Columbus member, were expelled by Ku Klux Klan sealed letters. The Hanseatic note from Copenhagen reports American brewers plan to invest twenty million kroner in a new brewery in Copenhagen.
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Harris
Jackson
Baton Rouge
T. H. Harris
Winn
Jackson Parishes
Jackson Parish
Winn Parish
St. Maurice Klan
Knight of Columbus
Louisiana
Copenhagen
Kobenhagen
British and French War Ships Ordered to Bombard Turks
In Chicago a crowd heard M. Coue claim auto suggestion cures for psychic ills. He lectured four times and gave fifty four treatments amid interruptions by supporters and skeptics. A 14 year old, James Nagy, reputedly improved after the Da Passe cue, while Samuel Miller failed to walk after treatment.
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Chicago
M. Coue
Buffalo
M. Cone
Samuel Miller
Miller
James Nagy
Secretary Collins withdraws from Monroe mayoral race
S M Collins of the Monroe Chamber of Commerce withdrew from the mayoral contest after a board meeting blocked his resignation. Collins said he can serve the city better as secretary and will continue with the chamber.
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Collins
Monroe
S. M. Collins
Monroe Chamber of Commerce
City of
Chamber of Commerce
Paris and London's Answer to Kemel Government
The Allied governments refuse to withdraw ships from Smyrna as Turkey demands. Ten large naval units including French British Italian Dutch and American vessels are present with a flotilla of lighter craft in the port. The move signals potential further tension as London and Paris push back against the ultimatum.
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Associated Press
London
Smyrna
Anatolia
Angora
Real London
Paris
Presa
Constantinople
Preas
Symyna
le Matin
Reach Agreement on Severance Tax
An agreement was reached between Attorney General Coco and interests affected by the severance tax. Corporations using state natural resources will pay two percent, plus an additional one percent in escrows pending court decisions on the suit challenging the tax. The 1922 legislature raised the tax from two to three percent for gas oil timber and other interests.
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Associated Press
New Orleans
Coco
Directors named for Louisiana Farm Bureau Cotton Group
Baton Rouge Feb 8 Directors for the Louisiana Farm Bureau Cotton Growers Co operation Association were announced by the canvassing committee. They will meet Feb 15 in Baton Rouge to organize and select an office site. The group has 100000 bales of Louisiana cotton secured for five years with annual business near 10000000 dollars. directors include John Glassell Belcher R S Miller Minden W F Johnson Manfield J T Henry Hillsboro Leo Hartman Farmersville A L Smith Sterlington J R Anderson Girard W M Scott Tallulah A A Bush Crowville Dr J B Pratt Natchitoches L P Roy Marksville N R Cotton Jonesville Frank Dimmich Shuteeston E G Arceneaux Lafayette R A Kent Amite.
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Associated Press
Baton Rouge
Louisiana Farm Bureau Cotton Growers Co-operation Association
Louisiana
Association
John Glassell
Belcher
R. S. Miller
Minden
W. F. Johnson
Manafield
J. T. Henry
Hillsboro
Leo Hartman
Farmersville
A. L Smith
Sterlington
J. R. Anderson
Girard
W. M. Scott
Tallulah
A. A. Bush
Crowville
J. B. Pratt
Natchitoches
L. P. Roy
Marksville
N. R. Cotton
Jonesville
Frank Dimmich
Shuteston
E. G. Arceneaux
Lafayette
R. A. Kent
Amite
Sheriff Grant pushes plan for replacement Ouachita Parish jail
Sheriff Grant urges immediate action on a new Monroe jail after touring the dilapidated Ouachita parish facility. He says six overcrowded cells house up to twenty five inmates, with rotting walls and inadequate heat and sanitary facilities endangering white and Black prisoners alike. He calls for a modern prison and a bond issue to fund it.
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Monroe
A. Grant
Ouachita Parish
Louisiana
Grant
Soldiers Arrive Home as Rhine Veterans return to Charleston
The transport St Mihiel brought 281 men of the Eighth Infantry home from the Rhine and sailed to New York. In Savannah 400 soldiers and 24 families rested at Fort Screven after a two week voyage. About 306 troops were to be unloaded at Charleston later, with German and Belgian wives adjusting to postwar life and currency issues.
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Associated Press
Charleston
S.C
St. Mihiel
Eighth Infantry
Rhine
Sullivan's Island
New York
Savannah
America
Fort Screven
United States
Coblenz
Army of Occupation
Momus Leads Knights in Orleans Mardi Gras Parade Theme
New Orleans on February 8 hosts Momus with the Alice in Wonderland motif. He will marshal knights for the first postwar parade in the city, featuring seventeen floats depicting events from Louis Carroll’s heroine. The event kicks off Mardis Gras season with the annual ball following the parade. Proteus and Rex parades, Druids pageant, and many marching clubs fill the ensuing days as crowds and visitors pour into New Orleans.
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Momus
Louis Carroll
Memus
Knights
Proteus
Rex
Druids
North Dakotan unable to locate estate of George Ash
Wahpeton North Dakota February. Probate Judge George Van Arnam said he has no knowledge of any extensive lands allegedly left by Indian trader George Ash to heirs who Monroe Louisiana authorities say may claim in North Dakota valued at 3 million dollars. He has received letters from a Bailey in Monroe but found no records or grounds for belief in such an estate and no hearing has been scheduled.
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Wahpeton
North Dakota
George van Arnam
George Ash
Monroe
van Arnam
Bailey
Million Dollar Stock Farm Planned Near Jackson
St. Louis capitalist F. J. Cornwell has bought 5,000 acres six miles southwest of Jackson from W. B. Parks for 200000 dollars and plans a million dollar stock farm at the site, announced from Jackson Mississippi.
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Jackson
Miss
F. J. Cornwell
St. Louis
W. B. Parks
Debt funding bill eyed by House for tomorrow action
The Ways and Means Committee heard proposals to modernize debt funding law to implement the British debt settlement and extend similar terms to other nations. Rep Burton said the commission acted within authority and emphasized wartime allies. Estimates place Britain’s interest cost at about ten billion dollars if the plan runs sixty two years.
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Washington
Debt Commission
Heise Ways Means Committee
Lurton
House
Meansecomittee
Iney
Ion
Republican
Ohio
American Commission
Thenee
Burton
Pags
Congress
Commission
Onin
United States
Fiee
Great Britain
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Bureau Cotton Association
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