Monroe Junior Board plans world ad campaign for natural gas fields
Monroe Chamber of Commerce junior board approves a drive to advertise Monroe as a factory site citing cheap fuel. A $2500 budget is anticipated with three committees set to organize publicity, publications, and fundraising. A separate joint committee appoints five members to study drainage of cultivable Ouachita parish lands and colonization.
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Monroe
Monroe Chamber of Commerce
Sam Smith
S. W. Moellenkam
Courtney Oliver
M. S. Biedenharn
Ouachita Parish
Fred C. Peters
L. P. Alexander
Abe Arent
George G. Weaks
J. J. Herring
Co. H. McHenry
Thomas E. Flournoy
John P. Parker
Simon Schlenker
George W. Hyle
Allen D. Albert
Enlisted Navy Man Held in Mayflower Plot Case
An enlisted navy man is under arrest at the Washington navy yards over an alleged plan to blow up the presidential yacht Mayflower. Secret service and police suspect the plot may extend to other ships. the suspect’s name was not released.
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Washington
Navy
Navy Yards
Secret Service
Navy Yard
Fire Boys Build Modern Ladder Wagon From Used Equipment
Monroe fire department youths at central station rebuilt a ladder and chemical wagon from old track gear to produce a red, ready to roll unit for fire district duties. They claim cost was a few hundred dollars and the machine could be worth thousands. Debut of Constantine field event set for El Dorado Thursday or Friday.
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Monroe Fire Department
United States
Central Fire Station
Constantine
EL Dorado Field
Oil men and scouts converge for Constantine well debut
El Dorado residents anticipate the Burns No. 1 well Constantine 38 as 800 feet from the Busey and a potential gusher. Six inch casing set to 2,070 feet, with drilling to resume soon and a 55,000 barrel tank farm planned two miles south near the railroad.
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el Dorado
Constantine Oil Refining Corporation
Constantine
el Dorado Oil
Burns No. 1
E. and W
Parish plants doubling gasoline output in Ouachita region
Ouachita plants boost gasoline production from 730 000 gallons annually in early 1920 to about 2 555 000 gallons yearly as six carbon plants in the field now manufacture fuel. Output could reach 3 650 000 annually with further expansion, aided by a state conservation law requiring gasoline extraction before carbon manufacture. Shreveport and Toledo serve as major markets.
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Uachita
General Assembly
Shreveport
Toledo
Southern Carbon Company
United Oil and Natural Gas Products Corporation
Monroe-Louisiana Carbon Company
Huber
Cancellation of Allies' Debt By America Sought
Rome editorial urges the United States to cancel allied debts to revive Europe and restore America’s material and moral power. Tribuna warns debt relief could prevent Europe’s isolation and a future peril.
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America
Associated Press
Rome
United States
Tribuna
Europe
Midas
Canadian Chief Executive Robbed in Sidney Demonstration
Sir W. E. Davidson governor was mobbed during an unemployment demonstration in Sidney Nova Scotia. A detachment of police was stoned as the event unfolded on February 15.
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Associated Press
Sidney, N. S
W. E. Davidson
Daniels Pleads for Federal Ownership of Radio Plants
Secretary Daniels urges federal control of all high power radio stations in a letter to Senator Page. He argues private interests would create an air monopoly and calls for government ownership to prevent it.
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Washington
Daniels
Chairman Page
Senate Naval Committee
Landis Impeachment Proceedings Still Pending
Washington February 1. Impeachment actions in the House against Federal Judge Landis remain pending as the judiciary committee prepares to set a hearing date. Representative Welty of Ohio and any requested witnesses are to appear before the committee likely within the week.
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Washington
House
Welty
Ohio
Landis
Judiciary Committee
Volstead
Relief Work For Europe Terminated In Ouachita Effort
European relief work in Ouachita is ending at midnight. Prof. E. L. Neville, chairman, said results were not as great as hoped and that about $1,000 had been raised.
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Ouachita
E. L. Neville
Weather Forecast: Tonight Clouds then Warmer
Tonight will bring increasing cloudiness and warmer air. Wednesday starts mostly cloudy with partial sun for intervals as the day progresses.
Negro Gets Pen Sentence for Hog Theft
Lenard Benjamin was sentenced by Judge Fred M. Odom to not less than one year nor more than two years in the state penitentiary for stealing a hog from Louis Tabor. Deputy Sheriff D L Roper arrested him as civil court sat in Monroe with trials planned for the week.
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Leonard Benjamin
Odom
E. B. Keller
J.P. Smith Motor Sales Company
Motor Company
Interstate Commerce Hearings Set For Rate Readjustment
Monroe and West Monroe business interests fear a 30 to 40 percent railroad rate increase after ICC hearings in Memphis on February 23. The Monroe Traffic Bureau schedules a 3 p.m. meeting on February 16 to plan opposition and seek mitigations amid falling commodity prices.
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Interstate Commerce Commission
Memphis
Monroe
West Monroe
Monroe Traffic Bureau
Kusin Buys Texarkana Furniture Firm in Texas
Dave Kusin returned from Texarkana after purchasing the Texas Furniture Company. He has lived in Monroe nine years and left his Dixie Bedding role to run his new business in Texarkana. he departs soon to assume management. Washington’s naval appropriation bill passes House with about 395 million dollars, similar to committee version.
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Dave Kusin
Texarkana
Tex
Texas Furniture Company
Kusin
Monroe
Dixie Bedding Company
Washington
House
Senate
Sinn Fein delegation and railway ambush in Ireland
Reports say a troop train from Cork to Skibbereen was ambushed by Sinn Feiners near Ballinhassing and Kinsdale with bombs and rifles, with many casualties feared. Twenty Sinn Fein delegates were arrested in Dublin as part of ongoing British Parliament security actions. King George states violence will not solve the Irish problem in a throne speech opening Parliament.
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Erin
King
Associated Press
Belfast
Fey
Cork
Skibbereen
Ballinhassing
Kinsdale
Sinn
Sinn Fein
Trish Sinn Fein
Twenefth
N. J. Cornley
North
Kerry
London
George
Two New Factories Claimed for Monroe Area
Unconfirmed reports say two large industrial plants may be built in Monroe. One plant’s identity is uncertain while the other is described as a million-dollar bone carbon refinery for sugar refining. Southern Carbon Company affiliates are possibly tied to the project.
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Monroe
Southern Carbon Company
New York
Offi
Cials
R. A. Demme
Cuba
Narrow Escape Under Missouri Pacific Train
R E Bowles and M L Meredith of the Standard Gin Company narrowly escaped death when their Dodge automobile overturned near the Eighth Street crossing as a southbound Missouri Pacific passenger train passed. Bowles steered the car into a ditch to avoid being crushed. both occupants were unharmed despite the wrecked vehicle.
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R. E. Bowles
M. L. Meredith
Missouri Pacific Railway
Standard Gin Company
Missouri Pacific
Bowles
Meredith
Dodge
Newton
Eighth Street
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