Court voids Lazroe manslaughter conviction and rearrests
In Shreveport on February 20 192? the Lazroe case was declared void due to a missing feloniously word in the indictment. Mrs Lazroe was rearrested on a new indictment with trial set for March 6 under a thirty juror special venue.
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Shreveport
Alva Lazroe
Paul LeBlanc
J. H. Stephens
Lazree
Paul le Blanc
le Blanc
Lal C. Blanchard
Mace
Blanchard
LeBlanc
Atate
Stephens
Lazroe
Opponents Ready with Oratory in Shipping Bill Filibuster
Washington feb 20 nearly a dozen opponents of the administration shipping bill prepared to speak for more than forty hours as the senate reconvened amid debate over cloture. Senate Sheppard spoke over three hours on league of nations activities while others including LaFollette Brookhart Borah and McKellar readied lengthy remarks to block the measure.
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Associated Press
Washington
Senate
Sheppard
Texas
League of Nations
Stanley
Kentucky
McKellar
Tennessee
Hitchcock
Nebraska
Hetlin
Alabama
Fletcher
Florida
LaFollette
Wisconsin
Brookhart
Iowa
Borah
Idaho
Chamber
Congressional Record
Smoot
Utah
Senator McKellar
House
Ashurst
Arizona
Farm credits bill lurches toward delay as banking panel fails quorum
Washington February twenty storm over farm credits legislation continues after an executive session of the banking committee failed to secure a quorum. Berlin reports finance minister and banks discussing a prospective two hundred thousand gold marks loan to be issued as short term treasury bills.
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Associated Press
Washington
Banking Committee
Berlin
Smackover Short Line Railroad Project Moves Ahead
The Interstate Commerce Commission will decide Monday on the Smackover Oil Field Short Line Railroad Company petition to open a new line from South Ouachita and Union counties to link Smackover crude to a Ouachita River barge system to Monroe and New Orleans. Construction is to start soon with 30 miles of pipe and ties, rails, and ballast already contracted. The venture, a subsidiary of the Arkansas Pipe Line and Navigation Company, aims to ship hundreds of thousands of barrels of oil annually by river, connecting Calion with a large Ouachita river terminal and the Cotton Belt at Calion.
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Interstate Commerce Commission
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Calion
Ouachita River
New Orleans
Arkansas Pipe Line and Navigation Company
McFadden Brothers
Ouachita
Mississippi River
Bender Supply Company
Felsenthal
Ark
Farm Credit Bill Advances In House Action
Washington Feb 20 One part of farm credits legislation passed today The Strong bill raises the maximum land bank loan to farmers from 10000 to 16000 with a provision for loans up to 25000 in exceptional cases and subject to farm loan board approval
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Associated Press
Washington
House
Farm Loan Board
Soviet Russia Fights Bootleggers With War Tactics
Moscow reports a government campaign against illicit alcohol mirroring U S methods. Despite legality of wine and beer, vodka bans persist with 1922 police reports showing 5 807 house searches and about 3 000 private stills in three months.
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Moscow
New York
Russia
President vows full resources to combat boll weevil
The president pledges all available government resources to fight boll weevil outbreaks, aiming to protect crops and farmers. Officials announce intensified efforts across states, including research, spraying, and monitoring programs to curb the pest.
National Conference Forms Interstate Boll Weevil Treaty Committee
Atlanta delegates open the conference with over 300 attendees as Georgia Governor Hardwick is named chair of a new interstate treaty committee to coordinate boll weevil eradication efforts. President Harding’s letter to Dr. Miller Reese Hutchison pledges federal technical and scientific support for a nationwide campaign.
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Harding
Hardwick
Georgia
Miller Reece Hutchison
New York
Campaign For Boll Weevil Control
Associated Dress
Washington
Miller Reese Hutchison
White House
Britain to Remain Aloof in Squabble in Germany's Area
London dispatch reports Prime Minister Bonar Law in the House of Commons rejects intervention by a League of Nations commission in the France Germany reparations dispute. He says Britain will keep troops on the Rhine and that France would view league action as hostility. Lloyd George argues for U.S. cooperation to avert disaster and pressure France.
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London
France
Germany
Bonar Law
House of Commons
League of Nations
America
David Lloyd George
Great Britain
House
League Commission
Rhine
George
United States
Lloyd George
Tail of Comet Noted in Southern Sky
A bright red light appeared in the southern sky over San Bernardino and was visible for over half an hour. At 9 15 it faded. Local astronomer Professor H A Richardson speculated the light was the tail of a meteor rather than a comet.
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San Bernardino
Cal
H. A. Richardson
Filibuster persists as shipping bill faces test
Washington February 20 The senate convened early to resume the shipping bill fight as opponents press a filibuster while Senator Jones in charge vows an all night session If the bill reaches a vote it will mark a concrete test of strength Despite motions to adjourn failing the case continues with Leader Underwood signaling a vote may be allowed.
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Associated Press
Washington
Senate
Jones
Sur Son
Todd
Underwood
Alabama
Hitchcook
Nebraska
Harrison
Mississippi
Air Mail Routes To All Cities In Coming Years
Birmingham, February report details night flying experiments proving air mail transmission safe with 94.29 percent efficiency for the year ending June 30. From July 16, 1921 to December 7, 1922 pilots logged 2,000,000 miles with no fatalities and 2,680 miles of current night routes. Plans for emergency landing fields every 25 miles Chicago to Cheyenne with lighting to guide navigation. Efforts aim for New York to Chicago daytime and Cheyenne to Frisco by day two, with 28 to 30 hour Seattle routes contingent on success.
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Tey
Henderson
Dérson
Chicago
Chieyenne
New York
Cheyenne
Frisco
San Francisco
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