Monroe Chamber Boosts Bonus For Oil Well Crew
The Monroe Chamber of Commerce voted to reward the head driller and crew with a $10,000 bonus for striking the Monroe field mother pool near Monroe. Local leaders including Thomas E. Flournoy and J. Biedenharn pledged additional sums as the Brummett and Julian interests push toward a first producer in Ouachita parish.
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Monroe
Monroe Chamber of Commerce
Thomas E. Flournoy
Ouachita National Bank of
Joseph Biedenharn
Ouachita Bottling Works Company
C. H. McHenry
Monroe Chamber of Comerce
Richard Downes, Jr
J. A. Biedenharn
E. Flournoy
Brummett and Julian
Ouachita Parish
S.S. Miller
H. Julian
Chamber of Commerce
Ner
Julian
Brummet
Hayes Brummett
Monroe Field
Tampico
Mexico
el Dorado
Renches
Blood coat dispute clouds Ada Drury-Converse case
Two sons of Ada Drury-Converse are jailed while husband Thomas P. Converse faces arrest in Houston over a murder and arson attempt near Hazlehurst. Inspectors Heap Tarver dispute identification, suggesting the Hazlehurst body may be Lois Jewell or another Monroe party member, not Mrs. Converse.
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Ada Drury-Converse
Jackson
Miss
Thomas P. Converse
Houston
Tex
Hazlehurst
Ramsey
Copiah County
Milton Drury
Lafayette
Ala
Walter Drury
Robert Heap
L. V. Tarver
Monroe
Vicksburg
Converse
Lois Jewell
Mrs. Converse
Crash of Army Dirigible Roma Kills 34 at Norfolk Base
Army board investigates reports the Roma’s bag may have been flimsy before the flight. Eleven survivors include eight in hospital with one critical. Officials say the rudder collapse caused the plunge. fire followed from motors rather than wires.
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Associated Press
Newport News
Norfolk Army Base
Army Board of Inquiry
Norfolk
Army
Army Air Service
Washington
Koma
Robbed Man Thrown From Freight Train by Two Robbers
Emmett Gandy reported being assaulted by two white men who robbed him of silver dollars and dumped him from a freight train west of West Monroe on the Vicksburg eveport and Pacific line. Detective Tarver tracked the suspects from Eleventh Street yards to Swartz and Tron Mountain as they fled.
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George Washington
United States
Mount Vernon
Washington
Lafayette
Custis
Emmett Gandy
West Monroe
Vicksburg, Eveport and Pacific
Gandy
L. V. Tarver
Eleventh Street
Swartz
Mystery Ku Klux Klan Parade Rumored in Monroe
A Monroe Star grapevine report claims a Ku Klux Klan parade tonight, with about a thousand marchers likely on DeSiard Grand streets and around the courthouse square, starting at 7 30. The publication notes secrecy and uncertainty about movements.
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Ku Klux Klan
Monroeens-Star
Invisible Empire
Monroe
DeSiard
Grand Streets
Court House
Sheriff Case Set for Judge Tomorrow in Contempt Dispute
District Attorney David Garrett seeks contempt of court action against Sheriff Arthur Grant in a district court trial before Fred M. Odom on Thursday. The dispute centers on Grant allegedly releasing Henriette Spangler who had been sentenced to six months in jail after serving one month.
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David Garrett
Arthur Grant
Fred M. Odom
Grant
Henriette Spangler
Car Stolen From Near Saenger's Theatre
W C Brown of the Weaks Supply Company reported his car stolen from near Saenger's theatre last night. No trace of the vehicle or thief has been found as yet.
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W. C. Brown
The
Weaks Supply Company
Saenger’s
Neo
Carl Thompson Hotel Plan in Monroe Arrest Near Phoenix
Carl Thompson of Monroe, known as a malingerer, is jailed in Phoenix under the alias R A Young. Sheriff Grant notes prior forgery arrests and illnesses used to feign weakness. Harrisburg syndicate offers a $600,000 hotel campaign for Monroe with a free feasibility survey, to be reviewed by local civic clubs.
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Carl Thompson
Monroe
Phoenix
Sheriff
Arthur Grant
Ariz
R. A. Young
Sheriff's Department
John Montgomery
Thompson
Monce
J. M. Foster
Ohio
Arkansas
Mississippi
California
Juachita Parish
FE. A. Stoll
Harrisburg
Hockenbury Syndicate
Monroe Chamber of Commerce
Harrisburg Concern
Department Club
Monroe Rotary Club
Lions Club
Kiwanis Club
Chamber of Commerce
Negro Cabin Fire Damages Home at Ouachita Avenue
Roof fire in a negro cabin at 1400 Ouachita avenue caused twenty five dollars in damage this afternoon at 1 30. Fire crews responded quickly to extinguish the blaze.
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Ouachita Avenue
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Flournoy
Biedenharn
Spa
Justin Winsor
America
Winsor
Houden
Gilbert Stuart
John Trumbull
Stuart
Rosa
Roma
Num
Hampton Roads Naval Base
UKLUX
Tion
Abc
Ouachita
Chamber OF Commerce and Civic Clubs
Hockenbury
Genasco
City Hall
Stonewall Lodge
K. of
Cyclops
Temple Annex
Grand Lodge
Leon Cohn
Monroe Lodge
J. M. Cobb
F. B. Surgaine
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