Soldier bonus fight stalls tax plan in Ways and Means
Washington reports a Republican sub committee failed to approve revenue provisions for a soldiers bonus, backing a bill without tax revenue while voting 7 to 2 against sales tax. The full committee may study the issue as district officers pursue clues in the disappearance of C. C. Harmon near Swartz. Sheriff Grant says no murder evidence exists, Harmon likely left voluntarily. Judge Schulze also reports no clues.
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Associated Press
Washington
House
Ways and Means
Ways and Means Committee
Now
Tepesday
Ouachita Parish
C. C. Harmon
Swartz
Grant
Harmon
Volunteers of America
Monroe
Arthur Grant
Schulze
Marine Mail Guards Being Replaced by Civilian Force
The post office department plans to replace Marine mail guards with a specially recruited civilian force. Marines assigned to guard the mails and post offices since November 6 will be withdrawn as the civilian guards are selected to form a permanent service. Robberies have declined since guards began, officials say.
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U. S
Washington
Department
Post Office Department
Ouachita Farm Bureau Moves to Bring Kapp for Cotton Growers
The Ouachita Parish Farm Bureau adopted a resolution urging the Louisiana Farm Bureau Federation to send Harry F. Kapp to North Louisiana to organize cotton growers. A. L. Smith was empowered to press the Baton Rouge meeting to secure Kapp's presence and lead the Cotton Growers Association effort.
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Quachita Farm Bureau
KAPP
Louisiana
A. L. Smith
Ouachita Parish
Baton Rouge
Louisiana Farm Bureau Federation Executive Committee
Louisiana Farm Bureau
Percy Sandel
T. E. Flournoy
A. J. Huffman
Joe Noble
Monroe
Farm Bureau Organization
Cotton Growers’ Association
Ouachita Parish Farm Bureau Organization
North
Harry F. Kapp
Rice Growers’ Association of
Arkansas
South Louisiana
Agriculturists
Fourth Community Sing Sunday at City High
Monroe Community Service hosts the fourth community sing in the City high school auditorium Sunday at 3:00 p.m. The event welcomes the public and strangers, with folk, patriotic and religious songs plus special numbers.
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Monroe
City High School
Presbyterian Church
William Wunsch
J. M. Cobb
John Schrieber
Jack Hays
Gladys Gregg
Major Graves
Chamber of Commerce
Steel Corp Seeks Exclusion of Competitive Evidence
Washington Steel Corporation moves to strike from the record contracts and invoices of steel quotations from other firms and testimonials from the legislature and chamber of commerce opposing Pittsburgh base rate figures used to show rolled steel production costs.
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Washington
Steel Corporation
Legislature
Chamber of Commerce
Pittsburgh
LSU Glee Club to Perform in Monroe Monday
The Louisiana State University Glee Club will give a concert at Central High School in Monroe Monday night. Twenty five members will be in town for the annual affair and include Decker Moore, a Monroe boy. The program is said to be one of the best yet in Monroe.
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Louisiana State University Glee Club
Central High School
Monroe
Glee Club
Decker Moore
Slaying at Turner Rooming House Ends in Bell Arrest
Mattie Benton a nurse and servant is dead from two shots fired by Robert Bell a pressing club owner. Bell surrendered to Monroe officers and confessed claiming jealousy provoked the crime. Coroner's inquest heard conflicting tales as two witnesses backed the motive of a quarrel. Bell a Morehouse man born at Bonita.
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Mattie Benton
Robert Bell
Turner
DeSiard Street
Benton
Bell
Parker and Hayden
Monroe
Clarence Oakley
Mary Barnes
Mattie
Sheriff's Department
Gray
More
V S P Seeks 408966 Loan for Repairs and Equipment
The Vicksburg Shreveport and Pacific railroad applied to the Interstate Commerce Commission for a 408,966 government loan to rebuild freight cars, add new equipment, expand shop facilities, and make minor improvements.
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Washington
Vicksburg, Shreveport and Pacific Railroad
Interstate Commerce Commission
French Blue Beard Is Executed Today
Versailles February 25 Henri Landru known as the bluebeard of Gambais is executed for the murder of ten women and one youth. The guillotine fell after sunrise as officials say he refused to confess though he claimed no innocence during thirty four months of imprisonment and twenty one days of trial.
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Versailles
Henri Landru
Bluebeard
Gambais
Landru
West Monroe hosts Baptist training schools across parishes
The Bayou Macon Association runs a program of training schools and Bible institutes from March 12 to 19 in West Monroe Bastrop Rayville Tallulah and Oak Grove with J B Moseley H V Hamilton John S Ramond Clara Hodges Spurgeon Wingo and Dr Allen Hill Autrey leading sessions in multiple churches and districts.
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Bayou Macon Associational
West Monroe
Bastrop
Rayville
Tallulah
Oak Grove
Monroe
Terminal Heights
Peniel
Swartz
Loch Arbor
Fairbanks
J. B. Moseley
Shreveport
State Sunday School
H. V. Hamilton
Little Rock
Ark
Arkansas
John S. Kamond
Clara Hodges
Spurgeon Wingo
Slidell
Louisiana
Allen Hill Autrey
State Baptist Convention of Arkansas
Y. P. U. Manual
H. M. DeMoss
First Baptist Church
John S. Ramond
Mrs Dundas Awarded Damages Against Sanatorium
Mrs Mildred Dundas won a $750 judgment plus 5 percent interest from February 5, 1921, against St. Francis sanitarium and training school for nurses in the Sixth District Court. She claimed she was subjected to an X ray examination and burned during treatment.
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Mildred Dundas
St. Francis Sanitarium and Training School For Nurses
Sixth District
Dundas
Navy department no better now than during war asserts Sims
Rear Admiral W. E. Sims told a Minneapolis audience that the navy department has the same organization as in the war, a setup he says makes preparation for war and fighting when war arrives impossible. He urged public enlightenment and for newspapers to hire military experts to discuss naval and defense issues.
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Navy Department
Sims
Minneapolis
Minn
W. E. Sims
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Newton
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House of Representatives
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Russell
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Whitworth
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Weaks Supply Co
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