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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Jan 01, 1924
Page
1
The Tuskegee Institute reports mob violence fell 50 percent in the last year with 28 cases, and Louisiana saw only a single lynching. Officials thwarted many lynch attempts, underscoring the importance of strong, conscientious lawmen in curbing mob justice.
Major Ian Hay Beith, arriving in New York, says English women are as wild as Americans and losing respectability. He urges men to curb them by avoiding night clubs and cocktails. In Jackson Mississippi, Henry Yerger resigns as assistant secretary of state to pursue news work.
Washington officials indicate a limited sale of surplus war material to the Mexican government is being examined by the war department. Objections in Congress are not expected to block the deal, despite protests from Rep Fairchild. Mexican revolutionary support is estimated at about 30 percent of the army with few civilian backers.
The United States plans a preliminary arms shipment to Mexico soon featuring 3 000 rifles 15 000 rounds of ammunition and ten armored airplanes. The weapons will equip volunteer agrarian workers as they are organized and drilled. President Obregon returned to Mexico City from Trapuato to receive diplomats and attend Congress closing session.
Indianapolis, Ind. Jan 1. The final sessions of the Student Volunteer Movement International convention focused on international cooperation for world peace and student action to improve race relations. Delegates discussed two main topics after group round tables, while a recent mass meeting on non resistance drew notable debate but was settled as unrelated to the convention.
Colonel J. R Proctor resigns from the Augus tus Gardner post of the American Legion in Washington over opposition to the soldiers' bonus plan. He is the second New York officer to quit the Legion after Lieut Colonel Benjamin Moore resigned from John Purroy Mitchell post.
Monroe saw a muted New Year as midnight passed with little celebration. Police reported the quietest city New Year in memory while revelers avoided typical explosions and bells. Fire crews noted no false alarms and dry and wet factions pointed to the eighteenth amendment for the unusual restraint.
Houston reported state officers issued a warrant for Irvin Cobb the New York writer on alleged game law violations. The charge cites using a J H Davis license and a $2 resident license instead of a $15 non resident. Cobb had been visiting W C Hogg in Houston and his whereabouts were unclear.
Carl Williams president of the American Cotton Growers Exchange and editor of the Oklahoma Farmer Stockman urged moderation in 1924 cotton planting to prevent overproduction. He cited cooperative marketing and a short crop as factors making the South a strong agricultural trading region in 1928.
The Interstate Commerce Commission barred a rate increase on citrus freight from New York City to Meridian Mississippi and related points. Railroads had proposed higher schedules that would lift the per hundred weight charge from 1.10 to 1.74, but the order halted the change for now.
New Year’s Day opened in a brutal cold wave across the central states and Midwest with temperatures near or below zero. Chicago logged 3 degrees, Yellowstone and Billings reported record low readings, while Mississippi Valley and Texas endured their coldest weather of the season.
Weather bureau warnings issued for Massachusetts Vermont Maine and Northern New York predict much colder weather tonight across the eastern states with freezing temperatures extending into the southern region. Temperatures are expected to rise Wednesday in the east gulf states Tennessee and the Ohio valley.
A cold wave hit the lower Rio Grande delta last night with Brownsville showing no lower than forty. Citrus growers brace for a possible frost tonight as conditions spread into northern Mexico.
Republican former service men in the house pressed plans for a party conference next week to discuss the soldiers bonus despite Representative Longworth of Ohio doubting the meeting's advisability and suggesting action on tax reduction instead.
United States 1923 lumber production reaches 38b feet, largest since 1916 and enough to build 2 billion houses. Output up 3b feet from 1922, 2b feet below 1916 total. Southern pine at 12.06b feet and Douglas fir at 9.40b feet.
A Lloyds dispatch reports the former American steamer Minnesota en route from New York to Wilhelmshaven ashore in Jade Bay off Wilhelmhaven. Tugs from a shipping agency have been sent for aid. Another American vessel, West Earl from Havre to Antwerp, ran ashore near Flushing yesterday but was floated successfully.
West Monroe will register a husky population growth in the new city directory compiled under G. E. Lowrie. The town nears 4,100 residents, up from about 2,900 in 1920, with rapid movement on the south and north sides and unstable counts in the Brown Paper Mill district.
Meridian Connecticut January 1 Arthur W Arnold and his bride Miss Gladys Harriman are quarantined at the Arnold home for scarlet fever which struck the groom on his wedding day December 26 The ceremony was at the bride s home with the groom in one room the bride and guests in another and the clergyman in a doorway between them The Arnold couple are now acting as nurses to each other.
NEW ORLEANS Jan 1 The death toll of children from Tetanus due to burns or wounds from cap pistols or fireworks rose to six as Nolen Egan 15 died in Charity hospital. Five other black children died in the hospital yesterday from the same malady. In each case the injuries were considered trivial at the time.
Viscount Kiyoura, president of the Privy Council, was summoned by Prince Regent Hirohito to form a new cabinet to succeed Premier Yamamoto, who resigned after last week’s assassination attempt on the prince regent.
President Coolidge started the New Year at 6:30 a m with a walk and breakfast. He found mail delivery absent due to the holiday and only Edward T Clarke reported among White House attaches. He signed papers and greeted New Year callers after 11 o clock.
Police reports indicate a dozen or more people were accidentally shot during Baltimore New Year’s celebrations. Authorities continued to gather details on victims and locations as investigations proceed.
New Yorkers and visitors welcomed the New Year amid drizzle and crowds, with about 20 000 revelers at cabarets paying 5 to 25 dollars cover under watchful prohibition agents from Washington. Police noted fewer intoxicated individuals, while 15 deaths from bad liquor over the holidays were reported and 300 fell ill. Churches and theatres vied for attendance as crowds packed venues.
A Constantinople dispatch says the Turkish parliamentary commission at Angora recommended prohibiting polygamy. If approved, no second wife without urgent need and the wife of the offending husband would gain a divorce.
New Year relief as Red River crests and holds at 37 feet in Alexandria. Officials report the flood stage is a foot below the crest with the river passing its peak today.
City subscribers are told a new carrier delivery system is being introduced under an experienced circulation manager. The change aims to improve service and collections with a 30 day timeline, raising the price to 15 cents per week prepaid for all carrier deliveries within city limits and surrounding areas. Cooperation from readers is requested as the transition proceeds.
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