Slayer pays penalty for killing five in Bristol killings
Ben Burchfield, alleged slayer of his wife and four others at Bristol on November 26 1922, was electrocuted at the Tennessee State Prison at 5 50 am. He proclaimed innocence and readiness to die. Governor Peay declined a respite after a 16 hour conference with relatives counsel and officials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nashville
Tenn
A. P
Ben Burchfield
Bristol
Tennessee
Burchfield
Peay
Archfield
Dalia Burchfield
Charles
J. W. Smith
Local Voters Rush Registration for February Primary
Registrar S L Caspar reports only 48 people registered at city hall for the February 17 primary and March 8 election. Office hours end this Saturday to meet state law requiring a 30 day gap before the elections. Caspar warns many eligible voters may be disappointed if they miss Jan 17 deadline.
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S. L. Caspar
Jhis
R. Speed
Caspari Declaers
Reduction order expected for Monroe field gas allocation
The Monroe field faces a reduction order after local figures on channel surface in carbon plants are filed at the Department of Conservation. Supervisor H W Bell arrived from Shreveport to finalize the report, with Commissioner Everett to issue the order once figures pass the Shreveport office. The exact date is not set, but it will follow technical finalization as soon as possible. Rio Janeiro January 14 Three hydro airplanes left at 4 45 am for Buenos Aires inaugurating Brazil Argentina serial mail service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monroe
Department of Conservation
H. W. Bell
Minerals Division
Shreveport
Everett
Rio Janeiro
Buenos Aires
Argentina
Tokyo Tops World in Cost of Living
Tokyo reports the highest living costs among global cities, with costs 120 percent above prewar levels per Jiji Shimpo. London follows at 70 percent and New York at 50 percent, the paper notes, attributing the rise to Japan's heavy import needs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tokyo
New York
TI. N. S
Jiji Shim- Po
Jiji
London
Japan
Hoover calls for marketing reform to cut prices
Secretary Hoover urged eliminating waste in distribution to narrow the gap between farmers and manufacturers and consumers. He favored voluntary industry cooperation without government regulation, citing studies showing practical programs in over 100 industries and stressing education over price fixing or trade restraint.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hoover
Washington
Mr. Hoover
Department of Commerce
Rayville HI briefly closes as water is cut off
Rayville High School opened and pupils rushed outside after the town waterworks cut the building’s supply for non payment. Officials resolved the dispute within minutes and service was restored, with arrears paid by several in the town to avoid further outages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
News-Star
Rayville
Department of Water
Submarine S-19 Refloated Attempt At Orleans Harbor
A naval tug successfully attached a line to the submarine S-19 which ran aground on the outer bar of Orleans Harbor. The plan is to float the stranded vessel at the next high tide.
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Chatham
Mass
Wandrek
Orleans Harbor
Missing yacht Alga sighted near Bay St. Louis
Naval planes from Pensacola aided a coast search for the 32 foot yacht Alga of New Orleans which left Bay St. Louis for Pass L Outre with five aboard. Owner G Mather Conrad and others were aboard or connected to the vessel. The hunt involved a flotilla of pleasure craft and pilots scouted the hunting grounds.
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New Orleans
Olga
Bay St. Louis
Miss
Conrad
G. Mather Conrad
Pensacola Naval Station
Louisiana
Mississippi Gulf
Alga
Louisiana Conservation Commission
Pass L'Outre
Mississippi River
Southern Yacht Club
Ed M. Gueydan
John Luther
Eugene Houghton
Winnipeg
Canada
Fred Houghton
Pilot Town
Colonel Major Kutner Named Lieut Colonel of 156th Infantry
Colonel Major James H. Kutner of Lake Charles is appointed Lieut Colonel of the 156th Infantry succeeding the late Colonel R A Young Jr. The change is announced by Governor Fuqua via Captain W W Cooper. Kutner led the 3rd battalion and commanded Co D during the war. Monroe men served in Co D under his prior command and welcome the appointment.
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James H. Kutner
Lake Charles
156Th Infantry
R. A. Young, Jr
W. W. Cooper
Fuqua
Kutner
Co. D
Young
Col. Young
Monroe
Louisiana National Guard
Many Days in Prison Loom for Nell Wright in Bank Loot Case
Nellie Dawson Wright of Des Moines Iowa pleaded not guilty in New Orleans criminal court to receiving stolen bank loot linked to her slain husband William Wright. Prosecutors seek a change of venue and Monday set for motion arguments.
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New Orleans
Nellie Dawson Wright
Des Moines
Iowa
William Wright
U. S. Trade Balance for 1924 Reported Favorable
Commerce department figures show a favorable trade balance of 977 million 285 thousand dollars for the calendar year 1924. Exports and imports figures are detailed, highlighting a strong year for U S external commerce.
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U. S
Washington
United States
Commerce Department
Woman Opens London Pro Golf Teaching School
London January 14 Miss P Wingate becomes England’s first woman to run a professional golf teaching school. She aims to attract women golfers but will teach men as well and is linked to a famed Midland golf professional as her sister.
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London
I. NS
England
P. Wingate
Midland
Ouachita Valley Loan Group Holds Annual Election
Officers chosen for 1925 include H. D. Montgomery as president W. G. Haynes as vice president and J. H. Watkins as secretary treasurer A new board of directors was named with six members led by Montgomery Haynes and Watkins The association has operated six years handling loans totaling about two and a quarter million dollars across Ouachita Morehouse Caldwell Union Jackson and Lincoln parishes with over 900 members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ouachita Valley National Farm Loan Association
Monroe
H. D. Montgomery
W. G. Haynes
J. H. Watkins
R. B. Hassell
J. B
Morehouse
Caldwell
Union
Jackson
Lincoln
Watkins
Federal Land Bank
Federal Intermediate Credit Bank
Muscle Shoals
Ouachita Valley
Federal Intermediate Credit Banks
Louisiana
Washington
Congress
Ouachita River
Big Increase in Film Output for Year Shown
The nation’s motion picture output in 1923, based on production cost, was valued at 86,418,170 dollars, an 11.7 percent rise over 1921, figures released today by the census bureau indicate.
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Washington
Census Bureau
Monroe Sees 1925 Ahead After Record 1924 Growth
Monroe enters 1925 with strong forecasts after a year that topped all predecessors. Building permits reached about 1.135 million dollars, with major projects including Hotel Virginia and Ouachita parish courthouse. Postal receipts rose to about 95 thousand, bank deposits climbed, and housing and paving expanded city streets. Population, telephones, and real estate activity show robust momentum led by local firms and the Arent Investment Corporation.
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Monroe
West Monroe
Hotel
Virginia
Ouachita Parish Court House
Palace Building
McGuire
Parish High
Riverside Sanitarium
Lennet Garage
Alexandria
West Monare
People’s Homestead
E. L. Neville
J. W. Warren
Twin Cities
Abe Arent
Sterlington
Arent Investment Corporation
Nations Sign Debt Protocol Bringing Brighter Prospects
Paris Jan 14 All powers at the inter allied financial conference signed the Dawes annuities distribution protocol with Romania and Italy signing with reservations. The accord limits American damage claims to 350000 dollars but this change was dropped before signing. The document covers Dawes payments Ruhr back accounts army costs and other issues with future revisions planned for the Rhine occupation and Dawes plan financing.
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Paris
Rumania
Italy
Winston Churchill
Romania
Ruhr
Shantunz
Germany
Hungary
Bulgaria
Danzig
Clemente
France
Kellogg
United States
London
Europe
Belgium
Great Britain
Japan
Brazil
Greece
Portugal
Jugoslavia
Czechoslovaka
Rhine
Dawes Plan
Rhineland Commission
Military Control Commission
Rhineland
Wadsworth
Beattie Beattie Beattie Beattie nominated for federal judgeship
Charlton Reid Beattie was named by President Coolidge to the Eastern District of Louisiana bench in New Orleans on January 4 replacing Rufus E. Foster. Born April 22 1869 in Assumption Parish he comes from a family of jurists and is a Republican with prior service as district attorney and a Virginia Law School graduate. He currently practices law in New Orleans.
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New Orleans
Charlton Reid Beattie
Eastern District
Louisiana
Coolidge
Louis H. Burns
Republican
Beattie
Rufus E. Foster
Senate
Mr. Beattie
Assumption Parish
Taylor Beattie
Fannie Estelle Pugh
Law School
University of Virginia
Thibodeaux
Roosevelt
Republican Party
City
Calcutta Newspapers Denounce Monkey Shipments
Indian newspapers in Calcutta campaign against wholesale export of monkeys. Monkeys arrive packed to suffocation in railroad cars destined mainly for Germany Austria America and England. Campaign cites animal cruelty and animal protection society actions. Editorial warns government of responsibility if the trade continues.
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London
India
Daily Telegraph
Calcutta
Society For the Prevention of Cruelty
Germany
Austria
America
England
Southern States Begin Vote on Federal Child Labor Amendment
South Carolina opens a floor vote on rejecting the federal child labor amendment while Tennessee moves similar resolutions through committees. Virginia Mississippi will wait until 1926, Alabama until 1928, and Arkansas has approved. Georgia Louisiana North Carolina rejected. Florida awaiting spring session.
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Atlanta
South Carolina
Tennessee
Columbia
House of Representatives
South Carolina General Assembly
General Assemblies
Virginia
Mississippi
Alabama
Arkansas
Georgia
Louisiana
North Carolina
Florida
General Assembly
Washington legislative and industry meetings today
Senate and House meet at noon with the McFadden banking bill under consideration. National motion picture conference urges wholesome films. Musee Shoals issue discussed as Senate sits near its five week starting point. AGC speakers close sessions while foreign relations mulls world court adherence proposals. White House breakfast hosts agricultural commission on relief outlook. National distribution conference discusses trade distribution improvements under the Chamber of Commerce.
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Senate
House
Associated General Contractors of America
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
President's Agricultural Commission
Coolidge
Chamber of Commere Ofth
Governor Smith blocks extradition in candy poisoning case
Governor Smith refuses to sign extradition papers for Mrs. Hilma Ensminger of Columbia Mississippi on an attempted murder charge involving poisoned candy mailed to George Ensminger. Prosecutor Laidlaw will hand evidence to federal authorities as Mississippi Governor Whitefield reportedly investigates surrounding details. The case hinges on whether Ensminger is a fugitive and where she resides.
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Clean
N. Y
Smith
New York State
Hilma Ensminger
Columbia
Miss
George Ensminger
Laidlaw
Ensminger
Buffalo
Bert Jones
Gulf and Ship Island Railroad Company
Whitefield
Mississippi Sheriff Awaits Word on Release of Mrs Ensminger
Jackson Miss Jan 14 Sheriff T J Branton of Marion county said by long distance call that he had received no word from Olean New York authorities to release Mrs George Ensminger who is held under technical arrest on a charge of attempted murder.
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Jackson, Miss
T. J. Branton
Marion County
Olean
N. Y
George Ensminger
Shreveport Railways Seeks Fare Boost to Seven Cents
Shreveport Louisiana January 14 The Shreveport Railways company asks the Louisiana Public Service Commission to raise adult fares from six to seven cents while school children stay at 12 1/2 cents The petition cites improvements costing 21046597 and claims current earnings fall short of 116666.67 while aiming for a gross 734955 00 if approved The company warns bankruptcy and city disruption if not allowed and projects handling up to ten million passengers in the coming year.
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Baton Rouge
Shreveport Railways Company
Louisiana Public Service Commission
Shreveport Street Railways
Public Service Commission
Eceompany
Shreveport
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Slayer
Gulf Coast
N. O
Nell Wright
Ouachita Valley Loan Group
Ouachita
Banking World
Post Office
Morningside
DeSiard
ST. Railway
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