City fights flood risk as Mississippi nears crest
As levees rush to completion in West Monroe and surrounding parishes, officials warn river levels may crest near 46.5 feet. Rescue and relief efforts continue with Veterans of Foreign Wars moving 40 families, a 200 horsepower pump readied at Black Bayou dam, and new levee work near Sterlington to shield Beeuf Basin plantations.
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Kate Rey
Government
West Monroe
Monroe
Louisiana
Arkansas
Felsenthal
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Brown Paper Mill
M. E. Dupont
The
Post
Emergency Relief Committee
Joe Austin
Black Bayou
Illinois Central Crossing
Boeuf
June Lonas
S. G. Jarrell
American Legion
Columbia
Sterlington
Bayou Bartholomew
Collins
Politician Claims and Counterclaims at Parish High
At Parish High School a political talk focused on Mrs. Warner’s assertion that Monroe women’s organizations supported Mr. Nev. Mr. Thompson challenged the claim as an exaggeration. Details described Thompson as slight and recovering from illness, while the aggressor was heavier.
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Parish
Warner
Jackson Parish
Monroe
Nev
Thompson
Redmond
Tarzan Descends From Cliff After Grappling with Dragon Talons
Tarzan lowers himself along a cliff using a grass rope looped over a granite projection. He cautiously descends in 20 foot stages, braving a dangerous drop and fragile footholds. At last he reaches level ground and surveys injuries from dragon talons.
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Tarzan
Levees crumble as floods threaten Louisiana and Tennessee
Floods from the Tallahatchie and rivers in Tennessee and Louisiana loom large. Shreveport area reports 20 000 acres under water with thousands evacuated, while backwater from Caddo Lake and Black Bayou swells lowlands near Gilliam Minden and Bossier Parish.
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Shreveport
Caddo Parish
Gilliam
Caddo Lake
Black Bayou
Southwestern hosts dairy short course for 4-H members
Jan. 16 Southwestern Louisiana Institute welcomed several hundred 4-H Club members and farm families for the fifth annual dairy short course. A farm dairy show and barbecue luncheon highlighted the day, with demonstrations and talks by Dean J. B. Fitch of Kansas State College and LSU extension workers. Dr. B. E. Stephens, college president, opened the two day event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. L Fletcher
S. L. I. Agriculture Department
Farry
Sidney J. Bowles
BE. L. Stephens
Possum Season Opens in Georgia First Catch Credited
Mary Sheppard of New York is credited with the first possum catch in Georgia as the season opens. She is pictured with the possum, noted as “Possum in 2 tree,” highlighting the start of hunting season activity.
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Georgia
Mary Sheppard
New York
Patricia Fernebing
Milwaukee
Wis
Virginia Wylie
South Norwalk
Financial Bill Nears Law as Hoover Aid Passes
The revised financial bill gains near passage in both houses and moves toward President Hoover for signature. Congress expects quick settlement of details and a swift return to work after recess as Senate reconvenes amid reconstructions and budget talks. The Senate backs strict retrenchment in federal expenditures for next year with a bipartisan vote. Borah opposes alongside eight Democrats.
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White House
Hoover
House
Senate
Harrison
Mississippi
Pittman
Nevada
Borah
Idaho
Polling Places Change For Primary Election
Ouachita Parish Police Jury announces changes to two polling sites due to flooding. Precinct Four Ward Three will vote at Phillips Print Shop 194 Apple Street and Ward Five at the two story hotel building adjoining the current polling place. Election set for January 19 1932.
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Monroe Morning World
E. H. Hill
Ouschita Parish
Tidwell and Sons
Phillips Print Shop
Apple Street
Tidwell
Leon Jackson
J. M. Breard
Ouachita Parish
Monroe Protested Move To Relocate Wheel Lathe
City officials and business leaders pressed Missouri Pacific to keep the wheel lathe in Monroe shops, arguing the economy would harm local jobs and revenue. Officials cited Monroe’s TM percent of railroad freight and warned of serious local impact if equipment moves to McGhee.
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John Cannon
Monroe
Missouri Pacific Railroad
McGehey
Chamber of Commerce
Arnold Bernstein
Missouri Pacific
Arkansas
Bernstein
McGhee
T. P. Thompson
J. C. Dana
EB. A. Penn
Mr. Penn
Fred Millsaps
M. S. Biedenharn
Ouachita Bottling Works
P. M. Atkins
Monroe Hardware Company
George Breece
The
Breece Lumber Company
George Weaks
Weaks Manufacturing Company
L. P. Landry
Monroe Oldsmobile Company
Little Rock
Q. A. Garber
Fred G. Hudson
D. A. Garber
L. P. Kramp
J. P. Roquemore
C. F. Dougherty
D. L. Carter
Garrett Argues Willie Calloway Case Before State Supreme Court
David I. Garrett district attorney returned from New Orleans where he argued several criminal cases before the State Supreme Court. The cases included Willie Calloway a negro condemned to death for killing Jasper Gordon Missouri Pacific special agent and Norma and Lee Shearer convicted of grand larceny now under penitentiary terms.
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David I. Garrett
New Orleans
State Supreme Court
Supreme Court
Willie Calloway
Jasper Gordon
Missouri Pacific
Norma and
Lee Shearer
Webb Only Candidate In Parish For State Post
Ouachita Parish supports T. T. Webb of Monroe as sole candidate for secretary of state from the Fifth District. Webb has 16 years in the state Legislature and his supporters expect a strong vote locally for the new office. Hawaii has the largest extinct and largest continuously active volcano in the world.
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Webb
Parish
Ouachita Parish
T. T. Webb
Monroe
Hawaii
Anti-Saloon League Leaders Rally for Prohibition Unity
Bishop W N Ainsworth of the Methodist Church warns delegates that political pressure from pro and anti prohibition factions threatens churches. He urges Southern leaders to stand firm for sobriety and resist manipulation by politicians claiming to end the "damnable" prohibition.
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W. N. Ainsworth
Methodist Enteconpal Church
South
Postpone Poultry Meet Until Saturday
Parish poultry meeting set for Ouachita Parish court house has been postponed from Tuesday election day to 10 30 a m Saturday. Mrs Jewel L MecQuiller home demonstration agent announced the change. Clyde Ingram state poultry specialist will be principal, with talks on poultry breeding value egg production stock and prices outlook.
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Ouachita Parish
Jewel L. MecQuiller
Clyde Ingram
War Declared by Church Pastor on Satan
Rev J C Toombs, pastor of Progressive Baptist Church in Clarksdale Mississippi, declares a 15 day revival against Satan with Rev H C Toombs in charge and invites the public to attend.
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J. C. Toombs
Progressive Baptist Church (Colored
Army of God
Satan
HC. Toombs
Clarksdale, Miss
Japan Answers Stimson China Changes Policy Statement
The report indicates Japan responds to Stimson by stating that China’s current unsettled state cannot be ignored. It notes that any policy must consider evolving conditions in China and the implications for agreements contemplated when the Washington Treaty was drafted.
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China
Washington
Permit Issued to Drill Richland Parish Gas Test
The United Gas Public Service Company received a permit from the Monroe office of the state conservation department to drill a new gas well in Richland Parish. The well, named Alice E. Pervis No. B-1, will be located 81 feet north and 599 feet west of the center of section 34, township 17 north, range 6 east.
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Richland Parish
United Gas Public Service Company
Monroe
Mineral Division
State Conservation Department
Alice E. Pervis
Section
Township 17
Change
Monroe blotter reports rare charge against Dave Chippie Black
Police allege Dave Chippie Black cruelly and inhumanely treated a horse by overworking it without adequate food until the animal could not stand. The complaint sets the charged act as cruel and inhumane treatment of an animal.
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Monroe
Dave Chippie
Chippie
Man challenges police and prison system in Georgia
A quoted exchange portrays Burns denouncing law and prison as unjust. He questions puni shment as reform, arguing prisons brutalize rather than rehabilitate and urging society to change. He says he would open every prison door and asserts a citizen must be given a chance. He challenges Georgia to prove he has not lived as a first rate citizen elsewhere.
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Georgia
Burns
Bossier City Man Shoots Self in Locked Bedroom
Norman O Gilvie age 25 locked himself in a friend’s Bossier City residence and fatally shot himself under the heart after writing notes to his wife and mother. Coroner says the wound was personal safety related and witnesses found him dying after forcing entry. Notes indicate domestic troubles led to his suicide.
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Shreveport
Bossier City
Norman O’gilvie
R. O. Carter
Bossier Parish
W.L. Mabry
Raymond Gillespie
O'Gilvie
O’gilvie
O'Givie
Longview
Texas
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