Monroe to host large Grotto convention in Neville High School
A Grotto convention of Southern states will bring about 2 500 officers and many guests to Monroe in October. The event will be held in the Neville High School auditorium with capacity over 5 000, supported by the city officials. Delegations are promised from Shreveport Little Rock Fort Smith and other cities across the region.
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Monroe
American Legion
Southwest
Neville High School
Grotto
New Mexico
Alabama
Georgia
Shreveport
Little Rock
Fort Smith
Fifteen Planes Start National Air Tour Today
Detroit July 4 1931 five of the 15 contesting planes depart Ford airport led by C H Sugg on a 16 mile cross river jump to Walkerville Ont for lunch before continuing to Leroy New York and a 33 city route through Pennsylvania Ohio West Virginia Kentucky Tennessee Alabama Mississippi Louisiana with a return to Detroit by July 25 1931.
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Detroit
C. H. Sugg
Ford Airport
Walkerville
Ont
Leroy
N. Y
New York State
Pennsylvania
Ohio
West Virginia
Kentucky
Tennessee
Alabama
Mississippi
Louisiana
Texas
Middle Western
Rambling Tales From Monroe Headlines And Anecdotes
Local column recounts a prank on H. H. B. F. D. Lippmin with an ambulance joke and a $10 bill for “ambulance service.” It notes Judge Kelly’s shift to the water wagon and a Tallulah trip mishap with two flat tires. Also mentions L. J. Hart’s planned October event, Miss Helen Laura Smith and Mrs. McReynolds’ California trip, debates over obituary wording, coffee debates of Lester and Newton, and a Monroe crude oil based hair dressing experiment in an elevator bay turning into a potential new business plan.
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F. D. Lippmin
Legion
Lippmin
Lippman
Kelly
Tallulah
Monroe
L. J. Hart
Helen Laura Smith
S. M. McReynolds
California
Miss Smith
Missouri
George W. Lester
Thomas C. Newton
Chamber of Commerce
Elevator Bay
Ouachita Bank
Peter Arno and Vanderbilt Stage Fist Battle at Reno
Reno July 4 news confirms a publicized feud culminated in a fistfight between Cornelius Vanderbilt Jr and cartoonist Peter Arno at the Reno station. Eyewitnesses say Arno appeared to be knocked down as Vanderbilt’s private detective released a statement accusing Arno of insulting Mrs. Vanderbilt. The affair followed divorces and a pending trial in Reno.
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Peter Arno
Vanderbilt
Reno
Nevada
Cornelius Vanderbilt, Jr
Arno
George Killmer
May Vanderbilt
New York
Killmer
Florence Rice Smith
Grantland Rice
Lois Long Arno
Mary Davidson Weir
Chicago
Mrs. Vanderbilt
Independence Day Observed Across The Nation And Abroad
Independence Day celebrations unfold nationwide with radio broadcasts and patriotic events while negotiations in Paris aim to resolve two points of difference on Hoover's war debt plan. Officials voice guarded optimism as conferences continue and a moratorium near.
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Paris
Treasury
Mellon
Ambassador Edge
Finance
Flandin
France
America
Hoover
Ministry of Finance
M. Fland
Wagton
United States
White House
Castle
Rapidan
Hurley
Philadelphia
Independence Hall
Poznan
Poland
Woodrow Wilson
Gutzon Borglum
Wilson
Representative Graham Dies at New York Summer Home
Islip New York July 4 Representative George S Graham 81 longtime chairman of the house judiciary died at 8 25 am EST at his summer home after months of illness and a paralytic decline He was a Philadelphia native graduate of the University of Pennsylvania and Lafayette College who began public life in 1877 as a select council member later serving as Philadelphia district attorney until 1898 and then teaching criminal law at the University of Pennsylvania.
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Islip
N. Y
George S. Graham
Pennsylvania
House
Graham
Philadelphia
University of Pennsylvania
Lafayette College
Select Council
Planned Second Story Expansion For Ouachita Coca Cola Plant
Ouachita Coca-Cola Bottling plans a second story addition at 207 Walnut Street. Bids were opened with several submissions, but no contract awarded yet. Architecture by J W Smith and Associates calls for a 90 by 110 foot rear extension to harmonize with the existing building. The firm seeks more space to handle current and upcoming demand.
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Ouachita Coca-Cola Bottling Company
Walnut Street
M. S. Biedenharn
J. W. Smith and Associates
Gyoho
Comediate
Uiwe
Employment Drive on Behalf of War Veterans Planned
Washington July 4 the newly elected national commander E Babcock announced a nationwide employment drive for jobless disabled World War I veterans. The campaign, planned after conferences with Administrator Hines and labor officials, will use the veterans bureau to send questionnaires to compensation receivers. Upon notice of joblessness the case goes to the local Labor Department employment service for placement, with further reports until the veteran is employed.
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Washington
E. Babcock
Hines
Veterans Affairs and Labor Department
Veterans’ Bureau
Labor Department
Urges naming of new bridge for Monroe mayor
E W Murray of 607 Park avenue urges dedicating the Ouachita river bridge at Louisville to late Monroe mayor Fred Endom. He notes Endom helped in financing and building the existing DeSiard street bridge and compares past memorials for Forsythe and Bernstein. Murray says others favor the proposal and plans to act.
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Ouachita River
Louisville
Fred Endom
Monroe
E. W. Murray
Park Avenue
Forsythe
Forsythe Park
Forsythe Avenue
Bernstein
Mr. Murray
Endom
J. H. Herring
Chicago
Murray
DeSiard Street
Duke of Aosta Dies at 62 Cousin to King of Italy
The Duke of Aosta died in Turin at 1 30 this afternoon at age 62. He was a cousin to the Italian king and was long mentioned as a throne candidate. A war veteran he gained fame as a soldier but suffered from bronchial and lung ailments and a weak heart led to retirement in recent years.
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Turin
Italy
Duke of
Aosta
Greece
Ten Prisoners Sent to State Prison at Angola
Ten prisoners including two bank robbers were sent to the state prison at Angola to begin serving sentences. The bank bandits were Charles Vogt aged 9 to 14 years and Alfred Lacocke aged 4 to 8 years for the Burgundy street branch Canal bank holdup.
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New Orleans
Angola
Charles, Vogt
Alfred Lacocke
Burgundy Street
Canal Bank
Lott and Van N 's Wimbledon doubles champions
George Lott Jr and John Van N win the Wimbledon doubles title in a five set final over Cochet and Brugnon. The match ends 6-2 14-8 9-11 3-6 6-3.
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Wimbledon Stadium
Eng
George Lott, Jr
John van <N
United States
Henri Cochet
Jacques Brugnon
Pittsburgh Beats St Louis In Extra Innings
Pittsburgh won the morning game 18 in eleventh inning against St Louis as the Pirates totaled 17 hits while the Cards had 13. In Toledo at Inverness Club Billy Burke of Greenwich Conn and George Von Elm of Detroit were tied at 181 strokes through 45 holes of the 72 hole national open.
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Pittsburgh
St. Louis
Pirates
Inverness Club
Toledo
Ohio
Billy Burke
Greenwich
Conn
George von Elm
Detroit
Inverness
Burke
von Elm
Boy’s Heart Almost Cut Out In Street Fight
Earl Davis a 17 year old resident east of Ponchatoula was killed in a July 4 dispute over lottery tickets after Tom Boughton lunged with a Texas jackknife. Boughton fled and was jailed at Amite. his wife held in Ponchatoula. Coroner tied him to murder. Mayor Haight called it one of the worst tragedies he had known.
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United Press
Hammond
Earl Davis
Ponchatoula
Tom Boughton
Boughton
Amite
Hicks
Haight
Monroe July Fourth Program Sets Night Events at Natatorium
Monroe recreation department completes plans for the Fourth of July at the municipal natatorium. At 7:30 p m the junior bathing beauty revue starts followed by an 8 p m lantern parade from the natatorium street car station with 100+ children in paper hats blowing horns. Novel pool contests and prizes cap the night while a downtown parade and West Monroe rodeo headline the day.
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Monroe Recreation Department
Municipal Natatorium
Twin Cities
Monroe
West Monroe
McGuire Park
A B Banks Convicted Of Accepting Deposit In Insolvent Bank
A B Banks, former president of the American Exchange Trust company in Little Rock, was convicted by a jury of accepting a deposit in an insolvent bank. The jury set his sentence at one year in prison. He faced trial after the bank’s closing triggered wider financial failures.
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Little Rock
Art
American Exchange Trust Company of
Abner McGehee
Banks
Lillie Rothschild
American Exchange
Supreme Court
Oscelola
Shreveport Man Fatally Hurt in Train Wreck
Shreveport businessman James Francis Russ died in Hartford after a world tour. A head on collision near New Haven Station injured twelve, with over forty others sustaining injuries as the Merchants Limited train bound for New York from Boston collided with another passenger train.
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Shreveport
James Francis Russ
Hartford
Conn
New Haven
Merchants Limited
New York
Boston
Pope Attacks Mussolini Over Church State Clash
The Vatican outlines in an encyclical a clash with Mussolini era policies on Catholic Action and youth organizations. It condemns anti Catholic acts and an oath demanding obedience to authority over truth and justice. Continued to Page Three.
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Pope
Mussolini
Vatican City
Catholic Action Society
Pius XI
Catholic Action
Pontiff
Racismo
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Southern States
Associated Press
Jes’ Ramblin
Edge
U. S
House Judiciary Committee
Coca-Cola
Chuch
Poke Rici
Broadway
Wiley Post
Harold Gatty
Fiers
the Battery
City Hall
King
Burke, von Elm Tied
A.B. Banks
Arkansas State
Fred J. Russ
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