Democratic minority denounces tariff bill as conspiracy
Democratic members of the Ways and Means Committee issue a minority report in the House denouncing the administration tariff bill as a conspiracy to benefit a few favorites at the expense of the public. They say changes were made secretly, outside the committee, to enrich a few and fund a political party.
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Associated Press
Washington
Ways and Means Committee
House of Representatives
Ways and Means
Twister Damage Reported Near Crew Lake Area
H A Millsaps, returning from Crew Lake, downplays damage but confirms a small wind storm with hail around 6 PM. Reports from Monroe News Star say damages were exaggerated though losses may reach thousands. No injuries. a gin house roof lifted, a silo blown down, outhouses toppled, and trees uprooted over miles.
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Crew Lake
Quachita
Richland
Monroe News-Star
H. U. Millsaps
Monroe Chamber planned meeting on assessing fiscal year
The Monroe Chamber of Commerce board will meet Saturday at 4 PM to discuss Monroe parish tax assessments and to push a proposed 25 percent reduction toward 1919 levels. Local business leaders urge active citizen backing for the change amid counterfeit money case updates involving Luther McElroy and associates.
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Monroe Chamber of Commerce
Commerce Headquarters
Monroe
West Monrde
Country
Parish Board of Affairs
Ouachita Assessor
State Board
Negro in Huttig case confesses to Monroe jewelry robberies
Detective Tarver reports Herbert Eaton, a negro, confessed to involvement in Monroe jewelry store robberies with Ed Roy and others. Roy is already in state penitentiary for a Fream jewelry store robbery. Eaton is expected to face Huttig charges, not Monroe, due to a strong case there.
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Monroe
Huttig
Herbert Eaton
el Dorado
Alexandria
Huttig Commissary
Ed Roy
Tarver
Roy
State Penitentiary
Fream Jewelry Establishment
Ouachita River
Eaton
The House the Fairies Built at West Monroe
A West Monroe school auditorium hosting a tomorrow evening performance of The House the Fairies Built. Proceeds support a picture machine loan repayment and playground equipment. a 6:30 parade through main streets completes Clean-Up Week events.
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West Monroe
West Monro
Florsheim Well Near Haynesville to Reach by Monday
The Goree No. 1 well in section 16 23 8 two and one half miles southwest of Haynesville is reported to yield about 8 000 barrels per day. Edgar Florsheim confirms the well looks good though he won t disclose exact production. Sid Simmons has returned to Haynesville to oversee operations as Standard Oil plans a pipeline by Monday from its twelve inch line.
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Florsheim
Edgar Florsheim
Sid Simmons
Haynesville
Standard Oil Company
Mrs Kaber Defense Claims Longtime Mental Incompetence
In Cleveland on July 7 the trial of Mrs Catherine Eva Kaber opened with state prosecutors portraying her as the mastermind in her husband Daniel Kaber’s murder. Defense attorney William Corrigan argued she has been mentally incompetent since childhood and that the intruders acted in a black gang toward a nonlethal outcome.
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Cleveland
Ohio
Catherine Eva Kaber
Daniel Kaber
William Corrigan
Vittori Pisselli
Corrigan
Raber
U S Engineer Opposes Ouachita River Bonus Plan
The Ouachita river project progress is reviewed by Mr E S Maupin assistant U S engineer in charge of lock and dam work at a Rotary luncheon. He explains seven locks will enable year round navigation to a point above Camden Ark and notes Congress funds river work only when used for navigation. He also discusses Monroe area impacts and the lack of current priority for Ouachita improvements.
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E. S. Maupin
U. S
Ouachita River
Rotary
Maupin
Camden
Ark
Monroe
Sterlington
New Orleans
Cobb
E. K. Means
Haynesville
Louise Endom Kelly
Leon Hammonds
Notice to Gas Consumers Pay Bills by the 20th
Gas customers are warned to pay on or before the 20th to save ten percent. All bills unpaid by the 20th will result in service disconnection without further notice.
Gas Field Line To Issue at Par Capital Stock
Washington July 7 The Interstate Commerce Commission granted authority to the Arkansas and Louisiana Missouri Railway Company to issue at par for cash a million dollars in capital stock proceeds to be used in acquiring and rebuilding the line from Monroe to Crossett.
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Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
Arkansas and Louisiana Missouri Railway Company
Monroe
Crossett
U. S. Gunboat Sacramento Reaches Tampico Harbor
Mexico City reports the U S gunboat Sacramento arrived in Tampico yesterday and anchored in the harbor amid alarming Washington reports. The Mexican foreign office offered no comment on the arrival. Weather outlook calls for partly cloudy skies with possible local thunder showers tonight and Friday.
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Mexico City
United States
Sacramento
Washington
Tampico
Monroe City Council Votes to Issue 950000 Bonds Soon
Mon roe city commission adopted a resolution authorizing the mayor and treasurer to announce for sixty days the intention to issue city bonds valued at 950000. The remaining bonds from a 1450000 total require an election, with negotiations underway to sell soon, aiming to fund streets and sewers and spur local building activity this year. The plan delays school bond funding until after the legislature meets, delaying an election until after November.
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Monroe
City Commission Council of
City Commission Council
City of
Splendid program by Louisiana Baptist orphanage children
A refined program was presented by thirty six Louisiana Baptist Orphanage pupils at First Baptist Church last night. The chorus displayed fine training while younger children showed expressive elocution. The program included prayers, solos by Elmer Tibbs and Rosa Miller, duets by Audrey Craig and Lelia Worthy, recitations by Jeffie Aaron and Mary Louise Hurst, and multiple choral pieces.
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Louisiana Baptist
First Baptist Church
F. C. Flowers
Elmer Tibbs
Audrey Craig
Lelia Worthy
Jeffie Aaron
Rosa Miller
Daddy
the Boy
Mary Louise Hurst
Louisiana Baptist Orphanage
Alt
James Hamilton
Promised Land
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United States Bureau of Secret Service
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Louisiana Training Institute
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Luther) McElroy
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L. P. Perkins
Roy Perkins
McElroy
Arkansas Co-operative
Markham
Chester
Arkansas Gazette
Co-operative
Perkins
Old Statehouse
Hotel Main
Monroe School Auditorium
Goree No. 1
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Mellon
Senate
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Fordney
West Monroe School
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