Monroe News Star pilots high above city in Curtiss plane display
A Monroe News Star staff member joins D H Robishaw, pioneer flyer, in a trial flight aboard a rebuilt Langley Field era aeroplane. The craft, painted aluminum and 47 ft 6 in wing span, is powered by a 100 HP Curtiss engine and used for exhibition flights.
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Monroe Newse-Star
D. H. Robishaw
Monroe News-Star
Monroe
Robislaw
Langley Field
Cleveland
Robishaw
Mother Earth
Cullinan to Develop North Louisiana Gas Field Network
Union Power Co properties in Monroe gas field are taken over by the Arkansas Louisiana & Texas Development Co. to develop North Louisiana gas districts. The plan covers 260 miles to Port Arthur Texas with three subsidiary firms to operate pipelines and distribute gas.
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North Louisianan
South Arkansas
Port Arthur
Monroe
North
Louisiana
Arkansas
Walter L.mccoy
Tulsa
Philadelphia Gas Co
Pittsburgh
J. 8. Cullinan
Houston
Glenn Barden
Tulan
Norwood Johnson
Gulf Allied Companies
New Corporation
Union Power Co. (Inc
Monroe Gas Fielda
Texas Development Co
The
Arkansas Development Co
Three Balloonists Still Up in the Air in National Race
Chicago reports three of the thirteen balloons started in Milwaukee Wednesday remain missing at noon. Six craft were unaccounted for at dawn due to gusty winds, including two army and two navy balloons. Names listed include Major Oscar Weetover Lieutenant W F Reed and H B E Honeywell. Ben Jenkins Jr and Arthur J Engling died earlier when their plane crashed and burned at Fort Bliss.
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Chicago
Milwaukee
Navy
Oscar Weetover
Army
W. F. Reed
H. BE. Honeywell
St. Louis
el Paso
Texas
Ben Jenkins, Jr
Arthur J. A. Engling
Fort Bliss
Reductions of Public Debt Decline by Fifty-One Million
Treasury announced that the public debt decreased by fifty-one million dollars in May. The report highlights sustained reduction efforts and reflects ongoing fiscal tightening by federal authorities.
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Washington
Treasury
Dixie Sells Sixty Lots to Building and Loan Company
The Dixie Investment Co Inc through president R M Breard transfers sixty lots in Pritchard and Lee avenue additions to Monroe Building and Loan Association for 70000. The parcels include multiple lots across squares 1 2 6 7 8 9 and Lew Avenue addition and Pritchard addition final totals.
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Dixie
Building and Loan Company
Pritchard and
Lee Avenue
Dixie Investment Co., Inc
R. M. Breard
Monroe Building & Loan Association
Pritchard
Lew Avenue
Colonel Lee Improved
Richmond June 2 Colonel Robert E Lee grandson of Robert E Lee is slightly improved from critical illness at a Hot Springs Virginia hotel doctors report.
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Richmond
Robert E. Lee
Hot Springs
Two Shot to Death in New Orleans Rampage
Richard Osborne, superintendent of the Pelican Protective Agency, is jailed on murder charges after two men Clifford Andrus and Henry Gilbert were shot to death last night in New Orleans.
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New Orleans
Richard Osborne
The
Pelican Protective Agency
Clifford Andrus
Henry Gilbert
Paving Projects In Monroe To Begin Soon
Ouachita parish will inaugurate paving within Monroe corporate limits soon. About 300000 dollars will fund two miles on DeSiard street and three miles on Grand street with parish funds covering about 1860000. Sewer work is underway and trolley track work may affect DeSiard and Jackson streets. drivers urged to avoid the area to ease intersections.
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Ouachita Parish
Monroe
DeSiard Street
Grand Street
Jackson Street
Scond
Third Street
DeSiard
Gas Well to Boost Morehouse Output in 25 Million CF Daily
The Sandate No. 1 well on H. C. Morris trustee property in Morehouse parish is planned to produce about 25 million cubic feet daily. The second major well follows Southern Carbon Company No. 9 in Swartz, Ouachita parish, signaling a potential extended gas field into upper Morehouse. Captain Webb of the conservation department will arrange tests at the new well.
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Sandate No
H. C. Morris
Morehouse Parish
Atlagr
Southern Carbon Company
Swartz
Ouachita Parish
Morehouse
Captain Webb
Department of Conservation
Southern Force Massed on Line to Move North
London reports Premier Lloyd George plans to leave for Criceh to attend war memorials awaiting a week away. Belfast sees new outrages and heavy fighting along the Louth Armagh border with several specials killed and civilians fleeing to Dundalk.
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London
Lloyd George
Criceieth
Ulster
Belfast
Republican Army
Slater
Louth Armagh
Dundalk
Culleville
Band Concert Tonight by Knights of Pythias Band
Monroe residents are invited to tonight’s performance in the court house square by the Knights of Pythias band. The program includes On the Square Humoreske Zacatecas Celebrated Minuet Intermission Marches Joy to the World Lassus Trombone National Emblem with encores expected. C E Winniford is musical director.
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Knights of Pythias
Monroe
K. of P
Court House Square
Humoreske
Dvorak
Zacatecas
Codina
Fulionaire
Watson
Barnhouse
Lassus
Fillmore
Bagley
C. E. Winniford
Ight
Paderewski
Timber Deal is Negotiated Here
Colonel Frank P. Stubbs and partners sell merchantable timber in Ouachita parish to Neddam Lumber Company for 10500 dollars. The sale grants timber removal rights for three years. W. D. Edwards sells 320 acres in sections 7 and 8-17N-8-E to D. L. Byers for 3675 dollars.
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Frank P. Stubbs
Guy P. Stubbs
L. W. Stubbs
Neddam Lumber Company, Incorporated
Ouachita Parish
W. D. Edwards
D. L. Byers
Butler Bill Passes Senate By Narrow Margin In Louisiana
In Baton Rouge on June 2 the Butler Sunday closing bill passed the state senate by a 22 to 18 vote after a tightly contested debate. The measure would ban racing in New Orleans and permit some Sunday sales, with amendment to allow gas and auto supplies sales on Sundays. Senator Browne switched to support, citing lack of betting restraint in Shreveport.
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Baton, Rouge
Senate Committee
Baton Rouge
New Orleans
Senate
E. W. Browne
Shreveport
Crescent City
G. H. Couvillion
Avoyelles
J. E. Doussan
Fred Earhart
Edward Robert
George H. Clinton
James D. Simon
Yeas—Bagtell
Browne
Butler
Couvillion
C. P
Dowling
Dengus
Earhart
Friedman
Ilbert
Holcombe
Hood
Dohness
Johnson
A. R. Johnson
Delos R
Lawrason
Settoon
Smith
Stewart
Warren
Wear
Wood
Wooster
Louisiana Hearings on Warren Income Tax Amendment
Delegations from across Louisiana, including New Orleans businessmen, protested the Warren income tax amendment and Heinen exemption changes. Hearings occurred in both the house Ways and Means and the senate Finance committees, with Warren defending the amendment as a removal of constitutional restrictions rather than a levy.
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Baton Rouge
New Orleans
House Ways and Means Committee
Senate Finance Committee
Senate
Ways and Means Committee
Maud Packed for Polar Voyage Opened by Amundsen
Seattle June 2 Captain Roald Amundsen's ship Maud is full to capacity with equipment and supplies for the voyage through the Arctic ice floes toward the north pole. Two airplanes for meteorological and topographical work are aboard. Amundsen will not sail but will join at Nome Alaska.
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Associated Press
Seattle
Wash
Roald Amundsen
Maud
North Pole
Amundsen
Nome
Alaska
Peace Near in China Through Sun Yat Sen Leadership
In Peking on June 2 reports say restoration of peace in China, long torn by civil strife, appears closer. The fledgling progress centers on President Sun Yat Sen who has battled to assert control of the Peking government.
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Peking
China
Sun Yat Sen
Lawyer Survives Six-Story Fall In Shreveport
G M Wallace a Shreveport lawyer fell six stories from his office window yesterday. He landed on a wire netting over the sky light and was only slightly injured. Doctors said he was not seriously hurt.
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Shreveport
G. M. Wallace
Martial Law in Peking Proclaimed in Chili Province
The foreign office announced martial law in Chili province to curb disbanded soldiers blamed as bandits. Officials say the move also secures delegates attending the reopening of the republican parliament in Peking.
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Peking
Foreign Office
Chili
Protest Against Lynching Memorandum Presented
President Harding received a delegation of students from negro universities and colleges who presented a memorial protesting against lynching. The action occurred in Washington on June 2 as part of a nationwide effort to curb mob violence.
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Washington
Harding
Pope Disregards Conventions With Appointment of Woman
Rome reports Pope Pius has appointed his longtime servant Signora Linda as housekeeper and ward robe maid inside his apartments, the first woman in such a role. Conservatives protest but the Pope cites it as his will.
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Rome
Pius
Signora
Linda
Levee Repair Funds Approved for Mississippi River
The House and Senate passed a joint resolution making immediately available 100000 dollars for restoring and repairing the levees of the Mississippi River above Cairo Illinois. The action was taken as the tariff bill debate was temporarily paused in the Senate.
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Associated Press
Washington
Mississippi River
Cairo
Ill
House
Sen
Senate
Banks Closed Saturday June 8 for Holiday Observance
Notice states that banks will be closed Saturday June 8 for a holiday observance. Institutions named include Ouachita National Bank Monroe Branch and Central Savings Trust Central Service.
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Ouachita National ‘Bank
Ee Monroe
Cen
Savings Trust
Central Seva
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Detroit
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W. B. Mayo
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