Flying Becomes Popular in Monroe City Air
Crowds flocked to the Curties plane piloted by D H Robishaw as Sunday flights drew enthusiastic riders. Automobiles lined the field and both men and women queued for rides in the first ether experiences with Robishaw’s controlled craft. Passengers described rough landings and improvised aerial thrills while plans emerged for a later daredevil exhibition featuring Regal for the Fox Film Company. Monroe’s pioneer aviators yesterday included Miss Madelle Haley Mildred Smith Tom Dupree Dewey Harbour Miss Avie Foster E D Richards J W Martin Roy Windsor J H Foster H F Bryan Miss E Naff and M W Anthony.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monroe
Curties
D. H. Robishaw
Robishaw
Regal
Fox Film Company
Madelle Haley
Mildred Smith
Tom Dupree
Dewey Harbour
Plans to Dredge Boeuff River Across Parishes
Land owners along the Boeuff river in Morehouse West Carroll and Richland parishes met with Eudora Western Drainage District representatives at Oak Grove to approve dredging plans. The district aims to deepen a channel from Chicot county north of the LA-AR line to 2 4 miles south in Louisiana. District commissioners plan developments after selling bonds for 500000.
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Morehouse
West Carroll
Richland
Eudora
Ark
Oak Grove
Chicot County
Women physicians and surgeons join Paris hospitals
Not only women physicians but also women surgeons are now practicing in Paris hospitals as reported in tomorrow's paper.
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Paris
Manning Delivers Notable Prologue For A Fool's Paradise
R J Manning resident manager of the Saenger in Monroe gave a powerful prologue to Cecil B de Mille's A Fool's Paradise at the Saenger theatre Sunday. He portrayed Satan in a striking oration praised for expression and delivery. Lois Jouvenat and Ralph Baldwin joined with singing and dancing enhancing the performance.
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R. J. Manning
Saenger Theatre
Monroe
Cecil B. de Mille
Manning
Satan
Mr. Manning
Lois Jouvenat
Ralph Baldwin
Miss Jouvenat
Mr. Baldwin
Grace Church Pentecost Festival A Joyful City Celebration
Grace church observed Pentecost with a choral eucharist at seven and a morning sermon for City high school graduates on faith and character. An evening sacred concert featured Mendelssohn Hear My Prayer with Mrs Henry Whitfield and an augmented choir before a full church and yard.
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Grace Church
City High School
Victor Charles
Mendelsohn
Henry Whitfield
J. E. Doughtie
Allison
Graham
Lynch
McCraney
Lowery Jefferson
Georgia GOP Leader Sought in War Fraud Case
A warrant for the arrest of J. L. Phillips, Georgia Republican state chairman, over alleged fraud in war contracts alarms Washington. Phillips and partner firm Phillips and Stevens allegedly handled surplus lumber through a government agency after the armistice. The case unfolds as a special grand jury continues its inquiry into war fraud charges.
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Georgia
Washington
Department of Justice
John Lewis Phillips
Republican Committee of Georgia
Phillips
Phillips and Stevens
Associated Press
J. L. Phillips
Republican State Committee of
Fifth Week Set To Open With Severance Tax Fight
Baton Rouge reports the fifth week of the Louisiana Legislature will open amid a severance tax battle. Governor Parker suffered a setback as the Dymond bill to aid his anti Ku Klux Klan aims failed, while a gambling ban for licensed tracks moved forward in the Senate. Projections show broad House support for the racing bill, with seventy one votes pledged, and rumors of coalitions to defeat both the anti racing measure and severance tax increase.
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Correspondence News-Star
Baton Rouge
Louisiana
Parker
Dymond
Senate
Jenkins Boys Held After Fatal Theater Fight
Coroner's jury investigates the death of Thomas after a fight at Princess theatre. Thomas died from injuries after slipping and falling, while J M Jenkins claimed the incident was accidental. Witnesses, including druggist E S Vawter, described a disturbance and Jenkins men were held at the parish jail pending verdict.
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C. P. Gray
Thomas
Peters Undertaking Co
Bill Stevenson
Ben Breard
Fred Coon
Ira Pettit
H. D. Goff
Princess Theatre
E. S. Vawter
DeSiard Street
Vawter
J. M. Jenkins
Jim Jenkins
Jenkins
Gray
Phillip Jenkins
Griffin Studio Offers Kodak Services For Rent And Sale
Griffin Studio advertises Kodaks for rent and sale along with film processing, enlargements, and prompt expert finishing services. The listing notes 11 tf as a reference.
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Kodaks
Kodak
Griffin Studio
Racket Store Ad Teases Tomorrow's Paper Page
Tomorrow's issue promises good news for readers with a page ad from Racket Store. The brief notice suggests a featured item or sale and directs attention to the upcoming paper.
Miss Mae Grant Helps Baylor College Women Win Baseball Title
Belton Texas June 6 Special to Monroe News-Star Miss Mae Grant daughter of Sheriff and Mrs T A Grant Monroe won a purple B for aiding the Baylor College for Women freshmen in clinching the college baseball championship She is a commercial student not a literary society member and belongs to the Louisiana Club.
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Monroe News-Star
Belton
Tex
Mae Grant
T. A. Grant
Monroe
Baylor College For Women
Miss Grant
Louisiana Club
Phillips vows return to Washington to demand hearing
Phillips, under a warrant in Washington for conspiring to defraud the government via war contracts, declared he would go to Washington to demand a hearing.
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Phillips
Washington
TANKS DRIVE ON ULSTER LINE IN MOBILE WAR FOLLOWING BATTLE
British forces push into Pettigee amid heavy republican losses with many Sinn Feiners captured. Columns advance from Fermanagh toward Pettigee and Belleek as tanks and special troops support the march. Additional British troops reach Belfast while a Newry magistrate is assassinated and Belfast sees gun battles with civilians wounded.
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Pettigee
Pettigoe
Fermanagh
Beileck
Free State
Boa Island
Belleck
Pandora
Belfast
Darnell firm awarded contracts for homes and hotels at new lumber town
R J Darnell & Co of Memphis receives the contract to erect twenty houses of two to four rooms and two hotels at Floyd Station on the Missouri Pacific line. M H Reynolds of Oak Grove chosen to carry out the construction work and begin immediately.
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R. J. Darnell & Co
Memphis
Floyd Station
Missouri Pacific Railway
M. H. Reynolds
Oak Grove
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Cecil B
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Dorothy Dalton
Mildred Harris
Conrad Nagel
Theodore Kosloff
John Davidson
Julia Faye
Avout Thai Meiq Gharine Bachelor Daddy
Ce Garamounten
Leatrice Joy
Five Cute Kiddies
Jack Honxie
Mle
Reia Sgwanson
Hote Dexte
Boeuff
Grace Church Festival
Philadelphia
John Lewis
DéMilits
Anatol
Amusu
Monroe and
Bastrop Road
Swartz
H. E. Nettles
Public Accountant
Central Savings Bank
Monroe, LA
Old U.teller
Allen Electric Co
Rand
MR. Cook
Ing
Ulster Line
John Wolffe Flanagan
Newry
County Down
Wrigley
Monroe City High School
Ferd Levi
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