Alexandria Wins LTA Convention Host City at Monroe
Louisiana Travelers' Association wraps its ninth annual state meeting in Monroe with Alexandria chosen as next convention host after a contested vote. Officers include President Meyer Baginsky of New Orleans and vice presidents from Monroe and New Orleans. Resolutions urge safety fixes on Dead Man's Curve near Alexandria and streamline bridge use for Route 7 traffic.
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Louisiana Travelers’ Association
Monroe
Alexandria
Meyer Baginsky
New Orleans
K. Elliott
Jim Fox
David C.silverstein
W. d D. Arroyo
Baton Rouge
Jefferson Highway
Atkinson
Louisiana Highway Commission
Gulf Coast Lines
Evangeline Mighway Commission
Krotz Springs
Evangeline Highway
The
Land Commission
Arnold Bernstein
David C. Silverstein
West Monroe
Brown Paper Compathy
Bster
Hotel Monroe
Louisiana Voters’ Association
J. H
Tallulah
Seven Bills Filed Alleging Prohi Law Violations
Seven bills of information were filed by the district attorney accusing alleged dry law violators arrested last week and this week. Named defendants include J. J. Bowles with transporting and possessing intoxicating liquor, L. Jackson with carrying concealed weapons and possessing liquor, Oscar Adkins with possessing liquor, W. C. Cole for selling liquor, Willie Aulds for selling liquor, and W. P. Gossett for burglary of a dwelling.
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J. J. Bowles
L. Jackson
Oscar Adkins
W. C. Cole
Willie Aulds
New Fast Through Service To Chicago Starts Sunday
A new through Pullman service between Monroe and Chicago begins Sunday June 7 to provide 24 hour travel, with through sleeping cars Hot Springs to Chicago and Lake Charles to Chicago. The Missouri Pacific line, Wabash, Chicago and Alton and connections at St Louis enable rapid trips via No. 24 from Little Rock at 2 55 pm arriving 11 25 pm, linking with No. 78 to Chicago.
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Monroe
Chicago
Missouri Pacific Railroad
Hot Springs
Lake Charles
Little Rorx
St. Louis
Chicago-Hot Springs
Wabash
Missouri Pacific
Little Rock
Chicago & Alton
Chatham to Columbia Road Award Bid Approved
State Engineer W B Robert recommends awards for the Chatham Columbia highway and two other segments. The Chatham Columbia contract goes to L M Wilberley Arcadia for 75 503.44. Other awards include Jonesboro Monroe to L M Goldberg Asheville 36 916.21 and Harvey Construction Co bid 49 393.89 for a Jonesboro Bienville section.
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Harvey Construction Company
Jonesboro-Bienville
Fuqua Asked to Release Bridges Funds for Louisiana
Governor Fuqua urged to release 2,000,900 in bonds from highway fund No 2 to start Chef Menteur and The Rigolets bridge projects. P M Milner, head of the Louisiana major league, called for prompt action to beat a Watson Williams contract that could affect tolls from the Lake Pontchartrain bridging project.
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New Orleans
A. P
Fuqua
Louisiana
Chef Menteur
Rigolets
P. M. Milner
Major League of Louisiana
Lake Pontchartrain
New Yorker Killed When Cash Denied
Thomas Lonsdale Leeming, a Brooklyn manufacturer banker and civic leader, was shot in a crowded Williams Street lobby after refusing to pay an extortion demand. Charles Muller, a former Sing Sing inmate, is jailed with conflicting confessions. Muller first claimed to be Leeming’s brother’s illegitimate son seeking a $10,000 bequest. in a second statement he called himself a blackmailer who had obtained $8,000 but was refused more.
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New York
Thomas Lonsdale Leeming
Brooklyn
Charles Muller
Sing Sing
Leeming
Williams Street
Financial District
Muller
Negro Employee Slain at V S & P Yards
Jim Standberry a Black railroad worker was fatally struck with a lead pipe by Baltimore Wilson another Black employee at the U S and P yards. Standberry died at St Francis sanitarium from a fractured skull. Wilson fled city and was at large with his description given and an inquest held at Peters morgue.
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Jim Standberry
U. S. and P
Baltimore Wilson
V., S. and P
Standberry
St. Francis Sanitarium
Wilson
Renwick
DeSiard Street
Peters’ Morgue
C. P. Gray
Drillers to Meet Reds at Forsythe Tomorrow
The Drillers face the Reds in Forsythe park at 3 p.m. tomorrow after completing a series with Vicksburg. Lefty Roe is expected to start for Monroe, with Spruell possibly on the mound to oppose the Drillers. The team plans a Mississippi tour after Sunday, then a trip to Vicksburg to close the stretch.
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Forsythe
Vicksburg
Hillmen
Carroll
Drillers
Lefty Roe
Alexandria
Reds
Forsythe Park
Thomas
Monroe
Wise
Rapides Bolsheviks
Spruell
Swatsmiths
Mississippi
Brookhaven
Foreman Wise
Meridian
Monroe Gang
Brown charged with shooting at lumber camp
A warrant sworn out against C. H. Brown charges shooting with intent to kill after he allegedly fired ten times at J. B. Walker at a lumber camp twelve miles west of Monroe on May 25. Walker is recovering, with leg and arm injuries. Brown is jailed without bond awaiting trial.
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C. H. Brown
J. B. Walker
Brown
Monroe
Walker
St. Francis Canitarium
Milton Coverdale
Operation Is Found Necessary In Case Of Mrs Koelff
The mother of ten month old Mary Lee Koelff killed in a Crew Lake car crash is seriously ill requiring surgery. Burial plans for the child were changed from El Dorado Arkansas to Riverside Burial Park, while the father, injured, has been discharged from St Francis sanitarium.
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Mary Lee Koesff
Babe
Crew Lake
Koesffs
el Dorado
Ark
Riverside
Police search for Negro in death of Mrs Shambra
Police hunt a Negro named Joseph after the body of Mrs. Cosetta Shambra was found in her N Orleans home with five deep head wounds caused by a hatchet. The suspect, said to have been evicted with his family for non payment of rent, fled after authorities were alerted. The husband found his wife after breaking a locked door, while doctors question if the wounds caused the death.
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New Orleans
A. P
Joseph
Cosetta Shambra
Shambra
Katherine Wyeth Parsons
Chicago
Dee ReynoMs Parsons
Smith Held on Mann Act Charge in Bastrop
B D Smith of West Helena Arkansas was arraigned before U S commissioner W A O Kelly on Mann Act charges. Bond set at 1000 after plea of not guilty. Smith transported Mary Eva Smith from West Helena to Bastrop for immoral purposes and is jailed awaiting next federal term.
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B. D. Smith
West Helena
Arkansas
W. A. O'Kelly
United States
Bastrop
U. S. Marshall Brooks
Smith
Mary Eva Smith
Tallulah
New Pastor Clarkson to Deliver Initial Sermons in Monroe
Rev. E. R. Clarkson assumes the First Christian Church pastorate in Monroe and will preach at 11:00 AM on The High Calling of God and at 8:00 PM on First Things First. An Alabama native, he previously led a prominent Gadsden church as a new edifice rose. The Clarksons arrived Monday and reside at 1013 North Fourth Street.
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E. R. Clarkson
First Christian Church
Monroe
God
Clarkson
Gadsden
Ala
Alabama
Georgia
North Fourth Street
Monroe Farmerville Highway Bids Set for July 2
The Louisiana Highway Commission announced bid dates for several projects. Bids due July 2 cover the Monroe Farmerville section from Monroe to the Union Parish line and a St Francisville Clinton highway segment. Bridge work on Salt Bayou along the Chef Menteur highway will have bids opened June 30.
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Baton Rouge
A. P
Louisiana Highway Commission
Louisiana
Monroe Farmerville
Monroe Ruston Fish
Monroe
Union Parish
St. Francisville- Clinton
Salt Bayou
Chef Menteur
Toll of heat wave rises with 140 dead in east
Heat wave kills 69 more people across the eastern states raising the toll to 140 with a national total of 258. New York City reports 15 heat deaths as hospitals fill and ambulance crews work through the night.
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New York
A. P
New York City
Philadelphia
Keedysville
Baltimore
Jersey City
Middletown
N. Y
Poughkeepsie
New York State
Baltimoore
Pittsburgh
Montreal
Boston
New Jersey
New England
Kentucky
Michigan
Ohio
Chicago
Indiana
Wisconsin
Minnesota
St. Louis
Heat wave grips Midwest as deaths top a hundred
The Midwest endures a severe heat wave entering its second week with over 100 deaths since Memorial Day. Chicago reports four heat victims versus nine the day before as the region braces for more extreme temperatures. Forecasts hint at a possible break by Monday, while other cities report record highs and storms.
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Chicago
A. P
Middle-West
Central West
Marquette
Mich
Ohio
Paducah
Indiana
North Dakota
Minnesota
North Central
Crosby Minn
Fargo
N. D
Yellowstone Park
Tonopah
Nevada
Hold Club Picnics in Farmerville
Farmerville Louisiana June 6 club picnics at Rockett's Bridge Rorky Branch and Cox's Ferry were greatly enjoyed by club members and parents. J W Kab parish farm demonstration agent noted about 40 boys and girls who will attend the club encampment this season.
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Farmerville
Rockett’s Bridge
Rorky Branch
Cox's Ferry
J. W. Kab
Parish Farm Demonstration
Graduation of Parish High School Class of 1925 at Saenger Theatre
Large crowd fills the Saenger theatre for the Wuachita Parish High School commencement. Speakers include Corinne Guerriero and George Snellings with songs by the mixed chorus. J. B. Aswell introduces Mrs. S. W. Harris and Superintendent Brown. The program features addresses on education and national issues.
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Wuachita Parish High School
Saenger Theatre
Res. N. E. Joiner
Corinne Guerriero
George Snellings
Minnetonka
S. W. Harris
Brown
Civil War Flares in Canton as Strikes Grow
Canton declares civil war with General Yang Hsi Min moving to hostilities against Kuomintang troops on Henan island. Reports say Hsu’s Cantonese army nears Canton within 40 miles as clashes loom. In Shanghai the strike spreads to the French concession with 250000 workers on strike and 1500 marines landed. Hankow reports 20000 students spreading anti foreign propaganda.
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Canton
A. P
Yang Hsi-Min
First Army
Kuomintang
People’s Party
Henan
Washington
Hsu
Shanghai
Hankow
Shout Boycott Rises In Peking Demonstrations
Student parades and demonstrations continued in Peking amid anti foreign sentiment. Protesters wrecked several foreign owned rickshaws and shouted slogans including fight for liberty and Boycott Japanese goods.
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Peking
A. P
Quick action by telephone girl halts fire
In Hattiesburg Mississippi early today a fire destroyed the Hightower Seed company and the Dover Printing company causing about 35000 in losses. Night operator Mrs Sallie Nance suspected burglars as the switch board lights flickered and alerted police who summoned the fire department. The blaze damaged wiring and insulation triggering a short circuit delaying complete containment but the quick call saved a major block. The Hightower operation plans to resume in a week while Dover aims to reopen in a month.
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Hattiesburg
Miss
Sallie Nance
Cumberland Telephone Company
Hightower Seed Company
Dover Printing Company
Hightower
Mississippi
Dever Company
Three Toll of Freight Train Wreck Near Paris
Two Louisville and Nashville freight trains collided head on at Looney's Hill south of Paris Tennessee. Killed were engineer R. H. Shafer and fireman J. L. Eason plus section employee Luther Moberly. Injured included engineers B. F. Baldwin and Dale Beavers and others Enloe Tipp and J. F. Marcum with varying severity. Authorities had not yet determined fault. Train 125 bound for Brownsville and Train 122 from Memphis were involved.
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Paris
Tenn
A. P
Louisville
Nashville
Looney’s Hill
R. H. Shafer
Memphis
J. L. Eason
Luther Moberly
B. F. Baldwin
Brownsville
Dale Beavers
Enloe Tipp Paris
J. F. Marcum
Baldwin
Beavers
Tipp
Marcum
Memipis
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Baginsky
Alex
Sheeler
J. H. Harrel
E. P. Moore
George Norvick
L. Dolsheimer
D. Mizzie
David Silverstein
Geo. Davis
Cliff Allen
Aaron Jacobs
Meyer Bogniske
Jack Wenck
Frank W. Smith
O. H. Richards
R. S. Ge
PROHI
Chatham
Columbia Road
Arcadia
New Yorker
Cash
Gotham
V.s.&p
Pauline Partain
Atlanta
N. O
Helena, Ark
West
Mitchell Field
Cleveland
White City
New York Merchants Association
Metropolitan Life Insurance Company
Columbus Circle
Bureau
Deo Parsons
Saenger
Jas. B. Aswell
Hamilton
Jefferson
Yang Hai-Min
Tennessee
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