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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 08, 1922
Page
3
The state bar holds a day of sessions and events with addresses by Hon. Cordenio Arnold Sev france and Hon. J Zach Spearing. A luncheon at Baptist church and an automobile trip to gas fields conclude the program.
Atlanta June 8 Purchase of Snapbean Farm, part of Joel Chandler Harris home site, has been decided by the Uncle Remus Memorial Association. Snapbean Farm adjoins the Wren's Nest where Harris lived during the period he wrote many noted Uncle Remus stories for American children.
A letter from T. Moore, chief of the Americanization division in Washington, commends the local post for its efforts and urges placing classes under parish and city school boards. Hendry of New Orleans notes existing schools in Louisiana and proposes formal recognition to form a class of about seventy five pupils in Monroe ready for a six month course.
At the 18th annual International Rotary clubs convention in Los Angeles a new southwest district was created for Arizona New Mexico and El Paso Texas. Charles Christy Phoenix elected governor of the new district with G A Martin El Paso temporary chairman and Oscar I Lewis Albuquerque secretary.
Commissioner Alexander warns gas wasted by carbon black industry in Louisiana. Senator Browne cites state consumption of half the nation’s natural gas and waste in carbon black making while opponents fear the bill will end carbon workers’ jobs. Senate committee reports Warren income tax amendment favored 6 to 2 with no debate.
A speech urges dairymen to pursue economy in milk production to earn profits. It emphasizes affordable milk for the public, producing quality product, and using approved feed and cost awareness. Advocates forming a Ouachita parish dairy association with Sarish and home economics agents to educate consumers on milk value and liberal supply.
Lynch states he is in the midst of a bip sale on August 31 as he attends to overlapping duties.
Curious claims and trivia cover food, biology, and history. It notes herring consumption, cucumber debates, piano leather, fish flesh dangers, long speaking habits, and odd facts about armor, politics, and a judge’s attendance record.
A large staff of women at the Vatican is dedicated to maintaining the Pope’s wardrobe. They ensure every robe remains pristine as he always wears white, with any wear threatening the garments’ freshness.
Casper S. Yost leads the American Society of Newspaper Editors created by directing editors of major papers to set ethical standards, share editorial insight, and defend integrity. The inaugural board includes E. C. Hopper, E. Beck, F. I. Cobb, and others with regional governors appointed across seven districts.
The annual encampment for Louisiana Baptists will be in Monroe August 10 to 18 with about 700 attendees. E A Lee of the Sunday School Board sẽ teach senior manuals while Miss Annabelle Bryan from Shreveport and Miss Margaret Jordan from Alexandria will lead junior topics.
The Markets column reports steady activity for the day with Spot at 21.50 and July futures at 21.86 high 21.45 low 20.92 close 21.07. October 21.55 20.57 21.07 with 2075 contracts and December 21.41 20.48 20.93 near 20.65.
New Orleans reports a sharp rise in cotton prices following yesterday's surge, with forecasts of a possibly small crop due to widespread weevil damage and unfavorable interior weather. Analysts warn trade could see higher prices if weevil damage worsens and fruiting declines.
Saturday sale features 300 dress shirts in all sizes and colors at 50 ets each. Men’s leather belts offered at 25 ets. Union suits priced at 48 ets. Extra quality dress gingham options noted.
Pittsburg on June 8 saw officials and colleagues from her operatic peak and her later pursuits join friends in paying final respects to Wisine Russell Moore as she was laid to rest.
Chicago June 8 The Red Cross reports about thirty one thousand flood refugees remain under relief care in Mississippi and the Illinois river valleys. Most will need aid through August.
A statement on unifying the Irish Republican army, currently divided over the Anglo Irish treaty, is expected in today’s Dail Eireann session in Dublin.
The Turkish town of Sansun on the Black Sea was attacked by a Greek fleet yesterday. The extent of the damage is not yet known.
In Quitman Mississippi six dry kilns of the Longbell Lumber Co were totally destroyed by fire while the plant itself was not damaged. The origin of the blaze is undetermined and the loss is estimated at one hundred thousand dollars.
Vladivostok June 8 Eight enlisted men from the United States gunboat New Orleans are feared drowned after a sailing mishap at Amur day Siberia. No trace of the men has been found since Sunday.
Paris reports the Russian Bolsheviks are hunting royal remains in Petrograd cathedrals, as Le Jourval quotes private advices. The drive targets valuables seized from czars and czarinas, with confiscation efforts expanding to tombs and sacred sites.
Sixty four flag draped caskets bearing America's war dead were transferred from the transport Somms to an Army pier in Brooklyn. Services set for Sunday before the bodies are sent to relatives for burial. The Somme also brought home 376 officers and enlisted men, with many spouses aboard.
Oakland couple Miss Vivian Kidd and Leland H Hodgson will broadcast their wedding next Saturday evening from their city home. They will stand before a broadcasting instrument at Tockridge and have the wedding march and all details recorded for radiophones.
A first night aerial round trip between Paris and London carried ten passengers to prove night commercial air service is feasible. The attempt tested passenger traffic at night while noting Sorosis, the first US women's club, was founded in New York in 1868.
Belfast dispatch says a British military column with artillery infantry and engineers moved into the Belleek district on the Donegal border. Republican forces fell back as the fort overlooking Belleek was captured briefly, then Belleek retaken without loss of life at Newtown. No prisoners were taken.
In Los Angeles, with both sides exhausted by peremptory challenges, attorneys anticipate completion of the second trial of Madalynne Obenchain for the murder of Belton Kennedy, likely by late today.
Des Moines June 8 Colonel Smith Brookhart's nomination for United States senator was described as the greatest labor victory in the country by J. Lewis president of the Iowa federation in a statement.
New York lawyer Thomas Chadbourne was held in contempt by the Lockwood legislative committee after refusing to turn over reports on seven companies initially targeted for inclusion in the consolidation of Republic and Midvale steel interests.
White Plains N Y June 8 Another clue bolsters the tale of James Cunningham a race track detective who claims Walter Ward shot and killed Clarence Peters a former sailor at the Ward home as the district attorney restarts the inquiry.
Washington June 8 Senator Walsh Democrat from Massachusetts says there is a limit to public patience and accuses government of allowing coercion during the coal strike in a blunt Senate debate.
Ex-service man 34 seeks any position leveraging long clerical and executive experience plus general store knowledge. Interview via phone 1056. Room with bath in private family at 418 Grammont Street for rent. Phone 322. Bicycle for sale at 1403 South First. Saddle horses and an extra line driver to be sacrificed this week at 708 Oak Street. 31.
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