Grand Jury Ends Probe In Ouachita Parish Case
The Ouachita Parish grand jury reports grounding eight cases reviewed during a special session. Four true bills issued, three no bills, one inactive. Robert B. Blanks found without foundation for charges. Scruggs faces possible venue change as attorney Z. T. Heard appointed. Scruggs showed distress in court amid jury-term scheduling.
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Scruggs
Milton Coverdale
Parish
C. P. Gray
Fourth District Court
Ouachita
State of
Louisiana
Robert B. Blanks
G. B. Cooley
Foreman
Flood Relief Efforts Outlined for Multiple Parishes
Red Cross of Morehouse parish outlined relief scope with 7000 people aided and two weeks of rations for 2500 more. A $10000 loan was requested to sustain aid through July 15. Scruggs recounts a 1927 assault case near Jonesboro while authorities describe injuries and a coroner’s verdict. Rehabilitation funds and land under water figures dominated reports from Ouachita Richland and Madison parishes with thousands of acres impacted and rationing ongoing.
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Red Cross
Morehouse Parish
W. B. Gladney
Ouachita
E. R. Strahan
M. C. Redmond
Ouachita Parish
West Monroe
Richland
Richland Parish
George B. Franklin
Jeff Snyder
Madison Parish
Mississippi River
Louisiana Flood Relief Efforts Grow. Hoover Plans Deliberations
New Orleans reports flood relief efforts expanding across eleven parishes under C. L. Denechaud with data gathering for a Friday conference with Secretary Hoover and James L. Feiser. Parish damage includes 75 percent inundated lands in Franklin and 90 percent in Tensas, with livestock losses and hundreds of buildings ruined.
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Franklin Franklin Parish
Tensas Parish
Concordia Parish
Virginia
New Orleans
Louisiana
C. L Denechaud
Hoover
James L. Feiser
Weather Bureau
Mississippi
State Department of Agriculture
Atchafalaya
Earl Carroll Enters Prison Under Guarded Escort
Earl Carroll arrived at the federal prison in Atlanta to begin a sentence of one year and a day for perjury in connection with a bathtub party. He was carried from a Greenville hospital and placed on a wheel bed in the station platform as his wife watched in grief. The attorney general ordered the move after a medical report, with clemency action not referred to President Coolidge.
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Carroll
Coolidge
Norman Carroll
Caroll
Atlanta
Earl Carroll
Greenville
S. C
New York
Joyce Hawley
Levine
Chamberlin
von Hindenburg
Lindbergh
Marriage Licenses List from Monroe and Surrounding Areas
A bulletin lists multiple marriage licenses issued to couples from Monroe, West Monroe, Spencer, Calhoun, and nearby communities. Names include Edgar R. Whitaker with Bonnie Compton and Charles Bardwell with Carrie Goins among others.
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Edgar R. Whitaker
Bonnie Compton
Monroe
Charles Bardwell
Carrie Goins
West Monroe
Eldred M. Berry
Florence Lesper Gilbert
Starks
Carl Bennett
Eros
Ordie Bell Caldwell
White’s Ferry
Sanitation Theme Highlighted At Local Kiwanis Luncheon
Dr. Armstrong in charge of rural sanitation spoke at the Kiwanis luncheon on flood emergency work and North Carolina efforts. The physician loaned to Louisiana praised for his service. Miss Mildred Morton sang, with Mrs. F. C. Holden at the piano, and Miss Eleanor Faulk read two pieces.
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Armstrong
Kiwanis
North Carolina
Louisiana
Mildred Morton
F. C. Holden
Fleanor Faulk
Fourmy Quits Office Amid Highway Project Delays
Fourmy resigns as state highway engineer effective when a successor is appointed. He cites principle and notes the LaFourche swamp repair on the Dixie Overland highway will cost about 25000 dollars. He reports waters recession slows work and Monroe study proceeds.
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Fourmy
Major Payne
Cooper
John M. Parker
Monroe
LaFourche
Ruston Officials to Attend Hoover Conference
Visitors to the city for the Hoover conference include C. E. Hodge and H. L. McKnight officers of the Ruston chamber of commerce, Mayor W. S. Moore and John S. Hunt. Ruston has no direct stake in the relief program beyond neighborly interest in progress in the northeast.
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C. E. Hodge
H. L McKnight
Ruston
Special session urged for farm relief and flood control
Senator Jones urged a special session to address farm relief aligning with the president and rural interests. He said flood control should focus on Mississippi issues with wider New Orleans levees and spillways, separate from water power. Senator Ransdell announced to Coolidge plans for an extra session between October.
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Jones
Washington
Senate Commercial Committee
White House
New Orleans
Gulf
Mississippi
Ransdell
Louisiana
Mississippi flood relief and congressional action urged
A letter requests early congressional passage of emergency flood appropriations and permanent relief measures for the Mississippi valley. It notes Speaker Longworth’s Chicago remarks and seeks administration backing for reconstruction efforts and public confidence.
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Mississippi Valley
Chicago
Longworth
Congress
Thompson
Mississippi
Heroes welcomed by Hindenburg
The ambassador growled at persistent cameramen and shouted an energetic call before the car ferried the trio back to the embassy, as Hindenburg saluted their arrival with formal ceremony.
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Hindenburg
Embassy
Aviators draw crowds at Berlin embassy amid showers
The Stars and Stripes were displayed around the Berlin business section in clusters with the German flag and Prussian state colors. Crowds gathered at the embassy despite heavy showers, shouting in appreciation as the aviators appeared, drawing blocks of onlookers.
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Berlin
Cham Berlin weighs future after U.S. offer
Clarence Cham Berlin said he has not decided his future. He noted an American consortium offered $100,000 to fly back to the United States, but he can only begin to think about it now.
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Berlin
Clarence Chamberlin
United States
Berlin Welcomes Clarence Chamberlin and Charles Levine
In Berlin the American aviators Clarence Chamberlin and Charles Levine begin a new round of ceremonies after their arrival at Tempelhofer air field. They describe late-night message responses and plans to meet President von Hindenburg, with interest in aviation ties to Moscow and potential Austrian and Vienna visits.
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Associated Press
New York
Ella A. Boole
Chamberlin
Levine
Germany
Lindbergh
France
United States
Berlin
America
Clarence Chamberlin
Charles Levine
Tempelhofer Air Field
Moscow
Russia
Inquirers
Vienna
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