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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 11, 1919
Page
6
Department 48 continues on pace two with boys singing beautifully for an audience. led by Cill the Union Sunday School will conduct sessions every Sunday at 8 pm with Miss Brown on piano. All invited to support Superintendent Moore and workers aiding truant Louisianians under the call to help the least.
The U S Army needs musicians to form additional musical groups. Players of any instrument from piccolo to brass are urged to enlist for three years. Pay is good and benefits include board, clothing, quarters, and medical care. Full information at the local recruiting station, second floor of the old Union National Bank building.
Notice to creditors and interested parties in the Succession of Mary Goss, No. 1619 in Ouachita Parish District Court. Creditors must show cause within ten days of notification why the final account by Executors Oliver B. Morton and Charles E. Bynum should not be approved and funds distributed accordingly. Dated June 11, 1919.
The Times reports a recommendation to pay Caddo public school teachers $960 to $1 020 yearly for 12 months, instead of $810 for nine months. The plan, endorsed by the citizens committee, includes six weeks of summer training and 5 percent maintenance and emergencies funding.
Atlantic City June 16 organized labor at the reconstruction convention of the American Federation of Labor heard Glenn E B Plumb counsel for the railroad brotherhoods outline a plan for immediate public ownership of the nation s rail systems. The delegates endorsed the salient principles and applauded the call for government ownership replacing private control.
The source notes a plan by Mr. Plumb for a government regulated single corporation to operate roads, eliminating capital needs and promising annual savings by reducing transportation costs by up to six hundred million dollars and cutting current rates by about 10 percent.
The Sixth District Court of Louisiana requests all interested parties to show cause within ten days why the final account of Fred C. Peters Curator for Ernest Y. Peters interdict should not be approved and funds distributed accordingly. Dated June 11, 1919.
The campaign opens to recruit members with a one dollar associate fee. Captains will report daily and publish joiners in the News-Stir. District captains list locations from Central Savings Bank to West Monroe and DeSiard streets with names like Judson W. Smith J. H. Trousdale F. L. Faulk W. L. Etheridge Walker Glenn R. P. Boyd Sig Haas L. P. Milner J. J. French R. B. Garrison M. G. Spaugh H. M. McGuire and others.
A telegram from Fred H Curtis says he landed safely in New York after voyage aboard the ship Kentuckian. He asks his father to send his Army uniform from Fort Worth and notes he will proceed to Camp Bowie Texas to be mustered out of service.
London reports secret negotiations at Paris and non publication of the treaty have drawn heavy attention. The U S Senate move to publish the treaty text is widely discussed with sympathetic but also critical comments about President Wilson in the London press. The Post warns Americans that opposition to the League of Nations exists in Britain as it does in America.
Ben Cooper colored was arrested in Ruston Louisiana June 5 by Special Officer Monroe Miles for theft from an interstate liquor shipment. He was released on $500 bond signed by B. F. Smith and L. W. Rogers. Cooper allegedly stole 11 cases of whiskey valued at $200 from a Louisville Kentucky to Monroe transit via V S & P railroad.
John G. Keller Jr. telegram says he arrived safely at Newport News Virginia and is at Camp Hill awaiting home leave. The 30n served three years in the army mostly in France transporting ammunition while attached to Company C Fifth Division, earning bravery citations and becoming an expert auto mechanic. He plans to take a good job with a local garage.
Monroe and Ouachita parish soldiers discharged since November 11th may claim five cents per mile from discharge to home, with 3 1/2 cents previously paid. Instructions, claim forms, and affidavits available at the U S Army Recruiting Station in the old Union National Bank building.
Washington June 11 Elihu Root former Secretary of State testifies before the Senate Foreign Relations committee that he received a copy of the peace treaty from Henry P Davidson of Morgan bank for several weeks and that Senator Lodge had seen the same copy. Root says Germany made the treaty public in detail and it became public property.
Picture Garden Tomorrow announces the visit of Hoop La a comedy drama of circus life starring Billie Rhodes as Queen of the Circus. The feature follows a boy's day from parade to tents as aerial acts bewitch and freaks intrigue in the Bearded Lady and Human Skeleton acts.
Theda Bara stars in The Siren's Song to expose a hypocrite in a tale of romance and deceit. The film runs Friday at the Picture Garden theater with Bara portraying a dangerous vamp who manipulates a minister after winning the man she loves.
Paris reports Austrian chancellor Karl Renner has written to the Peace Conference outlining hard terms and the fear that dismemberment of Austria, especially Bohemia and Tyrol, would ruin industry. The note calls for early observations on territorial clauses and will be presented to the Council of Four. A separate dispatch notes the German demand for a mandate on former colonies was refused.
Atlantic City June 11 Prohibition likely to dominate AFL sessions as numerous resolutions arise on the issue A resolution also calls on the president to remove Postmaster General Burleson
Miss Alice Currie becomes the first woman named to the post of assistant high school principal in Detroit, a historic milestone for the city's education system.
Sale of milch cow by M Rutledge Bros La route 11. Quick sale Ford 1918 model 275 cash by D D Register Green Lake La. Chandler light six bargain view Central Tire Service Co or phone 481. Strayed bay mare mule five years old end of left ear split reward E Bby. Furnished room with private bath for gentleman only 214 Pine St. Wanted fifty tie hackers for 00 acres at Keirn Miss on Y M V railroad 17 miles south of Greenwood pay 40 cents for red 50 cents for woods size 7 by 9 8 6 pay every two weeks timber location Ar tesian water Bradley Lumber Co Greenwood Miss 11313.
July October December data from New Orleans reveal spots at 31.50 with steady sales totaling 2,265. Prices for Vesty fluctuate with highs and lows around 21.55 to 30.88, closing near 29.82, indicating modest volatility in the period.
A scrambled update presents New York sports and market figures with mixed values. The block includes steady indicators and various numbers like 32.65 and 230.46, along with December references and fluctuating lows and highs.
In 1987 Liverpool reports quiet sales with about 4000 units noted. The briefing references RNAS and video sales, with unclear details on product lines or local market impact.
Grain and oats figures show July and September quotes with highs lows and closes. The record lists corn and oats with figures for July and September delivery, indicating small price fluctuations and differences between contracts.
The market is lower amid nationwide telegraphers strike and weak weekly crop data. Weather unsettled with continued rain across the belt. future demand and a large next season crop seen as needed after earlier declines and lower May consumption.
A new phase of urban reform emerges with proposals to build apartment houses reserved for businesswomen, aiming to provide affordable, safe housing in multiple American cities. The plan reflects women’s growing presence in the professional workforce and questions of housing accessibility.
A contributed essay argues that civilized society rests on individual responsibility. It rejects collective punishment, stressing justice as enforcement of requital to deter and protect, while condemning the actions of several men who have defiled divine and human laws.
A Manufacturerg Record excerpt condemns the monstrous German intellect and its deeds. It urges no compromise with such ideas, warns of dire consequences for society and children, and urges moral reckoning before any return of German thought.
Reports from Paris indicate friction within the four power council over final settlement terms of the German peace treaty. Ambiguities remain as Allied leaders respond to German counter proposals and seek a concrete accord.
Reports from Versailles indicate continued discord as major points remain unsettled. Clemenceau maintains a hard line, while Wilson and Lloyd George seek limited modifications without altering the core treaty. France appears passive, ordering only to keep order along the Rhine. Lela Kun agrees to cease hostilities, blaming the Czecho-Slovaks for the fighting.
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