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Newspaper

Monroe News Star

Location

Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America

Date

Jun 11, 1923

Page

4

Twilight League schedules and intercity series discussed

The Twilight League in Monroe plans three more weeks of play before a first half finish. Upcoming games feature L T I American Legion and Missouri Pacific matches at several diamonds. A league meeting at City Hall will approve half season rosters and discuss a possible inter city series with Shreveport and Ruston winners.

Tuieday Wenaks Supply Co Monroe Hardware Co Ball Park American Legion National Guard Ell Missouri Pacific Ry City Hall Missouri Pacific Ouachita National Bank Tayler-Nash Auto Co West Monroe Monroe Grover Weaks Supply Co Bankers Twilight League Community Service League Community Athletic Association Monroe Streveport Ruston Ecoren Shreveport

Lost diamond breadfast near Ledeunne’s Cafe reward

Classifieds note a missing diamond breadfast near Ledeunne’s Cafe with a reward for Emma Greer at Fink's Tin Stow. Several want ads follow including pile driver operator WANTED in Lander County and rooms for rent in Monroe Louisiana.

Tmiamond Breadhfast Ledeunne Emma Greer Fink's Tin Stow

Three Drownings and Rescues Off Grand Isle Lake

Three members of a bathing party drown at Grand Island and two others are unconscious after currents at Grand Lake. Mrs. Roy Palmer, 22, Sadie Hatcher, 17, and Samte P. Coats, 33, are named dead. Mary Falgout, 16, and Marline Falgout, 12, survived but their status is unclear. A nine person party anchored near Grand Isle before swimming.

New Orleanse Golden Meadow Lafourche Parish Mr. Falgout Grand Lake Grand Isle Gulf Beach Miss Hatcher

LSU Commencement Actions Mark 1922-23 Close

Baton Rouge June 11 The LSU board of supervisors met in executive session after a busy day tied to the commencement. The largest class, 163 graduates, will receive diplomas at tonight's exercises with Chief Justice Cheries A. ONeill delivering the address and degrees conferred by Colonel J. D. Wall. Alumni meetings and a parade preceded final ceremonies signaling the campus exodus and the summer school starting Wednesday.

Associated J’resa Baton Rouge Board of Supervisors Cheries A. O'Neill J. D. Wall Board of Managers Alumni Federation F. L. Stevens Greater Agricultural College

Plauche Appointed Lake Charles Bankruptcy Referee

Thomas C. Plauche of Lake Charles Louisiana was appointed referee in bankruptcy for the Lake Charles district by Federal Judge G W Jack for a two year term.

Vlauche Associated Press Shreveport Thomas C. Plauche Lake Charles G. W. Jack

Baton Rouge Electric Plans Street Car Extension

The Baton Rouge Electric Company announced plans to extend its street car line to the Standard Oil Refinery three miles north of the city. The project costs $150,000 and will start once a franchise is secured from the city and parish.

Associated Press Baton Rouge Baton Rouge Electric Company Today Standard OU

State golf tournament prep in Baton Rouge begins

Baton Rouge on June 11 hosts preliminary practice as about eighty golfers from across Louisiana prepare for the state tournament set to run June 15 through June 17. New Orleans leads the contingent with many players, followed by Lake Charles Shreveport and Alexandria.

Baton Rouge Baton Reauge New Orleans Lake Charles Shreveport Alexandria

Priest Indicted for Fraud in Internal Revenue Paper

Father Walter A Grace, a Denver priest, indicted by a federal grand jury in Pueblo on fraud charges for signing a paper under the internal revenue law. He had been arrested in Denver in connection with shipping intoxicating liquor for the J K Mallen home for the aged.

Associated Vrene Pueblo Colo Walter A. Grace Denver Internal Revenue Law Grace J. K. Mallen

France Hesitates to Join Allied Pact at Paris Talks

Paris conference conditions persist as Premier Poincare doubts new allied conference. He favors diplomatic channels and may reject reparations talks unless Germans face united Ruhr notice. Dortmund reports say five civilians shot, one wounded, city hall occupied as arrests climb. Essen notes Russian agitators fueling strikes. Germany boosts measures amid thin police coverage.

Paris France Poincare Germany Ruhr Associated Press Berlin Dortmund Essen

Arkansas Regions Pouring Waters After Cloud Burst

A severe storm banged through Macon area causing 6.71 inches of rain in two hours with hail and widespread flooding. Rail lines, culverts, and streets washed out. basements flooded. one family rescued from a submerged building. City property damage exceeds $30,000 with private losses to be tallied.

Weather Bureau Macon Oklahoma City Okla Oklahoma 101 Ranch Ponca City

Trailing Animals in African Wilds at Saenger Theatre

A rare film, Trailing African Wild Animals, shown at Saenger Theatre, depicts a journey across British East Africa with Martin Johnson and a caravan of porters, oxen, camels, and elephants. The narration highlights lions, giraffes, elephants, and a desert oasis as the explorers cross vast landscapes.

Saenger's British East Africa Mississippi Martin Johnsen Helen Babhlitt Lowry New York Times Columbus Oasis Martin Johnson Ozard Mountains South Atlantic Garden of Eden

Northrop Bank Cashier Arraigned in Mobile Embezzlement Case

J M Northrop former cashier at First National Bank of Atmore Alabama was arraigned in inferior criminal court on charges of embezzlement and larceny totaling 10000 from Merchants Bank of Mobile. He confessed a 29983 shortfall at Atmore and said brokers in cotton speculation benefited, not his own pleasures, and hinted at possible marriage after prison.

Associated Presa Mobile Ala J. M. Northrop First National Bank of Atmore Merchants Bank of Mobile Inferior Criminal Court Northrop Atmore Atmore Bank Minnie McKellar

Tulsa Faces Flooded Homes as Arkansas River Rises

The Arkansas river swells to a record high in memory of elders while about two hundred Tulsa homes are inundated. Water levels rise though the river at Tulsa is now slowly falling.

Arkansas Tulsa Arkansas River

One Exciting Night Opens at Saenger Theatre

Griff ths new cinema One Exciting Night opens at the Saenger with a mystery drama and light relief. Miss Carol Dempster leads a strong cast including Henry Hull and Porter Strong in a film praised as among the immortals of the silver screen. The story features a dramatic encounter with a rhinoceros and a dangerous expedition, officially endorsed by the American Museum of Natural History. Shown tomorrow.

Saedger Theatre D. W. Griffth United Artists Nlot Mr. Griffith Carol Dempster Henry Hull Porter Strong Morgan Wallace C. H. Crocker-King Margaret Dale Frank Sheridan Frank Wunderlee Grace Griswold Irma Harrison Herbert Sutch Percy Carr Charles T. Mack Martin Johnson Griffith

Detectives Find $15,000 Buried at Waikiki

In Honolulu on June 11 detectives recovered 15000 dollars in currency buried in the sand in front of the Outrigger Club. They say a bank disappearance in March was solved by a clerk under surveillance who has confessed and faces arrest.

Associated Press Honolulu Waikiki

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