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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 15, 1926
Page
7
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Louisiana House appropriations committee slashed a wide range of bills. Several spending measures were killed or returned unfavorably, including the Wynn administration building on the Shreveport fairgrounds and Frymyer $50,000 for New Orleans exhibition. Some measures passed, such as Frymyer’s $15,000 trade exposition funding and Shattuck widow compensation for C M Stabben. Hood bill received unanimous action later in the day.
In Mexico City a dispute unfolds between John F Howard and his two sons John C and Albert F. The sons accuse their 72 year old father of perjury and bigamy, claiming he deserted their mother and married Mrs Elanora Bombache Phillips after traveling with her to Mexico. The father counters that the sons seek his money. The case hinges on alleged oath in divorce court and a claimed second marriage in Cuernavaca. The dispute is expected to be bitterly contested.
Paris June 15. Resignation of the entire French cabinet seemed likely after Finance Minister Peret withdrew from the government at morning talks. Briand refused a national union, sparking talk of a new cabinet and possible party coalition. Lamoureaux and Bokanowski named as likely successors to Peret.
An Illinois Steel coke by products plant in Gary Ind exploded, killing eleven and injuring forty seven. Officials said the exact cause would await a thorough inquiry while estimates of property damage ran into millions. Five victims died instantly near a coke oven as walls collapsed and tar and acids drenched the scene. Fire hampered rescue work.
Five Tennesseeans claim a portion of Charlotte M. Crabtree estate valued around $2 million after her death in Boston. The Nashville group W. E. Briley Thomas Briley Eula Lee Briley and Mrs. W. G. Lapley plus Thomas A. Crabtree of Robertson County say they are relatives through Lotta Crabtree years after she died intestate in 1924. A Boston inquiry into the actress finances is under way as new heirs seek their claim.
In Warsaw a duel between Count Skrzynski and General Szeptycki over the Polish coup d etat ended with one shot. Szeptycki fired and grazed Skrzynski by the hair. Skrzynski refused to shoot, declaring he would not defend his honor with violence.
A warm evening drew a fair audience to a Flag Day program led by the Elks and joined by the Legion Auxiliary D A R and local Elks. Exalted Ruler W H Anders presided with Rev D W McElroy offering prayer as the audience joined in songs and readings about the Stars and Stripes and the flag’s history. Colonel I F Stubbs closed with tributes stressing liberty and the flag’s global reach and meaning.
Senator Robinson of Arkansas, Senate Democratic leader, assailed infidelity to duty and corruption as factors eroding public confidence in government. He spoke at the Ninth Congressional District Democratic convention in Bristol, criticizing Secretary Mellon over ties to the aluminum trust and the alleged cancellation of ten billion dollars owed to the United States by foreign governments.
Trimus Kirby 35, released from Eddyville penitentiary weeks earlier for a public safety incident, was seized by a crowd on Bikton road while being transported to Elkton. Gunfire fatally wounded him after an earlier clash with police responding to a charge involving his former wife in Earlington.
Thousands line streets as eight cardinals in red robes pass through Manhattan to City Hall. Governor Alfred E. Smith and Mayor James J. Walker greet them with kneeling shows of respect as papal colors adorn the route to the aldermanic chamber.
A package of the first beet sugar made in Louisiana from state-grown beets was presented to Speaker W. Clark Hughes in Baton Rouge. Representative Horace Wilkinson delivered the sample on behalf of the Louisiana State University experiment station, noting the sugar came from beets grown on the university farm.
A world survey by American Road Builders Association reports about 80,400 killed and 868,000 injured in 1925 automobile accidents. U S fatalities lead, UK 968, France 723, Canada 702. meeting planned for Jan 10 15 1927 to discuss safety standards and highway construction.
In Urania region reports indicate Beckman and Freeman drilled new locations offsetting the Hunt McCurry and Zoder test that initially showed promise but later lost production. Several wells, surface casings set and active drilling proceed, with multiple completions and pits in 7-10-2E and 7-10-26.
Reports from Watertown indicate Mennonite elders may lift the ban on bobbed hair if the practice proves not worldly during the annual conference. In Washington Senator Norris notes women wear fewer clothes today than grandmothers as farm relief debate continues. Medford Governor Fuller tells Taft graduates New York police know 16,000 statutes amid a U.S. total of over 2,000,000 laws. Elmira Pyussyfoot Johnson recuperates after another accident following a prior eye loss in England and a near miss with a car.
In Baton Rouge on June 15 the Fisher bill to sterilize mentally deficient persons passed the Louisiana Senate 25 to 11 after strong opposition from lawmakers led by Grundy Cooper. Supporters cited medical authority and averting future feeble mindedness while opponents warned of dangerous surgery and rights violations.
Alexandria attorney Nauman Steele Scott 37 died after a revolver discharged when he dropped keys into an open drawer. The bullet tore through the drawer and into his side near the heart. He left a widow Sidonie Provosty Scott and five children. Scott was a Tulane graduate and a notable figure in Central Louisiana legal circles.
Washington June 15 The senate prepares to vote on the McNary equalization measure as major supporters and opponents emerge outside Congress Secretary Mellon Jardine Yoakum and vice president Dawes oppose the plan while B F Gilmore of the American Cotton Growers Exchange backs it The proposal would apply 75 million dollars to cotton surplus handling and postpone the equalization fee for two years.
Two youthful stowaways Edvidge Mezi neotti and S Nunziato were revived after partial suffocation in the polluted hold of the Belgian tanker Emanuel Nobel. A third youth died during the voyage from England via the Caribbean, and his identity remains unknown.
River stage readings include Vicksburg at 16.6 with a 0.1 rise and New Orleans at 2.63 staying unchanged. The Mississippi trend shows minimal movement across measured gauges.
Carl Magee stands trial in district court on a charge of manslaughter in the fatal August 21, 1925 shooting of John B. Lasseter, a young state highway department engineer, during an altercation with former Judge Davis J. Leahy in a hotel lobby. Leahy, Magee’s political foe who previously sentenced Magee, will be the principal witness for the state.
The jury in the Byron J. Shirley case, charged with killing state officer John D. Jones, toured theMontgomery highway shooting site eight miles from Birmingham with counsel and Judge John P. McCory. The visit, to aid juror understanding, was not entered into the court record per supreme court rules.
In Arica Chile the Plebiscitary Committee declares a plebiscite on Tacna and Arica suzerainty impossible citing hindrances by Chile. General Lassiter’s resolution says Chile frustrated the arbitrator’s award and made free voting impractical.
Paris report says Briand's ninth cabinet has ended with a unanimous resignation. Ministers submitted the resignation to President Doumergue to grant him full liberty of action after reviewing Finance Minister Peret's departure.
Police questioned witnesses including four year old Jane Ferguson about the slaying of Mrs James Ferguson by her husband. The child told officers she heard a man say Papa shot and that she was told the killer would be charged with murder after being found at the wife’s home about 30 minutes after the incident.
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