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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 21, 1921
Page
1
Naval plane laden with bombs wrecked and burned in Hampton Roads this morning injuring one man who could not swim to safety. The NC-17 carried three officers and seven men and burned in the water as others escaped unharmed.
Chicago June 21 The United States railroad labor board upheld union leaders that the Pullman Company violated the transportation act by mass meetings with employees. The board rejected a wage cut petition and ordered the company to meet with duly elected employee representatives. Shop crafts and clerks were involved.
Mayors University Monroe and West Monroe urge citizens to observe Boys Day on Thursday June 23 1921. A parade at 1 30 p m by eight Junior baseball teams and a 3 p m ball game at Forsythe park are free. Stores urged to close 1 to 6 pm to support the effort.
The American Legion will co operate with the Woman's Department Club for a Monroe Fourth of July celebration. A committee from the post and the club will coordinate a parade float and activities. Americanization sermons are set for Sunday July 3rd as part of Americanism Day with local Legion publicity efforts.
Ouachita Parish Police Jury to meet in special session to discuss selling 1.6 million dollars in road improvement bonds. John M. Breard Jr says bonds likely to be sold by late July with construction on over 100 miles of parish highways starting August or September after surveys. Washington Charles G. Dawes named by President Harding to controller of budget.
Jackson Mississippi June 21 Louis Wimberly an 18 year old Black convict at the state farm was lynched yesterday afternoon at the gates of the Rankin county farm seven miles from the city He attacked the prison official s wife and was later captured seven miles away and brought back to the prison A mob overpowered officers as they left the prison and hanged the convict to a tree near the farm
Wilbur Kilbourne of Monroe Arkansas enters two large mouth black bass in Field and Stream eleventh annual prize contest. The entries list weights of 41 pounds 2 ounces and 41 pounds 4 ounces, lengths 21 and 201/2 inches, girths 11 and 14 inches.
Monroe residents Albert Horuff and Tom Sullivan profit from Creek Oil Company as it brings in a 2000-barrel well in section 8 of the El Dorado field. Friends send congratulations on the company’s success.
The Ouachita Iron Works Company of Monroe under M. W. Anthony adds machinery for locomotive repairs and automobile cylinder grinding. The upgrade enhances service across the Arkansas territory toward Memphis, making it a leading plant between Shreveport and Vicksburg.
F M Gates appraiser for the federal land bank of New Orleans reported North Louisiana crops were in splendid condition after a tour. He noted a one third reduction in delta cotton acreage and up to 560 percent drop elsewhere, with late planting but prospects for bumper yields and general prosperity in the region.
Monroe pursues western Ouachita parish oil prospects as Ouachita Valley Oil Company drills near the G. B. Haynes farm four miles west of Monroe. Rumors of an oil strike are unfounded but investors remain hopeful, with drilling planned beyond 1400 feet toward 3000 feet. Eastern capitalists monitor developments.
The Maryland, regarded as the most powerful fighting ship afloat, sailed from Newport News to start tests before transfer to the navy. It carries eight sixteen inch rifles in four turrets and joins the Pacific fleet. Electrical systems mark its modern design as civilian experts and naval observers watch the first trials.
Cork’s Castle Bernard is ablaze after an early afternoon fire while Cork James Francis Bernard fourth Earl of Bandon is reported kidnapped by armed men. The Earl’s whereabouts remain unknown and authorities launch inquiries.
A Portand Maine report says pirates may be responsible for the missing schooner Carroll A Deering after a bottle message from North Carolina notes the crew was captured by an oil burning craft resembling a sub chaser and stripped of belongings. The theory gains credence as authorities search for the vessel.
The state department has begun a global search through American consuls for the missing crew of the Carrol A. Deering of Bath Maine. The ship was found stranded on the North Carolina coast last January with all sails set and no survivors aboard.
Denver reports a tense AFL convention as John L. Lewis and Samuel Gompers campaign vigorously for the presidency. Both sides claim delegate gains and confident victory while disputes over delegate tallies persist. The Irish question dominates today’s agenda with the resolutions committee expected to report unfavorably on proposed deals.
Monroe Chamber of Commerce directors postponed final decision on a new secretary to succeed G. T. Cross. A second meeting is planned next Monday to review credentials of several applicants including three from Monroe and two from out of town. Former secretary Cross heads to Magnolia for the National School for Commercial Secretaries in Evanston, Illinois.
A warrant is issued for Walter K. Johnson who claimed to be an Oklahoma oil man and El Dorado buyer. He allegedly forged cashier's checks to obtain 2500 dollars and later 1500 dollars from Monroe banks, using a fake Abell signature and no verifiable credentials.
A Better Babies contest will be held Thursday at the Louisiana Experimental Farm in Calhoun. Miss Josephine McNally will conduct the event and a prize of five dollars will be awarded to the baby with the highest score in the contest.
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