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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 22, 1922
Page
3
London June 22 The government suffered defeat on the financial amendment to the national health insurance bill in the grand committee of the house of commons. The committee immediately adjourned to allow government reconsideration.
June 22 news from Peking reports the newly formed republican regime faces a brutal test as 10 000 to 15 000 troops under Wu Pei Fu mutiny in Kiangi Province killing thousands and challenging the new government.
A Griffin Studio note invites readers to get clear snapshots by explaining the causes and offering remedies. It promises information “cheerfully given gratis” and signs with the studio address 41-tf.
Walter Camp's reducing records just received. Foster Jewelry and Music Co 20 8t.
Six youths aged 15 to 16 were paroled by the Louisiana Training Institute board on merit, listing Alton Smith Pineville Herbert Smith Pollack L G O’Neal Verda Burns Miley Grando Edgar Eggerton Alexandria and Wendel Curtis West Monroe as releasees. Plans outline a new concrete swimming pool for boys near the institute and a large Fourth of July program with notable speakers and a 15 piece band.
Local notices list multiple rentals and sales including four and five room cottages available before July, two furnished rooms for light housekeeping, a large linch wagon on a truck chassis, and office fixtures for sale. Warnings include positions and contact numbers for Monroe Employment Bureau and Ross the Sandwich King.
Ruston La June 2 The summer norms term at the Louisiana Polytechnic Institute opened with a record enrollment of 1011 students. Dormitories and the infirmary are full overflow is housed in extra spaces as local citizens open homes. More than 350 students could not secure rooms due to crowded facilities and a teacher shortage.
The Yap treaty with the United States received approval from Japan's privy council led by Prince Regent. It defines the rights of both nations on Yap under Japanese mandate.
Dr Sun Yat Sen former president of the South China Republic has been taken prisoner by United China forces and is being held aboard the Chinese cruiser Halchi in the West River near Canton according to advices reaching foreign legations from Canton.
Customs agents seized 250 five ounce bottles of cocaine aboard the tramp steamer Braga from Marseilles after boarding at dockside. They also recovered twelve cases of whisky hidden in phonograph cases on a Pennsylvania rail barge at Pier 22 East River and arrested several men leaving the Bridgetown from the West Indies with whisky bottles.
A national anti blue law conference opens in St Louis tomorrow under the Anti Blue Law League of America to debate whether blue laws infringe on citizens rights to observe Sunday. The gathering will run for several days with delegates from multiple states.
Spot prices listed as 22.63 with quiet activity and 378 sales. Futures show July at 22.72. other months insert complex bid and ask ranges including October 22.11 and 22.09 and December 21.81.
A compact price table lists values for Spots 22.90 and 13.59 with July October and December figures. Trade activity notes Sales of 15,000 and July 1s 13.20 with October and September figures.
New Orleans reports suggest favorable weather checks weevil spread while private crop prospects improve and Liverpool demand remains strong with 15 000 sales. Tallulah and Crew Lake tests show 30 percent average square punctures and earlier weevil activity, warning of rapid damage unless controlled. Natchez notes emergency weevil records, with many fields already puncturing over half their squares. Spinners' takings for week tomorrow expected bullish, with last week at 228 000 versus 164 000 and 195 000 in prior years.
Okmulgee Oklahoma June 22 Encouraged by a Supreme Court ruling that union organizations may be liable for damage caused by their members during labor troubles operators push to reopen coal mines on an open shop basis.
The Southern Pacific Company Mallory lines announced a 30 percent cut in freight rates on cotton between Gulf and Atlantic Seaboard ports. A general 10 percent reduction applies to all other commodities, effective July 1.
The latest wireless craze is the radio picnic. A small portable set fits in a hamper and can be set up in seconds by anchoring an aerial wired to a deep sea fishing reel. The ~100 feet copper wire is wound around a weight and draped over a tree branch to create a makeshift antenna.
Rotarian Sigmond Masur, the Merchant Prince of DeSiard Street, lectured on his ready-to-wear line and fifty years of industry development. Houston community worker W R Waghorn spoke on an operetta project for the Ouneha lla river and led songs. Thelma Montville of Shreveport entertained, with Birdie Mae Frenkel of Alexandria dancing for the club.
The article describes insulation, car frame grounding to earth the aerial, and a motoring picnic setup. It notes a radio loudspeaker for listening to broadcast music during outings.
Today features a Queens County Jockey Club meet at Aqueduct, Kentucky Racing Association at Latonia, Dorval Jockey Club at Montreal, and championships in golf and tennis across Canada and the U S. Western Canada inter provincial tournament opens in Vancouver. Montana trapshooting starts in Butte. Pacific Northwest track championships in Portland. boxing cards in Allentown and Waterloo. Last day of reunion in Richmond, Va. June 22.
Several thousand delegates from across the nation attend the 49th National Conference of Social Work in Providence for a week of sessions. Allied groups meet with the main conference to discuss children and delinquency health family industry and economic issues community life mental hygiene immigrant and public administration.
After a long colorful procession the men who fought for the South in the war between the states prepared to return homeward, their spirits happy as children when night comes after a hard day of play.
President Harding told the Philippine parliamentary commission in Washington that he cannot yet urge Congress to endorse Philippine independence. He cautioned that factors and conditions must be considered before any final recommendation or action.
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