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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 25, 1923
Page
1
President Harding asserts strict enforcement of Prohibition in several states following a deadly auto crash. The incident leaves multiple party members dead and injured, with officials pledging action against violators as investigations proceed.
President Harding in Denver declares the eighteenth amendment will not be repealed and changes to the Volstead Act will aim at effective enforcement. He notes rising enforcement costs for states and calls nullification by states a historic error while promising federal persistence.
Moscow reports Russia has formally launched an aviation week to arouse national interest in building Soviet war and peace resources. The article notes German planes and German war aces arriving in Russia as commercial entrants, signaling broader wartime mobilization.
President Harding continued his schedule despite a fatal auto crash that killed a member of his party and a Denver host. He planned a parade, school greeting, and formal address before proceeding to Cheyenne, Salt Lake City, and Zion National Park, with hospital updates on Donald A Craig and Thomas Dawson.
The Royal Maine Line steamship Caraquet from Halifax to the West Indies struck reefs twelve miles north of Bermuda at daylight. She is believed to be breaking up as ocean tugs race to rescue passengers amid high seas with no loss of life expected.
Mme. Shumann Heink opened the third national convention of Disabled American Veterans in Minneapolis singing the Star Spangled Banner for her boys. She vowed to stay all week to support veterans as the group seeks further aid while national commander C Hamilton Cook cites veterans begging in cities after being returned to civilian life jobless and inadequately trained.
Berlin dispatch says fighting broke out in Eighton Russian Saxony during a memorial unveiling for German foreign minister Walter Rathenau. Two demonstrators reported dead and twenty five seriously injured as nationalists clash with communists in the street.
Governor John M. Parker of Louisiana will address Legionnaires from across the state at Monroe for the annual convention next August. He described it as an honor and said he would attend festivities, with elaborate plans to entertain the governor as the principal speaker.
Washington June 25. The Interstate Commerce Commission received a report from examiners investigating a Mississippi state complaint. They found railroads charged Mississippi cotton growers higher local rates than through rates to southern milling centers in North and South Carolina and other southeastern mills. The commission will review the report and act as needed.
Stanley Baldwin said in the house of commons there were no grounds for protest if U S customs officials broke seals within United States territorial waters. He answered whether Britain recognized America's right to break seals on liquor aboard ships.
The Tuscania and Suffren arrived with liquor breaching the three mile line. United States officials prepared to seize excess medical supplies as authorities plan further action, following Baltic precedent. Port surveyor Whittle and Deputy Cottman led the operation as customs crews removed seized stores from the Berengaria.
Reports from Aberdeen and Fargo confirm multiple tornado fatalities and injuries across central Northwest farming country. Ten killed near Reeder and Hettinger, N D, with extensive property damage. five dead and four injured in Adams county, N D. Names include W B Lambert, G D Lewis, Olaf Lundhal, and other Bucyrus and Hettinger residents.
General De goutte announced that the Ruhr control commission may requisition all coal stocks in mines and factories to secure reparations deliveries and coal tax payments owed by miners, aiding occupying powers.
London papers express anxiety over the seizure of liquor on British vessels at New York and urge restraint in criticism of the U S prohibition policy. They discuss arbitration or The Hague as remedies and warn against British interference aggravating tensions between wets and dries.
Advertisement seeking one hundred white laborers to work on a carbon factory construction project for La. Gas Products Corporation at Dewdrop Station on A. & L. M. Railway. Promises satisfactory accommodations and good board on the premises.
In Shreveport area towns Cedar Grove Agurs and Eureka Park dancers pursued by church groups night after starting Saturday in Cedar Grove under American Legion auspices. Dancers left Cedar Grove and traveled by streetcar to Shreveport then Agurs and onwards toward Eureka Park Mooringsport road seeking a place to dance until morning. Authorities ordered them to move on and the event ended amid disputes over permissions and finances.
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