Columbia Monroe to Alexandria Road Reopens for Light Traffic
The Monroe Motor Club secretary Donald F. Walker says the Columbia road from Monroe to Alexandria is open to light traffic. A few cars have used it and further openings are planned for the Winnsboro road and the Rhymes road toward Starts, Clear Lake and Richland gas field area. Roads are rough from flood repairs but passable. heavier vehicles are advised to wait as repairs continue.
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Columbia
Monroe
Alexandria
Donald F. Walker
Winnsboro
Archibald
Starts
Rayville
Delby
Twin Cities
Winnfield
Georgetown
Monroe-Alexandria
Traffic Flow Test Without Officers On DeSiard Street
Traffic on DeSiard Street moved without police direction Tuesday and again today with lighter than usual volume. Mayor Arnold Bernstein said the observation aims to see if traffic can handle itself, hinting the experiment could last a week or be permanent if successful.
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DeSiard Street
Uanto- Ward
Arnold Bernstein
Natural Gas Has New Producer in La Salle Area
Urania reports Natural Gas & Fuel Inc completed well M-9 on Urania Lumber lease 20-10-26 in 1 580 feet with four feet of sand and 500 feet fluid. A power plant is installed and M-9 will be pumped today. M lease in Urania field described as easiest to operate with less water. Catalina Oil No 1 and 2 Urania 8-10-20e near depot producing about 200 bbls daily after being revived by air.
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Urania
Natural Gas & Fuel Company, Inc
Urania Lumber Company
M-9
Natural Gas & Fuel Company
Traffic Accidents Reported on Grand and Sixth Streets
J W Rice Wert Monroe and Dr Q Graves of 220 North Third Street collided on Grand Street around 10 30 am. Dr Graves car had a bent fender and Rice car a bent axle. J Maddad of 519 DeSiard Street and Mrs J A Petty of 109 Adams Street collided yesterday around 6 45 pm at Sixth and DeSiard streets. Petty’s car was southbound and Haddad northbound Karen collided as she attempted to cross DeSiard Street. Petty’s car had a blown tire and Haddad sustained a damaged ram min board.
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J. W. Rice
Wert Monroe
Q. Graves
North Third Street
Grand Street
Rice
Doctor
Doctor Graves
J. Maddad
DeSiard Street
J. A. Petty
Adams Street
Collfisen
Sixth
DeSiard Streets
Cotton crops face uncertain future after record year
Federal experts warn 1927 may see a lighter harvest and variable prices as flood damage, shifting acreages, and market demand shape outcomes. C. F. Cook questions second planting risks while O. C. Stine notes 1911–12 style cycles, with 6 million bales consumed and 16 million exported expected this year. Sea Island and long-staple cotton eye revival in the South amid weevil concerns, plus Arizona Pima potential.
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Associated Press
Washington
America
Mississippi
C. F. Cook
United States
Cook
O. C. Stine
Texas
Oklahoma
South Carolina
Georgia
Florida
Sea Island
Pima
Nile
Arizona
Egypt
Nile Valley
Poor Progress Amid Weevil Surge and Fertilizer Drop
Report notes poor progress alongside a sharp rise in boll weevil infestations across the territory and a 40 percent reduction in fertilizer usage. The combination signals worsening crop threats and potential yield impacts for growers reliant on chemical inputs.
Rain Brightens Trade Prospects in Dallas Area
The June report from the Dallas Federal Reserve notes improved agricultural and business prospects after rains. Debits fell five percent from the previous month but rose versus May 1926. cotton crops in Texas and Oklahoma show varied health. 13 parish inmates begin a road camp at Grayling Bend under A. E. Culpepper to perform hard labor road work and repairs.
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Dallas
Associated Press
Texas
Federal Reserve District
Monthly Business Review
Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas
South
New Tico
Goutwea Stere
Oklahoma
Grayling Bend
A. E. Culpepper
Dury
Major League Leaders After June 25
National batting leaders include Barnhart Pirates at .297 and Gehrig Yankees at .387. Pitching top is Seadows Pirates with 10 wins and Roth Yankees with 6 earns. Notable players include Waner Pirates 21 doubles 12 triples and Ruth 24 homers.
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Barnhart
Pirates
Hornedy
Giants
P. Wanner
Waner
P. Waner
Wilson
Cubs
Frisch
Cardinals
Seadows
Gehrig
Yankees
Kuns
Roth
Huse—Gehrig
Burnz
Indians
Manush
Tiyers
Ruth
Senators
Sisler
Browns
Afuether
Yanks
Ouachita Parish School Board Sets July Meeting on Budgets
The Ouachita parish school board will meet Friday July 1 at 10 a.m. to approve the year's budget and adopt the program for the next year. A proposal to cut 60 percent of taxes on overflowed farm lands will be considered. The board also outlines a building program including a new high school at Cal an and a large West Monroe addition under construction.
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Ouachita Parish
Cal+an
West Monroe
Augusta Woman Credits Cardus For Back Pain Relief
Mrs. Etta M. Robertson of Augusta Georgia says a prior illness left her weak and in constant side pain. After reading a testimonial about Cardus she tried the medicine and reports her side pain faded, sleep improved, and overall health stronger. She recommends Cardus to others.
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Cardus
Augusta
Popular Young Monroe Woman Dies SuddenlY
Grace Helen Benson 20, a Monroe High School 1926 graduate, died after emergency appendicitis surgery. Stenographer for Trousdale and Wright, she was active at First Methodist Church and Epworth League. Survived by parents Mr. and Mrs. J. T. Benson, a sister Mrs. Lawrence Castle, Leta May, and brothers Fred and Wayne. Funeral at First Methodist Church at 4 p.m. with Rev. M. S. Monk officiating. burial Riverview Burial Park.
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Miss Benson
City High School
Trousdale and Wright
First Methodist Church
Epworth League
J. T. Benson
Peach Street
City
Lawrence Castle
Breckenridge
Texas
Leta May
Fred
Wayne Benson
Monroe
Destroyers Up for Discussion at Arms Meet
Geneva June 29 The technical committee of the naval limitation conference reports a considerable measure of agreement among the three delegations after an hour and a half on destroyer class. Delegates plan to explain morning progress to their groups and reconvene tomorrow to discuss cruisers. Great Britain tacitly recognizes revising the Washington treaty requires U S consent, while still hoping to present views on battleship numbers before a plenary session.
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Associated Press
Geneva
Great Britain
United States
Washington
U S Likely Refuses Reopen of Washington Decisions
American delegation head Hugh S. Gibson may issue a statement outlining U S objections to re opening the capital ship issue before the second Washington conference in 1051.
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Washington
Hugh S. Gibson
United States
Construction Gang Worker Injured Pulling Cable in Sterlington
Elvy Broussard, 39, formerly of Alexandria, injured his right hand while a cable was pulled through a hole for pile driving at Sterlington. An engineer signaled wrongly, tightening the cable. Broussard suffered one broken finger and three crushed fingers. He was rushed by ambulance to St. Francis sanitarium for treatment around 2 10 p m.
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Elvy Broussard
Alexandria
Sterlington
Broussard
St. Francis Sanitarium
Alpha Epsilon Psi Elects Leaders At Cornell Convention
Ithaca N Y June 29 Alpha Epsilon Psi woman s fraternity now in convention at Cornell university today elected Gertrude Friedelander Pittsburgh Pad- ean and Bertha Wolbrette Feitel New Orleans historian
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Ithaca
N. Y
Alpha Epsilon Psi
Cornell University
Gertrude Friedelander
Pittsburgh
Bertha Wolbrette Feitel
New Orleans
Pleasing Flowers Adorn Revival Service at West Monroe
Three members of the Woman's Missionary Society decorated the West Monroe Methodist Episcopal church South with lilies for a revival service. Rev. Albert S. Lutz preached on The Fullness of the Blessing of the Gospel of Christ, urging the Spirit, faith, and power in Christian life. Many attendees remained to seek the fullness of God, with later plans for a Sunday School testimony session.
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West Monroe Methodist Episcopal Church
South
Woman's Missionary Society
Albert S. Lutz
St.Paul
Riverside to Hold First Commencement for Nurses Class
Riverside sanitarium prepares to graduate its first nurses training class on Friday night July 1 at 8 p m in Barkdull Faulk school auditorium. Five students are Grace James Louise Hosey May Breithaupt Lena May Harvey and Beatrice Young. The program features addresses songs and a class prophecy with diplomas presented by Dr A D Tisdale and Rev J C Marsh.
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Riverside Sanitarium
Nurses’ Training School
Grace James
Louise Hosey
May Breithaupt
Lena May Harvey
Beatrice Young
Barkdull Faulk School
B. M. McKain
Frank Tripp
Cornet
Horaketenreih
G. C. Cornett
M. S. Monk
Harvey
Hosey
James
A. D. Tisdale
J. C. Marsh
L. T. Hastings
Flood control discussion at B. R. conference
Citizens from St. Mary parish and Atchafalaya basin parishes gather in Baton Rouge for a flood control conference. The meeting, opened in the state capitol, aims to press Atchafalaya basin needs and demand broader representation on federal flood committees.
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Associated Press
Baton Rouge
S J. Mary
Atchafalaya Basin
State Capitol
St. Mary Parish
L. K. Williams
Patterson
Atchafalaya
Carbon Worker Crushed Foot by Falling Steel
R. A Haddox, 54, United Carbon employee, sustained a badly crushed left foot when a 1000 pound steel piece fell at the Monroe gas field plant. He was rushed to Riverside sanitarium where he is reported doing well.
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R. A Haddox
United Carbon Company
Monroe
Riverside Sanitarium
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