Gas pipeline bids heard in Jackson and Vicksburg talks
Jackson and Vicksburg officials held a joint meeting to review bids for piping natural gas from off the Mississippi river to Lotson and thence to Jackson. The Jackson commission approved a franchise for T L James company of Ruston Louisiana and scheduled a March 28 special election. The gas line project would begin within ten months if approved.
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Vicksburg, Miss
Jackson
Vicksburg
Mississippi River
Lotson
Mickson
Miss
Jackson City
T. L. James Company
Raston
Scott
Gas Franchise Bids Set for Vicksburg Election
T L James of Ruston wins acceptance while a franchise for gas piping requires a citywide vote in Vicksburg and nearby Jackson officials prepare for an official decision. Tooke and Reynolds propose 75 cents per thousand feet for home use, with discounts for heavy users. CONTINUED ON PAGE TEN.
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T. L. James
Ruston
Vicksburg
Jackson
Tooke and Reynolds
James Concern
Georgia Blue Laws Strict Sunday Prohibition Emphasized
Assistant Attorney General T R Grass says Georgia enforces a Sunday blue law as strict as South Carolina. It makes pursuing business on Sunday a misdemeanor and could lead to a $1000 fine and up to a year in jail. He notes golf or baseball are allowed if not the ordinary calling.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Atlanta, Ga
Georgia
Palmetto State
T. R. Grass
Grass
Uncertain report on Kerensky and revolutionary leadership
Fragmentary AP dispatch from New York suggests Kerensky as head of the first government after the overthrow of the czar, with confusion over his status and movement. The message mentions Europe and America but contains many garbled details and unclear dates or places.
Miners Perish In Welsh Explosion Toll Rises
An explosion at a Welsh mine on St David's Day killed 22 miners with 143 still in the shaft. Rescue teams freed more than 80 to the surface as poisonous gas hampered efforts and families gathered at the pit head.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wales
Hope
St. David's Day
Fragmentary OCR Noted in Memorial of Missing Items
The readable fragments suggest a reference to a disaster era report with names and places like Vicksburg and Shreveport. The text hints at memorials or notices tied to a hospital and a community gathering. Specific names are unclear, but reference points include Miss Memphi and Alexani Ouse Camder Monroe.
Lita Chaplin To Make Public Film Star in Chaplin Case
In Los Angeles on March 1 Lita Gy renamed a motion picture complaint in the Charlie Chaplin case. Lyndol L. Young chief counsel for Mrs. Chaplin announced a likely amendment to the complaint charging infidelity and naming a feminine film star. The original filing alleged the actor husband humiliated her by associating with several prominent actresses, none named.
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Associated Press
Los Angeles
Lita Gy
Charlie Chaplin
Lyndol L. Young
Husbad
Nore
Chaplin Divorced Rumor Sparks Film Court Action
A rumpled notice outlines a divorce action tied to Charlie Chaplin and a noted actress. The report suggests ongoing court proceedings and public interest in the entertainment figure’s domestic matters.
Delhi girls vanish as Monroe hotels searched for clues
Police and Monroe officials sweep hotels and rooming houses in a bid to locate Hazel Green aged 11 and Vada Clark 16 who disappeared after Wednesday afternoon. Authorities report no solid leads and note sightings of a green car with three men near Rayville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hazel Gree
Vada Clark
Delhi
H. D. Ap
News-Star
Monroe
Arthur King
Eros
Rayville
Duelling brothers clash with canes in New York duel
In New York on March 1, Col Edward Carrington of Chicago and his brother Campbell Carrington, a New York lawyer, fought with canes outside a West 74th Street home. Campbell was hospitalized with facial injuries. Edward faces West Side court arraignment over an alienation and divorce case.
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Associated Press
New York
Edward Carrington
Chicago
Campbell Carrington
West Side Court
Carrington
James McManus
West 74Th Street
Ala Merchant's Hoard Stolen by Robbers
Police chase suspects after thieves ripped up the floor of R. C. Flowers store on his Pike county plantation uncovering a money box with 25000 in gold and silver coins. Flowers says he buried the hoard due to bank distrust. box found near the farmer's house, lock shot off.
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Associated Press
Troy
Ala
Mar
R. C. Flowers
Pike County
Flowers
Governor to name board for Monroe Home for Delinquent Girls
Monroe officials urge early appointment of a board of commissioners to locate and operate the Home for Delinquent Girls. Governor Simpson replies a board appointment will come soon, enabling site selection and construction continuation alongside the existing Louisiana Training Institute for boys in Monroe. Sheriff Milton Coverdale and Mayor Arnold Bernstein had pressed for prompt action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monroe Welfare Association
O. H. Simpson
Milton Coverdale
Simpson
Coverdale
Arnold Bernstein
Louisiana Training Institute For Boys
Monroe
Former lightweight Joe Benjamin threatens Marion Nixon after split
The ex fighter clashed with windows and issued a death threat to actress Marion Nixon, his former wife, in a complaint to Los Angeles police. Nixon had filed for divorce a few months earlier.
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Joe Benjamin
Marion Nixon
Los Angeles
Seminole Area Still Shows Production Gain
Tulsa reports that in the week ending February 26 daily average crude oil production rose despite curtailment efforts. The Seminole area increased by 10,200 barrels to a weekly average, with total daily average around 495 barrels, while the Mid-Continent rose by 15,120 barrels to 1,535,688. National daily output reached 2,482,023 barrels.
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Associated Press
Tulsa
Okla
Seminole
Oklahoma
Journal
Mid-Continent
California
First Contingent of Syracuse Stars Arrives for Spring Training
The Syracuse Stars baseball team top battery and eight pitchers plus four catchers arrive in Monroe from Syracuse to begin spring training at Forsythe Park. Warren G. Giles and Bert Shatten announce expectant arrivals, with several key players like Bill Halahan and Harold Haid among those reporting Saturday and Sunday.
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Syracuse
N. Y
The
Stars
Forsythe Park
Monroe
Warren G. Giles
Giles
Bert Shatten
Mike Pysnack
Noe Hurley
Battery
Bill Halahan
R. Grabowski
Frank Barnes
Harold Haid
Sylvester Johnson
Paul Kinney
Walter Jaceway
Guilford Paulson
Bob Morrow
Gus Manusco
Bob Corley
Warwick
Johnson
Halahan
St. Louis Cardinals
Cardinals
Avon Park
Fla
Joe Poetz
Allyn Stout
Ray Quine
McCracken
Bic
Colgate University
Fred Frankhouse
Russell Miller
Howard Williamson
Texas University
Meditations by Iop Alley I Reckn
An evocative fragment notes Iop Alley presenting meditations in a dialect voice. It references a notable figure visiting and filling a pulpit, with a casual, streetwise cadence and informal street scene imagery.
Icy Weather Sweeps Much of the United States
The report notes a shift from springlike days to a new cold spell affecting Monroe and wider areas. Despite a recent 32 degree low on February 20 and a brief warm spell, a biting wind and freezing night followed, with geese observed circling overhead and foxes seen near town lights during the cold period. Temperature patterns over the past week are contrasted with earlier mild conditions.
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Monroe
Kate Key
Mercury
Sue
Carnival King Enthroned During Wet Mardi Gras in New Orleans
New Orleans marked Mardi Gras with Rex and Queen Mildred Brown amid rain that canceled part of the Proteus parade. Eli T. Watson, Rex of 1927, and Miss Brown lead crowds as maskers appeared despite downpours, with up to 100,000 people observed at dawn. Mobile and Biloxi also celebrated.
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Associated
New Orleans
4Lex
Carnival
Mobile
Biloxi
Mildred Brown
Rex
Eli T. Watson
Lord of the Sea
Seek to Dismiss Impeachment Case
The House judiciary committee recommended dismissing all impeachment charges against Federal Judge Frank Cooper of the Northern New York district. It found allegations of unfitness could not be grounds for impeachment, while noting the committee did not approve all of the judge’s acts.
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Associated Press
Washington
Frank Cooper
New York
House Judiciary Committee
Cooper
Lazuardia
Florenz Ziegfeld Plans Return to Plot Driven Follies
New York March 1 Florenz Ziegfeld says box office madness and out of town visitors spoil theatre. He plans to withdraw from revue business and revive next season with a traditional plot driven revue rather than a modern format.
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Associated Press
New York
Florena Ziegfeld
Page Ten
Long Lost Son Sought By Father In Unusual Search
R E Gordon of Columbus Ohio travels to this city in a six month effort to locate Mellon Edward Gordon a 14 year old son. Gordon says the boy lived with maternal grandparents I B Sermons at Dry Prong Louisiana then near Monroe and has been missing since 1914 after his father went to World War I and was later told his wife died and remarried. He offers 25 dollars for news leading to the boy's recovery.
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R. E. Gordon
Columbus
Mellon Edward Gordon
Louisiana
Leola
Canada
I. B
Dry Prong
Gordon
Melton
Monroe
Sermon
Young worker killed in tank accident at railway shops
John A Callender aged 26 from Port Gibson Miss died after a heavy tank wedged his head against a steel post in the Tre nois Central railroad shops. He had come to the city six months ago with his brother A A Callender working as a welder. The incident occurred while moving an engine tank. he died minutes later and was shipped home for burial.
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John M. Callender
Iu Ider
Trenois Central
Roe
A. A. Callender
Wood Street
Callender
Peters Company
Port Gibson
Miss
Illnois Central Railroad
Mons
Woman Colonel House Wins Over Oklahoma Senate
Mrs. O. Q. Hammonds, called a feminine Colonel House by opponents, remains confidential secretary to Governor Henry S. Johnston after a senate resolution to dismiss her was tabled by 26 to 3 and later expunged. Senator Jess Pullen led the charge claiming the governor’s plans were hampered by her audiences, a move opposed by McCurley and Gulager.
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Associated Press
Oklahoma City
Mar
O. Q. Hammonds
House
State Senate
Henry S. Johnston
Jess Pullen
Senate
J. W. McCurley
William Gulager
Pullen
Police Abandon Theory of Death by Own Action
Mysterious death of 18 year old Mrs Mabel Wood, five months married, shifts from possible suicide or accident to a police hunt for a slayer. Her nude body was found in a tub leading investigators to seek signs of foul play and a deliberate concealment in a Chicago hotel apartment. Bruises and limited water in the tub prompt renewed examination as officers probe a potential murder.
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Associated’ Press
Chicago
Mabel Wood
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