Georgia Judge Returns as Wife Enters Primary Race
A Georgia judge missing for five months returns home to find his wife has entered the primary race to succeed him. The article notes Ireland’s ongoing turmoil, mining disasters, and the U S canal project Harvey Canal linking the Mississippi to Barataria and Terrebonne. It highlights former service men handling disasters and Monroe’s growing baseball scene. The piece closes with reflections on weather and stars.
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Georgia
Castle Gate
Mississippi
Barataria
Terrebonne
New Orleans
Corpus Christi
Monroe
Standard Oil Advances Crude Oil 15 Cents In North Louisiana
The Standard Oil Company of Louisiana raises crude oil prices by 15 cents a barrel on all grades in North Louisiana and Arkansas except Smackover and Bellevue. Top prices now read 1.85 for Caddo Warner El Dorado and DeSoto, 2.75 Haynesville, 1.80 Bull Bayer, 1.65 Crichton, with Smackover 1.35 and Bellevue 1.55. First rise since February 6.
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Associated Press
Shreveport
Standard Oil Company of Louisiana
Louisiana
Arkansas
Smackover
Bellevue
Caddo
Warner
El.Dorado
DeSoto
Haynesville
Bull Bayer
Crichton
McLean Agent Reveals Bosses Private Atlantic City Talk
John F. Major, an E. B. McLean agent, testified before the oil committee stating McLean did not inform him of a December Atlantic City conference with Albert B. Fall. The session touched on Fall's planned testimony and a $100,000 payment from McLean, with Major asserting he attended the conference but heard no details of the "test" discussed for the committee.
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Major
Fall
Associated Press
Washington
Three Rivers
N. M
Oil Committee
John FE. Major
E. B. McLean
McLean
Albert B. Fall
Atlantic City
M Lean Anxious to Testify Major Tells Oil Committee
John F. Major confidential man to Edward B. McLean testified before the oil committee under cross examination. He identified Bascom Stemp as a social contact, explained the code word eyed referring to EB S Rochester, and named Wilton A Lambert as Willis. McLean was eager to testify and insisted he had been wrongly seen as reluctant.
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Associated Press
Washington
John F. Major
Edward B. McLean
Oil Committee
Bascom Stemp
Florida
EB. S. Rochester
Daugherty
Rochester
Department
Willis
McLean
Major
Wilton A Lambert
Oil Committee Examines Three Rivers Telegrams
The oil committee met in executive session in Washington on March 11 to review the Three Rivers, New Mexico telegrams subpoenaed in the probe. The subpoenas cover all telegrams sent or received by Albert B. Fall Harry F. Sinclair J W Zevely Robert Stewart of Standard Oil Indiana and F M Blackmer of Midwest Refining from January 1 1921 to March 1 1924.
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Washington
Oil Committee
Three Rivers
N. M
Albert B. Fall
Harry F. Sinclair
J. W. Zevely
Robert Stewart
Standard Oil Company of
Indiana
F. M. Blackmer
MidWest Refining Company
Chancellor Dismisses 40 Million Rail Anti-Merger Suit
Meridian Mississippi March 3 Chancellor George C Tann dismissed the forty million dollar railroad anti merger suit filed in 1912 against the Alabama and Vicksburg New Orleans and Northern Mobile and Ohio Alabama Great Southern Railway and Southern Railway in Mississippi. The suit had won at first hearing and was reversed by the supreme court and sent back for retrial. If convicted the roads would have faced possible loss of charter.
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Associated Press
Meridian
Miss
George C. Tann
Alabama and Vicksburg
New Orleans
Mobile and Ohio
Alabama
Great Southern Railway
Southern Railway
Mississippi
Supreme Court
Senator calls state action on Monroe gas field case
Senator W L Bagwell urges the Louisiana legislature to investigate the Conservation Department over Monroe and Morehouse gas fields and carbon black industries. He questions lax enforcement, cites public conscience, and argues for stronger laws to preserve natural resources.
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W. L. Bagwell
Monroe
Morehouse
Conservation Department
Sitate
Bagwell
New Orleans
State
Senate Takes Bill on Ford Offer for Muscle Shoals
March 11 Washington The McKenzie bill to accept Henry Ford's Muscle Shoals offer sits with the Senate Agriculture Committee for scrutiny after the House approved it 227 to 124 amid a week of stormy debate. Committee opposition is noted but plans for consideration are awaited.
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Washington
Henry Ford
Muscle Shoals
Senate
Agriculture Committee
House
Senate Committee
Norris
Preliminary bridge plans under way for Ouachita crossing
City officials and state and parish representatives met to approve preliminary data, plans and estimates for a new Ouachita bridge over DeSiard Street. The project, funded one third by state, city and parish, aims to replace the current span with a larger design. exact timing and details to follow after joint committee review.
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Ouachita
DeSiard Street
W. T. Peterman
Louisiana Highway Commission
J. M. Fourmy
State Department
State Highway Department
Bernstein
Peterman
Cit
Heated campaign ends with rival camps claiming victory in Alabama
On March 11 Birmingham reports a tight finish in the Alabama Democratic primary among Senator Oscar W. Underwood L. B. Musgrove and M. A. Dinsmore. Each camp proclaims victory amid a heavy anticipated women’s turnout as delegates to the June New York convention loom. Dinsmore backs McAdoo while Musgrove’s backers pledge to support a dry progressive.
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Birmingham
Alt
Oscar W. Underwood
L. B. Musgrove
M. A. Dinsmore
Underwood
Musgrove
Dinsmore
Alabama
New York
Wm. G. McAdoo
Colorado Republicans Name Delegates at State Convention
Colorado Springs March 11. Republicans meet to name delegates to the national convention and a new national committeeman to succeed John F. Vivian of Golden. First and second districts instructed their delegates to back President Coolidge. convention to name seven delegates-at-large.
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Colorado Springs
Colo
Colorado
Whittington Is Named Republican Delegate In Alexandria
The eighth district republican convention in Alexandria chose J. M. L. Whittington of Rapides as delegate to the national convention in Cleveland and named J. L. Love of LaSalle as alternate. They were instructed to vote for Coolidge. A Coolidge for president club organized with O. C. Hathaway as president.
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Alexandria
J. M. L. Whittington
Rapides
Cleveland
J. L. Love
LaSalle
Coolidge
O. C. Hathaway
Free State Army Headquarters Report Normalcy After Mutiny
In Dublin the Free State army headquarters announced that after the recently reported mutiny the situation was "absolutely normal in all commands." The brief statement offered no further details.
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Free State Army
Dublin
Marth i Free State Army
Turbulent Movements Reported in Dublin Army Mutiny
Dispatches from Dublin describe wider unrest in the Free State Army with armored cars lorries and a low flying aircraft seen in the streets. Joseph Mc Grath resigns as industry minister in protest amid muddling over army troubles and possible resignations from government deputies. Major General Liam Tobin and Colonel Charles Dalton remain at large.
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Associated Press
Dublin
Joseph McGrath
Industry and Commerce
Dail Eireann
London
Free State Army
Liam Tobin
Charles Dalton
Soldier Bonus Bill Shaped by U S Subcommittee
Washington March 11 The sub committee of the house ways and means committee drafting the soldiers' bonus bill concentrates on the core provision for paid up life insurance policies. Chairman Green said they aim to finish the measure by midweek and bring it before the house for a convention Monday.
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Associated Press
Washington
House
Ways and Means Committee
Green
Wheeler Starts Senate Inquiry Into Daugherty Case
Senator Wheeler of Montana takes the lead as prosecutor in the opening phase of the senate investigation into Attorney General Daugherty. Progress stalled by service delays since Daugherty’s Florida return hinders cabinet status in the mystery classification.
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Associated Press
Washington
Daugherty
Florida
Wheeler
Montana
Senate
Coolidge Urges 25 Percent Tax Cut to Congress
President Coolidge sent a special message urging a 25 percent income tax cut for 1928 and asks Congress to delay all other legislation to act before March 15. He argues the move would boost public welfare, remove fiscal uncertainty, and stimulate business, wages, and agriculture.
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Washington
Mar
Coolidge
Congress
America
Monroe officials to petition in Washington on Ouachita issues
Mayor Arnold Bernstein and Commissioner H. R. Speed, with J. M. Cobb of the Monroe Chamber of Commerce, depart for Washington to present Monroe’s case before the rivers and harbors committee on March 14 and 15. They will carry data dating two years of oil and salt water pollution, with resolutions from civic groups and letters from state boards to show the need for action on the Ouachita River.
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Arnold Bernstein
H. R. Speed
Monroe
J. M. Cobb
Riley J. Wilson
Quachita
State Parish
Boards of Health, Conservation Meat and Miscellaneous Corve
Ouachita
New High Record for Gasoline Production
Associated Press reports a January gasoline output reaching a new high record. Production data indicate higher volumes than prior months, signaling a strong start to the year for refinery output.
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Associated Prem Penis
Washington
Surean
Iyi
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Lean
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McKenzie
Aggie Committee
Maxime Brown
Sixth Infantry
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White House
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New York City
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