Reds Financed South Africa Revolt Amid Johannesburg Battles
Across Johannesburg and Pretoria violent fighting unfolds as government forces press the revolt. A vast prisoner tally, bombed commandos, hospital strikes, and crowd casualties signal a harsh struggle with streets crowded by wounded and morgues overflowing.
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Associated Press
Pretoria
Union of South Africa
Westcliffe
Krugersdorp
Johannesburg
J. L. van Vedeventer
Conrad Diets Can
Boksburg
Imperial Market Horse
Ellis Park
Chicago Drilling Outfit Abandons Bosco Well at 3007 Feet
The Hansen Oil Syndicate of Chicago halted work on its Bosco well in Ouachita parish near Bosco post office at 3,007 feet. The深 well sits in virgin field south of Monroe and is among the deepest in the Monroe oil area.
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Chicago
Hansen Oil Syndicate
Ouachita Parish
Bosco Post Office
Pipe shipments to Monroe gas field via Vicksburg
S. Bender & Co of Shreveport will open a pipe yard in Monroe to supply the Monroe gas field. Three barges carrying pipe from smallest to 20 inch size were moved from St. Louis to Vicksburg, with thirty carloads dispatched for the project.
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Vicksburg
Monroe
St. Louis
Big Conference Of Bible Students Opens On West Side
The North Louisiana Baptist Bible Conference began at the West Monroe School auditorium with several hundred attendees from Ouachita parish and beyond. Dr. Spurgeon Wingo opened the event, with Dr. Allen Hill Autrey delivering lectures nightly all week, followed by an evangelistic campaign led by Rev. J. R. Reynolds and J. A. Brown.
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North Louisiana Baptist Bible Conference
West Monroe
Ouachita
Spurgeon Wingo
Slidell
Louisiana Baptist Convention
Home Mission Board
Allen Hill Autrey
Little Rock
Arkansas Baptist State Convention
Southern Baptist Convention
Wingo
J. B. Moseley
Shreveport
J. S. Ramond
Monroe
Ark
Local Realty Deals Reported In Recent Days
J B Turner and others sold to Nellie Mae Cage all rights in a lease between Louis Guerriero and A L Kogna for the hotel at 5001 2 De Siard street for 1000 cash. Barney J Sugar and others sold to R F McCook for 1550 for three of square 73 in D A Breard addition on Arkansas avenue. S V Vick sold to J A Johnston for 500 twenty acres in section 3 17N aE.
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J. B. Turner
Nellie Mae Cage
Louis Guerriero
A. L. Kogna
DeSiard Street
Barney J. Sugar
R. F. McCook
D. A. Breard
Arkansas Avenue
S. V. Vick
J. A. Johnston
Fire destroys Monroe barbers home on McKinley and Sycamore
The home of M. G. Spaugh, a Monroe barber, burned Sunday afternoon around 2 30 o clock. The substantial residence on Mc Kinley and Sycamore streets was valued about 5000 with 1500 furniture. Insurance totaled 4250 on the house and 1000 on the contents.
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M. G. Spaugh
Monroe Barber
McKinley and
Sycamore Streets
Plans to float liquor palace beyond three mile limit
promoter James V. Martin says plans to float a liquor palace off New York will go ahead despite Roy A. Haynes, federal prohibition commissioner, announcing the vessel will not be permitted. Martin cites international law as not forbidding such a resort.
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New York
James V. Martin
Roy A. Haynes
Martin
Probers Meet Frances Birkhead Over Suit Against Governor Russell
Frances Birkhead head arrived to confer with witnesses and said she expects to testify in her $100,000 suit against Governor Russell. A Jackson committee said three members met with Frakes Birkhead in Vicksburg and no decision was reached on her appearing before the inquiry.
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Associated Press
Memphis
Jfrances Birkhead
Russell
Legislative Committee
Jackson
Miss
A. H. Stone
Frakes Birkhead
Vicksburg
Coal Strike Seen Inevitable by Government Officials
Washington officials say a coal strike is almost inevitable with April 1 as the strike date. Government aims shift to ensuring a sufficient national coal supply as talks between operators and miners falter.
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Washington
Supreme Court Disposes Howat Contempt Writ
The Supreme Court today dismissed the writ of error by which Alexander Howat and fellow labor leaders sought review of Kansas contempt findings for refusing to appear before a state court on industrial relations. It also ruled that interstate railroad property operations fall outside exclusive federal jurisdiction.
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Washington
Mar
Supreme Court
Alexander Howat
Kansas
Mayor Praised by Legion Head in Monroe
John D. Ewing commander of the Louisiana division of the American Legion praises Mayor Arnold Bernstein and Monroe officials for offering a site to build a Legion post. He thanks the mayor for courtesy shown during his Monroe visit.
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Parham
N. C
Julian S. Carr
United Confederate Veterans
Monroe
Louisiana
American Legion Post
John D. Ewing
Shreveport
Louisiana Division
The
American Legion
Arnold Bernstein
Ewing
Legion
Madison Square Clash Ends With Divisive Prospect
A fifteen round boxing match at Madison Square Garden pits Tom Gibbons of St Paul against Harry Greb of Pittsburgh. Promoters hope for a decisive result in tonight's bout.
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New York
Madison Square Garden
Tom Gibbons
St. Paul
Harry Greb
Pittsburgh
Oil campaigns surge in Union parish drilling boom
In Union parish near Bernice five or six companies start major oil drilling. J M Haskell and Gulf Refining are drilling at depths from 1 280 to 1 830 feet with several other operators. A Monroe West Monroe fund drive aims to raise 10000 by April 1 1923 to support a community house staff and leadership programs with 140 workers planned.
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United Community
Union
Union Parish
Bernice
J. M. Haskell
Oklahoma
Slaton Farm
Gulf Refining Company
Davis No
Humphreys-Texas Company
Holly No
E. L. Davis
Cooper
Monroe
West Monroe
L. N. Larche
C. E. Faulk
J. A. Smith
J. L. Evans
Marcus Kaliski
Mabel Murphy
W. L. Ethridge
Percy Sandel
Phil Chauvin
J. E. Doughtie
West
Republicans Stand Pat on Soldiers Bonus Plan
Washington reports Republican members of the house ways and means committee resolved in a conference to report the compromise soldiers bonus bill despite objections from Secretary Mellon and Comptroller Grissinger. Mellon in a sharp critique estimated a cost above 300 million dollars by January 1 and warned against indirect funding via bank loans and credit.
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Washington
Republicamn
House
Ways and Means Committee
Mellon
Grissinger
Treasury
Fordney
Bonus Ways and Means
Treaty Authors Debated by Senate Leaders
In Washington on March 13 senators debated who authored the four power Pacific treaty and supplements. Senator Borah argued Hughes bore responsibility for reservations while Senator Johnson warned ratification would undermine American tradition and invite surrender to foreign powers.
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Washington
Senate
Hughes
Borah
Idaho
Johnson Republican
California
Prince Eitel Friedrich seeks action over misconduct story
London reports Prince Eitel Friedrich and his wife have asked a government department handling Hohenzollern affairs to take action against distributors of a Berlin dispatch claiming the princess confessed misconduct with Baron Plettenberg. They deny the story as untrue.
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London
Prince Eitel Friedrich
Government Department
Hohenzollern
England
United States
Baron Plettenberg
Berlin
Eitel
Plans for Funding Veterans Bonus Legislation Questioned
Secretary Mellon notes the bill lacks a sinking fund or amortization plan and fails to provide reserves for government liabilities in 1925 or for 20 year certificate payments. He argues funding must be enacted or the bonus measure postponed.
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Mellon
Treasury
Fordney
Harding
Ministers Press Stop to Sunday Paving in Monroe
The Twin Cities Ministerial Alliance passes a resolution opposing paving Monroe streets on the Sabbath. Rev. Frank Tripp of Monroe and Rev. J. L. Evans of West Monroe sign the document urging city officials to halt Sunday work while supporting the paving program overall. The alliance calls authorities to enforce Sunday laws and curb Sabbath desecration.
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Twin Cities
King's speech to open Ulster Parliament tomorrow
The monarch will address the reopening of the Ulster Parliament in Belfast and discuss the Belfast tensions caused by recent terrorism alongside the broader situation in Northern Ireland.
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Belfast
Northern Ireland
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Frances
Howat
Legion Head
Madison Square Clash
West Side
Monroe News-Star
J. A. Singhal
J. R. Humble
E. G. Courtney
Adolph Wolf
J. W. Collens
T. M. McMillan
C. C. Dawkins
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C. C. Bell
W. A. Kirkpatrick
W. A. Burt
J. G. Cobb
E. G. Calvert
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