Weather Devastates Regions From Florida To Missouri
Rain and high winds swept from Florida to Texas and Missouri, with heavy downpours in Monroe and Memphis. Reports show extensive property damage, flooded streets, and several tornadoes causing injuries and missing life, while Florida’s St. Lauderdale area records 11.44 inches of rain.
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Tornado Toll and Damage Across Missouri Kansas Oklahoma
Early reports indicate deaths and wide property loss from tornadoes and storms in Missouri Kansas and Oklahoma. Atchison Kansas faces about 1 million dollars in warehouse flood damage while Porter Oklahoma sees a wrecked village with several fatalities and about twenty five injured. Kingfisher county and Hinton report fatalities and multiple injuries as flood warnings spread.
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Oklahoma
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Porter
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Kingfisher County
Hinton
Heavy damage near Vicksburg aftermath spans miles
Reports from Vicksburg and Jackson describe a Sunday hurricane that tore a three quarter mile swath from Grace to Panther Burn, with ten bodies recovered including J. W. Johnston. Mississippi plantations around Isala Belzoni suffered heavy loss as two whites and several Black residents were killed and Moorehead heavily damaged.
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Panther Burn
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Jackson
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Isala
Belzoni
Moorehead
QO. Peddleman
Unprecedented Storm Wrecks Minden Buildings
A Saturday night storm of nearly unmatched fury damaged multiple structures in Minden and nearby areas for about three hours. The parish courthouse the Minden Hardware and Furniture Co and the Minden Compress Co suffered partial wreckage with losses running into thousands. roof and arch failure plus blown windows and unroofed sheds caused extensive harm though no serious injuries were reported.
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Parish
Minden Hardware & Furniture Company
Goooedwill
Minden Compress Company
Hardware & Furniture Company
Heaviest 12 hour rainfall in Memphis records
Memphis weather bureau announced 7.72 inches fell in 12 hours, breaking all local rainfall records. The past 24 hours saw .50 inches total, the heaviest in 20 years, and five streetcar lines remained out of service due to washouts.
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Weather Bureau
Evacuation Day Parade Marks Two Anniversaries in Boston
Boston observances celebrate Evacuation Day and St Patrick birthday with a military parade in South Boston. Washington's breastworks recalled as English positions yielded in 1776. Irish societies joined in the St Patrick events.
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Mass
St. Patrick
Washington
Police Jury Prepares for Cattle Dipping and Highway Aid
The Police Jury met last Wednesday and accepted the resignation of Parish Treasurer H N Thompson who was replaced by Austin H Green. Reports show General fund 15501 78 Road improvement fund 21298 28 Tick eradication fund 1712 24. Debts include Phillips bridge fund 15000 Tick eradication 17500 Road improvement 13000. State Affairs official T M Milling to attend April 9 meeting.
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H. N. Thompson
Austin H. Green
Thompson
Central Savings Bank & Trust Co
Phillips” Bridge Fund
W. A. O'Kelly
T. M. Milling
Board of State Affairs
W. P. Butler
Shreveport
McFarland
Monroe Moose Elect Officers for Year
Monroe lodge No. 956 Loyal Order of Moose elected officers for the year at a regular meeting. Officers named include Junior Past Dictator Milton Coverdale and Dictator J. T. Bryant with Tony Bauer as Vice Dictator, D. L. Newman Prelate, J. W. McWilliams Secretary, C. B. May Treasurer, J. L. Singhal Sergeant-at-Arms, Eugene Shows Inner Guard, R. M. Rinehart Outer Guard, and trustees J. W. McDaniel L. T. Good M. I. Meredith. Thirty new applications were received as weather stayed inclement. The lodge will dedicate its new building March 31 with a reception and supper. Dr. B. Martin Weiss aided reorganizing and predicts 500 members before dispensation ends. Dr. Weiss departed for Rayville on business.
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Milton Coverdale
J. T. Bryant
Tony Bauer
D. L. Newman
J.W. McWilliams
C. B. May
J. L. Singhal
Eugene Shows
R. M. Rinehart
J. W. McDaniel
L. T. Good
M. I. Meredith
Monroe Moose
B. Martin Weiss
Monroe Lodge
Dr. Weiss
Rayville
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Bolshevik Attack Repulsed Near Archangel
The Bolshevik assault on Allied and American forces near Archangel failed to break the line between the Dvina and Vara columns. The attackers suffered heavy losses as the advance was repulsed and communications were defended.
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Vara
Telegraph Pole Tax Upheld by Supreme Court
Washington March 17 The Supreme Court sustained Richmond Virginia city ordinances taxing all telegraph companies operating in the city and imposing a two dollar tax on each telegraph pole.
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Richmond
Supreme Court
Military leaders govern Germany say post Spartacist rise dominates
Berlin reports say the military and reactionary factions are eclipsing the new government after the Spartacist uprising. The Daily Mail correspondent alleges President Ebert Chancellor Scheidemann and Minister Meste are puppets while the military caste holds real power in Germany.
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Berlin
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Germany
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Meste
Farewell Address to Rainbow Unit Troops in Cabinez
General Pershing bid farewell to the Rainbow unit soldiers in Cabinez as they prepare to ship home the first week in April. He wished them luck in peaceful duties on the other side of the sea.
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Associated Press
Pershing
Rainbow
Contmando
Burglars Rifled Safe at Kaliski Music Company
A Saturday night burglary at Kaliski Music Company left one safe opened and about $200 in checks money orders and money stolen. Entry unclear though rear door had a bar removed and two strangers lingered in the shop while one used the phone. Police suspect an inside job and a $50 reward is offered.
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Huns May Not Sign Treaty
Copenhagen reports that if Allied terms exceed Wilson's fourteen points the German National Assembly would withhold assent. Mathias Erzberger, head of the armistice commission, urged forming a real league of nations and floated a referendum of the German people. Erzberger denied any obligation to pay compensation after the first peace offer in 1916.
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Wilson
Mathias Orzberger
Stubbs Heads New Grand Jury In Parish
Guy P. Stubbs will head a twelve member grand jury sworn in by Judge Fred M. Odom to investigate local violations of state law. The panel includes Ward residents such as R. L. Moore, Robert O’Neal, W. W. Curtis, J. W. Meyers, T. H. Moore, J. L. Heath, J. W. Carleton, Willis Brown, Robert W. Patterson, J. W. Salsbury, and James W. Stanley.
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Fred M. Odom
R.L. Moore
Robert O'Neal
ALL QUILT AT TIEN TSIN REPORT BY U S MINISTER
Washington reports Minister Reinsch in Peking says Tien Tsin was quiet after last week's clash between American soldiers and Japanese. He will mail a full report and will be asked to cable key facts immediately. Peasants kill German general Count Arnim in Flanders.
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U. S
Washington
Minister Reinsch
Peking
State Department
Chinese Looking Forward
Advices from Korea indicate that younger generations in Peking are stirred by Paris coverage of self determination. Japanese papers accuse mission school students of involvement in disturbances and report that the absence of arms may limit a major uprising.
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Peking
Associated Press
Korea
Paris
Apanese
Mission School
Food for Hungary Meuns
The Inter Allied Food Commission reports Vienna negotiations concluded. Germany Austria to receive daily grain convoys via Trieste with a $20,900,000 credit arranged to fund the agreement.
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Hungary
Inter-Al Tied Food Commission
Vienna
Germany-Austria
Trieste
France and United States Seek League Covenant Endorsement
Paris march 17 effort to shape the league of nations covenant to win acceptance by supreme powers and neutral states. Colonel House and British and American delegates confer with President Wilson and Foreign Minister Pichon. Some amendments may be safe including Monroe doctrine safeguards while others face hesitation from one power over secession. The covenant may be included in the peace treaty or left with a principles declaration to keep details in abeyance. Germany’s status and Poland’s security are tied to forthcoming preliminaries and the final treaty. continuous efforts aimed at early accord continue on page three.
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Robert Cecil
Leon Bourgeois
Wilson
Aia
League
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Posen
M. Pichon
Poland
France
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