Poincare Demands Direct German Request Before Talks
Paris March 17 Premier Poincare refuses indirect offers or third party hints for Ruhr talks. Official circles say France will only consider negotiations if Germany makes a direct official request. A possible basis could be a 1921 debt schedule with guarded concessions and a shorter moratorium.
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Associated Presa
Paris
Oincare
France
Ircles
Poincare
Ruhr
Germany
Bonar Law
Britain
Restricted saloon districts ban women entertainers in Mexicalia
Mexicalia lower Calif reports that newly formed restricted saloon zones have been reinforced by an order banning women entertainers and attendants from cabarets. The move aims to curb vice and reinforce prohibition era controls in the city.
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Associated Press
Mexicalia
Lower Calif
Louisiana Conservation Chief Seriously Ill After Surgery
In New Orleans on March 17 physicians reported very little hope for the recovery of M. L. Alexander, Louisiana commissioner of conservation, who is seriously ill after an appendicitis operation earlier this week and subsequent heart complications.
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Associated Press
New Orleans
M. L. Alexander
Commissioner of Conservation of
Louisiana
Alexander
France urged to cede Antilles for war debts
Washington reports quoted in Paris claim Secretary Hughes suggested the United States might seek the French Antilles to settle France’s war debt. Hughes denied making such a suggestion, while an Uruguayan writer cited him as saying the islands are vital to U.S. defense and could be traded for debt settlement.
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Washington
Paris
Hughes
United States
Antilles
France
Adolfo Agorio
L'Eclair
Agorico
South America
America
Great Britain
Aas
M. Agerio
Red Cross Worker Heads To Storm Damaged Northwest Mississippi
Miss Camile Akers leads a Red Cross survey team from Memphis to Northwest Mississippi where tornado damage in seven counties has killed eighteen and injured over a hundred. Tents will shelter the homeless as relief begins, with Savage and other towns hardest hit and aid flowing from local chapters and rail lines.
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Associated Press
Memphis
Tenn
Camile Akers
Red Cross
Mississippi
Atlanta
Miss Akers
A. G. Mabry
Savage
Nannie Mabry
C. W. Mabry
John S. Kerr
William Pruett
Walnut Ridge
Lambert
Walnut Lake
Velma Rich
Yazoo and
Mississppi Valley
Lamber
Hernando
Phillip
Sardis
Red Cros
Minois Central Railroad
John Kerr
City Beautiful Week Planned in Monroe
Monroe plans a City Beautiful Week under Monroe Community Service directed by W C Bechtold. The event aims for late April with plant and shrub exchanges among hundreds of housewives and days focused on building cleaning and health services. A model home may be built in the city center to demonstrate modern design.
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Monroe Community Service
Monroe
W. C. Bechtuld
Cervic Life
Monros
March Prepares to Cut Few Capers and to Stage Lion Act
The weather bureau warns of another exceptionally severe cold wave hitting the upper Mississippi Valley from the northwest. An advance snow followed by the full storm is expected to reach the valley from Canada by Sunday morning, keeping temperatures down for about forty eight hours. Readings in Canada show 20 to 36 degrees below zero.
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Chicago
Weather Bureau
Mississippi Valley
Canada
Mehenvie River
Alaska
Lake Region
French Troop Train Crashes in Ruhr Killing Dozens
Berlin reports a French troop train collided with freight cars near Duisburg in the Ruhr. Forty soldiers were killed and many injured as several coaches telescoped. Berlin also denied rumors of a fixed reparations sum from Germany.
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Ruhr
Berlin
Premiersheip
Duisburg
Leng Len Triumphs In Nice Tennis Final
Suzanne Lenglen defeated Elizabeth Ryan 6 1 6 0 to win the Nice lawn tennis tournament singles title. Ryan, formerly of California, was the finalist.
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Nice
Bootlegging Plots Exposed In Los Angeles Raids
Federal prohibition officers reveal a major illegal liquor network linked to six bootleggers in Los Angeles. Jack Pickford and Lottie Pickford are named among prominent patrons identified from seized lists. Six suspects kept in $10,000 bail as grand jury action looms.
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Los Angeles
H. H. Dolley
Calfornia
Prohibition Enforcement Bureau
Jack Pickford
Allan Forest
Lottie Pickford
Mary Pickford
Pickford
Dolley
Federal Grand Jury
Woman to serve on Monroe School Board next term
Daisy Strong Terzia is a candidate to succeed John M. Breard Jr. on the Monroe board of education. Four members will be nominated at the April 10 primary, with elections held alongside two city commissioners and the mayor. Other candidates include Thomas E. Flournoy J. M. Cobb and R. W. Germany, longtime trustees.
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Monroe
Board of Education
Daisy Strong Terzia
John M. Breard, Jr
Thomas E. Flournoy
J. M. Cobb
R. W. Germany
Breaking of Bread Service at 11 PM Tomorrow
All are invited to the Breaking of Bread in line with Jesus will. Ren J Elston will assist with a Scripture lesson. Preaching at 7 30 PM. Disciples meet each Lord's Day at 10 40 for Bible study and worship.
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Bible School
God
Jesus
Ren. J. Elston
District Attorney to Await Coco Activities in Dr McKoin Charge
The murder case against Dr B M McKoin and Jeff Burnett, released on $5 000 bonds, awaits action by Attorney General A V Cote after a conference in New Orleans next week. District Attorney Garrett says a decision hinges on possible bills of information filed by Judge Coce, with trials likely at the Bastrop criminal session next month. McKain is in Baltimore and Burnett is said to be in Shreveport.
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Coce
Bastrop
McKain
Baltimore
Burnett
Shreveport
Irish St Patrick's Day Celebrated in Dublin Program Complete
Dublin on March 17 marks St Patrick's Day a legal public holiday with all work stopped and post deliveries suspended. Churches fill in Irish language sermons while the Gaelic League flags fly. Irish week features shops selling only Ireland made goods and a full program of races meetings and dances.
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Associated Press
Dublin
Ireland
Gaelic League
Germans Define Ruhr Reparations Stance Without US Action
Washington officials received Germany’s position on reparations from Dr. Hans Dieckhoff but said the statement requested no US mediation or intervention. They declined to discuss the dispatches or any new German proposal and noted negotiations could only resume if French troops withdrew from the Ruhr.
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Prema
Washington
State Department
Germany
Hans Heinrich Diekoff
France
Dieckhoff
United States
Ruhr
Diplomata
Berlin
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