Chicago Bomb Plot Leaves Two Dead Two Hurt
A bandit was shot by a watchman as a house bombed and an elderly woman found dead in a trunk after a break in at Adler Packing offices. A bomb in the negro district wounded two and damaged six homes. Nearby three black men are jailed over a Nashville double killing tied to a taxi driver death.
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Chicago
U. S
Gompers
Negro Watchman
Negro District
Associated Press
Adler Packing Company
Nashville
Dan Cannon
Glover Gunn
Milton Hayes
Thomas Mitchell
Mitchell
Frank Wilkes
Summer County
Wilkes
Detroit Radicals Press for Russian Recognition
Detroit labor leaders reply to Samuel Gompers denying graft claims and defending recognition of the Soviet government. The local AFL group asserts the Soviet regime holds a stronger mandate from the Russian people than any other government.
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Detroit
Gompers
Associated Press
Mar
Samuel Gompers
American Federation of Labor
Detroit Union
Parker Sells Interest in Cleaning Plant to Mason
Joseph Peyton Parker disposes of his interest in the Parker and Liner cleaning and dyeing plant on Grand Street to Joe Mason. Mason, connected with Major Stave Company, plans a new firm to be named Liner and Mason. Parker also sells a lot on South Grand Street for 3750 dollars, site of the new plant, with work hoped to begin by April 15.
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Joseph Peyton Parker
Grand Street
Joe Mason
Firm OF Liner and Mason
Parker and Liner
Parker
Mason
Stave
Liner and Mason
Monroe Steam Laundry Company
Japan to Stand Firm on Yap Rights Says Viscount Uchida
Viscount Uchida, Japan's foreign minister, told the budget committee that Japan will stand firmly on its mandate over Yap in the South Pacific. The statement came during a Diet meeting responding to a representative's question about anti-Japanese agitation spreading beyond California to other U.S. states.
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Japan
Tokio
Yap
South Pacific
Viscount Uchida
The
Diet
United States
California
Baptists End Rally With Forceful Addresses at First Church
Dr. B H DeMent and Edgar Godbold closed a large Baptist rally at the First Baptist church in New Orleans. L R Scarborough and C Cottingham spoke in sessions throughout the day. The event urged fulfillment of pledges from the 75 million campaign to fund planned programs.
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The
Baptist Bible Institute
New Orleans
Edgar Godbold
Louisiana Convention
First Baptist Church
L. R. Scarborough
Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary of
Fort Worth
C. Cottingham
Louisiana College
Pineville
Ernoon
Louisiana Beekeeping Boom Attracts National Interest
Bee expert FE C Davis from Louisiana State University reports the state is building a large bee industry. Northern states and Canada rely on southern stock as winters kill many hives. Louisiana expects higher bee sales and more money for beekeepers this year. E S Maupin, a leading regional farmer, is expanding with twenty colonies and related poultry and dairy ventures.
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Louisiana
Canada
FE. C. Davis
Baton Rouge
Agricultural Extension Division
Louisiana State University
Davis
Mr. Davis
E. S. Maupin
Maupin
American Legion Post Drives to Exceed Two Hundred Members
Leonidas Barkdull Faulk Post No. 13 aims to double its membership from 125 to over 200 with a whirlwind drive. The group plans civic involvement and fundraisers to build a clubhouse or hut as a future community center. Heavy steam pressure against Caddo Central Well is without effect.
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Leonidas Barkdull Faulk
The
American Legion
Post
Caddo Central
Oil field extends as two new wells bring hope near El Dorado
El Dorado field gains two producers Keen and Woolf Hinson No 1 and Hinton and Mattocks No 1 south and central sections 7 and 30, adding to a field now nearly five miles long. The Keen well may produce up to 10 000 barrels though 2000 is more likely with strong gas pressure. The Hinton well recovered after salt water was plugged, raising expectations for other dry wells. Union County Oil and Gas Dumas No 1 lies just inside the corporation line.
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Monroe News-Star
el Dorado
Mar
Keen & Woolf
Hinson
Busey
Hinton & Mattocks
Union County Oil and Gas Company
Corporation
Keen & Woolf and
Old South Road
Boy Scouts to Build Huts in Monroe This Year
Monroe Boy Scouts plan to build three log cabins in Forsythe Park opposite the swimming pool this year. Scoutmaster Sheenghnessy negotiates with the mayor and city commissioners for permission. Logs are being cut and will be transported to Monroe soon. A large Scout meeting heard Judge Charles Schulze address the group with favorable remarks.
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Monroe
Sheenghnessy
Forsythe Park
Boy Scouts
Charles Schulze
Bert Leston Taylor Dies in Chicago
Bert Leston Taylor, famed humorist and conductor of the Chicago Tribune column, died of pneumonia at his home after a two week illness in Chicago on March 19.
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Chicago
Bert Leston Taylor
Chicago Tribune
Richardson To Be Tried On Larceny Charge
Richardson a Monroe fire department member was taken to Cleveland Mississippi by Sheriff J Watt Bishop for trial on burglary. He is accused of taking a partner’s suit of clothes and leaving a board bill. Detective Tarver located him after Cleveland issued a warrant and a letter suggested settling the matter. The high sheriff then moved to arrest him.
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Mississippi
Bishop
Bill”. Richardson
Monroe Fire Department
Cleveland
Miss
J. Watt Bishop
Bill
Tarver
Richardson
Weather Outlook: Partly Cloudy Tonight and Sunday
Tonight and Sunday bring partly cloudy skies with a somewhat unsettled pattern. Temperatures show little change across the period.
Education to occupy important place at convention
Educational matters will occupy a prominent place in the Constitutional Convention as delegates vow to give Louisiana children better training. The piece notes how education was once limited to the wealthy and public school funds were scarce, hindering access to fundamentals.
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Baton Rouge
Mar
Louisiana
Crossett Lumber offers funds to start cattle dipping in Ashley County
The Crossett Lumber Company of Crossett on the Arkansas Louisiana line offers 15000 dollars to Ashley county authorities to begin cattle dipping. The county board lacks funds but the gift could enable dipping this year. Dr Pellette notes dipping in Morehouse parish relies on Arkansas action and could spur repairs along the border.
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Prospect
Morehouse
Crossett Lumber Company
Crossett
Arkansas-Louisiana Line
Ashley County
Morehouse Parish
Arkansas
D. B. Pellete
Monroe
Pellette
New National Woman's Party Seeks Harding Aid for Laws
Washington reports the new woman's national party plans a feminist campaign starting April 6. It will appeal to President Harding for administration support of a blanket bill removing all sex discriminations in laws Congress can regulate and seeks state law changes where women face discrimination.
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NEW National Woman’s Party
Harding
Washington
New Woman’s National Party
Congress
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