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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Mar 19, 1923
Page
1
A severe midwestern blizzard grips the Mississippi Valley with heavy snow and subzero winds. Rail service stalls as trains dig out, fuel shortages loom, and cities from Iowa to Illinois report record cold with new snow drifts.
A cold wave from the northwest will envelope the East and South tonight with frost reaching Palm Beach Florida as near zero temperatures beset the middle west. A storm centered over Northwestern New York is moving northeastward amid another disturbance moving southeastward over the Canadian northwest.
Willie Johnson, a negro, was cornered by a large white posse in a Bowie swamp after a days long pursuit across several parishes. He had earlier killed state conservation agent Robert Seiler and wounded Deputy Sheriff Anatole Ayo. While hidden, he begged for food but was shot during a meal at a farmhouse.
Biloxi March 19 Rotary International Seventeenth District conference drew over 500 delegates from Mississippi and Louisiana. Harry B Craddick urged Rotary be practical and livable, likening it to a mighty river flowing toward ethical principles and service.
Six United States army airplanes arrived in San Juan Puerto Rico at 10:50 this morning after completing the flight from San Antonio Texas.
Baton Rouge March 19 Governor Parker was authorized by the State Board of Liquidation to ask the legislature to borrow up to 1.2 million dollars from New Orleans fiscal agents at not over five percent interest to pay Confederate pensions for 1923. The loan would cover quarterly payments as funds are not collected until late in the year.
FE R Strahan Ouachita Parish agricultural agent offers ten commandments for successful summer gardening. Follow plow deep prepare thoroughly fertilize well select reliable seed plant at proper depth firm soil plant warm weather crops drain the soil thoroughly and cultivate frequently to avoid failures.
President and Mrs Harding and their vacation party travel north aboard the Pioneer from Palm Beach and expect to reach St Augustine by Thursday or Friday. After a Palm Beach stop they may fish along the Indian and Halifax rivers and play two or three golf rounds, including Daytonia.
Baton Rouge March 19 Attorney General Coco met with Governor Parker to outline possible state actions in the Morehouse hooded murder cases. Coco said the state has begun to fight and will exhaust all resources to ensure justice is done, while Parker declined to discuss details.
Government scientists work to explain dead spots hindering direct radio message exchange between major cities. The strongest barrier lies between Washington and Baltimore, forcing relays through Chicago and other distant points, disrupting communications.
Paris March 19 A US refusal to accept reduction of its 255 million dollar expenses for the army of occupation was presented to allied representatives by Eliot Wadsworth assistant secretary of the treasury. Reimbursement in twelve installments from German reparations was accepted in principle but the US insists the bill be paid regardless of source. French optimists foresee Ruhr settlement and outline France's postwar repair costs totaling about 95 billion francs with additional 48 billion needed for remaining property damages.
Berlin says France may study the informal Ruhr memorandum Berlin issued last Friday to the United States and Great Britain Its aim is to summarize the Cuno government position while offering access through diplomatic channels to Paris and Brussels The foreign office notes the contents are not secret and could be shown to Premier Poincare by London or Washington
Morroe police arrested Charlie Redmond Martin Robinson Ezz Hunter and Dan Poe after a dice game ended amid chatter of luck and bets. Judge Charles Schalze ordered each man to pay 26 dollars or serve 25 days in jail.
Duesseldorf reports the Rhine crisis week end developments include the killing of a French soldier and a German civilian at Essen. Germany grants mine owners until April 15 to pay the forty per cent coal tax with export licenses being withheld for non payment and potential arrests. Several thousand German miners seek a seven hour Belgian wage in a working agreement with Belgians.
London March 19 A House of Commons resolution by Phillip Snowden declares future legislation should pursue a gradual supersession of the capitalist system. Socialists vow full support, while Unionists Asquith Liberals and Georgian Liberals plan amendments.
El Paso reports William G McAdoo traveled to Mexico to assist the Patomas Land and Cattle Company in preserving its vast 1 960 000 acre Chihuahua estate. Arkansas Supreme Court upholds Arkansas Natural Gas Company consumer pricing rates. Shreveport endures record cold 21 degrees above zero setting March's cold-wall. US grain exports for the last week total 31 628 000 bushels with 5 147 000 carried over from prior week.
St. Joseph Mich March 19 The second week of the trial of William F. Potter of Chicago for criminal syndicalism opened with the state ready to resume its case Maurice Wolff a department of justice agent identified hundreds of papers dug from dunes near the August convention site The state plans to hear Francis Morrow alias Day or Ashworth who will testify about undercover work at Camden New Jersey and membership in the communist party The state also claims aliases Comrade Borden and Comrade Brooks link to Foster and Lenine aide Arnold Losensky and the Third Internationale Robert Braningham a former government agent is expected to testify for Foster
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