Ruhr tensions and Paris chaos in March reports
French plan to reinforce Ruhr troops cited by War Minister Maginot. Munich reports un Conditional Ruhr evacuation as Cuno's base for settlement, with Poincaré clashing with Berthon over communist insinuations. Session erupts with disorder as the chamber debates credits amid Ruhr talks.
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Ruhr
Tress
Paris
Maginot
Chamber Deputies
Preas
Munich
Cuno
Brussels
Poincare
Theunis
France
Associated Press
Leon Dandet
Andre Berthon
Wilh Ile
Saunders Offers $100 Settlement to NY Short Sellers
Memphis. Clarence Saunders, president of Piggly Wiggly Stores, Inc., proposes to settle with New York traders who sold stock short at $100 a share. He sent a telegram to the New York Stock Exchange offering full settlement today for class A common stock and delivery via the National Bank of Commerce, New York, upon payment of $100 per share.
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Saunders
New York
Associated Press
Memphis
Tenn
Clarence Saunders
Piggly Wiggly Stores, Inc
New York Stock Exchange
National Bank of Commerce
Piggly Wiggly Boss in Stock Scramble Heads to Court
Clarence Saunders, president of Piggly Wiggly Stores, Inc., looms in the stock excitement at the New York Exchange as 25,000 shares were alleged short. Saunders defends contracts and expects settlement without court action while avoiding disclosure of pool partners in a venture said to involve around one hundred million dollars.
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Memphis, Fenn
Clarence Saunders
Piggly Wiggly Stores, Inc
New York Exchange
New York Stock Exchange
Mr. Saunders
Saunders
Shorts
Memphis
Southern
Clites
Anti Klan rally backs Judge Brunot for Louisiana Supreme Court
Baton Rouge crowds turnout at the Elks Theatre for the first major anti Klan rally in support of H F Brunet for supreme court justice. Speakers include Mayor Wade H Bynum and Judge Brunot who deny Klan membership and push for a government of laws over any invisible authority.
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Associated Press
Baton Rouge
Fifth
Eugene Cuazedeshus
Wade H. Bynum
R. L. Tullis
The
Laws School
University
Dudley L. Guilbean
Opelouana
Brunot
Bynum
Louisiana
Parker
Morehouse Parish
Ice Gorge Threatens Sioux City as Missouri Flood Rises
Ice jam five to six miles long at Brassfield Island floods parts of Sioux City threatening destruction. One death reported with further drownings, livestock and homes swept away. Damage exceeds $100,000 as residents flee. Attempts to dynamite the jam failed. lowlands flooded and city stands at sixteen feet with danger at seventeen.
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Sioux City
Iowa
Brassfield Island
Here
Room for oil field between Stephens and Smackover explored
Shreveport reports H K Shearer at the Eighth Annual Convention of the American Association of Petroleum Geologists said there is room for an oil field between the Stephens Arkansas and Smackover Arkansas fields and between the Haynesville Louisiana and El Dorado Arkansas fields based on structural likelihood. He noted about twenty producing wells in Stephens with under 100 barrels daily and little gas.
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Associated Press
Shreveport
Stephens, Ark
Smackover
Ark
Haynesville
el Dorado
H. K. Shearer
American Association of Petroleum Geologists
Shearer
Stephens
Presbyterians Plan May Evangelistic Meetings
Rev. Wallace Clift of Monroe Presbyterian announces May evangelistic meetings at the church led by Rev. Trigg A. N. Thomas of Kansas City D D with Adlai Loudy organizing music. The series likely opens May 15 and aims to stir Monroe interest in Christian duties.
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Wallace Clift
Monroe Presbyterian Church
Presbyterian Church
Trigg A. N. Thomas
D. D
Kansas City
United States
Adlai Loudy
Monroe
Wall Street Speculation On March 23 Continues
The report notes continued speculation on Wall Street with details carried to page six. The fragment mentions market talk and unnamed sources, indicating ongoing trading interest and unresolved questions about near term direction.
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Wall Street
New York
Citizens' uprising tied to railroad strike inquiry
Arkansas legislative committee nears completion of hearings on the Missouri and North Arkansas Railway disturbances. Witnesses from Harrison recall peaceful citizen assembly, armed individuals, and the 1922 service suspension affecting 125000 to 150000 people. No responsibility fixed for E. C. Gregor's Jan 16 hanging.
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Associated Press
Harrison
Ark
Arkansas Legislative Committee
Missouri and North Arkansas
E. C. Gregor
Gregor
Karl Greenshaw
United States Railroad Labor Board
Grand
Chicago
Train Service Suspended On Laurel Branch
Laurel Mississippi March 24 train service on the Laurel branch of the Gulf and Ship Island Railroad was halted as two miles of track near Cohay creek sit under thirty inches of water from the Leaf river rise. Selma Alabama March 23 a wreck on the Alabama Great Southern around York injured about twenty five passengers. San Juan Puerto Rico March 23 Salvador Meistre resigns as attorney general to be succeeded by Herbert D. Coates if confirmed.
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Laurel
Miss
Laurel Branch
Gulf and Ship Island Railroad
Cohay Creek
Selma
Ala
Alabama Great Southern Railroad
York
San Juan
P. R
Salvador Meistre
Harding
Porto Rico
Herbert D. Coates
New York Senate
Moonshine Case Opens as Murders Now go to Jury
In Franklinton Louisiana attorneys opened arguments in the moonshining murder case of John Murphy and Gideon Rester. The defense cites Murphy confession while the prosecution seeks the death penalty. Witnesses describe how the pair guided lawmen to bodies hidden in mud after midnight.
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Franklinton
John Murphy
Gideon Rester
Wesley Crain
Wiley Pierce
Rester
Murphy
Bateman
Monroe mayoral race narrows as Green withdraws
C A Green a Monroe merchant withdrew from the mayoral race over naturalization questions. M D Swayze a Monroe cattleman entered to challenge Mayor Arnold Bernstein for the Democratic primary set for April 10. Also contested is the Monroe school board with banker Thomas F E Flournoy chamber president J M Cobb and R W Germany, plus Mrs T F Terzia the first woman candidate for school board. W H DeGraffenreid W H Faulk entered the board of trustees race. B A Trousdale joined as independent school trustee candidate.
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C. A. Green
Monroe
Democratic Executive Committee
M. D. Swayze
Arnold Bernstein
Bernstein
Swayze
Board of Education
Monroe Public Schools
Thomas FE. Flournoy
J. M. Cobb
Monroe Chamber of Commerce
R. W. Germany
T. F. Terzia
W. H. DeGraffenreid
W. H. Faulk
Board of Trustees
B. A. Trousdale
Louisiana
County Farmers May Try Weevilnip As Scheme to Defeat Cotton Pest
Murray county farmers consider using Weevilnip a pesticide from Monroe Louisiana to combat cotton weevils. J B Mosley president of Farmers National Bank reports bank endorsements from Texas and Oklahoma. Texas accounts claim yields increased two to threefold, prompting a potential statewide trial this year amid a vigorous cotton pest battle.
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Murray County
Texas
Oklahoma
J. B. Mosley
Farmers National Bank
Monroe
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Berthon
M. Poincare
Pan Nium
Uty Berthon
Asion
Bérthon
Berton
Vaillanturier
Vaillant-Couturier
Arles
Mier
Daudet
PaGz
Piggly Wiggly Man
Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
FORD
Milner Motor Co., Inc
Presbyterians
Walker Brothers
Prof. Ennis
His
Jazz Hounds
Elks Club
Benefit National Guard
Green
Citizens’ Committee
Arkansas
Southern Carbon CO
Powler
Fairbanks and Swartz
Genasco
E. R. Yancey
Inachita National Bank Building
Tyler
Mosley
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