Army Engineer Chief Opposes Levee Specification Changes
Major General Lytle Brown, head of U S Army Engineers, arrived in New Orleans to hear levee contractors from New Orleans Memphis and Vicksburg. He said he would oppose requests to modify the present levee building specifications though complaints were raised that the federal flood relief plan is too rigid.
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New Orleans
Lytle Brown
United States Army Engineers
Brown
Memphis
Vicksburg
Flood danger said to have passed in mid-south
Memphis March 25 Lieut Col. F B Wilby United States district engineer said flood danger for this year has about passed and he approved the Jadwin plan of flood control with levee work progressing satisfactorily in the district.
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Memphis
Tenn
Mid-South
F. B. Wilby
United States
Wilby
Jadwin
General Brown surveys levees from New Orleans to Baton Rouge
After a conference he conducted an inspection tour of levees along the Mississippi. By today he completed a survey of the levees between New Orleans and Baton Rouge and spoke with satisfaction of the river’s condition noting it would probably not be at flood stage.
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Brown
New Orleans
Baton Rouge
Truce Reached Over Toll on Harahan Viaduct in Arkansas
In Marion Arkansas a truce ended the toll dispute on the Harahan viaduct as the state highway department gains until April 15 to open the new structure. If not opened by then County Court action may drop tolls on the old viaduct. In New Orleans a thief shattered Leo Miller Jewelry window and stole two trays of rings valued at 1481 dollars.
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Marion
Ark
Harahan
State Highway Department
Mandamus
J. C. Brookfield
Wynne, Ark
New Orleans
Leo Miller Jewelry Company
Green sidewalks of Orleans spark chaos as snake is slain
A two foot king snake on Baronne Street in New Orleans caused panic among pedestrians. Patrolman Louis O Neill tried to subdue it with a night stick but the creature resisted and the officer was forced to kill it to restore order.
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Orleans
New Orleans
Baronne Street
Louis O'Neil
O'Neil
Chatty bandit caught after string of robberies
The talkative robber identified as John Tatum of San Antonio was found and arrested in New Orleans. Two victims named him as the bandit while others denied him. He faces charges after being linked to a Sherwin Williams store raid and suspected holds at a loan office and a shoe store.
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New Orleans
John Tatum
San Antonio
Tatum
Fred Selby
Sherwin-Williams
City awards paving contract for Washington and Fourteenth
The Monroe city commission awarded a paving contract to M. Hyman for Washington Street from Ninth to Fourteenth and Fourteenth Street from Washington to DeSiard. Seven blocks total, five on Washington and two on Fourteenth, with exact cost to be set by yardage and materials after tabulation by City Engineer Neel. The project aims to ease traffic on DeSiard and create a route to the city’s eastern edge, with another southern DeSiard route planned next.
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Washington Street
Ninth
Fourteenth
Fourteenth Street
Washington
DeSiard
City Commission
M. Hyman
Monroe
Hyman
W. I. Neel
Fourteenth Streets
DeSiard Street
Women Will Celebrate on Anniversary of Sufferage
Washington March 25 Associated Press reports the National League of Women Voters plans a country wide celebration of ten years of suffrage. From 42 states telegrams describe candle lightings fashion parades and shows to mark the nineteenth amendment birthday. Carrie Chapman Catt and Belle Sherwin are slated to speak on the radio program detailing decade long gains and future honors.
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Associated Press
Washington
United States
National League of Women Voters
St. Louis
Chicago
Catt
League of Women Voters
Louisville
Carrie Chapman Catt
Belle Sherwin
League
Aia
Public Service Commission Opens Natural Gas Rate Survey
The Louisiana Public Service Commission in New Orleans issued a questionnaire to state utility representatives to assess natural gas rate fairness. Chairman Francis Williams said the data will help identify inconsistencies and guide potential rate reductions. New Orleans Public Service Inc is exempt. The form requests charter copies, officer and big stockholder names, service territory, inventories, financial setup, and customer counts.
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New Orleans
Louisiana Public Service Commission
Francis Williams
New Orleans Public Service, Inc
Kidnapping Case Glazes Kansas City Mystery
Kansas City police probed a major kidnap and ransom incident tied to Michael Katz of Ike and Mike fame. Reports allege Michael was abducted by extortionists last Tuesday and released after Isaac Katz paid 100000 dollars. The Katz brothers and gangsters urged silence.
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United Press
Kansas City
Michael H. Katz
Ike
Mike
Katz
Michael Katz
Isaac
Michael
Chicago Gangs Rally Vast Defense Fund
The Evening Herald says Chicago gangs are gathering a defense fund to battle the anti crime drive of the secret six. Col Robert Isham Randolph challenges them saying if they can raise 1 million we can raise two or three million for use in the extortion trial of five men charged with kidnapping Theodore Kopelman. A continuance was granted until Friday by Judge Harry B Miller.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Herald and Examiner
Robert Isham Randolph
Secret Six
Theodore Kopelman
Harry B. Miller
German Steamer Sets Transatlantic Mark
Memphis report details Thomas N Nail a 40 year old rural mail carrier hospitalized with a fractured leg after his car was struck and carried by a fast passenger train at a private crossing near Hernando Mississippi. The incident left the car mangled but Nail survived with injuries.
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Associated Press
Memphis
Tenn
Thomas N. Nail
Illinois Central Railroad
Hernando
Miss
Nail
Aimee Semple McPherson Heads to Jerusalem by Train
Aimee Semple McPherson and her tourist party left Los Angeles by train heading toward New York and Jerusalem. A flag draped car and the Angelus Temple band accompanied the procession as 15,000 onlookers cheered. Followers offered requests like the Rock of Gibraltar the River Jordan and Noahs ark, but she changed tunes and moved on.
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Los Angeles
Aimee Semple McPherson
New York
Jerusalem
Rock of Gibraltar
River
Jordan
Little Rock Bans Over Three in Front Seat
The Little Rock city council passed an ordinance prohibiting more than three occupants in the driver seat of any auto. A fine of 5 to 25 dollars per person applies. The measure followed the fatal crash involving motorcycle patrolman Robert A. Johnson in a Ford roadster with six occupants.
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Little Rock
Ark
Robert A. Johnson
Willicoochee Prohibits Driving With Women After Midnight
Willacoochee city council passes an ordinance making it unlawful for any male to drive with a woman or girl between midnight and daylight unless a good and sufficient reason is given to the city marshal.
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Willacoochee, Ga
Uhase
Willacoochee
Hambone’s Meditations by J P Alley Dat Boy
A rough dated line of dialogue satirically notes a boy’s view on race and identity in a dialect heavy humorous piece. It features streetwise slang and a punchy social edge typical of early regional humor.
Atlantic speed queen Europa ties up in New York harbor
The Europa steamship arrives in New York after a record crossing from Cherbourg in 4 days 17 hours 7 minutes, beating Bremen’s time and memorializing post war German shipping. Despite early construction fires and grounding, the ship averaged about 28 knots amid hazy spring conditions.
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New York
New York Harbor
Brooklyn Pier
Europa
Cherbourg
Mauretania
Two German Lines Pool Their Interests Forming Fusion
Berlin reports Hamburg American Line and North German Lloyd announce pooling of interests through a joint communique. The combined fleet will total 330 steamers and over 8,000,000 gross tons while preserving separate corporate identities.
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Berlin
Hamburg-American Line
North German Lloyd
Hamburg
Bremen
Germany
Express Transfer Men Admit Involvement in Robbery
Leon McCullough a 20 year old Southeastern Express transfer clerk and W F Warren a 26 year old Gulf States Steel employee confessed they helped in a payroll robbery. Police recovered 1590 dollars from both suspects homes and they are jailed charged with robbery.
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Attalla
Ala
Railway and Express
Leon McCullough
Southeastern Express
W. F. Warren
Gulf States Steel Company
Husband fakes death to trigger divorce suit
In Chicago Mrs. Ade G Carlson seeks divorce after she says her husband staged a poison attempt last November. He allegedly lay on the floor pretending to die after a bathroom scene, then refused to speak for a week and recently searched for her with a gun.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Ade G. Carlson
Carlson
Prohibition Probe Ordered Over Drinking at Carville Leprosarium
Prohibition Administrator C D Jackson ordered an investigation into drinking by staff and lepers at Carville La leprosarium on Melon s orders. He will dispatch two investigators to the institution after a letter from a resident alleged liquor use within the hospital colony. Dr O E Denney the superintendent said the complainant was an inmate and the prior inquiry found the charges groundless.
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New Orleans
Carville
Prohibition
C. D. Jackson
Secretary of the Treasury
Andrew W. Mellon
Jackson
Mr. Mellon
Mellon
O. E. Denney
John McMillen
Public Health Service
Program of Boy Scout Exposition Announced
The Ouachita Valley Council prepares a merit badge exposition with about 100 Scouts participating Thursday to Saturday. Leon Hammond chairs the entertainment committee as final preparations and the complete program are unveiled, including arrival, registration at Hotel Virginia, home assignments, preparation booths, and a 7 30 p m opening in the Baer Building.
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Ouachita Valley Council
Leon Hammond
Bogalusa Farmer Convicted on Peonage Charge
James Piggott a 38 year old Bogalusa farmer was sentenced in federal court to 18 months in the Atlanta penitentiary after pleading guilty to peonage. Three laborers Preston Allen Herbert Dyson and Hesse Hall accused debt bondage on his farm including chained confinement and starvation. One worker escaped to Mississippi but was returned and forced back into servitude.
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New Orleans
James Piggott
Bogalusa
Wayne G. Borah
Atlanta
Piggott
Preston Allen
Herbert Dyson
Hesse Hall
Mississippi
Riverbank Cigarette Fire Ends in Hospital Treatment
Valentine Gilley, 35, fell asleep with a lit cigarette on the river bank and woke in flames. He rolled into the river to extinguish the fire, was rescued, and treated for minor burns and acute alcoholism at a local hospital.
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New Orleans
Valentine Gilley
Gilley
Death of Monroe resident V C Barringer at 65
Victor Cameron Barringer, 65, longtime Monroe resident, died suddenly at his home 1004 Riverside at 6 30 am from a heart attack. Funeral plans await arrival of son Lieutenant Victor C Barringer Jr an instructor at the US Naval Academy Annapolis. Born in Mississippi January 30 1865 to Paul and Catherine Barringer his family hailed from Panola County.
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Victor Cameron Barringer
Monroe
Riverside
Victor C. Barringer
United States Naval Academy
Annapolis
Barringer
W. J. Kilbourne
Mississippi
Mr. Barringer
Paul Brandon Barringer
Catherine Herron Barringer
Panola County
Miss
Louisiana Episcopalians to elect new bishop
The second diocesan council of the Episcopal Church will meet in Alexandria on May 14 to elect a bishop to succeed the late Bishop David Sessums. The standing committee made the selection, but Dr. Clingman of Birmingham declined the Baton Rouge appointment, necessitating a second meeting.
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Associated Press
New Orleans
Episcopal Church
Alexandria
Louisiana
David Sessums
Clingman
Birmingham
Baton Rouge
Negro Bandit Invades Smallpox Struck Home
In Little Rock Arkansas police pursued a negro burglar who entered 916 Washington street stealing two purses with $30. The family on the infected premises were in bed with smallpox and the suspect was reported as nearly captured by the time officers returned to the police station.
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Little Rock
Ark
916
Washington Street
Snow Blankets States Amid Stormy March Night
Detroit reports a four inch snow blanket as a mid winter wind sweeps from Pennsylvania to Nebraska. The storm stalls traffic and causes some suffering with one death attributed to the weather in Chicago. Edgar is named in the report.
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Chicago
Pennsylvania
Nebraska
Edgar
Fire kills one in Gary apartment blaze during snowstorm
A deadly fire in Gary Indiana destroyed an 18 apartment building. One man was killed when a wall collapsed, another is missing, and a third was injured likely fatally as 100 residents fled the blaze in a heavy snowstorm. Carl Smith, 65, was reported missing. his son Carl E. Smith, 25, was injured while trying to rescue him.
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Gary
Ind
Carl Smith
Carl E. Smith
Tompkins Found Dead Near Home After Slip
Tompkins, 42, was found on a sidewalk near his residence with hands in his pockets and a broken neck, suggesting a fatal slip. Weather bureau notes incomplete on the day.
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Tompkins
The
Weather Bureau
One
Ways and Means Approves German Reparation Bill
In line with the Young plan settlement the house ways and means committee today approved a bill under which the United States would receive 273,000,000 from Germany to cover the cost of the American army of occupation.
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Associated Press
Washington
House Ways and Means Committee
United States
Germany
Flirting Girl Bandits Name Pal as Escaped Murderer
In Toledo two 20 year old flirting girl bandits identified their companion Jimmy as Albert Moore an escaped Georgia murderer. The pair Mary Ross and Lucille Shirley were sentenced to 80 days in the work house and fined 60 dollars with costs. They admitted receiving nearly 1 00 in stolen clothing from Jimmy and were linked to robberies in Omaha Neb. Moore had a long criminal record with multiple aliases and escapes including a life sentence for the Hogan slaying at Monroe Ga. Police have not located Moore after a Toledo holdup he lured the victim into.
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Associated Press
Toledo
Ohio
Jimmy
Albert Moore
Georgia
Mary Ross
Lucille Shirley
Atlanta
Omaha
Neb
John Loug
Police Bureau of Identification
Moore
Florida
H. B. Hogan
Monroe
Fireman Badly Burned In Plant Boiler Explosion
Associated Press report from New Orleans says John Foset a 49 year old fireman at Socola rice mill suffered severe burns to face arms and body when a boiler exploded at the plant today.
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New Orleans
John Foset
Socola
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