Urania Real Estate Boom Sparks New Oil Town Growth
Urania Louisiana reports rapid sale of first subdivision near the Chicasaw creek with 50 by 100 ft deeds priced at 150 rising to 200 dollars as buyers rush to invest. The new town plan aims for a model development with stringent lot use and oil field activity looming.
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News-Star
Wrania
Urania
Urania Lumo
Hell’s Half Tre
Chicasaw
Ich
Jordan
Emer
Agir
Ania
Llos
Tullos
G. W. Lindsey
Bernice
Relatives Await Word on Men Found Dead in Tank Car
Baton Rouge, March 28 news reports word from relatives in Dothan Ala about two men found dead in a tank car yesterday. Coroner's inquest verdict ruled accidental asphyxia with bodies held at a local undertaking. burial planned if relatives do not claim them.
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Baton Rouge
Aurotics
Dothan
Ala
Joe Riley
Ener Teeling
Mississippi Rural Railroad
Relvcs
Siberia Train Wreck Amid Avalanche Kills Many
In Eastern Siberia near RKATSK a passenger train was struck by a massive avalanche. Many people are believed dead and numerous others injured as rescue parties work to reach victims buried in the snow.
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Lieved
Siberia
Rkatsk
A. P
Escae
Valle, Prominent N. C. Produce Broker Dies in New Orleans
Valle, a well known North Carolina sugar, fee and rice broker, died at an infirmary after a brief illness. He headed the brokerage firm and served as president of the Cuban Louisiana Sugar company.
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Orleans
BE. Valle
Sugar
Valle
Ccal
Bank robbery suspect duo held after interurban baggage mix up
At Fort Worth on March 28 two men C F Owens of New Orleans and O B Murray of Pellahatchie Miss were arrested after a baggageman theft from a bag car sparked a police alert. About $9500 in cash and Liberty bonds were recovered following the incident and the pair await charges in the city jail.
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Fort Worth
Dallas
C. F. Owens
New Orleans
Murray
Pellahatchie
Miss
First State Bank
Polytechnic
Homer Andrews
Baggagemay
Owen
Pair Arrested at Columbia In Alleged Fraud
A man who gave the name O D Dunn and Bryansville Kentucky as home is jailed in Columbia Louisiana on charges of obtaining money under false pretenses. A woman claimed as his wife is charged with stealing a suit from the Columbia Cafe. Dunn travels as a Fred Kauffman Tailoring representative and collects three dollars per order as advance payment. A Chicago firm denies any such representative and says it bears no responsibility for Dunn. The man claimed a U S Army discharge. deputies doubt its authenticity after noting it was allegedly seen elsewhere.
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News-Star
Columbia
O. D. Dunn
Bryansville
Kentucky
Columbia Cafe
Dunn
Fred Kauffman Tailoring Company
Chicago
Fred Kauffman
Winnfield Boy Sets Track Record at Central Rally
McQuiddy of Winnfield high school ran the 220 yard dash in 22.5 seconds to set a state track record during the fourth annual central Louisiana high school rally at Louisiana College in Pineville. Urania defeats Coushatta 82 to 22 to crown central Louisiana basketball champions and earn a shot at the national tournament in Chicago.
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Alexandria
Bolton
Fairview
Coushatta-Urania
Gueydan
Vermillion Parish
Louisiana
College Gymnasium
Chicago
Urania High School
Coushatta High
Urania
Gueydan High
Pineville
University of Chicago
Unification Fight Over Baltimore Methodist Vote Moves Forward
The Baltimore annual conference debate over unifying the Methodist Episcopal Church South deepens as Bishop Candler rules the matter paues parliamentary not legal and declines review. Unificationists fear College of Bishops involvement while anti unificationists expect no new vote and question paths to Nashville.
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Washington
Baltimore
Methodist Episcopal Church South
Warren A. Candler
Atlanta
College of Bishops
W. W. Milan
E. D. Newman
Woodstock Va
Candler
Nashville
Salesman questioned in typhoid death mystery case
Edward P. Clark, an early witness in the Shepherd case, testified he was offered 5000 to leave Chicago. The inquiry involves typhoid germ claims tied to Cs C Faimean and the death of Wm Mc Clintock. Exhumations of Mrs Emma Nelson McClintock and Dr Oscar Olson continue as a full organ analysis is expected to take a month.
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Chicago
Mar
Edward P. Clark
Wm. D. Shepherd
Wm. McClintock
Clark
National University of Sciences
Cs. C. Faimean
Shepherd
Emma Nelson McClintock
William
Oscar Olson
W. D. McNally
Frisco Matricide Girl Granted Weekend Reprieve
Dorothy Ellingson a 15 year old accused of matricide in San Francisco received a respite as a nine man three woman jury was sworn in. She was returned to county jail ahead of a trial set to begin Monday.
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San Fancisco
Dorothy Ellingson
Woman gets 3 years for forgery of check
Mrs. Margaret Buchanan former secretary to Representative Kendall of Pennsylvania was sentenced to three years in the District of Columbia supreme court today on conviction of forgery.
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Washington
Margaret Buchanan
Kendall
Pennsylvania
District of Columbia Supreme Court
Sicard Road Closure Starts Monday for Paving Work
The Sicard road from Loop road to Sicard will close Monday morning for paving surveys and base work. Traffic will be detoured north and east to Mithaven road as crews from Meyer and Jreontrald Construction proceed with cement roadway and graveled shoulders, aiming to finish by summer.
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Sicard
Highway Department
Loop Road
Mithaven
Vicksburg
Bastrop
Es’y Summer
Meyer and Jreontrald Constrvecn Company
Parish School Faces Call for New Unit Construction
The parish school board will meet at the old parish school building next Friday to decide on building additional units for Parish High. Superintendent T C Brown warned that existing facilities are inadequate for next September and urged two more units to be started by March to ensure completion for the next school year amid rising oil boom prospects.
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Chall Monroe
Parish
Old Parish
T. C. Brown
Urania Boom Echoes With Unique Oil Town Paging System
Urania experiences a booming oil field with crowds blocking streets as residents use a porch paging method to locate workers like Quincy Hardiner. The bustling front of the Urania commissary mirrors historic boom towns, drawing comparisons to Smackover and drawing rail investment signals for future growth.
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Urania
Louisiana
Quincy Hardiner
Tom Jones
Bill Smith
E&! Dorado
Urania Commissary
Hotel Garret
el Dorado
Murder Defense in Millionaire Orphan Case Advances
An affidavit by Wm. S. Stewart alleges C. C. Faiman illegally operated on a woman who died, in the case against W. D. Shepherd jailed for murder. The document claims the body was turned over to a laboratory, and seeks bail reconsideration in Chicago.
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Chicago
A. P
C. C. Faiman
W. D. Shepherd
Shepherd
Wm. S. Stewart
Standards Talk At U S Cotton Shippers Meet
New Orleans March 28 Dr H C Taylor head of the Bureau of Agricultural Economics told the final session of the first annual American Cotton Shippers Association convention that the United States Department of Agriculture views middlemen as necessary and cooperates with them to promote efficiency and fairness in cotton marketing. He reviewed cooperative work on universal grading standards and noted European associations agreed to the standards but Liverpool and Manchester groups indicated withdrawal unless slight modifications are made. He said the bureau leaves to the trade decisions on certain voting methods and biennial meetings.
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New Orleans
A. P
United States Department of Agriculture
South
H. C. Taylor
Washington
Bureau of Agricultural Economics
Taylor
American Cotton Shippers Association
American Cotton Trade
Liverpool Cotton Association
Federation of Master Spinners
Manchester
England
European Association
Economic Bureau
United States
Department of Agriculture
D A R Convention Ended in Alexandria Louisiana
The Louisiana Daughters of the American Revolution adjourned in Alexandria after electing officers and selecting New Orleans as next meeting site. New officers include state regent Mrs. W B Buchanan and vice regents Mrs. G G Decoligny and Mrs. B D Battle.
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Alexandria
New Orleans
Louisiana Society, Daughters of the American Revolution
W. 8. Buchanan
G. G. Decoligny
B. D. Battle
Shreveport
H. B. Scofield
F. C. Allen
Charles Rew
Lois Wentz
Lake Charles
Helen Flint
Jennings
J. N. Thomas
Urania No. 6 well flows oil as activity spreads in parish
Urania Louisiana reports the No. 6 well broke through bridged sand at four A.M. and flowed oil steadily through noon. Urania No. 1 off set derrick completed with rig and boiler en route. Gulf Refining Urania No. 1 activity resumes three miles away as Bur Banki and Gas lines prepare a second test. Large oil deals loom as ore managers weigh offers and market suspense influences trade in the region.
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News-Star
Urania
Urania No. 6
Urania Petroleum Company
Dallas
Zeigin Et al Urania
Swartz
Yord
Gulf Refining Company
Urania No. 1
Gulf
Bur Banki
Gas Company
Henry Hardtner
Hardiner
Winnfield
Urania Troleum Company Holdings
Salle Parish
Olla
Missouri Pacific
BurBan
la Salle Parish
W. R. Julian
Collins Lease Block Held by Twist of Fate
The Monroe oil tale centers on Sam Collins former Chamber of Commerce secretary who built about 12 000 acres in La Salle parish through a series of failed deals with a carbon company Urania Petroleum Co later gained part of the block while uncertainty surrounds a sale that could push Collins into the North Louisiana riches Similar fates befell a Haynesville field deal where Roxana Co lost a 20 000 acre lease block to the Smitherman interests
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Sam
Collins
Chamber of Commerce
Urania
Monroe
Olla
Total Carbon
la Salle Parish
Hardtner
Urania Petroleum Co
Mr. Collins
North
Louisiana
Providence
Haynesville
Roxana Co
Smitherman
Ancient Idol Found in Tulane Vera Cruz Expedition
Tulane University archaeologists Dr Trars Blom and Dr Oliver Lafarge report discovery of a sacred island ruin in Lake Calemaco Vera Cruz Mexico. They found stone slabs at Piedra La Brada climbed Mount San Martin and unearthed a large idol on a crater rim while collecting ethnographic and linguistic material.
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New Orleans
Mar
Lake Calemaco
Vera Cruz
Department of Middle-American Research
Tulane University
Trars Blom
Carnegie Institution
Oliver Lafarge
Tuxtla Mountains
Piedra LaBrada
Saa Martin
Tulane
Department of
Mansfield Physician Faces Narcotic Charge
SHREVEPORT La March 28 Dr E I Persinger 66 of Mansfield is under 2500 bond and bound over to the federal grand jury on a charge of violating the Harrison anti narcotic act by allegedly selling dope to a government informant He is the eighth physician arrested since the narcotic exposure began in February.
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Shreveport
E. I. Persinger
Mansfield
Federal Grand Jury
Desperate Mala bar Hill fight ends with rescue of dancer
In Bombay on January 12 a clash on Mala bar Hill saw four British officers armed only with golf clubs fight off nine alleged kidnappers with knives and pistols to rescue Mumtaz Begum the Indian dancing girl linked to the Maharaja of Indore. A motorist companion was killed in the attempt.
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Bombay
A. P
Malabar Hill
Mumtaz Begum
Indore
Mumtaz
River Stages Report Across Mississippi System
River stage readings show St. Louis 124 with a 4 fall, Memphis 26.2 up 0.2, Vicksburg 29.3 up 0.9, New Orleans 6.5 up. Red River readings list Shreveport 7.2 unchanged, Alexandria 5.5 fall 01, Ouachita Camden 4.4 fall, Monroe 10.5 fall 19. Waterways status summarized for regional monitoring.
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St. Louis
Memphis
Vicksburg
New Orleans
Shreveport
Alexandria
Ouachita
Camden
Monroe
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