Chilean Nitrate Committee Opens Monroe HQ for Demonstrations
The Chilean Nitrate Committee of New York City has set up headquarters in Monroe to demonstrate nitrate of soda use in cotton. George L. Foster of Auburn Ala will lead demonstrations across North Louisiana this year, with R T Hobson of New Orleans inspecting nurseries around April 15 and G H Martin returning from New Orleans. The Times Picayune calls New Orleans plants pest free, per E R Barber, federal entomologist.
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New York City
Monroe
Louisiana
George L. Foster
Auburn
Ala
R. T. Hobson
New Orleans
G. H. Martin
North Louisiana
Times-Picayune
E. R. Barber
Local Farm Bureau Effort Grows in North Louisiana Parishes
Local business leaders and organizers led a farm bureau campaign across several North Louisiana parishes this week. Harry F. Kapp Ed Graham and C E Woolman spoke to farmers in Caldwell Tallulah Calhoun and Lake Providence while Monroe attracts Ouachita parish membership. The movement gains momentum with hundreds already joined and officials calling it a major step for regional agriculture.
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Harry F. Kapp
American Farm Bureau Federation
Ed Graham
C. E. Woolman
North Louisiana
Farm Bureau
Caldwell
Tallulah
North Louisiana Agricultural Society
Calhoun
East Carroll Parish
Lake Providence
Farm Bureau Movement
Monroe
Ouachita Parish
Louisiana
Governor Parker Addresses Rotary Meeting on Immigration
Governor Parker urged deportation of foreigners who violate laws at the District Rotary Convention in Baton Rouge. He singled out bootleggers not citizens, saying they grow rich from illegal activity and urged Rotarians to aid in upholding law enforcement.
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Baton Rouge
Mar
Rotary
Parker
Mississippi flood crest forecast near Memphis
The Weather bureau predicts the Mississippi flood crest between New Madrid Missouri and Memphis will reach Memphis Friday, at 42.5 feet, with 51.5 feet at Helena. Precautions rise as river levels shift. levees and evacuations noted along affected points.
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Memphis
Mar
New Madrid
Weather Bureau
Cairo
Tenn
Mississippi
Helena
Grand Jury urges stricter laws and more traffic police for Ouachita Parish
The Ouachita Parish grand jury in its report to Judge Fred M. Odom recommends that when the legislature convenes in May it enact stricter gambling laws in Louisiana. It also urges the parish police jury to hire two traffic policemen to guard parish roads to curb speeding and bootlegging. The panel notes friction among parish officers and calls for harmonious enforcement, commends Monroe police for Hood and related laws, reports sixty cases examined with twenty nine true bills, and says prisoners are well cared for amid crowded jail conditions.
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Ouachita Parish
Grand Jury
Fred M. Odom
Louisiana
Monroe
News-Star Buys Kaplan Lot on North Second Street
The News Star Publishing Company bought from Monroe Furniture Company the vacant lot between their buildings on North Second Street for 15000 dollars, facing 42 feet and 100 feet deep. The deed passed yesterday as plans for future growth and housing space were discussed by Messrs. Smith and Faulk.
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News-Star Publishing Company
Monroe Furniture Co., Ltd
North Second Street
News-Star
Monroe Furniture Company
Sam Kaplan
Messrs. Smith and
Faulk
Monroe
Louisiana Savings Bank Closed Amid Depositors Run
City Engineer Reynolds defends the smoke stack at the power plant while Louisiana Savings Bank and Trust Company is closed by state bank examiner L. B. Thomas after a run on deposits. Officials say the bank is solvent and assets will be reorganized. the closure affects only the bank, not the Louisiana Loan and Investment Company.
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Reynolds
Lions Club
Boland Chimney Company
Perry
Monroe Business College
William L. Beadle
Wallace Clift
J. S. Washburn
Louisiana Loan and Investment Company
Thomas
Monroe
Louisiana Savings Bank and Trust Company
L. B. Thomas
State Bank
Louisiana Bank & Trust Co
Louisiana Bank
el Dorado Bank
Dallas mass meeting to end city whippings
Dallas citizens plan a mass meeting to discuss stopping a string of whip assaults by masked and unmasked bands. Twenty five prominent locals will meet informally to discuss the situation and petitions will be circulated to gain signatures for the call.
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Dallas
Tex
Woman fatally wounds husband in Newtown home attack
Miranda Paster, a Black woman, stabbed Will Paster with a pocket knife during a domestic quarrel at their Texas avenue residence in Newtown around 8 30 pm. He was taken to St Francis sanitarium. She fled and is believed to be at her father's home in Bristle Ridge Ouachita parish.
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Will Paster
Miranda Paster
Texas Avenue
Newtown
Bristle Ridge
Ouachita Parish
St. Francis Sanitarium
Monroe’s Section Development Backed by Bond Endorsement
The piece notes strong faith in Monroe for local progress as residents praised the school bonds issue approved in yesterday’s election. It reflects satisfaction with yesterday’s buy and growing approval today.
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Monroe
Georgia Tucker
Leonidas Barkdull Faulk
City Commission Council
Moore's Invisible Track Discussed at Kiwanis Luncheon
S B Moore engineer of Texas spoke at the noon Kiwanis meeting on the Monroe Columbia highway invisible track way. T. E. Flournoy and Albert W Wilkerson praised and inspected the road for durability and future use in Austin. Miss Kate Boyce and F C Holden provided musical numbers at the pleasant gathering.
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Kiwanis Club
S. B. Moore
Texas
Monroe-Columbia
T. E. Flournoy
Albert W. Wilkerson
Citizens State Bank of
Austin
Monroe
Kate Boyce
F. C. Holden
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Chilean Nitrate Committee
Barker
United States
Delta
Vicksburg
Miss
Percy Swain
Palmyra Island
Uncle Oliver
Australia Island
Yazoo
Valley Railroads
Kaplan
N. Second Street
Louisiana Savings Bank
LIONS
Lions’ Club
Moore
Club OF Kiwanians
Way
Weaks Supply Co
Genasco Roofing
Mer
First Baptist Church
C. E. Carmack
Boy Scout
T. A. Grant
P. Hall
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