Flood Crest Near Memphis Drives Urgent Relief Efforts
Torrential rains threaten greater Mississippi River flooding as Memphis faces a forecast crest around 42.5 feet by Friday night. Levees along the Arkansas shore are undermined, and sandbag sub-levees rise to counter dikes. Relief packets move residents and livestock from inundated areas while engineers warn of persistent danger along the river system.
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Associated Press
Memphis
Weather Bureau
Mississippi Valley
Arkansas
Arkansas Side
Mississippi
Osceola
Ark
Helena
Old Town
Cotton Belt Levee Board
Vicksburg
Percy Swain
Uncle Oliver
Natchez
United States Engineer
City merger revival eyed by West Monroe senator
Senator T. L. Hood of West Monroe says consolidation of Monroe and West Monroe is more feasible now and may be decided next year. A special election would be needed with a majority in favor. Plans foresee five commissioners including a mayor for the merged city, serving about 18 000 residents.
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Monroe
West Monroe
T. L. Hood
Hood
Monroe Commission Council
West Monroe Chamber of Commerce
Monroe Chamber of Commerce
Senator Hood
Ouachita River Poised for Winter Crest at Camden Friday
The Ouachita River is rising due to recent rains and is expected to reach the winter crest near 30 to 32 feet by Friday, threatening Monroe and surrounding areas. Cattle owners move stock from river bottoms while boats carry freight upriver to reach towns inaccessible by rail, boosting inland transport for Union and Morehouse parishes.
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Ouachita River
Camden
Ark
New Orleans
Monroe
Union
Morehouse Parishes
Ouachita Parish Grand Jury Indicts Black Man in Mill Case
Tom McDonald, a Black man, was indicted for a serious case by the Ouachita parish grand jury over an alleged fatal injury to Willie Stewart at the Ouachita Lumber Company saw mill near Phillips station.
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Tom McDonald
Willie Stewart
Ouachita Lumber Company
Phillips Station
Ouachita Parish
John Laneford
Cal Moore
Olive Street
Will Young
Tom Turner
Cargas
J. M. Broussard
Albert Butler
Sam Stanfa
Sam Cicero
Alex Croft
George Sampson
N. C. Moore
West Monroe
N. P. Cook
Cook
Moore
Conviction Set Aside In Louisiana Case
The conviction of Dr Bailey F E Chaney a plaque mine veterinarian for attempting to burn W L Redden’s residence was set aside by Judge Brunot. The defense argued improper trial as Chaney had withdrawn a not guilty plea before the motion to quash and was not rearraigned. The procedurally unique case featured a female judge and a jury of women with a female presiding clerk. The jury had found the defendant guilty of disturbing the peace and fined ten dollars.
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Baton Rouge
Mar
Bailey FE. Chaney
Plaquemine
W. L. Redden
Brunot
Wickliffe, Ky
Morris
Health of exiled Emperor Charles of Austria Hungary
A Funchal dispatch reports grave illness of former Emperor Charles I in Madeira exile. He is suffering pneumonia while under Allied decree surveillance.
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London
Charles
Austria Hungary
Funchal
Madeira
State examiner in charge says efforts may be perfected here
Officials from Louisiana Savings Bank and Trust Company conferred with Ouachita National Bank and Central Savings Bank and Trust Company to transfer all assets and assume liabilities for depositors and creditors. The deal, not yet arranged, aims to protect depositors if the transfer occurs. State bank examiner L. E. Thomas is in charge and urged customers to verify accounts and cancelled checks.
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Louisiana Savings Bank & Trust Company
Ouachita National Bank
Central Savings Bank & Trust Company
Louisiana Savings Bank and Trust Company
L. E. Thomas
State Bank Examiner
Thomas
Expert Swimmer Fined for Hood Law Violation in District Court
Cheatham Gibson, a Caldwell parish farmer, nearly drowned after mistaking a ditch for a concrete walk while fleeing police with a suitcase full of liquor. Judge Fréd M. Odom fined him $100 and costs for violating the Hood dry law in district court.
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Cheatham Gibson
Caldwell Parish
Fréd M. Odom
New York Woman Seeks to Avoid Death Penalty in Kin kead Slaying
Olivia Stone, in New York court, contends she acted without intent when killing Bliss Guy Kin kead, former Cincinnati corporation counsel, aiming to overturn a death sentence.
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New York
Olivia Stone
Supreme Court
Bliss Guy Kinkead
Cincinnati
Dallas Floggings Trial and Bomb Explosion Injure Woman
Dallas report covers the first Dallas flogging case trial of J J Crawford and a bomb explosion in South Dallas injuring Miss Dorothy May Grace and breaking her ankle. Neighbors describe a fuse incident while police detain a suspect who claims church attendance.
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Associated Press
Dallas
Texas
J. J. Crawford
Bedie McAlister
Dorothy May Grace
H. B. Patten
Grace
R. G. Solomon
Two Blacks Arrested for Robbery in Standard Louisiana
Gambetta Carylye and Sarash Watson, both described as negroes, were arrested by Detective L. V. Tarver and Policeman Lee Parker after a telephone report from Standard, Louisiana stated they robbed Jack Watson of $400. They were en route to Jerome, Arkansas when captured at Monroe and sent back there yesterday.
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Gambetta Carylye
Sarash Watson
L. V. Tarver
Lee Parker
Standard
Jack Watson
Jerome
Ark
Monroe
Solomon Cobb In Critical Condition In Rochelle
Solomon Cobb believed to be a Rochelle farmer is in a critical condition at St. Francis sanitarium after being picked up by Monroe police yesterday at Iron Mountain station. He says he has a wife and children in Rochelle and relatives have not been found. Washington immigration committee orders favorable report on a bill to deport aliens convicted of violating prohibition laws.
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Marion Murphy
Will Paster
Monroe
Paster
St. Francis Sanitarium
Solomon
P. D. Brek
Scolomon
Solomon Cobb
Rochelle
Iron Mountain
Cobb
Washington
House Immigration Commission
Rotary Farewell For Kaplan Before Russia Trip
Monroe Rotary Club members return from the District Conference in Baton Rouge with President Ly Cobb chairing. They note Rotary growth and hear from Dr. Jessie Adams. A brief lunch address to Samuel Kaplan announces his departure for Russia to bring his mother to the United States.
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Samuel Kaplan
Russia
Monroe Rotary Club
Baton Rouge
Ly” Cobb
Cobb
Hattiesburg
Miss
Rotary
Jessie Adams
Adams
Harry Russell
Sam Kaplan
Monroe
Kaplan
Mary Hughes Clay
Max. Tom Johnson
New Orleans
Mr. P. E. Orpet
Signor Stubbs
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el Dorado
Lousiana Savings Bank and Trust Company
Interstate T. & B. Co
First National Bank
Chemical National Bank
Merchants Laclede
Exchange National Bank
Central Savings Bank
Guaranty Bank & Trust Co
Sicily Island State Bank
Suspense
Robert Bell
Young Lady
Alonzo Johnson
Willie Ford
Conan Griggs
Joe Richards
Fred M. Odom
Arthur Grant
Tom Hicks
Mattie
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Game and Fish
Circle No. 1
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Copeland's Grocerteria
T. Grant
Weaks Supply Co
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