May Day Unrest Sparks Heavy Police Guard in Cities
May Day reports depict heightened security in New York and other eastern cities with 11 000 New York police on duty. Authorities, including Governor’s Guards, brace for possible radical activity as public buildings receive protection and rumors of communist circulars surface.
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New York
Gotham
New York City
William J. Flynn
Bureau of Investigation
Department of Justice
Spland
New York State Guard
Citizens organize Ouachita parish drive for World War memorial
A Monroe driven campaign aims to raise ten thousand dollars for a memorial building honoring Louisiana men who paid the supreme sacrifice in the world war. Oliver Morton chairs, D Aubrey Hans leads Monroe drive, with Henry Hamilton directing Wat Monroe efforts. Memorial Week to launch Monday with services at First Baptist Church and Dr. Pirkey in uniform addressing “The Gift of Louisiana to the War.”
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Ouachita Parish
Louisiana
Monroe Chamber of Commerce
Oliver Morton
D. Aubrey Hans
Monroe
Henry Hamilton
Chamber of Commerce
Ing
Twin Cities
R. J. Pickey
First Baptist Church
Leonidas Barkdull Faulk
American Legion of
Two Black Men to Die for 1917 Ouachita Murder
Will Flournoy and Lonnie Eaton, both Ouachita County blacks, are to be hanged in Monroe on Friday August 13 for the Christmas Day 1917 murder of white farmer Charles McQuiller. Governor Ruffin G. Pleasant signed the death warrant April 28. the pair have been in Ruston jail since their 1918 conviction, with clemency the only remaining option.
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Will Flournoy
Lonnie Eaton
Charles McQuiller
Ouachita
Monroe
Arthur Grant
Ruffin G. Pleasant
Sixth District Court
Supreme Court of
Pleasant
Ruston
Flournoy
Eaton
Court House
Grant
May Day Observances Proceed Without Violence
Washington reports show Justice Department officials warned to act against any disorder as radical agitators try to incite workers for a May Day show of power yet no violence was reported. In London eight million workers reportedly took the day off with parades and speeches, but essential services remained uninterrupted.
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Washington
Department of Justice
London
Britain
Paris May Day Calm As Troops Guard Terminals
Paris reports complete calm on May Day with workers orderly in celebrations. Troops stand watch at railroad terminals to prevent any outbreak or disturbance.
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Associated Press
Paris
May Day clash erupts in Paris streets
Paris on May 1 reports a clash on the boulevards of St Martin between Republican guards police and about 2000 May Day demonstrators. The disturbance marked the first active disorder of the day as two shots were fired.
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Paris
Chamber of Deputies
Vlace de la Republique
Associated Press
St Martin Quarter
Canadian miners go on May Day strike
Toronto reports twelve thousand coal miners in the Sydney Nova Scotia district walked out to protest the Winnipeg general strike leaders imprisonment. A general tie up in Ottawa as workers on the new parliament buildings laid down tools.
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Associated Press
Toronto
Sydney
Nova Scotia
Winnipeg
Ottawa
Parliament
Bolshevik Forces Occupy Baku Port
London reports that Russian Bolshevik forces have occupied Baku the important port on the western Caspian Sea coast.
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London
Baku
Caspian Sea
Prisoners sent to pen to start term in Ouachita Parish
Deputy Sheriff D L Roper Goldman Grant took five prisoners to the state penitentiary from the sixth district court April term in Ouachita parish. Defendants include Gilbert larceny of property valued at 50 dollars, sentence one year to eighteen months. Will larceny of goods valued at 65 dollars, eight months to two years. Jetson larceny, five to seven years. Thomas false pretense, ten to twelve months. John Roatner larceny, thirty-two to twenty-four months. Bartlett wilful desertion and neglect to support wife Elmira Bartlett was ordered to pay five dollars weekly.
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D. L. Roper Goldman Grant
Artur Grant
Bon Rouge
Ouachita Parish
State Penitentiary
Gilbert
Jetson
Thomas
John Roatner
Fred Odom
Bartlett
Elmira Bartlett
Monroe Pupils Triumph at State Rally
Students from parish schools competed at the state rally in the capital. Bertha Inabinet won cooking, Helen Kelly tied for first in debate, Arthur Smith and J Arthur Smith excelled in rapid calculation, while other pupils earned top places in spelling physics and literary appreciation. Girls basketball finals were set for today as spectators cheered on.
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Sua
Bertha Inabinet
Helen Hunt
Helen Kelly
Alice Hunn
Ross Coates
Earl Johnson
Athur Smith, Jr
Frances Stubbs
Lee Wooten
Bertha Snabinet
J. Arthur Smith
Hays
Eaton
Vic
Atlantic Fleet Arrives Home Waters For Training Off Guantarico
The Atlantic fleet reaches home waters to provide 25,000 American bluesk ets with spring practice and drills off Guantarico as winter ends.
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New York
Guantarico
Reform School Sentences For Auto Joyride Pair
Wayne Barnett and Eugene Weaver, Monroe youths, were sent to the Louisiana Training Institute in Monroe by Judge Fred Odom after appropriation of local cars for joy rides. Joe Cascio received probation. Edwin Broadnax was kept as a material witness. his father protested the confinement citing youths’ alleged lack of involvement and lack of notice. Inspector Heap confirmed the locking of the boys on the judge’s orders.
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Wayne Barnett
Eugene Weaver
Monroe
Louisiana Training Institute
Fred Odom
Juvenile Department of Criminal Court
Joe Cascio
E. E. Broadnax
Edwin Broadnax
Edwin
Magness
Lee Young
Preston Stewart
Heap
Relief plan abandoned amid sales tax opposition
Washington May 1 Republican leaders abandon plans to pass the soldier relief bill next Monday after caucus opposition to raising revenue by sales tax. A new compromise is sought as the plan is declared certain to be eliminated.
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Washington
Republican Party
Mexico Revolt Grows as Ring of Revolution Climbs
May 1 Agua Prieta dispatch reports Mexico surrounded by a growing steel ring of revolutionary soldiers. Rebels claim all states except one are under threat while Carranza's loyalists withdraw from Sonora, signaling widespread turmoil and possible secession.
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Carranza
Associated Press
Agua Prieta
Mexico
Sonora
Government Urged to Stop Paper Wastes
Frank A. Munsey, publisher of five dailies and three magazines, urged Senate investigators to curb news print consumption to save the world wood pulp forests. A House Foreign Affairs committee reported favorably on Senator Underwood's resolution to communicate with Canada about embargoes on wood pulp shipments to the United States.
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Associated Press
Washington
Senate
Frank A. Munsey
Underwood
United States
House Foreign Affairs Committee
Option to Sell Property in West Monroe
A contract and option to sell has been negotiated by W. L. Morris to J. W. Wheelis and H. L. Rosenheim for lot two of square eight in West Monroe. The option is for $100 on a price of $20,000. Rosenheim and Wheelis receive a $500 commission if a sale occurs. The option expires in August 1920.
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W. L. Morris
J. W. Wheelis
H. L. Rosenheim
Square Eight
West Monroe
Messers, Rosenheim
Wheelis
Monroe Thrift Club Organized Meeting Planned
The Monroe Thrift Club will be organized at the city school auditorium tomorrow at 2 30 in the afternoon. The event is hosted by The Book Club and the Twentieth Century Book Club and invites all men and women to join in promoting thrift in the community.
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Monroe Thrift Club
City School
Book Club
Twentieth Century Book Club
Local Firm to Get Much Work
William Drago and L Milton King, Monroe architects, win contract to prepare plans for agricultural school buildings at Schlater Mississippi costing 16000? The project includes an agricultural high school dormitories and domestic science and manual training buildings. They will also plan reinforced concrete dwellings to replace negro cabins for D S Jones of Highlanddale Mississippi as he builds 200 concrete negro dwellings on his plantation.
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William Drago
L. Milton King
Monroe
Schlater
LeFlore County
Mississippi
Agriculture High School
D. S. Jones
Highlanddale
Miss
West Monroe Corner Store Leased for Barber Shop
L. N. Larede leased the Wood and Front streets corner store known as My Place barbershop in West Monroe to J. B. Glass. The three year lease runs at $50 per month for the barber shop use.
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L. N. Larede
J. B. Glass
Dynamiters Active on Ouachita Parish West Side
Cattle tick inspector Dr. J H Yoder reports three organized bands dynamiting vats to dodge dipping laws on the Ouachita Parish west side. Twelve vats blown since March include Beard Thomas Pylant and others. Parker and Nobles to be rebuilt next week.
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Ouachita Parish
Yoder
J. H. Yoder
Ouachitas
Pylant
eBard
West Side
Beard
Thomas
Plesant Hill
Monroe
Lapine
Graying Lumber Company
Guyton
Fuller
Golson
Parkertown
Walnut
Hobbs
Morrow
Snabel
Barefoot
Parker
Ouachita
Dr. Yoder
Chicago Rent Strike Paralyzes City Housing
Thousands of Chicago families joined a May Day rent strike refusing to vacate apartments as orders urged movement. The Chicago Tenants' Protective League said the action affected many buildings citywide.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Chicago Tenants’ Protective League
Glendora plantation acreage leased for Atlas carbon plants
Glendora plantation acreage leased by N. C. McGowan from Herbert C. Cole and others for factory use. Atlas Oil Co of Chicago plans carbon and gasoline plants on the site. Lease runs twenty years with renewal option, property facing the road 460 feet north of A. L. Smith's factory site. Additional local real estate transfers noted with varied buyers and prices.
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Glendora Plantation
Atlas Oil CO
N. C. McGowan
Herbert C. Cole
R. O. Morrison
Catherine Pegram
Atlas Oil Company
Chicago
Glendora
A. L. Smith
Henry Moran
Layton
Henry Williams
De-Siard
Tenth
Weather Tonight and Sunday Forecast
Tonight and Sunday expect partly cloudy to cloudy skies. Temperatures will remain mild with light winds and no significant precipitation.
Gas from Perry Well Placed to Feed Cargas Carbon Plants
Gas from Perry No. 1 well in Morehouse parish will be piped with Guthrie No. 1 gas to carbon and gasoline plants at Cargas in Ousehita parish. Perry No. 1 earns an estimated 10 to 15 million cubic feet daily. 25 carbon plant units at Cargas to be ready in about ten days. remainder of the plant includes four carbon black factories and 100 units planned for operation by September. The gasoline plant is finished.
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Perry No. 1
Natural Oil and Gas Products Corporation
Monroe
Cargas
United Natural Oil and Gas Products Corporation
Septembe
Elks Excursion Boat Departure Delayed to 8:30
Elks excursion boat W. W. will leave at 8 30 Sunday May 2 to accommodate visiting brothers.
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Elks
W. W
C. F
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Quachita
Quiller
Gov. Pleasant
France
Tim
Roper
Gorman Grant
Baton Rouge
Atlantic
MR. Broadnax
Munsey
Thrift Club
Federal
Maude Downey
Lillie McLain Anre
William Medlock
Arent and Garden
Stubbs Young Bayou
Mome Realty and Development Company, Inc
Sarah Cole Morrison
Loop Road
Kepley Investment Company
B. Green
B. F. Tatum
Alexander
Ward Street
Herbert L. Rosenheim
E. B. Pettia
Perry Well
BIG Morehouse “Gasser
S. S. Elledge
Noble Grand
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