Baton Rouge Opposes Low Type Mississippi Bridge
Baton Rouge rejects a low type bridge proposed over the Mississippi River, denying plans for a bridge at New Orleans and arguing the design would hinder navigation and port growth. Henry L. Cohn of the Chamber of Commerce cites opposition from city officials, River Points Association, Standard Oil and others as a broader stand for safer, higher bridges.
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Baton Rouge
Mississippi
Henry L. Cohn
Chamber of Commerce
Mississippi River
New Orleans
Cohn
New Orleans Association of Commerce
Standard Oil Company
American Steamship Owners’ Association
River Points’ Association
Philadelphia
Camden
N. J
New Orleans Bridge Fight Moves to War Department
The New Orleans bridge dispute shifts to the war department as the American Steamship Owners' Association opposes the plan. Frank H. Joubert of the Public Belt Commission notes tests by Standard Oil and the commission show no danger to river commerce, but opponents argue the span would hamper navigation.
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New Orleans
New Orleans Times-Picayune
American Steamship Owners’ Association
War Department
Weeks
Frank H. Joubert
Commission
Standard Oil Company
Retain Fundamentals Coolidge Says in Cornerstone Speech
President Coolidge urged advancing on broadening lines of equal opportunity and treatment while laying the cornerstone of the Jewish community center in Washington. He said the nation must cling to proven fundamentals that support national solidarity and highlighted Jewish contributions and adaptation to American institutions and citizenship.
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Washington
Coolidge
United States
Detectives to Probe Preakness Horse Death
Private detectives have been ordered by Willis Sharpe Kilmer to investigate the death of Sunny Man at Pimlico after an illness several days, suspected poisoning. Sunny Man was a leading Preakness candidate, with eliminations already affecting Stimulus and Master Charlie.
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Baltimore
Willis Sharpe Kilmer
Sunny Man
Pimlico
Charlie
Reverend Edmondson Leaves $10,000 Job for Ministry
Rev. Stuart B. Edmondson pastor of the First Methodist Church of Lake Forest Illinois resigns a $10,000 annual business post to serve at a yearly church salary of $3,000. His parish includes Louis F Swift Cyrus McCormick and A B Dick.
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Stuart B. Edmondson
First Methodist Church
Lake Forest
Ill
Chicago
Rev. Edmondson
Louis F. Swift
Cyrus McCormick
A. B. Dick
Palace Store Opens Six Story Monroe Building Tonight
The Palace Co. unveils its new six story building in Monroe with a formal opening from 7 45 to 10 p m led by owner Sig Masur and associates Herman and Louis Masur. The store features departments on each floor including suits millinery ladies apparel carpets and stock rooms with a large public turnout anticipated.
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The
Palace Co
Louisiana
Sig Masur
Herman and
Louis Masur
Monroe
Woman Identified As Gary Victim in Dunes Death Case
Florence Kish Boto identified the torso as Mrs. Josephine Desidero 21 of Gary, aiding police in the mystery of a partly burned body found near Chesterton. The mother Mrs. Artie L. Hessler also identified the body as Mrs. Mary Berg 22, with police noting the petticoat fragment as corroboration.
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Gary
Ind
Indiana Dunes
Chesterton
Florence Kish Boto
Josephine Desidero
Desidero
Miss Boto
Mary Berg
U. S. Woman Injured in Havana Crossing
Havana May 4. Sixteen people were injured in a wreck at a railway crossing near the city late yesterday. Mrs Ruth Swinson an American living in Marino was slightly injured.
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Havana
Ruth Swinson
Mariano
Zeigin Eyes Packering To Save Urania Well Case
Urania Lumber Co well No. 1 in section 18 10 2E faces salt water intrusion after being washed out by oil and salt water flow. George Zeigin aims to set a packer and install a screen to halt salt water and salvage the well, hoping for commercial oil recovery despite the saltwater bearing sand.
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J. B. King
Urania
Geoge Zeigin
Urania Lumber Co
George Zeigin
Rowe-Wallace well shows controlled gas blowout in Urania
In Urania Louisiana a gas blowout at Rowe-Wallace well section 7 10 2E created a dangerous flare. Cement was re set by Bill Rowe and crew stabilizing pressure and preserving the hole. Nearby activity includes Finn Ball and Davis trustee plans for new wells in Grant parish with crews preparing to set casing.
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Bill Rowe
Urania
Rowe-Wallace
Stovall
Urana
Merchants Furnish Toys for Miss Monroe in Galveston Revue
Merchants in Monroe will supply an entire bathing costume and accessories for Miss Monroe as she travels to Galveston to represent the city in the annual Bathing Review and Beauty Pageant. The prize includes a trip to Galveston, with officials announcing additional dress items to come. Entrants are urged to apply via the News-Star entry blank, with judges from high standing to select Monroe’s representative.
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Big Galveston
Miss Monroe
Galveston
Gulf Coast
Palais Royal
Selig Brooks
Wise Shoe Company
Vanity—R. and A. Jewelry Company
News-Star
Saenger Theatre
Monroe
Monroe Chamber of Commerce
Boy Survives Cave-In After River Bank Landslide
Ten year old Joe Inzina Jr. trapped when two shallow river bank caves collapsed near Layton place. Rescue by three brothers, four men, and neighbors followed after about thirty minutes. He was taken home then to St Francis sanitarium in critical condition with shock and head injuries but no broken bones.
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Layton Place
Joe Inzina, Jr
Joe Inzina
South Grand Street
St. Francis Sanitarium
Joe
Anthony
Nick
John
Cornelius Jenkins
Newell Ledbetter
Young Inzina
Secretary Mellon Heads South for Tax Reform Speech
Secretary Mellon of the treasury, en route to Jackson Mississippi, stopped briefly in Chicago today. He traveled in the private car of Charles H. Mackham president of the Illinois Central railroad, who accompanied him to the south.
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Chicago
Mellon
The
Treasury
Jackson, Miss
Charles H. Mackham
Illinois Central Railroad
Man Stabbed to Death as Three Brothers Held After Dance Brawl
In OpeOu lousas Louisiana Adam Guilbeau 23 was fatally stabbed and another man wounded during a dance at Prairie Basse near Sunset. Three brothers Regis Theophile and Wilfred Landry were arrested and jailed on murder charges after the incident.
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Opelousas
Adam Guilbeau
Prairie Basse
Regis
Theophile
Wilfred Landry
Guibbeau
Cotton States Teams Adopt Thirteen-Player Limit
Mana ger Wise enforced a thirteen-player limit in Vicksburg with several releases. Gansser the outfielder and Bradshaw the infielder were released outright while others are seeking berths elsewhere. Drillers recent four-game recovery, including three wins, suggests the lineup will stay largely the same after a game with the Alexandria Reds.
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Wise
Vicksburg
Feazel
Gansser
Bradshaw
Butye
Driller
Drillers
Alexandria Reds
Reds see 13 players after release of Linton Trenchard
Alexandria La May 4 with the release of Linton utility player and Trenchard pitcher the Reds were reduced to thirteen men today Manager Wells catcher Amedee Bordes Broussard Davidson and Spruell pitchers Abrahams Donovan Mannigan Untz infielders Calhoun Barrett Magnus outfielders
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Alexandria
Linton
Trenchard
Reds
Wells
Amedee
Bordes
Broussard
Davidson
Spruell
Abrahams
Donovan
Mannigan
Untz
Calhoun
Barrett
Magnus
Hattiesburg Shoots Down Three Players to Meet Roster Rule
Hattiesburg manager Bobo announced the release of outfielder Rauch Bevins and infielder Boyd to meet the Cotton States League rule requiring 13 players two weeks after the league opens. Boyd cannot report until May 14, with possible further changes. Pitcher Buddy Williamson is on a two week suspended list due to a badly infected foot.
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Hattiesburg
Miss
Bobo
Hattiesburg Today
Fitcher Rauch
Bevins
Boyd
Buddy Williamson
Cotton States
Ace Moundsman
McElreath Injury Shrinks Laurel Lumberjacks Roster
Laurel Mississippi May 4 With Outfielder McElreath suspended for barley horses the Lumberjacks stay within league limits. Manager Propst sits at first with Lauter Olson Yost infielders Parker Simon in the outfield Cassion behind the plate and Pace Bendyke Chase Freeman and Settlemyer as pitchers.
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McElreath
Laurel
Miss
Lumberjacks
Propst
Lauter
Olson
Yost
Parker
Simon
Cassion
Pace
Bendyke
Chase
Freeman
Settlemyer
Senators Trim Roster Ahead of Jackson Trip
Alexandria Louisiana May 4 The Jackson Senators cut to thirteen men Manager Pierre catcher Baumgartner Ford Hunter Shanner Freeman pitchers Tatum Barbour Rosenfield Heck infielders Long Neuman Flowe outfielders The squad reduced before departing Jackson.
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Alexandria
Jackson Senators
Pierre
Baumgartner
Ford
Hunter
Shanner
Freeman
Tatum
Barbour
Rosenfield
Heck
Long
Neuman
Flowe
Jackson
Alleged Slayer Given Continuance at Manila
Lieutenant J.S. Thompson charged with the murder of 18 year old Audrey Burleigh was granted a three months continuance at a court martial in Manila to await depositions from the United States. Burleigh was shot to death while riding in an automobile with Thompson.
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Manila
A. P
J.S. Thompson
Audrey Burleigh
United States
Burleigh
Thompson
Church Fire Follows Local Flogging Probe at Cedar Grove
No arrests yet in connection with a fire that destroyed the Atkins Avenue Baptist Church Tabernacle in Cedar Grove Shreveport area. Authorities suspect arson tied to dissension from a flogging investigation involving John Barker and church members. W. C. Oliver, a Sunday school teacher, had testified in the Barker case.
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Oliver
Incendiarism Probed After Cedar Grove Church Fire
Cedar Grove authorities investigate incendiarism after a Baptist church burned early yesterday. Several men, alleged floggers, are church members. A. C. Stewart testified in the trial of Miller and Oliver for conspiracy to assault in the John Barker flogging case and is under a peace bond for threats against Rev. Roy Collum.
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Shreveport
Atkins Avenue Baptist Church Tabernacle
Cedar Grove
T. R. Hughes
S. J. Flores
Roy Collum
John Barker
Little Church
Harker
A. C. Stewart
A. H. Nettles
Forrest Lee
W. C. Oliver
Barker
A. H. Stewart
Oliver
Miller
Barkers
Rev. Collum
Stewart
Collum
Oliver and Miller
W. E. Miller
Six Prisoners Taken to State Prison from City
Deputy Sheriff D L Roper and Monroe Miles special agent for the V S and P railroad took six prisoners to the state penitentiary at Baton Rouge to begin sentences on various charges. Four were convicted in the recent district term. two served as witnesses. Sam Rizzo larceny one year. Lee Fretimer larceny eighteen months to two years. Frank Gardner larceny two to three years. Mark Smith manslaughter. Homer Boone and Bobbie McBarigny were witnesses.
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D. L. Roper
Monroe Miles
V. S. and P. Railroad
State Penitentiary
Baton Rouge
Sam Rizzo
Lee Fretimer
Frank Gardner
Mark Smith
Homer Boone
Bobbie McBarigny
Risazo
Collins Wins Verdict in Oil Damage Action
Sam Collins was awarded a verdict of 1000 dollars and costs in a suit filed against R H Bruce J A Huck L T Langston and J T Allison for 400000 damages over the leasing of 690 acres in section 7 10 2E near Urania La Salle parish oil fields. The lease entry was stricken from parish records. The case marks a key dispute over land near the Urania oil region and may prompt an appeal. A second case involving Odom heirs with 560 acres in sections 18 and 12 is pending with no hearing date set.
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Sam Collins
Coats
Jena
F. E. Jones
Eighth Judicial, District
R.H. Bruce
J. A. Huck
L. T. Langston
J. T. Allison
la Salle Parish
Urania
Odom
Collins
Ex-Convict Confesses Staying During Hold-up
Meridian Miss May 4 Patrick Donahue 35 allegedly confessed to authorities that he shot and killed Reese Rush barber at DeKalb Miss Saturday night after Rush was ordered to raise his hands Donahue on parole from Illinois State Penitentiary where he served a burglary sentence He was taken into custody with Gus Lang 28 Kemper and George Harrison 23 former Meridian all three from DeKalb in Langs car They are held for Rush murder Rush had been stopped and ordered to raise his hands by two men but was shot before complying
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Meridian
Miss
Patrick Donahue
Reese Rush
DeKalb
Rush
Donahue
Illinois State Penitentiary
Gus Lang
Kemper
George Harrison
Five Drowned in River When Boat Is Swamped
Five persons drowned in the Mississippi near Fairport Iowa when a gasoline launch was swamped by high wind and waves. The dead include Gus Dusenberry of Fairport 46 his wife Lida Dusenberry and three children Charles 12 Clifford 6 and Jona 8.
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Muscatine
Iowa
Mississippi River
Fairport
Here
Gus Dusenberry
Lida Dusenberry
Charles
Clifford
Jona
River stages and rises across Mississippi and Ouachita rivers
The hydrograph shows stage readings for the Mississippi at St Louis 10.4 with fall 7, at Memphis 16.2 rise 2.2, Vicksburg 17.9 rise 0.5, New Orleans 2.3 fall 0.26. Shreveport 21.5 rise 0.8, Alexandria 19.6 rise 11.34. Ouachita at Camden 5.8 rise 0.3, Monroe 11.0 fall 0.7.
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Mississippi
St. Louis
Memphis
Vicksburg
New Orleans
Shreveport
Rise
Alexandria
Ouachita
Camden
Monroe
Fall
Boundary Dispute Over 6000 Acres Reaches Supreme Court
Louisiana seeks leave to adjudicate a boundary dispute with Mississippi claiming the main channel of the Mississippi River altered its border. It argues river erosion moved the boundary eastward five miles and avulsion in 1912 1913 left the old line fixed. The contested land near Henderson and Salem landings totals about 5000 to 6090 acres under Mississippi jurisdiction.
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Washington
Louisiana
Supreme Court
Mississippi
Henderson and
Salem Landings
New Oil Tests West of Monroe Reported
Bowman Livingston, the geologist who located the Dixon at al well six miles northeast of Monroe, consulted with drillers and six inch twenty eight pound casing with California collars was decided. Roaming starts tomorrow to push completion. A rig was moved near Cheniere for Jim Clark et al interests, and a derrick began operations northwest of the Dixon lease on James Lumber Co property eight miles away. Brady of El Dorado and Bolinger of Oklahoma City visited Monroe to survey prospects west of the river. Pat James of Cane Hill Riverton well plans to drill this week. the well at 3465 feet remains stopped in cap rock awaiting completion.
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Bowman Livingston
Dixon
Monroe
California
Jim Clark
Shreveport
Cheniere
James Lumber Co
J. D. Brady
el Dorado
George Bolinger
Oklahoma City
Ouachita Parish
Pat James
Cane Hill
Riverton
Mississippi
Auto Crash Slightly Wounds Manning McGuire at West Monroe
Manning McGuire Jr of West Monroe was slightly cut on head and face when a car crashed into a post on the viaduct under the railroad. The injured man was thrown through the windshield and landed in front of the car. He had been returning from Ruston with Standif er Scholars Monroe when the wreck occurred. He left with two unknown men to fetch a wrecker. injuries not serious and no sanitarium admission.
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Manning McGuire, Jr
West Monroe
Sheriff's Department
McGuire
Standifer
Monroe
Ruston
Two Trash Fires Keep Local Firemen Busy This Weekend
The fire department was called to two trash fires over the weekend. On Saturday afternoon trash ignited at 419 DeSiard Street due to a discarded match. Shortly after noon yesterday Central station fought a riverbank fire opposite Riverside Sanitarium with no damage thanks to quick action.
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DeSiard Street
Central Station
Trath
Riverside Sanitarium
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Palace Store
U. S
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Zeigin
ROWE
J. T. Finn
Finn
Grant Parish
D. C. Davis
Meredith and
Russell
Shreveport Times
Lad
Riverside
Rauch, Bevins and
Harmen
Cedar Groves
Alla Nazimova
Paris
Charles Bryant
Aquitania
Manning McGuire
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