Weecama Break Floods Louisiana Parishes Rising Two Inches Daily
Natchez reports flood waters from the Weecama crevasse flood Concordia Catahoula Temas Avoyeilea Franklin parishes rising about two inches daily. Relief via Natchez barge aids Ferriday Vidalia Forest. Authorities urge aid as levees fail and towns like Harrisonburg Jonesville face danger.
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Weecama
Louisiana
Natchez, Miss
Concordia
Catahoula
Temsas
Avoyeilea
Franklin
Black River
Ouachita Parish High School Wins Three State Prizes
Ouachita Parish High School earns first prize in French and Latin and third in algebra for eleventh grade in a state rally among 250 high schools. Principal Jack Hayes and teacher Sarah McM Rogers led the French team. Latin winners include Fon Belt and Corine Guerriero with June Handley as teacher.
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Ouachita Parish High School
Jack Hayes
Ouachita Parish
A. G. Reed
Baton Rouge
Reed
Monroe
Mr. Reed
Ouachita School
Sarah McM
Rogers
Lillie Mae Christie
Elsie Dier
Lois Gregg
Inez Schneider
Winnetta’ Thomas
Mary Evelyn Watkins
Ouachita
Fon Belt
Corine Guerriero
Elizabeth Hockin
Nona Isbell
Constance Mc
Danger of break in levees diminishing in southeast Arkansas
Reports from the Tensas Basin and Southeast Arkansas flood fighters say the danger of a Mississippi levee break between Arkansas City and Lake Providence is diminishing hourly. Officials expect the levees to hold within 24 to 48 hours, ending the fear for Ouachita Morehouse East and West Carroll and Richland parishes.
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Arkansas
Tensas Basin
Louisiana
Mississippi
Arkansas City
Lake Providence
Parish Grand Jury Opens for Local Work Next Monday
The Ouachita parish grand jury will be organized in Monroe Monday to replace the illegally drawn panel. District Attorney David I. Garrett says the work will be short and quick and has filed bills of information against those indicted by the last grand jury, except in murder cases. Several important murder cases will be investigated, with few new cases arising since the previous panel.
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Ouachita Parish
Monroe
Fred M Odem
David I. Garrett
Community Sing at West Monroe School Auditorium
West Monroe hosts a Sunday afternoon Community Line with a top program by Leon Hammonds. New Orleans vocalist W. J. O Niel, Tom Johnson, Doug Miles with “Saw,” Guy Stubbs and a strong Community Chorus lead a afternoon of popular melodies and singing.
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West Monroe
Monroe
Leon Hammonds
W. J. O’niel
New Orleans
Tom Johnson
Doug
Miles
Guy Stubbs
Rev. Evans
Clarence Faulk
Ouachita Rally Committee Appointed for Monroe Event
The Ouachita Parish Club rally executive committee was appointed for the May 20 Monroe event. Members include Allen Peevy Ray Foster Erie de Cole Travis Franklin Zola Burney and Allen Wright representing Calhoun Fairbanks Swartz.
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Ouachita Parish
Monroe
Allen Peevy
Ray Foster
Calhoun
Erie de Cole
Travis Franklin
Fairbanks
Zola Burney
Allen Wright
Swartz
Dempsey and Carpentier Agree on Paris Return Match
Paris May 6. A purse of 490000 dollars with seventy five percent to the winner and the rest to the loser is offered to Jack Dempsey for a rematch with Georges Carpentier at Pershing Stadium next autumn.
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Paris
Jack Dempsey
Georges Carpentier
Pershing Stadium
Three Negroes Burned After White Girl Murder
Kirvin Texas May 6 A mob of about 500 men burned three African American men at a stake early this morning after they were accused of assault and murder of a seventeen year old white girl whose mutilated body was found nearby Snap Curry the first to be burned was taken from Freestone county officers while being moved from Wortham to an area west of town He allegedly confessed to the mob and implicated the other two men in the crime.
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Associated Press
Kirvin
Tex
Snap” Curry
Freestone County
Wortham
Free-for-All to Be Aired Tuesday
Joseph Mickel P T Mickel D Solo mon Dalers Solomon F Kalil T Thom as N Thomas and John Solomon were arrested by Officers Ham and Henry on charges of fighting and disturbing the peace and will be tried Tuesday morning by Judge B A Trousdale. Johnnie Overton, chauffeur in a Grand street auto crash, was fined and license revoked after agreeing to pay damages.
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Joseph Mickel
P. T. Mickel
D. Solomon
Dalers Solomon
F. Kalil
T. Thomas
N.thomas
John Solomon
Ham and
Henry
B. A. Trousdale
Johnnie Overton
Grand Street
Trousdale
Open Letter to Gov Parker on Ku Klux Klan Critique
A Mansfield letter dated April 16, 1922 addresses Governor John M Parker praising his administration while arguing against his suppression of the Ku Klux Klan. The writer defends the Klan by citing its principles and honors Jewish American figures like Judah P Benjamin, signaling deep political controversy. CONTINUED ON PAGE FOUR.
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Mansfield, la
John M. Parker
Baron
Redan la
State of
Louisiana
Ku-Klux-Klan
Judah P. Benjamin
Southern Confederacy
Flood danger ends as Monroe back from flood zone
Former City Commissioner A V Miller says Northeastern Louisiana is no longer in danger from Mississippi floods north of Lake Providence. Miller, who led flood fighters at Arkansas City, praises local residents and levee boards for preventing widespread flooding from Lake Providence to Arkansas City.
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Harrisonburg
Jonesville
Frogmore
Catahoula Hills
Monroe
Louisiana
Mississippi River
Lake Providence
A. V. Miller
Arkansas City
Mississippi
Miller
Tensas Basin
Flood Ties Up Louisiana Lumber Mills Across Parishes
Flooding has shut down many lumber plants in Louisiana with eastern plants on the Missouri Pacific and the Arkansas and Louisiana lines under water. Officials say 10 to 15 mills on the Missouri Pacific and a similar number on the AR&L are out of operation until August. Only a few plants in Northeastern and Eastern Louisiana remain active, boosting lumber demand.
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Louisiana
Missouri Pacific
Arkansas and Louisiana
Arkansas
Old-Time Baptizing at Baptist Church Ends Revival
The Baptist Tabernacle revival concluded Thursday night with 114 additions to the First Baptist Church and over 75 awaiting baptism. Sunday services will be in the auditorium with a sermon titled Giving no Man Another Chance, followed by an evening baptismal service for converts from the past weeks.
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Baptist Tabernacle
First Baptist Church
Frank Tripp
First Baptist Ci
Bastrop Revival To Start June 10
Rev Frank Tripp Baptist pastor at Monroe will start a Bastrop revival on June 10. The event will run for two weeks.
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Frank Tripp
Monroe
Bastrop
Monroe Chamber invites gas interests to May conference
The Monroe Chamber of Commerce calls on oil and gas companies, landowners and operators to send representatives to a May 17 meeting at 2 p m in Monroe. The aim is to plan industrial development leveraging the Monroe gas field with a new Industry Bureau and an industrial pipeline.
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Monroe
Chamber of Commerce
Louisiana
S. M. Collins
Monroe Chamber of Commerce
Monre
America
New Orleans
Ouachita River
Arkansas
As of Commerce
Eas
Monroe Field
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Capital
Natchez
Warren Jefferson
Louisiana National Guard
Weecama Crevasse
Concordia Parish
Ferriday
Vidalia
Forest
National Red Cross
Washington
Memphis
Houston
Texas
Natethez
West Side
Committee For
Rally OF
Dempsey and
Carpentier
J. R. Reynolds
Groes
Gov. Parker
Neil Sing, Leon Hammond
J. L. Evans
West Monroe Methodist Church
Baptist Church
Methodist Protestant Church
Wexler’s
Genasco
Methodist Church
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