Flood Victims in Louisiana and Mississippi Seek National Aid
Flood relief spreads in Louisiana as Red Cross and National Guard distribute food to 25,000 affected people. West Mississippi flood commission appeals to Congress and the President for nationwide contributions as 30,000 Mississippians and 1,000 Louisianans face seven days of food shortage.
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RED Cross
Washington
West Mississippi
Mississippi
Louisiana
Associated Press
Natchez
Weecama
Ferriday
Louisiana Food Relief Commission
Louisiana National Guard
Baton Rouge
Maay
Joseph Logan
Southern Division
The
Monroe Chamber Junior Board Paves Additional Streets
The Monroe Chamber of Commerce junior board reports five more streets to be paved at residents expense with petitions signed on Washington from Sixth to Wall, Bres Walnut to Fifth, Arkansas, Walnut to Sixth, St John, Jackson and Telemache as part of a seven mile summer paving plan. The annual directors meeting is set for the first Tuesday in June, with Courtney Oliver A K Kilpatrick and Sam Smith to arrange it. The group invites the Grand Chapter Order of the Eastern Star to hold its next convention in Monroe.
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Committee On Paving
Monroe Chamber of Commerce
Washington Street
Sixth
Wall Streets
Bres Street
Walnut
Fifth Streets
Arkansas Avenue
Sixth Street
St. John Street
Jackson Street
Telemache
Walnut Street
Pine
Louisville
Third Streets
Courtney Oliver
A. K. Kilpatrick
Sam Smith
Grand Chapter
Order of the Eastern Star
Lake Charles
Monroe
Ouachita River
Louisiana
F. M. Gates
Kiwanis Members Hear on Building and Loan Work
Kiwanis speaker J. W. McWilliams outlines Louisiana building and loan firms totaling sixty nine organizations with 55 million dollars in assets. He notes Monroe home building growth, par pricing, and that nearly half of Monroe homes are built through such associations. The club invites the Eastern Star Grand Chapter to Monroe next year as Miss Dolores Miller and W. J. O Neil entertain.
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Louisiana
J. W. McWilliams
Monroe
McWilliams
Building and Loan Association
Kiwanis Club
Grand
Order of the Eastern Star
Lake Charles
Dolores Miller
St. Louis
Reading
W. J. O'Neil
Calhoun Woman Sues Father In Law For 10000 In Libel Case
Rosa B. Wininger of Calhoun asks $10,000 damages in district court against her father in law J M Wininger Sr alleging he spread libelous statements about her. She alleges illicit relations with Dr W J Hodges. Wininger Sr denies the exact words but says truth and justification. The case will be heard in Sixth District before Judge Odom with local attorneys representing both sides.
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J. M. Wininger, Sr
Rosa B. Wininger
J. B. Lamkin
W. F. Pipes
Sixth District Court
Odom
Monroe
Mr. Wininger, Sr
W. F. Millsaps
Allan Sholars
Young Man Dies After Accident at Sanitarium
Richard Partin a 22 year old from Meridian Mississippi died at St Francis sanitarium in Monroe after injuries from repair work on Tuesday. He bumped his head Tuesday afternoon collapsed en route to a physician, convulsed and died Wednesday at 3 AM. An autopsy was held and no inquest was deemed necessary by Coroner Dr C P Gray.
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Richard Partin
Meridian
Miss
St. Francis Sanitarium
Monroe
Louis Krickel
Partin
C. P. Gray
Parish
Ask Merchants To Give Aid In Home Play Week
A Monroe Chamber of Commerce junior board adopted a resolution asking local merchants and residents to support Home Play Week from May 22 for the entire week. Parents are urged to dedicate part of each day to playing with their children at home to foster bonding and child development.
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Merchants of
Monroe
Monroe Chamber of Commerce
Murder charge nolle pressed in Louisiana case
Lake Charles May 10. At the request of Assistant District Attorney Pickrel the murder charge against F Meyers of DeQuincey in the death of Stephen Romanick was nolle pressed.
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Lake Charles
Pickrel
F. Meyers
DeQuincey
Stephen Romanick
Nolle
Extension plan meets Wilson approval in Louisiana farming drive
Farmers in northeast Louisiana push to resume crops after floods with Ouachita Farm Bureau urging Congress to extend the War Finance Corporation. Congressman Wilson backs extension from July 1 to January 1, aiding cotton plans for 1922 and 1923 amid delays.
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J. H. Watkins
Ouachita Valley National Farm Association
Harry F. Kapp
Louisiana Farm Bureau Federation
Baton Rouge
Parish Farm Bureau
Louisiana
War Finance Corporation
Kapp
Farm Bureau
W. H.watkins
Ouachita Valley National Farm Loan Association
Riley J. Wilson
Ouachita Farm Bureau Executive Committee
A. L. Smith
Ouachita
North Louisiana
Watkins
Two Negroes Sentenced in Louisiana Court
Cornell Henderson received two years in the state penitentiary for highway robbery after a purse snatching in Monroe. hotel porter Brown got eighteen months for stealing from a traveling salesman. Other reports list a murder indictment, arrests in Caldwell and Ouachita parishes, and a new assault case in Ouachita Parish.
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Caldwell
Ouachita Parish
Columbia
Cornell Henderson
Memphis
Louisiana State Penitentiary
Fred M. Odom
Henderson
R. B. Cox
Monroe
L. V. Tarver
R. E. Heap
Memphis Police Department
the Brown
Brown
P. E. Kemp
Eugene Wesley
Dan Wesley
Charles Hunter
Tom Kesla
McDonald and
Glendora
J. E. McClanahan
J. J. Humble
Caldwell Parish
D. L. Roper
Lumber Plant Office Burns at Standard
Sparks from a locomotive ignited the roof causing the office store and warehouse of the Louisiana Central Lumber Company at Standard Louisiana to burn Tuesday around 1 10 pm. The upper floor housed lodge rooms for the Knights of Pythias Odd Fellows and Masons. All lodge and company records were saved. Total loss estimated at about 6000 dollars.
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Louisiana Central Lumber Company
Standard
Knights of Pythias, Odd Fellows and Masons
Two Are Killed in Bomb Plots in Chicago Riots
Two policemen were killed and a third wounded in early Chicago violence tied to labor warfare over the Landis wage award. Bombings damaged two buildings as police arrested three labor leaders at the building trades headquarters, including Big Tim Murphy Fred Mader and Cornelius Shead.
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Chicago
Fitzmorris
Landis
Building Trades Council
Building Trades Labor
Big Tim” Murphy
Fred Mader
Cornelius Shead
Local Post to Host Yank Luncheon at Elks Club
Faulk Post No. 18 of the American Legion will entertain ex service men Thursday evening May 11 at the Elks Club. Chairman J Morton Myatt leads preparations for a lively gathering with marching rations served. All World War veterans are urged to attend and wear medals or dog tags.
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Leonidas Barkdal
Faulk
American Legion
Elks Club
J. Morton Myatt
Quartermaster Corps
K. P
M. P
Louisiana Legislature Opens With Tax Proposals Amid Flood Aid
Baton Rouge May 10 The senate adopted a house concurrent resolution authorizing the liquidation board to borrow 360000 for flood sufferers with no dissent. In the house Representative Gilbert Dupre proposed a constitutional amendment to cut local assessments to 50 percent of state purposes. Senator E Wayles Brown announced an amendment for severance tax proceeds four fifths to the general fund and one fifth to the Agricultural college, signaling a battle with administration forces as the severance tax war renews this session.
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Associated Press
Baton Rouge
Senate
House
Board of Liquidation
Louisiana
Gilbert L. Dupre
E. Wayles Brown
Shreveport
Brown
Agricultural College
Gare
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Chicot
Panther Forest
M’williams
Ainda
Calhoun
Rosa Brb. Wininger
Wilson
Trict
Ouachita Farm Bureau
Gram
C. R. Russell
Fred Odom
Negro Hotel Porter
Oscar Rentz
L. P. Warner
Grayson
Rentz
Warner
George Lewis
Arthur Williams
Sherry D. L. Roper
the Maccabees
City Hall
Riveria Pavilion
Ham Crawford
Orchestra
Havana
Cuba
Weaks Supply Co
Genasco Roofl
Representative Dupre
Leon Hammonds
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