Catts Sought After Peonage Indictment and Pardon Bribery
Pensacola Florida May 19 federal grand jury indicted former Governor Sidney J Catts on two counts charging peonage of two black individuals. state authorities seek Catts for taking 700 to obtain a convict pardon. He is missing. last seen in Walton county weeks ago after term ended January 3.
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Sidney J. Catts
Walton County
Pensacola
Fla
Catts
Bradford County Grand Jury
Florida
Raiders Attempt to Destroy Dipping Vat Sparks Gunfire
Special to Monroe News-Star reports in Caldwell parish fifth ward three vats blown up and a fourth targeted. Vigilantes guard the fourth vat. attackers fire on guards but are repelled. Bloodhounds track suspects to a farm, where a split hoofed horse ties to a nearby farmer defending cattle dipping.
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Monroe News-Star
Columbia
Caldwell Parish
Mangham Oil Test Nears Final Result in Richland Parish
Residents of Richland village in Louisiana have waited ten days as Mangham Oil and Gas Company resumes testing at Baker No. 1. A final test is planned for about 2,700 feet by Saturday or Monday, with locals hopeful a new pool yields paying quantities of oil. The scene attracts operators nationwide as drilling resumes in section 4 16 7, about a mile from Mangham.
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Mangham
Monroe
New Orleans & Northwestern
Ferriday
Mangham Oil & Gas Co
Baker No
Richland
Parish
Citizens prepare to serve as deputy sheriffs to end mountain war
Several hundred citizens of Mingo county are ready to answer the call of authorities and take up the duties of special deputy sheriffs should they be needed. This course was decided upon at a meeting last night.
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Associated Press
Williamson
Mingo County
Marine strike settlement seen likely by arbitration
Washington May 19 The decision of seamen marine engineers and radio operators to place full power in Secretary Davis to settle with ship owners and the shipping board in the marine wage dispute offers a definite prospect for ending the quarrel.
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Associated Press
Washington
Davis
Shipping Board
Presbyterians of South Meet in St Louis
St Louis May 19 The sixty first general assembly of the Southern Presbyterian Church convened today with plans to expand denomination activities. Over 300 commissioners from sixteen southern states represent 876000 members as they consider a 6 million dollar budget for foreign and domestic missions.
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ST. Louis
Sixty-First General Assembly
The
Southern Presbyterian Church
General Assembly
Real Estate Deals Expand in Monroe Arkansas Region
In Monroe numerous deals closed including John C Liscomb transferring a 521 acre half interest to John E Doughtie for 15000. J R Breathwit sold all merchantable pine timber on acreage 15 17N 1E to J F Meeks for 11531.37. Mrs Catherine V M Apgar sold Layton's Add Monroe property on Ouachita Ave to Mrs Lucille Mellon for 6500 with 3285.25 cash. W L Boyd sold Lot 50 on Ouachita Ave to A L Brunner for 1243.90 and Evan W Carroll sold a Drago tract lot to Frank C Breese for 3000. J F Meeks sold timber rights in 9 12N 1E to Calhoun Lumber Co for 3000.
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Monroe
John C.liscomb
John E. Doughtie
J. R. Breathwit
J.F. Meeks
Ouachita Avenue
Drago
J. F. Meeks
Calhoun Lumber Company, Incorporated
Gasser Flames From Well After Lightning Strike
The St Louis well of LaDel Oil Properties was struck by lightning and has burned for over a month. Fire teams from Sid Simmons Drilling plan to use steam if water fails to extinguish the blaze. The gasser shoots flames twenty-five to seventy-five feet high with a ten foot halo around the pipe and may require mud or concrete to curb flames outside the main jet.
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St. Louis
LaDel Oil Properties, Incorporated
Sid Simmons Drilling Company
Monroe
Brenham Klan Parade in White Masks Draws Attention
About 500 Ku Klux Klan members paraded Brenham streets last night in white robes and masks. New York Ellis Island issued a strict typhus quarantine after yesterday's immigrant deaths.
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Brenham
Texas
Ku Klux Klan
New York
Ellis Island
Highwaymen Captured After Night Chase In St Clair
Two youths described as highwaymen were captured last night in St Clair Missouri. Both were wounded. They gave names as Raymond Seitz 22 Herman Louisiana and Raymond Roberts 18 Tulsa Oklahoma.
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St. Clair
Raymond Seitz
Herman
Raymond Roberts
Tulsa
Okla
Dixie Highway Association Delegates Meet in Chattanooga
More than two hundred delegates gather for the Dixie Highway Association annual meeting in Chattanooga where Kentucky routing changes will be advocated by special delegations attending for this purpose.
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Chattanooga
Dixie Highway Association
Kentucky
Lane's Body Reaches Chicago After Rochester Death
The body of former interior secretary Frank L. Lane arrived in Chicago with wife G W Lane and relatives. Funeral plans are not set, cremation is planned.
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Chicago
Franklin K. Lane
Secretary of the Interior
Rochester, Minn
G. W. Lane
Franklin K. Lane, Jr
Junior League Huskies Play Ball Today at Monroe Park
Three Monroe Junior League baseball games unfold this afternoon at Forsythe Park. Monroe Hardware faces O P Slack, Rotary meets Louisiana Training School, and Elks clash with Ouachita Coca Cola. League officers include President Joe Biedenharn and Manager F E Hundley.
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Huskies
Monroe's Park
Forsythe Park
Monroe
Monroe Hardware
O. P. Slack
Rotary
Louisiana Training School
Elks
Ouachita Coca-Cola
Monroe Junior Baseball League
Joe Biedenharn
W. J. Gill
Marvin Spaugh
F. E. Hundley
Coca-Cola Bottling Company
Monroe Hardware Co
Fred Woods
Ellis
Robert Cooper
P. Slack
Lester McClain
Allen Smith
Louisiana Training Institute
Charles Coaperville
H. L. Rosenhein
J. Arthur Smith, Jr
Aaron Parker
South Side
Forysthe Park
Rotary Elks Weaes
Coca-Cola Bot, CO
Issrenepeeternee
Munholland and Godwin
Capedville and Bourg
Elliott and Jones
Lawrence and Cooper and Thomas
Ssssseseereeseene
Woods and Haynes
Cascio and Cabinet
Lake Charles Wins Third Game of Series Over Monroe Nine to Four
Monroe started strong scoring four runs through four innings on seven hits but failed to hit after the fourth. Covington limited Monroe to one hit from the fifth on while Lake Charles outhit Monroe sixteen to eight and added two runs per inning except the eighth. The Lake Charles club, facing Ruston next, outhustled and outplayed Monroe to clinch the three game set.
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Lake Charles
Monroe
Covington
Joe Miller
Hamilton
Higginbotham
Balshaw
Price
Ruston
Rail Traffic addressed for Rotarians in Monroe
Rotarian H J Fernandez traffic manager of the Monroe Chamber of Commerce spoke at the Rotary luncheon on the Monroe Traffic Bureau. He cited efforts to prevent exorbitant rates and unjust discrimination noting freight and express rate protections that saved local shippers thousands of dollars by blocking proposed increases.
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H. J. Fernandez
Monroe Chamber of Commerce
Rotary
Fernandez
Monroe Traffic Bureau
Monroe
Territories
Southwest
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Geo
Morbis
New Gusher
Mangham Oil, Gas and Development Company
Richland Village
Ouachita
J. F. Meek
Ouachita Parish
Lane
Herrira
Daughtry
Pendarvis
Wiggert
Ouachita Game
Ming Poe
Natural Gas Company, Inc
Genasco
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