Monroe Plans Paving and Sewer Upgrades
City engineer Reynolds reports three miles of paving completed with fifteen miles begun and more work planned over the next years. Funding from a 1918 bond issue for sewers and drainage will proceed alongside paving, while a power plant project has used most of the remaining funds. The department promises thorough, lasting work with strict supervision and selective contracting. Two Monroe men, Everly Carter and Hilton Goodwin, graduate from the U S Naval Academy with commissioned officer rank and will visit in June.
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Monroe
Reynolds
Ich
Cording
Everly Carter
Hilton Goodwin
L. Smiths River Readings
Stage 7 am readings show Arkansas City 41.7 with fall 14. Greenville 35.4 with fall .7. Vicksburg fall 9. Natchez 48.5 with fall .5. New Orleans 194 with fall .1. Monroe 40.2 with fall 3.
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Arkansas City
Greenville
Vicksburg
Natchez
New Orleans
Monroe
Mob Burns Body of Negro After He Is Shot and Killed
In Waco Texas on May 27 a mob killed and burned Jesse Thomas after he was identified as having killed Harrell Bolton and attacked a woman. Mrs Margaret Hayes identified Thomas, whose body was dragged through the streets and burned in the public square before dawn. Local officials expect no charges against Sam Harris, father of the slain woman, and Texas Rangers reinforced the county jail where five other men await murder trials.
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Waco
Texas
Jesse Thomas
Harrell Bolton
Sam Harris
Margaret Hays
Thomas
Hayes
Bolton
Harris
Texas Rangers
McClennan County
Grayling Lumber Mill to Resume Tuesday Operations
Grayling Lumber Company's mill at Monroe will reopen Tuesday May 30 after high water closed it since April 14. The planning mill will not begin for at least two weeks, and the damage mill is not expected to operate until sometime in June.
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Grayling Lumber Company
Monroe
Guard Units Withdrawn From Flood Levee Duty in Louisiana
Four companies of the Louisiana National Guard that guarded 175 miles of levees from Donaldsonville to Melville are being withdrawn. Companies aiding relief in the flooded area will stay on duty at the relief committee’s request.
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Lom
Louisiana National Guard
Associated Press
Baton Rouge
Donaldsonville
Mississippi
Red River
Red
Aatcha
Falaya
Atchafalaya
Melville
Orth Louisiana Farm Bureaus to Attend Baton Rouge Conference
North Louisiana parish farm bureau delegates will meet in Baton Rouge in June to organize a permanent state Louisiana Farm Bureau federation. G. Tanner and other leaders prepare the session with attendees named from Ouachita Morehouse Union Jackson Webster East Carroll Madison West Carroll Caldwell Richland Lincoln Bossier Caddo.
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Orth Louisiana Farm Bureaus
Elegates
Batonage
Orth Louisiana
Parish Farm Bureau
A Rouge
Louisiana Farm Bureau Ration
G. Tanner
Treat
Louisiana State Farm Bu- Federation
North Louisiana Agricultural
Baton Rouge
Ouachita
A. L. Smith
Morehouse
W. T. Smith
Union
J. W. Brown
Jackson
W. B. McClendon
Webster
D. Knight
East Carroll
N. C. Williamson
Madison
Walter Scott
West Carroll
Q. A. Hester
Caldwell
W. Turner
Richland
C. C. Norma
Lincoln
W. W. Brewster
Bossier
Will Mercer
Caddo
J. 3. Douglas
School Board seeks 125000 for training institute facilities
Louisiana Training Institute trustees and Supt W J Gill traveled to Baton Rouge to urge the Appropriations Committee to fund 125000 of a 225000 request. The plan calls for two cottages to house 75 to 100 inmates and an industrial building to teach trades, with dining kitchen and assembly hall due by June. The governor supports funding but flood-relief demands delay the larger project. plans for a large industrial plant are postponed.
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Institute
Louisiana Training Institute
Frank Masling
Monroe
Baton Rouge
W. J. Gill
Appropriations Committee
Gill
Parker
Masling
No Quorum In State Senate Leads To Recess
In Baton Rouge on Friday May 27 only 14 senators answered roll as the Senate adjourned for lack of a quorum. Debate centered on whether a minority could adjourn day by day. Bouanchaud ruled brief adjournment till Monday night valid, and the session proceeded without full membership.
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Baton Rouge
State Senate
Bouanchaud
House
Senate
J. D. Simon
McLawrasen
Simon
Southern plans for new drive for local gas
Indications of intensified wildcat activity for oil in Ouachita and Morehouse parishes follow recent property acquisitions by major gas interests. Southern Carbon Company bought the Viets property for 100000, to drill test wells along a long strip across sections in two parishes. No definite drilling locations or start dates have been disclosed.
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Ouachita
Morehouse
Viets
Southern Carbon Company
Ouachita and Morehouse
Woman's Day Observed at Aggie Meeting in Calhoun
Woman's Day will be observed at the Louisiana Experimental Station in Calhoun on the last Wednesday in June under Mrs. Jewellc Quiller direction. Mrs. Lottie Calhoun is program committee chair. Hundreds from Northeastern Louisiana will attend with home demonstration agents joining from several parishes. A large basket dinner and numerous agricultural demonstrations and exhibits are planned.
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Louisiana Experimental Station
Calhoun
JewellcQuiller
Ouachita Parish
Lottie Calhoun
Louisiana
Oil Strike Rumors Near Arcadia Spur Debate in Bienville Parish
Reported oil strike near Arcadia in Bienville Parish stirs chatter in Monroe with no details from the conservation office. Humphries Texas interests drill 3,300 feet into a supposed dry hole and push for about 60 more feet hoping for oil. Hollis Well No 1 in Union parish 10-23-2W shows fair to middlin indications as Gulf Refining’s Davis No 1 continues at 2,790 feet with indications of oil but not confirmed.
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Arcadia
Bienville
Monroe
Conservation Department
Humphries-Texas
Hollis
Union Parish
Davis No. 1
Gulf Refining Company
Prisoners Taken to Pen Prison by Local Officials
Six prisoners were moved to the State penitentiary by Sheriff Arthur Grant and Deputy Sheriff Clark Faulk. Those listed include J. M. Broussard serving fifteen to twenty years for alleged criminal assault, Brady Webb for cow stealing, Emanuel McHenry for lying in wait, Robert Johnson for forgery, Ike Brown for larceny, and John Langford for manslaughter.
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State Penitentiary
Arthur Grant
Clark Faulk
J. M. Broussard
Brady Webb
Emanuel McHenry
Robert Johnson
Ike Brown
John Langford
Pegro
Four Earthquakes Tremor at Terni Near Rome
Four violent earthquakes struck near Terni, about fifty miles north of Rome, terrorizing residents for miles around and shaking the region with strong tremors.
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Rome
Terni
New Clues in Ward Murder Case Spark New Sensations
Bloodstains on Ward home steps and a fingerprinted playing card shift the case. Ward remains jailed as habeas corpus is denied while police seek motive, possible unidentified woman, and inquest plans. Investigators also probe potential Peters slaying at Ward home and await bail fight in Newburgh.
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White Plains
N. Y
New Rochelle
Walter S. Ward
Clarence Peters
Ward
Supreme Court
Young
Peters
Justice Young
Weeks
Seeger
Newburgh
Policeman Guards Inman Park School After PTA Fight
Inman Park public school in Atlanta was guarded by a police officer after last night’s PTA meeting erupted over a resolution urging reelection of two Catholic teachers. Police were summoned to quell the disturbance at the school.
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Atlanta
Inman Park
Parent-Teachers’ Association
Panther Seen at Monroe Home After Rabbit Raid
Reports say a panther believed to be the same animal responsible for previous attacks was active at 408 Calypso Street, Monroe, Friday night. The creature broke a wire cage owned by Mrs. Myrtle Porter, killing the adult rabbit and eight young ones before fleeing with their carcasses.
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Monroe
J. H. Young
Calypso Street
Myrtle Porter
Fifth District Man to Stay at His Post Here
Congressman Riley J. Wilson of the fifth district states he will not seek the governorship. He cites public service as the motive and highlights flood control on the Mississippi River as the state's paramount issue. He emphasizes his current role in Congress offers greater opportunity to aid his constituents.
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Louisiana
Riley J. Wilson
Fifth District
Fifth Congressional District
Congress
Mississippi River
Pastor Delivers Commencement Address at Ruston High School
Rev. Frank Tripp of First Baptist returned to the city Saturday after delivering the commencement address Friday night to thirty graduates of Ruston High School.
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Frank Tripp
First Baptist Church
Ruston
Ruston High School
Former West Monroe man held for embezzlement in Pine Bluff
Willard Jarman, once of West Monroe, confessed embezzler, was brought from Pomona California to Pine Bluff Arkansas for trial. He reportedly admitted robbing a Pine Bluff bank and planned to borrow funds to reimburse the bank. Jarman left Ouachita Parish fifteen years ago with relatives and was captured in California.
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West Monroe
Pine Bluff
Tolle
Arkansas
Ouachita Parish
Willard Jarman
Pire Bluff
Ark
Pomona
Calif
Jarman
Louisiana
J. 3
Sanderford Jarman
Mobile
Ala
Monroe
Cal
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Monroe Graduates
L. Smith’s
MR. Masling
Board of Trustees
Supt
The
Trus
Tees
Committee On Appropriations
STATE
Southern
AGGIE
Policeman Guards School
Washington
Tripp
Genasco
J. L. Evans
California
First Presbyterian
B. C. Bell
Red River Presbytery
Christian Endeavor
Church Auditorium
Tabernacle
Frank
Forsythe Park
Ruston Vs. Monroe
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