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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
May 28, 1917
Page
1
A fierce storm leaves many dead across four southern states. rescue workers rush to affected towns as damaged infrastructure and displaced residents strain emergency services. assessment teams map the devastation and coordinate relief efforts.
Reports from noon indicate 103 deaths and over 300 injuries across Kentucky Arkansas Mississippi Tennessee and Alabama. Communications remain out at many locations as rescue and aid efforts continue amid widespread damage.
Reports from Memphis detail a sweeping tornado path through northwestern Tennessee, southwestern Kentucky, eastern Arkansas, and Alabama mining towns. Dead totals exceed forty near Hickman Kentucky and rise in Mississippi, Arkansas, and Tennessee communities while injuries surpass one hundred. Rescue teams search wrecked farms and villages as property and crops suffer heavy damage.
Voters in Manchester await tomorrow’s special election to fill the late Cyrus A. Sulloway seat. The contest narrows along party lines with both sides keenly watching the outcome in a closely divided Congress.
In Manchester district a Republican candidate Sherman F. Burroughs faces Democrat Patrick H. Sullivan. The campaign centers on temperance versus prohibition and the war issue, with Republicans stressing wet and dry policy and Democrats pledging alignment with the President on the war.
Boston Forsyth Dental Infirmary opens a free training course for dental surgeons to join the Dental Reserve Corps as the army seeks about 1000 specialists within a month. Final appointments will be set by the surgeon general's representatives. In Ann Arbor a Michigan course on head face and mouth sounds also starts for seniors and practitioners with no tuition.
A United States court will convene in Monroe beginning tomorrow with grand and petit juries drawn. Judge Rufus E. Foster of New Orleans will preside over criminal cases arising from indictments issued while Judge G. W. Jack served as district attorney. Proceedings target cases against Union National Bank officials.
Washington reports that criminal prosecutions will follow attempts to hinder war army bill registration. Attorney General Gregory said propaganda to discourage registration breaks the law and will be prosecuted. Officials nationwide are instructed to watch for violations and enforce penalties under the act and federal code.
The text compares two merchants A and B with identical stock values who differ in pricing and advertising. It notes advertising speeds turnover and lowers distribution costs, a theme to be discussed at the Associated Advertising Clubs of the World convention in St Louis, June 7 next, with big business men attending to gain ideas valuable to merchants.
The Shreveport Times reports Louisiana faces a stalled health board vote on an oil inspection supervisor amid a push for an extraordinary legislature session to amend the widow's dowry and unlock federal land bank operations. Delegates rally statewide to press Governor Pleasant for action as war needs trigger new legislation.
Washington announces Louisiana’s John T. Michel for Interstate Commerce Commission. A State Railroad Commission vacancy may follow Michel’s elevation, affecting parishes including Orleans and Jefferson. Names like Hayden W. Wren and Kim surface as contenders for the city organization’s backing and the plum post.
The Monroe City Court records show widespread vagrancy arrests with few prosecutions. Dozens of men were detained or released as evidence was weak and police and judges clashed over proper enforcement of the vagrancy laws. The sole conviction came amid claims the police overstep, while the judge called for stronger proof.
Revised figures show 246 dead and 1207 injured across Illinois Indiana Kansas Kentucky Mississippi Missouri Tennessee Alabama and Arkansas from storms over three days. Millions in property damage reported as vast areas become desolate wastes.
Early reports from Arkansas Tennessee and Alabama districts swept by tornadoes list deaths up to 100 in some areas. Mississippi River from Tiptonville to Hickman shows high fatalities, with towns like Dwyersburg Landing Antioch Sharon Sayre and Mississippi County Arkansas among the hardest hit and injuries likely in the hundreds.
Chicago reports over 150 dead across Illinois Indiana Kentucky Tennessee Arkansas and Kansas from severe windstorms Friday to Sunday. Mattoon Illinois records 54 dead and 590 injured with about 2 million in losses, while Charleston Illinois and Andale Kansas report heavy fatalities and property damage. Many farms ruined, thousands homeless, widespread debris, and cattle and horse losses noted.
Reports from Arkansas Indiana and Illinois recount numerous storm deaths and hundreds of injuries. Governor Lowden sends state troops to assist relief efforts as Red Cross mobilizes workers and supplies, with funds urged to aid homeless and affected residents.
Portland reports a Pacific Coast conference of shipbuilders and workers aims to agree on a wage dispute to avoid interference with the government shipbuilding program. After a early year Portland strike, local workers gained raises. Seattle yard raises have prompted talks toward a coast wide standard scale.
Washington reports expected rapid passage of the administration food measure to stimulate production and a national food census. Both chambers resume consideration in identical form with House likely to vote today and Senate within days, followed by a second bill for food supply control. Memorial Day adjournment looms.
Associated Press reports from Roanoke Virginia that William Velon McCoy and J W Phipps were arrested in Southeast Virginia mountains on charges of organizing mountain communities to resist the draft act. They allegedly led about three hundred followers planning to raid St Paul raid revenue agents and landowners, then divide the loot.
The Italians push toward Duino narrowing the distance to Triest as they breach defenses. France repels German assaults near Casque Teton and Font Bianc while Verdun fronts face shelling by German forces. Berlin claims French lines near Polschburg and Keilberg captured with 250 prisoners as political tensions rise in Austria Hungary and Spain Germany tensions threaten new war.
Vice Admiral role assigned in Washington on May 28 as President Wilson designates Rear Admiral Jims to oversee naval operations in European waters.
In Washington on May 28, Representative Jeannette Rankin made her maiden speech in the House, urging an amendment to the food bill to ensure women are employed where feasible in the food survey project.
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