Ouachita Parish Protest Over High State Assessments
J M Breard Jr president of the Ouachita police jury denounces excessive state assessments. He argues Ouachita and Monroe should not be penalized for higher local valuations and asks for at least a 25 percent reduction. The letter to A M Smith requests relief from the State Taxing Commission.
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M. Breard
Ouachita
A. M. Smith
Baton Rouge
Breardaid
Monroe
House of Representaives
Louisiana
Dupre
Parish of
City of
J. M. Breard, JR
Police Jury
Rail workers face $48 million wage cut across railroads
The United States railway labor board ordered maintenance of way workers paid from one to five cents less per hour beginning July 1, affecting about 400,000 employees and signaling further decisions for 500,000 shopmen clerks telegraphers and station workers. The action aims to reduce costs by $48 million yearly and is expected to provoke debate over a living wage and transport rights.
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Federal Railroad Board
Associated Press
Chicago
Railroad Labor Board
Detroit
United Brotherhood of Maintenance Way
E. F. Grable
Labor Board
B. M. Jewell
American Federation of Labor
United States Railway Labor Board
Russian Cossack Leader Allowed to Stay in U S
Supreme Court upholds deportation stay for General Gregorio Semenoff Russian Cossack leader amid demand by Senator Borak. Decision cites immigration rules and Indian extradition case. Also notes ruling that Pacific Railway control not unlawful and baseball under national agreement not subject to Sherman Act.
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Supreme Court Today
Fower Court
Charles Glenn Collins
Fittz
India
Bombay Jewelry Co
New Orleans
Collins
Spreme
Southern Pacific Company
Pacific Railway
Gregorio Semenoff
Borak
Idaho
Russia
Supreme Court
Commerce
Bastrop's Mill Starts Up Work
The Bastrop Pulp and Paper Company plant in Bastrop Morehouse parish along the Arkansas Louisiana Missouri railway, built at a cost of several hundred thousand dollars last year, resumes operations today after months of shutdown due to high freight rates. Officials say orders were not lacking but freight costs prompted the halt and that a general rate reduction helps the restart.
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Bastorp Pulp and Paper Company
Arkansas & Louisiana Missouri Railway
Morehouse Parish
Bastrop
Col McMillan Urges Aid for Citizens Military Camp at McClellan
Lieut Col R F McMillan chief of staff of the Eighty seventh division with headquarters in New Orleans visited Monroe to promote the Citizens Training Camp at McClellan Alabama from July to August 26. He expects strong attendance from Mississippi and Louisiana with 17 to 27 year olds eligible. He will next visit Alexandria after stops in Shreveport and Lake Charles.
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M’millan
M’clellan
Alabama
R. F. McMillan
New Orleans
Monroe
Carrip McClellan
McMillan
Ng Camp
Mississippi
Louisiana
Rampact
Shreveport
Lake Charles
Menrote
Alexandria
Wife of Jarman Visits Him and Tells Him That He Deserves It
Pine Bluff May 29 Efforts were under way to obtain bond for Willard Jarman who admits stealing between 18000 and 21000 from Merchants and Planters Bank. Jarman indicted on six counts with bonds set at 5000 for him and 2500 for accomplice Mrs Anna Shepherd. Relatives from Louisiana visited the jail. his wife urged him to repent and try to be a man. Ruby Brown, not charged, released. Clyde Bell the chauffeur was jailed in Tennessee.
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Pine Bluff
Willard Jarman
Merchants & Planters Bank
Jarman
California
Anna Shepherd
Louisiana
Ruby Brown
New Orleans
New York
Shepherd
Auto Party
Clyde Bell
Tennessee
Veterans Honor Memorial Day In Monroe Confederate Farewell Ride
Confederate veterans in and around Monroe will ride to the old city cemetery on June 3 as Daughters of the Confederacy place floral tributes on graves. Old soldiers will recall Civil War memories and give brief speeches before a round trip through Monroe ends the observance led by Captain W P Renwick of the Henry W Allen Camp.
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Southland
Monroe
Daughters of the Confederacy
W. P. Renwick
Henry W. Allen
United Confederate Veter
Treating Plant Promised for Monroe by English Syndicate
J E Henderson states an English syndicate plans a Monroe plant employing about 150 people to chemically treat pine and other lumber for cross ties piles poles and paving blocks. The facility aims to use Missouri Pacific rail access and Ouachita river transport with initial work starting September or October and farmer timber to be purchased from local lands.
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Ouachita
J. E. Henderson
Monroe
Missouri Pacific Railway
Henderson
Neasham to Visit Ouachita Parish June 7
BE. W. Neasham a dairy specialist from Louisiana State University will visit Ouachita Parish June 6 7 and 8 to assist dairymen with National Jersey Week observe the dairymen s picnic and barbecue on June 7 He will study local dairy conditions and if warranted begin steps to organize a Ouachita Parish dairy association
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BE. W. Neasham
Louisiana State University
E. R. Strahan
Ouachita Parish
Sharp Fighting On Border Line Between Irish and Ulster
Belfast reports intense clashes last night along the boundary between Donegal and Fermanagh. Five Republicans killed and several wounded. one constable killed. London records a cabinet Irish committee meeting and a planned joint session with Lloyd George presiding.
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Belfast
Irish Republican Army
Ulster Special Constabulary
Donegal
Fermanagh
Contable
London
Cabinet
Lloyd George
New Conservation Map Prepared for Monroe Gas Fields
Courtesy of Ben K. Stroud of the conservation department a new Monroe gas fields map is presented by Capt. Webb. It shows well locations, site tests, and progress on locating new sites, compiled since January for public understanding and easy reference.
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Ben K. Stroud
Conservation Department
Monroe
Capt. Webb
News-Star
Attendance and Baptisms at West Monroe Methodist Church May
In May the Sunday school attendance reached 905 at the West Monroe Methodist Church. Sunday evening preaching attendance was 1382, with 9 individuals received into the church by baptism.
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West Monroe
District to Drain Boeuff River in Louisiana–Arkansas Plan
The Eudora Western Drainage District will dredge and enlarge the Boeuff river channel from a point in Chicot county north of the Louisiana line to near the Louisiana border between Morehouse and West Carroll parishes. A June 5 meeting in Oak Grove will discuss plans. Bonds worth about 500000 have been sold to W R Compton Co. The district covers about 120000 acres, 20000 30000 in Louisiana. Baxter Engineering Co of Little Rock is directing the project.
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Eudora
Ark
Chicot County
Louisiana
Morehouse
West Carroll Parishes
Oak Grove
B. L. Ross
Board of Commissioners
W. R. Compton & Co
St. Louis
New York
Baxter Engineering Company
Little Rock
Local Baptists Plan State Encampment in Monroe
Monroe Baptists finalize plans for the Louisiana Baptist Encampment set for August 8 to 16. About 500 to 600 Baptist youths from across the state will attend with recreational events at Forsythe Park and the Kansas plantation site for the Baptist state orphanage. Dormitories will be provided by Monroe High School for men and Ouachita High School for women. Classes will meet in the Baptist Tabernacle.
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Monroe Baptists
Forsythe Park
Kansas Plantation
Baptist State Orphanage
Monroe High School
Ouachita High School
Baptist Tabernacle
Civil Court Docket Cleared by Judge
Judge Odom adjourned district court after a light past week and will not reconvene for two weeks. He will hold court at Bastrop during the interval. The sixth district session had few hearings and no locally important cases were heard.
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Odom
Bastrop
Railroad Traffic Kept From Main Line By Flood
Sloughing of the fill at the Yazoo Mississippi railroad crossing the Big Black river twenty one miles below Vicksburg will stop through traffic over the main line for at least a week, rail road officials report.
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Baton Rouge
Yazoo Mississippi
Big Black River
Vicksburg
Bryan Gives Away Estate to Lincoln Hospital
Announcement from Lincoln Neb reports William Jennings Bryan presented his ten acre Sustetan estate to the Lincoln Methodist hospital board from the church pulpit yesterday.
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Bryan
Associated Press
Lincoln, Neb
Lincoln
Sustetan
Lincoln Methodist Hospital Board
William Jennings Bryan
Legislation Set To Dominate Louisiana Floor This Week
Baton Rouge May 29 Horse racing faces a vote as the Douglas measure and Webb bill clash over state control versus abolition. The Senate prepares hearings on the Butler abolition plan while income tax debates risk muddying tax policy and school control battles continue.
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Baton Rouge
Louisiana Tax Commission
Webb
Douglas
Dupre
Heinen
Brown and Williamson
Agricultural College
General Fund
Johnson Educational
T. H. Harris
H. W. Womack
New Orleans
Louisiana
H. B. Warren
Ruston
Lionel Adams
Association of Commerce
Senate
Judiciary A
Training School in Monroe Receives Industrial Series Grant
Special to Monroe News Marathon reports Baton Rouge May 27 The Training School in Monroe receives 100000 dollars for an industrial series contingent on action by the app officials and related authorities.
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Monroe News-Mar
Baton Rouge
Monroe
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