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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Oct 24, 1925
Page
1
President Coolidge urged parental control as the foundation for youth welfare at the forty second international convention of the YMCAs. He warned against relying on government to rear children and cited broken homes as a source of crime while praising the YMCAs for their work in domestic and international service.
The Pacific conference southern Methodist church vote on unification was counted at Southern Methodist headquarters in Nashville. The result was 93 for unification and 39 against.
Washington October 24 The wealthy Washington woman who handed police jewelry and wear ing apparel valued at 43500 identified by Mrs Rose Berken of New York as stolen from her as Mrs Virginia M Beaverbrook formerly of Canton Mississippi She said she married John Wiedemeier as Lord Beaverbrook in Rockville near here last June The gifts from Wiedemeier were turned over through her attorney She has resided in Washington five years since leaving Canton He took 40000 of her cash when he left months ago and she has not seen it since
J. R. Hogan won first prize for a Calhoun farm display and will take his exhibits and all other first prize displays to the Shreveport state fair next week. The grand state prize may go to this exhibitor, while individual premiums go to others.
New York October 24 Columbia Phonograph Company disclosed a four company merger representing about 1 000 000 in capital and operating factories in eleven countries. The alliance includes four leading phonograph concerns and involves a major industry consolidation.
River reports show Memphis at 11.2 feet with a 1.4 rise, Vicksburg 15.7 up 0.4, New Orleans 2.9 up 0.2, Shreveport 16.8 down 0.8, Alexandria 14.8 up 0.5, Camden 13.8 down 4.8, Monroe 14.8 down 0.2, Cairo 20.4 up 0.4.
Elizabeth York Miller writes Outcast a new Blue Ribbon serial about a beautiful young girl entangled with a ruthless blackmail gang targeting British nobility. The tale pairs suspense with English aristocracy as it runs weekly starting Monday in the News-Star and Chicago Tribune. Readers urged to subscribe for daily installments in Monroe and West Monroe.
Indicted for assault with intent to murder Poulan faced conflicting witness testimony after shooting Pike Neal in Neal’s West Monroe shop in June. Neal and Poulan offered rival self defense stories while a crowd of about five thousand watched as Poulan fled, hid, and returned with a shotgun before arrest.
The body of Carmen Wagner 18 a Ferndale beauty parlor owner was found shot in a wooded hollow 75 miles east of Eureka. Her dog Pronto lay nearby also shot. Companion Kenny Sweet was murdered beside his car further away. Walter David 24 was arrested amid scratches on his face. Jack Ryan is being searched for.
Lawrenceburg Tenn October 24 The laymen in the central Tennessee conference voted Friday afternoon 18 to 0 for unification The ministers vote was to be taken this afternoon The conference also passed an enabling act to permit the merger with Holston conference
At the 48th triennial general convention in New Orleans, Episcopal bishops urged unity beyond the religion of Christ and warned against racial conflict and social upheaval. The pastoral letter called for repentance, renewed faith, and a strong church role in guiding youth and society.
Washington reports allege Communist agitators organized the American Negro Labor Congress to awaken revolutionary sentiment among Black Americans. The AFL warns members against participation, saying the movement aims to spread race hatred and replace Jim Crow with broader social upheaval. The manifesto cites abolition of racial separation as a key demand and notes efforts to mobilize local committees nationwide.
The allied council of ambassadors will convene in Paris on Monday and Tuesday to review Germanys reply to the allied note accusing noncompliance with disarmament provisions of the Versailles treaty. Officials fear the reply may be unsatisfactory and delay evacuation of the Cologne zone.
Grace Episcopal Church at Glenmar and Fourth streets will lay its cornerstone Sunday at 4 PM in a public service led by Bishop H R Carson and Bishop Davis Sessums. The 12 by 20 inch gray Tennessee marble cornerstone features a Celtic style cross and Arabic inscriptions, with old records and press copies sealed inside.
Sheriff Coverdale reports the arrest of the ring's alleged Memphis leader Blunt and seizure of counterfeiting equipment. Henson alias Williams held in West Monroe with bogus checks. Mrs. Brasher linked as confederate. Griffin confirms Blunt, plus Miller Baker jailed in Jonesboro for attempted bank robbery. Henson ex-convict wanted in Memphis.
Sofia authorities announce Bulgaria will deploy troops to a designated war area with two field guns to halt Greek advances under the Neuilly treaty. Officers and soldiers reportedly morale high and vow to fight to stop further incursions.
A levee break on the St Francis River near Holly Bridge Missouri threatens thousands of acres of cotton and other crops as floodwaters advance 1 to 3 feet deep over 2 to 4 miles of land. Crested last night and workers warned farmers to evacuate livestock.
Special to News-Star from Columbia Louisiana October 24 reports Caldwell Parish Truck Growers' Association shipped 150 crates of bush beans at 35 pounds per crate totaling 5250 pounds with nine cents per pound net. Individual member John Reitzell harvested 2500 pounds beans earning $225 from one acre while radishes last spring yielded $200. He expects at least 100 more pounds if frost does not end the beans. Frost was reported but caused no noted damage to vegetation.
A. P. report from Shreveport says Edwin Evans plans a San Francisco to New York nonstop flight in early November with Lieut. Leigh Wade and Linton Wells aboard the Sikorsky S-29.A. The flight would set a civilian-led cross country record, lowering the Army’s 1923 26 hour 2 minute mark, with two engines of 1500 horsepower and 7000 pounds of fuel.
Bulgarian reports say Greek artillery bombarded Petrich and troops advanced into Macedonia while 15 000 refugees flee the region. Greece accuses Bulgaria of seeking indemnity and the League of Nations seeks a Paris meeting to force arbitration under the covenant.
Urania Petroleum Co No 9 section 19 10-2E will be standardized at once with oil overflowing by heads. Estimated output at least 100 barrels per day, possibly 150. Beckman Freeman test continues to 1500 feet. Keene Wolf spudding Urania No 1 19 10.2E today. Rowe Wallace has shipped 13 carloads so far.
Mrs. Mary Prothro of Little Rock sister of Governor Terrall and three others were seriously injured in a Rock Island train wreck in El Dorado Arkansas. Sixteen more people suffered minor bruises as a switch engine crew lost control reversing at about 50 miles an hour causing over 50000 dollars in damage when it struck an inbound Ruston Louisiana passenger train. The passenger locomotive was demolished.
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