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31 Oct 1923
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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Oct 31, 1923
Page
1
A concise roundup outlines today’s happenings from News It's A Queer World. Highlights cover community events, literary talks, and cultural notices featuring local organizations and venues.
Major General Henry T. Allen announced from Chicago that plans are underway to feed 2,000,000 German children this winter through the American Society of Friends. He chairs the committee with Hoover endorsement and cites prior aid to German children and relief work in Russia and Japan. The program targets 200,000 children for 141 days from November 5 to April 16 at about two cents per meal, with no set financial goal yet.
An apparent delay in Gov. J. C. Walton impeachment trial arose as executive circles predicted the senate impeachment court would grant a brief conference if Walton requests it before tomorrow’s hearing. Observers expect a continuance if the court overrules a general demurrer to 22 charges. prosecutors and managers back time for Walton to prepare his defense.
Oklahoma official Jack Walton is not alone in trouble as Oregon Governor Walter M. Pierce faces a recall threat in the same political climate.
In Fulton county court Philadelphia based H N Rittenhouse seeks a receiver for the Ku Klux Klan. N N Furney cashier at the imperial palace testifies he advanced funds to field men on instruction of Imperial Wizard H W Evans and does not know the purpose. Plaintiffs conclude their case as judge bars personal difference details between Dr Evans and Emperor Simmons.
Shreveport judge W C Barnett once chief counsel for T J Barnett in the Bastrop open hearing of the Met Rouge mob case disputes Littlejohns figures on fees. He says the fee details are private and declares Littlejohn lacks knowledge of sourcing or amounts. The matter is set for trial next Monday in Bastrop.
London reports Britain will not recognize the Rhineland separatist movement or a Cologne state. Bonn notes the right bank towns Wiesbaden Ehrenbreitstein Konigswinter Beuel Walldorf and three others now fly republican colors. The group plans to expand to Essen and Ruhr towns once Düsseldorf falls.
The Saxony diet elected Dr. Fellisch premier 46 to 18 with 71 deputies present. German nationals left before the vote, communists cast no ballots, and the house adjourned until November. Fellisch, a socialist, formerly minister of economies under the deposed socialist-communist government.
Leaders in the Ruhr dispute foresee success in talks between the Hugo Stinnes group and French authorities over resuming work in the valley. The protracted talks, and the absence of a general lockout on Monday, signal a smoother discussion progress.
DUESSELORF Oct. 31 The young Rhineland republic has lost ground but appears to hold in key areas as authorities report ongoing instability and resistance amid the occupation. CONTINUED ON PAGE THREE
In New Orleans on October 31 Associated reports quote Dr. Charles W. Duval and Dr. Sanford disputing water-time of two bodies found in Lake LaFourche. They assert the corpses are Watt Daniel and T F Richard, kidnapped August 24, 1922 on the Bas Trop-Mer Rouge highway, linking to Morehouse parish Klansmen.
Governor John M. Parker was greeted with a great ovation as he entered the Louisiana Mississippi Kiwanis district convention in Baton Rouge. Parker delivered a welcome address praising Kiwanis influence, and spoke of his evolving views on the League of Nations after attending a disarmament conference.
London Oct 31 The final terms for an Anglo American rum running treaty were presented by Lord Curzon and Ambassador Harvey. The conference approved a set of terms granting U S authorities search rights within the 12 mile limit and a three mile territorial waters limit, with British ships allowed to carry sealed liquor into U S waters.
Washington reports strong expectation that an Anglo American treaty to curb rum running will be approved by the government and later extended to other maritime powers. The pact is expected to break up rum row along the Atlantic coast or push it far offshore, hindering shore contact.
Orange Texas October 31 mayor W A Lea resigns from the city commission to become campaign manager in Texas for Senator Oscar W Underwood of Alabama. Lea is a former cattleman and newspaper man who worked on several Texas dailies.
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