Teachers of Parish for Coming Year Open List
The Ouachita parish schools announce the 1925 1926 staff opening September 14 with many new names. Schools include Sterlington Island Swartz Bosco Rieser Logtown West Monroe Drew Breard Springs Cheniere Cable High Eureka Bluff Springs Guyton Okaloosa and others led by superintendents and principals.
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Ouachita Parish
Sterlington
Dee Gunby
Island DeSiard
Margaret Hundley
Fairbanks
Sam Davis
Alice Harrington
Olive Leigh Myatt
Swartz
J. E. Sapp
Shirley Younce
Kathrine Averette
Ruth Moore
Elnora McClendon
Alpha Averette
Co. B. Hammett
Bosco
Olive White
Rieser
Charles Beams
Logtown
Charles H. Caldwell
West Monroe
J. A. Rainbolt
E. E. Anders
Gladys Gregg
Amice Cook
D. D. Coulter
Cecelia McReynolds
Odile Woodall
Eunice Williamson
Ella Thompson
Effie Hood
Ammon Coon
Bertha Roussel
Sara Robinette
Jas. Johnson
Marybelle Simonton
Cammie Clark
Anna Sutcliff
Sara Hair
Drew
E. H. Williamson
Cora Renfro
Graham Price
Annie Rainbolt
Breard Springs
Johnnie Dee McCoy
Myrtle Porter
Cheniere
Mies Annie
P. Smith
Miss Missouri Pacific Crowned Queen in Grotto Contest
Miss Allah Mae Craig backed by Missouri Pacific boosters wins Miss Monroe title in the Grotto circus contest. Mamie McNeil and Mrs. S D Wilder take second and third as crowd votes exceed all others. Diamonds rings will be awarded. coronation tonight features the Bob Morton circus.
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Miss Missouri Pacific
Monroe
Allah Mae Craig
Missouri Pacific Boosters
Mamie McNeil
S. D. Wilder
Bob Morton
Miss Monroe
Teflis Grotto
Missouri Pacific
Miss Craig
Engineer Halleburton Survives Roma and ZR-2 Disasters
Halleburton, chief engineer of the Shenandoah, escaped calamities when the Roma wrecked with heavy loss of life. He later survived a crash aboard the ZR-2 in England, continuing his perilous wartime career.
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Halleburton
Roma
England
Crackers and Pels Duel in Twin Labor Day Wins
Atlanta Crackers win both Labor Day ends over Mobile 8 2 and 11 9 while New Orleans Pelicans sweep to narrow the Crackers lead in the Southern Association pennant race. Birmingham also folds 20 to 10 to the Pelicans as Baron pitches poorly.
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Atlanta
A. P
Atlanta Crackers
New Orleans
Crackers
Mobile
Baron Moundsmen
Pelicans
Birmingham J
Cotton crop forecasts shrink total for 1925
The agriculture department pegged 1925 cotton production at 13,740,000 equivalent 500 pound bales with September 1 conditions at 56.2 percent of normal. Ginnings to Sept 1 reached 1,892,549 running bales, while New York market reacted with a sharp price rise on the crop report.
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Washington
A. P
Department of Agriculture
Census Bureau
Virginia
North Carolina
South Carolina
Georgia
Florida
Missouri
Tennessee
Alabama
Mississippi
Louisiana
Texas
Oklahoma
Arkansas
New Mexico
Arizona
California
Old Mexico
States
New York
New York Cotton Exchange
Double Tragedy At Utica Shootin Kills Two Men
A double tragedy occurred in Utica, Mississippi, when Lee M. Smith aged 60 and George Stanley aged 44, both residents of Jackson, were shot and killed by William McGuffey, a son-in-law of Smith, last night in the southern part of Hinds county. The incident is under investigation by local authorities.
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Jackson
Miss
A. P
Utica
Hinds County
Lee M. Smith
George Stanley
Wm. McGuffey
Smith
Mississippi Kiwanians to Bet Shreveport
Mississippi Kiwanis clubs plan a special train trip to Shreveport for the Mississippi Louisiana district convention opening September 10. Delegations will arrive at 9 oclock Wednesday night, as reported to the Shreveport Junior Chamber of Commerce.
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Shreveport
A. P
Mississippi
Junior Chamber of Commerce
Frank E Wood Calls for Equal Duty of Capital and Labor
Commissioner of Labor Frank F E Wood urged that capital and labor share equal responsibility to uphold arbitration and square dealing. He warned strikes harm workers and the public, stressing labor's right to organize and the need for collaboration rather than agitation.
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Frank FE. Wood
Commissioner Wood
Mr. Wood
Thomas Greer
Louisiana
Samuel Gompers
Wood
Small Boy Injured Struck by Car in City Intersection
Joseph Cascio nine years old of 1802 Adams Street sustained head injuries when struck by an automobile driven by Monroe Allen a negra at DeSiard and Eleventh streets this morning. Allen was arrested by Police Sergeant Clower on a reckless driving charge. Cascio reportedly jumped from a wagon into the path of the car and was taken to St Francis Sanitarium by the driver.
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Joseph Cascio
Adams Street
Monroe Allen
DeSiard
Eleventh Streets
Clower
Cascio
Allen
St. Francis Sanitarium
Heat Wave Shatters September Records in Monroe
In Monroe, Ouachita Parish, temperatures surged from 98 on September 1 to a peak of 108 degrees on Labor Day, surpassing all early September highs since 1908. Weather chief Miss Katie Key notes a cooling trend beginning, with a 70 degree cellar reading and 75 degree minimum yesterday.
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Monroe
Ouachita
Mercury
Katie Key
U. S
Sol
Heat Relief Slow as Regions Await Cooler Weather
Chicago reports show only southern and central sections receiving brief relief from heat through breezes and scattered showers. A tropical storm in the Gulf influenced the lower Rio Grande valley with over ten inches of rain in Brownsville causing floods and stranded motorists. The drought and heat persist in the corn belt as forecasts remain unsettled for days.
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Chicago
A. P
South Carolina
MelLeod
Gulf of Mexico
Rio Grande Valley
Brownsville
Texas
Corn Belt
Planes Formed Big Part Day Events In City
A large daytime gathering at the pecan grove opposite the Baptist Orphanage on the Shcard highway featured six airplanes. Four Huff Daland Dusters planes from this city joined two army aircraft from Tallulah and Bunkie. Lead pilot Lt Harris directed formations while army sergeants flew the DeHavilland ships. The dusting planes demonstrated lime dusting in place of calcium arsenate alongside aerial stunts for the crowd.
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Pecan Grove
Baptist
Shcard Highway
Huff-Daland Dusters Corporation
Army
Tallulah
C. C. Coppin
R. H. Harris
Bunkie
Dan Tobin
Joseph
Eugene Stevens
Harris
Delata Laboratory
DeHaviland
Huff Daland Company
Huff Daland
Monroe Politicians Talk Less as Ban Fades in Labor Day Events
Visitors including Mayor Behrman of New Orleans and ex Governor J. Y. Sanders visited Tallulah and Monroe with no public stance on a 1926 U.S. Senate bid. Sanders avoided comment while Behrman joined other leaders and discussed New York politics before departing by private car.
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Monroe
Martin Behrman
New Orleans
J. Y. Sanders
Jeff B. Snyder
Tensas River
Tallulah
Sanders
United States Senate
News-Star
Cotton States Series to Begin Playoff Friday in Jackson
Meridian won the second half of the Cotton States League. Jackson club president George W. Brannon announced the first playoff game will be in Jackson Friday. The league season closes tomorrow, giving two days rest before the championship series begins.
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Jackson
Miss
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Meridian Teoming Up
George W. Brannon
Jackson Club
Mitchell calls for aeronautics bureau and unified defense
Col William Mitchell urges creation of an aeronautics bureau under a secretary of air and a unified national defense run by one head. He proposes three sections under sub secretaries for army navy and air as part of a broader organizational plan. The matter is referred to the army inspector general for review.
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San Antonio
Sept
A. P
William Mitchell
Eighth Corps
Congress
Aeronautics Bureau
Secretary of Air
Army
Navy
Air
Washington
Cornel William Mitchell
Inspector General of the
War Department
Davis
Helmick
Col. Mitchell
Hines
John A. Hull
Mitchell
Heimich
General Air Service
Lively Ball May Have Affected Athletics, Harris Says
Washington manager Bucky Harris contends the new less lively ball changed how the Athletics played. He notes Atlanta cluster runs, recalling their 13 in a single inning and says the ball’s reduced power reduced big bursts of scoring for Philadelphia's Mackmen.
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Philadelphia
A. P
Athletics
Bucky Harris
Washington
Mackmen
Preached Sermon Ends With Epileptic Fit at Riverfront
A man named Claude Richardson, 37, lay on his back preaching a sermon on Stubbs avenue and Riverfront yesterday evening. Police were alerted by three residents, three patrolmen responded, an ambulance took him to St. Francis sanitarium, doctors diagnosed an epileptic fit.
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Stubbs Avenue
Riverfront
St. Francis Sanitarium
Claude Richardson
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Keanishou High School
G. S. Ising
Alma Hale
Geraldine Green
Maud Wright
Willie Mae Garrett
Fannie Manning
Clara Hodge
Blanche Brownlee
Claude Roberts
A. W. Breeden
Eureka
L. D. Willis
Ruth Lowery
Josie Noble
Bluff Springs
W. A. Hart
Irene Owens
Guyton
C. B. Williamson
Okaloosa High School
H. P. McBride
Maude Elsie Rees
William Huff
Pauline Olmstead
Alda Rutledge
Mae Henderson
Miss Allah Mae Craig
S. E. Wilder
Hatzle Burton
United States
Lake Providence
Jos. E. Ransdell
Riley J. Wilson
Boy Scouts
J. M. McCabe
DeSiard Road
Huff-Daland Corporation
Crescent City
Henry Hardtner
Mr. Behrman
Wilson
Hartdner
Urania
Uncle Sam
Mr. Riley
Phil Bernhardt
Frank E. Wood
Tex
Government
Sec. Davis
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