President Harding Heads National Unemployment Conference
President Harding opens the national unemployment conference in Washington and urges work for all who can find it. He says relief should serve the world and warns against using public treasury funds for palliation rather than real relief. Hoover will present suggestions as the session begins.
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Associated Press
Washington
National Unemployment Conference
Harding
Hoover
United States
Joint Highway and Road Committees Meet With Governor
Baton Rouge report notes the Senate and House highways committees plan a joint session with Governor Parker to harmonize rival road bills. The aim is to craft a compromise bill embracing the best features of several proposals for a state wide highway system under a centralized authority.
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Senate
HOUSE
News-Star
Baton Rouge
Louisiana
Joint Committee On Good Roads
Wiliamson-Warren
Raymond C. Parker
Franklin Parish
Parker
Bill Monroe
Monroe
Weather Halts Air Attacks on Battleship Alabama
Norfolk reports weather hampers army air force attacks on the battleship Alabama anchored off Tangier Island in Chesapeake Bay. War department forbids tests when aviator danger exists.
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Norfolk
Alabama
Tangier Island
Chesapeake Bay
War Department
Two Kansas Strike Cases Test UMWA Unity at Convention
At Indianapolis the United Mine Workers of America delegates split into factions as they resumed debate on two Kansas strike cases. The outcome would direct Alexander Howat, Kansas district president, on whether to order workers back to the pits. The session opened amid sharp exchanges and a heated contest over the bench marks of action.
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Indianapolis
United Mine Workers of America
Kansas
Alexander Howat
West Side Plans 70 Build As West Monroe Grows
Board of Education weighs new ward school on West Monroe to ease crowding. A $30,000 building would need a bond vote in ward five. West Side citizens also push for charter amendments to raise village status to town.
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West Monroe
Board of Education
West Side
Merchant Bitten by Hydrophobic Dog in Columbia
Special to Monroe News-Star reports Columbia resident W A Brandin was bitten by a dog on September 24 as he walked home from his store. The dog displayed hydrophobia signs, was killed, its head sent to the Pasteur Institute in New Orleans, and Brandin traveled by train for treatment to confirm the infection.
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Monroe News-Star
Columbia
W. A. Brandin
Pasteur Institute
New Orleans
Brandin
Automobile Robbery Suspect Held in Monroe Case
Mack Lewis, a negro, is held by Monroe police for investigation into automobile robberies last week. Police found 900 pounds of sugar and 200 pounds of flour stolen in Monroe and dumped roadside when bandits broke down while moving the loot south. Indianapolis hosts the fifty fifth annual Grand Army encampment with drumsticks and old fires signaling the Republican entry.
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Mack Lewis
Monroe
Indianapolis
Grand Army
Republican
Alexandria oil works and seed house destroyed by fire
Fire destroyed the seed house hull house gin and about a thousand bales of linters at the Alexandria Cotton Oil Company. Oil and cottonseed cake were lost as well. Loss placed at around one hundred thousand dollars.
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Alexandria
Hull House
Alexandria Cotton Oil Company
Fitzmorris to Dismiss Half of Police For Liquor Violations
Chicago on September 26 reports Chief Fitzmorris intends to dismiss half the police force tied to liquor violations as Federal probes of Prohibition laws widen. He says a list exists to replace those implicated and hundreds may be removed. Yesterday, many transferred officers resigned.
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Chicago
Fitzmorris
Detective Bureau
Marines March Into Virginia for Fall Maneuvers
Five thousand Marines, the largest U S force since demobilization, left Quantico before dawn to conduct fall maneuvers in virginia. The march covered ten miles to Ackquia Creek where they camped tonight, and will proceed to Fredericksburg tomorrow as the site of Civil War battles is revisited. Sham battles and tactical exercises follow Thursday through Saturday.
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Quantico
Pfive
United States
Marine Corps
Ackuia Creek
Fredericksburg
Old City Resident D. A. Breard Sr. Dies at 71
Mrs. D. A. Breard Sr., 71, died Sunday at 3:40 AM at her home after five years of declining health. A Monroe native, she lived in the city all her life and celebrated a golden anniversary with husband D. A. Breard Sr. on June 20. Survived by husband, seven children, one sister, and an aunt. Funeral held today at home and Catholic church with Father Vandegear officiating. Burial in Catholic cemetery.
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D. A. Breard
Mr. Breard
Ernest R. Breard
Ray Rinehart
C. G. Breard
W. B. Winston
Shreveport
Lou Bres
M. A. Bres
Vicksburg
Cops Seek Three Crippled Highwaymen After Robbery
Washington police are seeking three armed highwaymen, two on crutches and one with a cane, who last night robbed Thomas Payne while he sat in a car with a young woman near the Walter Reed Army Hospital.
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Washington
Thomas Payne
Walter Reed Army Hospital
Monroe Trade Surges on Cotton and Bond Plans
Merchants report strong Saturday business in Monroe and twin cities with optimism for winter trade. Prospects hinge on the imminent $1,000,000 bond sale fueling circulation, paving projects starting in November, and sewer construction boosting activity and income.
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Monroe
Twin Cities
Review of Ouachita parish 1921 assessments set for Oct 4
The Ouachita parish 1921 assessment roll is completed by Assessor Joe Hanna and deputies. The Louisiana Tax Commission will review the parish assessments on Tuesday October 4 in Baton Rouge. The roll details acres and land values for A B C and suburban lands plus hardwood and gravel bed valuations.
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Ouachita Parish
Joe Hanna
Corps of Deputies
Louisiana Tax Commission
Baton Rouge
Ouachita
Hanna
Mrs Monteith Dies At Home In Monroe
Mrs Caroline Elizabeth Fletcher Monteith aged 70 wife of Captain H Monteith died at her Monroe home Saturday night at 8 15. She was a West Virginia native and longtime Monroe resident a Methodist for 64 years Surviving are her husband three daughters one son and other relatives. funeral held yesterday afternoon at the Bowman home with Rev E K Means officiating.
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Caroline Elizabeth Fletcher
H. Monteith
Monteith
West Virginia
Monroe
Captain Monteith
F. C. Breese
Luther Bowman
Martha Monteith
T. H. Monteith
Texas
Robert Baker
Stevenville
Ohio
L. 4. Bowman
E. K. Means
Oak Grove Sues Missouri Pacific Over Depot Conditions
Oak Grove citizens petition the Louisiana Public Service Commission to force removal or relocation of the Missouri Pacific depot. A hearing is set in Baton Rouge to address claims that the depot lacks night service lights and ticket sales, with no trunk checking or express handling overnight.
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Missouri Pacific railWay Company
Oak Grove
Louisiana Public Service Commission
Missouri Pacific Railway
Baton Rouge
Billy Nolan Shines as Augusta Shortstop in Sally League
Billy Nolan excels with Augusta in the South Atlantic League earning praise for a two hit and a triple in one double header and two hits with a double in another. He is filling Dot Fulghum’s shoes well and a Sporting News writer predicts a bright major league future.
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Billy Nolan
Augusta
Dot
Sporting News
Sally
Nolan
Moonshiner confesses to murder implicates minister in Arkansas
Raymond Cole of Montgomery County admits shooting Mrs Anna McKennon in a remote Hot Springs area cabin. He says Rev Harding Hughes, a superannuated minister, hired him to commit the killing. Hughes to be tried at Mount Ida on October 17.
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Hot Springs
Ark
Raymond Cole
Montgomery
Anna MccKennon
Harding Hughes
Hughes
Mount Ida
Ouachita Oil Tests Halted as Gas Shows at Haynes Farm
Ouachita Valley Oil Company abandons its 2700 foot test on G B Haynes farm in section 15 17 3 Ouachita Parish five miles west of West Monroe after a gas surge during dynamiting The firm plans to ship its rig to Haynesville area and its backers halt west side drilling The Hansen Oil Syndicate Chicago reaches 2290 feet in section 17 15 14 near Bosco and will drill in tomorrow
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Hansen Oil Syndicate
Bosco
Ouachita Valley Oil Company, Incorporated
South Grand Street
Pennsylvania
Ohio
Haynesville
Louis
Iana
Chicago
Ouachita Parish
Dixie Overland Highway Survey Tour Moves Through Monroe
A P Tallier of the Automobile Club of Texas travels from Dallas to Savannah surveying the Dixie Overland Highway from Dallas to Savannah. He notes North Louisiana progress from Shreveport to Vicksburg and predicts completion next year. Bienville parish link awarded to Smith Brothers of Alexandria with fall 1922 completion expected. other parishes report progress though Webster has not surfaced.
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A. P. Tallier
The
Automobile Club of Texas
Monroe
Vicksburg
Jackson
Meridian
Savannah
Dallas
Tex
Tallier
Louisiana
Shreveport
Bienville Parish
Smith Brothers
Alexandria
Will Mercer
Caddo
Bossier
Mercer
Ouachita
Richland
Madison
Webster
State Assembly
Morehouse to Join Ouachita for Good Roads Meet
Morehouse parish moves toward a unified road plan with a parish wide meeting set for Bastrop on Tuesday September 29. Delegates from towns and neighborhoods will craft a county road plan to present to the police jury in October and seek voter approval. The aim is to join the Arkansas Louisiana Tourists Way and improve local roads.
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Morehouse
Ouachita
Morehouse Parish
Bastrop
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Pai
Tao
Virginia
Genasco
Lake Trinidad
Quachita National Bank
Weaks Supply Co
M. P
Case
Quachitas
Claiborne
Dixie Overland Highway Scout
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