Lonnie Dixon Executed On Eighteenth Birthday
United Press reports Lonnie Dixon, an eighteen year old black youth, was executed at dawn in Little Rock Arkansas for the murder of 11 year old Floella McDonald. In a death cell confession he cleared his cousin Eugene Hudson and requested watermelons the night before his death. The McDonald girl’s body was found in a church belfry after being beaten in the basement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press
Little Rock
Ark
Lonnie Dixon
Floella McDonald
Dixon
McDonald
Mitten Management Withdraws Offer to Run Locomotive Engineers Banks
Mitten Management Inc operators of the Philadelphia Rapid Transit company withdrawn their plan to take over control of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers banks and investment firms. A telegram from Dr A A Mitten to William B Prenter, president of the B L E, was read at the Cleveland convention.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press
Philadelphia
Mitten Management, Inc
Philadelphia Rapid Transit Company
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
Mittens
A. A. Mitten
Mitten Ménagement
William B. Prenter
B. of L. E
Cleveland
Greece Seeks Return of Elgin Marbles from British Museum
Greece renewed its bid for the Elgin marbles now housed in London. Alexandros Philadelpheos, former Athens Acropolis director, urges restoring the Caravatid and Ionic column to their Attic temple site. The marbles were taken by the seventh Earl of Elgin when Athens was a Turkish fortress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Greece
British Museum
Alexandros Philadelpheos
Acropolis
Athens
Seventh Earl of Elgin
Parte
Museum
Lord Elgin
Phone System Gains 781 000 in a Year
Boston reports Bell system growth with 781000 new telephones, 1091000000 more local calls, 90500000 more toll and long distance calls, and 664000 miles of toll wire added as the 1926 expansion outpaced 1925 by 4723000 miles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
International News Service
Boston
Bell System
Also Mentioned on This Page
A. D. Morton
Dumas
Damas
Panhandle
Duggan
Amarillo
Taylor St
Fulford
Smart
Charming New
Suizes
RAYOD
Batiste
Crepe de Chine
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!