Tornado Toll in Louisiana Leaves Thirteen Dead
The storm swept Alexandria and Pineville across the Red River injuring more than 60 and killing 13. A relief fund topped $12,000 within hours with a $1,000 gift from the local Ku Klux Klan. Red Cross sent tents and blankets from Memphis and opened three emergency stations in Pineville as about a thousand are homeless. Libuse reports ten homes destroyed and four injured as aid efforts continue to mobilize for the displaced.
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Associated Press
Alexandria
Pineville
Red
Red Cross
Memphis
Ruby
Milltown
Louisiana College
Alexandria, Ku Klux Klan
Atlanta
Chapelle
Libuse
Pédreand
Youth Drowning Claim Corrected Age to Nine
Harry Parks the boy who drowned in Reedy Creek Sunday March 25 was nine years old, not twelve as previously reported. The correction was learned today, clarifying the earlier published age.
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Harry Parks
Reedy Creek
Three Women Named in Farrar Divorce Suit
Geraldine Farrar, former Metropolitan Opera star, files for divorce from Lou Tellegen. The suit names three young women tied to Tellegen’s infidelity over two years, including Miss Lorna Ambler, an Australian actress, and a second actress known as Miss L or The Woman in Black. The testimony highlights Tellegen’s July 1921 liaison with Ambler in New York and notes a San Francisco acquaintance, Bessie Clifford.
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Associated Press
New York
Geraldine Farrar
Metropolitan Opera
Lou Tellegen
Miss L
Governor weighs inquiry into East Tennessee Normal School
Nashville April 5 Governor Austin Peay weighs whether to sign a resolution calling for an investigation into East Tennessee Normal School. Indications suggest the governor and the legislative committee lack authority to act beyond investigation. The State Board of Education has no power to conduct an inquisition, and the matter may be referred for formal action at an early date.
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East Tennessee Normal School
Ralph H. Perry
Bristol Herald Courier
Nashville
Austin Peay
Legislative Committee
France Pushes New Conference to Scrap Big Navies
Gustav Dekerguezee, head of the French Senate's naval committee, called to Associated Press for a renewed naval arms conference aimed at scrapping major world fleets. He warned that France would disarm if others follow, arguing for an honest revision of armaments and a process to prevent another total war.
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Paris
Gustav Dekerguezec
Associated Press
France
M. Dekerguezee
M. Degerguezec
Alsace
Lorraine
Mysterious double murder near Dongan Hills Staten Island
Late telegram reports two women found murdered on a roadside near Dongan Hills Staten Island. Bodies on opposite sides, throats cut and a back stab each. A blood stained butcher knife found nearby. Motive theory involves Black Hand gang links to Mrs Blandino and her former husband Frank Bongiovani in Jersey City.
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Co Blandino
Aces A
Agi i
Dongan
Hills
Staten Island
Jersey City
Bongiovani
Miss McMahon
Comptroller calls for bank statements nationwide
Washington reports the Comptroller of the Currency issued a call on all national banks to submit statements of condition as of the close of business April 3. The move seeks a uniform snapshot of bank health and liquidity across the system.
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Washington
High Taxes Force Canadian Races In Windsor 1923
The Jockey Club will not operate its Windsor park this summer due to Ontario government taxation. Taxes would run seven thousand five hundred dollars daily plus a share of the pari mutual pool.
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Windsor
Ontario
Jockey Club
Coolidge Won’t Discuss His Candidacy, Press Says
President Calvin Coolidge declined to comment on his candidacy amid inquiries from reporters in Washington today. No formal statement was issued as officials avoided speculation on potential moves or future political plans.
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Fund For the
Ras Taffari
Ethiopia
Nile
Menenu
Peay
Late Telegraph
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