Dope Trade Confession Spurs Atlanta Penitentiary Tale
Jake Bucker a barber turned convict described the penitentiary system and a dope market inside the Atlanta federal penitentiary. He told how wardens allegedly allowed drug sales and mistreatment to enforce compliance, showing a scar as proof. Buckle pleaded not guilty to forgery but pleaded guilty and drew one year and one day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ben. C. Dawkins
Federal Penitentiary
Atlanta
Jake Bucker
A. G. McHenry
Ivs Scar
Ea Lrstiece
Bucker
Bucket
Dawkins
Buckel
Milton Coverdale
McCabe
Bucke
State Geologist Visits Yazoo City to Inspect Free Run Test
Dr. E. N. Lowe Mississippi state geologist arrived in Yazoo City with oil experts on independent missions. He visited the Free Run Company's test well on the Yazoo Holmes county line and conducted a thorough overnight inspection. A state report is expected to be released by the oil company within 24 hours.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yazoo City
Miss
E. N. Lowe
Mississippi
Free Run Oil Company
Yazoo
Holmes County
Market Ad Pages Prove Reach Across Towns
Monroe News-Star Want Ads extend to fifty six towns and cities in the region. A Rayville resident reports rapid replies and even an in-person visit after placing a fifty cent two insertion ad. The notice touts the paper as the leading trade medium and promises efficient, economical results for buyers and sellers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monroe News-Star
News-Star
Rayville
Monroe
News- Star
New Star
Big rally draws record crowd at Ruston rally day
North Louisiana’s High School Rally of 1925 opened at Louisiana Tech with over five thousand entrants and spectators. Ouachita Parish High won volleyball, Monroe City High Girls beat Ruston in tennis, and a large program featured track and literary events as finals approach tomorrow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ruston
James Larche
Monroe City High Enrants
Germany
Maroney
Brown
Pardue
Mangham
Bryceland
Minden
Shows
Patterson
Richardson
Lurth
Monroe City High Boys
North Louisiana
Louisiana Polytechnic Institute
Ouachita Parish High
Monroe City High
Techfield
Gibsland
Winona Whiting
Monroe City
Ohio Oil Company enters Urania field with major purchases
Ohio Oil company expanded its Urania holdings by buying four forty acre tracts from Urania Petroleum in sections 13 and 24 11 1E and 18 10 2E and a 160 acre tract from C S Nelson in section 35 11 1E Winn parish for 8000 cash. Keene and Wolfe of Shreveport also bought two forty acre tracts nearby as Standard Oil enters the field. Thirty line reports note Urania district gains prestige as major firms enter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. B. King
Urania
The
Ohio Co
Urania Petroleum Co
Nelson
Winn Parish
O. Robicheaux
Lafayette
Zeigin
Urania No. 6
Olla
W. R. Julian
Anthony Gibbon
Urania Petroleum Company
Shreveport
Standard Oil Company
Ohio Oil Company
Standard
Ohio
C. S. Nelson
Keene and Wolfe
Herrin Mayor Candidate Targeted in Second April Bombing
In Herrin Illinois a second blast in a month hit the Marshall McCormick and Brothers grocery, damaging the front of the store and nearby homes. McCormick is a mayoral candidate on a Citizens ticket opposed by the Ku Klux Klan backed conservative faction. No injuries reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herrin
Marshall McCormick and Brothers
Southside
McCormick
Citizens
Ku Klux Klan
McCormack
Glenn Young
Dry Raider
French Cabinet Defeated in Senate Confidence Vote
Paris reports the French cabinet led by Premier Herriot suffered a 156 to 134 defeat in a Senate confidence vote. Observers say Herriot’s position remains precarious after a three hour reply and blame aimed at predecessors amid France’s financial strains. Charles De Lasteyrie counters that the note circulation limit was never exceeded until Herriot’s term.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Senate
A. P.y
Charles de Lasteyrie
Poincare
Herriot
M. Alexandre Millerand
France
Seine
Mercury Poisoning Ties McClintock Case To Past Deaths
The Chicago case links mercury poisoning in Mrs Emma McClintock to the death of her son William N McClintock and the Shepherds foster father William D Shepherd. Coroner Wolff says the poison was given in small doses before her death and may have been administered by someone close to her. Further legal action hinges on the coroner’s inquest into both Mrs McClintock and Dr Oscar Olson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Emma McClintock
Nelson McClintock
Wm. D. Shepherd
Oscar Wolff
Wm. D. McNally
McClintock
Oscar Olson
Robert E. Crowe
Olson
Woman Dives Into Dipping Vat and Dies
In Hattiesburg Mississippi on April 9 Mrs Lizzie Lott a sixty year old widow told her daughter Francis Housley she intended to kill herself then walked to a local dipping vat at Oloh Lamar county and plunged in head first she was removed from the chemical filled tank but died before a doctor arrived No reason is known for the act.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hattiesburg
Miss
Lizzie Lott
Francis Housley
Oloh
Lamar County
Illinois Central Plans Orleans Station
The Illinois Central railroad system plans a new passenger station in New Orleans after discussions with railway representatives and the Louisiana public service commission. The talks began this week as part of a series on rail infrastructure in the city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Orleans
Illinois Central Railroad System
Louisiana Public Service Commission
Mystery killing on a Greenwich road shocker
James A. Mahoney of New York fired at his sweetheart Beatrice Donnelly during a day outing in Greenwich Connecticut. He surrendered to police and refused to reveal the motive declaring he would die with the motive unknown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greenwich
Conn
James A. Mahoney
New York City
Beatrice Donnelly
Babe Ruth Out of Danger Ahead of Opening Day
New York Apr 10 Babe Ruth is out of danger after a collapse in a railway car. He remains in St Vincent's hospital with a cold influenza indigestion and a head bump. Doctors expect the head injury is minor and report a restful night and slight improvement though temperature stays slightly high.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Babe Ruth
St. Vincent's Hospital
Babe
Ruth
Edward Barrow
The
New York Yanks
Couch Group Seeks Preliminary Permit for Colbert River Site
The Couch power group filed with the federal power commission for a preliminary permit to develop hydro electric power on the Tennessee river at Colbert Shoals near Riverton Alabama. The Southern Power Light Company of Pine Bluff Arkansas heads the project linking Arkansas Mississippi and Louisiana utilities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Tennessee River
Colbert Shosis
Mississippi
Couch Power Group
Arkansas
Federal Power Commission
Riverton
Ala
Mississippi-Alabama
Muscle Shoals
Southern Power & Light Company
Pine Bluff
Ark
Harvey C. Couch
Mississippi Power & Light Company
Arkansas Light & Power Company
Louisiana Power Company
Sterlington
Columbus
Miss
Booneville
Tupelo
Wilson Dam
Progress
Couch
Ouachita River
Remmel Dam
Rice Belt
Louisiana
Missisippi River
Greenville
Vicksburg
Mississippi Company
Yankee Manager Pins Ruth Trouble on Digestion
Richmond April 10 Manager Miller Huggins of the New York Yankees blamed Babe Ruths illness on digestion and over eating. He said Ruth is a terrible eater and that the home run king would be back with the team shortly after the season opens.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond
Babe Ruth
Miller Huggins
New York Yankees
Brooklyn Dodgers
Ruth
Realtor Denies Role in Anonymous Publication
Baton Rouge reports an arrest of a real estate agent and former Tulane athlete in connection with the Whang doodle sheet. He posted $2000 bail and denied knowledge of the libelous publication attacking LSU professors E L Scott and Roy Gearheart. Earlier, LS A sophomore Boyce O Bannon was arrested and freed on $1500 bail as the investigation continued.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baton Rouge
Sargent Pitcher
Tulane University
Whangdoodle
E. L. Scott
Roy Gearheart
Louisiana State University
Boyce O'Bannon
Jobber Savings by Barge Line Proves Large
Barges saved sugar jobbers $29 557 on north bound shipments from New Orleans in eighteen days as Gen T Q Ashburn reports. From March 1 to 18 about 16 54 tons moved up the Mississippi and redistributed from Memphis Vicksburg Helena to Cincinnati Louisville and Paducah. The sugar would have required 622 rail cars. average saving per car was 47 52. Illinois led with 8349 90, Wisconsin 4856, Iowa 3674, Missouri 3117, Tennessee 2869, others include Kansas Nebraska and South Dakota.
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S. Louis
Mississippi River
New Orleans
T. Q. Ashburn
United States Engineers Corps
Mississippi
Memphis
Vicksburg
Helena
Cincinnati
Louisville
Paducah
Ohio
Illinois
Wisconsin
Iowa
Missouri
Tennessee
Kansas
Nebraska
South Dakota
Legions Drive to Aid Orphans Starts Apr 27
New Orleans announces dates for American Legion Endowment Fund Week in Louisiana. From April 27 to May 2 committees of Legionnaires and citizens will conduct a statewide drive to support endowment for disabled veterans and orphans. District chairmen named include Frank B. Hayne, Clarence Bourg, Robert H. Les, James H. Trousdale, Herman Moyse, Roy Miller, and R. C. Bauer. Governor Fuqua is honorary chairman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Orleans
American Legion Endowment Fund
Louisiana
James C. Casserly
State Endowment Fund Committee
Endowment Fund
Casserly
Wat
Legion
American Legion
Frank B. Hayne
Clarence Bourg
Lockport
Robert H. Les
Minder
James H. Trousdale
Monroe
Herman Moyse
Baton Rouge
Roy Miller
Jennings
R. C. Bauer
Alexandria
Henry L. Fuqua
Entowment Fund
American Legion Project
Carserly
Heavy Term Given for Statutory Crime in Shreveport
James Gibson, 43, pleaded guilty in district court to a statutory charge and was sentenced to three to five years in the state prison. He was charged with being the father of a child born to his young step-daughter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shreveport
James Gibson
Gibson
River Stage Readings Across Mississippi and Ouachita
Water levels reported for multiple river gauges show rises at St Louis Memphis Vicksburg Shreveport and Ouachita sites with several locations falling. Notable values include Mississippi at Vicksburg 29.0 and New Orleans 8.0 while Monroe remains unchanged at 12.2 on Ouachita.
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St. Louis
Memphis
Vicksburg
New Orleans
Shreveport
Alexandria
Ouachita
Camden
Monroe
Coroner Reports Details Wounds on Two Victims
The Lake Charles case against W. Robert Dunn and Byron Dunn hinges on coroner findings and testimony about the fatal gunshot wounds to Deputy Sheriff Samuel E. Duhon and Prohibition Agent W. E. Collins. Witnesses describe chest wounds and the weapons found, with the defense seeking motives and alibis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lake Charles G
W. Robert
Byron Dunn
Samuel E. Duhon
Duhon
W. E. Collins
Lake Charles
Starke
W. E. Fowler
Calcasieu Parish
Fowler
Luhon
Robba
Collins
J. H. Lyons
Dunn
Starks
Lyons
Duhton
Mr. Collins
Josh Griffith
Joe Elam
Texas
Griffith
Elm
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Lear
Miss. Gasser
Northwest
Ohio Company
Missouri, Kansas and Texas Railway Company
Shepherd
A. P
Wm. N. McClintock
Illinois Supreme Court
Springfield
Illinois Central
Orleans Station
Beatrice Donnely Isames A O
Huggins
Tennessee River Power Development Plan
Alabama
Tale Kant Sre Soilierand
Antis
Dunn Brothers
Tin Court
Depu
Unuj
Ezra Moss
Lings and
Raymond Lyons
Ises
Rodriodrigues Sa Sal
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