British Dirigible R-33 Adrift After Gale Separate Mooring
Reports from Amsterdam London and Lowestoft tell of the heavy gale loosening the R-33, sister to the R-34, as it drifts toward the Dutch coast with 20 crew aboard. Wireless contact kept with Pulham and Yarmouth as rescue efforts mobilize and ships in the North Sea are alerted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
A. P
Atlantic
Pulham
Norfolk
Lowestoft
England
Pulnam
Seward
Air Ministry
Yarmouth
Cardington
Essex
North Sea
Four contestants to speak in state oratorical contest tonight
Jackson misc April 16 four district winners prepare for the state oratorical contest on Our Constitution. Wheeler Cathey represents Jackson schools for the Baptist orphanage, with Harvey Hedgepath Monticello, Sam T. Beott Euporia, and Mary Effie Cameron Cary as finalists before the supreme court in the senate chamber.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jackson, Misc
Supreme Court
Senate
Wheeler Cathey
Jackson Schools
Baptist Orphanage
Harvey Hedgepath
Monticello
Sam T. Beott
Euporia
Mary Effie Cameron
Cary
River Stages Report Across Mississippi Valley
River stage readings show Memphis at 18.1 with a 0.1 drop, Vicksburg 22.9 down 0.2, New Orleans 5.6 steady, Red River at Shreveport 9.4, Alexandria 6.6 with a 0.1 fall, and nearby stations displaying minor changes. The data reflects current river conditions and minor fluctuations across the basin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mississippi
Memphis
Vicksburg
New Orleans
Shreveport
Stationar
Alexandria
Ouagh
Protests Over Castor Creek Oil Bed Lease
Landowners around Castor Creek in Winn and La Salle parishes protest state plans to lease the creek bed for oil development. Urania Lumber Co. is a major landholder owning sides of Castor Creek, which protesters say is narrow and non navigable. They argue a 200 foot wide strip is advertised without adequate adjoining lands for lessees to drill, and actions to protest have not been announced.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. B. King
Urania
Castor Creek
Winn and
la Salle
Urania Lumber Company
Urania Company
Castor
First Oil Lease Brokerage Opens in Urania
The La Salle Brokerage Company opens the first brokerage office in Urania to handle oil leases royalties and related securities. Founders C A Richey A D Flowers and J W Wright from Jena will run offices in Urania and Jena with C J Richey in charge in Urania.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Urania
la Salle Brokerage Company
C. A. Richey
A. D. Flowers
J. W. Wright
Jena
New Urania
C. J. Richey
Cotton States Chief Attends Opener in Monroe
President Frank Scott of the Cotton States League attended the opener in Monroe this afternoon. He traveled from Vicksburg last night to witness the initial tilt. Alexandria sent a strong delegation of about 250 fans by motor to see the Reds vs Drillers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Scott
Cotton States League
Monroe
Vicksburg
Alexandria
T Reds
Lambert Jury Out After Night Session In Murder Trial
The jury in the G. T. Lambert murder case for Ed Turner’s death remained unable to reach a verdict after hours of deliberation since 10 p m the previous night. Judge cautioned them on the need for a verdict as a night session began at 8 p m with continued testimony from both sides detailing a daytime quarrel and a stabbing during the alleged confrontation in Clarks Oasis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
News-Star
Columbia
G. T. Lambert
Ed Turner
Lambert LE
Turner
E. D. Gardner
Clarks
Oasis
Quarrel
Lambert
Florida Freedom from Income Tax Is Cited
W. E. Kay of Jacksonville outlined Florida's tax system at the Louisiana Bankers Association convention in New Orleans. He warned that wealth concentration in Florida rests on a constitutional disposition, while delegates noted debates on federal surtaxes and rising needs for bond issues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Orleans
Louisiana Bankers Association
Florida
W. E. Kay
Jacksonville
Atlantic Coast Line Railroad
Frank W. Mondell
War Finance Corporation
W. D. Haas
Alexandria
Monroe Police Improve as Arrests and Court Cases Fall
The Monroe city police show improved behavior with an April record of fewer arrests, averaging under four daily and many released the same day. City court activity also drops, with only 42 cases tried in early April and just 10 of those on the larger side. Only one “fake” case has been tried in over three weeks, and Judge Schulze had no offenders before him from April 5 to 13.
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Schulze
Prosecution Presents Its Side in Dunn Murder Trial
Lake Charles La April 16 Arguments in the Dunn brothers murder trial opened with two state attorneys speaking before defense and state to close The state seeks the death penalty while the defense pushes for acquittal on alibi grounds and challenge to the chain of circumstantial evidence.
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Lake Charles
W. Robert
Byron Dunn
Sam E. Duhon
Defese
Bob Dunn
E. C. House
Sam Johnson
John Burke
Samuel E. Duhon
W. E. Collins
Prohibition
Bob
Byron
Starks
Dunn's
W. R. Ellis
Bureau of Identification
Beaumont
Texas
Maurice O'Neal
Bureau of Identification of
New Orleans
Poisoned love prompts murder charge in Indiana family
Mrs. Anna Cunningham, 49, confessed to poisoning three of five children Isabelle 18 Charles 19 Walter 13 and David 24 in a bid to join their father who died in 1918. She denied poisoning her husband and Harry 21 while sparing Mae 19. Insurance payouts funded the deaths and medical bills as investigators prepared charges.
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Crow Prince
Ind
A. P
Anna Cunningham
Isabelle
Charles
Walter
David
Chicago
Harry
Mae
Robert E. Crowe
John S. Sbarbaro
Nathan Leopold
Richard Loeb
Robt
Franks
Benjamin H. Strong
Maureen McKernan
Youk Duses
A. A. Watts
Gary
David, Sr
David, Jr
Cunningham
Bob Murray
Tom
Murray
Mail fraud charged in arrest of Robert R. Hogan alias Cochran
Robert R. Hogan, alias David A. Cochran, faces a mail fraud charge after police say he used a Cochran signed check to buy $56 of Montgomery Ward merchandise and attempted to collect a package from the Chicago firm. He was arrested after calling for the package and later identified. authorities plan to hand him to federal agents. Hogan is said to reside near Ruston.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert R. Hogan
David A. Cochran
Lenard
Montgomery-Ward Company
Chicago
Hogan
Montgomery-Ward
West Monroe
Central Savings Bank and Trust Company
Post Office
A. A. Thoman
Ruston
Fur Dealers Plan Protection Effort for Muskrat
An association formed in New Orleans to enforce laws protecting fur bearing animals in Louisiana focusing on the muskrat. Plans include conservation experts to study the muskrat and a statewide campaign for its protection and propagation after six million were trapped last winter. State Senator J. G. Fisher of Jefferson was named chairman with A. M. Smith of Vermilion as vice chairman and Representative Jules Herbert of Morgan City as secretary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Orleans
Louisiana
J. G. Fisher
Jefferson
A. M. Smith
Vermilion Parish
Jules Herbert
Morgan City
Double Honor Paid Monroe At State Bankers Meeting
New Orleans report covers Louisiana Bankers Association closing session endorsing Coolidge tax cuts and calls to repeal state inheritance tax. Travis Oliver of Monroe elected president. Baton Rouge and New Orleans officials named to key posts. The group urges federal tax reforms and a constitutional ban on state income tax.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Orleans
Coolidge
Louisiana
Louisiana Bankers Association
Travis Oliver
Monroe
W. P. Connell
Baton Rouge
J. C. Lafayette
W. J. Miell
L. O. Broussard
Paul Brown
Shreveport
J. P. Turregano
Alexandria
Pp. C. Willis
Congress
Montana Senator Wheeler Goes On Trial In Oil Suit
Senator Burton K. Wheeler of Montana stands trial in Great Falls federal court on a 1930s oil lease prosecution charge. He allegedly accepted $4,000 from Gordon Campbell to prosecute oil lease claims before the interior department after his 1930 election to the Senate. The case carries up to two years and a $10,000 fine, with disqualification from office if convicted. Juror pool includes 120. venue rules limit women from serving in this state law context.
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Great Falls
Mont
Burton K. Wheeler
Montana
United States District Court
Department of the Interior
Senate
Frank S. Dietrich
Idaho
Charles N. Pray
George M. Bourquin
Wheeler
Gordon Campbell
Wheeler's Trial Opens in Great Falls
The Wheeler oil lease case against Senator Burton Wheeler begins in Great Falls Montana with Judge Frank S Lietrich presiding. A venire of 120 jurors is summoned as crowds fill the court, many citing farm work and seeding as reasons to avoid service.
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O. K
Amsterdam
Netherlands
Anna Richardson
Broad Mountain
Pottsville
Cotton States
Police Department
Dunn
Theodore Forrest
Washington
Flora Ritter Gorton
William McC. Ritter
State Bankers’ Meeting
Rockefellers
AUTO
New York
James Stillman Rockefeller
Nancy Carnegie
Dungeness
Cumberland Island
Andrew Carnegie
Fernandina
Fla
New York Tribune
Henry S. Morgan
W. F. Winn
Winn
Phineas Shaw Spague
Boston
Lucy Carnegie
Rockefeller
Wm. G. Rockefeller
Europe
Yale
Miss Carnegie
U. S
Burton Wheeler
Department of the
Sion
Ress As “A
Robert E. Pinkerton
Canada
White Water
Froer
Hione, Trin
Pinkerton
Jack London
Bull Cock
United States
Nex
Riry
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