Two St Bernard deputies killed in Lake Borgne canal clash
In Violet Louisiana two St Bernard parish deputy sheriffs Joseph Estopinal and August Esteves were shot dead at the Lake Borgne canal bridge. A federal prohibition agent was among the dead as rum runners fled toward New Orleans in a whiskey laden truck. Suspects were pursued as authorities detained several others in a widening smuggling case.
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New Orleans
St. Bernard Parish
Lake Borgne Canal
Violet
Jospeh L. Estopinal
August Esteves
Esteves
Teppert
Pluy Esteves
Ekshot
Maurice St. Germaine
Neph Guerra
Depty
Buss St. Bernard
Bahamas
Mississippi Sound
New Orl
Bilbo Wants Out of Jail Before Governor's Race
Theodore G. Bilbo, former Mississippi governor, begins a 30 day federal jail term in Oxford after pleading guilty to contempt of court in the Russell Birkhead case. He told Rex Magee he will pursue a public stance from jail and expects a press statement soon.
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Bilbo
Jackson
Miss
Theodore G. Bilbo
Oxford
Rex Magee
Jackson Daily News
E. R. Holmes
Russell- Birkhead
Swep J. Taylor
Governor Russell
Associated Press
Mississippi
Lafayette County
Edwin R. Holmes
Miss Birkhead
New Orleans
Lee M. Russell
Congress briefs on Daughters of American Revolution program
Washington reports show a split agenda at the thirty second annual congress with internal committee reports and routine business. The Good Will delegation to France voyage details and sail dates are announced alongside reception plans at the White House by President Harding.
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Associated Press
Washington
National Committee
Congress Daughters of the American Revolution
Harding
White House
Torance
France
Sxty
New York
Rance
American Committee
Washington Youth Details Flogging in Florida Camp
Paul White, 17, of Washington DC area, alleges brutal mistreatment at a convict turpentine camp in Florida. He says he was beaten daily, forced to drag a scrap box through swamps, wore wet clothes in cold mornings, and was moved between facilities after a state prison inspector noted his condition. He describes being kept at Knabb’s home and later sent to MacClenny jail.
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Associated Press
Jacksonville
Fla
Senator
J. T. Kee
Paul White
Washington
Lb. C
White
Knabb
MacClenny
Tin can payment riot erupts in Nashville during cleanup week
In Nashville during cleanup week 60,000 cans were turned in for one cent each. When funds ran out the remaining boys could not be paid and hundreds stormed the temporary paymaster with cans, forcing him to seek shelter.
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Associated Press
Nashville
Tenn
Mayhaw Canning and Preserving Company Increases Capital
Laurel Mississippi April 17 stockholders voted to raise capitol stock from 19000 to 30000 and to buy equipment to can sauerkraut vegetables and make jelly from wild mayhaws. The locally financed company provides a cash market for locally grown truck crops.
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Associated Press
Laurel
Miss
Mayhaw Canning and Preserving Company
Capitol
Tuttle Named Immigrant Commissioner for New Orleans Port
President Harding appointed William W. Tuttle as immigration commissioner for the port of New Orleans in Washington on April 17. The order designates him to oversee immigration matters at the port.
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Associated Press
Washington
William W. Tuttle
Harding
New Orleans
Madeline Gottschick Leads U S Endurance Dancing Trials
Cleveland reports prospects of a world endurance dancing record as Miss Madeline Gottschick passes the sixty hour mark. Seventeen women and ten men stay in three contests with Thomas Bert Sullivan, a one legged pioneer, aiming for an eighty hour mark. Margaret Howard and Andrew Raussin trail by fourteen hours. A ten step dancing ban proposal was sent to the judiciary committee without a vote.
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Cleveland
Ohio
Madeline Gottschick
Thomas Bert Sullivan
Miss Gottschick
Madeline Williams
Houston
Texas
Welock
Margaret Howard
Andrew Raussin
Gottschick
Ar Ordingnee
Judiciary Committee
Associated Press
Miss
Marathon Dancers Barred in Gotham and New Jersey
Vera Sheppard and Theodore Gill extended a world endurance record to seven days in motion before being barred in New York New Jersey. The four couple group moved to Connecticut where they continued dancing as police pressured them to stop.
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Gotham
New Jersey
New York
Connecticut
Cygnet Athletic Club
East Portschester
Conn
Broadway
Fort Lee
N. J
Harlem
District Attorney Likely to File Bills in Morehouse Case
District Attorney David J. Garrett said bills of information will be filed in the Sixth District Court at Bastrop against eighteen people in Morehouse parish kidnapping cases tied to the Watt Daniel and T. F. Richards murders. He noted filings may occur Wednesday night or Thursday morning as duties in Monroe court end, with warrants issued by Clerk James Dalton and arrests by Sheriff Fred Carpenter.
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David J. Garrett
Sixth Judicial District Court
Monroe
Fred M. Odem
Morehouse
Garrett
James Dalton
Bastrop
Dalton
Fred Carpenter
Sixth District
Ouachita
Criminal Court
Morehouse Parish
Watt Daniel
T. F. Richards
Skipwith
J. K. Skipwith
Cyclops
Morehouse Klan
Knights of the Ku Klux Klan
T. Jeff Burnett
Burnett
Shreveport
Spyker
el Paso
McKoin
B. M. McKoin
Met Rouge
Johns Hopkins University
Baltimore
McKain Ares
Addie May Hamilton
Mer Rouge
Little Rock
Ark
W. F. Daniel
Laurie Calhoun
Oliver Skipwith
Newt Gray
English Budget Receives Mixed British Press Response
London reports show overall favorable reactions from morning newspapers and financial observers to Baldwin’s budget. The Times lauds the large surplus division, while Labour and liberal-leaning papers oppose it, criticizing high taxes on sugar and tea. The Daily Herald blasts the budget as rich-man's, promising amendments. The Chronicle predicts liberal disappointment.
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Associated Press London
Labor
Baldwin
The
Times
Post
Daily Telegraph
Daily Herald
Chronicle
Lloyd George
Haiti Shows Bright Future, Progress Noted by U S General
Brigadier General John H. Russell of the marine corps states in a report to Secretary Hughes that Haiti’s future looks brighter. He notes continued cooperation with the Haitian government and eight months of earnest effort to foster development and welfare. The report, released by the State Department, covers his tenure since March 1922.
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Washington
Haiti
John H. Russell
Marine Corps
Hughes
State Department
Russel
Russell
Progress Report on Riverside to 250 Member Country Club
Riverside Club members and the special committee of the new Country Club project met at Elkshall to hear progress on landscape cleanup and golf course development. The bridge across Bayou DeSiard is to be completed by June 1, and membership is raised to 250 with a 200 dollar fee and 50 dollar annual dues. Credit for the original 100 dollar fee will apply to qualified former Riverside members. Ouachita parish residents will have in parish eligibility while non residents may join on a 50 percent rate, with details to follow.
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Old Riverside Club
Bayou DeSiard
Plourney
Riverside Club
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