Foreman for Snyder jury chosen amid trial delays
William E. Young hotel publicity man was selected as jury foreman for the Snyder murder trial. Fifty talesmen were examined with none acceptable, as the jury pool remains unsettled while both defendants face murder charges and potential blame shifting.
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Associated Press
New York
William E. Young
Snyder
Young
Elmhurst
Henry Judd Gray
Ruth Snyder
Court House Square
Gray
Mrs. Snyder
Woman Author Gets Jail Term in New York
Mae West star and co author of Sex, raided Broadway play, sentenced by General Sessions Judge Donnellan to ten days in the workhouse and a 500 dollar fine for participating in an obscene stage performance. Co author James A Timoney also sentenced to ten days and fine. William Clarence Morganstern received ten days without a fine.
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Associated Press
New York
Mae West
General Sessions
Donnellan
James A. Timoney
William Clarence _Morganstern
Levee Repairs Advance in Fourth District Amid Rising River
New Orleans reporters note improved weather aids engineers in the fourth levee district to raise low sections and shore up weak points in the lower Mississippi valley. Rivers continue to rise with gauge at 20.2 and materials dispatched to strategic points for potential contingencies.
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Associated Press
New Orleans
Mississippi Valley
New Orleans Weather Bureau
St. Paul
Cumberland
Tennessee
Louisiana Railroads Aid Mississippi Embankment Fight
Aid from multiple sources including Louisiana railroads and the Standard Oil company has been pledged in the battle over the Mississippi levee defenses. Work on the protective embankments progresses steadily under the state’s efforts.
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Baton Rouge
Standard Oil Company of
Louisiana
Mississippi
Negro Found Guilty In Morehouse Case
Lemmie Jackson, a Black man, was found guilty of manslaughter in district court in Bastrop Louisiana for the February slaying of Jessie Webb. The court recessed today and is expected to resume Wednesday.
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Bastrop
Lemmie Jackson
Jessie Webb
Will Organize Guidance Association At Meeting In City
A guidance association meeting is set for Wednesday night at 7 45 in the City High School auditorium. The gathering aims to organize a Monroe based permanent guidance group to aid boys and girls in choosing life work with help from professionals and to assist in finding openings in suitable fields. Dr Frankie will explain the guidance work, and Mrs Jack Hayes discusses why a guidance association is needed.
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Twin Cities
City High School
Monroe
Frankie
Jack Hayes
Coolidge Urges Care at Crossings
President Calvin Coolidge makes a public appeal by letter to the convention urging heightened care at crossings and safer traffic conduct.
Rail safety meeting cites 1926 grade crossing deaths
Chicago April 19 The American Railway association safety section opens its seventh annual convention with a letter from President Coolidge urging railroads and the public to reduce grade crossing accidents. He notes 2 429 deaths and 7 991 injuries in 1926 and calls for warnings and safeguards at crossings and greater motorist caution. About 500 safety men from U S and Canada attend. R H Aiston presides.
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Chicago
American Railway Association
Coolidge
United States
Canada
R. H. Aishton
Parting Proves Too Much for Opera Soprano
New York April 19 Mary Lewis Metropolitan Opera soprano and her husband Michael Bohen honeymooning on the high seas after a last minute decision to depart. They rushed back to the ship five minutes before sailing time to avoid separation and canceled engagements.
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New York
Mary Lewis
Metropolitan Opera
Michael Bohen
High Seas
Miss Lewis
Berlin
Boonton, N. J
Eatih
Fire destroys oil filling station and garages in Farmerville
A large fire at 2:15 pm in Farmerville damaged the Standard Oil Filling Station and Allen's Garage and Machine Shop on the court house square. Gasoline tanks exploded as flames spread, endangering nearby Hartman’s store and Selig’s hardware while several frame sheds including a warehouse threatened collapse.
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Farmerville
Standard Oil
Allen’s
Court House Square
Hartman's
Selig
Gravity Canal flood relief plan approved regionwide
Alexandria La April 19 Resolutions endorsing Welman Bradford president of the Louisiana Gravity Canal Co Inc for diverting excess Mississippi River floods through Red River to a southwest Louisiana gulf coast canal have been approved by chambers of commerce and civic groups in Lake Charles Jennings Crowley Lafayette New Iberia St Martinsville Opelousas Eunice and Ville Platte The plan aims to remove flood danger and use water for irrigation navigation fertilization and food production instead of waste, property damage, and loss of lives.
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Alexandria
Welman Bradford
Louisiana Gravity Canal Co., Inc
Mississippi River
Red River
Louisiana Gulf Coast
Chambers of Commerce
Rotary Clubs
Lake Charles
Jennings
Crowley
LaFayette
New Iberia
St. Martinsville
Opelousas
Eunice
Ville Platte
Alexandria Chamber of Commerce
Bradford
Mississippi
Paroled Film Idol John Gilbert Released From Jail
Beverly Hills, April 19 John Gilbert film idol was released on parole from the city jail after serving ten days for disturbing the peace. The parole requires periodic police reports. City Recorder Strensinger issued the order to Chief Blair, who denied knowing the reason for the release.
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Beverly Hills
Calif
John Gilbert
Blair
Strenlinger
Strensinger
Gilbert
Beverly Hills Idol Gilbert Jailed After Disturbing Police
John Gilbert, new idol of motion picture fandom, is jailed in Beverly Hills after pleading guilty to disturbing the peace. He admitted invading the police station and demanding an arrest of an unnamed person, was held five hours, and released on $25 bail. He feared Mayor Rogers would hear of the incident.
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Beverly Hills
Calif
John Gilbert
Will Rogers
Gilbert
Spick and Span
Rogers
Train Service On M. P. To North Is Improved Today
Missouri Pacific reports main line from Monroe to Little Rock is now operable via Collinston Felsenthal and El Dorado after a washout near the Louisiana Arkansas line. Detours over Illinois Central to Ruston and Rock Island to El Dorado used yesterday. Bus connections resumed as flooding receded.
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M. P
Monroe
Missouri Pacific Railroad
Little Rock
Arkansas
Collinston
Felsenthal
el Dorado
Louisiana-Arkansas State Line
Illinois Central
Ruston
Rock Island
Buscom
Flooding Rises on Mississippi Near Monroe Locks
Weather reports show rapid river rise over twenty four hours with white caps on the Mississippi near Monroe. The flood backs into the Quachita, damaging Lone Star tourist park facilities as several riverfront buildings submerge.
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D. F. Walker
News-Star
Monroe
Mississippi
Quachita River
Lone Star
Valley Bayou Bartholomew Elevation Update Amid Floods
Reports from Wilmot Ark and surrounding flood areas describe Bayou Bartholomew levels rising modestly but not reaching prior highs as Arkansas levee breaks threaten larger floods. Officials note several low spots absorbing overflow while Mississippi river levees hold with noted breaches raising refugee concerns.
Wide Strip Doomed by Mississippi Flood Breach
The St. John's bayou levee eight miles north of New Madrid broke, letting the Mississippi flood inundate thousands of acres and threaten towns across the St. Francis and Little river valleys. About twenty towns and fifty villages face the worst flood in history as waters push toward Arkansas and Missouri. Hundreds of families in a ten to twelve mile wide area near New Madrid and Lilbourn are ordered to evacuate.
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Associated Press
Memphis
Tenn
Mississippi River
New Madrid
Helena
Ark
St. John’s Bayou
Mississippi
St. Francis River
Little River
Big Lake
Arkansas
St. Francia Lake
St. Francis
Little Rivers
Lake City
Truman
Herman
Tulot
Marked Tree
Tyronsea
Lepanto
Deckerville
Gilmore
Frenchman’s Bayou
Joiner
Wilson
Osceola
Maerion
Harvard
Parkin
Earl
Brickeye
Nettleton
Forest City
Marianna
Caraway
Black Oak
Blytheville
Missouri
White
Petit Jean
Clarendon
Monroe County
Here
Lilbourn
St. Johns Bayou
Tornado Toll in Arthur City Texas Port on Red River
A tornado struck Arthur City in northeast Texas early today killing Robert Craven and injuring about a dozen others. Half the town’s 30 buildings including a cotton gin store and 12 homes were destroyed. Injured were taken to Paris Texas. Damage also reported at Levelland and near Lubbock. Two Champbell daughters drowned when their car went into a swollen creek near Ranger.
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Associated Press
Dallas
Texas
Arthur City
Red River
Robert Craven
Paris
Levelland
Lubbock
Edward Champbell
Ranger
Tornado Strikes School Kills Teacher in Centerville
Carrollton Illinois April 19 A tornado struck the rural Centerville schoolhouse this afternoon killing teacher Miss Annie Keller age 25 and burying twenty five pupils. Wire lines were down and roads blocked hindering aid. doctors and nurses rushed to the scene by wagon.
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Associated Press
Carrollton
Centerville
Annie Keller
Mississippi river commission spring inspection starts
The Mississippi river commission prepared to begin its annual spring high water inspection tour from St. Louis to New Orleans today aboard the steamer Inspector.
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ST. Louis
Mississippi River Commission
New Orleans
Big Bill Thompson Heads South for Royal Send Off
Chicago April 19. Big Bill Thompson begins his third term as mayor with a formal induction amid cheers and jeers. A council controversy and a waterway boosters send off to New Orleans marked the day as Thompson meets Eamon De Valera, hailed as an adversary of the British empire by parade organizers.
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Chicago
Big Bill Thompson
William Hale Thompson
New Orleans
Thompson
America
Eamon de Valera
Dennis Malley
American Association For Recognition of
Poisoned stenographer in hospital after crisis
Miss Eula Mc Vicker Monroe stenographer remains unchanged after a poisoning attempt last Thursday. She spent a restless night at St Francis sanitarium where she is under treatment.
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Eula McVicker
Monroe
St. Francis Sanitarium
Parachute Fatal Mishap Claims Beaufort Flyer's Life
In Texas Lieut. E. D. Raney Jr. of Beaufort S C was killed when his parachute caught in the tail of his plane causing a crash three miles south of Kelly Field near San Antonio. The student pilot perished as the single occupant aircraft went down in a cotton patch this morning.
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Associated Press
San Antonio
Texas
E. D. Raney, Jr
Beaufort
Kelly Field
Here
Veteran river sketches show Mississippi levee weak points
Two river veterans Captain Gus Phillips and Captain J. L. Menard map danger spots along the Mississippi levee system. Sketches identify current bites near Hickman Kentucky to Plaquemine Louisiana and other points from New Madrid to Donaldsonville, highlighting sections vulnerable to erosion and undermining.
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Associated Press
Memphis, Tenn
Mississippi Levee
Gus Phillips
Gulfport
Kate Adams
J. L. Menard
Hickman
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Mary E. Wooley
Mount Holyoke College
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Gulf of Mexico
Morehouse
Iin
Frederick Kopper, Jr
Frederick Kopper
Washington, D. C
National
The
Vicksburg
Red
Shreveport
Ouachita
Camden
Ohio
Cairo
Hambone
By J. P. Alley
Bob
Bell Syndicate, Inc
Bartholomew
Wilmot
Bayou Bartholomew
News-Star Today
A. M. Keller
Wilmot Bank
Aaren Bartholomew
Keller
Mr. Keller
Cummings
Arkansas River
Carmichael
Luna
Washington
War Department
Charles Potter
Army Engineers
Gulf
Potter
Roandone
Twister
Big Bill
Caving Bluffs
River Terminal
Arkansas City
City
Greenville
Misa
Baton, Rouge
City and Railroad Terminal
Plaquemine
Donaldsonville
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