Thames freighter blaze leaves 16 missing after fire
United Press reports the freighter Thames burned and 16 crewmen vanished while ten were rescued. Captain Robert Sherman of Stratford and Chief Engineer Clarence Tibbetts of Bridgeport survived, with Sherman and eight sailors rescued by the Lexington and Tibbetts saved by an oyster boat skipper. The cause of the fire remains unknown as the vessel drifted in Long Island Sound. a dispute arises over delayed aid.
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Bridgeport
Conn
Thames
Robert Sherman
Stratford
Clarence Tibbetts
Sherman
Providence
R. L
Lexington
Coast Guard
Tibbetts
Long Island Sound
George W. Wilson
Wilson
Man Cannot Escape Alimony Even in Submarine Life
Mrs Alice Duckworth pursues alimony in a divorce case. Attorney S L Cheroske cites a submarine torpedo man as trying to dodge payments. Judge Walter Guerin rules Raymond Duckworth must pay 30 dollars monthly.
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MR. Jones
Los Angeles
S. L. Cheroske
Alice Duckworth
Walter Guerin
Raymond Duckworth
Deputy Shoots Man in Tennessee Still Bust
Knoxville Tenn April 25 Charles Gammons 20 year old still operator was killed in a still raid by Knox County deputies near Copperridge A McPherson claims self defense Wagner accompanied him as they approached the scene one man fired after a stick snapped and a second man fled a technical murder charge laid against McPherson with a hearing set for next Monday.
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Knoxville
Tenn
Charles Gammons
Knox County
Copperridge
Here
A. McPherson
McPherson
Wagner
Oklahoma's Jamaica Ginger Victims Face Prolonged Illness
Officials from the state health department laboratory said physicians doubt several paralysis like malady victims will fully recover. In Oklahoma more than 400 people are afflicted and no complete recoveries have been reported. The exact cause of the epidemic remains undetermined.
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Oklahoma City
Okla
State Health Department Laboratory
Oklahoma
Orleans Editor Denies Long Is A Hill Billy
New Orleans April 25 Editor Marshall Ballard wrote that Governor Huey P Long who is tall and red headed was not a hill billy. Ballard mocked Long in a editorial comparing him to ancient Roman pride and praising his lavish private life and studio parties with wine women and song.
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New Orleans
Huey P. Long
Marshall Ballard
Heliogablus
Ballard
Huey
Long
Son of Chicago socialite held on Iowa robbery charge
Vincent J. Lamb, son of a Chicago electrical engineer and a Gold Star Mothers member, is jailed in New Orleans in a bond robbery case from Davenport, Iowa. Passing as George Murdock, he used a hotel bill to pass stolen bonds sent from Chicago via Leo Leonard the betting commissioner.
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United Press
New Orleans
Chicago
Vincent J. Lamb
Dennis Lamb
Gold Star Mothers Organization
Murdock
Vincent Lamb
Lamb
Davenport
Iowa
George Murdock
Leo Leonard
Three Major Forest Fires Near Olla Are Controlled
Forestry Ranger W. E. Shell reported three large fires in the Olla district were brought under control. The first fire, east of Beach Creek on Urania Lumber lands, burned about 160 acres. A second fire was found between Olla and Summerville on the old Brewton Place. Firefighters and rangers fought the blazes all week to contain them.
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News-Star
Olla
W. E. Shell
Urania Lumber Company
Beach Creek
Olla-Winnfield Highway
Urania
E. W. Rice
Olla Signal
Summerville
Brewton Place
Wife Too Late to Vote Sparks Murder Charge
Forest City Missouri story says James W Payne held on second degree murder charge after his wife died from tetanus from a scalp wound said to be inflicted during a dispute triggered by her late poll arrival. Court hearing held. bond set at 50000.
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Hubby
Oregon
Forest City
James W. Payne
Bar Association Adopts Bill to Revise General Laws in Louisiana
The Louisiana State Bar Association opened its annual convention in Ouachita parish with about 350 attendees. President Charles F. Fletchinger presided as delegates discussed proposing a revision of the state general laws and considered appellate jurisdiction reforms to ease the supreme court docket.
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Louisiana State Bar Association
Ouachita Parish Court House
Charles F. Fletchinger
New Orleans
O'Neill
Supreme Court
Court of Appeals
Ministers Acquit Fellow Who Wed a Catholic Girl
In Lexington a rector from Dayton Ky Dr Julius Velasco was acquitted of major charges after marrying a Catholic Catherine Rogers. He faced only an admonition from his bishop for the affair and loss of orders was avoided. The ecclesiastical court found he violated no church law and cleared him of demanding resignation from the parish.
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Associated Press
Lexington
Julius Arnold Velasco
St. John’s Episcopal Church
Dayton
Catherine Rogers
Baltimore
H. F. Almon Abbott
Injunction Denied In Allen Civil Service Challenge
Chief S J Allen sought to halt hearings by the police civil service board in his charges case in Caddo parish district court but Judge Robert Roberts denied the preliminary injunction. Attorney Harry V Booth planned to seek a writ of certiorari from the supreme court in Monroe.
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Associated Press
Shreveport
Police Civil Service Board
S. J. Allen
Allen
Caddo Parish
Robert Roberts
Harry V. Booth
Monroe
Supreme Court
Bar Association
Chief Allen
Thomas
Commission
Civil Service Act
Il Duce’s Daughter Missing on Secret Honeymoon
Rome reports Signoria Edda Mussolini and Count Galeazzo Ciano are missing amid a claimed secret honeymoon after a wedding car trip from Rome. Premier Mussolini accompanied them part of the way and then returned to the Venezia palace to resume duties.
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Associated Press
Rome
Signoria
Edda Mussolini
Galeazzo Ciano
Mussolini
Venezia Palace
Judge allows Capone arrest order injunction in Florida
Federal Judge Halsted L. Ritter permanently enforces a March injunction preventing 20 Florida sheriffs from enforcing Governor Carlton’s order to arrest Alphonse Capone on sight and escort him to the state line.
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Associated Press
Miami
Fla
Halsted L. Ritter
Florida
Doyle Carlton
Alphonse Capone
Franklin Ordered to Appear for Impeachment Trial Monday
Jackson Mississippi April 25 the senate sitting as a high court of impeachment ordered Lester C Franklin chairman of the state tax commission to appear Monday at 11 a m for arraignment on charges of high crimes and misdemeanors in office.
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Associated Press
Jackson
Miss
Mississippi Senate
Lester C. Franklin
State Tax Commission
Hit run driver sought after fatal 14 year old girl death
Charlotte police sought a hit and run driver after a brown roadster grabbed 14 year old Lillian Dorine Condon by the arm and dashed her to death against the pavement as she walked home with friend Gregory Walker. The girl died minutes later from a fractured skull.
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Charlotte
N. C
Lillian Dorine Condon
Gregory Walker
Miss Condon
Miss Walker
Ransdell seeks State Dept aid for Louisiana man in Venezuela
Senator Ransdell from Louisiana introduced a resolution denouncing the State Department for failing to protect James E. Welch, a Louisiana citizen who lived in Venezuela. Welch seeks government action to secure custody of his child and seeks $500,000 for alleged indignities and losses after a two month imprisonment, citing Venezuelan law and arrest while attempting to bring his daughter home.
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Washington
State Department
James E. Welch
Louisiana
Venezuela
Ransdell
Welch
Shreveport
Cold Spell Persists in New England
Boston records the coldest April 25 in 38 years with temperatures near 34 degrees in early morning. Northfield Vermont reports a low of 24 as officials warn of another 24 hours of cold ahead.
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Boston
New England
Northfield
Vermont
Accuse Girls of Going Into Male Profession
Chicago police hold 19 year old Marion Billings of Montana and 35 year old Ella Densdale in connection with cattle rustling. Authorities said Billings was wanted by Billings authorities and Densdale overseer of a rooming house.
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Chicago
Marion Fleming
Billings, Mont
Ella Densdale
Billings
Parish High Is First for One Final
In the first rally final for girls volleyball Ouachita parish high Monroe won first place defeating Baton Rouge high 2 games to 0 by 15 0. Baton Rouge high was second with the two teams the sole entries. Other events include girls final debut Carita Domingue Scott high first Virginia Sutton Ruston second Elizabeth Biedenharn Ouachia high third Lenora Koonce Castor fourth.
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Baton Rouge
Ouachita Parish High
Monroe
Baton Rouge High
Ouachita
Carita Domingue
Scott High
Virginia Sutton
Ruston
Elizabeth Biedenharn
Ouachia High
Lenora Koonce
Castor
Kent Champagne
Grant Buckley
Istrouma
Leon Ware
Ouachita High
Dorothy Finke
Elizabeth
Baker
Jesuits of
New Orleans
Oak Grove
Shreveport High
Reward Offered for Arrest of Train Wrecker in Mississippi
In Vicksburg Mississippi on April 25 officials of the Yazoo and Mississippi Valley railroad announced a reward of 8000 dollars for the arrest and conviction of those responsible for two derailments near Vicksburg and an attempted derailment. E D Holcombe general superintendent, with T H Bond and P T Kelcher of the Illinois Central system, disclosed details of the derailments at Dixon and just north of Vicksburg. All were passenger trains and the incidents caused injuries to the engineer and fireman in the later wreck.
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Associated Press
Vicksburg
Miss
Yazoo and Mississippi Valley Railroad
E. D. Holcombe
T. H. Bond
Chicago
P. T. Kelcher
Dixon
Here
Belcher Man Killed as Auto Upsets on Road
A. A. McNair, 58, carpenter of Belcher, died after his light roadster overturned on the Belcher Oil City highway. Authorities say steering gear likely locked causing the car to swerve and roll. McNair was thrown from the vehicle and died minutes after the crash.
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Associated Press
Shreveport
A. A. McNair
Carpenter
Belcher
Belcher Oil City
McNair
Oil City
Model Prisoner Returns After Jail Break in Nacogdoches
Willie Tindall, described as the model prisoner, escaped with seven others from the Nacogdoches county jail and turned himself in the next morning after visiting his family. He begins a 35 year murder sentence. Others remain at large, including L. L. Jennings and George Boatman, both under penitentiary sentence.
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Nacogdoches
Texas
Willie Tindall
Tindall
L. L. Jennings
George Boatman
Robbers Extract 4000-Pound Safe From Saline Bank Vault
In Bienville parish at Saline near Arcadia, burglars used picks to break through a brick vault, removing a 4000 pound safe containing about 3750 in cash and papers. The crime was discovered at opening, with police unsure of the destination. Investigators suspect multiple assailants and a truck transport.
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Arcadia
Bank of Saline
Saline
Bienville Parish
Ringgold
Bank of Rinzgold
J. E. Currie
Two Men Die From Gas in Howes Cave Bell Chamber
In Howes Cave New York two men died and three others were recovering after inhaling deadly gas in the Bell of Moscow chamber. John Sagendorf co owner and Owen Wallace an electrician died later in Albany hospital despite seven hours of modern medical efforts.
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Howes Cave
N. Y
Howes’ Cave
John Sagendorf
Owen Wallace
Albany
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