ILLS SHACK ARREST FARM HAND Killed Recluse
Chicago August 2 A P report states James L Scott former estate broker and recluse was found murdered in a Ridgeway shack with three shotgun wounds. Farm hand Floyd Daley 28 of Elijaygaya was held for investigation after staying with the victim until last Monday.
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Chicago
A. P
Ames L. Scott
Ridgeay Shack
Floyd Doyle
Jim Denison
Fairmont
Scott
Cuntain
Ots
Floyd Daley
Elijaygaya
Monay
Local Showers Reported in Lower Valley Area
New Orleans August 2 The Weather Bureau notes moderately high pressure over eastern Canada and the Atlantic coast with a trough to the lake region. Local showers are recorded in the Ohio Valley Tennessee the Gulf States and along the Louisiana and Texas coasts. Temperatures remain high in the southwest and largely fair elsewhere.
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New Orleans
By . S. Weather Bureau
Estern
Canada
Atlantic
Lake
Ohio Valley
Tennessee
Gulf States
Ouisiana
Texas
United
Woman claiming key to double crime missing
Mrs. Virginia Dorothy Deleon Harding, wife of a Milwaukee gas station worker, disappeared after checking out of a Chicago hotel while claiming she could solve the murder of Rev. Edward W Hall and choir singer Mrs. Eleanor Mills. She said Mrs. Hall was innocent and could prove it.
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Chicago
A. P
Virginia Dorothy Deleon Harding
Milwaukee
Edward W Hall
Eleanor Mills
New Jersey
Kidnapping Shocks Busy Fort Worth Corner
Fort Worth police and witnesses report six masked men abducted a man from a busy corner Saturday night. A policeman and news boy saw the car stop and the men seize the victim before driving away. The kidnappers wore crimson crosses and left no clues to identify the victim or the abductors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Worth
Tex
A. P
Lanier Webb
Lady Astor Arrives in Boston With Children for U S Visit
Lady Astor the first woman British MP arrives in Boston aboard the Samaria with her four children. She plans a three week stay at Charles Dana Gibson’s Maine home, tours Harvard University and historic Boston sites, then sails to Rockland Maine. Her older son stays with Viscount Astor in California, the younger serves in military duty in England. She says she seeks rest and mentions war debts and world peace.
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Boston
A. P
Lady Astor
Samaria
America
Charles Dana Gibson
Dark Harbor
Maine
Harvard University
Rockland
Viscount Astor
California
England
Virginia
Havoc Wrought by Ocean Gale Hits Bahamas Islands
Crippled schooners carry refugees into Nassau as death toll climbs to 146 with 400 missing. Sloops Doris Eleuthera Lily G Alberta report losses of crew and vessels as Andros and Exuma suffer extensive destruction. Bahamas-wide damage, homes destroyed, crops ruined, total losses mounting to millions.
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Associated Press
Nassau
Bahama Islands
Bahamas
Doris
Exuma Key
Lily G
Alberta
Andros Island
New Angles Emerge in Atlanta Donaldson Case
Atlanta police pursue three leads after the murder of Bert Donaldson special investigator for Solicitor General Boykin. The case involves possible ties to the Peachtree grocer killing and the Buncoe ring with suspects held in Fulton County jail and a Columbus arrest. Mrs Wilson, wife of fugitive Jack Wilson, is sought in Columbus.
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Atlanta
A. P
Chicago
Bert Donaldson
John S. Boykin
Boykin
Donaldson
Columbus
Jack Wilson
Peachtree
Forest fires rage in northern Idaho and Montana
Fires sweep beyond control lines in northern Idaho and Montana forcing visitors to flee Glacier National Park resorts. Stryker sustains fifty buildings lost and a railroad foreman dies. Western Glacier Park closes western entrance as flames reach Apyar cottages near Lake McDonald. High winds push the blazes into new timberlands.
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Missoula
Mont
Idaho
Montana
Glacier National Park
Blackfeet Forest
Park District
Stryker
Nels Nelson
Glacier Park
Apyar
Lake McDonald
Poisoning spoils wedding celebration and basement bean incident
Twenty eight people fell ill after tainted cake at a wedding in Tony Manilo’s home. Eight more, including two women and six children, were poisoned by tasting a curious bean found in a basement. Physicians expect full recovery.
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Chicago
A. P
Tony Manilo
Manrillo
Radio man links Miss X to Carmel trip in McPherson case
Kenneth G. Ormiston says his companion Miss X, a nurse, resembled Aimee Semple McPherson and may reveal her identity to prevent harm to the evangelist. Ormiston exonerates Mrs McPherson from involvement and describes renting a Carmel bungalow and travel with Miss X while hiding as Frank Gibson and wife.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kenneth Ormiston
McPherson
Chicago
Carmel
Calif
Miss X
Ee Semple McPherson
John Ryan
Ryan
Ormiston
Associated Press
Aue
A. P
Kenneth G. Ormiston
California
Aimee Semple McPherson
Angelus Temple
George MelIntire
Benedict
San Luis Obispo
Frank Gibson
Santa Barbara
Mrs. McPherson
Mrs McPherson
Mises X
Oakland
Drillers Meet Laurel at Forsythe Park
Monroe hosts the Lumberjacks today at Forsythe Park starting at 4 p.m with games also set for Tuesday and Wednesday. The Drillers, after a loss to the Reds, are tied for seventh in the Cotton States League with a 11-20 record and a .355 percentage. Hattiesburg leads the standings at .700 with 21 wins and nine losses.
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Monroe
Forsythe Field
Drillers
Reds
The
Tarpons
Hattiesburg
Hubs
Five States On Eve Of Primary Day Balloting
In Kansas City on Aug 2 candidates for national congressional and state nominations in Missouri Oklahoma Kansas and Montana wrapped up campaign work at home precincts. Prohibition featured as a main issue with voters heading to tomorrow's primary elections. Multiple candidates seek both long and short term Missouri senate seats with World Court and farm relief as secondary themes.
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Kansas City
Missouri
Oklahoma
Kansas
Montana
Tomrrow
World Court
Farm Relief
Mystery in Slaying of New Jersey Actress
Burlington county authorities search for a motive after Pearl McSherry 23 an actress is killed in a Browns Mill cottage. Betty Queen is jailed charged with the shooting Dorine O Connor held as a witness both are said to be New York actresses who rented the cottage a month ago neighbors report hearing a shotgun blast and finding McSherry on the floor with the gun nearby.
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Mount Holly
N. J
A. P
Burlington County
Pearl McSherry
Browns Mill
Betty Queen
Dorine O’connor
New York
Miss McSherry
Miss Queen
Brown Mills
Klan Blamed for Miriam Ferguson Defeat at Polls
Austin report ties the Ferguson primary loss to Ku Klux Klan influence. James Ferguson, her spokesman and husband, cites religious tension in Mexico and alleged Klan actions in Fort Worth. He accuses Catholic and Jewish groups of pressuring voters and links a Baptist sermon to the campaign dynamics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Tex
A. P
Miriam A. Ferguson
Ku Klux Klan
James Ferguson
Baptist Church
Ferguson
Fort Worth
Baptist Church In
Frank Norris
Moody
Norris
River Stages and River Dispatch Summary
River stage readings show MISSISSIPPI at Vicksburg 9.1 with a fall of 0.6 and New Orleans 1.9 with a rise of 0.11. RED indicates Shreveport 21.3 down 2.0 and Alexandria 21.9 up 1.9. OUACHITA reports Camden 4.5 down 0.2 and Monroe 14.3 down 0.0 Ost notes Cairo 12.0 up 1.6.
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Mississippi
Vicksburg
New Orleans
Shreveport
Alexandria
Ouachita
Camden
Monroe
Qghio
Cairo
Digger Bind Wife To Wagon In Apparent Kidnapping Attempt
William White, 24, a potato digger, was jailed in Kansas City after a deputy said he hitched his wife to a wagon and ordered her to pull it when his horse failed. White denied the charge, saying he freed the ailing horse and let his wife lead. He faces counts of drunkenness beating his wife beating the horses disturbing the peace and possessing liquor. Bond set at 500 pending preliminary hearing.
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Kansas City
Kans
A. P
William White
White
R. S. Carson
Muncie
Dixie Limited wreck injures three passengers at Wartrace
The Dixie Limited No. 90 bound for Chicago was partly derailed at Wartrace when rails spread. The baggage car two coaches and a Pullman left the track but did not overturn. Three passengers suffered minor injuries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chattanooga
A. P
Dixie Limited
Nashville, Chattanooga and
Form New Independent Oil Company on Coast
The Richfield Oil Company of California is being formed with 6 900 000 capitalization. The Corporation Trust Company will file the Delaware certificate of incorporation. Interests are connected with United Oil Company and financing will be handled by Bond Goodwin and Tucker Inc Aaronson and Company.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
A. P
Pacific Coast
Corporation Trust Company
Delaware
Richfield Oil Company
California
United Oil Company
Bond, Goodwin and Tucker, Inc
Aaronson and Company
White House Sets Up Summer Office at Paul Smiths
President Coolidge operates the federal executive offices from a pine forest cottage beside Lower St. Regis lake. The White House staff notes the outdoorsy setting might pull the President away from Washington. Everett Sanders leaves Boston for hospital observation as Mrs Coolidge and friends visit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul Smith
N. Y
A. P
Lower
St. Regis Lake
Federal
Coolidge
Paul
White House
Capitol
Frank W. Stearns
Boston
Paal Smith Hotel
Everett Sanders
Sanders
Cameron
Republican
Arizona
Plymouth
Oying
Harvey Firestone, Jr
Akron
Mexican bishops seek truce over religion dispute in peaceful day
Catholic episcopate announces a truce with the Mexican government until plebiscite on religious controversy. The Regional Labor Confederation parade proceeds peacefully as churches reopen for prayer except cathedrals closed for possible unrest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mexico City
A. P
Calles
Mexico
Confederation of Labor
Republic
Associated Press
Highest State Auxiliary Post Comes to City
Local delegates to four conventions at Lake Charles by the American Legion its Auxiliary and the Spanish American War Veterans and its Auxiliary returned home satisfied with the meetings and Monroe reception. Monroe captured first in the Legion Auxiliary as Miss Jennie O Kelley was elected state president. Leonidas Parkdulle Faulk Post No 13 elected R E McLeod grand cheminot of the Forty and Eighth organization with C M Mitchell named alternate Cheminot nationale. Mitchell also won a free trip to Paris in 1927. Delegates praised the sessions and the warm welcome. Dr P M Gayle attended the Spanish War Veterans reunion and noted pensions are now provided by the recent legislation. The drive to enroll more Spanish War veterans in Monroe is hoped to succeed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lake Charles
American Legion
Monroe
Legion Auxiliary
Jennie O’kelley
Leonidas Parkdulle Faulk
R. E. McLeod
O'Kelley
Louisiana
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James Scott
Lower Valley
United States
Miami
Fla
Bahaman Islands
National Park
Carmel Bungalow
Laurel
Forsythe Park
Chase
Ma” Ferguson
Paul Smiths
O’kelley
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