Klan Meeting Ends in Pot Siege Riot in Westwood
A Klansmen gathering near Boston Providence Highway escalated into a riot as a mob of about 500 anti Klan protesters clashed with three score Klansmen. Firearms were present but no shots fired. State troopers later arrived to disperse the crowd and escort the Klansmen to safety. Three men were arrested on concealed weapons charges.
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Westwood
Mass
A. P
Islington
Boston Providence
Stephen Issl Iey
Offi
Fardington
Orleans Man to Fight in Morocco Sails for Service
Captain Edgar Bouligny of New Orleans, explorer and early American in the foreign legion, volunteers for the American escadrille in Morocco and departs from New York to join fellow American volunteers. He fought with the foreign legion and Lafayette escadrille, later serving in the AEF air forces. The first group of seven officers under Captain Pau A. Rockwell leaves Bordeaux tomorrow and sails to Morocco Wednesday.
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Paris
A. P
Edgar Bouligny
New Orleans
Foreign Legion
American Escadrille
Morocco
New York
Bouligny
Lafayette Escadrille
American Expeditionary Forces
Pau A. Rockwell
Bordeaux
Orleans pilot carries scars of past battles
Sergent Olialdgar Bouligny of New Orleans flies with the French escadrille and wears the Croix de Guerre and Medaille Militaire for three wounds. He downed fifteen enemy planes, fought the Flying Circus, and was hospitalized before returning to New Orleans then Paris where he writes on his war experiences. He is about 30.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Npgt
Orleans
Olialdgar Bouligny
New Orleans
Parish
New York
France
Bouligny
Hns
French Foreign Legion
Lafaye Escadrille
Paris
French offensive presses Riff Front in Morocco
French tanks and reconnaissance push toward Azjen northwest of Quezzan as a flying column, backed by tank detachment, probes Riffian mountain positions. Abd-El-Krim allegedly seeks delay until rains end, avoiding peace negotiations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
French
Morocco
Azjen
Quezzan
Abd-El-Krim
Nine named in Eros assault on Mae Nave
Aug 3 Jonesville report says four men and five women attacked Mae Nave at Eros last Monday. Affidavits name Walter Prohn and others, all charged with assault and battery. Warrants issued. sheriff to serve. Nave, 28, living with brother John Simms, says motive rooted in local jealousies. grand jury in September to weigh case.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jonesville
Mae Simms
Eros
Mae Nave
Walter Prohn
Annie May Prohn
Charles Prohn
Se Smith
Buddy Bennett
Ada Ward
Alma Smith
Jack Carney
Pearl Lowery
T. H. Bond
Jonesboro
Nave
Jesse Stith
Iddy Bennett
John Simms
Tremont Lumber Company
W. J. Hammon
Hammond
Man Kills Self With Gun From Noted Duel
Clown Stamps, 26, brother and former deputy sheriff of Virgil Stamps, used the revolver involved in a 13 year old duel death to end his life at a rural Prentiss home. He shot himself after breakfast, blood staining the room, illness named as the motive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hattiesburg
Miss
A. P
Virgil Stamps
Jefferson Davis County
Clown Stamps
Prentiss
Stamps
National Real Estate Boards to Install President in New Orleans
The mid winter meeting of the National Association of Real Estate Boards will be held in New Orleans where Robert Jemison Jr of Birmingham Alabama will be formally installed as president elect. The gathering marks the association's annual business session and will occur in January.
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Chicago
A. P
National Association of Real Estate Boards
New Orleans
Robert Jemison, Jr
Birmingham
Ala
Poison Inillness Connected Slaying Case At Trial
Manila August 3 Lieutenant J S Thompson faced court martial on murder charges for killing Miss Audrey Burleigh last April. An army medical board ruled him sane and described him as a constitutional psychopath with strong sexual motives in the crime. He surrendered at Fort McKinley after driving Miss Burleigh’s body there following the act. The defense will present U S depositions on Thompson’s mental state tomorrow.
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Manila
A. P
Army Medical Board
Audrey Burleigh
J. S. Thompson
Raymond F. Longacre
Medical Board
Thompson
Army
More Religion Is Seen as Need of World Today
Jonestown Mississippi August 8. Congressman William Whittington of Mississippi says the world’s need is more religion not more freedom or material progress. He spoke at the ground breaking for the new Jonestown Baptist church noting religion guides character and public life over politics.
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Jonestown
Miss
A. P
Wm. Whittington
Congress
Third District
Mississippi
Scott Suffering Cell Shock as Sanity Hearing Opens
Chicago August 3 A P A new term cell shock enters legal vocabulary as the sanity hearing begins for Russell Scott condemned to death for the Joseph Mauer drugstore murder Scott once Ontario businessman author actor and academy of jurisprudence seeks to prove mental incapacity through alienist testimony Judge Joseph D David summons a 100 man jury and defense and state alienists prepare intensive examinations of Scott awaiting verdict on his sanity and possible stay of execution
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Chicago
A. P
Joseph D. David
Russell Scott
Scott
Joseph Mauer
Cook County
David
Ontario
Letters Found Near Body Drive Ill Murder Probe
Investigators probe the death of Miss Cora Stallman after her body was found in a cistern on a sister’s farm near Matoon Illinois. Threatening letters signed K K K and a possible poisoning motive are under analysis as a coroner's inquiry extends over a week.
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Matoon
Ills
A. P
Cora Stallman
Stallman
Thomas Seaman
Seaman
Motorcyclist Seriously Hurt In City Crash
Henry Littlepage 20 of 805 Arkansas avenue suffered a skull fracture when his motorcycle swerved and struck a curb on South Grand near St John. He was rushed to Riverside sanitarium where surgery was performed. His condition fluctuated but was hopeful today with a fighting chance for recovery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Littlepage
Arkansas Avenue
Zeigin et al begin six inch casing at 1559 feet depth
Zeigin et al have set six inch casing at 1559 feet in Urania No. 2 19 10 2E near Prania as does Rowe Wallace. Plans call for deeper test after drilling next week with Beckman Urania No. 1 14 1E at about 1600 feet where oil was hinted at 1500 feet but not proven. Strong gas and oil shows noted at several depths with mud and water encountered. Cleve Love erects derrick at Tremont No. 2 and plans spudding soon as water lines are connected to Bayou Castor.
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R. H. Brooks
Saff
Prania
Zeigin
Urania
Beckman Urania
Helm and Burch
Cleve Love
Tremont No
Bayou Castor
Woman Sues City Over Street Car Injury in Monroe
Mrs Mattie Heath Stewart sues the City of Monroe in district court seeking 1750 damages after a street car collision on August 3 1924 left her seriously and permanently injured.
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District Court
Monroe
Mattie Heath Stewart
Boy Hurls Knife Wounding Boy in West Monroe
The ten year old son of Tom Painich in West Monroe was cut in the stomach when an artifact tossed to him by Howard Day missed the catch and struck him. Day and the boy had just finished eating watermelons when the accident occurred. The injury was not serious.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tom Painich
West Monroe
Howard Day
Young Painich
Day
Painich
Murder mystery as Coroner weighs poisoning in Stallman death
Cora Stallman, former schoolteacher, found dead in a cistern on Anna Seaman’s farm near Cincinnati after reports of threats and an assault. Coroner Shilling notes delirium before death, uncertainty if poisoning or self-inflicted, with autopsy showing no lung water. Investigations to determine cause and hold inquest await coroner conferences.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miss Stallman
Shilling
Cincinnati
Seaman
Seamans
Ederle Channel Swim Delayed by Rough Water
In Boulogne France Aug 3 rough seas forced American swimmer Gertrude Ederle to postpone her English Channel attempt. Argentine swimmer Lillian Harrison, who finished fourth in the Corbeil to Paris race, was welcomed at Boulogne as she rests until Thursday and hopes to resume training. If weather allows she may try the channel with Ederle over the coming days.
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Boulogne
France
A. P
Gertrude Ederle
English Channel
Lillian Harrison
Corbeil
Paris
T. W. Burgess
Miss Ederle
Weekend Toll Totals Twelve in Central U S
A grade crossing accident at Moorhead Mississippi cost Miller Ducaz and his two grown sons, part of a weekend tally reporting twelve central states deaths from traffic mishaps and drownings. In New Orleans two adults died and a 14 month old infant was dying after crashes that involved a Louisiana Southern railroad car.
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Chicago
A. P
Moorhead
Miss
Miller Ducaz
Central States
Memphis
Tennessee
Marquette Midh
Cchicago
Raven Young
Milwaukee
Wis
New Orleans
Phillip Franco
Joseph Mancino
Franco
Tony
Macina
Louisiana Southern Railroad
Mancina
Rita Trapani
Pratt Succeeds Williams as Naval War College President
Rear Admiral W V Pratt assumes leadership of the Naval War College succeeding Read Admiral Clarence Williams after commanding the Fourth Battleship Division of the Battle Fleet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. V. Pratt
Fourth Battleship Division
Battle Fleet
Read
Clarence Williams
Naval War College
Murder charge levied in West Coast mystery
Henry Schwartz of Pacific Cellulose is missing after an explosion at Walnut Creek. A dental expert declares the charred body is not Schwartz, who reportedly carried 180000 in life insurance. District Attorney Tinning says Schwartz is wanted for murder and asks sheriffs to locate him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Calif
A. P
Henry Schwartz
Pacific Cellulose Company
Walnut Creek
R. R Veale
Contra Costa County
A. J. Nielson
Schwartz
Schaartz
Tinning
Haynes to Act Only in Advisory Capacity Soon
Washington August 3 Prohibition enforcement is to be placed under 22 regional administrators as Roy A Haynes shifts to an advisory role for the treasury and Assistant Secretary Andrews. Blair of the internal revenue bureau signs the decree reducing the commissioner's powers while Haynes may run for Ohio governor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washngton
Prohibition
Roy A. Haynes
Andrews
Treasury
Blair
Internal Revenue Bureau
Haynes
Washington
Ohio
Monroe Labor Day Promises Big North Louisiana Event
Monroe plans the biggest Labor Day celebration yet with open house for locals and visitors. The program features the opening of the Shard road, a half million dollar courthouse and Hotel Virginia, a double header baseball game, and a huge barbecue. Invites go to governors and highway officials from four states and police juries from surrounding parishes, with strong local cooperation from the Chamber of Commerce and civic clubs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louisiana
Monroe
Court House
Virginia
State Highway Commission
Baton Rouge
State Department of Conservation
W. J. Everett
Mississippi
Arkansas
Alabama
Arnold Bernstein
Theo, Terzia
John Collens
Fred Peters
J. Russ
John Breard
Teflis Grotto Band
Pecan Grove
DeSiard Road
Chamber of Commerce of
Ruston
Terzia
Sicard
DeSiard
Lone Star
Ouachita
Ouachita Parish
Ouachita Pare
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Belle Bennett
Miss. Solon
Clubman
Wilda Bennett and
Charles Frey
Wilda Bennett
Lad
Zeigin ET AL
Rowe Wallace
Army Ueat
Philippines
U. S
WV Pratt
Magnate
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