Falls Forty Feet to Fate Near Delhi
E C McGee a Blodgett Construction Co worker fell forty feet from a nearly finished bridge east of Delhi while sawing timbers. He sustained a fractured skull broken arm and broken hip and died two hours later despite urgent medical aid. His body was sent to Mississippi for burial with his family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boon
E. C. McGee
Blodgett Construction Co
J. W. Clem
Delhi
Peters Co
W. B. Corry
Mendenhall
Mississippi
Davis Makes Stand On Klan In Letter
New York August 7 John W Davis Democratic candidate for president declares in a public letter he is not a member of the Ku Klux Klan and never was. He vows in his acceptance speech to take a clear stand on religious tolerance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
John W. Davis
Ku Klux Klan
Mr. Davis
Devere A.ien
The
World Tomorrow
Thomas J. Spellacy
Davis Eastern Exm
Allen
David
Klan
Fay Gee
Slayer of Sweetheart Case Given Change of Venue
Clarence Cummings indicted for first degree murder in the slaying of Pearl Tidwell. Grand jury grants change of venue. trial to be moved to Alcorn county in October.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Booneville, Miss
Clarence Cummings
Pearl Tidwell
Cummings
Alcorn County
Suit over wages in bootleg trade filed in Lodi
T. J. Shipman sues Jake Wittmeier and Ted Wittmeier for 244 dollars plus interest claiming he earned wages since September 15 last while forced to make mash for a distillery as part of bootleg operations. case set for August 27 in local court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lodi
Cal
T. J. Shipman
Jake
Ted Wittmeier
Shipman
Seven Escape Death in Talpa Street Car Crash
Seven people narrowly avoided death after a two car crash at Catalpa and Oak streets in Talpa. Mullen drove a Buick south on Catalpa when Phillips in an Oakland east on Oak struck the Buick, overturning it. Injuries included a broken arm, hip and head bruises. Morton boy, 10, was attended at hospital as others received treatment. Phillips credited with saving the child by lifting the car.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Talpa
Morton, Jr
Bob Mullen
Buick Services
W. A. Phillips
West Monroe
Mildred Morton
O. B. Morton
Ouachita National Bank
Daisy Morton
Miss Mildred
Young Morton
Mullen
Phillips
Miss Mildred Morton
Catalpa Street
C. B. Morton, Jr
Dorothy Morton
Oakland
Oak
Morton
Oak Street
Reprieve Granted in Death Sentence for LaSalle Man
Governor Fuqua granted a stay of execution for Frank E. Scales who was to hang tomorrow for the murder of his wife in LaSalle parish. The reprieve extends until October 17 to allow a pardon board hearing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baton Rouge
Fuqua
Frank E. Scales
LaSalle Parish
Fall Before Rebel Fire In Central American Crisis
Two Americans reported killed in San Marcos De Colon Honduras as Generalita rebels attack. Government troops guard frontier while U S Marines may be sent to border to repel revolutions. In Tegucigalpa General Ferrera fled the capital with troops and arms amid rising revolutionary activity near Nicaragua and imminent hostilities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Managua
Nicaragua
A. P
San Marcos de Colon
Honduras
Generalta
Tegucigalpa
Gregorio Ferrera
Roosevelt warned France and Germany averted European war
Dr Dennett of Washington asserts President Roosevelt foresaw Far East politics as a European issue and warned France and Germany to prevent a world war. He cites an 1905 memo showing Roosevelt aligning the U.S. with Japan and England, aiding the Portsmouth peace conference.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ww Own
Mass
Or Dannett
Washington
Pean Hee
Roosevelt
Portsmouth
France
Germany
Russia
Japan
England
United States
Europe
Far East
Farmer Accused of Killing Newborn Daughter
Will Franklin a 21 year old farmer from May Jorn near Warsaw is jailed on a charge of strangling to death his three day old baby girl. Authorities say he killed the infant because she cried and annoyed him and his wife.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warsaw
Will Franklin
May- Jorn
Here
UPTURN IN LIVING COSTS IN U S CITIES
The labor department reports a rise in the retail cost of food in 14 of 19 surveyed cities last month. Boston and Indianapolis lead with a 3 percent increase. Dallas Milwaukee Portland and Providence up 2 percent. Birmingham Denver New Haven Peoria and Scranton up 1 percent. Cincinnati Atlanta Norfolk Fall River and Louisville show declines from 3 to less than 1 percent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Labor Department
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Boston
Indianapolis
Dallas
Milwaukee
Portland
Oregon
Providence
Birmingham
Denver
Newhaven
Peoria
Scranton
Cincinnati
Atlanta
Norfolk
Fall River
Louisville
Lloyd George Attacks Soviet Trade Pact as Fake
Former Premier Lloyd George calls the proposed commercial treaty with Soviet Russia a fake contract with blanks where key figures should be. UK newspapers react with mixed views, ranging from condemnation by Times and Daily Mail to cautious praise by Daily Herald and Daily News.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
A. P
Lloyd George
House of Commons
Soviet
Russia
Arthur Ponsonby
Daily Herald
Labor
Daily News
Inster Gazette
Liberal
The
Times
Daily Mail
Ponsonby
Five Killed By Man Doomed To Hang Tomorrow
Eu rebe Vidrine has confessed to four additional murders along with Leo Wiggins Jr and will be hanged tomorrow in Ville Platte La. A lunacy panel ruled him sane and appeals for clemency to Governor Fuqua were expected. The victims include Pierre Vidrine near Ville Platte Charles Garbo of Lafayette John Roy near Bntime Crowley and Lee Duke between Orange and Beaumont. Vidrine also killed Wiggins on a highway robbery. He published a life history detailing the crimes ahead of execution.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pucheu
Pierre Vidrine
Ville Platte
Euzebe
Charles Garbo
LaFayette
Crowley
Garbo
John Roy
Vidrine
Lee Duke
Orange
Beaumont
Texas
Duke
Wiggita
Here
Wiggins
Vidvine
Walton Leads in Oklahoma Democratic Senate Nomination Fight
J C Walton deposed governor extends early Oklahoma primary lead over E B Howard for the U S Senate seat. Returns show Walton ahead by about four thousand votes with only a portion of precincts reported. Wrightsman concedes Walton’s nomination and The Daily Oklahoman forecasts a potential 10 thousand vote plurality.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oklahoma City
J. C. Walton
E. B. Howard
Walton
Howard
Okla
A. P
Oklahoma
U. S
Robert L. Owens
Associated Press
C. J. Wrightsman
Waltons
Daily Oklahoman of
Ku Klux Klan
Wrightsman
Klan
W. B. P Okmulgee
Lerton
Pope John Leedy
Leiber
Bingham
Pine
Brewster Nominated Governor in Maine After Recount
Portland Maine Aug 7 State Senator Ralph C Brewster who ran with Klan support was declared by the governor and council to have been nominated for governor by the Republicans in June primary The official returns gave Frank C Farrington a 320 vote majority after recount Brewster leads by 581 in revised tally
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Portland
Maine
Ralph C. Brewster
Council Aday
Frank C. Farrington
State Senate
Brewster
Lodge Warns Bryan Victory Seen As National Calamity
From his sick bed Senator Henry Cabot Lodge warned Republicans that a Bryan presidential win could trigger a national calamity if Coolidge lacks a majority and the election goes to Congress. He warned of a possible deadlock in the House or Senate and suggested Republicans might side with Democrats to elect Bryan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nahant
Mass
Henry Cabot Lodge
Charles W. Bryan
Coolidge
Congress
Lodge
House
Senate
Bryam
Traveling salesman bound and robbed in hotel room
J W Valentine a traveling salesman for a local candy company was overpowered bound and gagged by two burglars who entered his room on Park Avenue while he slept They took about 100 dollars in cash and several checks before escaping A fellow roomer found Valentine and freed him
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shreveport
J. W. Valentine
Park Avenue
Valentine
Argentine World Flier Departs for Calcutta
In ALLAHABAD on August 7 Major Zanni the Argentine world flier who arrived yesterday departed for Calcutta at 9 30 this morning confirming the leg of his round the world journey in British India.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Calcutta
Allahabad
British India
Zanni
Forty Cents Paid for First Cotton in Caddo
The first bale of this season's cotton from Dr. A D Hatcher's Flournoy plantation Caddo parish weighed 895 pounds and graded good middling It was bought for forty cents a pound by A J Ingersoll and Company for S J Harmon and Company and consigned to them The bale arrived a day after BeSoto parish first bales of 1923 crop.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shreveport
A.D. Hatcher
Flournoy
Caddo Parish
BeSoto Parish
S. J. Harmon and Company
A. J. Ingersoll and Company
Brandt Brothers Arrested in Wisconsin on Filicide Charge
John and Louis Brandt, brothers, arrested at Crivits Wisconsin on murder charges for allegedly burning their father alive. Authorities say they have sufficient evidence to convict after a 1921 barn cremation previously deemed accidental.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John
Louis Brandt
Crivits
Wis
Brandt
Gas Well Drilling Explained Without Technical Wording
An article outlines Monroe field drilling steps from surface casing to 6 inch pipe, cement backing, and reaching the gas main, using nontechnical terms. It covers stages of placing 12, 8, and 6 inch casings, cementing, mud usage, and how gas is brought to the surface with master gate gauges, plus typical pay.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monroe Fas
Payne
Department of Conservation
News-Star
W. B. Gravel Kileman
Rain Sparks Citywide Relief After Long Drought
The first moisture since June 1 1924 fell in Monroe at 1:15 am with slow drizzle and intermittent lightning. Residents cheered despite lingering fears rain might stop as newspapers recount hopeful scenes across the region.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Francis Sanitarium
Monroe
Perjury Charged in 7 Franks Case In Chicago Trial
In Chicago Aug 7 the defense to the Leopold Loeb Franks murder trial faced a perjury accusation as Lorraine Nathan testified. Prosecutor Robert Crowe charged she altered statements to aid Loeb while the defense sought to impeach her, causing a court recess. A 30 minute pause followed a proposal to limit lay witnesses as the hearing continued with Schrayer, a 21 year old Chicago goods jobber and former Michigan student, as the first lay witness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Nathan F. Leopold, Jr
Richard Loeb
Bobby Franks
Robert E. Crowe
Lorraine Nathan
Crowe
Loeb
Franks
Miss Nathan
Te Loeb
Art Cally
Nathan
A. BS
John. R. Caverly
Richhard Loeb
Robert Franks
Max Schrayer
University of Michigan
Schrayer
Darrow
Crown
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Davis
AD. Foote
Alfred D. Fodte
Massachusetts
LA Salle
Father
Babe
Opposition
Pine Tree State
Bryan
Caddo
John and
Ouachita
Baseball Today
Philadelphia
Veestsaer
Gray
Perkins
Kolp
Lyons
Johnson and Rees
Robertson and Crouse
Cleveland
Pennock and Scha Myatt
Agi Smith
Nccceenene
Detroit
Sax Axe Fullerton and
Picinick
Helloway and
Bassler
Siestar Haines
Gonzales
Genewick, Yeorgin
Gibson
Pittsburgh
Brooklyn
Yde
Harrison, Gooch
Grimes Taylor
Cam Blake
Hartnett
Hehf
Snwyder
Mays
Hargrave
Glazner
Betts
Wilson
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