First Transcontinental Air Mail Tests Begin
Two mail planes started key test flights linking the West to the East. A San Francisco to New York leg departed Crissy Field at 5 59 this morning with 61 pounds of first class mail, while another plane left Hazelhurst Field for the Pacific coast as part of five days of government demonstrations.
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Associated Press
Hempstead
N. Y
San Francisco
New York
Hazelhurst Field
Long Island
Pacific Coast
Associatea Presa
San Fransico
Cal
BM. Wilson
Air Mail Service
Crissy Field
de Haviland
Brick Dance Hall Collapse Kills Two in Brooklyn Fire
A three story brick building in Brooklyn housing a dance hall and stores collapsed during a fire killing two men and injuring 47. Firemen and spectators were buried in debris as crews cleared wreckage through the night in a tightly packed tenement district. Numerous alarms spread the response as a roof girder and wall failures contributed to the disaster.
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New York
Brooklyn
Stghtborn
Transcontinental air mail inaugurates 20 hour service
Two aircraft starting from San Francisco and New York today will pass mid America as the first night flying transcontinental air mail route goes into operation. The route covers 2460 miles with beacons beaming light from Rock Falls to Cheyenne as pilots with long experience man the mission.
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Omaha
New
Grand Island
Nebraska
San Francisco
New York
United States
Paul Henderson
Aeronautical Chamber of Commerce of America
Rockfalls
Des Moines
Sidney
Page
Lewis
Garrison
Popson
PD. C. Smith
Yager
Moore
White
Allison
Knight
Chicago
Cheyenne
Mail transfer at Reno flight change brief stop
Blanchfield at Reno Elko Nevada August 21 reports Pilot Blanchfield arriving from Reno at 10 04 am and pilot Paul Scott departing for Salt Lake City. The mail transfer and plane change took only a few minutes.
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Blanchfield
Reno
Associated Press
Elko
Nevada
Paul
Scott
Salt Lake City
Stinnes and Cuno to Visit London Amid Mystery Mission
From Associated Prem London Aug 21. Hugh Stinnes and Dr Wilhelm Cuno former chancellor head to London this week. Daily Sketch reports their mission is unclear and shrouded in secrecy.
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Associated
Prem London
Hugh Stinnes
Wilhem Cuno
London
The
Daily Sketch
Barret and Company Liabilities Hit 2.73 Million In Bankruptcy
Augusta cotton factors Barrett and Company are revealed to owe $2,730,887.38 as per a schedule filed with Joseph Ganhl, referee in bankruptcy, and made public today in U S court records.
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Augusta
Barrett and Company
Joseph Ganhl
U. C. Court
Government Checks Films To Prevent Tax Evasion
Federal authorities began auditing motion picture theaters in the southwest and Mississippi valley showing feature films to see if admissions taxes were being collected properly. The move follows concerns from film exchanges that reported large theaters in big cities outpacing smaller towns and prompted doubts about revenue from so called feature releases. Exchanges filed more than 1,000 reports showing receipts insufficient to cover operator wages.
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Associated Press
St. Louis
Southwest
Mississippi Valley
Internal Revenue Department
Moton
Masked Bandits Rob Train Near Okesa Oklahoma
Five masked bandits looted the mail and express cars of the Missouri Kansas and Texas train near Okesa Oklahoma one mile south of town. They escaped with about twenty registered packages after beating the engineer the fireman and two mail clerks. Oklahoma authorities scoured the area for the heavily armed gang led by suspected outlaws in the Osage hills. The southbound train from Kansas City to Oklahoma City carried passengers who were not molested during the holdup.
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Associated Press
Oklahoma City
Okla
Missouri
Kansas
Texas
Okesa
Oklahoma
Osage County
Towers
Pawhuska Hospital
Miller
C. D. Weiss
W. Burch
Kansas City
al Spencer
Osage Hills
Spencer
Bartlesville
President and Mrs Colidge Take Up Residence at White House
Washington reports that the President and Mrs Colidge have moved into the White House this evening. In Dusseldorf three more coal mines in the Gelsenkirchen district were seized by the French and 36,000,000,000 marks confiscated in the city, officials announced at occupation headquarters.
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Associated Press
Washington
Dusseldorf
Gelsenkirchen
Three Hudson brothers captured after flogging spree
Macon Georgia August 21 authorities linked the three Hudson brothers arrested Sunday night to a financed organization behind a series of whippings in Macon. A seven passenger car with masks and incriminating items was found, and officials pursue the gang with federal help after a separate attempted assault on a government mail truck and a driver.
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Associated Pross
Macon
Terminal
Standard Oil Attorney Denies Threats in Huey Long Row
Baton Rouge August 21. T M Milling attorney for the Standard Pipe Line Company arrives on legal business and denies threatening Huey P Long while entering Longs office to discuss a citation. He releases a review of correspondence with the railroad commission about a storage in transit tariff showing filing, rejection, and his own advisory letter.
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Associated Press
Baton Rouge
T. M. Milling
Standard Pipe Line Company
Huey P. Long
Shreveport Journal
Long
Successor sought as Geddes eyes grow fragile
Reports from London say Sir Auckland Geddes may not return to Washington as his eye condition worsens. Government avoids retirement talk, but informed circles believe authorities are seeking a suitable successor.
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Associated Press
London
Sir Auckland Geddes
United States
Washington
Seaking of Snakes- Police Jury Head Has Located Champeons
Ouachita Police Jury president Chas W. Phillips reports his yardman killed two large chicken snakes. Post mortem shows they swallowed hen nests and china nest eggs. How the snakes would have digested the eggs if not stopped is discussed.
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Jury Head
Champeons
Chas. W. Phillips
Ouachita
Georgian Confessor Led Police to Trouton Murder in Newnan
John W. Minter admitted shooting Millard Trouton near Newnan Georgia and burying his body in a shallow creek after a family plot to prevent Trouton from coercing his wife back to him. Minter named eight relatives involved in the kidnapping and killing. The body showed five gunshots and was found four days later.
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Newnan
John W. Minter
Millard Trouton
Minter
Trouton
Feltman
Minters
Freeman
Trouten
France Replies to British Reparations Note
Paris officials describe Premier Poincare to be unyielding on key issues yet hopeful the British accept a conciliatory basis for Ruhr and reparation talks. The fifty page reply to Marquis Curzon will be issued tomorrow with English and French summaries.
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Associated Press
Paris
Marquis Curzon
Poincare
Baldwin
Germany
Orphanage Board Plans For Tuesday Meeting In Monroe
The Louisiana Baptist Orphanage board will meet in Monroe next Tuesday at 1 p m to review architect J W Smiths plans and landscape designs by Mr Sehultse of Asheville North Carolina If satisfactory bids will be invited and work start promptly The meeting will also decide on moving Lake Charles children after accommodations are ready The Monroe facility will comprise five brick cottages with capacity for 175 children and a $125000 fund has been raised for construction
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Louisiana Baptist Orphanage
Monroe
J. W. Smith
Sehultse
Ashevill
North Carolina
Frank Tripp
A. H. Gladden
J. J. Lyons
Guy Oakes
O. Ware
Alexandria
W. E. Compere
Europe
Baptist Orphanage
Kansas
Louisiana Training School
Lake Charles
Coolidge Promises Reasonable Clemency for War Prisoners
President Coolidge said he would adopt a reasonable attitude toward clemency for war law violators. He acknowledged some imprisoned individuals are already receiving just punishment for their crimes.
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Coolidge
U.S
Associated Press
Washington
White House
North Louisiana dairy inspector begins work to curb tubercular cows
Dr. E. A. Williams, veterinary surgeon, appointed as veterinary inspector for North Louisiana, arrives in Monroe to plan inspections of dairies. He will coordinate with Dr. John Schrieber and local health officials to ensure all cows are tested for tuberculosis and maintain headquarters at the City Hall Health Unit.
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Louisiana
State Board of Health
E. A. Williams
North
Williams
Monroe
John Schrieber
Ouachita Health Unit
City Hall
First cross country air mail lands at Reno field
Pilot Wilson lands the coast mail at Reno air field at 7 46 am marking the first consignment. Four minutes later Pilot Blanchfield begins the second leg to Elko as clear weather aids the schedule across the region.
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Reno
Wilson
Reno Air Mail Field
Blanchfield
Elko
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New York City
Vehaviland
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Standard Oil Company
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John
Jeff
Benjamin
Grady
L. L. Goodrum
B. F. Weldon
Claude Washington
W. M. Feltman
France
Great Britain
St. Mathew’s Parochial School
St. Mathew's Parochial Schoo
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G. 0. Blevins
Consolidated Carbon Corporation
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Genasco
Monroe Auto Wrecking CO
Jackson and Lee
Clark
DR. Schreiber
McEnery Street
Lee Avenue
Enery Street
G. B. Haynes & CO
North Grand ST
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