Church to petition Mexican Congress over religious clauses
The Catholic Episcopate plans to urge a two thirds vote in Congress and state legislatures to amend the constitution religious provisions. Laymen will campaign and a nonCatholic political party will be formed to back the effort while church services resume after changes. A rent strike escalates as Union Federation of Labor workers withhold rents from landlords allied to the League.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mexico City
A. P
Diaz
Congress
League
Federal District
Federation of Labor
Florida man held after mob attack near Clearwater
Roland Davis of St Petersburg is jailed on 5000 bond awaiting grand jury action after a preliminary hearing identified him as part of the mob that attacked FE G Bass's home near Clearwater Friday night. Bass's sister-in-law was abducted and his wife died of fright. Davis says he was in St Petersburg and produced witnesses to support his alibi.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clear Water
Fla
A. P
Roland Davis
St. Petersburg
FE. G. Bass
Bags
Davis
Five sisters rename family after social backlash
From White Plains to Philadelphia and London the AP flashes report rapid snippets. Five sisters win legal permission to call themselves German to escape ridicule and loss of prestige while golfers chase records and Prince of Wales eyes a Kent golf trip.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
White Plains
N. Y
First Ouachita Parish Cotton Bale Ginned at New West Side Plant
The first bale of cotton in Ouachita parish was ginned yesterday by Ben Crawford at Sandle Berry Farm Ward 8 on the Monroe Jonesboro highway. At Joe Austin’s new West Monroe gin it yielded 480 pounds from 1410 pounds seed cotton, rated middling. Chamber of Commerce President J H Trousdale said the bale will be sold to the highest bidder Monday at 3 p.m. in the chamber rooms. The harvest is later than usual this year due to the season’s lateness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ouachita Parish
Ben Crawford
Sandle
Ward 8
Monroe-Jonesboro
Joe Austin
West Monroe
J. H. Trousdale
Chamber of Commerce
President Baldwin of M P to Visit Monroe Sunday
President L. W. Baldwin of the Missouri Pacific railroad and about 40 staff members will arrive on a special train around 11 a.m. Sunday for a tour of inspection of shops terminals and property in Monroe. The party will spend only a few hours here before continuing to Farmerville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. W. Baldwin
Missouri Pacific Railroad
Monroe
C. W. Mitchell
Baldwin
Delhi
Ferriday
Farmerville
Mellet Murder Case Nears Solution
The Cleveland report says Don R. Mellett, Canton publisher and anti vice crusader, was killed five weeks ago. Howell Leuck, assistant U S district attorney, predicts a solution within days and says warrants will be issued Monday for two Canton men. A separate federal liquor conspiracy case targets two more men.
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Cleveland
A. P
Don R. Mellett
Canton
Howell Leuck
United States
Leuck
J. A. Fetterman
Carl Studer
Louis Mazer
Mellett
Army engineers announce river and harbor fund allotments
Army engineers disclosed allocations totaling 450000 for inland waterway work from the Delaware River to Chesapeake Bay in Delaware and Maryland. Additional grants include Ouachita River locks and dams project in Arkansas and Louisiana area totaling 140009.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ouachita River
Washington
A. P.—Army Engineers
Delaware River
Chesapeake Bay
Delaware
Maryland
Arkauseg
Republican vote buying hits in primaries across states
In Allentown Pennsylvania on August 21 Representative Oldfield of Arkansas accused Republicans of using slush funds in the Pennsylvania $3,000,000 and Illinois $1,000,000 primaries. He linked donors to corporate interests and urged a campaign against Newberryism, noting Senate rules and qualifications to bar seats.
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Allentown
A. P
Pennsylvania
Illinois
Representative Oldfield
Arkansas
Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee
Wm. B. Wilson
Senate
Coolidge
Oldfield
Mellon
Joseph W. Grundy
Special guard placed near home of deputy
Pueblo Colorado August 21 A P Special deputies guard the home of Deputy Sheriff Charles Fiscus after he yesterday shot and seriously wounded Leslie Gonce a 14 year old boy bandit and his brother Forrest 21 terrorized the area for three weeks A crowd of about 75 men threatened the officer at the shooting site Leslie said he shot without warning and claimed bullets followed after he fell to the sidewalk He said he enjoyed watching the search.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pueblo
Colo
A. P
Charles Fiscus
Leslie Gonce
Forrest
Leslie
Fiscus
Wild Animals Disrupt Rhodesian Golf Courses
In Bulawayo Rhodesia Aug 21 wild animals intrude on golf. Sharp shooters guard Winkie course where a rhinoceros appears as a hazard and two lions roam the Beira Jinks. One lion was shot by outpost troops, disrupting play and prompting wildlife intervention.
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Bulawayo
British South Africa
A. P
Rhodesia
Winkie
Beira
Rudolph Valentino Restless Night in Hospital
Rudolph Valentino, recovering from surgery at Polyclinic hospital, had a restless night with rising temperature. Manager S George Ullman reported he was fed gruel earlier and that no physician bulletin was issued.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rudolph Valentino
S. George Ullman
End of Pueblo County Baby Bandits Trail in Shootout
Forres Gonce, 21, and his brother Leslie, 14, faced prison and hospital after a weeklong spree. Forrest was jailed 20 to 30 years for robbery with a gun, while Leslie lay near death after a street shootout with officers. The brothers had eluded pursuers across Kansas and Colorado, robbing a filling station, a deputy sheriff, and a YMCA camp during three weeks of outlawry.
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Peablo
Col
A. P
Peablo County
Forres Gonce
Leslie
Forrest
Garden City
Kans
Pueblo County
Y. M. GC
Rye
Colo
Consideration for sick man leads to self harm in Miami
Walter Richardson, a real estate operator, abandoned an intended death by shooting for a neck slash with a penknife after learning a sick man and family were involved. Police found a loaded revolver in his room at J. N. Lummus Sr. residence. Lummus household said Richardson seemed annoyed by Lummus after hospital discharge. Authorities say he suffered a hemorrhage and was taken for hospital care but died.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miami
Fla
A. P
Walter Richardson
Richardson
J. N. Lummus
German Plane Builder Plans U S Citizenship
A. H. Fokker, designer of German World War planes, announced at a Wright Aeronautical dinner with Commander Richard Byrd and Pilot Floyd Bennett that he intends to become a U S citizen. He filed first papers and aims to aid American aviation to lead in the air. He began U S work in 1924 with Atlantic Aircraft in Hackensack Heights, N J.
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New York
A. P
A. H. Fokker
Germany
United States
Wright Aeronautical Corporation
Richard Byrd
Floyd Bennett
North Pole
America
Mr. Fokker
Atlantic Aircraft Corporation
Habrouck Heights
N. J
Philadelphia Mayor Loses Sunday Fight Over Baseball Test
Faced with a court injunction, Philadelphia Mayor Kendrick cannot order police to halt a test Sunday baseball game between the Chicago White Sox and the Athletics at Shibe Park. Judge Frank Smith granted the injunction citing 1794 Blue Laws and the open Sunday program tied to the Sesqui Centenario exposition.
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Philadelphia
A. P
Kendrick
Chicago
Athletics
Common Pleas Court
Frank Smith
Chicago White Sox
Athletic
Ofs
P. Gaffney
Shibe Park
Charles G. Gartling
Jealousy blamed in slaying of Rapides farmer Tarver
Isaac H. Tarver, 28, and companion Miss Connie Slay, 26, were shot in a Pineville woods location. Sheriff A T Downs calls jealousy the motive and rules out robbery. Tarver died, Slay wounded twice. Investigators examine three theories of entry as coroner’s jury opens inquiry.
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Alexandria
A. P
A. T. Downs
Isaac H. Tarver
Tensas River
Tarver
Miss Slay
R. L. Futrell
Antonia
Selma
Futrell
I. Imeee
Saal
Pineville
Mosquitoes Sell for Fifteen Dollars in California
Fred Stovall, an oil operator from Monroe Louisiana, paid fifteen dollars for five mosquitoes brought to Los Angeles from Catalina Island. He plans to mail the insects to the prankster son in Monroe as a humorous gesture.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
Catalina Island
California
Louisiana
Fred Stovall
Monroe
Redlands
World War Captain John Benny Brought Home for Corinth Burial
The body of Captain John Benny of Company H, 155 Mississippi Infantry, arrived in Monroe from Alexandria by the Missouri Pacific and moved to Illinois Central for transport to Corinth Miss. He died yesterday at a hospital in Alexandria after an appendicitis operation. The funeral will be held in Corinth with military honors. Accompanying him were Sergeants S I Sharp and Cook Leonard Suggs. He was a respected Corinth resident active in the Baptist church and a 32 degree Mason.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Benny
Mississippi Infantry
Monroe
Missouri Pacific Railroad
Alexandria
Illinois Central System
Corinth Miss
Benny
National Guard
Camp Beauregard
Mississippi Guard
Corinth
Miss
Baptist Church
Masonic Order
France
Sergt. S. I. Sharp
Cook Leonard Suggs
Suspect Found Near Gordon Ave House After Night Observation
W E Stone of 2100 Gordon Avenue reported a late night incident in which a man peered into his bedroom window then fled with a second man near Barkdull Faulk school campus. Stone armed himself and notified police as the men disappeared into darkness. The second item notes a fatal auto accident in Dalton involving Mrs Jesse Wheat and her daughter Myrtle Wheat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. E. Stone
Gordon Avenue
Barkdull Faulk School
Stone
Mr. Stone
Girl in jail attempts suicide with poison in Arkansas case
Miss Louise Johnson an 18 or 19 year old Mangham resident detained in the city jail tried to kill herself with permanganate of potash in her cell to escape imprisonment awaiting removal to Little Rock for alleged forged check. She was saved by a stomach pump and returned to her cell after treatment at St Francis sanitarium.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louise Johnson
Mangham
Little Rock
St. Francis Sanitarium
Miss Johnson
Womi
Ward
Hoosegow
Life boat upset in Lake Erie during early hours
Four crew members of the steamer Howard S. Gerken were aboard a lifeboat adrift in Lake Erie after the vessel sank off Erie Pennsylvania early today. The overturned life boat was found floating mid lake this afternoon by the ship Uranus. One crewmember named Wagem was reported among those aboard.
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Cleveland
A. P
Howard S. Gerken
Erie
Penna
Lake Erie
Maitland
Uranus
Howard Wagem
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MOB
Grand Jury
Associated Press of
London
Prince of Wales
Alberta
Kent
Trudie Ederle
Dudley Field
Pres. Baldwin
M. P
Army Engineers
Rudy
Ullman
Agnes O’laughlin
Mona Mara
Sheik
U. S
Chicago White Sox and Athletics
Alex
Gordon Ave
Dalton
Jesse Wheat
Brooker Lumber Company
Myrtle Wheat
L.A
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