Tulsa mob cases yield first Klan sentences in Walton drive
Three self confessed Ku Klux Klan members from Broken Arrow pleaded guilty to riot over the Wagner flogging near Tulsa. Two years minimum in prison set by District Judge Williams as prosecutors seek leniency for others charged. military authorities will use Sikes brothers and Sack as witnesses.
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Trese
Tulsa
Okla
J. C. Walton
Tulsa County
B. FP. Sikes
G. C. Sikes
Earl Sack
Broken Arrow
Ben Wagner
A. M. Galloway
W. M. Bills
Avery Isar Jbour
T. V. Ventor
W. M. Lewin
Hal Benson
Dick Fisher
Harvey Akers
Yulea County
Tulea Eilinte
Wagner
Ku Klux Klan
Walton
Ger. B. H. Markham
Wag Fer
Sikes Brothers
Sack
Crossland
Prohibition Officer Crumpton Indicted for Murder in Alabama
Heflin Alabama August 24 Prohibition Enforcement Officer B H Crumpton of Anniston indicted by circuit court grand jury on second degree murder in the March slaying of Jess Coffey near Muscadine Cleburne County.
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Heflin
Ala
B. H. Crumpton
Anniston
Jess Coffey
Muscadine
Cleburn County
First Lady of Land Stands Second Rank In Knitting Contest
New York Aug 24 Mrs Calvin Coolidge wife of the president did not win the capital prize in a knitting contest she entered while summering in New England but earned honorable mention A New Englander won the top prize and she said the baby carriage robe she knitted would wrap her first grandchild Laddie Boy gets new home in Newtonville Mass Aug 24 the airdale pet of the late President Harding was placed with Mrs H L Barker the dog was brought from Washington by Russell Barker Newsboys nationwide are molding cents into a silver statuette for Mrs Harding to honor Laddie Boy
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New York
Calvin Coolidge
New England
New
Newtonville
Mass
Airdale
President Harding
H. L. Barker
Secret Service
Fiume problem delays Europe war tension rises
Premier Mussolini pressed the joint commission on Fiume to decide by September 1 amid reports of an Italy Yugoslavia ultimatum. A semiofficial note denied the press claim and said Mussolini invited the mixed commission to finish its work within the current month.
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Associated Press
Rome
Fiume
Mussolini
Joint Commission
Italy
Jugo-Slavia
Belgrade
Mussolin
Dixie Overland Highway Through LaFource Swamp Underway
Construction on Dixie Overland Highway links Nos. 118-119 from Monroe to Rayville begun by Picard Construction. About 25 men grade and prepare swampland for paving. Completion is expected in 8 or 9 months aided by a Marion Dragline, opening year round traffic through LaFource and Richland parishes.
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LaFource Swamp
Monroe
Rayville
Picard Construction Company
Marion
Richland Parish
Alabama House Debates Gasoline Line Tax Plan
In Montgomery on August 24 the house heard a bill by Representative Tunstall F. Dale proposing an additional one cent gasol ine tax. Rep J L Long of Butler filed a formal protest against the legality of the Mobile port and development measure.
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Montgomery
Ala
Tunstall F. Dale
Mobile
House of Representatives
J. L. Long
Butler
Tragic drowning of three youths near Riverside
In Riverside California on August 24 Mrs. Robert Burton seventeen her sister Mary Robert twelve and Ronald Hubert twelve died drowning while attempting to save Mrs. Burton's seven month old son from the lake.
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Riverside
Calif
Robert Burton
Mary Robert
Ronald Hubert
Here
Ouachita Parish Political Field Heats Up For January Primaries
Ouachita Parish faces a crowded field as candidates announce for sheriff assessor clerk of district court and police jury seats. Sheriff T A Grant and challenger Milton Coverdale outline plans while Joe Hanna Joe Noble and others prepare formal declarations with primaries set for January 15 1924.
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Ouchita Parish
Ouachita Parish
Milton Coverdale
T. A. Grant
J. T. Bryant
Monroe
Joe Gayne
KK. S. Ramsey
Joe Hanna
Joe Noble
L. H. Peevy
Calhoun
Leon Wood
A. B. Parker
T. T. Webb
R. L. Prophit
T. L. Hood
Pat S Hamilton
Pat
Sheriff Grant
Sheriff's Office
Records Smashed In Transcontinental Relay Flight
Hempstead New York August 24 pilot Wesley L. Smith of the air mail service landed at 11 14 am EST completing a relay mail flight from San Francisco in 26 hours 14 minutes All records for a continental flight were broken by the achievement.
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Associated Press
Hempstead
N. Y
Wesley L. Smith
Air Rail Service
San Francisco
Flogging Party Arrests Reported in Macon County
Warrants charging rioting assault and battery and being drunk on the highway were sworn out by Sheriff Hicks against S R Hudson J O Hudson and C F Hudson for alleged flogging party involvement. They were arrested days ago and were to apply for bail today.
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Associated Presa
Macon
Hicks
S. R. Hudson
J. O. Hudson
C. F. Hudson
Vail
Old-Fashioned Girl Demand Sparks Dress War in Somerset
In Somerset on August 24, parents and teachers pushed for a school dress code banning silk hose short skirts bobbed hair and sleeveless dresses. Flappers protested with rhymed verses declaring personal freedom while vowing to push the issue before the school board.
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Somerset
Parents Teachers’ Association
Distinguished Japanese Leader Baron Kato Dies in Tokyo
Premier Tomasaburo Kato died in Tokyo after a prolonged illness leaving the cabinet to resign. Baron Kato, born 1859, had a noted naval and diplomatic career and was premier since June 21, 2022. Officials cited heart trouble with other reports noting cancer.
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Tokio
Tomasaburo Kato
Baron Kato
Japan
China
Uchida
Gobei Yamato
Den
United States
Germany Promises by Chancellor As Reparation Talks Continue
Berlin August 24 Chancellor Stresemann affirmed the present German government will honor the pledge of the Cuno administration on reparation obligations. He warned against pledging Ruhr or Rhineland assets and urged negotiation with France without differentiating regions. He noted Germany’s postwar payments total about 42 billion gold marks and urged constructive, not polemical, approaches to future trade.
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Berlin
Cuno
Germany
Stresemann
German Industrial Commerce Club
Rhineland
Ruhr
German Reich
Government prepares for coal shortage as miners threaten strike
Aug 24 report from Washington says agencies are gearing to protect coal consumers if hard coal mines shut Sept 1. Justice Department agents monitor anthracite regions for disorder while officials see little likelihood of a sympathetic bituminous strike.
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Tress
Washington
Department of Justice
Coolidge Prefers Individual Talks Over Cabinet Sessions
President Coolidge canceled today’s cabinet meeting for the third time in succession. He has held only one full official gathering and relies on one on one conferences with department heads, believing it more effective in the early days of his administration. Absences of several cabinet members in the capital are also noted as a factor.
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Associated Press
Washington
Coolidge
Piggly Wiggly faces federal court contract clash
In Memphis on August 24 Judge J W Ross issued a temporary order blocking any changes to contracts between Piggly Wiggly corporation and its subsidiaries amid a power struggle. Clarence Saunders, former head, seeks a receiver and an accounting as the dispute over control of the chain heats up in U S district court.
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Memphis
Tenn
J. W. Ross
United States District Court
Piggly Wiggly Corporation
Piggly Wiggly Organization
Piggly Wiggly Stores, Inc
Piggly Wiggly Grocery
Clarence Saunders
Piggly Wiggly
Wall Street
Federal District Court
Saunders
Piggly Wiggly Investment
Huey Long Targets Parker Backers in Louisiana Governor Race
Huey P. Long issued a statement accusing Governor Parker allies Bouanchaud and Fuqua of backing the Parker faction. Long says Parker’s patronage dispensers will push Bouanchaud and Fuqua toward the race, while questioning their competency and tax handling. He warns both could face pressure to exit or be pushed to the first primary.
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Shreveport
Huey P. Long
Louisiana Public Service Commission
Parker
Bouanchaud
Fuqua
Bouanchauo
Sullivan
Bovanchaud
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Huey Long
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Monroe Auto Wrecking CO
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