Dowling Loses Bid to Block O Hara Health Board Move
In New Orleans on August 24 Dr. Oscar Dowling failed to obtain a restraining injunction to stop Dr. Joseph A. O Hara from taking the Louisiana board of health post. Judge Cage denied the request due to lack of proof of any planned seizure. O Hara, appointed by Governor Huey P Long, plans to file an intrusion suit if the court rules for him. Dowling had been named to serve until 1932 but a later statute terminated his term. O Hara disputes Dowling’s claim that the term end was unconstitutional.
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Y Associated Press
New Orleans
Oscar Dowling
Louisiana’ Board of Health
Joseph A. O'Hara
O'Hare
Huey FP. Long
High C. Cage
Civil District Court
Dr. O'Hara
Dr. Dowling
Fr. O'Hara
Long
Masling Signs Two Downtown Monroe Construction Contracts
Downtown Monroe inks two major builds with Frank Masling as contractor. Saenger Amusement of New Orleans will supply masonry for the Lyceum theater at an estimated total around 100000, while Masling also signs with Armour of Chicago for masonry work on a 120000 building. Start date is Tuesday September 4 following Labor Day.
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Monroe
Saenger Amusement Company
New Orleans
Lyceum Theater
Frank Masling
Armour Company of
Chicago
Armour
Masling
Saenger
Island radio message tied to missing Greater Rockford
An amateur Brooklyn operator reported a message from a station claiming to be linked to the missing plane Greater Rockford. The note asked for help and referenced Rockford and Chicago, while officials warned of penalties for hoax distress signals and noted call letters inconsistencies.
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Associated Press
New York
Eric Palmer, Jr
Brooklyn
Greater Rockford
Chicago
Palmer
Newfoundland
9CDJ
Rockford
Khah
Washington
Hassell
Saih
Department of Commerce
Federal Radio Commssion
Ficiala
Man Dies by Self Inflicted Gunshot On Monument Steps
In New Orleans on August 24 Tom Higgins 71, a former Oakley Harris employee and noted gambler, was found dead on the top step of a Henry Clay monument with a revolver in hand and a temple wound. He left a note urging boys to avoid gambling and drink and directed his belongings be sold with proceeds to the blind. A 1918 Northwestern railroad company letter praising his roadmarter work was found in a pocket.
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New Orleans
Tom Higgins
Theaté Oakley Harris
Henry Clay
Northwestern Railroad Company
Channel Is Conquered By Gurl 17
Miss Lad die Sharp a seventeen year old London girl swam the English Channel from Cape Gris Nez to Dover arriving at 3 55 pm after 15 hours 5 minutes in the water She is the fifteenth person and fifth woman to complete the feat She failed to beat Gertrude Ederles 14 hour 31 minute record Ivy Hawke 25 years old completed the swim in 19 hours 16 minutes three days earlier.
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Dover
Eng
Laddie Sharp
London
English Channel
Cape Gris Nez
France
Miss Sharp
Gertrude Ederle
Ivy Hawke
German swimmer aborts English Channel attempt
Cape Gris Nez France August 24 Dr Schultz the German swimmer began crossing the English Channel at 11 45 a m and quit at 5 45 p m after six hours of effort covering only five miles.
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Cape Gris Nez
France
Schultz
English Channel
Twin City Census Expansion Planned for West Monroe
A special census will be taken in West Monroe after Monroe count, Mayor Bell announced. The combined Twin Cities quota may total about 27 600 to 28 000, aiding advertising value and saving travel costs as federal enumerator Herbert Green shifts to West Monroe. Names arrive by phone and in person. a boat-dweller block may be added and omissions urged before 5 p.m.
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West Monroe
Monroe
GC. Bell
Twin Cities
Herbert Green
Green
Floating Casino Johanna Smith Seized Off California Coast
The floating casino Johanna Smith 12 miles off California shores was seized under an 1793 maritime law after owner Albert Howard defied local police. Federal marshals, aided by coast guard cutters, boarded the ship and took it into harbor, finding about 11000 dollars in its strong boxes as crowds watched.
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San Pedro
Cal
Johanna Smith
High Sea
Albert Howard
Los Angeles
Orange County
United States Coast Guard
Howard
Pontine
United States
Coast Guard
Butcher Boy Murder Trial Begins as Jury Panels Form
In Los Angeles the murder trial of Leo P. Kelley 29 a meat cutter opens with a jury panel leaning female. The defense pursues challenges to seat middle aged women while Frank Mellus husband of victim Myrtle L Melius faces contempt over bringing whiskey and beer to court as evidence.
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Los Angeles
Leo P. Kelley
Myrtle L. Melius
S. S. Hahn
Kelley
Frank Mellus
Metlus
Hahn
Mellus
Jail Youth Renounced Pact Murder of Fiancee in Ontario
In Woodstock Ontario 20 year old Robert Childs is charged with murder after the death of his fiancee Gertrude Velland from chloroform. A coroner's jury found him responsible citing their pact to die together. Childs testified they used chloroform in his car and he did not know she was dead at first.
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Woodstock
Ont
Robert John Childs
Gertrude Velland
Childs
Tiss Yelland
Bob
Alderman
Fred Childs
Fire wipes out Fairview town birthplace of Jefferson Davis
Fire in Fairview Christian county destroyed the business district of the 450 population village. Three stores and a dwelling burned. $15 000 loss. Dowler grocery store origin. water shortages hindered firefighting. town’s birthplace and memorial park spared. Tourists watched ruins along Jefferson Davis highway.
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Hopkinsville
Fairview
Christian County
Jefferson Davis
Fers
Arrest Warrant Issued for Federal Prohibition Agents
Chicago August 24 Orders for the arrest of three federal prohibition agents who shot and seriously wounded Merle Adams during a raid on a Loop office building were issued by Deputy Police Commissioner John Stege. The move follows an opinion that the shooting may violate Illinois law if Adams did not resist arrest during the warrantless raid. Adams remains in serious condition in a hospital guarded by police.
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Associated Press
Chicago
John Stege
Samuel Etteleon
Merle Adams
Adams
New Madrid Levee Project Gets Under Way
Immediate negotiations for rights of way will begin for a New Madrid set back levee project. General H T Jackson of the Mississippi River Commission announced after a conference with river engineers that about 180000 acres will be acquired between the main levees and the setback. Government plans to lower the levee from 58 feet to 53 feet for four or five miles near the northern intersection.
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Memphis
New Madrid
H. T. Jackson
Mississippi River Commission
Jackson
Ecstasy Glide Approved as 1928 29 Dance
The ecstasy glide in slow fox trot rhythm wins approval from American dancing masters amid dozens of step offerings. Created by Thomas Sherry of Chicago and demonstrated with Miss Lucille Stoddard of Milwaukee, it receives 212 votes to 77 for a campus drag by Mrs. Walter Keenan of Philadelphia.
Novel sentence for illicit liquor violator in Alabama cemetery
Rhoda Kyle, a negra who sold illicit liquor, received a new form of justice in Gadsden Alabama. The judge ordered six months hard labor in the graveyard with the option to sleep in jail at night. Officials note existing penalties rarely deterprohibition violators.
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Gadsden
Ala
Rhoda Kyle
Rhoda
Browns Win First Game of Doubleheader Against Yankees 5-2
AP notes in New York that the Browns defeated the Yankees 5 to 2 in the opening game of a doubleheader. In Nicaragua Lieut C Frank Schilt's marine transport plane landed at Managua after a flight from Tela Honduras. Denver firemen rescued 296 hotel guests trapped by a blaze at the Auditorium hotel with damage estimated at 10000 dollars.
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New York
Browns
Yankees
Managla
Nicaragua
Lieut. C. Frank Schilt
Managua
Tela
Honduras
Denver
Colo
Auditorium
Rockford plane missing reported by self styled group
A message signed the Rockford ffiers claimed the Rockford and Gpeden plane was down off Newfoundland and its crew Bert Hassell and Parker Cramer were safe, but experts doubted the authenticity as two amateurs in Chicago and Toledo allegedly heard it. report continued on page eight.
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Greater Rockford
Parker Cramer
Bert Hassell
Ips
Rockford Fliers
Newfoundland
Bae
Rockford Fiers
New Foundland
Chicago
Toledo
Tunney Acclaimed in the Land of His Ancestors
Gene Tunney was greeted by thousands in Dublin as he arrived from Holyhead, amid a royal reception and a marching procession. He met with President Cosgrave and cabinet ministers, receiving a warm welcome before attending a banquet and prize presentations to Táine teams. He plans to visit Mayo before returning to England.
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Tunney
Dublin
Gene Tanney
Gresham Hotel
Gene
U Cosprave
Cosgrave
Witteners
England
Servie
Mayo
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Isle
Cramer
Gurl
Twin City
C. C. Bell
California Coast
Associated Prose
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Oelate
Frank Dowler
Confed
Erate
Hambone
By J.P. Alley
Pat White Lady
The
Beil Syndicate, Inc
Mississippi
St Louis
Vicksburg
Redparerenort
Alexandria
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Camden
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Associated Preas
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Kingstown
John McCormack
Fitsmanrive
General O'Duffy
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