Valentino Burial Frenzy Probescrowd at Actor's Wake
Police guard Rudolph Valentino's body as crowds line Broadway and the funeral church in a day of mass viewings. Tens of thousands jam entrances, injuries and shattered glass reported as forces regulate the throng ahead of Monday funeral plans.
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New York
A. P
Rudolph Valentino
S. George Ullman
Broadway
Sixth Street
St. Malachi's Church
West 49Th Street
Broadway 1
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Valentino and Eliot vie for public appeal in film and books
The report compares Valentino and Dr. Eliot in fame and earnings. In 18 years Dr. Eliot’s shelf sales total about 20.8 million dollars while Valentino’s decade of work nets 2.5 million in salary and profits. Some 125 million viewers watched a single Valentino film. Dr. Eliot died at 92. Valentino died at 31.
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Flashes OF
New York
Valentino
Dr. Eliot
Discharges Jury In Osage Trial After Deliberations
The jury in the Osage case of W. K. Hall and John Ramsay charged with slaying Henry Roane was discharged by Federal Judge John H. Cotterall after nearly fifty hours of deliberation with no verdict. Attorneys and defendants were summoned to the courtroom at Guthrie Oklahoma to hear the decision.
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Guthrie, Okla
W. K. Hall
John Ramsay
Henry Roane
John H. Cotterall
Willie Stevens
Henry de la B. Carpender
Hall- Mills
Frances Stevens Hall
Ruston Church Hosts S S and B Y P A Convention
The Morehouse Ouachita Baptist Association meeting gathers at First Baptist Church Ruston on Sunday August 29. Nine teen churches send delegates with about 100 attendees from outside Ruston. Dr F C Flowers of Monroe and the Monroe Baptist Orphanage oversee events including a Young Ladies Chorus performance.
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News-Star
Ruston
Morehouse-Ouachita Baptist Association
First Baptist Church
S&s
Debarment bid targets Krishnamurti in New York arrival
The New York Herald-Tribune reports opponents seek to bar the Hindu theosophist J. Krishnamurti from entering the United States on grounds of alleged moral turpitude. Immigration Commissioner Day at Ellis Island rejected the complaints for lack of sufficient evidence. Krishnamurti and Annie Besant plan to go to Chicago after a New York stay, then retreat to California.
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New York
A. P
J. Krishnamurti
New York Herald-Tribune
Krishnamurti
Majestic
The
Herald-Tribune
Commissioner Day
Annie Besant
International Theosophical Society
Chicago
California
Bandits Rob Irving Bank With Forceful Vault Take
Three masked youths robbed the Irving bank of 5000 to 7000 dollars after backing officials and a customer into a vault. They fled in an automobile toward Dallas.
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Irving
Tex
A. P
Irving Bank
Dallas
LSU enrollment up twenty percent predicts growth this fall
Baton Rouge August 25 Louisiana State University expects a 20 percent rise in enrollment this fall with more than 2000 students. President Thomas D Boyd cites heavy out of state interest and dormitory strain prompting early housing and freshman week to ease registration and aid course selection.
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Boyd
Num
Baton Rouge
Evangelist Killed by Brother-in-Law in Springfield Fight
Reverend Edward Gillum 40 was killed by his brother in law W R Lefter in Lefter’s home Springfield Missouri Lefter says unwritten law defense and claims Gillum endangered his home Gillum died from head injury after Lefter struck him with an Indian club No charge filed and Mrs Lester supports Lefter’s account
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Springfield
A. P
Edward Gillum
Sheridan
W. R. Lefter
Lefter
Rev. Gillum
Central Police Station
Lester
Monroe to Get City Directory in 10 Weeks
Interstate Directory of Springfield Missouri will canvass Monroe and West Monroe to publish a new city directory. Heber Page leads a staff. data gathering takes ten weeks to three months. The directory will include counts of residents under 18, racial listings, owner or renter status, telephone numbers, and a street index. Alexandria directory is also being produced by News-Star Publishing.
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Chamber of Commerce
Interstate Directory Company
Springfield
Monroe
West Monroe
Alexandria
Heber Page
The
News-Star
News- Star Publishing Company
Chicago Businessman Loses $275000 Certified Check
Leo J. Carlin of Chicago reported to Cleveland police that he lost a certified check for 275000 dollars in the city. The check was to close a large real estate transaction, making it the most valuable item in the local police record.
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Cleveland, CO
I. N
Leo J. Carlin
Chicago
Carlin
River Stage Readings Across Mississippi and Adjacent Rivers
River stage values are listed for Memphis Vicksburg and New Orleans on the Mississippi with rises and falls. Red River readings at Shreveport Alexandria show declines and gains. Ouachita at Camden and Monroe show slight movement while the Ohio at Cairo has a large rise to 26.6 and 34 noted.
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Mississippi
Memphis
Vicksburg
New Orleans
RED
Shreveport
Alexandria
Ouachita
Camden
Monroe
Unchanged
Ohio
Cairo
Maniac Bomber Carries Hidden Identity to Grave
In Pittsburgh a bank bombing killed the bomber and a policeman and wounded twenty four. Police found only belt buckle engraving L as evidence. relatives deny the bomber was from their family. The bank suffered $605,000 in damage and reopened next day.
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Pittsburgh
A. P
Farmers’ Deposit Savings Bank
George C. Ortman
Ortman
Bank
Sanders Meet Set With M C Thompson Presiding
M C Thompson to preside at a Sanders meeting at the Saenger theatre tomorrow at 8 p m with J Y Sanders candidate for U S Senate addressing. A 2 p m address at West Monroe auditorium is noted as the only Twin Cities talk before Tuesday’s armory event.
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Saenger Theatre
J. Y. Sanders
United States Senate
Louisiana
West Monroe
Twin Cities
New Orleans
Crescent City
M. C. Thompson
Dempsey Fight Delayed Over Attachments in Suit
Hearing on Jack Dempsey's motion to vacate two attachments seized by his former manager Jack Kearns was adjourned to Friday. Dempsey seeks to remove liens on his car and bank account as part of his $333,333 suit against Kearns. Arthur Driscoll, his attorney, told Justice Walsh.
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New York
A. P
Jack Dempsey
Jack Kearns
Dempsey
Arthur Driscoll
Justice Walsh
Fighting Cotton Pest Requiring Much Poison
Monroe in North Louisiana sees record shipments of calcium arsenate and other poisons as the cotton leaf worm devastates crops. W. E. Wilson of the Louisiana Department of Agriculture notes 35 carloads valued at about 3000 each arrived in rapid succession for wartime pest control. Commissioner Harry Wilson and W. E. Wilson plan inspection tours to aid farmers while analyses of incoming poison lag behind usage.
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Monroe
W. E. Wilson
Louisiana Department of Agriculture
Louisiana
Shreveport
Harry Wilson
Alexandria
Baton Rouge
State Department of Agriculture
Bettis Flier Found Alive After Mountain Wreck
Lieutenant Cyrus K Bettis an army flying ace missing since Monday was found alive in the Seven Sister mountains and transferred to Centre county hospital in Bellefonte Pa. He suffers a broken left leg skull fracture two places and severe facial head lacerations. He crawled five and a half hours through thick forest to a roadway before rescue by state highway workers.
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Bellefonte
A. P
Cyrus K. Bettis
Seven Sister Mountains
Centre County Hospital
Bettis
Downpour Floods Downtown Streets After Heat Wave Ends
A heavy rain broke a heat front and flooded the city downtown soon after 3 p.m. Water filled gutters and overflowed sewers on DeSiard Jackson and South Grand streets. Merchants swept water from storefronts while pedestrians faced rising street depths and ankle to calf level floods.
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DeSiard
Jackson
South Grand
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Widow Mellett seeks $100000 in gunman suit
Mrs. Don Mellett of Indianapolis filed in Canton federal court for $100000 damages for her husband Don R Mellett's July 16 Canton death. Defendants include Ben Rudner Mashillon Louis Mazer Canton and Patrick Eugene McDermott Nanty Glo Penn. The suit alleges conspiracy to kill and accuses politics of hindering the investigation.
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Cleveland
A. P
Don Mellett
Indianaplis
Canton
Ben Rudner
Mashillon
Louis Mazer
Patrick Eugene McDermott
Nanty Glo
Penn
Mazer
Rudner
Mellett
H. (. Prentius
Joseph Roach
Chicago
Don R. Mellett
Francis W. Pouson
Masillon
Poulson
Two Die in Santa Fe Work Train Wreck Near Gallup
In Thoreau area of New Mexico a Santa Fe work train backing into a hand car left on the track caused a rear car derailment. Two men, J D. Yocker of Gallup Colorace and Mrs W Hansen wife of a bridge foreman, died. nine others, plus the conductor, were injured as the crew slept through the crash. One hundred workers were aboard, with six cars piling on the rear and debris blocking the line.
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Albuquerque
N. M
A. P
Gallup
Santa Fe
Thoreau
J D. Yocker
Colorace
W. Hansen
Youths Drug Prescriptions Linked to Dorothy Kirk Death
In Cleveland on August 25, authorities weigh the death of 21 year old Dorothy Kirk as possibly caused by overdoses of medicines given by her suitor Ermil Balanchne. Doctors say the stomach contains a storehouse of drugs and the exact cause may reflect indiscriminate use rather than a single poison. Balanchne admits prescribing medicines but withholds specifics as police await chemical analysis.
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Cleveland
A. P
Dorothy Kirk
Ermil Balanchne
A. H. Hammond
Harold J. Knapp
Balanchne
Knapp
Diamond Ring Washed Miles Through Sewer Is Restored to Owner
Covington Kentucky public works chief William E Blackburn orchestrated a ring rescue when Mrs Elmer Wadsworth dropped a 500 dollar diamond into a lavatory drain. He blocked sewers set a mesh screen and directed a fire hose through the system catching the ring miles from the home.
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Covington
I, N
William E. Blackburn
Bill
Elmer Wadsworth
Blackburn
Wadsworth
Inland Gulf Storm Disrupts New Orleans Boating Traffic
A tropical storm swept the Gulf and western end of the waterway causing boats to seek port. Reports from Burwood and Gulfport noted falling barometers, rising tides, and gusts up to 48 miles per hour as fishing fleets were recalled along the Louisiana coast.
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New Orleans
Gulf of Mexico
Great Waterway
Tropical Radio Company
Burwood
Mississippi
Gulfport
Shipland
Biloxi
Louisiana
Acme Company
Mexico US oil lands dispute discussed at high level
Secretary Kellogg and Ambassador Sheffield conferred in Washington on Mexico’s land and oil laws and related tensions. Sheffield, back from Mexico, shared firsthand views on religious controversy and the Calles government’s stance. He may meet President Coolidge at the summer White House visit.
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Washington
A. P
Mexico
United States
Kellogg
Sheffield
State Department
Calles
Mexico City
President Coolidge
White House
Paul Smith
New York
Veteran crossing watchman recalls five points traffic record
J T Folmar, after thirteen years as Illinois Central crossing watchman at Five Points in Monroe, notes there has never been a life lost at the busy crossing though he was injured once. He retired after reaching age seventy under railroad pension rules.
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I. C
Twin Cities
Illinois Central System
Monroe
J. T. Folmar
Mr. Folmar
Folmar
Illinois Cemstral
U. S
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