Everett Named Head Department Leader for Harris Era
Baton Rouge Aug 27 Governor Fuqua announces W J Everett private secretary and former campaign manager named state conservation commissioner to replace Frank T Payne. Everett to assume duties after installation. report suggests T O Harris of Shreveport may become private secretary. Harris, a former auditor and newspaper man, backed Fuqua in primaries.
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Puqua
W. J. Everett
Frank T. Payne
Dud‘y Berwick
Senate
Everett
Conservation Missioner
T. O. Haref
Shreveport
Auetor
Foqua
Harris
Fuqua
East Baton Rouge
Monroe
New Orleans
Mame
Parker
Peal Capdeville
Demormance
Demorat Party
Louisiana
Storm may delay U S plane hop to Labrador
The American round the world fliers may be blocked from leaving Ivigtut Greenland for Indian Harbor Labrador tomorrow morning as a severe storm sweeps Newfoundland. Marine experts say the storm area is moving toward Labrador and may prevent the flight until weather improves.
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New Foundland
Labrador
Atlantic
White Star liner Arabic damaged as hurricane injures passengers
Reports from the White Star Line say the Arabic bound from Hamburg to New York sailed into a hurricane injuring several passengers. The liner requested eight ambulances to meet her at the North River pier when she docks around 4 pm. The vessel sustained gale damage.
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New York
White Star
Hamburg
Steamship Company
North River
Honduran Rebel Leader Besieged Near La Esperanza
San Juan del Sur Nicaragua August 27 General Gregorio Ferrera the Honduran rebel leader is reported besieged at La Esperanza Honduras by forces under General Martinez Funes. Fierce fighting is expected bringing tense regional movements to the area.
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Nicaragua
Gregorio Ferrera
la Esperatza
Honduras
Martinez Funes
San Salvador
Republic of Salvador
Department of
Intibuca
Manuel Carias
Adolfo Fiallos
Marcala
Tosta
Quaker Pays City Dollar After Long-Standing Wood Sale
Catherine Ontario August 17 L E Horton a 77 year old Quaker paid one dollar owed the city in the clerk’s office He recalled selling the city a cord of wood for three dollars thirty five years ago and later found four one dollar bills had been given instead of three He sought to rectify the error by making the payment in full.
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Ontario
L. E. Horton
Horton
Radio film may signal from Mars puzzles scientists
Washington August 27 scientists widen the Mars signal mystery as C F Jenkins reports a 30 foot film record of dots and dashes from a radio reception. Dr David Todd sees potential significance while experts refrain from conclusions and study continues.
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Mars
Earth
C. F. Jenkins
David Todd
Astronomy
Amherst
Mr. Jenkins
Todd
W. F. Friedman
Signal Officer
Army
Jenkins
J. H. Dellinger
Bureau of Standards
Germany to Sign Pact Without Reichstag Renews Dawes Plan
Berlin reports the German government will sign the London agreement despite Reichstag approval. If the Reichstag rejects the Dawes reparations plan, the body will be dissolved according to the official announcement.
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A. P
London
Reichstag
French Senate Ratifies Lausanne Treaty for Near East Peace
The French senate voted 20 negative votes as it ratified the Lausanne treaty today after a two hour debate. Signed July 24, 1928, the pact reestablishes peace in the Near East and France becomes the fourth power to ratify after Britain Italy and Japan.
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Near East
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Italy
Japan
Pair missing after women stage battle
Alexandria Louisiana August 27 charges will be filed against Miss Mildred Lee once apprehended for stabbing Mrs. A D Foreman of Lake Charles after an encounter on a highway. Miss Lee and Athen Foreman have disappeared and authorities have so far failed to locate them. Mrs Foreman received three stab wounds as she drove back to Lake Charles with Lula Benifiel after treatment.
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Mildred Lee
A. D. Foreman
Lake Charles
Sheriff Downs
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Athen Foreman
Lee
Foreman
Kidnappers Of N Y Druggist Sought After Threats
Ernest Louis a Long Island druggist was kidnapped by three men believed to be Ku Klux Klan members after a pick up with his wife and brother in law. Louis was taken toward New York then released in Hicksville. He had earlier received an ultimatum to leave Freeport.
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Ernest
Louis
Hicksville
Mineola
Freport
Long Island
Ku Klux Klan
Samuel Schulman
New York
Areport
Layne Sues For Legal Fees In Barnes Case
Monroe attorney Hugh T. Layne sues B. M. Rumberger alleging nonpayment for legal services in the Thomas Barnes case. Rumberger owes $136 after a $65 partial payment, with six months sought to settle the balance plus costs and general relief. Barnes faced a preliminary hearing that the state failed to prove.
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Thomas Barnes
B. M. Rumberger
Hugh T. Layne
Monroe
Rumberger
Barnes
Senator Harrison Returns Home After Victory in Mississippi
Senator Pat Harrison arrived in Gulfport from Washington to rest on the coast after weeks of campaigning. He announced plans to resume campaigning for the Democratic national ticket after his August 19 renomination victory in which he carried every county in the state.
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Russians Oppose Books on Bee Ant Colonies
Leipsic August 27 The Soviet authorities bar import of books about ants and bees that mention queens The German book trade weekly Borsenblatt says Russians object to colonies being described as helpless without queen rulers The ruling power of the queens is cited as the dispute factor
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Russia
Borsenblatt
Inspector Fahy implicated in Rondout mail theft case
W. F. Fahy post office inspector is held on $50,000 bond in Kane county jail as mastermind in the $2.5 million Rondout Illinois mail robbery. He is accused of leading the plot and is to be arraigned September 6. Three Newton brothers are jailed. one bandit was shot during the heist.
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Big Tim” Murphy
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New York
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Dirigible Limbering Up for Long Atlantic Hop
FRIEDRICKSHAFEN Germany Aug 27 The ZR 3 will make a shop flight if weather allows flying over Lake Constance for four or five hours only to limber up The dirigible remains in her hangar this morning with motors buzzing after three days of work A German crew will accompany the ship on today s flight the first step in a thorough in flight inspection ahead of the Atlantic crossing
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Atlantic
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Monroe
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Jackson Parish
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West Monroe
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Hicks
Ouachita Parish
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Former Georgia Senator Marries Young Woman in Pelham Manor
Former U S Senator Hoke Smith of Georgia and Miss Mazie Crawford, once his secretary, will wed at 2 30 this afternoon at Mrs Livingston Leeds home. The ceremony will be by Rev Dr MacGregor of Pelham Manor Presbyterian church. Attendees limited to intimate friends. He is 69 she 28. They will reside in Washington.
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U. S
Hoke Smith
Georgia
Mazie Crawford
Livingston Leeds
Miss Crawford
MacGregor
Pelham Manor Presbyterian Church
Smith
Washington
Revolt Actions Across Central and South America Stir Regional Tensions
Reports from Honduras, El Salvador, and Mexico describe rebels advancing against governments while officials in Mexico plan to protest expulsions of two Mexican students in New Orleans. A bandit release in Durango is noted as well as Brazilian rebel movements northward toward Rio Pardo. In Spain, Morocco conflict escalates with new casualties among Spanish forces.
War clashes halt Shanghai to Nanking railway traffic
Dispatch from Shanghai reports fighting between Chi Shih Yuan governor of Kiangsu and General Lu Yung Hsiang near Quinsan on the Shanghai Nanking line. Chi Shieh Yuan sends artillery from Nanking as the conflict disrupts Shanghais commerce and finance.
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Chi Shih Yuan
Kiangsu Province
Lu Yung Hsiang
Tuchan
Chekiang Province
Quinsan
Shanghai-Nanking
Nanking
Chi Shieh Yuan
Democrats of Kansas condemn the Ku Klux Klan
Topeka Aug 27 The Kansas Democratic state central committee adopted a platform condemning the hooded order as a major issue in the November campaigns. The Republican platform avoided reference to the Klan despite opposition from Attorney General C B Griffith and others.
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Ku Klux Klan
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Republican Party
John W. Davis
Democratic State Central Committee
Republican State Party Council
Atorney
C. B. Griffith
Trolley collision injures ten in foggy New Orleans
In heavy fog on the Gentilly line at Franklin avenue and Sage street two trolley cars collided head on. Ten people were injured, none seriously, as workers riding into the city met a nearly empty car going out.
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Gentilly
Franklin Avenue
Sage Street
Corley Named to Direct 3rd Party Campaign South
R L Corley of Atlanta was selected director of the La Follette Wheeler campaign for southern states with headquarters to be in Birmingham. Phil Painter of Birmingham, a McAdoo supporter, became one of two southern campaign managers to work with Corley. The region includes Virginia West Virginia North and South Carolina Alabama Florida Georgia Tennessee Kentucky Mississippi and Louisiana. Painter said La Follette Wheeler and McAdoo share similar progressive principles and that he will not compromise his principles by supporting the independent ticket.
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R. L. Corley
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Phil Painter
Birmingham
William Gibby McAdoo
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Nashville man shoots clerk found at home in Inglewood
Madison B. Green, 34, manager in a dairy department, killed Martin Poole, 23, a grocer's clerk, in Green’s Inglewood home. Green, free on $7,500 bond, claimed Poole entered while he hid in the basement, then opened fire upstairs. Poole left two children. Green and wife have a four year old son.
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Madison B. Green
Martin Poole
Green
Inglewood
Poole
The
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Lad Dies After Truck Accident in Crowley
Crowley Louisiana August 27 Anthony Heinen fifteen died late yesterday from injuries after a motor truck he was driving turned over near his home at St Leo. He was pinned beneath it in a ditch.
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Anthony Heinen
St. Leo
La Follette Endorsed by Alexandria Labor Unions
Senator Robert M. LaFollette of Wisconsin won an Alexandria labor unions endorsement in a resolution passed last night by all unions except the four brotherhoods.
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Alexandria Labor
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Robert M. LaFollette
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Mars shown habitable by radiometer at Flagstaff
At Lowell Observatory Flagstaff engineers report the Coblentz radiometer reveals Mars has an active surface temperature around 8.9 degrees Celsius or 48 degrees Fahrenheit indicating the planet lies within habitable limits and contradicts prior cooling theories.
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Mars
Coblentz
Lowell Observatory
Freeman Coleman Captured After Sheriff Rentz Slaying
Freeman Coleman is captured at Mullinaux switch and jailed in Caddo parish as one of three Black men linked to the fatal shooting of Sheriff E M Rentz of Jackson parish. Authorities plan a Jackson parish grand jury inquiry and a September 5 trial date for indicted suspects.
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Freeman Coleman
E. M. Rentz
Jackson Parish
Rentz
Jonesboro
Rents
Crowe Presses Mental Disease Claim in Leopold Loeb Case
Chicago tracing the state's attorney Robert Crowe attacking defense alienist testimony on mental disease of Nathan Leopold Jr. and Richard Loeb. He demands a named illness, sparking courtroom wrangles over rulings while criticizing poetic and literary references used by the defense.
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A. PL
Robert E. Crowe
Vitrolic
Nathan Leopold, Jr
Richard Loeb
Bobby Franks
Crowe
J. R. Cate Ate
Reco
Mr. Crowe
Nick Carter
One Killed in Fort Worth Shooting on Fifth Street
Duncan was shot and killed on West Fifth Street in Fort Worth this morning after a volley of shots from multiple pistols and rifles. W. S. Phillips was arrested. a murder charge was filed. Brasiel, a garage owner, and Duncan were connected. Brasiel was riding with Duncan when the shooting occurred and said Braziel fired twice at Phillips afterward.
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W. S. Phillips
West Fifth Street
Bob Braziel
Phillips
Brasiel
Braziel
Baseball Today First Game Results From Early MLB Action
Detroit wins 9 0 in a 9 to 0 mercy after a 3 0 0 1 0 1 0 run line. Cleveland blanks New York 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 final. Chicago and St Louis struggle as Washington suffers a slow start in doubleheader play.
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Myatt
Jones
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