Sinking of the San Juan prompts survivor tales of horror
San Francisco reports recount the shipwreck and rescue efforts as 42 survivors describe lifeboat chaos and the whirlpool. Henry Wade, a passenger and future chief engineer, recalls aiding women and a child before the vessel sank, while others speak of tearing screams and failing lifeboats amid the disaster.
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San Juan
Standard
Dodd
Coast Guard
Shawnee
Minami
Wade
Orleans Man Charges Sailor Kidnaped Wife
John Hyver of New Orleans said his wife was kidnapped by a Spanish sailor and asked police to help locate her. He reported she disappeared from their home Wednesday afternoon and may have been forced to Chicago.
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New Orleans
John Hyver
Hyver
Chicago
Shipwrecked Crew Rescued After 400 Mile Open Boat Row
Coast guard cutter Northland picked up the entire crew of the Norwegian ship Elis wrecked off Cape Billinois Siberia August 10. The 15 men reached Dionided island off Alaska after rowing 400 miles in open boats.
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Coast Guard
Northland
Elisis
Cape Billinois
Siberia
Dionided Island
Alaska
Pilot dies in record solo flight crash near Cleveland
Thomas Reid perished after a 87 hour 86 minute solo endurance flight near the airport. He crashed two miles from the field while attempting further hours for a bride bonus in Downey California. Weathered by fatigue and sleep, he failed to land and died at the controls.
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Cleveland
Thomas Reid
Reid
Downey
Cal
Bill Butters
Dale Dryer
Burglar Wounded in Garage Robbery Near New Orleans
A man claiming the name Walter de Jean was shot and badly wounded by homeowner G. G. Bennefield when police say he and an accomplice tried to burglarize a Kenner garage. De Jean gave multiple New Orleans addresses and claimed past residence in Marksville and Lafayette. age 25.
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Walter de Jean
G. G. Bennefield
Kenner
de Jean
Bennefield
Marksville
Lafayette
Graf Zeppelin heads home from Lakehurst on fifth crossing
Graf Zeppelin is prepared to sail tonight from Lakehurst bound for Friedrichshafen Germany with seventeen passengers 5300 pounds of freight and mail aboard on its fifth Atlantic crossing. Captain Ernest Lehmann will command the airship as Dr Hugo Eckener remains in the United States for two weeks of business and visits.
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Friedrichshafen
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New York
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Akron
Ohio
Ernest Lehmann
Los Angeles
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Western University
Officers Nab Strikers After Marion Riot At Mill Village
In Marion North Carolina a clash during a Clinchfield mill strike led to 148 warrants for inciting a riot. National guardsmen patrolled streets as 88 men and one woman were jailed before noon and more detainees were being brought to McDowell jail. Alfred E F Hoffman noted as southern organizer for United Textile Workers was among those sought.
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Probe Opens After Fish Die In Ouachita River Pollution
State conservation officials investigate fish kills in the Ouachita River after complaints. H L Williford and staff inspect near Grand Street locks where dead fish were found. residents report more kills downstream after locks opened. Dams built by Brown Paper mill in West Monroe a year ago to curb refuse discharge. officials plan to visit the mill and dams to identify the pollution source.
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Labor Day Message From James J. Davis
Secretary of Labor James J. Davis reflects on Labor Day highlighting gains in employment and production, the importance of labor management cooperation, and enduring challenges like unemployment, aging workers, immigration, and youth entering the labor force. He stresses patience and mutual understanding to sustain prosperity.
Labor Day Parade and Activities in Twin Cities
Labor Day will be observed as a holiday with bank and business closures in the Twin Cities. Post office hours are 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. City deliveries only. no rural carriers. The highlight is a labor parade forming near the courthouse at 9:00 a.m., led by Fontana band, with C. B. Atkinson as marshal. Parade proceeds along Grand, DeSiard, Sixth, Harrison, Jackson, Washington, Walnut, ending near De-
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Grand Street
Fontana Band
C. B. Atkinson
DeLijard Street
DeSiard
Russia Accepts Chinese Peace Proposals to Settle Eastern Railway Crisis
In Moscow the Soviet government signaled willingness to sign a joint declaration with Nanking to resolve all issues from the Manchurian railway dispute. Soviet Foreign Minister Maxim Litvinov sent the note to Germany's Herbert von Dirksen outlining a draft declaration with amendments, notably against replacing managers of the line.
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Moscow
Soviet Union
Maxim Litivineff
Herbert von Dirksen
Nanking
U.S. S
Woman Drowns When Dam Breaks Near Colorado Springs
Mrs Bertha F Emery drowned and her husband was seriously injured when the Ute Pass club dam failed eighteen miles west of Colorado Springs. A wall of water destroyed all buildings in the Colorado cabin settlement as it swept through the valley.
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Bertha F. Emery
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Here
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Hambones Meditations Town Folks In Rezervation
A fragmented OCR note captures a slang filled plea for staying home amid a rural community. It references folk and kitchen nets as a social cue and hints at distrust of formal authority. The text is sparse and lacks verifiable names or dates.
Fanatic sought in Kansas Citys double murder
Police pursued a religious fanatic known as Fred in the Kansas City double murder of Ruth Laughlin and Paul Odell. Laughlin, 24, refused marriage proposals after meeting him at a tent gathering. Odell was shot protecting her. Odell’s car was found two miles away, and coroners said Laughlin was not attacked.
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Ruth Laughlin
Paul L. Odell
Cliff Drive
Fred
Odell
Miss Laughlin
Alexandria construction contract set for flood gate culvert
The state board of engineers awarded the reinforced concrete flood gate culvert and dike project at the mouth of Bayou Rapides in Alexandria. Colpton and Robert of Baton Rouge bid about 97000 dollars, with Gravelle Construction of Little Rock the next bidder. The project will complete a Rapides parish levee system from Boyce to Alexandria and aid drainage from a 40000 acre watershed, with total cost near 100000 dollars and future pumping station bids held in abeyance.
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Bayou Rapides
Alexandria
State Board of Engineers
Colpton and Robert
Baton Rouge
Gravelle Construction Company
Little Rock Ark
Rapides Parish
Boyce
Rapides Island
Third Street
Red River
Man Fined for Odor Bomb at New Orleans Theater
James Lockhart of Chicago was fined 100 dollars and given 10 days in jail after admitting he set off an odoriferous bomb in the Happy Hour theatre. Judge Henriques presided in criminal court. He said it would be very funny to cause the stink.
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Miners Escape After Renton Mine Blast In Pa
Three hundred miners escaped while twelve others were badly burned in an explosion at the Renton mine of the Union collieries near Renton Pennsylvania today.
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Renton
Union
Belgian War Hero Dog Tackie Faces Death at Home
Tackie the Belgian Shepherd once carried the first under fire messages for the French army in 1914 and served until the armistice. Now aged and frail at Edward Newhegin’s Redlands home, life’s end nears for the brave dog decorated by a Belgian king for bravery.
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Tackie
Edward Newhegin
Gruenwaldt
Fire destroys gin and store on Gold Mine plantation
Special to The News-Star Mangham August 51 Fire of unknown origin early this morning destroyed the gin house and store on the Gold Mine plantation six miles south of Mangham. No insurance. The stock burned. Humble owned the property. Residence nearby escaped damage due to wind. Ginning operations continue at a new electric gin in Mangham. Humble currently in Texas.
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Mangham
W. G. Humble
Humble
Mr. Humble
Texas
Records Probed On Moore Case In Bay St. Louis
New Orleans officials dispatched detective James Daniels to Hancock county to inspect Bay St. Louis records and determine when C Geer Moore the governor long s appointee to the dock board became a Louisiana citizen. The probe centers on 400 poll tax receipts tied to Philip Paterno and Higinia Pita amid Moore residency questions and Mississippi voting within two years of Louisiana residence.
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Associated Press
New Orleans
Eugene Stanley
James Daniels
Bay St. Louis
Miss
Hancock County
C. Geer Moore
Long
Dock Board
Louisiana
Philip Paterno
House of Detention
Fifth Ward
Moore
Higinia P. Pita
Mississippi
Irish Aviatrix Resting Comfortably After Crash
Cleveland Aug 31 Lady Mary Heath Irish aviatrix critically injured in a plane crash during national air races is resting comfortably at Lakeside hospital after skull fracture surgery. A night with little complication followed but danger of infection and meningitis delays certainty of recovery.
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Cleveland
Lady Mary Heath
Lakeside Hospital
Higher loss feared in San Juan sinking after updated lists
New checks indicate 116 aboard the San Juan when it sank off California, raising possible deaths to 74. Company manager Gillespie cites bookings and flexible fares, while the purser John Cleveland is missing and bodies search continues near Pigeon Point.
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San Juan
Here
Albert E. Gillespie
Los Angeles and San Francisco Navigation Company
Pigeon Point
Cal
Body of Henry J. Lars Recovered After Yacht Drowning
The body of Henry J. Lars, New Orleans exporter and importer, who drowned when he fell overboard from the yacht Delta during a pleasure trip from Mandeville to New Orleans, was recovered today. Captain Frank Ritter Jr. found the body several miles from the accident site.
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Henry J. Lars
Delta
Mandeville
Frank Ritter, Jr
Jealousy as a Motive in True Detective Stories
The Monroe Morning Post begins a six decade long series of true crime tales drawn from American archives. Readers will enjoy these real stories of successful sleuthing starting Monday with the first installment in Jealousy Yes Jealousy. Subscribe to the Post to receive the collection.
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