Slaying of Jersey Man Revealed in Beach Confession
Baltimore lawyer and showman Sampel Bark testified Willis Beach confessed to killing Dr A William Lilliendahl. Beach spoke of a plan with Thompson to steal jewelry from Philadelphia, claimed the murder was staged and the old man shot in a secluded spot, then fled to a car and alerted Mrs Lilliendahl.
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Associated Press
Mays ‘Landing
N. J
Sampel Bark
Baltimore
Willis Beach
William Lilliendahl
Beach
Thompson
Philadelphia
Lilliendahl
Beech
Atston Road
Boy Witness Highlights Lilliendahl Murder Trial Session
A frightened 12 year old, Lewis Behler, testified as a key witness in the Lilliendahl murder trial at Mays Landing New Jersey. The session featured surprises and disappointments for the prosecution as the boy linked Alfred Lilliendahl’s mother to a rift with Willis Beach.
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Mays’ Landing
N. J
Lilliendah
Lewis Behler
Alfred Lilliendahl
Margaret Lilliendahl
Willis Beach
Beach
Good Fellows Club Drives Christmas Aid in Monroe Parish
The Good Fellows club appeals to Monroe West Monroe and Ouachita residents to donate cash for warm clothing food and supplies for needy families. The News-Star lists daily receipts and urges immediate contributions to spread Christmas cheer.
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Monroe
West Monroe
Qouaehia
Good Fellows Club
News-Star
North Second Street
Ban Dramatic Raids in Prohibition Enforcement
Washington officials shift to quiet enforcement of the Eighteenth Amendment abandoning dramatic raids and sensational advertisements. Treasury leaders say the bureau should show real results not educate the public about intoxicants, aiming to improve conditions and demonstrate progress through lawful enforcement.
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Associated Press
Washington
Prohibition Bureau
Treasury
Prohibition Bureaus
Skeleton identified by gold teeth in Elia case
New Orleans police announced a search in Chicago for Paul Regus a restaurant owner linked to the death of Youssouf Elia whose skeleton was found under the Elia candy shop showcase six years after his death. The skull showed a gun wound and Elia was identified by gold teeth.
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New Orleans
Chicago
Paul Regus
Youssouf Elia
Elia
Johnny Scariano
Regus
Elias
Purchase of Land Cheaper Than Levees, Says J W Strong
J W Strong of Fort Worth Texas tells the House flood control committee that buying 206000 acres along the Mississippi from Vicksburg to Baton Rouge is cheaper than building levees. He cites land value loss from floods and suggests a $20 an acre purchase or rights for reservoirs, with potential use for reforestation. He represents Homochitto levee district owners and notes Mississippi levee boards cannot bear protection costs.
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Associated Press
Washington
Mississippi
Missisippi River
Vicksburg
Baton Rouge
House
J. W. Strong
Fort Worth
Texas
Louisiana
Congress
Mississippi River Commission
Armstrong
Homochitto Levee
Bord
J. E. Allen
Greenville
Miss
Moody Seagraves well in Richland blows out
Captain R. P. Webb announces Moody Seagraves McCoy No. 2 in Richland parish blew out yesterday under high pressure. Estimated production around 35,000,000 cubic feet. It is the twenty first producing gasser in the Richland parish field. Deep Gulf Millsaps No. 1 near Crew Lake reaches 1,700 feet. Old Morehouse parish test formerly Texas Delta No. 8 later resaturated and revived as a gasser.
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R. P. Webb
Moody Seagraves
McCoy No. 2
Richland Parish
New
Conservation Office
Rayville
Crew Lake
Morehouse Parish
Texas Company
Tensas Delta No. 8
Stovall Drilling Company
Southern Carbon Company
Sheriff Nabs Counterfeiter in Shreveport Hideout
Sheriff T R Hughes arrested FE B Ross in a Shreveport boarding house after a week in hiding. Ross, 19, linked to a New Orleans counterfeiting ring, dyed his hair peroxide and admitted his identity but denied the counterfeiting specifics. He said his home is Atlanta, Georgia, with a Shreveport Miaimi marriage two years ago.
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Shreveport
FE. B. Ross
New Orleans
T. R. Hughes
Ross
J. H. Smith
Atlanta, Ga
Miami
Fla
Smith
Atlanta
Cecela Beatty
Betty Donaldson
Cold Wave Drops Temperatures Across Louisiana and Mississippi
A cold wave follows a warm spell across Louisiana and Mississippi with frost in the south and freezing in the north forecast tonight. Monroe led lows at 88 driven by a rare cold snap while Shreveport 46 and Jackson and Vicksburg 42 marked other cold readings. Gulfport recorded 4 degrees last night and 55 noon today.
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Louisiana
Mississippi
Monroe
Shreveport
Jackson
Vicksburg
Miss
Baton Rouge
Alexandria
Lake Charles
Hattiesburg
Laurel
New Orleans
Gulfport
Doom Draws Nearer for Ruth and Judd at Sing Sing
Ruth Snyder and Judd Gray face execution in the week of January 9 for the sashweight murder of Albert Snyder at Jamaica New York. Governor Al Smith stands as their likely last hope after New York courts refused a new trial. Gray accepts his fate. Snyder remains haunted and hysterical amid Sing Sing’s fearsome atmosphere.
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Ruth Snyder
Judd Gray
Albert Snyder
Jamaica
N. Y
Sing Sinz
Eleven Admitted on Trial for Ministry in Louisiana Conference
Eleven applicants were admitted today on trial to the ministry of the Methodist Episcopal Church South by the Louisiana conference in session at Baton Rouge. Four from Shreveport district, two from Baton Rouge, one each from Alexandria Lake Charles Minden and two from New Orleans districts. Communities and names listed with districts. The session also heard H M May of Zachary appealing retirement to the superannuate list requested by H N Brown.
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Associated Press
Baton Rouge
Methodist Episcopal Church, South
Louisiana Conference
Shreveport
Alexandria
Lake Charles
Minden
New Orleans
Alton C. Lawton
Samuel S. Holladay
Edgar S. Dufresne
David Tarver
Father of Colonel Hodges Dies at Elm Grove Home
Campbell B. Hodges Sr aged 75 prominent Bossier parish citizen and father of Colonel Campbell B Hodges Jr commander of cadets at West Point and president elect of LSU died at his Elm Grove home at 10 this morning after months of ill health. He is survived by two other sons W H Hodges J B Hodges and three daughters Mrs James Mercer Mrs W M Snyder and Miss Mary Hodges and his widow.
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Associated Press
Shreveport
Campbell B. Hodges
Bossier Parish
United States Military Academy
West Point
Louisiana State University
Elm Grove
Hodges
Colonel Hodges
W. H. Hodges
North Louisiana
J. B. Hodges
James Mercer
Taylor Town
W. M. Snyder
Winnsboro
Mary Hodges
Habeas Corpus Writ Denied for Inman and Two Wives
In Oklahoma bandit case, Elmer Inman his wife and Ray Terrills wife were held in Hot Springs arrest. Chancellor Frank H Dodge denied the writ of habeas corpus. Governor Martineau approved extradition to Oklahoma for Inman to serve a prison term and he was to depart soon with Oklahoma officers.
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Associated Press
Little Rock
Ark
Elmer Inman
Ray Terrill
Oklahoma
Hot Springs
Frank H. Dodge
Martineau
Inman
Local attorney cites scandal in Louisiana Training Institute case
A stack of unsolicited affidavits in Juvenile Judge Earl Crane’s office describes cruelties at the Louisiana Training Institute in Monroe. The documents follow the judge’s complaint about alleged irregularities at the facility.
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Associated Press
Shreveport
Earl Crane
Louisiana Training Institute
Monroe
Zack T. Heard
W. J. Gill
Cotton Valley Crude Price Cut Announced
The Louisiana OiRefining corporation announced a 15 cent per barrel cut in Cotton Valley crude oil price, bringing it to 65 cents. No other districts were affected.
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Associated Press
Shreveport
Louisiana O!refining Corporation Today
Cotton Valley
Flooded Hornell Faces Hundreds Marooned After Dyke Breaks
In Hornell New York the Canisteo river breach floods streets and homes. More than 300 families are marooned as dykes fail under a near hurricane strength storm. Rail and roadbeds are washed out and public facilities crippled with no lives lost. The city of 16 000 residents endures four to five foot flood waters and a light snow.
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Hornell
N. Y
Canisteo River
Erie
Canisteo Valley
Fea
Tates
New York
New York State
Pennsylvania
Maryland
Almcas
Williamssport
Cumberland
Williamsport
Rochester
Geneva
New York Central Railroad
Storms Sweep Eastern States Cause Widespread Damage
Storms across New York Pennsylvania and Maryland brought heavy winds and floods. Williamsport Cumberland and Canisteo valley areas faced high water and marooned families while rail and water systems suffered breaks and roadways flooded.
Louisiana Leper Case Stirs Federal Officials
Edward Peyton, a leper murderer at Carville leprosarium, faces ten years in a facility chosen by the attorney general. With no suitable leprosy ward available, officials consider building a private prison at Carville, as Surgeon General Cummins weighs options and Congress may be asked to fund the project. Peyton has been confined at Carville since his federal trial.
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Washington
Sargent
Cummins
Edward Peyton
Federal
Carville
Lloyd Richardson
Congress
Baton Rouge
Dec
Eda Peyton
Jeper
S .Tenced
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Good Fellows of City
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Morehouse
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Gang
Hambone
By J. P. Alley
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Ruth
Judd
L. T.I
M. E. Ministry
Reverend May
Oklatrio
Cabe Hawking
Frank E. Fagot, Jr
State Conservation Agent
Red Eagle
Crystal Springs
Hawkins
Canisteo River Valley
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