Giant Richland gas well roars heard 20 miles away
Moody-Seagraves, McCoy No. 2 in Richland parish, nine miles southwest of Rayville, is deemed the state’s largest gasser after it blew in Wednesday. The roaring well can be heard from Columbia, Caldwell parish, about 20 miles off as officials fear it may crater and be lost.
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Hop Off From Miami to Deliver Fokker Plane
U S marine airplane began a non stop flight from Miami to Managua Nicaragua. Major E H Brainard piloted the craft and expected to reach Havana in two hours. Cuban war department officials and Key West naval radio reported Havana sighting at 9 30 a m.
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Miami
U. S. Marine
Managua
Nicaragua
Havana
Miami Daily News
Cuban War Department
E. H. Brainard
B. Jordan
Fort Lauderdale
Good Fellows Fund Struggles to Start Book for Santa Aid
Monroe residents send letters to Santa Claus as The News-Star collects donations for the parish Good Fellows Fund. The fund funds Christmas Eve food and warm clothing for needy families, with contributions acknowledged as they arrive.
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Santa Claus
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Santa
Good Fellows Fund
Good Fellows
North Second Street
Kieber& Co
Lover sets dynamite trap for schoolteacher in Newfoundland
In Ottawa Newfoundland on December 3 Associated Press reports 23 year old country teacher Na Bradford lay near death after a dynamite blast in a schoolhouse store. Her fiancé Hiram Reed is held on 45000 bond for assault with intent to kill bombing and injuries by bombing. Reed said he planted the dynamite to avoid marriage, with the couple’s wedding set for tomorrow. If Bradford lives, Reed faces possible 75 year imprisonment. The plot followed her insistence on delaying their marriage due to impending motherhood.
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Hiram Reed
Reed
Hanson
Governor Smith Restates Opposition to Prohibition Laws
Governor Smith tells the New York state league of women voters he remains opposed to federal prohibition statutes while supporting enforcement of laws. He says citizens may oppose laws they disagree with but will still uphold the state constitution.
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Charles Howe Elected Captain at Princeton
Princeton announces Charles Howe of Beaver Falls Pennsylvania has been named captain of the next year's football team at Princeton University.
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Beaver Falls
Beach Raiser on Stand Denies Murder Charge and Gun Claims
Willis Beach elderly chicken raiser testified in the murder trial of Dr J A William Lilliendahl that he had no connection to the killing and denied marking maps found at the scene. He said three dusty guns were the only ones in his home. Witnesses Helen and James Parker described Beach staying in a loft at their home from Sept 27 to Oct 5, with Beach never leaving the attic during that period.
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Helen Parker
Lynwood Heights
Marcus Hook
Uncle Bill
Samuel Bark
Baltimore
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Parker House
Coolidge to Address Pan American Congress in Havana
President Coolidge will travel to Havana to address the sixth Pan American congress with Mrs. Coolidge and officials Kellogg and possibly Wilbur. He will go by special train to Key West where a warship will ferry the party to Cuba, then return promptly to Washington after the speech. The Texas battleship will await him at Key West.
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Coolidge
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Havana
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United States Fleet
President Ibanez Marries Letelier Velasco in Flowered Chilean Ceremony
In Santiago more than 100000 flowers decked the altar at St Augustine church for the marriage of President Ibanez to Senorita Letelier Y Velasco. The service involved 67 musicians, marking a grand state style ceremony with festive public interest.
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Elmendorf case set for trial January 3 at Louisiana Training Institute
Judge J C Theus tells that Elmendorf v Louisiana Training Institute will be tried January 3 1928 for 10000 damages. The suit by George H Elmendorf alleges brutal treatment and illegal confinement of John Elmendorf at the institute. Theus seeks a full investigation with testimony and urges Judge Earl Crane to receive information directly, not by affidavits.
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Louisiana Training Institute
J. C. Theus
The
Istitute
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Theus
Earl H. Crane
Shreveport
Crane
Monroe
Flmendorf
Doty Released From French Foreign Legion in Oran
Bennett J. Doty of Biloxi Mississippi is under legion control after being released from the French Foreign Legion. He will sail to Marseilles aboard the freighter Tania and remain under supervision until he returns to the United States via Cherbourg or Havre. Doty described his experience as the toughest break in five years.
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Algeria
Bennett J. Doty
Biloxi
Miss
French Foreign Legion
Tania
Marseilles
Doty
Cherbourg
United States
Legion
Havre
French Legion
Sidi Kel Abbes
America
Hambone's Meditations: Wanter Seeks What He Pleads
A fragment from Hambone's Meditations hints at a character seeking an answer to a demand or desire. The line suggests a dialectical voice and a humorous or folksy inquiry in a column by J. P. Alley.
Republicans Demand Vote On Three Issues In Coming Session
Western independent Republican senators pressed for three key votes in the next session. They backed a McNary Haugen based agricultural relief bill, a measure curbing federal court injunctions, and a probe of U S policy in Central and South America. Tax reduction was nearly ready for House action as session begins.
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Curtis
Kansas
Senate
Congress
Central
South America
House
Ways and Means Committee
Japanese bride killed husband then killed herself
In San Pedro California Misao Kakimoto, 25, killed her husband who she said was cruel and then took her own life. A note read forgive me that I did not clean my husbands home before I have done this thing. In Boston a Tropical Radio station reported a pronounced earthquake at 2 12 this morning lasting about three seconds from Puerto Barrios Guatemala.
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Guatemala
Greatest Southern football crowd watches Georgia Tech clash
About 40,000 fans braved rain and mud to watch Georgia and Georgia Tech in Atlanta. Georgia led 6 0 in the first period while Tech answered 6 0 in the second period as the Dixie gridiron season closed.
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Georgia
Southern
Georgia Tech
Teenager Placed in Asylum After Train Wreck Attempts
Fred Bruce, 15, was committed to the Little Rock asylum after two incidents of placing ties on railroad tracks to cause wrecks. Earlier found near Bald Knob and Kensett the youth reportedly sought to see a train wreck and fled a hospital. Authorities seek his family as physicians deem him mentally deficient.
Football Score Fragments From Early Week
A rough spread of college football scores shows Birmingham against Vanderbilt tied 0 0 and Miami facing identical 0 0. Army leads Marine corps 13 to 6 at Philadelphia. North Carolina State and Michigan entangle to 0 0 with NC State later up 6 to 9 against Michigan.
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Clothier faces electric chair in partner’s murder plot
New York report says 42 year old Joseph Lefkowitz was convicted of first degree murder for drowning his business partner Benjamin Goldstein to collect a $70,000 life policy naming Lefkowitz as beneficiary. Co-conspirators Harry Greenberg was acquitted while Irving Rubinzahl, who testified, faces trial.
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Lower East Side
Joseph Lefkowitz
Harry Greenberg
Irving Rubinzahl
Benjamin Goldstein
Brooklyn
Greenberg
Rubinzahl
Goldstein
Gravesend Bay
Lefkowitz
Committee Turns to Thoughts of 1928 Nominees
Washington December 3 Rapid additions to the Republican national committee underway in Washington spark speculation on a 1928 nomination while the group sticks to its main purpose of choosing a convention city. Dawes Lowden Hughes Hoover Curtis mentioned. Dawes seen as a possible heir if another candidate falters.
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Washington
Republican National Committee
Coolidge
Soover
Dawes
Lowden
Hughes
Curtis
Kansas
Chas. A. Rawson
Iowa
Rawson
Frank QO. Lowden
Illinois
Pat Sullivan
Wyoming
Hoover
Divorce and remarriage headline from Reno records
Mrs. Marjorie Tiffit Kellogg of Buffalo divorced Donald Kellogg and immediately wed Ralph Wm. Bickel. Mrs. Beryl Curtis Ward Alderson and W. Lyle Alderson remarried within a week. Cornelius Vanderbilt Jr. failed to attend a club event and was snubbed.
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Marjorie Tiffit Kellogg
Buffalo
Donald Kellogg
Ralph Wm. Bickel
Beryl Curtis Ward Alderson
W. Lyle Alderson
Corenelius Vanderbilt, Jr
Jim Rogers Cleared After Arson Trial Ruling
Judge Percy Sannet ruled that a guilty verdict would lead to a new trial, then the District Attorney nolle pressed the case for lack of evidence. Rogers faced testimony about a gas jet and gasoline in Katie Pearson's home closet, and three firemen were severely burned.
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Percy Sannet
David L. Garrett
Jim Rogers
John F. Orwell
Rogers
Katie Pearson
J. C. Brantley
Fire Department
H. D. Apgar
Brantley
John Duepree
Orwell
Katie Fearson
Garrett
Nolle
Joe Dawkins
W. A. Walker, Jr
Tom Dupree
R. L. Franton
W. J. Bryan
News-Star expands rural routes with same day delivery
The News-Star begins rapid delivery to rural routes within three hours after press. It offers cotton and grain market reports, stock quotes, and full daily news up to 3 p.m. It claims fastest Northeast Louisiana service with AP wire reports and invites new subscribers.
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Louisiana Associated Press
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