Memphis Man Faces New Charge After Train Robbery
E M Blount, shot in the neck during the Illinois Central train No 203 robbery, swears out a warrant against Clyde T Blondy Woodson charging shooting with intent to kill and murder. Woodson admits robbing passengers but denies robbing the mail car and denies shooting Blount. Federal mail robbery case set for priority. charges filed as the case progresses.
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E. M. Blount
Memphis
Clyde T. “Blondy” Woodson
Illinois Central
Woodson
Blount
United States
David J. Garrett
Fen
Arkansas Officials Seek Relief for Saltwater In Ouachita Drainage
Arkansas conservation officials Parker C. Ewan and G. L. Morton arrive to discuss curbing saltwater drainage into the Ouachita river from Arkansas oil fields. Louisiana officials, led by Rep. T. T. Webb, urged action, with Governor Harvey Parnell responsive to the request. Meetings with Monroe leaders underway to reduce salinity affecting water supply.
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T. T. Webb
Ouachita Parish
Louisiana House
Harvey Parnell
Arkansas
Ewan
Monroe to Let Bayou DeSiard Dam Contracts
City officials under Mayor Arnold Bernstein announce bids will be let between now and February for building an impounding dam on Bayou DeSiard to provide an auxiliary water supply for Monroe during periods of high Ouachita river salinity. City commissioners discussed details yesterday.
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Bayou DeSiard
River Volga floods reach 25 Russian villages
The River Volga overflowed near Astrakhan sweeping 25 villages under water after a Caspian sea storm. Residents sought refuge in boats and on rooftops as many houses were wrecked and cattle drowned.
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Moscow
Volga
Astrakhan
Caspian Sea
Monroe City Board Backs 600000 Bond for New High School
The Monroe city school board recommends to voters a 600000 dollar bond issue to fund a new high school and one or two grade schools with a five year 1.5 mill maintenance tax. The board cites growing attendance and congestion and urges early action by the city commission to call an election.
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City School Board
City Commissioners of
Monroe
City of
University Leader Turned Plaintiff in Love Suit
Dr. David Earl Mitchell once Cumberland University president and geologist is sought for questioning in a $25,000 breach of promise suit filed by Mary J. Collins, a former Navy petty officer’s wife. The case rests on alleged romance after a 1925 meeting and Reno divorce, with extensive letters cited by Collins’s attorney.
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New York
David Earl Mitchell
Cumberland University
Lebanon, Tenn
Mary J. Collins
United States Navy
Supreme Court
Mitchell
Forest Hills
Collins
Justice Mitchell
Mononghahela
High Points in Coolidge Annual Message
Washington December 4 Following are high points in President Coolidge annual message Passage of the bill for construction of fifteen cruisers and one aircraft carrier Creation of a federal farm board with a revolving fund to market surplus crops Rail and river improvements and flood control projects Irrigation flood control on the Colorado River with private power Electric power and nitrate production by Muscle Shoals leased to private interests Oil and natural resources conservation Restricted immigration Eighteenth amendment enforcement with state cooperation
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Washington
Colorado River
Muscle Shoals
Coolidge Urges Farm Relief and Naval Strength
President Coolidge in a likely goodbye message to Congress presses for a federal farm board to stabilize markets and manage surpluses, proposes a revolving fund to support producer associations, and notes expediencies cannot fully solve the surplus issue while urging a strong navy amid prosperity and peace.
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Washington
Congress
Coolidge
America
Federal Farm Board
Siaa
J. E. Johnson Returned Home After Gunshot Injury
Local attorney J. E. Johnson was moved from a hospital to his parents' home in Catahoula Parish after recovering enough from a back wound to travel 80 miles by ambulance. En route his condition is described as encouraging though he has limited leg use and minimal sensation in the left limb. full recovery remains uncertain.
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J. E. Johnson
Jonesville
Catahoula Parish
Hambone's Meditations on Silk Stockings and Burning Heels
An onomatopoeic rural humor piece by J. P. Alley notes urban fashion juxtaposed with harsh work life. Lively dialect portrays folks in humble settings dealing with social expectations and daily grind.
King George Maintains Fever 100.2 Amid Quiet Day
London reports King George III remains with a fever at 100.2 after a quiet morning. Doctors say the slight general improvement continues. Queen Mary rode out briefly with Princess Mary, while crowds gathered around Buckingham Palace for the royal departure.
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Associated Press
London
King George's Physicians
Mary
Buckingham Palace
King George Maintains Precarious Condition
London reports King George continued in a grave, precarious condition with a quieter night as Buckingham Palace releases another medical bulletin. The royal health remains a major concern for subjects and officials amid ongoing uncertainty.
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London
George
Buckingham Palace
House committee to start tariff revisions hearings January 7
The House Ways and Means Committee voted to begin tariff revisions hearings January 7, confirming the decision of its Republican members. President Coolidge sent to the Senate a long list of recess nominations including Jefferson Cafferys of Louisiana for minister to Colombia. A cold wave hit Montana and Wyoming with Chinook at 46 below zero. Radio stations would be limited to 10000 watts under a Dill amendment.
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Washington
House Wars and Means
Coolidge
Senate
Jefferson Cafferys
Louisiana
Colombia
Senator Dill
Hoover aide foresees Suarez replacing Cohen in New Orleans
Tec 4-C. A. Cotton said Washington advised John C. Suarez would be named comptroller of customs in New Orleans to succeed Walter Cohen, who says his term expired last April and he remains in place awaiting renewal. Suarez, formerly a Democrat, shifted support to Hoover. Cotton praised the move as a step for white leadership in Southern Republican politics.
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New Orleans
C. A. Cotton
Herbert Hoover
Washington
John C. Suarez
Walter Cohen
Suarez
Hoover
South
Cotton
Gay Paree show closed by police on indecency charge
The Shubert revue Gay Paree at the Biltmore in Los Angeles was closed by police after deeming a number indecent. Theater manager Valentine Kennedy and others including Frank Gaby Stanley Rogers and Miss Charlotte Terry were arrested on indecency charges.
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Los Angeles
Shubert
Gay Paree
Biltmore
Valentine Kennedy
Frank Gaby
Stanley Rogers
Charlotte Terry
Chicago school ma’ams go unpaid as payroll shortfall hits
Thirteen thousand Chicago school ma’ams miss their pay as the board cannot raise 3.5 million for December payroll. Wallace Caldwell says schools stay open. payments may come in two to three days. A prior 12.6 million deficit is noted with tax warrants and bank rejections cited. council to authorize warrants amid calls for financial scrutiny.
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Chicago
Des
Wallace Caldwell
Local Men Join Irvin Cobb for Air Flight to New Orleans
Travis Oliver and P. M. Atkins will travel to Houston on December 14 to join writer Irvin S. Cobb on a flight to New Orleans aboard a new Buhl air sedan piloted by Don Dive. The party will spend the night in New Orleans before Cobb sails to South America to gather material. Oliver and Atkins are longtime friends of Cobb who has spoken here before at a bankers’ convention.
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Travis Oliver
P. M. Atkins
Houston
Texas
Irvin S. Cobb
New Orleans
Don Dive
Mr. Dice
Mr. Cobb
South America
Bankers’ Association
Mr. Oliver
Mr. Atkins
Senate acts on McNary surplus control plan for farm relief
Senate introduces a surplus control measure under the Coolidge design titled to establish a federal farm board with a 300 million dollar fund to aid stabilization corporations. The board, with three Republicans and three Democrats, would oversee councils for commodities and select seven council members from coop marketing and producer nominees.
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Washington
Coolidge
Senate
McNary
Oregon
Federal Farm Board
Senate Agriculture Committee
McNary-Haugen Hbil
Farm Board
Secretary of Agriculture
Arctic cold grips Montana and spreads eastward
Arctic weather, the season’s first, has frozen Montana with sub zero readings and moved east and south. Montana reported a low of 26 degrees below zero at Lewiston with 24 below at Moore and 22 below at Chinook. Snow followed a 24 hour temperature drop reaching Kansas City as light snowfall began at midnight.
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Denver
Montana
Colorado
Plains
Lewiston
Moore
Chinook
Billings
Kansas
Kansas City
U S Scions Hear Cal s Message on Second Day
Washington December 4 Congress enters day two as President Coolidge submits the executive message outlining three months of work. Senator McNary Oregon introduced a new farm relief plan dropping the McNary Haugen equalization fee while committees begin action BrittenBritain’s Baldwin reply discussed emphasizing diplomatic ethics amid naval conference talks.
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Congress
Coolidge
McNary
Oregon
House
Senate
Britten
House Naval Committee
Baldwin
Great Britains
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