Bombardment and Escape on International Train Near Tientsin
An international train from Peking to Tientsin was trapped by fighting between Feng Yu Hsiang and Li Ching Ling near Yangstan. Passengers including Americans, Britons, Japanese, and League officials hid under cars as shells and a bomb struck the caravan. Armored troops later shelled across the river, prompting protests from foreign legations over a breach of Boxer Protocol protections.
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Peking
A. P
Tienstin
Feng Yu-Hsiang
Li Ching-Ling
Yangstan
Tientsin
League of Nations
Manchuria
Liching-Ling
Chihli
Feng
Radio hero Dainotta Anselmo pulls through rescue on Campania
Dainotta Anselmo, operator on the S S Campania, rammed into Chesapeake Bay, remained at his post and called for aid as the Coast Guard Cutter Apache approached to rescue him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dainotta Anselmo
S. S. Campania
Chesapeake, Bay
Coast Guard
Apache
Little Girl Escapes Injury After Car Run Over
The five year old daughter of Mr and Mrs D M Quinn of Bastrop slipped from the running board as a Studebaker backed from a Bastrop garage. The wheels passed over her but a medical exam in Bastrop city found no internal injuries or broken bones.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D. M. Quinn
Bastrop
Studebaker
Detroit Man Killed in Florida Car Accident
Hugh James O'Neill of Detroit Michigan died at Good Samaritan hospital after a car crash on Ocean Boulevard in West Palm Beach Florida. Mrs Horace Dodge Jr remained seriously injured but expected to live with fractures and contusions. Also aboard were William Joyce of Windsor Canada and Miss Susan Parden of Macon Georgia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Palm Beach
Fla
A. P
Hugh James O'Neill
Detroit
Michigan
Good Samaritan
O’neill
Horace Dodge, Jr
Ocean Boulevard
House Meets at Noon as Senate Adjourns in Session
House convenes at noon while the Senate takes a break. The Mitchell court martial hears further Army rebuttal evidence. A general debate on the tax reduction bill is slated to conclude in the Houses.
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House
Senate
Mitchell
Torso search begins on Stephenville farm in Conley case
In Stephenville Texas authorities start a farm search at F M Snow’s property nine miles south of town for Bernie Conley’s torso as the boy’s mother Mrs F M Snow and grandmother Mrs S A Old remain missing. Snow, now jailed in Fort Worth, denies involvement and detectives recover the head from a cabin cellar. The grand jury will hear the case in Erath County.
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Stephenville
Tex
Bernie Conley
F. M. Snow
S. A. Old
Snow
Tarrant County
Fort Worth
Conley
Hassler
Matty
Russell
Erath County
Grand Jury
Ford Takes Fancy to Maine Fiddler's Waltz
Mellie Dunham Maine's champion fiddler, brought to Detroit by Henry Ford, played his own rippling waltz for Ford's Dearborn old-time dancing class. Ford announced Dunham would return home to Norway Maine once his waltz can be played by Ford's orchestra as well as Dunham plays it. The audience applauded repeatedly as Dunham performed.
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Detroit
A. P
Mellie Dunham
Maine
Henry Ford
Norway
Dearborn
River Stage Readings by River System and Cities
Mississippi River levels show Memphis 17.8 unchanged, Vicksburg 25.9 down 0.3, New Orleans 7.6 down 0.2, with Shreveport 8.1 down 0.4 and Alexandria 8.1 down 0.3. Ouachita at Camden 8.4 down 0.8 and Monroe 24.7 down 0.3. Ohio at Cairo 28.5 with a misprint 029.
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Mississippi
Memphis
Vicksburg
New Orleans
Red
Shreveport
Alexandria
Ouachita
Camden
Monroe
Ohio
Cairo
Colonel Guerre Praises Company G After Inspection
Col. L. F. Guerre of the 156th Infantry expressed strong approval of Company G’s personnel after a Thursday night inspection. He recommended constructing a rifle range near the city for enlisted men to train. The city’s Service Company, led by Capt. C. L. Miles, was inspected the prior night.
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Col
L. F. Guerre
156Th Infantry
C. L. Miles
Guerre
Bastrop Court Ends with Four Guilty in Special Term
The Bastrop special criminal district court ended with four guilty verdicts and one acquittal. Notable cases included Frank Cox convicted of murder of Will Pickett without capital punishment and Professor Love and his father Charles Love found guilty of manslaughter. Whitney Orr was acquitted of manslaughter in a related stabbing case. Namon Lawson and Delos Gardner pled guilty to manslaughter.
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Criminal District Court
Bastrop
Percy Sandel
District Attorney’s Office
Frank Cox
Will Pickett
Cox
Professor Love
Charles Love
Mer Rouge
Whitney Orr
Morehouse Parish
Orr
Namon Lawson
Delos Gardner
Galloping Dice Aid to Memphis Church Charity
Galloping dice shooters with police help and a Memphis man raised funds for Cavalry Episcopal Church day nursery. Last night’s offering totaled 98.84 dollars, with a mystery donor pledging to match every dollar raised from trainers of the games. The nursery serves children of working mothers with trained staff and medical oversight near the central police station.
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Memphis
Tenn
A. P
Gallopin& Dominoes
Frenzy in Paris stocks drives franc to 27.42 per dollar
A rush to buy foreign shares on the Paris Bourse pushed the franc lower, hitting 27.42 to the dollar in the morning. Treasury funds totaling 2.5 billion francs from Tuesday’s bond redemptions flowed into industrial, mining, and oil shares amid cabinet tensions and press attacks by coalition supporters.
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Paris
A. P
Crude Oil Prices Rise in Pennsylvania Crude
The leading purchasing agencies posted an advance of 25 cents per barrel for six grades of Pennsylvania crude oil today. The move comes as buyers seek steadier supply signals amid market shifts.
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Pittsburgh
A. P
Pennsylvania
Ait
Elephant Rampage Terrifies Texas Countryside Near Sabinal
A circus elephant rampaged near Sabinal Texas causing fence and barn destruction. Cattle fled as the giant moved toward Pearsall. Locals abandoned autos and deputies organized pass traffic to track the runaway animal across plains.
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San Antonio
Texas
A. P
Sabinal
Here
Pearsall
Fund for Happier Christmas Nears 500 Dollar Mark
A community drive to fund a happier Christmas notes donations lag behind the 500 dollar goal. The Good Fellows seek small gifts from the public as shoppers report strong toy sales and local merchants praise the season. Readers are urged to send contributions to the News Star office on North Second Street to help needy children.
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News- Star
North Second Street
Smith Bros. Ltd
R. L
Kellers
Roberta Neel
Jack Parker Neel
Marie Adelaide Parker
Clarence Faulk
Eleanor Faulk
Wmobert Fail
Cccn-Seessastoesqowic
Appeals Court Judge Carver Dies in Shreveport
Judge Marshall Hampton Carver of the Louisiana Court of Appeals, third and second districts, died at his Shreveport home after a prolonged illness. A native of Natchitoches, he served on the circuit court of appeals since 1924 and was 64. Surviving are his wife Ada Jack Carver, a son Marshal Hamden Jr., and three daughters Miriam Judith, with Ada Jack Snell of Minden.
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Shreveport
A. P
Marshall Hampton Carver
Court of Appeals
Third District
Carver
Louisiana
Natchitoches
Fuqua
Charles V. Porter
Circuit Court of Appeals
J. E. Reynolds
F. M. Odom
Ada Jack
George Whitfield Jack
Marshal Hamden, Jr
Corpus Christ
Texas
Ada Jack Snell
Minden
Miriam
Judith Carver
Wall Street Watches Missouri Pacific Dividend Plans
Wall Street eyes Missouri Pacific and Missouri-Kansas-Texas as year end dividend decisions loom. MKT directors meet December 21 after a four year wait on full seven percent rate for preferred stock amid new management influence led by L F Loree. Missouri Pacific faces likely arrears reductions as heavy accumulation on preferred prompts scrutiny before Christmas.
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New York
A. P
Southern
New York Central
Baltimore and Ohio
Road
L. F. Loree
Wall Street
Missouri Pacific
Monte Carlo serial by E. Phillips Oppenheim to run in News-Star
The News-Star will publish a Blue Ribbon fiction serial by E. Phillips Oppenheim starting Monday. The story titled Monte Carlo is set on the Riviera and promises glamorous adventures and fast plots for readers. Subscribers urged to start daily delivery and read every installment.
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E. Phillips Oppenheim
United States
Europe
the News-Star
Monte Carlo
Riviera
News- Star
Monroe
West Monroe
Louisiana
Elk guest Judge Atwell praised at Monroe breakfast
In Monroe, over fifty Elks lodge members and city officials hosted Judge William H. Atwell, grand exalted ruler, at a Hotel Virginia breakfast. Mayor Bernste in and Col. Stubbs lauded the jurist's service, stressing Elks ideals of virtue and unity.
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Virginia
Lodge of Elks
William H. Atwell
Elks Organization
Good Fellowship
Monroe Lodge
Carl Schorr
America
Arnold Bernstein
United States
Judge Atwell
Federal Bench
Elkdom
Monroe
Col
Frank P. Stubbs
Federal Judiciary
Elks
Louisiana
New Orleans
New York
New Jersey
Continental Army
Pacific
Order of Elks
Ellis
Lenroot urges U S adhesion to world court
Senator Lenroot of Wisconsin told the National Republican Club that a two thirds Senate majority would approve joining the world court to promote peace. He said the court is an independent peace instrument and not an arm of the League of Nations, noting past disputes and the dangers faced by the United States without such a forum.
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New York
A. P
Senate
National Republican Club
Enroot
Wisconsin
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
France
Heralth
Lenroot
League of Nations
League
League Council
Poland
Russia
United States
Mickey Walker Found Safe After Cape Breton Woods
In Halifax the welterweight champion Mickey Walker was missing for 48 hours as he vacationed with Oxford Paper Co officials in Cape Breton. He went out shooting Wednesday afternoon and did not return until a camp message said he arrived safely after seeking shelter in an old deserted log cabin.
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Halifax
A. P
Cape Breton Woods
Mickey Walker
Walker
Oxford Paper Company
Cape Breton
Undercover agent Miss Langford freed on $500 bond
Miss Mabel Langford a 28 year old Monroe Louisiana native and prohibition department undercover agent was released on a $500 bond after being arrested for stealing three pairs of kid gloves in New Orleans. She testified she took the gloves to gain bootlegger confidence and to trap rum runners. She claimed superiors urged her to go to the limit. Her father and local friends express confidence she will be cleared.
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New Orleans
A. P
Mabel Langford
Monroe
Prohibition Department
C. D. Jackson
J. B. Matthews
Meridian
Miss
Secret Service
Louisiana Tolytechnic Institute
Shreveport
M. L. Langford
Arkansas
Mabel
Prohibition Office
Langford
Rayville
United States Eyes Participation in Geneva Arms Talks
Washington reports say the League of Nations invited the United States Germany and Russia to join the arms limitation discussions in Geneva. President Coolidge will study the invitation text before deciding and Congress will have the final say. Italy and Japan oppose a naval conference separate from the general disarmament talks.
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Washington
Council of the
League of Nations
Geneva
Congress
Coolidge
United States
Germany
Council
A. P
Italy
Japan
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