Slaver Store Clerk Slain In Baton Rouge Robbery
Baton Rouge detectives hunt for suspects after Clause S. Fridge a 40 year old clerk at C F White store on South Boulevard near the Y and M V railroad is killed during a robbery. About 20 dollars taken with a five dollar bill and ten one dollar bills left behind. A timber weapon, bloodhounds failed to track, lights off, body near the counter. The murder occurred about 7 45 p m with alarm given shortly after.
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Baton Rouge
Clause S. Fridge
C. Fhite
South Boulevard
Y.and M. V
Louisiana Penitentiary
Penitentiary
Fountain Inn Tribune to be sold for one dollar
Robert Quillen, famed paragarapher and editor, announces the Fountain Inn Tribune is for sale for one dollar. The buyer will receive stock, print shop equipment, paper stock, good will and the business on January 1. Quillen first started the paper in 1911 and repurchased it in 1925 after selling in 1922.
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Foutan Inn
S. C
A.P
Robert Quillen
The
Fountain Inn Tribune
the Tribune
Mr. Quillen
Fountain Inn
Washington
Melvin Sipe
Congress Closes Shop for Holiday Vacation Period
Washington December 23 Congress ends a 12 day recess after a busy two weeks shaping a long session. Resuming January 4 both houses face taxes the world court disarmament rubber and coffee prices debt settlements and various appropriations bills. The House sent to the Senate a 325 million tax reduction bill and prepared for a vote on the treasury post office supply bill.
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Washington
A. P
Congress
World Court
House
Senate
Treasury Post Office
Hunt for Survivors of Italian Ship Disaster
A report from Valentia Ireland says the French tanker C I P picked up a boat with seventeen men from the Italian steamer Marina crew. The Marina, sailing from Philadelphia in December for Mediterranean ports, was abandoned near the Azores. a sea boat with 18 men was noticed. Several ships search for survivors. the Marina’s captain is said to be badly injured.
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Valentia
Ireland
A.P
Coriithie
Hian
Marina
Philadelphia
Azores
Christmas Fund Nears Record Total in Monroe
The Monroe Good Fellows Fund reports a push toward a record Christmas total with donations flowing to the News-Star office on North Second Street. The column lists numerous contributors and a current total of 1165.62, with more gifts sought to help needy families.
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Monroe Good Fellows Fund
News-Star
North Second Street
Good Fellows
Monroe
Florida
Burns
Santa Claus
Good Fellows Fund
Pauline F. Martin
Mary Leon
Bernice Bernstein
L. J. Larson
A. J. Weidner
Brotherhood of Electrical Workers
Sayem
H. Hy Reardon
Christian Endeavor Society of
First Christian Church
Eeeesha Vecernaressen
Hii Cass Escress
Sara Florence Coon
Tae Fred Coon
A. Gooner
Milner Motor Company and Employees c
Ceececrvceneeensrorense
Dr. FP. C, Bennett
Ines
Christian End Rene
Christmas liquor from Gulf coast on wheels northward
Gulf coast rum runners have turned to road and rail routes as Christmas liquor heads inland from Biloxi. Coast guard chases and chug chug of boats marked a long hide and seek, with Cuba imports and bootleg labs supplying familiar brands to inland cities. Some bottles likely traded near the Mississippi coast, labels sometimes removed to hide origin.
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Biloxi
Miss
A. P
Gulf Coast
Coast Guard
Cuba
Mississippi
Mississippi Sound
Four Volunteer Firemen Die in Waynesburg Blaze
Four Waynesburg volunteer firemen were killed and five others injured when a morning fire devastated the business district. The deceased were Harvey Call William Finch Joseph Rifenberg and Thurman Long. Injured include Vic tor H Silvers with skull fractures and Luther Renner with a back injury. The blaze caused extensive damage with total losses around 1 000 000 and several buildings destroyed.
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Waynesburg
A. P
Harvey Call
William Finch
Joseph Rifenberg*e
Thurman Long
Victor H. Silvers
Children Die In Collapse At Erie Christmas Tree
In Erie Pennsylvania a bench collapse at a community tree event caused the deaths of William Wagner five Eileen Rickrode nine and Raymond Kupolzinski twelve. Seven others were injured as panicked crowds rushed for exits and authorities worked to control the chaotic scene.
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Erie
A. P
William Wagner
Eileen Rickrode
Raymond Kupolzinski
Erie Arena
Oil Production Declines Across Regions in API Report
The American Petroleum Institute weekly summary shows U S gross crude oil production fell by 11 900 barrels to 2 016 150 for the week ending December 19. Smackover heavy oil fell 4 450 barrels with declines and gains scattered across states including Oklahoma Kansas and Texas. California imports remained steady while California oil receipts at Atlantic and Gulf ports dropped from the prior week.
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New York
A. P
United States
American Petroleum Institute
Smackover
Arkansas
California
Oklahoma
Kansas
North Texas
East Central
Texas
West Texas
Southwest Texas
North Louisiana
Gulf Coast
Eastern
Wyoming
Montana
Colorado
New Mexico
Atlantic
Huskies Train Through Mud Ahead of Pasadena Showdown
Washington coach Enoch Bagshaw plus 34 players labored in rain soaked conditions to build endurance for the January 1 clash with Alabama in Pasadena. Rain and muddy fields delayed practice but two days of scrimmage are planned before Christmas. About 21 000 tickets already sold for the Washington Alabama game.
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Seattle
Wash
A. P
Enoch Bagshaw
University of Washington
University of Alabama
Pasadena
Bagshaw
Benny Field
Los Angeles
Universities of Washington
Alabama
Dixie Sees White Christmas as Snow Touches South
Atlanta reports light snow flurries and record cold as far south as Dixie with 14 degrees in Louisville and 55 in Miami. Cities from Knoxville to New Orleans show mixing snow and rain with temperatures ranging from 14 to 55 degrees.
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Atlanta
A. Fir
Dixie
Louisville
Miami
Kentucky
Memphis
Knoxville
Nashville
Chattanooga
Birmingham
Montgomery
Mobile
New Orleans
Washington, D. C
Norfolk
Richmond
Asheville
Charlotte
Raleigh
Greensboro
Columbia
Columbus
Macon
Augusta
Florida
Jacksonville
Butler fired as Philadelphia public safety director
Mayor Kenrick dismissed General Butler from his post effective at noon. Butler read the letter with friends in the office and vowed he would go home to Overbrook, saying he preferred the Marine Corps to fifteen million cities like Philadelphia.
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Hiladelphia
A. P
Kenrick
General Butler
Overbrook
United States Marine Corps
Marine Corps
Philadelphia
Fokker Plans High Flights Over Everglades
Dutch aviation designer Anthony Fokker aims to fly at great altitude over the Everglades near Fort Myers Florida despite warnings about alligators and rattlesnakes. He jokes about Dutchmen and prays for motor trouble elsewhere during a receiving event.
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Everglades
Fort Meyers
Fla
A. P
Anthony Fokker
Fooker
Holland
Mother on Way to Answer His Christmas Wish
Craig Frantz lies semiconscious at Moon Park hospital as his parents from Reynoldsville Pennsylvania race to St Petersburg Florida. Local residents have raised a purse to cover travel and care while the pair visit before his likely death from extensive burns with a chest wound near the heart.
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St, Petersburg
Fla
A. P
Craig Frantz
Moon Park Hospital
Reynoldsville
St. Petersburg
Frantz
Mill at Clarks Reports $20000 Fire Overnight
A night blaze gutted the roundhouse of Louisiana Central Lumber in Clark's, with about 20000 in total losses including an engine and tools. Nearby buildings were saved by volunteers and a bucket brigade. the roundhouse will be rebuilt and insurance partially covers the fire.
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Clarks
Louisiana Central Lumber Company
Round House
Expect U S Reply on Disarmament Proposal
Ashinton December 23 The United States likely to participate in the preliminary League of Nations disarmament talks if a workable plan exists Kellogg and Boah conferred with President Coolidge Borah stated he supports the president's views but did not specify them Congress may be asked for an opinion or funds to send a delegation
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Ashinton
A. P
Kellogg
Boah
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Coolidge
Borah
White House
Congress
Stolen Money Found in Jar Hidden Under Brick
New Orleans police digging up stolen funds in Isa belle uncovered 377 dollars in a fruit jar buried under brick, part of 500 dollars alleged taken from the Atlantic and Pacific Tea company. Ezra Reviere, 19, confessed and was charged with grand larceny.
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New Orleans
A. P
Isabelle
Ezra Reviere
Atlantic and Pacific Tea Company
Long Keeps Up War Over Taylor Nomination
Huey P. Long, Louisiana public service head, presses opposition to Richard V. Taylor of Mobile and Thomas L. Woodlock of New York joining the Interstate Commerce Commission. He mails telegrams urging Alabama officials to block confirmations, drawing mixed replies from Alabama officials.
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Shreveport
A. P
Huey P. Long
Louisiana Public Service Commission
Public Service Commission
States of the Union
United States
Richard V. Taylor
Mobile
Ala
Thomas L. Woodlock
New York
Interstate Commerce Commission
Coolidge
Long
Taylor
A. G. Patterson
Alabama Public Service Commission
H. F. Lee
Alabama
Louisiana
Mr. Long
Montgomery
Thomas
President Coolidge
Mr. Morgan
Alabama Commission
Confederate chain across the Mississippi uncovered at Columbus KY
A land-slip exposed sixty feet of the 19 pound iron chain once stretched across the Mississippi by Confederate soldiers to block Union gunboats. The site near Columbus KY revealed the anchor, shaft, and seven foot arms, drawing crowds as part of Civil War history. General Grant earlier marked the riverward removal of the blockade. Confederate forces under Polk and Pillow held a river battery nearby with about 20,000 men.
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Hickman
A. P
Mississippi River
Columbus
Kentucky
Missouri
A. S. Grant
Polk
Pillow
T. L. "J. Wood
Sousa Leads Band in Monroe Visit and Washington Rival Talk
John Philip Sousa spoke to a News-Star reporter at Hotel Virginia before his Monroe concert, noting a rival gas influence in Washington. He traced his American birth to Washington D C, described his Sousa Band’s 33rd year, and outlined a tour itinerary from Alexandria to Richmond with a 1927 European return planned.
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John Philip Sousa
News-Star
Hotel Virginia
Alexandria
Monroe
House
Senate
Washington
Vienna
Austria
Mr. Sousa
Washington, D. C
Sousa
G Street
Old Christchurch
Marine Bend
Baton Rouge
New Orleans
Pacific Coast
Seattle
Florida
Richmond
United States
Negro Truck Driver Killed in Baton Rouge Crash
In Baton Rouge Louisiana on December 23 a negro truck driver Louis Fisher was killed when his truck veered into a ditch after being forced off the road by two racing cars. A white man and a boy were injured. John Nicholosa suffered serious injuries and is in a sanitarium. Russell Bordelon a seven year old boy was struck by a truck near St Louis Street and is hospitalized.
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Baton Rouge
A.P
Louis Fisher
Hammond Road
Harelson
John Nicholosa
Russell Bordelon
St. Louis Steel
Brown's
Wheat Price Jumps on Report of Shipments
Chicago December 23 Wheat prices rose sharply on the government crop report suggestion that the United States has shipped abroad wheat needed at home Opening prices advanced from 21 2 to 91 4 cents over yesterday with December moving to 176 12 cents amid renewed demand and speculation.
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Chicago
A. P
United States
River Stage Readings Show Mississippi and Ouachita Levels
River stage figures listed for multiple cities including Memphis Vicksburg and New Orleans with current levels and fall changes. Red readings cover Shreveport and Alexandria with Ouachita Camden Monroe and Ohio Cairo also shown.
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Mississippi
Memphis
Vicksburg
New Orleans
Governor Fuqua Heads to Tallulah for Christmas Holidays
Governor Henry L. Fuqua and Mrs. Fuqua with their son Henry Jr. depart for Tallulah in Madison parish to spend Christmas holidays with the governor's mother in law Mrs. Walter Scott.
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Baton Rouge
A.P
Henry Lb. Fuqua
Henry, Jr
Tallulah
Madison Parish
Walter Scott
Nine Die In Webb Mine Fire at Shady Side Ohio
A mine fire at the Webb Mine of the George M. Jenes Coal Co in Shady Side Ohio killed nine workers last night. Officials and state mine investigators say a rock slide shorted electric wiring triggered the blaze. Rescue efforts continue as the mine remains smoke filled and a town celebration is postponed.
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Bellaire
A. P
Webb
George M. Jenes Coal Company
Toledo
Shady Side
Jerome Watson
Ohio Bureau of Mines
Rule American Flag Must Fly by British Law
Bermuda residents may no longer fly the Stars and Stripes at homes or businesses unless a British flag of similar size and condition is displayed alongside it and raised first. The act, passed by the local house of assembly, targets hotels and boarding houses that used the American flag to attract visitors.
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Hamilton
Bermuda
House of Assembly
Robber Band Loots Lancaster Texas Safes at Night
A band of safe robbers raided Lancaster Texas at midnight locking Frank Yates the city night watchman in every stop. They looted six safes including the post office and escaped with more than 400 dollars. Yates was forced to join them and later released on the Dallas highway seventeen miles away.
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Lancaster
Texas
A.P
Frank Yates
Yates
Dallas
Here
Ask Kizer to Reconsider Withdrawal from Meet
Baton Rouge L I December 23 A P A formal request that he reconsider his withdrawal from the federation of American students formed at Princeton University has been received by Roland Kizer LSU student who quit the conference when Mabel Holloway head of Howard University was elected to represent the entire south on the executive committee Colonel Boyd stated he felt there was nothing to be gained by receding from the original position and that he had so advised Kizer
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Baton Rouge
A.P
Federation of American Students
Princton Universit
Roland Kixer
Louisian State University
Mabel Holloway
Aegress
Howard University
Boyd
Kizer
Underworld King Looney Found Guilty in Rock Island Murder
John Looney once hailed as king of the underworld was found guilty of murdering William Gabel, a salon keeper, by a jury in Galesburg. He received a 14 year prison sentence. Looney previously edited the Rock Island News.
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Galesburg
John Looney
Rock Island
William Gabel
Salonn
Looney
Rock Island News
Christmas greeting ads due before 11 am tomorrow
Notice to Advertisers states that special Christmas greeting advertisements must be handed in at the News-Star office before 11 a.m. Advertising calls were made to reach those missed during the holiday rush. There will be no News-Star issue on Friday Christmas. Copy for greeting ads must arrive by 11 a.m. for Thursday's issue.
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News-Star
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