Sterlington Ferry Tragedy Claims Two Missing
Windsor F Pipes 25, Collinston cashier, was recovered from the Ouachita River at Sterlington after a late night disappearance. Andy Aaron ferry operator remains missing along with the motor boat. a vacant car was found on the river bank as authorities and a local American Legion team broaden the search.
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Windsor F. Pipes
Collinston State Bank
Ouachita River
Sterlington
News-Star States
Andy Aaron
Pipes
State Bank
Collinston
Quachita
American Legion
Legion
H. E. Carney
Monroe
Colliston
Marion
Union Parish
Eubanks
Last Call for a Rally for Good Fellows in Monroe
The Good Fellows fund in Monroe is near collapse with only 1166.73 raised as checks and cash pour in before Saturday noon. The appeal urges readers to donate to the Monroe News-Star to spread Yuletide cheer across Ouachita by meeting the goal and surpassing Ruston’s 1300.00, listing prior contributions from local businesses and individuals totaling 1166.75.
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Ruston
Twin Cities
Santa Claus
Monroe News-Star
Santa
Ouachita
Yuletide
Monroe Furniture
H. K. Touchstone
Wilma Faulk
G. B. Anderson
An Edward Roberts, Jr
Bruce Frizzell
Rs SB
Sid Simmons
Brownsville Power Plant Plans Scrapped
Texas Central Power abandons a $250,000 Brownsville plant after failing to secure the requested city rate. The firm will instead build a $40,000 plant. Frank C. Ludden, manager of the valley division, testified before the city commission weeks earlier seeking a Harlingen like rate and the Edinburg rate granted to Pacific Fruit Express.
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Brownsville
Texas
Texas Central Power Company
Frank C. Ludden
Valley
Harlingen
Pacific Fruit Express Company
Edinburg
Death Seems Evident From S 4 Rescue Mission Push
In Provincetown a Falcon rescue crew reports pure air in the S 4 torpedo room after tests. Divers tunneling under the fore hull work through the night as Captain Ernest King notes good progress and 16 divers have descended by nine this morning.
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Provincetown
Mass
Falcon
Frank H. Brumby
Ernest King
Sheriff’s Office Arrests Union Parish Cotton Thieves
Fast work by Fred C. Childers of the sheriff’s force led to the arrest of T. W. Watson and A. V. Filereen of Union parish on larceny charges. A bale of cotton stolen last night was identified at the Federal compress and the men were caught after selling it to a local merchant. They were jailed at 9 a.m. and will be sent back to Union parish.
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Fred C. Childers
T. W. Watson
A. V. Filereen
Union Parish
Pat Murphy
Hambone Meditations by J P Alley
An evocative reminiscence in dialect of a narrator recounting how white folks failed to catch the fever and how the speaker claims responsibility for spoiling them. The piece reflects rural humor and careful self attribution in a folksy voice.
Capture of Insane Cripple Ends Manhunt in Maine
Raymond Petit wounded his parents in Brunswick then fled to Topsham where he killed Mrs M E White before a posse and state guard closed in. Petit was shot multiple times and captured after officers stormed the residence.
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Associated Press
Brunswick
Maine
Raymond Petit
Dénsane Cripple
M. E. White
Topsham
Petit
Albion Tedford
One Killed Six Injured In Texas Car Wreck
Dec 23 Shreveport One man died and six were seriously injured when a Magnolia Gas truck carrying seven overturned between Waskom and Latex Texas. Driver John Reppond veered after dodging a mule causing the crash. Victim Raytton suffered a skull fracture. Injured: Roy Melton A Alexander Harry Watson Wesley Weitzel W C Parker Elmore Rowe.
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Shreveport
Waskom
Latex
Texas
Magnolia Gas Company
Magnolia Company
John Reppond
Warkom
W. F. Bronsell
Raytton
Roy Melton
A. Alexander Harry Watson
Wesley Weitzel
W. C. Parker
Elmore Rowe
Man Testing Ford Roadster Breaks Law Unintentionally
In New York a man testing a new Ford roadster ran at 66 miles per hour, outpacing a Chicago arrests for 50 mph. B. C. Davis, linked to a local auto firm, said he meant no law violation while proving the model in an open space.
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New York
Chicago
B. C. Davis
Davis
First Otter Pelts From Orange Marsh Bring High Value
In Orange Texas the last fur shipment from the Orange Cameron Land company 162000 acre marsh includes the season’s first otter skins. The catch features several large hides and each skin comes with affidavits proving lawful capture under Texas law. Estimated market value is about 25 dollars per hide.
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Orange
Texas
Orange-Cameron Land Company
Lindbergh Reunites With Mother in Mexico City Moments apart
Col. Charles A. Lindbergh meets his mother Mrs. Lindbergh in Mexico City after she arrives from Detroit for Christmas. Thousands gather as the Lone Eagle lands and escorts come from the American embassy to greet Mrs. Lindbergh. The reunion follows a delayed landing after crowding near the Valbuena flying field.
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Associated Press
Mexico City
Col
Chas. A. Lindbergh
Lindbergh
Central America
Valbuena
St. Louis
Lindbergh warned to avoid rebel danger above Nicaragua
In Managua on December 23 fear grows that a rebel shot could bring the Lone Eagle down. Col. Charles A Lindbergh traveling from Honduras to Nicaragua will be advised to avoid Nueva Segovia where Sandino followers gather. He may be told to fly high or detour to prevent attacks on any overflight.
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Managua
Nicaragua
Earth
Chas. A. Lindbergh
Honduras
Nueva Secovia
Sandino
Lindbergh
Lindbergh Cocktails Selling Like Hot Cakes
Mexico City dateline notes brisk sales of Lindbergh cocktails with demand described as hot, while the story continues on page ten.
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Mexico City
Prober of Mer Rouge Case Coco Dies at 76 in Marksville
Judge A V Coco aged 76 died at his home in Marksville from angina pectoris after a heart attack. He gained national prominence in 1922 during the Mer Rouge death investigation and served as state attorney general from 1916 to 1929.
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Marksville
A. V. Coco
Mer Rouge
Coco
Lake Charles
Thomas C. Plauche
Vance Plauche
Plauche
Plaucheville
Two Officers Apprehend Him Driving Along Road
Police records in Los Angeles and Phoenix reveal leads in the Marian Parker kidnapping case. William Edward Hickman, 19, confessed part of the crime after capture in Echo, Oregon, ending a weeklong manhunt.
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Pendleton
Ore
William Edward Hickman
Marian Parker
Los Angeles
Echo
Hickman
Pacific Coast
Perry M. Parker
Negro Confesses Before Hanging in Vicksburg
In Vicksburg Mississippi on December 23 Richard Bridges a 19 year old Black man was hanged for the murder of policeman Robert Forbish during an attempted arrest for auto theft Bridges had previously proclaimed his innocence but confessed on the gallows He escaped a two day manhunt and was guarded by state troops during the trial Bridges spent his final hours in prayer reading the Bible and smoking cigarettes
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Associated Press
Vicksburg
Miss
Richard Bridges
Robert Forbish
Bridges
Forbish
Wife-Shoter Jailed in Alexandria After Domestic Shooting
Q M Steps, 45, is jailed in Alexandria on a charge of shooting his wife at their Cooper place home yesterday evening. Mrs Steps was wounded in the chest and shoulder area, with a broken rib report. Hospital condition described as not serious. She says Steps, intoxicated, threatened to kill her and fired at close range as she fled to the yard. She adds he had previous drunken threats.
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Eubanks
Milton Coverdale
Aaron
Union Parish
Union
Alexandria
Q. M. Steps
Cooper Place
Hickman Captured After Trail Of $20 Bills And Murder
Oregon and Washington officers close in on Hickman who fled after video of a girl’s murder. He passes another $20 bill in Pendleton and near Portland, triggering a nationwide manhunt. Pendleton Chief Tom Gurdane and State Officer Buck Lieuallen chase a green Washington car, detain the driver, and arrest the suspect after a dramatic stakeout.
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Andrew Cramer
Los Angeles
Seattle
Pacific Northwest
Buck Lieuallen
Tom Gurdane
Pendleton
Hickman
Portland
Washington
Gurdane
Sheuallen
Gur
Police Chief Indicted For Murder In Alabama Case
H F Blake chief of police of Caleria and Officer W D Farmer were indicted for the murder of Louise Monteboro a young sewing machine saleswoman who died from a pistol wound after Blake said she killed herself following a speeding arrest. The pair were held without bond with habeas corpus possible for release before trial, date not set.
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Columbia
Ala
H. F. Blake
Caleria
W. D. Farmer
Pretty Louise Monteboro
Blake
Farmer
Birmingham
Missing Shreveport Attorney Reported Seen in Miami
A report that a man matching Dudley Snell the Shreveport attorney was seen in Miami is given little credence. Snell left for Carthage Texas on legal business and has not been heard from in two weeks. No trace of him or his car has been found, Chief S J Allen said.
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Shreveport
Dudley Snell
Miami
Fla
Snell
Carthage
Texas
S. J. Allen
Furlough From Marriage Ends in Divorce for Thyra Sumter Winslow
After 12 years of marriage to James Seymour Winslow Thyra Sumter Winslow took a year off from the union calling it a furlough to marriage proceedings. A divorce followed and she then wed engineer Nelson W. Hyde.
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New York
James Seymour Winslow
Thyra Sumter Winslow
Nelson W. Hyde
Christmas Hanging in Champaign County Courtyard
Herschell Andrews a 35 year old Black man was executed by gallows after being found guilty of fatally injuring Thomas Tate in a Christmas Day 1926 brawl at a Champaign county soft drink parlor. Andrews had delayed execution several times including a recent sanity hearing.
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Urbana
Herschell Andrews
Champaign County
Thomas Tate
Andrews
Tate
Wilson Defends Flood Plan at New Orleans Rally
Congressman Riley J. Wilson told a 2009 to 2500 strong audience in Ligouri hall that his flood control record stands strong and he rejects attacks by cheap politicians. He urged support for his gubernatorial bid as the crowd cheered and shouted Wilson for governor. CONTINUE ON PAGE TWO.
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New Orleans
Riley J. Wilson
Washington
Judge Wilson
O’keefe
Times-Picayune
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Mary K. Graser
Doylestown
Torpedo Room
Associated Preas
Sheriff's Office
Hambone’'S Meditations
J. P. Alley
Mrs. Lindbergh
Famous Son
Insane Cripple
Mother
FEAR
Lindy
Prober
Cramer
Accused
Phoenix
Ariz
June Dunning
Edward Hickman
Jennie V. Dunning
Jean Laughten
Sacramento
June Dunnine
Jeane Farran
Merchant's Hotel
San Diego
Mississippi
St. Louis A
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Memphis
Poniecrecrntenirnnaeos Rase
Camden
Notte
Associated Prose
Miami, Fla
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