Slaying Near Eros Over Dog Sparks Noted Killings
A fatal shooting spree near Eros leaves Blossom 15 and her sister 20 dead with a year-old infant spared. Five white men including Dudley Sanderson and his sons are jailed in Jonesboro after a dog dispute escalated into mass violence against enslaved women on Mrs. J. W. Wingate’s plantation. two other women are wounded, one severely, and the mother shot as she fled. The victims are part of Bob Taylor’s family. injured women are confessedly treated at St Francis Sanitarium.
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J. W. Wingate
Eros
Dudley Sanderson
Jack Barwell
Jonesboro
St. Francis Sanitarium
Bob Taylor
Educator Dies At Winthrop College Leader D B Johnson
Dr. D B Johnson 72 longtime educator and president of Winthrop College for Women in Rock Hill South Carolina died after a lengthy illness. He followed his father in founding a college for women and focused on improving teacher preparation in the state. An accident in childhood cost him his first arm shaping his life.
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Associated Press
Rock Hill
Br, Johnson
Winthrop College For Women
David Bancroft Johnson
Love
LaCrange (Tenn.) Female College
South Carolina
Winthrop College
Johnson
Young Lad Narrowly Survives River Rescue
John Parson son of Mrs WY F Parson 16 a Boy Scout from Gordon Avenue Methodist rescued 7 year old Frank Mulhearn from drowning in the river opposite Riverside sanitarium. Mulhearn rafted out to midstream when the raft capsized and Parson swam to save him despite a strong current. Mulhearn was taken home and has recovered from the exposure and shock.
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John Parson
WY. F. Parson
Gordon Avenue
Frank Mulhearn
T. J. Mulhearn
Riverside Sanitarium
Gordon Avenue Methodist
Parson
Mulhearn
Young Mulhearn
Former Prohi Chief of Gotham Wins Dry Prize
A former New York prohibition administrator and a 15 year old high school student from Herbert Hoover s hometown win William C Durant s 20000 prize for best prohibition enforcement plan Major Chester S Mills former prohibition administrator for New York City district wins 25000 and Malcolm D Almack a Palo Alto high school junior wins 5000 school prize Checks were received and the contest received about 23230 plans with 64000 total suggestions reflecting broad citizen engagement.
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New York
Herbert Hoover
William C. Durant
Chester S’. Mills
New York City
Malcolm D. Almack
Palo Alto
Calif
Major Mills
Green Farms
Conn
Almack
Dance Fight Turns Fatal in Calhoun Killing at Eros Dance
Julian Bryant 22 of Calhoun dies from a chest wound after a Monday night fight at a private dance in Eros. Earl Dickerson and Loval Zeigler duel. Dickerson is jailed for shooting with intent. Witness J J Gunter, town marshal, helped subdue Zeigler as the dispute began on the porch of Natchie Butler's house.
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Julian Bryant
Calhoun
Eros
Burl Dickerson
Legs Zeigler
Bryant
Dickerson
Zeisler
Natchie Butler
J. J. Gunter
Zeigler
Gordon Zeigler
Gunter
Two Volunteer Firemen Die During Pittsburgh Blaze
Two volunteer firemen Adolph Sonnett and Joseph De Petro were killed when their pumper and hose cart plunged from an embankment while responding to a fire at the Carnegie Refining plant in Heidelberg. Eight others were injured as flames threatened 20 acres and multiple oil tanks amid heavy fog and explosions.
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Pittsburgh
de Ba
Carnegie Refining Company
Heidelberg
Adolph Sonnett
Joseph de Petro
Filer
Etna Chemical Works
Forsyth Parents See Lost Son Maintain Separate Life
In Forsyth Georgia Tom Scott Godsby now claims the name J C Morrison a Texas salesman and refuses to recall his Georgia past after vanishing in 1927 and resurfacing in 1928. His parents Dr and Mrs R C Goolsby mourn the memory loss while experts debate his memory and truth.
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Georgia
Forsyth, Ga
Tom Scott Godsby
Forsyth
J. C. Morrison
Texas
R. C. Goolsby
Tom Scott
Tyler
Moonshine Fatality In West Monroe House
Harry Kent, 22, was found dead on Christmas morning in a West Monroe rooming house from liquor of uncertain purity. Coroner C. P. Gray attributed death to moonshine left in a tin cup, noting no deliberate poisoning. Survived by several brothers, funeral held at 1:30 p.m. yesterday at 1191 Trenton Street with Rev. L. T. Hastings officiating. interment in Hasley Cemetery.
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Harry Kent
West Monroe
C. P. Gray
Trenton Street
Gray
Kent
L. T. Hastings
Hasley Cemetery
Mississippi Holiday Train and Auto Fatalities Report
Two dead and eight injured in Mississippi holiday accidents this week. Meridian switch tender Sam P. Miley was killed by a switch engine. Crip Townsend died in a Christmas Day auto crash near Ackerman. A hit and run injured Meridian police captain B L Heageuewood. A Yazoo City area train collision damaged a freight and derailed cars in fog on Christmas Day.
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Jackson
Miss
Mississippi
Sam P. Miley
Meridian
New
B. L. Heageuewood
Yazoo City
Two Distressed Vessels Saved in North Pacific Rescue
Wireless reports say two disabled ships with 39 aboard were saved off Alaska after a tense tow. The Roosevelt towed the Starr toward Seattle but line failures and reef danger forced continued rescue efforts by the Northwestern and Atto.
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Associated Presa
Seattle
Coast Guard
Unalga
North Pacific
Roosevelt
Robert E. Peary
North Pole
Cape St. Elias
Starr
Wessels Reef
Alaska
Northwestern
Seward
Alameda
Atto
Analga
Traffic Cop Run Down and Killed at Intersection
Miami dispatch reports B. C. Dove 23 of Coral Gables charged with manslaughter and drunken driving after allegedly running down Sergeant F C Guest 41 of the Coral Gables police while directing traffic. Guest's mother in Wadena Minnesota dropped dead upon hearing of his death.
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Miami
Fia
B. C. Dove
Coral Gables
F. C. Guest
Wadena
Minn
Baggage Car Scene At Center Of Tragic Shooting
O H Murphy 32 express messenger died after a pistol shot in the baggage car of Missouri Pacific train 816 near Collinston Morehouse parish. A note to his wife revealed his intention to end his life. Murphy, long associated with American Railway Express, leaves a widow with no children. Body sent to Pineville for interment.
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Bastrop
O. H. Murphy
Missouri Pacific
Murphy
North Fifth Street
Collinston
Morehouse Parish
American Railway Express Company
Pineville
Coolidges Arrive in Brunswick for Winter Vacation
President and Mrs. Coolidge reached Brunswick Georgia at 9 00 pm and proceeded to Sapelo Island to stay with Howard E Coffin for a Christmas vacation Guests included Frank Q Salisbury aides Osman Latrobe Wilson Brown Dr James Coupal and a press corps A welcoming committee greeted them at the station as onlookers cheered and Mrs Coolidge walked a leashed Red Chow.
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Associated Press
Brunswick
Mrs. Coolidge
Mr. Coffin
Sapelo Island
Father of A P Writers Dies in South Carolina
James B. Bell 69 of Gaffney died suddenly in York South Carolina at his cousin James M. Bryans home where he had been visiting His wife had died months earlier The funeral is set for tomorrow morning at 11 O clock
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York
S&s.c
James B. Bell
Gaffney
Brian Bell
New York
Associated Press
James M. Bryan
Mr. Bell
Four Piece Orchestra of Negro Waifs Headed for Eastern Premiere
The four piece orchestra of young waifs from New Orleans will premiere at a Philadelphia mansion New Year party. Flo Field of New Orleans will pilot the ragged group to Philadelphia. They depart tonight wearing raga attire from the Vieux Carre era and are funded by a local philanthropist.
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New Orleans
Philadelphia
Flo Field
Vieux Carre
Flu epidemic likely exceeds one million U S cases
Public health officials said preliminary reports for the holiday period point to more than a million influenza cases in the United States. For the week ended December 22, at least 770 160 cases were reported in 22 states, with 154 032 cases in the latter week and 103 749 in the former. Louisiana reported 121 cases as western states saw mixed changes.
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Washington
United States
Louisiana
New Orleans Says Christmas Booms In Prohibition Era
New Orleans described as the oasis of a four state district by prohibition administrator C D Jackson. He cites Christmas drinking in New Orleans surpassing the rest of the district and urges local suppression of speakeasies and saloons to prevent wider scandals. He criticizes a plan by Chester Mills and notes diversion problems are less of a concern due to manufacturer cooperation.
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New Orleans
C. D. Jackson
Louisiana
Mississippi
Alabama
Florida
Chicago
Detroit
Pittsburgh
Philadelphia
Kansas City
Jackson
National Prohibition Administration
Chester P. Mills
New York
Holiday Toll Rises to 19 From Christmas Day Fatalities
Southern states report 19 more deaths on Christmas Day as holiday traffic accidents, fires, and hunting mishaps claim lives. Notable losses include Irving L. Cooper and three Gerde brothers in Louisiana, Joe Vance and Roy Bryant in Alabama, Percy Farmer and two others in Virginia, and Mrs Davis and Lizzie Ragland in Virginia wrecks. A Georgia merchant and neighbor are fatally struck by a hit-and-run driver near Alma with a tire repair scene.
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Atlanta
Micheaud
New Orleans
Irving L. Cooper
Robert
Eugene
John Gerde
Joe Vance
Roy Bryant
Sayre
Ala
Percy R. Farmer
Arthur L. Weight
James Elbert Trent
Lynchburg
F. Davis
Lizzie Ragland
Richmond
Terry
Rockingham
Merchant
G. H. Bennett
Alma
Suspect in Caddo Bank Robbery Varying In Tales
Charles E. Crews, 41, hailed from Chicago and now in Shreveport, was brought in from Covington Tennessee as a suspect in the Avenue branch City Savings Bank robbery. Officers report incoherent statements, a bandaged head from a jail fall, and a revolver found on him. Bank teller William Parnell is expected to recover from a mouth wound.
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Shreveport
Charles E. Crews
Rhodes Avenue
Chicago
Covington
Tenn
Avenue
City Savings Bank
Mississippi
William Parnell
The Buffer serial launches in The News-Star
The News-Star announces Alice Regan Rice writes The Buffer the new serial by the author of Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch. It starts next Monday on the women's page and aims for wide reader reach in Monroe and Northeast Louisiana. Readers are urged to subscribe by phone or through local News-Star agents.
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News-Star
Alice Regan Rice
Mrs. Wiggs
Pearing
New-Star
Monroe
Louisiana
Loca News-Star
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