Tragic Elevator Fall Ties University Delegates at Alabama Hotel
Joseph Voght a University of Michigan student from Grand Rapids plunged ten stories in the Tutwiler Hotel during a scuffle over an overcoat. A. O. Kuhnsted Jr a Cornell student and Delta Kappa Epsilon delegate was arrested on bond. Police charged several others with liquor violations as coroner investigates accident while Delta Kappa Epsilon delegates attend a Birmingham convention.
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Birmingham
Ala
A. P
Joseph S. Vogt
Grand Rapids
Mich
J.D. Russum
A. O. Kuehmsted, Jr
Vogt
Russum
Kuehmsted
Joseph S. Voght
University of Michigan
Kuhnsted, Jr
Cornell University
Kuhnsted
de Groat
Sandefer
Voght
Tutwiler
Voome
Delta Kappa Ensilion
Hide Kuhnsted
Moe Waren
Rd Ouse
Forcy Stew&j
J. D. Russum
Thia
Heaton
Rogers
Tutwiter
M. J. Muzzy
Detroit
R. J. Dakin
Ann Arbor
F. W. Kolie
Harrison C. Bloomer
Newark
W. L. West
Cleveland
Delta Kappa Epsilon
Mill Man Struck By Wrench In Sibley Incident
M. D. Rogers a saw mill operator from Choudrant was struck on the head with a wrench by a Mr. O Neal at Sibley during a heated argument. He suffered a fractured skull and was rushed to St Francis sanitarium in this city after the injury. An X Ray confirmed the skull fracture.
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M. D. Rogers
Choudrant
O’neal
Sibley
Rogers
St. Francis Sanitarium
Norfolk Business Area Visited by Fire Today
Fire swept through the heart of Norfolk destroying four business establishments and damaging several others. Firefighters gained control shortly after 3 o clock. damage estimates were not yet available.
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Norfolk
Nofolk
A. P
Rabbi Wise Faces Orthodox Push to Quit Palestine Appeal
New York December 29 Rabbi Stephen S Wise who offered to resign as chairman of the United Palestine Appeal after criticism of a sermon about Christ remains under fire. Orthodox rabbis demand his resignation claiming his views threaten relations with Christians and could prompt conversions. supporters in New England Zionists defend his leadership and urge the committee to reject resignation.
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New York
A. P
Stephen S. Wise
United Palestine Appeal
Christ
House of Israel
Aguda
H Harabonim
Dr. Wise
Rabbis of Agudath Said
Rabbi Wise
Boston
The
New England Zionists
Committee of the Appeal
Palestine
National Committee
New England
Nathan Strauss
Samuel Unterryer
Prospective Bride for Prince of Wales Rumored
London December 29 British society again speculates on a bride for the Prince of Wales after an announcement that Princess Astrid niece of the King of Sweden will visit Buckingham Palace as mourning ends Astrid twenty is hailed as one of Europe s prettiest young royals with charm dancing ability love of country life sports and domestic science She is a daughter of Prince Charles and Princes Ingeborg and a granddaughter of the late dowager Queen Alexandra on her mother s side
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London
A. P
Prince of Wales
Astrid
Sweden
George
Mark
Buckingham Palace
Alexandria
Shoe
Prince Charles
Princes Ingeborg
Wheeler Wins Long Fight Over Government Indictment
The District of Columbia supreme court quashed a conspiracy indictment against Senator Burton Wheeler of Montana and dismissed charges against Edwin S. Booth and Gordon Campbell. The ruling upholds Wheeler’s acquittal in Montana and suggests the government may appeal but the defense expects no further action.
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Washington
A. P
Burton K. Wheeler
Montana
District of Columbia Supreme Court
Wayh
Wheeler
Validity of Indictments Challenged in Lynchings Case
Clarksdale Mississippi December 29 defense attorneys challenged the validity of indictments returned by the Coahoma county grand jury that investigated lynchings. J T Traynham one of four men charged with murder appeared for hearing and severance was granted with Traynham first to answer. Argument began in the forenoon session.
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Clarksdale
Miss
A. P
Coahoma County
Lindsey Coleman
J. T. Traynham
Traynham
Tom Nicholas
H. S. Blockley
G. O. Cane
Kentucky War Hero to Receive Real Home
Kentucky war hero Sergeant Willie Sandlin, famed for 24 enemy kills in one day and six machine gun nests, will receive a real home in Devil's Jump Branch, Leslie county, after being found neglected living in a two room cabin with $10 monthly VA support. Captain Robert E. Lee Murphy and Kentucky war mothers back the plan as Virginians once did. Sandlin enlisted in Breathitt county, which sent no drafted soldiers.
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Devils Jump Branch
A. P
Kentucky
Willie Sandlin
Devil's Jump Branch
Hell-For-Sartin Creek
Leslie County
Congress
Robert E. Lee Murphy
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Sandlin
Veterans Bureau
France
Breathitt County
Apgar Takes Oath as Monroe Police Chief
H. D. Apgar Sr. took the oath of office as Monroe police superintendent before Judge Charles Schulze. He will start duties January 1, having been appointed by Mayor Arnold Bernstein to succeed the late J. M. McCabe.
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H. D. Apgar, Sr
Monroe
Charles Schulze
Apgar
Arnold Bernstein
J. M. McCabe
Louisiana District Attorneys form association and seek reform
The District Attorneys Association of Louisiana organized in Lake Charles elected J. J. Robira president and adopted reforms. They urged regional prison farms for misdemeanor labor, empowering district attorneys to summon witnesses, and assisting in drafting better criminal laws. Officers Villemont Fleurey Blanchard and Goff were elected.
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Lake Charles
Dee
A. P
District Attorneys Association of Louisiana
J. J. Robira
General Assembly
Association
Legislature Bureau
Emile Villemont
New Iberia
John E. Fleurey
Gretna
L. C. Blanchard
Shreveport
W. D. Goff
Arcadia
Fuqua
Louisiana
St Clair Adams
New Orleans
Orleans Bar Association
Percy T. Ogden
Bureau Predicts Cold Weather for Florida
The Weather Bureau forecast a gradual rise in eastern temperatures tomorrow but predicted frost tonight as far south as central Florida. Tonight and early on, little relief from the cold wave was expected in the lower lake region and the middle and north Atlantic states. Frost was reported in northern Florida with light frost as far south as Fort Myers. killing frost near the gulf and south Atlantic coast except southern Florida.
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Washington
Der
Weather Bureau
Florida
Lower
Lake Region
North Atlantic
Montana
Wyoming
Dakotas
Missouri
Rockies
Gulf
South Atlantic
Fort Myer
Flour price rise blamed on economic laws not retaliation
Chicago dispatch reports American millers say wheat shortages and global markets, not retaliation, push flour prices up. John Crosby of Washburn Crosby notes Argentina's crop failure drives prices worldwide. Minneapolis flour climbs 15 cents a barrel. A Master Bakers' inquiry follows the world surplus claim, while Massachusetts senator Hennessey pushes reprisal talk over rubber costs.
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Chicago
A. P
England
Britain
Argentina
John Crosby
Washburn Crosby Mills
Minneapolis
Crosby
Master Bakers’ Protective Society
Wm. E. Hennessey
Boston
Massachusetts Senate
Great Britain
Warmer Weather Follows Shreveport Cold Spell
Shreveport and vicinity saw a slight moderation in freezing weather this morning with a 7 am temperature of 23 degrees, up from 17 degrees yesterday. The cold snap caused main damage from burst water pipes in homes and cars.
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Shreveport
Ila
A. P
Weather Bureau
Ex Husband of Isadore Duncan Kills Self
Sergei Yessinin, the eccentric Russian poet and ex-husband of dancer Isadore Duncan, committed suicide in Moscow. Born about 30, he wed Duncan in 1922 and the couple divorced last year.
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New York
A. P
Sergei Yessinin
Moscow
Isadore Duncan
Yessinia
Miss Duncan
Ocean City Hostelries Ablaze Threatens Destruction
Fire in Ocean City Maryland, spreading from an electric plant, threatens two hotels the Seaside and Atlantic and surrounding residences. Winds drive embers through the business and residential districts. oceanfront structures and central telegraph office are among properties reported aflame or doomed.
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Ocean City
A. P
Atlantic
Seaside
Baltimore
Maryland
Kerlin
Snow Hill
Salisbury
Baltimore Avenue
Three Bodies Found Mangled Near Rail Track
Three unidentified men were found badly mangled near a railroad track in Muskogee Oklahoma. Police pursue whether death came from a train or other foul play as no identification marks were found on the bodies.
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Muskogee
Okla
A. P
Washington U Man Heads D K E s at Alabama Election
Bert Burnett of the University of Washington was elected president of the Delta Kappa Epsilon fraternity at the Birmingham banquet. Officers named include W F Shepherd McGill first vice president R B Brock LSU second vice president Albert Crownfield City College of New York secretary Wm L West Western Reserve assistant secretary and W H Van Lenglen Syracuse sergeant at arms. A business meeting tomorrow will decide the next meeting’s time and place A ball scheduled for tonight was canceled due to the death of Joseph S Voght killed in an elevator shaft at the Tutwiler hotel.
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Birmingham
Ala
A. P
Bert Burnett University of Washington
Delta Kappa
Jos. S. Voght
Tutwiler
French Cabinet Backs Doumer Policy On Budget
The French cabinet agreed to support Finance Minister Doumer’s plan to balance the budget and stabilize the franc. Doumer estimates an 8.0 billion franc deficit and proposes higher taxes, administration reinforcement, export and tobacco taxes, a stamp tax on sales, and other measures to raise about 4.5 billion francs for sinking fund and Bank of France reimbursements.
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Paris
A. P
Doumer
M. Doumer
Bank of France
Dillon Will Head BIS Finance Merger Plans
Report says Clarence Dillon of Dillon Read & Co sponsors a banking merger forming a large New York structure. Mechanics and Metals Bank may join Chase National. five other institutions named. Total resources would exceed 1.3 billion, surpassing National City. Central Union Trust denies merger talks.
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New York
A. P
London
Wall Street
New York City
Mechanics and Metals Bank
Chase National Bank
John McHugh
Mechanics and Metals
Clarence Dillon
Dillon, Read and Company
Chatham and Phoenix
National Park
Chemical National
Central Union Trust Company
National Bank and Trust Company
National City
J. P. Morgan and Company
Dodge Brothers
George W. Davison
Former deputy revenue collector surrenders on embezzlement charge
Oscar H. Eckstrand of New Orleans surrendered at the Shreveport marshal's office on a charge of embezzling revenue funds and was released on a $1500 temporary bond. He was indicted by a federal grand jury at Lake Charles for allegedly embezzling $325 while serving as deputy revenue collector at Opelousas in November 1924.
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Shreveport
A. P
Oscar H. Eckstrand
New Orleans
United States Marshal’s Office
Eckstrand
Federal Grand Jury
Lake Charles
Opelousas
River stages and reductions by river system listed
Mississippi River levels show Memphis 7.5 ft with 0.4 ft drop, Vicksburg 17.7 ft down 1.0, New Orleans 4.9 ft down 0.5, Shreveport 9.5 ft down 0.2, Alexandria 9.1 ft down 0.5. Ouachita at Camden 7.0 ft down 0.3 and Monroe 25.1 ft with no reading, Ohio at Cairo West 9.0 ft down 1.1.
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Mississippi
Memphis
Vicksburg
New Orleits
Shreveport
Alexandria
Ouachita
Camden
Monroe
Blank
Ohio
Mobile golf pro and wife perish in clubhouse fire
James G. Campbell golf pro and his wife died when Mobile Country Club burned completely. Campbell and his wife were trapped in their third floor quarters as flames cut off escape. Secretary J Frank Stevens and assistant Clyde Kelly survived with injuries, the fire likely started in the furnace room or a lumber area at Spring Hill club seven miles from Mobile.
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Mobile
Ala
A. P.j
James G. Campbell
Mobile Country Club
Campbells
J. Frank Stevens
Clyde Kelly
Stevens
James Campbell
Spring Hill
Campbell
Pea
Scotland
George Campbell
del Monte
Cal
Maupin Chicken Plant Fire Damages South Monroe Facility
Fire at E S Maupin place at the locks and dam in South Monroe partially destroyed the large chicken plant. About 7 000 dollars in losses with 16 500 chickens affected of which 5 000 were ready for shipment. Fire started in the east end suspected defective wiring. Firefighters saved half the building and repaired sections with operations resuming.
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E. S. Maupin
Locks and Dam
Monroe
Mage
Sian
Maupin
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Stephen Wise
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Philadelphia
WIP
Bureau
Balanes
Alabama
Vincent King
Anna Sears
Anna Ross
Brooklyn
Dillon
BIS Finance
Tavolyves” Linnense Capitalization
Cairo
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