Nine Hundred Families Homeless by Arkansas Flood
Rescue efforts continue from Brinkley Arkansas with Red Cross support after a survey by Nellie Williams found about 900 families or 2500 people homeless in the White River valley. Levee breaches threaten Tu lot Weona and Truman as new floods approach Big Lake and Hornersville areas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
White River Valley
Associated Press
Little Rock
Ark
Nellie Williams
American Red Cross
Brasfield
Prairie County
White
Cache
Little Red
St. Francis River
Memphis
Tenn
Arkansas
National
St. Francis
Little Red Rivers
Red Cross
Brinkley
Poinsett County
Tulot
Weona
Truman
Langer
Little Red River
Hornersville
Priests Arrested in Mexican Anti-Government Plot
Special Tampico dispatches report frustration of an anti-government plot in the Tampico region. Several Knights of Columbus members are involved and three Catholic priests are among those arrested. Authorities withhold details while the war department notes rebels who surrendered before February 10 would be granted amnesty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Mexico City
Tampico
Knights of Columbus
War Department
Jalisco
Broadway to Clean Up Plays by Self Declared Committee
Rumors swirl that New York legislators may ban salacious plays, while Broadway producers led by Winthrop Ames plan to act. Officials feel the lawmakers will handle the job more effectively, with the producers already seen as late.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Winthrop Ames
Reverend Dodd urges girls college for Louisiana
Rev M E Dodd of Shreveport founder of a proposed girls college spoke in Monroe about the need for the project. The crowd filled the First Baptist Church as Rev Frank Tripp urged Baptist support for the final $200,000 needed to fund the college. Dodd recounted fifteen years of Baptist growth including the Baptist Chronicle, Baptist Book Store, a new executive secretary home, Acadia Academy property, and Alexandria Hospital improvements. Continued on page ten.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. E. Dodd
Shreveport
Girls’ College
Los Angeles
Baptist Church
Monroe
Louisiana
First Baptist Church
Dodd
Frank Tripp
Dodd College Foundation
Baptist Chronicle
Baptist Message
Baptist Book Store
Sunday School Board
Acadia Academy
Alexandria Hospital
Federal Prohibition Men May Investigate Atlanta Bath Tub Party
Federal prohibition authorities move to investigate an Atlanta Co operative club party held January 4 in which a bath tub scene was the grand finale. Deputy administrator W T Day will press federal action if charges of liquor service are substantiated. Fulton County grand jury questions witnesses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Atlanta
Atlanta Co-operative Club
W. T. Day
Prohibition
Georgia
Fulton County Grand Jury
United States District Attorney's Office
Fulton Grand Jury
Tony
Mr. Jones
Co-operative Club
Remington
New York
Texas Legislators Held on Bribery Charges
Two Texas House members, F A Dale of Bonham and H H Moore of Cooper, were jailed on $2000 bonds after alleged acceptance of $1000 in marked bills from Dr Willis W Chamberlain, lobbyist for a licensing bill for optometrists. The case interrupted a revenue and taxation committee session drafting an oil tax bill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Austin
Tex
Texas House of Representatives
F. A. Dale
Bonham
H. H. Moore
Cooper
Willis W. Chamberlain
Houston Texas, Optical Company
Dale
Moore
House Committee On Revenue and Taxation
Revenue and Taxation Committee
Chamberlain
Narcotics Ring Leader Held After New Orleans Arrest
San Antonio detective Will S. Wood says Fernandez, arrested in New Orleans after a Houston sting, is the eastern source for about sixty percent of Texas narcotics. Wood believes the capture cuts a major share of the state's drug supply.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
San Antonio
Tex
New Orleans
Fernandez
Will
S. Wood
Texas
Wood
Houston
Kokomo swimmer sets world record in railroad voyage
Bill Baxter of Kokomo claims a world long distance swimming record by riding a freight train to Yazoo City Mississippi and swimming thirty miles in the tender before escaping through a manhole. He receives a fifty cent prize from an Illinois Central yardmaster and vanishes into a restaurant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Yazoo City
Miss
Bill Baxter
Kokomo
Bill
West Miss
Illinois Central
Bil
Oil Firms in Mexico Argue Laws Cut Drilling Jobs
Mexican oil companies deny the impact of new land laws, saying two thirds of active wells are halted and 279 drilling permits canceled by government order. They claim production remains mostly on pre 1917 acquired properties, many held by rebel firms, with revenue figures declining from 1922 to 1926.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Duced
Mexico
Clerk of Court January Sets New Local Record
January proved the biggest month in the history of the Ouachita parish clerk of court office with record volumes and receipts. Clerk Pat Hamilton cited real estate activity as a major factor, with marriage licenses, suit filings, and other fees also contributing. He noted the boom was general across departments, not tied to oil, gas, or mineral leases.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pat Hamilton
Monroe
Ouachita Parish
News-Star
Hamilton
Ouachita
Kidnapped Baby Believed Found in Selma Louisiana
Bennie Neal, 16 month old son of Mrs. J. R. Fields of Albany Livingston Parish, was believed found in Selma La after being carried away days earlier by his stepfather following a dispute. Sheriff Barrett arrested a man named Virgil Bace who showed signs of trouble caring for the child. Livingston Parish authorities were notified and dispatched officers to Selma.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
New Orleans
Bennie Neal
J. R. Fields
Albany
Livingston Parish
Selma
Fields
G. L. Barrett
Virgil Bace
Tel Livingston Parish Authoritie
Selmatify
Mangham Car Crash Injures Two Men
Dr. F. C. Sheppard suffers two broken ribs a broken leg a probable skull fracture and other injuries after being struck by a Studebaker driven by W. M. Frey in Mangham Louisiana R. D. Curry also receives bruises and possible internal injuries He was taken home as doctors assess damage and no arrests are made with all involved residents of Mangham.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mangham
F. C. Sheppard
R. D. Curry
Studebaker
W. M. Frey
Mangham State Bank
Sheppard
Vicksburg
Curry
Frey
Enjoined Detroit Preacher Denied Pulpit Role
The Rev. Sam J. White, pastor of Grand River Church, was enjoined by a court from conducting services after a temporary injunction. The move stems from dissent within the church seeking his removal amid a looming permanent injunction hearing. Resignation was approved by elders but rejected by the congregation. Opponents cited mismanagement in filings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Detroit
Sam J. White
Grand River Church
Joseph A. Moynahan
Mr. White
Lm Lee
Ywri
Defender of Shanghai Moves Back for Major Battle
Shanghai dispatch says Marshal Sun Chuan Fang withdraws center of his army toward Yenchow inland to strengthen defenses as Cantonese forces poised to drive on Shanghai. Foreign sources confirm the readjustment amid expectations of a major engagement to push toward the city. Two earthquakes shock Shanghai, alarming residents as fleeing missionaries arrive from Hankow aboard the Lung Wo with 160 refugees including 125 Americans and 15 British.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Shanghai
China
Sun Chuan-Fang
Yenchow
Tsien Tang
Sun
Hankow
Peace Efforts Shift Focus to Sino British Talks at Hankow
Washington reports that American peace overtures to China have failed to elicit a response from Peking and Canton war lords. Attention turns to possible renewed negotiations between British representatives and Cantonese nationalists in Hankow over concessions. The talks would have limited impact on U S policy as no concession issue exists here.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
China
Peking
Hankow
O'Malley
Eugene Chen
New York Fights Lewdness as Virtue Wave Grows
Broadway producers consider a formal play jury system with DA backing while activists push for censorship limits. Dr Donald C Stuart of Princeton backs the push and critics argue morality depends on public taste and critic praise. The piano sellers ban lewd music and Updike urges removal of tabloid Browning trial coverage in Princeton area stores.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
New York
Actors Equity Association
Donald C. Stuart
Princeton University
Dr. Stuart
John Golden
New York Piano Merchants’ Association
Princeton
E. Mulford Updike
Browning
Weehawken
N. J
Rying
Urania Region Oil Output Reaches Near Four Million Barrels in 1926
Urania district produced 3,939,623 barrels and Little Creek district 44,169 barrels in 1926. The Urania pool first appeared in February, peaked in May at 17 420 barrels daily, then held around 15 000 before year end. Rowe Wallace shipped the first oil from the LaSalle field in 1925 and uranium?
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Urania-Tullos
Urania
Little Creek
LaSalle Parish
Grant Parish
Grant
Little River
LaSalle
Rowe-Wallace Oil Company
Dixie Oil Company
Whiting
Ind
Urania Petroleum Corporation
Rowe-Wallace
Governor's Plea Heard At Meeting In Louisiana
Baton Rouge February meeting of the Louisiana emergency farm conference hears Governor Simpson urge immediate relief for cane and cotton farmers. Dr Roy O Young named permanent chairman as about 58 of 60 parishes represented. 12 member resolutions committee appointed for mid afternoon report.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Baton Rouge
Roy C. Young
Youngsville
Louisiana Emergency Farm Conference
State House
O. H. Simpson
Simpson
C. A. Holcombe
East Baton Rouge
Roy O. Young
F. Dickinson
la Fourche
Dr. Young
Young
Louisiana
Clarence Pierson
Rapides
Andrew Querbes
Caddo
Norris Wileliamson
East Caroll
D. W. Pipes, Jr
Terrebonne
G. B. Kemper
St. Mary
L. L. Judice
Lafayette
F. E. Everett
Arcadia
John M. Parker
West Feliciana
T. Semmes Walmsley
Orleans
B. M. Teekel
Red River
Ford Refuses Billion Dollar Offer Shows Wall Street Antipathy
New York February 3 Henry Ford refused a 1 billion offer to sell his automobile business, a stance noted by financial circles as proof of his disdain for Wall Street. Testimony by John M Prentiss in a Washington tax suit recounts the repeated refusals and Ford’s famed remark My company will never go to Wall Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
New York
Henry Ford
Wall Street
Ford
John M. Prentiss
Washington
Ford Company
Edsel Ford
Hudson Motors
Ford Motor Company of Canada
Henry
Detroit
Mr. Prentiss
Hornblower and
Weeks
Prentiss
Financial
Jack Prentiss
Ford Motor Company
United States Steel Corporation
American Telephone and Telegraph Soppary
Also Mentioned on This Page
ED Cross
Reverend Dodd
First Baptist
Winfield Jones
Mississippi
RED
Awnennenanenecen
Alexandria
Camden
Erenr Boe
Hermine
Kaiser
Wilhelm
Princess Hermine
Berlin
Kaiser Wilhelm
Germany
R .D. Curry
The
Merial
Marshal Sun
Williams
N. Y
George Young
Catalina
Hart
R. H. Brooks
B. R
P. m
Acadia
Ascension
Assumption
Avoyelles
Bienville
Bossier
Calcasieu
Caldwell
Concordia
Desoto
East Care
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!