Blizzard Toll Tops Thirty as Northeast Cleans Snow
Boston and New York ride out the worst snowstorm of the season. Dozens dead or missing from collapsed buildings and exposure. Transportation disrupted from trains to air service. thousands stranded, ports and ships in distress, and crews scrambling to clear streets.
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A. TP
Gurvey
New Engand
New Britain
New Jerse
Boston
Chicasro
Rada
Northeastern
United States
Tony Way
Iin 2
Hich
Conn
Bosno
Philadelpha
Ats
New England
Long Island Sound
Kensylvania
New Jerk
Grand Banks
York City
State House
City
Pers
Asbury Park
N. J
Sandyck
N.J
Cedar Point
Mags
A. A
Vineyard Haven
Air Service Renewal Report to House Military Committee
The committee reviews the status of aviation renewal concurrent with military needs. General Patricio presents updates on air service continuity, funding, and strategic implications for national defense.
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House Military Committee
General Vpatriet
Prohibition Debate Splits Episcopal Temperance Body
In New York a policy endorsement by the Episcopal Church Temperance Society to modify Prohibition sparks fierce national debate. Dr James Empringham defends the stance, while others argue the church and its diocese do not agree. A board meeting is planned to address the policy reversal.
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New York
T? Church Temperance Society
Episcopal Church
United States
James Empringham
Itelf
Empringham
Women's Christian Temperance Union
Christian Endeavor Society
Fmpringham
Charles X. Gilbert
Social Service Commission
Protestant Episcopal Diocese of
William Sheafe Chase
Brooklyn
Church Temperance Society
William T. Manning
Epscopal
Cathedral of
St. John the Dvme
Elecution of Two Negroes for El Dorado Sawmill Owner Murder
James and Lee Walker were electrocuted at the Arkansas state prison for the December 12 murder of Ira M. Hudson a sawmill owner near El Dorado. The robbers seized a $700 payroll and killed Hudson after a attempted ambush as he traveled from El Dorado. Lee Walker admitted firing the shot when the death warrant was read.
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Little Rock
Ark
A. P
James
Lee Walker
Ira M. Hudson
el Dorado
Lee
Sarah Tullos No. 3 Creates New Oil Hit in Parish
Special to The News-Star at Tullos reports the Sarah Tullos No. 3 well in Section 25-10-1F of Natural Gas and Fuel Corp blew in after a cleanup, delivering estimates of 3000 barrels of oil and boosting local enthusiasm for drilling activity in the Tullos region.
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Tullos
Sarah Tullos
Natural Gas and Fuel Corp
Former Woolen Co Chief Shoots Himself in Daytona
William W. Wood once led the American Woolen Co with a fortune of about 60 million dollars. He died after shooting himself in Daytona Beach Florida after years of ill health.
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William W. Wood
American Woolen Co
Daytona, Fln
Will Dedicate Masonic Temple at Newellton
New Orleans February 5 Newly elected grand master A Pitt Paul Haller will dedicate a new Masonic temple at Newellton next Sunday with associates. Other officers elected include Charles Ratcliff deputy grand priest Justice Rogers grand king Guy Spockins and Bradley Waelder Monroe resident noted for active Masonic leadership.
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New Orleans
A. Pitt
Paul Haller
Masonic Lodge of
Louisiana
Newellton
Charles F. Ratcliff
Baton Rouge
Royal and
Grand Council
H. W. Palfrex
Alexandria
Royal Arch Masons
John A. Pdavilla
Grand Lodge
F.o
A. ML
Mr. Haller
Edwin Blog
James H. Rowland
Phil G. Ricks
Samuel G. Gainsbarth
John A. Davilla
Jesse Taylor
T. W. Parish
Josena M. Tully
Guard
H.&. Grimm
Jacob Frankel
F. Gayle
Elkine W. Visher
Samuel T. Levitt
Grand Sentinel
Power Line Break Pinpointed by Huff Dusters Air Aid
Monroe hub of the tri state power system saw an aerial assist from Huff Daland Dusters to locate a break in the 110000 volt line north of Crossett Arkansas. An airplane piloted by Russell traced the outage from Crossett to Montivello Sterlington area and a repair crew was sent promptly to the site.
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Monroe
Couch Interest
Huff-Daland Dusters Corporation
Here
Crossett Ark
Pine Bluff
Arkan Light and Power Company
Rommel
Sterlington
Sistant
R. I. Ritchie
Nuff-Daland Duster Corporation
Russell
Tamon Rongey
Crossett
Rontley
Rondey
Senate Refuses Action on Copeland Coal Resolution
Senate votes 48 to 28 to skip the Copeland land resolution calling on President Coolidge to intervene in the anthracite suspension. Democrats, seven Republicans, and one former labor senator favored taking up the measure, while 39 Republicans and nine Democrats opposed. The move reflects non intervention policy critics and follows weeks of failed efforts in both chambers.
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Washington
A. P
Senate
Coolidge
Congress
House
Copeland
New York
Reed
Pennsylvania
Shortridge
California
Smoot
Finance Committee
Parker
Commerce Commission
Capitol
Harrison
Mississippi
Norris
Nebraska
Bishop Favors Modification of Prohibition Policy
Bishop Alexander Mann of Pittsburgh declares prohibition cannot be enforced and supports modifying the Volstead act to permit light wines and pure beer. He spoke amid church temperance society commentary, arguing modification would curb bootleggers by reducing bad alcohol supply.
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Pittsburgh
A. P
Bish
Alexander Mann
Protestant Episcopal Church
Mann
Church Temperance Society
Episcopal Church
Jury Acquits Man Long Held for N Y Murder
Stanley Kivana, who spent eleven months in Sing Sing’s death house, was acquitted by a jury of a murder charge in the 1924 killing of a hand salesman in New York. The panel rejected the testimony of Ambrose Ross who had implicated him.
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Mineola
N. Y
A. P
Stanley Kivana
Sing Sing
Ambrose Ross
Kivana
Negro slays N. C. policeman in New Orleans
Patrolman Frank Maken 37 was shot twice and killed by a man he had arrested earlier this morning on a charge of being dangerous. Detective Henry Asset acted to stop the suspect who later escaped but was wounded and detained by Detectives Mortimer Barra and John Joly. The assailant gave his name as Andrew Johnson.
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New Orleans
Frank Maken
Henry Asset
Asset
Mortimer Barra
John Joly
Andrew Johnson
Injunction Placed on Consolidated Stock Exchange Ops
New York February 5 The Consolidated Stock Exchange faces a temporary injunction over bucketing wash sales and other alleged illegal acts cited by Attorney General Ottinger. A court decision on February 11 will determine permanence and any possible receiver appointment. Thomas B Maloney, president, welcomed the action.
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New York
A. P
Consolidated Stock Exchange
Ottinger
Supreme Court
Ford
Consolidated
Attorney Generals
The
Change
Thomas B. Maloney
St Louis Railroad Man Found Dead in Waco
Joseph Franz 65 of St Louis died in his bed in Waco Texas he was connected with the structural steel department of the engineers office of the Missouri Kansas Texas railroad authorities said.
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St. Louis
Waco
Texas
A. P
Joseph Franz
Structural Steel Department of the Engineers
M. E. and T Railroad
Man Facing Execution Opposes Abolition of Capital Punishment
Ossining N Y Feb 5 Matthew Wasser whose father was hanged opposed abolition of the death penalty during a plea to Warden Lawes who ordered his execution. Wasser was executed with Ernest Mimms for the murder of Howard Huff a paymaster in a hold up.
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Ossining
A. P
Matthew Wasser
Lawes
Wasser
Ernest T. Mimms
Howard Huff
Aged Man Kills Estranged Wife Then Dies By Suicide
ST LOUIS February 5 Edward Vermes aged 65 shot and critically wounded his 64 year old estranged wife whom he married three months ago then killed himself Vermes fired after she refused to reconcile.
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St, Louis
A. P
Edward Vermes
Vermes
Ovid Scott 16 Killed In Automobile Crash Near Memphis
Ovid Scott a 16 year old Southwestern University student died when the automobile he drove left the road and plunged into a ditch. He was thrown through the windshield in the fatal early morning crash near Memphis.
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Memphis
A. P
Ovid Scott
Southwestern University
Urania Oil Drilling Advances Amid Property Transfers Around Tullos
The Alexandria Oil Company reports No. 2 Urania well drilled to 1594 feet with bailing test to come. G. W. Zeigin crews set surface casing. Derrick up at Zoder No. 1 Urania. Multiple lease and cash sale deals around Tullos include Gray Adams to J Q Granment for 2500 in oil and drilling rights, Robichau to Sam Marcus and SE, and others. New derricks rising, tests planned. field output may surge tenfold soon.
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Urania
Alexandria Oil Company
G.W. Zeigin
Zoder
Tullos
Gray Adams
Mosely
J. Q. Granment
Robichau
Sam
Byron Marcus
Rabeliff Cast
Tuilos
J. H. Askew
Conway Stroud
Bud Harold
CC. C. Buss
Bur Harold
Wm. A. Pendarvis
W. A
HW. G. Meyers
S. A
George Nomey
P. S. Gaharan
Robbers Hold Up Freight Train For Alcohol Load
Fifteen masked men stopped a Chicago Rock Island railway freight train near Henry Illinois and escaped with about $10,000 worth of pure alcohol. Conductor Charles Somers and two railroad detectives were disarmed by the bandits.
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Peoria
A. P
Chicago, Rock Island
Pacife
Henry
Ill
Here
Charles Somers
Parley to Resume Over Mexico Oil Legislation
Mexico City February 5. Announcement says talks between Secretary Morones and oil men will be resumed Monday.
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Mexico City
A. P
Secretary of Commerce and Industry
Amundsen Explorer Roald Amundysen Stricken With Illness
Roald Amundysen Arctic and Antarctic explorer is in Los Angeles on a lecture tour and is seriously ill with a threat of pneumonia, doctors report.
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Los Angeles
Calif
A. P
Roald Amundysen
Motorist killed returning from mother's bedside near Jennings
Janice Thomas of Big Lake died when his car left a ditch and overturned while returning from Lafayette parish where he had cared for his sick mother. Henry Thibo deaux, also of Big Lake, escaped unharmed after being asleep and thinking fatigue from the bedside vigil caused Thomas to lose control. Thomas left a wife and six children.
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Lake Charles
A. P
Dyson
Lafayette Parish
Janice Thomas
Big Lake
Jennings
Henry Thibodeaux
Thibodeaux
Thomas
Thiboidéaux
Smoot Faces Senate Filibuster to Fast Tax Bill Session
Utah senator Smoot announces night Senate sessions starting Monday to speed work on the tax reduction bill amid a filibuster aimed at forcing full publicity of income tax cuts.
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Utah
Washington
A. P
Senate
Smoat
Fire Committee
Probe charge intimation of Negro witness in Hardy case
In Shreveport Louisiana on February 5 a conference between District Attorney Blanchard and New Orleans Attorney General Saint signaled the start of an intensified probe into the alleged attack and intimidation of Willie Wilson the black defense witness in the Joe Hardy murder trial. Wilson says five unidentified white men seized him before the trial subjected him to “hot shot” treatment and warned him not to testify for Hardy.
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Shreveport
A. P
Willie Wilson
Joe Hardy
John 8
Glover
Bossier Parish
Cl Blanchard
Percy Saint
New Orleans
Blanchard
Atetorney
Hardy
Spanish Pilot's Plane Damaged in Boat Crash
Spanish aviators may delay their planned flight to Buenos Aires after their plane was slightly damaged by nearby boats during arrival from Pernambuco. Commander Franco and his crew arrived yesterday, according to A. P. reports from Rio de Janeiro.
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Rio Janeiro
A. P
Buenos Aires
Franco
Pernambuco
Chinese troops seize missionary property in Chaechow
Peking February 3 reports state Chinese forces in eastern Kwantung Province seized property belonging to the English Presbyterian Mission at Chaechow and damaged several missionaries' houses. The dispatch notes clashes with English missions and ongoing unrest in the region.
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Peking
Kwangtung Province
Chaechow
Napoleon did not die of cancer claim shocks Leeds club
Sir Berkeley Moynihan of Leeds told the Leeds Junction club that after examining Napoleon Bonaparte’s viscera he found no cancer trace in the deceased emperor. He asserted the famous ruler did not die of cancer and claimed to have inspected the remains.
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Napoleon
Leeds
England
As T
Napoleon the Great
Berkeley Moynihan
Leeds Junction Club
River stages report for Mississippi and adjacent rivers
River gauge readings list Mississippis Memphis Vicksburg New Orleans and Shreveport levels with rises and falls. Quachita Camden Monroe measurements show changes, listing fall or rise values across stations.
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Mississippi
Memphis
Vicksburg
New Orleans
RED
Shreveport
Alexandria
Quachita
Camden
Monroe
Ohlo
Photograph Dad of Prohibition Opposes Interview
Philadelphia February 5 Andrew J Volstead father of the federal prohibition law objected to interviews and complained of constant scrutiny. He appeared in federal district court to argue a test suit on control of alcohol permits. With him were Roy A Hayn and Gevartmente.
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Philadelphia
A. P
Andrew J. Volstead
Volstead
Roy’ A. Hayn
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