Democrats May Fight Legislation on Farm Relief Bill
The McNary-Haugen farm relief bill faced Senate action amid Southern Democratic doubts over President Coolidge signing it. House debate is planned next week with expectations of passage. Conferees pressed for compromise on the cotton equalization levy and two year exemption, while Dawes discussions muddied apparent gains.
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Washington
Coolidge
Senate
House
Dawes
McNary
Agricultural Committee
Riteas
Frank ©. Lowden
Illinois
White House
Tincher
Kansas
Representative Aswell
Louisiana
Distance Doesn't Mean Anything to This Man
Doc Graham of Crichton plans a cross country golf drive from Mobile to Los Angeles starting Sunday. He will hit from the Mobile Country Club and carry a brassie a sky iron and several balls with 19 year old Happy Kirby acting as caddy. He estimates a 3500 mile trek and aims to finish in five years if needed.
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Associated Press
Mobile
Ala
Doc Graham
Crichton
Los Angeles
Graham
Kirby
Mobile Country Club
Edison Celebrates 80th Birthday in Jersey
Thomas Alva Edison marked his 80th birthday at West Orange New Jersey surrounded by cronies including Henry Ford and Harvey Firestone. The renowned inventor, noted for more than a thousand creations and industries valued at billions, continued his work with few changes to his routine as he received tributes from around the world.
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Associated Press
West Orange
N. J
Thomas Alva Edison
Henry Ford
Harvey Firestone
Mr. Edison
John Burroughs
World Champ Endurance Driver to Undertake 100 Hour Exhibition
Jimmy Burns world champion endurance driver will begin a 100 hour continuous exhibition in Monroe driving a Milner's Ford sedan while hooded shackled and handcuffed to the car. The event sponsored by Milner Motor Co Monroe News Star and others will run through city streets with no sleep or steering wheel contact by others. Burns arrived from Chicago with his wife and stays at Hotel Virginia.
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Jimmy Burns
Milner
Monroe
Milner Motor Company
Monroe News-Star
Burns
Chicago
Virginia
Mr. Burns
Bonita's High School Burned in Night Fire
Fire rumored from a defective flue destroyed Bonita High School and its contents at 11:30 last night. The two story building housed six classrooms and an auditorium. Insurance of 20000 dollars covered part of the loss. Temporary quarters are opened in town churches as the community plans to rebuild and a mass meeting is set for next Tuesday to decide steps.
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Bastrop
Feb. N
Bonita
Coolidge's Disarmament Proposal Receives Broad Echo in Europe
The White House plan to supplement the 1921 Washington naval treaty with limits on fighter aircraft gains favorable unofficial reaction abroad. American diplomats have conveyed the note to Britain France Italy and Japan as Geneva discussions resume next month with cautious optimism about the proposal's fate.
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Associated Press
Washington
Coolidge
Washington Capital
Geneva
League of Nations
France
Italy
New Hearing in Irion Ouster Case in North District Court
In New Orleans on February 11 civil district court heard Dr. V. K. Irion's defense to exceptions seeking dismissal of the ouster suit. Attorneys for Irion argued that Governor Simpson abandoned the original suit, citing Simpson’s appointment of Major Payne as conservation commissioner. Judge Boatner reserved judgment and indicated a reasonable filing time for an answer if the exceptions fail.
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New Orleans
V. K. Irion
Frank T. Payne
Civil District Court
Dr. Irion
QO. H. Simpson
Simpson
Major Payne
Prohi Chief Investigator Named by Coolidge
Phillip Hamlin of Quincy Mass was appointed chief investigator, succeeding Vincent Simonton who becomes assistant head of the prohibition legal department. Hamlin previously served as assistant administrator in charge of prohibition enforcement in New England with headquarters in Boston.
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Washington
Phillip Hamlin
Quincy
Mass
Vincent Simonton
Simonton
Prohibition Legal Department
Hamlin
New England
Boston
Murder of Young Wife in Zwolle Shrouded in Mystery
Mrs. Henry Nelms, about 27, was found murdered with her throat slashed near Zwolle Sabine Parish Louisiana. Sheriff Skinner reported no clues. her body lay in a woods area near the Kansas City Southern tracks. Neighbors and the husband misread her absence as a simple missing night.
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Associated Press
Zwolle
Henry Nelme
Skinner
Sabine Parish
Nelms
Weber
Kansas
Lorine
Would-Be Bride Disappointed By Actor's Wedding
Chicago report details Mrs Muriel Ames wife of actor Robert Ames He eloped with New York socialite Miss Muriel Oakes Ames and faced rival claim by Miss Helen Lambert Lambert, a New York hostess, traveled to Chicago asserting she would wed Ames Ames dismissed claims as embarrassing and confirmed marriage to Oakes Ames said the engagement had been public knowledge since August
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Py Associated Press
Chicago
Muriel Oakes Ames
Robert Ames
Helen Lambert
North Side
Ames
Waukegan
Miss Lambert
New York
E. W. Packard
Bob
Cowboy and two Indians killed in New Mexico battle
A cowboy and two Indians died in a nighttime confrontation on an Indian reservation near Pueblo Alto New Mexico. Deputies hurry to the scene as details remain scarce with cattle range as the reported trigger.
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Cowboy
N. M
Associated Press
Albuquerque
N. Mex
Pueblo Alto
Albuquerque Journal
Sleuth Says He Slew 18 Case Probed
J M Saunders former Oklahoma Bankers Association official prepared to return to Sevver state to face forgery charges. Officers review Oklahoma court records to verify his admission of killing about two dozen across three states. His wife claimed four slayings, though Saunders kept others undisclosed.
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Little Rock
Ark
J. M. Saunders
Oklahoma Bankers Association
Oklahoma
Saunders
Gladys Saunders
J. J. Meredith Dies After Stroke at Caldwell Farm
J J Meredith aged 69 a long time Louisiana state legislator died at his Columbia home after a stroke earlier in the day. He served two terms on the state railroad commission and sixteen years as Caldwell parish sheriff. Survived by wife four children two sisters. funeral at Columbia Methodist church with burial in local cemetery.
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News-Star
Columbia
J. J. Meredith
Louisiana
Meredith
Secon
State Railroad Commission
Caldwell Parish
Willard Meredith
J. J. Meredith, Jr
Lucille Myatt
Monroe
Ouida Hardy
Louise Hayes
Simsboro
Etta Moss
Winnfield
Mississippi River bridge bill prepared near Baton Rouge
A bill to build a bridge across the Mississippi River north of Baton Rouge to ease transcontinental rail traffic will be introduced in the House and Senate. The measure is backed by Louisiana's two senators, Rep Bolivar Kemp, and U S Bureau of Public Roads Director MacDonald, aiming for passage before March adjournment. The Mississippi Baton Rouge Bridge Co. would seek franchise with New York and St Louis and New Orleans capital, with railroads near Baton Rouge pledging cooperation.
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Associated Press
Baton Rouge
House
Senate
Mississippi River
Washington
MacDonald
United States Bureau of Public Roads
Congress
Mississippi-Baton Rouge
Washington Today’s Congress and Institutions Schedule
Congress meets at noon with the House debating the McNary-Haugen bill and the Senate under agreement to a subcommittee inquiry into Oregon timber contracts. The Smithsonian Institution plans a session to decide its future work.
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Congress
House
McNary-Haugen
Senate
Oregon
Hsonian Institution
Rail Chief Edward Chambers Dies in Hospital Fall
Edward Chambers 68 of Chicago vice president of the Atchison Topeka and Santa Fe Railway plunged four stories from a hospital window in San Francisco after seizing a nurse and locking himself in. He had served as director of transportation for the US Food Administration and later as director of traffic for the US Railroad Administration.
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Associated Press
San Francisco
Edward Chambers
Chicago
Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway
Chambers
United States
Mr. Chambers
United States Food Administration
United States Railroad Administration
William G. McAdoo
Walter D. Hines
J. H. West
Flo Yates
Publishers to Greet North Louisiana Press Association
Tomorrow the Twins host the second semi annual North Louisiana Press Association convention with about 70 visiting publishers and 125 to 180 attendees at Hotel Virginia lunch. Mayor Bernstein will welcome guests, with speeches planned from Judge Percy Sandel State Supt T H Harris and Gov O H Simpson during the program.
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Press
North Louisiana
North Louisiana Press Association
Monroe
West Monroe
Chamber of Commerce
Twin Cities
North
Louisiana
Arnold Bernstein
Court House
Percy Sandel
Fourth Judicial District Court
State Superintendent of Public Education
T. H. Harris
0. H. Simpson
Stribling Captured After 48 Hour Hunt Southeast of Columbia
O C Stribling aged 74, accused of killing his son in law Fred Goins, was trapped at a secluded Caldwell parish site southeast of Columbia after a two day manhunt led by Sheriff J E McClanahan and Sheriff Finley. Sullivan Crawford, arrested for helping an escape, aided officers by revealing Stribling's location.
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News-Star
Harrisonburg
O. C. Stribling
Fred Goins
Caldwell Parsh
Columbia
Stribling
Goins
Enterprise
Sullivan Crawford
Will
J. E. McClanashan
Caldwell Parish
Fineley
Catahoula Parish
Finley
McClanahan
Alabama Landing
Craweford
Crawford
W. B. Pruden
Caldwell
Crawaford
Aps
Negro shot by officers after Caddo robbery
Marshall Texas report says a Black man named Jones A Brown was killed by Texas law officers after fleeing during two robberies in Shreveport. A young Italian girl Rosie Liberto, age not stated, linked to the robberies and was arrested with the man. The Liberto store safe was emptied and broken into during the incident.
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Marshall
Tex
Shreveport
Jones A. Brown
Texas
Rosie Liberto
Frank Liberto
Sam Marabello
Chicago
Liberto
Larry Jackson
Former Minister of War Killed by Revolutionists
Paris reports from Lisbon that Major Americo Olavo former minister of war was assassinated by Portuguese revolutionaries. The fighting in Lisbon left 198 dead 37 officers arrested. At Oporto 76 died with 36 wounded. Lisbon patrols tightened and police searched insurrectionist quarters as citizens returned.
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Associated Press
Paris
Lisbon
Americo Olavo
Portugal
Havas
Oporto
Large Sam Missing on Panama Mail Steamer
The Panama mail liner Columbia arrived in San Pedro with $51,000 missing from its strong box. The money, sent from La Libertad Salvador to the Bank of Italy in San Francisco, disappeared while off Lower California. Customs boarded over 100 passengers and crew. no trace found. Captain Robert E. Judson cited the ship’s route from Champerico Guatemala on February 2.
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Associated Press
San Pedro
Cal
Panama Mail
Columbia
San Francisco
la Liberdad
Salvador
Bank of Italy
Lower California
Champerico
Guatemala
Robert E. Judson
Clergy Decry Evolution Bans As Harmful To Churches
Memphis February 11 Science not harmed but the church suffers from anti evolution laws educators say curriculum debates hurt students mind cannot be legislated says Dr W E Hogan secretary treasurer of the Methodist Episcopal Church South board of education. The educational association adopts a resolution opposing anti evolution measures as futile and voices support for hearing on the subject.
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Associated Press
Memphis
W. E. Hosgan
Board of Education
The
Methodist Episcopal Church, South
Educational Association of the Church
Dr. Hogan
J. C. Roper
Upper South Carolina
Association
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