Derricks Blowout Halts Thomason A-1 Drilling
A Natural Gas & Fuel derrick at Thomason A-1 crater near Alto blew out last night at 6:30. The derrick, offset 400 feet from the hole, sent sand and water up to a third of its height as crews move equipment out and prepare to skid the structure once the drill can be pulled. A conference is planned to determine control measures for the rater and reduce further setbacks.
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Natural Gas & Fuel Corporation
Alto
Derick
Plane crashes on Cherry Street kill two, injure many
In Macon Georgia a plane taking part in an air derby exploded prematurely after bombs were dropped from about 7000 feet. Pilot Buck Steele from Shreveport and passenger Francis Ashcraft of Towanda Penn., were killed. Several pedestrians were injured as wreckage struck the crowd and parts of the fallen aircraft caused a major sidewalk collapse.
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Associated Press
Macon
Cherry Street
Buck Steele
Shreveport
Francis Ashcraft
Towandah
Penna
Ashcraft
Steele
Coldest Job in State Today at Alto Gas Well
The crews at the scene near Alto work in freezing wind and wet conditions as a blowout spews a sand and water mix from a gushing hole. Rain gear helps against moisture but not the cold, and no warming stove can be used due to fire risk.
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Louisiana
Alto
Underground drilling failure leads to gas and water influx
The report describes underground changes from crater flow and vibration allowing gas to permeate through multiple strata to a water sand at shallow depth. When the drill hit the water sand, water and gas rushed into the hole, making the offset turn unavoidable and rated today.
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Straias
Hallow
Veteran newspaper man Beach dies in San Antonio
Darrison L. Beach, 65, veteran journalist and former Associated Press central division superintendent, died in his San Antonio hotel. From 1911 to 1924 he served with Charles S. Diehl as publisher of the San Antonio Light.
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San Antonio
Texas
Quality of Oil in Ascension Grows Better
Baton Rouge La Feb 18 Quality of the oil from the Gulf Petroleum gusher at McIlroy 30 miles southeast of here is improving It still discharges into the mill pond at about 5000 barrels a day and has been choked to clear the brownish liquid from the bottom of the well News of the well brings many job seekers to the field.
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Associated Press
Baton Rouge
Gulf Petroleum Company
Mcklroy
Prisoners Escape from Parish Jail In Natchitoches
Four inmates tunneled through bricks and pried bars to flee the parish jail. Among them is Virgil Fletcher, linked to the Cloutierville murder of Fred Delacerda last February. Fletcher testified against his uncle Hugh Phillips, who was hanged six weeks earlier. Also escaping were Jesse Phillips, Jesse Lofton, and Derwood Moody, all facing various charges.
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Associated Press
Natchitoches
Virgil Fletcher
Hugh Phillips
Fred Delacerda
Cloutierville
Phillips
Fletcher
Jesse Phillips
Jesse Lofton
Derwood Moody
Bissell Goes to Vicksburg Today for Unveiling
Governor Hammill leads a delegation of Iowans to unveil a bronze bust of Samuel J. Kirkwood at Vicksburg National Military Park. Pelham St George Bissell of New York arrives to join the 40 and 8 American Legion ceremony. Speakers include John L. Smith and Will R. Boyd. The program includes sightseeing, a banquet, and a Mardi Gras departure for New Orleans.
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Associated Press
Vicksburg
Miss
John Hammill
Vicksburg National Military Park
Samuel J. Kirkwood
Iowa
Pelham St. George Bissell
New York
American Legion
Hammill
John L. Smith
Theodore G. Bilbo
Mississippi
Will R. Boyd
Cedar Rapids
Iowa State Board of Education
New Orleans
Former Partner of Late Mark Hanna Found Dead
Robert Livingston Ireland a 69 year old capitalist and partner of the late Mark Hanna was found shot to death in his Hotel Seymour apartment last night. Medical examiners stated death by self inflicted gunshot but detectives noted puzzling circumstances including multiple wounds and a nearby revolver. Mrs. Ireland said he had been in ill health and despondent, while his physician said he was recovering and planned to travel soon.
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Ross
Ireland
Ferry Peralta disaster near Oakland claims several missing
In a freak tide disaster on February 18 in San Francisco Bay the passenger laden ferry Peralta sank while bound for Oakland. Officials reported at least eight passengers missing after estimates ranged 80 to 100 aboard and seventeen rescued. Search continues for those unaccounted as the cause of the sinking remains undetermined.
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San Francisco
Peralta
San Francisco Bay
Oakland
Revised missing list from Peralta ferryboat tragedy
Police compiled a revised list of missing persons including J. W. Collins of Oakland Hugh Findlay Berkeley editor Tyrell Lewis Kean W Sayre Bert Langier Walter Foley and an unidentified black woman Others aboard the Hayward lifeboats spoke of rescuing a small boy washed away during the incident in San Francisco February 18.
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San Francisco
Peralta
J. W. Collins
Oakland
Hugh Findlay
Berkeley
Tyrell
Lewis Kean
W. Sayre
Bert Langier
Walter Foley
Hayward
Calhoun Man Badly Injured In Street Accident
S C Kennedy aged 41 and resident of Calhoun sustained a fractured skull and multiple bruises when struck by a James Automotive works truck driven by Oscar Smith on DeSiard between Seventh and Eighth streets yesterday at 4 20 p m He was taken to the St Francis sanitarium in an ambulance for treatment The truck was traveling west on DeSiard as Kennedy crossed the street after alighting from his auto parked on the south side
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S. C. Kennedy
Calhoun
James Automotive Works
Oscar Smith
DeSiard
Seventh
Eighth
St. Francis Sanitarium
Kennedy
World War Veteran Kills Daughter While Jesting
CHICAGO February 18 The veteran Ralph Fernerda staged a WWI style drill during dinner with his daughter Alice eighteen at the piano. He seized an old army rifle and ordered Halt Aim Fire. He fired and Alice collapsed. he says the gun was not loaded. Police report he did not know the rifle was loaded.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Ralph Fernerda
Alice
Fernerda
Coolidge Opposes Current Congressional Appropriations
President Coolidge criticizes Congress for liberal federal funding in tax cuts, flood control, and farm relief. He notes a $65 million tax curtailment increase, an $8 million army overage, and doubled shipping board spending. He favors selective costs sharing by communities and initial appropriations to begin work, while warning against excessive tax reductions or expansive flood and farm relief plans.
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Associated Press
Washington
Coolidge
Congress
Shipping Board
Senate
Garner
Texas
House
Ways and Means
Mississippi Valley
Senate Agriculture Committee
Agriculture Department
Mayor Walker Leaves New York for Mardi Gras Trip
Mayor James J. Walker departs New York for a week long southern tour ending next Saturday. Stops include Baltimore for an Advertising Club speech with Governor Ritchie, New Orleans for Mardi Gras races and a memorial bridge opening, Mobile for a Democratic leaders dinner, Atlanta for a talk with Major Cohen, Winston Salem to address an American Legion post, with possible detours to Birmingham and Montgomery.
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Associated Press
New York
New Orleans
James J. Walker
Baltimore
Advertising Club
Ritchie
Maryland
Washington
Walker
Jefferson Park
Mobile
Ala
Atlanta
John S. Cohen
Georgia
Winston-Salem
N. C
American Legion
Birmingham
Montgomery
Hambones Meditations by J. P. Alley
A short column by J. P. Alley titled Hambones Meditations explores themes of freedom and youth. It references a strong protest tone and hints at social critique, with a humorous fib about liberty and encounters with law, framed in a period voice.
124 Year Terrer Smiles Over Cop Getting Reward
J L Dailey, arrested in Baton Rouge while trying to rob a pressing shop, left with Texas officers to serve the rest of a 124 year sentence for robbery with firearms and related offenses. He smiled when learning the night watchman who arrested him received a $25 reward. he will not be tried here for the robbery.
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Baton’ Rouge
J. L. Dailey
Texas
Dailey
Car thief in Jacksonville jailed in Oklahoma rental case
L. V. Tarver, city detective, seeks clarity from Jacksonville police after a telegram from Robert H. Oliphant claims a man named William R. Broderick stole a Chevrolet rented by F. C. Eason. The message suggests possible payment to secure release. Eason plans to obtain a warrant. A Tulsa man, A. G. Oliphant, is referenced.
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L. V. Tarver
Jacksonville
Fla
F. C. Eason
Mr. Tarver
Mr. Eason
William R. Broderick
Jackson Street
Missouri Pacific Railroad
Robert H. Oliphant
A. G. Oliphant
Norfolk Street
Tulsa
Okla
Eason Company
Eason
Tarver
Fred Odem
L. Hatley
Mr. Tar
Hoodoo RODE Sea Rescue Near Tokyo
The Associated Press reports deaths from a Friday sea mishap where 15 men died as 21 crew of the American tank steamer Chuky were saved after 26 hours at sea. The captain and 14 others perished when the tanker exploded. Other ships faced danger and grounding with crews rescued or in peril near Liverpool and Ymun den as the Lucigen towed to Glasgow.
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Associated Press
Leviathan
Southampton
Varand
Liverpool
Ymuiden
Holland
Lucigen
Glasgow
Var tanker aground off Mersey amid storm danger
The British tank steamer Var and, outbound from Norfolk to New Orleans, ran aground at the Mersey mouth. Forty-one crew were rescued by a New Brighton lifeboat as the ship, hampered by a severe storm described as the worst in fifty years, drifted near shore.
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Liverpool
Eng
Mersey
Norfolk
New Orleans
Gas test locations and completions reported by conservation office
The conservation office minerals division lists many new gas test locations in Richland Morehouse Ouachita Parishes and nearby areas plus two completions. Notable wells include Huber Edwards No 4 6 264 000 cubic feet and Moody Seagraves LaFleur No 1 64 216 000 cubic feet daily open flow with depths 2211 2503 and sections 1-18-¬ eastern parishes.
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Conservation Office
Minerals Division
Ouachita
Richland
Richland Parish
H. Buchanan
W. S. Knotts
Morehouse Parish
Ouachita Parish
J. P. White
Emil
Schmidt
Jordan Drilling Company
Dereboom
Imperial Oil & Gas
Stubbs
Moody-Seagraves
Sartor Bo
J. M. Huber
Edwards No. 4
Southern Carbon Company
Phillips No. 1
Hemler
LaFleur No. 1
Dynamite blasts hit Chicago judge's home and business
Fire and blast strikes two buildings belonging to Municipal Judge John A. Sbarbaro in Chicago. The explosions threw the judge and his wife from bed, shattered windows, and damaged a funeral chapel on the first floor. Police see the attacks as a show of defiance against wartime crime crackdown. No injuries reported.
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Chicago
John A. Sbarbaro
Charles Fitzmorris
William Reid
Thompson
Judge Sharbaro
Mississippi House ends busy week on high notes
Jackson Feb 18 The Mississippi House voted against removing the University of Mississippi from Oxford and backed boxing exhibitions in the state. Senate approved laws making it illegal to drive under the influence and to ship game birds and fur-bearing animals out of state except in open season. Several liquor bills were reported unfavorably, including a malt sale prohibition backed by women’s groups to curb home brew.
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Jackson
Miss
University of Mississippi
Oxford
House
Senate
Two Columbia Girls Die In Plane Crash
A plane carrying two 17 year old Columbia girls Holt and Rogers crashed near the city edge after a strong wind gust. Pilot Don Diegel of Cheraw survived, injured. Dr. G A Bunch was at the field. The craft struck a floodlight tower at the Southern railway yard and burned.
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Columbia
8. C
Holt
Rogers
Don Diegel
Cheraw
G. A. Bunch
Southern Railway
Andrews
City High School Site Has Checkered History
Archives reveal a prized Ouachita Female Academy picture and a large logbook of board meetings kept by Superintendent E L Neville. Miss Lida Benton recalls a former wooden frame school on the current site bounded by Wood Jackson St John and Oak, followed by the Ouachita Female Academy building. The office of the superintendent and the academy history sparked curiosity as the story continues on the next page.
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Ouachita Female Academy
E. L. Neville
Monroe
Lida Benton
Benton
Wood, Jackson, St. John
Oak Streets
News-Star
Tion
Bay
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Ascension
Bissell
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Crescent City
Hambones Meditations
J. P. Alley
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Bell Syndicate, Inc
Terrer
Little Rock
Tokyo
Magnolia State Legislature
St. Louis
Memphis Terest
Lng Cares
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LTESE
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