French Shanghai area shelled as gunboat bombards arsenal
Nationalist gunboat shelled the French concession in Shanghai wounding no one though homes were damaged. The Kiang Wei and Kiangkang were deterred by French ships Alerte and Marne. Chinese cruisers planned to join but backed off as authorities mobilized volunteers and police to guard the French sector.
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Associated Press
Kiangan
Whang Poo
Sun Chaun-fan
Kiangsze Province
Shanghai
Sung Kiang
I A At
Jules Michelet
LaFollette Proposes Washingtons Term Limit Respect
Washington’s birthday prompts Sen. L Folkette to introduce a resolution in the Senate urging retirement after a second term. The measure, offered after Washington’s farewell, argues the two-term precedent is a cornerstone of the republic and departures threaten free institutions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senate of Washington
George
Georgia
House
Congress
Coolidge
Senate
Washington
Carter Oil fixes crude oil prices in mid continent
Tulsa reports Carter Oil sets crude prices across grades with 28 gravity at 1.35 dollars per barrel and 52 gravity and above at 2.31 dollars, down from prior levels. The cut affects low to high gravity crude, with a 39 cent minimum gap noted for high gravity oil.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tulsa
Mid-Continent
Carter Oil Company
Italian Airman Begins Hazardous Atlantic Flight
Commander Francesco De Pinedo of Italy started a dangerous 1,423 mile seaplane crossing from Cape Verde to Fernando de Noronha off Brazil. He set off from Praya Cape Verde and faced a demanding Atlantic leg as reported.
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Porta Praya
Cape Verde Islands
Francesco de Pinedo
Italy
Fernando Noronha
Proprieter Claims Shooting Staged Outside Hall
C. E. Fairbanks operator of the Monroe midway dance hall said the Saturday night shooting was staged outside the hall near the Monroe Bastrop highway and that over fifty witnesses would testify the pistol fired and a girl was wounded off the pavilion. He denied the two hundred dancers claim and said the hall was closing at 11 45 p m with lights out and musicians paid off. He urged sheriff supervision and said dances would continue as scheduled.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. E. Fairbanks
Midway Dance Hall
Monroe-Bastrop
News- Star
Fairbanks
Monroe
Presidential handshakes deferred amid heavy official business
Washington reports that President remains unavailable during the noon hour with no callers received in the customary interval. Officials say the schedule is filled with important duties and the public greeting is temporarily suspended.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
North Carolina Judge quits Klan over Evans split
Raleigh report says Henry A. Grady superior court judge and grand dragon of the North Carolina Knights of the Ku Klux Klan resigns from the organization. Six of the 86 locals surrender charters as Grady cites Evans making a mess of things and opposition to proposed anti Protestant Catholic marriage and child rearing measures.
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Associated Press
Raleigh
N. C
Henry A. Grady
North Carolina
Superior Court
North Carolina Knights of the
Ku Klux Klan
Hiram W. Evans
The
Klan
Raleigh News and Observer
Grady
Clinton
Evans
Chicago mayoral primary ends in police roundup and kidnap report
Chicago’s bitter mayoralty primary opens with heavy police details numbering over three thousand and machine gun patrols at polling places. Within hours arrests multiply as weapons are found. two Democratic precinct judges are reported kidnapped in the sixth ward.
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Chicago
Wm. E. Dever
Edward R. Litzinger
William Hale
Big Bill
Litzinger
Thompson
Chicago Voting Day Marked by Arrests and Confiscations
Chicago voters faced a day of arrests and minor violence as Washington's Birthday mayoralty primary and aldermanic elections proceeded. Police seized twelve pistols and a rapid firing gun, with three kidnapping cases and one assault reported, while a warm cloudy holiday day spurred expected high turnout among workers and candidates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Washington
May Cut Crude Production in Seminole Field
Tulsa Okla Feb 22 Curtailment of development work in the Seminole field has been reported by Ray Collins umpire as part of a program to meet the crisis from over production in the district After an executive session with a committee of oil men Collins urged reducing the flow of all producing wells and shutting down rigs when drills reach oil bearing sands He was to survey pipeline capacity and buyers interest and operators would pro rate pipeline runs once data are obtained
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Associated Press
Tulsa
Oklo
Seminole
Ray Collins
Collins
Robinson walks free after 35 day hunger strike
Los Angeles report notes Carl S Robinson ended a 35 day hunger strike and walked out of jail when his term expired after a sentence for blocking traffic while distributing literature on militarism.
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Los Angeles
Robinson
Washington's Honor Standard Highlighted by President
President Coolidge told Congress Washington set a high standard of public and private honor and was a practical self made man and man of affairs. He urged a 1932 200th anniversary celebration with radio nationwide to honor the nation’s founder and his foresight and courage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Washington
George Washington
Coolidge
Congress
Senate
House
Lieber Building Contract Let for Grand Street
The Monroe building boom continues as C. E. Andrews of Ruston wins a $72 800 contract to construct the reinforced concrete and brick Lieber building on Grand Street. The project includes a garage on the first floor and auto storage on the second, with completion in 125 working days.
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Ben Lieber
McGuire
Grand Street
C. E. Andrews
Ruston
Stay of execution denied in Ned Harvey case
Federal Judge Ben C. Dawkins refused a writ seeking a stay of Ned Harvey's execution for the slaying of John Springer in Cameron Parish. Attorney Paul Sompayrac announced an appeal to the U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals.
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Associated Press
Shreveport
Ben C. Dawkins
Ned Harvey
John Springer
Cameron Parish
Paul Sompayrac
United States Circuit Court of Appeals
Know Central Louisiana Better Campaign Launched
Alexandria, La to attract industry and farming with a civic effort. A mass meeting at city hall featured business and civic leaders outlining advantages of central Louisiana for growth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alexandria
Central
Louisiana
City Hall
Hambones Meditations by J. P. Alley
A dialect piece by J. P. Alley reflects on crooks crowded in jails and the public crowding outside, conveying social tension in a folksy voice. The urban scene contrasts inside confinement with outside scrutiny and gossip.
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Hambones Meditations
J. P. Alley
Georgian Shot Dead by Woman in Washington
Selma, Wash. February 22 Old Surrency a 20 year old from Waycross Georgia was shot and killed at the Craighead filling station near Uniontown after he and three companions refused to pay for gasoline Mrs Pres ton Craighead says he tried to run her down with their auto She fired a pistol striking him in the head and killing him instantly The three companions were detained for questioning The car bore a Florida license tag
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Selma
Wash
Surrency
Waycross
Craighead
Uniontown
Preston Craighead
Texas
Y M C A State Meet Progress Report in Alexandria
Reports of 1926 progress were presented at the fifth annual Louisiana Y M C A convention in Emmanuel Baptist church Alexandria. Baton Rouge’s RE. B. Taylor presided with H F E Robinson of Tulane as secretary. About fifty delegates attended as the executive committee announced a $22 963 budget raised last year. C C Robinson of New York, national secretary, delivered a principal address.
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Associated Press
Alexandria
Louisiana
Young Men's Christian Association
Emmanuel Baptist Church
RE. B. Taylor
Baton Rouge
H. F E. Robinson
Tulane University
New Orleans
C. C. Robinson
New York
Washington Senate Debates Whisky Bill as Congress Opens
The Senate meets at Kant House to take up a medicinal whisky bill while the Mission Congress convenes. President Coolidge addresses joint sessions discussing current national issues and policy priorities.
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Senate
Kant House
Coolidge
Joint Mission Congress
Washington
Monroe Gas Field Record Shatters with 1100-Pound Gas Pressure
The Palmer Corporation gasser Colvin No 1 in Richland parish blew in at 2432 feet yielding 19 146 750 cubic feet daily with rock pressure around 1080 pounds, likely over 1100 after testing. Gas rich in gasoline about 400 gallons per million cubic feet, with two gas bearing sands and promising oil formations but no deeper drilling planned.
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Monroe
Palmer Corporation
Gasser
Colvin
No. 1
Richland Parish
A. F. Parker
Mineral Division
State Conservation Department
Texas Company
Morehouse Parish
Parker
Byrd Plans South Pole Hop In 1928 Flight
Commander Richard E. Byrd announced in Chicago that he will attempt a privately financed flight across the south pole during the Antarctic summer of 1928. An American built Fokker plane will be used with a supply base around the pole and a science corps to precede the flight. The dash aims for the unknown regions awaiting exploration and will start as soon after September as conditions permit.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Richard FE. Byrd
North Pole
South Pole
Pole
Byrd
Fairlitec
Izaak Walton League
Antarctic
Former German tavern keeper ends life in Los Angeles
Herman F. Bestmann Sr. aged 73, once a wealthy tavern keeper in Germany, hanged himself in his son's Los Angeles home after disputes over language and customs. A suicide note accused the son of murder. The elder Bestmann had recently moved to live with his son after wartime losses and faced desmondent and failing eyesight.
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Associated Press
Los Angeles
Cal
Herman F. Bestmann, Sr
Germany
Herman Bestmann
Bestman
Couple Found Slain in Toledo Home
In Toledo Ohio on February 22 Mr and Mrs Alex Schutter were found shot and hacked to death in their home. Police suspect the husband killed his wife then died by suicide. Three young children slept in an adjoining bedroom when discovered by a wash woman delivering linen.
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Associated Press
Toledo
Ohio
Alex Schutter
Schutters
Caddo House Attacked Amid Black Hand Threats in Shreveport
In Shreveport two rooms at Frank Liberto residence were sprayed with sixteen bullets just before midnight. The Libertos, including four children, narrowly escaped injury as a patrol of threats tied to an Italian vendetta circulated after a store safe was blown. A Negro witness saw a small touring car flee. Rosa Liberto, linked to a previous safe robbery, was sentenced to an indefinite term at the House of the Good Shepherd in New Orleans for delinquent juvenile status following capture in Marshall, Texas.
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Shreveport
Frank Liberto
Liberto
Libertos
Ford Street
Rosa Liberto
Marshall
Texas
House of the Good Shepherd
New Orleans
Washington the Real Estate Speculator of 1773 Ohio Territory
An aged Maryland Journal and Baltimore Advertiser issue from August 20 1773 reveals George Washington as a land speculator in the Ohio territory offering 20 000 acres on the Great Kanawha and Ohio rivers for lease Two years use without cost with ten acres cleared and cultivated Washington promotes the territory in expansive terms in the lengthy advertisement this document preserves a view of his early ventures as the father of his country.
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Shreveport
George Washington
Ohio Territory
Maryland Journal and
Baltimore Advertiser
Shreveport Corporation
Washington
Kankawa
Ohio
Author-Producer Arrested Over Broadway Show Stopper
New York theater figure William Francis Dursn, author of The Virgin Man, was arrested after camping on the stage couch to halt a performance amid ongoing injunctions and raided status. He named partners Mack Cohen and Jacob Cromberg, while noting he was the boss in the case.
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Associated Press
New York
Wa Free Today
William Francis Dursn
Virgin Man
Mack
Cohen
Jacob Cromberg
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Bell Syndicate
Ino
Richland Parish Gasser
Julian
Capetown
Piel Hee
Winnie Comyns
Cape Town
British South Africa
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