Hoover Declines Agriculture Secretary Offer
President Coolidge offered Hoover the post of secretary of agriculture but Hoover preferred to stay in the commerce department. He stated the farmers' marketing problems require national economic measures and that he would continue to focus on reducing distribution costs and improving overall industrial conditions. He thanked the president for the honor and declined the transfer.
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Washington
Coolidge
Hoover
Winnsboro High School Destroyed by Fire in Winnsboro
Fire of undetermined origin yesterday destroyed Winnsboro La high school building valued at 195000 with 80000 insurance. Three years old, it burned after 3 am as firemen fought flames with minimal hose. Principal absent, assistant principal organized classes in vacant buildings. board to plan a larger replacement.
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Winnsboro
Bud Nelson
J. H. Bardwell
New Orleans
Jean Ford Crawford
Baptist Church
W. O. W. Hall
Methodist Church
Levee Engineer William Killebrew Dies in St Louis
William Laprade Killebrew 69 a Robertson County Tennessee native and noted levee contractor died of pneumonia in St Louis. He helped build the first brick house in Denison Texas with his brother J D Killebrew and worked on levee projects at Greenville Mississippi Pikcer Point La and Memphis. He also bid on the San Pedro harbor contract.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarkesville
Tenn
William Laprade Killebrew
Robertson County
Tennessee
South
Missisippi River
St. Louis
West Point
J. D. Killebrew
Denison
Texas
Washington noon sessions and conventions statewide
Senate and House meet at noon as the American Engineering Council opens a two day convention. The American Society of Newspaper Editors convenes in annual meeting. Senate continues debate on a treaty recognizing Cuban sovereignty over the island.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senate
House
American Engineering Council
Erican Society of Newspaper Editors
Pines
Census shows huge rise in U.S. public debt by 1922
Census figures reveal total public debt rose from 4.25 billion in 1912 to 30.85 billion in 1922. Federal debt grew from 1.03 billion to 22.16 billion. state debt also climbed from 545.9 million to 935.5 million, and municipal debts rose notably in Florida and Oregon. Per capita debt reached 283.70 while District of Columbia residents bore 36 cents.
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Washington
United States
Bureau
Oregon
Florida
District of Columbia
Bradford Boat Plans Monroe Run for Cotton Seed Cargo
A Bradford Transportation Co representative announced a New Orleans boat will visit Monroe around Feb 1, using the Terrebonne to travel the Bouef river to Rayville to collect cotton seed for the local mill, then load seed and proceed down the Ouachita to Monroe. The America, Capt. C. B. Cooley, is due to depart New Orleans for Monroe on its first trip since last spring.
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Ouachita River
Bradford Transportation Co
New Orleans
Monroe
Terrebonne
Bouef River
Rayville
Boue
Ouachita
Couef
Prohibition Enforcement Marks Five Years Under Hayes
Washington report notes five year anniversary of federal prohibition enforcement. Commissioner Haynes cites progress including reduced illicit liquor from bonded warehouses, tightened coast guard anti smuggling, and minimal use of denatured alcohol illicitly. He highlights decreases in wine imports and whiskey exports, plus campaigns for law observance and moral suasion.
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Washington
Haynes
Coast Guard
Hayes
All But One Ward in Richland Votes Down Stock Law
The Richland elections showed the stock law defeated in all wards except Delhi ward which voted for it. Special taxes passed in wards four and six for road construction and maintenance.
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Richland
News-Star
Rayville
Delhi
Figures for Year Show Oil Stocks Make Gains
A Wall Street compilation shows 15 leading oils on the exchange rising to 49.80 this year from 1924 lows of 86.46 a gain of 13.34 points. The group, however, remains 4.72 points below 1924 highs of 54.52 as gasoline prices advance and crude oil production fell last year.
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New York
Wall Street
Engineers Oppose Ransdell Bill on Water Resources Plan
Washington January 16 engineers at the American Engineering Council session rejected Senator Ransdell’s bill for a federal plan to develop water resources. The council called the measure impractical and a prohibited burden on the power commission, warning it risked government ownership. The group also opposed the Cramton bill to place industrial alcohol control under a prohibition bureau.
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Washington
Federal Power Commission
American Engineering Council
Ransdell
Louisiana
Power Commission
Cramton
Probe Into Sulphur Exhuastion Planned By State
A Louisiana state investigation into the exhaustion of sulphur deposits at Sulphur Calcasieu parish was ordered by W J Everett of the state conservation commission. H W Bell will lead the inquiry amid bond-financed harbor projects and a proposed ship canal, with 1 304 715 tons mined sulphur stored and 1 260 604 tons more estimated in the mines.
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New Orleans
Louisiana
Calcasieu Parish
W. J. Everett
State Conservation Commission
H. W. Bell
Shreveport
Conservation Department
Union Sulphur E Company
Texas
Union Sulphur Company
Lat
Everett
Calcasieu
Lake Charles
Calcasieu Ship Canal
Lake Charles Ship Canal
Lake Charles Harbor
Reduction Order Slated Soon From North Louisiana Gas Field
New Orleans reports a 148 285 000 cubic feet drop in Monroe gas field production week ending January 9 versus January 2. Commissioner W J Everett says operators are cooperating with the conservation department to preserve the field, as data guides upcoming curtailment for carbon black.
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New Orleans
Monroe
W. J. Everett
Department of Conservation
Louisiana
Ouachita
Union
Morehouse
Conservation Department
Everett
Gassers in Agreement on White Sox Trading
Shreveport article states the Chicago White Sox may select players from Shreveport Texas League club in exchange for loaned players with four men provided. Tarleton announced the deal and added that if the Sox pick a Shreveport player they pay a fixed price plus any concessions granted in players.
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White Sox
Shreveport
Chicago White Sox
Texas
Bob Tarleton
Sox
Portrait of Francis X. Bernard the Wisconsin shooter
The first photo shows Francis X. Bernard a chemical engineer who shot Lora Palmer a French instructor at the University of Wisconsin in Madison and then killed himself in the French dormitory Miss Palmer will recover.
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Francis X. Bernard
Pretty Lora Palmer
University of Wisconsin
Madison
Wis
Miss Palmer
Girl 16 Confesses Slaying Mother Then Attends Dance
Dorothy Ellingson a 16 year old confessed killer of her mother Mrs Anna Ellingson after 12 hours of questioning. She danced at a friend's apartment after the murder and later fled with $45 from the same room. Police investigated three young men for contributing to a minor. The brother rejected her advances in custody. Father and mother confronted her in city jail.
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San Francisco
Dorothy Ellingson
Anna Ellingson
David Stein
Dorothy
Keither Lord
Venice
Calif
Harry Lesser
Chenitz
Southern Pacific to Improve Line Between Shreveport and Houston
E H Randolph and S B Hicks were reelected to the Southern Pacific Houston and Shreveport division board at the annual stockholders meeting in Shreveport. Officers elected were W R Scott president G S Ward vice president and GM G R Cottingham auditor and O M Longnecker treasurer. The board plans to spend about 3 million on 1925 improvements including four river bridges across Sabine Neches Trinity and San Jacinto and 45 miles of 90 pound rail to carry heavier traffic.
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Shreveport
E. H. Randolph
S. B. Hicks
Houston and Shreveport Division
Southern Pacific Railroad
Scott
W. R. Scott
Houston
G. S. Ward
G. R. Cottingham
O. M. Longnecker
C. K. Dunlap
T. G. Beard
Sabine
Neches
Trinity
San Jacinto
Doctor from Shreveport elected president of Tri State Medical Society
Dr J A Hendrick of Shreveport was chosen to succeed Dr A G Chase of Texarkana as president of the Tri State Medical Society at a two day convention in Shreveport. Marshall Texas was set as the next meeting site. Nearly 200 doctors from Texas Louisiana and Arkansas attended. Other officers included Dr H C Iron of Benton vice president for Louisiana and Dr B M McKain of Monroe counsellor for Louisiana.
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Shreveport
J. A. Hendrick
A. G. Chase
Texarkana
Tri- State Medical Society
Marshall
Texas
Louisiana
Arkansas
H. C. Iron
Benton
B. M. McKain
Monroe
Senate Censure of Albert Fall over Doheny Loan
A Republican minority report on the Senate oil committee rebukes Albert B. Fall for accepting a $100,000 loan from Edward L. Doheny tied to the California naval oil reserve. It defends Edwin Denby on the lease issue but criticizes interpretation of statutes and notes concerns over prior oil stock dealings and conspiratorial rumors.
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Washington
Albert B. Fall
Interior
Edwin Denby
Navy
Senate Oil Committee
Senate
Fall
Edward L. Doheny
California
Smoot
Utah
Stanfield
Creeron
Arizona
Spencer
Miséeron
Missouri
Denby
Ghostly Mystery Baffles New York Police
In New York on January 16 police fail to solve a baffling ghostly knocking case at 5518 Camp Street. Edward Stoll, his family, and reporters stayed overnight as authorities, including Captain Ray, searched the home but found no source for the taps heard since Monday.
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New York
Edward H. Stoll
Camp Street
Stoll
Ray
Dimitry
Teachers Salaries Discussed At New Orleans Convention
The Louisiana Educational Conference in New Orleans opened with talks on teachers pay plans. A single salary schedule would align grades with similar experience and training. Speakers included C. E. Byrd and Alma Burk, with N. Norton unable to attend.
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New Orleans
Louisiana Educational Conference
C. E. Byrd
Caddo Parish
Alma Burk
Bolton High School
H. A. Norton
Vinton High School
Charles F. Trudeau
State Department of Education
W. 4. Miller
la Fourche
A. A. Sibley
Eunice High School
Ethel Weiss
French Envoy Becomes Ambassador to United States
New envoy M Wieschner of the French Foreign Office in Paris is appointed ambassador to the United States succeeding Jules J Jusserand who retires after twenty five years in Washington.
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M. Wieschner
Paris
United States
M. Jules J. Jusserand
Washington
Louisiana Educators Discuss Salaries and Term Extensions
New Orleans January session of the Louisiana Educational conference at the Roosevelt hotel debated equalizing salaries paid in twelve monthly installments and extending the school term to forty eight weeks. State officials proposed a businesslike, five and a half day week with salaries at least two hundred dollars monthly, plus a state luxury tax idea.
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New Orleans
Louisiana
Roosevelt Hotel
Harris
Perault
St. Martin Parish
St. Martinville
State Board of Education
Arkansas
J. W. Bolton
Alexandria
Rapides Parish
Bolton
G. O. Houston
DeSoto Parish
P. C. Rogers, Jr
Homer High School
E. L. Talbot
Houma High School
Walter Lemann
Donaldsonville
W. B. Presestt
Opelousas
Mr. Duncan
Rapides
C. B. Laborde
Avoyelles Parish
Mississippi Flood Threatens Rail Line And Towns
Hattiesburg and surrounding areas face rising rivers Leaf Bowie and Bouie as 9 foot in 24 hours floods threaten Gulf access. Maybanks sits 17 feet from the Gulf with Ship Island tracks at risk. One Hattiesburg bridge wrecked. two sewer lines threatened. Weather service warns flood stage could arrive in three days if rain continues.
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Hattiesburg
Miss
Leaf
Bowie
Gordon's Creek
Tiesburg
Maybanks
Hattesburg
Bouie
Gulf and Ship Island
Weather Bureau
Meridian
Mississippi
Orcheir
Congress Eyes Muscle Shoals Conference Move
Washington January 16 Representatives favoring passage of the Underwood Muscle Shoals bill plan to secure unanimous consent to send the measure directly to conference. Opponents say ample opportunity will exist to adjust Senate differences in conference. If blocked, advocates may seek a rule to force a conference, otherwise the bill goes to military affairs for favorable reporting and early consideration. In Wisconsin January 18 the assembly memorialized protesting private leasing of Muscle Shoals and urged immediate federal development for public benefit and cost distribution. Proceedings move to the state senate.
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Washington
House
Senate
Madison
Wis
Ay PB
Congress
Wisconsin Assembly
State Senate
Croker Estate Deeded Allegedly Illegally
In Jacksonville Florida on January 16 charges were filed in federal court by Richard Croker’s children alleging the Palm Beach estate willed to his widow Bula was deeded unlawfully. They seek possession under the state constitution claiming the estate was the family homestead at Croker’s death in Ireland. The Florida Supreme Court ruling held a married man with living children cannot directly or indirectly deed his homestead to his wife under Florida law.
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Jacksonville
Fla
Richard Croker
Tammany Hall
New York City
Palm Beach
Croker
Bula Croker
Ireland
Florida Supreme Court
Florida
Water levels cited as dropping across Great Lakes system
Senate hearings on a proposed deeper waterway to the gulf heard testimony from lake freighters captains about falling water. Edward Fitch said his ship’s average wheat cargo dropped from 500000 to 425000 bushels due to water shortages, noting the Chicago river as the hardest navigational section along the lake front.
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Washington
Chicago
Divorced Three Times Son of Gibson to Marry Spaulding’s Daughter
Haverhill Massachusetts January 16 1920. Evelyn H Spaulding daughter of Mr and Mrs Harris W Spaulding of Haverhill announces her engagement to William Preston Gibson son of the late Senator James Randall Lee Gibson of Louisiana and nephew of Chief Justice White. Gibson a Yale graduate has been divorced three times. His first wife was Minna Field a Marshall Field niece and stepdaughter of Thomas Nelson Page. He later married Grace McMillan Jarvis granddaughter of Senator McMillan and obtained a divorce in 1917. Mrs Beatrice Benjamin Pratt divorced wife of Alexander Dallas Pratt was his third wife.
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Haverhill
Mass
Harris W. Spaulding
Evelyn H. Spaulding
William Preston Gibson
James Randall Lee Gibson
Louisiana
White
United States Supreme Court
Gibson
Yale
Minna Field, Nice
Marshall Field
Chicago
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Southern Pacific
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Dreschner
Underwood
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