Preacher hints at sensational end to Hooded Mob hearing
The Bastrop hearing into K K K activities in Morehouse parish nears conclusion with expected sensational testimony. Clarence Teegerstrom, brother of missing timekeeper Harold Teegerstrom, is to be questioned as officials search for him near Swartz. Indictments ranging murder to assault are anticipated. Burnett and McKain face bail as grand juries loom.
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Clarence Teegerstrom
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Southern Carbon Company
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Carbon Company
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Met Rouge
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Brother of missing boy testifies in Bastrop hearing
Clarence Teegerstrom, brother of Harold Teegerstrom missing since December 29, testified in Bastrop as Louisiana seeks clues about masked men in Morehouse parish. He said he last heard January 10 and destroyed a letter Harold sent claiming safety and readiness to testify for Jeff Burnett.
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Cavalry probes missing man Teegerstrom in Bastrop region
Witnesses in Monroe and Ouachita parishes report Harold Teegerstrom, sought as a state witness, is not in hiding in Swartz or Ouachita and sightings in Pennsylvania persist. Cavalry and sheriff deputies scoured Bastrop area and nearby Jones home without success as testimony recounts a 1918 style masked-robbery incident involving Watt Daniels.
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Russian refugee ships lost in China Sea route
Seven Russian refugee ships with more than 500 people aboard are reported missing in the China Sea on a Shanghai to Philippines voyage. No word has come from the vessels for two weeks.
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Clansman Author Condemns Modern Klan in Gotham Address
Thomas Dickson author of The Clansman condemned the modern Ku Klux Klan in New York at a meeting by the American Unity League. He warned the disguise and oath bound order risks riot and martial law, praising the original Klan as a weapon against tyranny and urging defense of immigrants and foreigners.
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Lions Club Urges President to Call Nations Together
The Lions Club of Wichita Kansas endorses a resolution urging Congress to empower the president to convene a conference of leading nations. Monroe Lions also endorsed and forwarded the measure to all clubs as a step toward a just peace and economic stability after World War I. The item notes a Kansas City Star radio concert invitation for February fifth and mentions local Knights of Pythias involvement.
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Exalted Cyclops Contact Suppressed Bastrop Mer Rouge Lines
Miss Lilian Weismann, Bastrop telephone operator, testifies Captain Skipwith of the Morehouse KKK asked her not to send or receive any messages between Bastrop and Mer Rouge. Witnesses recount Skipwith's activity and nearby observers noting Ku Klux Klan presence the day of the August 24 kidnapping.
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Cumberland Telephone Company
Morehouse
J. K. Skipwith
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Watt Daniels
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T. F. Richards
W. C. Andrews
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FTC Ordered Probe Into Calcium Arsenate Trade
The Senate adopted a resolution directing the Federal Trade Commission to investigate the calcium arsenate industry. The inquiry will determine if anti trust laws were violated in its manufacture and distribution used to combat the cotton boll weevil.
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Florida
Cotton ginning totals before Jan nineteenth released by bureau
The census bureau reports 9 652 601 running bales ginned before January 16, with 167 399 round bales counted as half bales and 30 967 American Egyptian plus 5 065 Sea Island. State figures include Alabama 817 842 dollars, Texas 3 106 869 dollars, and others listed.
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Ouachita Oil Giants Plan Long River Route to Europe
Gladys-Bell Oil Company and other Ouachita field producers prepare a river and barge system to export Smackover and East Field crude. A 55,000 barrel tank farm and additional tanks at New Orleans are planned, with oil moved from Ouachita to the Mississippi and then to overseas markets.
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Ruhr Valley Isolation Talk Escalates As French Move
Reports from Duesseldorf say most Ruhr mines are still operating while Berlin cites 165000 Ruhr workers striking at Thyssen and Stinnes plants. Paris vows drastic measures, including total isolation of the valley and new currency, if German resistance persists.
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