German Invention Enables First Simultaneous Wireless Calls at Sea
Wireless telephone talks occurred between passengers on different ships and landlines for the first time. The system, a German invention, was brought to port aboard the North German Lloyd Columbus. Mrs. Morris Sampter spoke with her sister aboard the liner Deutsch about eight minutes of fashion and current events. Carl Gerstung of Norddeich Patents said the duplex unit let two-way speech flow instantaneously, relaying messages via land lines to interior stations.
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New York
A. P
Lumbus
Morris Sampter
York
Em‘l ] Heimer
Phillip Berol Zer
Deutsch
Rs. Sampter
Carl Gerstung
Telfunken Company
Norddeich
Germany
Berlin
Columbus
Coast Guard Captures 2000 Cases of Liquor in Gulf
The coast guard cutter Comanche chases in the Gulf of Mexico seize a schooner and two motor boats carrying 2000 cases of liquor. Value estimated near $40,000, total Gulf seizures in ten days around $1,000,000. Crews of seized vessels held on bond. Warehouses guard the plunder. The Comanche heads to Mobile with the captured craft.
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Mobile
Ala
A. P
Coast Guard
Comanche
Gulf of Mexico
Gulf
Saukee
Marion Adams
Essels
Minary
Earthquake Shocks Felt in Santiago
Santiago reports two mild earthquakes felt at 11 20 last night. Details from the Chilean capital describe the tremors as minor but noticeable to residents. No injuries or damage are reported.
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Santiago
Chile
Reverend Billy Sunday Asked to Aid Scopes Prosecution
River Hood Oregon June By A P The Associated Press reports Reverend William Billy Sunday was invited to assist in prosecuting John T Scopes the Tennessee high school teacher charged with violating the Evolution Law. Sunday reportedly is at his Hood River Oregon summer home where the invitation has reached him.
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Louisville
Louisville Courierrial
Walterite
Dayton
Tenn
V. William
Billy
John T. Scopes
Hood River
Oregon
Most of Us Are Twins Says Zoologist at Chicago
Chicago July 3. Professor H H Newman of the University of Chicago zoology department argues that most people are twins, alternating between calm and irritability. He says identical twins are left and right halves of one person and that bilateral symmetry is a stage in twinning. He attributes arrested development to metabolism and cites heredity as the dominant factor in twin studies.
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Chicago
A. P
H. H. Newman
University of Chicago
Jeklyl
Mr. Hyde
Prof. Newman
War Department reviews test muster plans for national defense
Washington July 3 The War Department held a conference led by Major General John L. Hines with 23 officers to refine detailed plans for tomorrow's nationwide muster test. The aim is to ensure rapid, efficient expansion of national forces and complete state of defense under the national defense act.
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Washington
A. P
War Department
John L. Hines
H.nes
Pershing
Hines
Department
General Staff
Zeigfeld Bride, Lina Basquette, to Return to Films
Lina Basquette of Los Angeles, a Zeigfeld Follies dancer and former child star, is engaged to Samuel L Warner, VP of Warner Bros Pictures. She plans marriage this summer and expects to resume screen work under contract terms. Zeigfeld notes caution on marriages but will keep her in the show as premiere danseuse.
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New York
A. P
Lina Basquette
Los Angeles
Zeigfeld
Miss Basquette
Mr. Zeigfeld
Mrs Coolidge narrowly avoids motorcycle collision in Swampscott
President Coolidge arrives in Cambridge to lead a parade with 150000 spectators. In Swampscott a motorcyclist detail nearly struck Mrs Coolidge during a morning walk. her secret service escort, James Haley, alerted her as the machine passed between them.
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Cambridge
Mass
Coolidge
Swampscott
Cambridge Common
Washington
Walker Memorial
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
McBride
Boston
A. P
Secret Service
Mrs. Coolidge
Haley
White Court
White House
John Byson
West Monroe man injured when truck collides with car
O. G. Clark, 56, of West Monroe, is hospitalized at Riverside sanitarium after a collision near Travelers Rest farm. His truck, carrying negro laborers and hauling ties for the W. M. Ruffin contract, was struck by a fast Ford car driven by an unnamed negro. Clark suffered a scalp wound and multiple bruises and is resting after receiving twenty stitches. The Ford occupants were only slightly injured.
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O. O. Clark
West Monroe
Riverside Sanitarium
Travelers’ Rest Farm
Clark
W. M. Ruffin
Parish High Votes Record Budget for New Units
The Ouachita parish school board approved a 1925 26 budget of 308 036 88 for salaries new buildings and transportation. It includes construction of one and a half to two additional units at parish high and three white schools in the parish with plans to begin fall work and add Okaloosa High for the coming term.
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Ouachita Parish
T. O. Brown
McHenry Place
Rilla
Breard Springs
Sterlington
Parish High
Telemaque Street
Hether
Brown
Monroe
Louisiana
Professor Brown
Schoo Boar
Okaloosa
Merchants Forecast Mine Suspension Amid Wage Demands
In Scranton Pennsylvania merchants foresee a mine suspension in September tied to new wage demands by 45 000 tonnage workers and union pushes for a ten percent rise plus other costs. District No 7 president Andrew Mutter warns a suspension will occur as miners plan to present demands in Atlantic City on July 9. Operators meet in New York next week to decide wage policy and may oppose raises or seek reductions and resist union dues checkoffs.
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Scranton
Penna
A. P
Andrew Mutter
New York
Worlers
Approve Plan to Send Debt Envoys to U S
Paris July 3 The council of Ministers approved a plan to send French debt commissioner to the United States this summer.
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U. S
Paris
A.P
Council of Ministers
United States
River Stage Readings for Ohio and Ouachita Regions
River stage data from Cairo, Memphis, Vicksburg, New Orleans, Shreveport, Alexandria, Camden and Monroe. Changes include rises falls and stationary readings with specific values for each location. Data supports regional water level monitoring and trend tracking.
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Cairo
Memphis
Vicksburg
New Orleans
Shreveport
Alexandria
Ouachita
Camden
Monroe
Monroe Guards Readiness for Joint Defense Day Parade
National Guard companies of Monroe drill for tomorrow's parade in Alexandria as part of the Joint Defense Day events. Units assemble at 6 am at the armory, ride the Boosters' special to Alexandria, form at the Union Depot, then proceed to city hall square for addresses by Mayors Foisy and Bernstein, City Attorney Reney, and George J. Ginsberg.
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National Guard
Monroe
Alexandria
Missouri Pacific
Union Depot
City Hall
Camp Fire
Alexandria Baseball Association
Missouri Pacific Boosters
City Park
Pipp Concussion Improves. Out for Weeks
Wally Pipp, Yankees first baseman, recovering from a brain concussion after being struck by a pitched ball yesterday. Hospital officials say he is much improved but cannot leave the hospital for at least two weeks, with any return to play remote for a month. The injury occurred when Charley Caldwell pitched during batting practice before the game with the Athletics.
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New York
A. P
Wally Pipp
Pipp
Temple
Charley Caldwell
Princeton
Athletics
N C American Legion Will Celebrate Fourth
New Orleans July 3 By A. American Legion will mark the Fourth with a festival at the fair grounds as part of its anniversary activities.
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N.C. American Legion
New Orleans
Darrow Plans Federal Injunction in Scopes Case
Clarence Darrow announces the Scopes evolution trial will move to federal court. Dr John R Neal leaves for Tennessee with data to seek a federal injunction to block enforcement of the Tennessee anti evolution law. Two federal complaints will be filed, one by Scopes and one by a property holder.
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Chicago
A. P
Clarence Darrow
Dayton
Tenn
Darrow
New York
John R. Neal
Dudley Field Malone
Bainbridge Colby
Neal
Tennessee
Knoxville
Chattanooga
Scopes
Dayton Scopes Trial Faces Possible Postponement
Defense counsel in New York seeking indefinite postponement in state courts and a federal injunction in Knoxville, aiming to argue the law unconstitutional. Dayton officials anticipate the trial next Friday unless moved, while Clarence Darrow defends evolution education as essential against public opposition.
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New York
A. P
Dayton
Tenn
John T. Scopes
Knoxville
A. T. Stewart
Clarence Darrow
Monroe Man Elected President of LA Funeral Directors
J M Fallo of New Orleans was elected president of the Louisiana Association of Funeral Directors at the close of the 12th annual session. Other officers include P S Mulhearn Monroe first vice president J M Leitz New Orleans second vice president P L Schoen New Orleans secretary treasurer and A F McGee Eunice sergeant at arms.
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New Orleans
A. P
J. M. Fallo
Louisiana Association of Funeral Directors
P. S. Mulhearn
Monroe
J. M. Leitz
P. L. Schoen
A. F. McGee
Eunice
England Air Liner Crashes Near Durham During Derby
An air liner transporting officials and newspaper men to observe the aerial derby for the King's cup crashed near Durham. The wing damage caused no casualties. The race began in bad weather and six fliers had to land shortly after takeoff due to heavy fog.
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Croydon
England
A. P
Durham
New York Firm Dean Onatavia and Company Fails
The president of the New York Stock Exchange announced the failure of Dean Onatavia and Company, a firm listed on the exchange. The notice came on July 3 as officials disclosed the collapse of the firm.
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New York
New York Stock Exchange
Dean, Onatavia and Company
Exchange
Wills Win Triggers Racial Clashes in New York Streets
After Harry Wills knockout over Charley Weinert, two groups of Black men attacked whites in two locations in Manhattan. Police stopped further disorder. several whites injured, including John Gaffney and Michael Earl. Gaffney and Earl severely cut. others escaped. No arrests reported.
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New York
A. P
Harry Wills
Charley Weinert
West 52Nd Street
Harry
Weinert
John Gaffney
Gaffney
Michael Earl
23Rd Street
Barge Line To Start Ouachita River Freight Service Tomorrow
Stovall Transportation Co. launches the Ouachita river barge service from Monroe to New Orleans. The first cargo is carbon black on a 500 ton barge, with seven crew plus oil-fired tug. Schedule calls for a two and a half day voyage with future ten day cycles and new Monroe dock facilities planned on Walnut Street.
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Ouachita River
Stovall Transportation Company
At of
Crescent City
Monroe
Mississippi
Fred Stovall
Stovall Drilling Co
Stovall Transportation Co
New Orleans
America
Biedenharn
Walnut Street
Farmer's Wife Dies Trying to Save Son in Barn Fire
Mrs. Charles Langford of Independence Louisiana died in a barn blaze while attempting to rescue her two year old son who started the fire by playing with matches. the child perished in the hay loft.
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Independence
A. P
Charles Langford
Street carmen wage scale kept intact in New Orleans
New Orleans, July 3. The street carmen wage scale for the coming year remains unchanged, announced today by Patrick E. Burke, Umpire of the arbitration Board. The decision followed two months of agitation with carmen seeking a 10 percent raise while the company proposed a 5 percent cut.
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New Orleans
Carmen
Patrick E. Burke
Arbitration Board
News-Star Independence Day Edition Out Early
The News Star will issue an Independence Day edition tomorrow at noon. To permit a half holiday for employees, the early press will omit the afternoon edition and keep its usual form otherwise.
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News-Star
News Star
Santa Barbara Quakes Prompt Telegraph Move and Damage Update
A string of earthquakes shakes Santa Barbara and Los Angeles prompting the Pacific Telegraph toll lines to relocate AP wires from the Daily News building. Early reports on the Billings home damage were exaggerated though plaster and bricks fall along State street and at the Old Mission. A later tremor at 10 45 am proves severe but less violent than prior shocks.
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Los Angeles
A. P
Pacific Telegraph and Telephone Company
s _ toll lines
Santa Barbara
Associated Press
Daily News
Billings
State Street
Old Misson
Calif
Santa Barbara Seismograph Reports Second Quake Brief
A follow up tremor struck Santa Barbara at 10 21 a m lasting two seconds and less violent than the earlier quake.
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Santa Barbara
Earthquake Felt in Pasadena Twice This Morning
A second flight earthquake was felt in Pasadena at 10 19 this morning following an earlier quake at 8 38. No damage was reported.
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Pasadena
Calif
A. P
Santa Barbara Shaken by Strong Morning Earthquake
Santa Barbara felt a heavy quake at 8 38 a m lasting about six seconds with two shocks from east to west. Buildings swayed more than after last Monday and occupants rushed outside for safety with no damage reported. Pasadena also reported a minor earthquake at 8 38 a m moving north and south.
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Santa Barbara
Calif
Billings Mansion Damaged in Morning Quake
Reports say the mansion of racehorse owner C. K. G. Billings on the eastern hills suffered partial demolition in today’s earthquake. The Billings home was only slightly damaged in Monday’s tremor.
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Santa Barbara
C. K. G. Billings
Billings
Ambler
Santa Barbara Builders to Work Half Day Fourth
Santa Barbara residents resume work after the earthquake with debris removal under city engineers led by E Marx. City crews are ordered to work half a day to speed restoration of electrical and gas services and clear damages while authorities assess safety.
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Santa Barbara
Calif
A. P
Santa Barban
E. Marx
Heacity
Damag
Hasster
First Alexandria Fourth of July Parade Schedule
Alexandria plans two Independence Day events with a morning 10 a.m. parade start and a 3 p.m. second showing. Residents expect large crowds as people travel to the capital to witness the holiday activity.
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Alexandria
Holiday Iim
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