Petain Arrives in Rabat to Boost French Morroccan Campaign
Marshal Petain arrived in Rabat and plans to visit Fez as large reinforcements are readied to defend against Abd-El-Krim’s Rif forces. He will confer with Governor Lyautey and Moroccan leadership to organize men and material for a swift victory. Riffian agents seek to undermine allied support among tribes and the sultan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rabat
A. P
Marshal Petain
Abd-El Krim
France
Lyautey
Petain
Fez
Abd-El- Krim
Morocco
Abd-El-Krim
Allergha
Slander suit yields $10,000 verdict in Chicago case
Albert Leland won a $10,000 damages verdict against E L Hartig trustee of an Oak Park church over statements labeling Leland’s associate as an illegitimate father and fraud suspect. The suit grew from a divorce dispute involving Rev. Carl D Case and his wife Charlotte. The case featured clergy conduct questions and church committee investigations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
A. P
Albert Leland
E. L. Hartig
Oak Park Church
Leland
Hartig
Carl D. Case
Charlotte
Dr. Case
Carl D
Silver showers of their own for Eastern coeds
Syracuse University co-eds may not need silverware as hotel patrons in Syracuse lose silver totaling 2000 dollars in eight months. Roy P. Brainard, Hotel Syracuse managing director, says souvenir hunters are responsible for thefts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Syracuse
N. Y
Syracuse University
Roy P. Brainard
Monroe Cumberland Bell Telephone Builds New $100000 Plant
Frank Masling, awarded Monroe contract for Cumberland Bell Telephone Company, returns from Atlanta after bid acceptance. The cement brick two story building on Catalpa and Grammont streets will cost $100,332.75 with interior equipment equal to the sum, to be ready by January 1 to relieve crowding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Masling
Cumberland Bell Telephone Company
Monroe
Atlanta
Catalpa Street
Grammont Street
J. W. Warren
Rate reduction on cotton halted by Interstate Commerce Commission
The Interstate Commerce Commission suspended a Southern railroads plan to cut cotton export rates to South Atlantic ports from Alabama Mississippi and Tennessee points. The proposed July 20 change is postponed to November 17 for investigation. Memphis to Savannah already shows current 88 cents per hundred pounds versus proposed 83 12 cents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W.shington
A. P
Southern
South Atlantic
Interstate Commerce Commission
Alabama
Mississippi
Tennessee
Com
Memphis
Savanmission
Chicago sportsman buys Biloxi estate for resort
Herbert Shimp and C. D. Beckwith of Chicago purchase the 140 acre Robert H. Holmes estate at Biloxi Mississippi for about 225000. They plan to subdivide and develop it as a resort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Herbert Shimp
C. D. Beckwith
Robert H. Holmes
Biloxi
Miss
Death Comes To Relief Of Burned Man
A fatal automobile wreck near Douglas killed Mrs. C Gros and her seven month old baby by fire after the car left the road. The husband C Gros died later at a local sanitarium and was buried in Donaldsonville with surviving children and relatives. The family lived at New Roads and he worked on a Farmerville road crew.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ruston
Donaldsonville
C. Gros
New Roads
Gros
Alfred
J. C
Mary
Leo Gros
Ed Gros
Baton Rouge
J. J. LeBlac
Monroe
Farmerville
Douglas
Calif Oil Tank Fire Causes Large Loss in Oildale
A Pacific Oil Co tank No 4 at Oildale near Bakersfield burned after lightning late yesterday. Losses estimated at 450000, with 350000 in oil and 100000 in the tank. Firefighting crews worked to prevent spread, minimal containment expected in hours.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bakersfield
Calif
A. P
Pacific Oil Company
Oildale
Night Watchman Fatally Wounded by Negro in Mississippi
Sam T. Cole a Lexington night watchman is hospitalized in critical condition after a shooting by a stranger in Tchula. Cole had been arresting a man for stealing chickens when he was shot through the lung with a bullet piercing the backbone leaving him paralyzed from the waist down. The assailant fled and has not been located.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lexington
Miss
A. P
Sam T. Cole
Tchula
Cole
Brookhaven to retain Cotton States league franchise
Brookhaven was virtually assured retention of its Cotton States league franchise for the season after committees raised funds to tide the team over. President Byrnes of the Brookhaven club announced progress and by noon today a definite outcome was expected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jackson
Miss
Brookhaven
Byrnes
Uncle Sam launches summer drive against liquor traffic
New York reports an intensive prohibition push with eight New York arrests for liquor shipments to New England, Andrews touring Canadian borders to seal leaks, warnings to rum runners on Great Lakes, and a sweeping agency shake up. A major bootleg ring was broken in New York. 41 others were linked to shipments. Izzy Einstein may receive reappointment as the force reorganizes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
A. P
Sam
Rim
New England
Andrews
Great Lakes
United States
Canada
Massachusetts
Haynes
Mid-West
Federal
Prohibition
Buckner
Mannie Kressler
Kessler
Atlanta Federal Penitentiary
Harry Smith
Port of
Buffalo
Globe
Toronto
Izzy Einstein
Negro prisoner escapes Mississippi prison farm
Will Vaughan, a negro sentenced from Jasper county in August 1920 to 12 years for manslaughter, escaped today from the state prison farm at Parchman. A $50 reward has been offered for his recapture.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jackson, Miss
Will Vaughan
Jasper County
Parchman
Camp Fire Girls of Grayson Visit Arkansas
Camp Fire Girls from Grayson Louisiana and their chaperone toured Arkansas in a three week trip. They arrived in Portland then Little Rock, met Governor Terral, and stayed at a tourist camp after fundraising through penny parties and bazaars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Little Rock
City Park
Louisiana
Grayson
Caldwell Parish
Pelican State
Mary Alice Cutler
Ozarks
Arkansas
Portland
Ark
Wonder State
Dad” McCord
Gay Oil Station
Dad
State House
Commonwealth
Terral
Mildred Grayson
Georgia Lee
Gladys Coke
Mary Jane McKeithen
Sibyl Seiler
Gladys Stallings
Maurine Adama
Catherine Traylor
Onita Traylor
Esther Kizer
Geneva Bogan
Willie Aline Fluitt
Martha Manhein
River and Red River Stage Changes Summary
River Mississippi readings show Memphis at 19.0 falling 0.5, Vicksburg 14.8 rising 0.1, New Orleans 1.7 falling 0.2. Red River towns list Shreveport 6.9 rising 0.5, Alexandria 2.5 unchanged. Ouachita Camden 3.3 unchanged, Monroe 133 unchanged. Ohio Cairo 17.2 rising 0.5.
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Mississippi
Memphis
Vicksburg
New Orleans
Shreveport
Alexandria
Ouachita
Camden
Monroe
Russell Scott Hopes to Cheat Gallows Fate
Chicago July 18 A P Russell Scott a Canadian financier on death row in county jail gains optimism of escape after three new witnesses claim the murder of Joseph Maurer was a quarrel over bootleg whiskey and that Robert Scott fired the shot, though prosecutors call the stories fake.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
A. P
Russell Scott
Detroit
Joseph Maurer
Scott
Robert Scott
James Ball
Robert
Ball
George E. Gorman
Len Small
Small
Grandfather and Grandson Die in Auto Crash
J. F. Finch, aged man, and his 15 year old grandson J. Barnes, both of Pickering, were killed when their car plunged from a bridge into Bayou Maringouin in Maringouin Louisiana. The roadster rolled down the embankment injuring them with broken necks and multiple cuts. Relatives claimed the bodies late last night.
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Maringouin
A. P
J. F. Finch
J. Barnes
Pickering
Bayou Maringouin
Columbia Man Jailed for Theft of Zinc Tubs
Luther Russell of Columbia is jailed on charges of stealing three zinc tubs used to draw water. He was arrested by Joseph Whittington and held in Caldwell parish jail in default of bond. Authorities note Russell claimed to assist a sheriff in hunting whiskey stills, a statement denied by the officer may indicate temporary mental derangement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
News-Star
Columbia
Luther Russell
Grayson
Joseph Whittington
Caldwell Parish
Russell
First Bale of Cotton Ginned in Calcasieu Parish
The first bale of cotton in Calcasieu parish was ginned at Lake Charles on July 18. It was grown by J. Vincent south of Sulphur and premiums were awarded by the Sulphur Chamber of Commerce and Kelly's gin of Lake Charles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lake Charles
Calcasieu Parish
J. Vincent
Sulphur Chamber of Commerce
Kelly’s
Vincent
Dayton Scopes Trial Defense Seeks Record Evidence
Defense of John T. Scopes prepares scientific affidavits to enter into the court record in Dayton Tennessee as a substitute for live testimony. Judge Raulston ruled such evidence inadmissible, provoking defense and public reaction as stenographers compile affidavits for appellate review.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dayton, Tenn
Raulaton
John Thomas Scopes
Evoution
Raulston
Dayton
Clarence Carerow
Maynard M. Metcalf
Zoological Department
Oberlin College
John R. Neal
Clarence Darrow
William Jennings Bryan
Bryan
Tennessee
A. T. Stewart
Darrow
Suicide of Albert Birdsong Shocks Oak Grove Community
Albert Birdsong 22 died after shooting himself at the tourist park near Oak Grove. Son of Dr J S Birdsong the local dentist he left a broken engagement with a Oak Grove girl and reportedly brooded over the affair. Despite aid and a physician's efforts he died about midnight. Funeral arrangements were to be held at his father's home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Specia Ue News-Star
Oak Grove
Albert Birdsong
J. 8S
Birdsong
Ouak Grove
J. S. Birdsong
Dusters company to grade Monroe aviation field
C C Coppin Jr and F P Amsler arrived in Monroe with Huff Daland Dusters to inspect a proposed aviation field south of the city. They secured bank offices and signed dusting contracts with planters. Grading will start Monday when Lt Harris arrives as hangar work begins after the landing field is approved.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. C. Coppin, Jr
F. P Amsler
Huff Daland Dusters Company
Monroe
Ouachita National Bank
Chamber of Commerce
Harris
Rural Mail Carriers Elected At Jackson Meeting
Mississippi Rural Mail Carriers association re elected all officers at the annual convention in Jackson. G. C. French of Rosehill serves as president, Mrs. J. Lancaster of Jackson as vice president, and J. B. Pope of Pontotoc as secretary treasurer.
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Jackson
Miss
Mississippi Rural Mail Carriers Association
G. C. French
Rosehill
J. Lancaster
J. B. Pope
Pontotoc
Texas
J. W. Collier
Mississippi
Postal Department
Washington
Walter A Keown
Noted scientist Dalrymple buried in Baton Rouge funeral honors
Governor Fuqua and state leaders joined hundreds in Baton Rouge to honor Dr. Wm Hadden Dalrymple professor of veterinary science at Louisiana State University at his funeral at First Presbyterian Church Burial followed at Roselawn cemetery The 36 year LSU faculty veteran died after a week long illness His widow and son were at his bedside a daughter Mrs Fauver also survives him
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Baton Rouge
A. P
Fuqua
Wm. Hadden Dalrymple
Louisiana State University
Monks Finish West Front Of Buckfast Abbey Church
In Buckfast Devonshire monks of the Benedictine order work after twenty years on the new Buckfast Abbey church foundations. They built with gift money and opened in 1922 by Cardinal Bourne and now complete the west front.
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Ashburton
Devonshire
Buckfast
Buckfast Abbey
Cardinal Bourne
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Merrymakers
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Dr. Dalrymple
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