Boy Thrown Into Water as Boat Upsets Near West Bank
Divers will search the stream near the West Bank for a body after a boat capsized throwing a boy into the water. Motorists and workers witnessed the accident while offices nearby were disrupted.
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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Jul 22, 1929
Page
1
State Shows Decrease in Birth Rate in 1928
Census bureau figures released show a national drop in birth rate to 19.7 per 1000 from 20.7, while death rate rose to 12.3 per 1000 from 11.4. Louisiana records 21.2 births and 12.8 deaths per 1000, and Mississippi reports 26.8 births and 14.5 deaths per 1000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Census Bureau
Louisiana
Mississippi
Father and Son Fight Over Whiskey Ends in Patricide
Chicago July 22 Associated Press Aleck Jeschke 44 and his son Edward 21 quarreled last night over the last drink of whiskey. A blow to the heart killed Aleck. Edward was arrested as four other children witnessed the fatal fight. Edward is held for further inquiry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Chicago
Guardsmen To Escort Negro Slayer On Trip
Barbour county grand jury indicts Lester Beaver for murder and a statutory offense in the slaying of Jack Hines near Eufaula on July 10 and an attack on Miss Beatrice Clark. Alabama National Guard mobilized from Montgomery to escort Beaver to Clayton for grand jury action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bo Associated Press
Clayton
Ala
Barbour County
Lester Beaver
Jack Hines
Eufaula
Beatrice Clark
Associated Press
Birmingham
167Th Infantry
Alamada National Guard
Montgomery
Lester Rouger
Britain joins U S in effort to prevent war over China Russia
Britain formally aligns with the United States in urging peace in the Manchuria dispute. Sir Esme Howard delivers a note to Secretary Stimson expressing Britain's willingness to associate with the Kellogg anti war obligations. Frank Kellogg supports the approach and predicts no war, citing potential for pacific settlement through diplomacy or arbitration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Washington
Great Britain
United States
China
Russia
Esme Howard
Stimson
Manchuria
Frank B. Kellogg
Japan
Arrest Four In Hold Up At New Orleans.
Police report four men arrested in a New Orleans hold up as a Monroe couple linked to the robbery faces a $42,000 bond. The case involves a significant cross jurisdiction arrest tied to an earlier Monroe incident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Orleans
Monroe
Notched Machine Gun Linked to $42,000 Hold Up Case
In Birmingham two men and two women were jailed on linked holdup cases involving a New Orleans money car theft. The group claimed to be Raymond Robertson and spouse from Missouri and Joe Cascio with Ruby from Louisiana. A German machine gun with 26 notches was seized, signaling a broader theft ring.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Birmingham
Ala
New Orleans
Raymond Robertson
Cornersville
Joe Cascio
Ruby
Shreveport
M. E. McDuff
Police Identification Bureau
Cascio
McDuff
Robertson
Aviators Pass 120 Hours in Air in Endurance Flight
Shreveport pilots cyan Lear Leary and William Cirrey Sanders push for a new refueling record in a KWKH monoplane. They pass the 120 hour mark at 1 30 a m after the twentieth refueling, with both men reported as well and the engine purring. Leary's father witnessed the mission while prayers for safety were offered at the local church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Shreveport
Cyan Lear Leary
William “Cirrey Sanders
E. D. Redline
Redline
Leary
A. M. Leary
Reg Robbins
Fort Worth
van Lear
Mr. Leary
First Presbyterian Church
Landslides and Quakes Kill 1000 in Anatolia Toll
Reports from Northern Anatolia say recent earthquakes and landslides have killed about 1,000 people and left 10,000 homeless. The Turkish Red Crescent rushed aid as Constantinople presses for International Red Cross support. Shocks, floods, and landslides threaten Surmeme and Rizeh.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Constantinople
Anatolia
Turkish Red Crescent Society
International Red Cross
Surmeme
Rizeh
Nanking seeks peace talks with Soviet Russia over railway dispute
The Nationalist foreign office in Nanking sent a vote stressing China’s wish to settle the Chinese Eastern railway dispute by peaceful negotiation. Beijing also sent notes to Kellogg pact signatories stating China has no war aims, only defense of rights, accusing the Soviet government of border offense.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Nanking
Russia
China
China to appeal to League over Manchuria railway clash
Shanghai dispatches report the nationalist government plans to seek League of Nations settlement for the dispute with Soviet Russia over the seizure of the Chinese Eastern railway in Manchuria. The move follows Russia’s alleged unlawful attitude and instructs Chinese ministers abroad to inform their host governments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shanghai
Nanking
League of Nations
Russia
Manchuria
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Border clashes flare in Manchuria amid Kellogg pact hopes
Peiping reports a weekend border buildup in Manchuria with Soviet forces attacking Chinese troops along the Suifen river undermining optimism that U S mediation under the Kellogg pact would avert real hostilities.
Government Attorneys Urge Dismissal Of Injunction In Kincaid Suit
The federal case filed by R. Foster Kincaid Jr. seeks to block the Jadwin plan for the Boeuf basin claiming government action would deprive landowners of due process and just compensation. Arguments opened at 11 a.m. in the federal court room with Judge Ben C. Dawkins presiding as government lawyers urged dismissal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. Foster Kincaid, Jr
Franklin Parish
United States
Secretary of War
Chief of Army Engineers
Mississippi River Commission
Vicksburg
Ben C. Dawkins
Boeuf Basin
Boeaf Basin
Mississippi
Hoyt Alaska flight ends in crash near Valemount
Captain Ross G. Hoyt's New York to Nome round trip ended when his Curtis Hawk Pursuit plane crashed near Valemount, British Columbia. The US Army flier escaped injury after a rough journey from White Horse, Yukon, with weather and fatigue delaying the 6,000 mile trek.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bw Associated Press
Edmonton
Alta
Ross G. Hoyt
New York
Nome
Alaska
Valemount
B. C
White Horse
Yukon
United States Army
Hoyt
Mitchelfield
N. Y
Mitchel Field
Alberta
Fairbanks
Minneapolis
Hambone's Meditations on Addin Up Machines
In a humorous column J P Alley notes that adding machines do not demand detergents or etiquette yet still prove essential. The piece riffs on thrift and practicality, poking fun at modern tools and the quirks of everyday work.
Memphis Boat Takes Early Lead in Mississippi Race
Dr. Louis Leroy of Memphis steered the speed boat Bogie toward St Louis from New Orleans, leading the Martha Jane owned by George M. Cox of New Orleans by about 50 miles. The Martha Jane reported motor trouble and was delayed near Baton Rouge with no sight of the rival by afternoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Martha Jane
Vicksburg
Miss
Louis Leroy
Memphis
Mississippi
St. Louis
George M. Cox
New Orleans
Natchez
Bogie
Tr. Louis Leroy
Leroy
Baton Rouge
Mississippi River
St. Louisa S
Robert EB. Lee
Memphian
One Endurance Plane Lands After 117 Hours Flight
The Missouri Robin, second endurance plane in a Lambert field attempt to set a sustained flight record, landed at 7 51 a m after 117 hours 20 minutes aloft due to an unrepaired leaky oil line. Pilots Joe Hammer and W Gentry Shelton reported the motor still ran smoothly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fv Associated Press
ST. Louis
Missouri
Lambert-St. Louis Field
Joe Hammer
W. Gentry Shelton
Dale
Red) Jackson
Forest O’brine
Confession Clears Holdup Suspect in Illinois Bank Robbery
Gilbert Ammerman a 29 year old taxi driver confessed to taking part in the August 20 1928 Exchange State Bank robbery at Golden Alabama. The confession exonerates Frerett Howell who has served eight months of a sentence in the Illinois State penitentiary for involvement. Police had arrested Peter McDonald in Chicago and Ammerman was returned to Illinois after his confession.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
Ind
Gilbert Ammerman
Exchange State Bank
Golden
Frerett Howell
Quincy
Illinois State Penitentiary
Howell
John Barnhill
Peoria
Peter McDonald
Chicago
McDonald
Ammerman
Ilinois
Larger patrol at international line may be requested
In El Paso Texas on July 22 officials recommend a bigger border patrol and lifting rules that bar federal officers from firing at rum runners at night. Border patrol inspector Ivan E Scotten, 26 and a former Texas athlete, was shot during an ambush by suspected rum runners. One assailant was killed in the gun battle. others fled and were not located.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fel Paso
Texas
Border Patrol
Ivan E. Scotten
H. C Horseley
Department of Labor
Scotten
Officer shoots robber during synagogue robbery attempt
Patrolman Barnhardt Rogers pursued three knife-wielding robbers who tried to force the synagogue caretaker Morris Light to surrender the key on East 11th Street. One robber was shot at Fifth Avenue and 114th Street and captured. the other two escaped. The wounded suspect, Alterio Carosso, 35, surrendered and was taken to Harlem Hospital after being struck in the cheek.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Presa
New York
East
Fifth Avenue
114Th Street
Barnhardt Rogers
Morris Light
Rogers
Alterior Carosso
Harlem Hospital
Prison Riot Ends as Convicts Herded Back to Cells
About a thousand Clinton prison inmates in Dannemora New York failed a five hour breakout after seizing the carpenter shop and storming the wall. Three inmates were killed and many wounded from sniper fire while guards and troopers repelled the raid. Two guards were injured as the band retreated to their cells under heavy armed watch.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dannemora
N. Y
Clinton
Phillip
Murphy
F F. C. Bressette
Bressette
Uncle Pam at the Brittany Chateau With Penfold’s Social Ties
Mr. Pomeroy Penfold, a wealthy widower famed for travel and gossip, anchors a fortnight at the Chateau de Rennac near Brittany. He recalls his late wife’s fortune, maintains a card index of births and affairs, and is welcomed by French nobles with familial ties to his late sister Alicia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brittany
Pomeroy Penfold
France
Mr. Penfold
Windward
New York
Alicia Penfold
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