Robbers Kill Clerk as Drake Hotel Siege Unfolds
A masked gang robs the Drake hotel in Chicago during tea time. Two robbers die, one is captured, a hotel clerk is killed, two women are injured, and $10,000 in cash is looted. Police pursue remaining members as investigations begin and grand jury action looms.
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Chicago
A. P
Drake
Wold Coast
North Side
Michigan Avenue
Texas
James McCurdie
House
Tex” Corts
Ted Court
Frank Rodke
Jack Holmes
New York
Brownsville
Holmes
McMurdie
Eric Nelson
Maizie Larson
Larson
Nelson
M Woods
Jack Nugent
Tex
Nugent
Robert E. Crowe
Woods
William J. Melenchuck
Seaman
Gene Walker Released From Little Rock Club
Gene Walker a former Vanderbilt University pitcher is released by the Little Rock Southern Association club to the Brookhaven Cotton States League team.
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Little Rock
Gene Walker
Vanderbilt University
Brookhaven
Charles Hazen Scoops Friends By His Marriage
Charles Hazen aging editor of the News Star announces via telegram that he married Helen Gass at 6 o clock Wednesday. The couple plan to be in Monroe Sunday and Monday for celebrations, delighting their friends with the surprise nuptials and wishing them happiness.
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Charles Hazen
The
News-Star
Larimore
N. C
Mr. Hazen
Bride
France Prepares to Meet Riff Chieftain Abd El Krim at Fez
Abd El Krim directs the Riffian tribes in a planned drive on the holy city of Quezzan near Fez. French forces reinforce Quezzan with heavy artillery, tanks, and armored cars ready to strike back. A fierce sirocco and heat slow action, while Riffians fortify positions and the Bou Aissa front remains strained by fatigue and water shortages.
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Fez
French Morocco
A. P
Abd-El-Krim
Quezzan
Siroceco
Bou Aissa
Mother Son Meet First Time In Two Decades
Will H Federick Jr 24 of Tyler Texas met his mother now Mrs James Simpson of DeRidder Louisiana for the first time since childhood. His parents separated when he was two and he was raised by his uncle. He traced their marriage in Mineola and divorce in Longview before a tip led him to DeRidder.
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Shreveport
A. P
Will H. Federick Jr
Tyler
Texas
James Simpson
DeRidder la
W. O. Federick
Federick
Mineola
Longview
de Ridder
DeRidder
State to Fight Attack on 1924 Income Tax Law
Jackson Mississippi attorney general office says the state will resist a federal suit by Robinson Land and Lumber of Mobile challenging the 1924 income tax law. Special counsel notes possible temporary restraining order but expects quick readiness to defend in merits trial.
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Attorney General
Knox
Bryan Lays In State Then to Arlington With Honors
William Jennings Bryan lies in state at the New York Avenue Presbyterian church in Washington after dying in Tennessee. He will be entombed at Arlington National Cemetery with military honors following a 10 hour journey, with crowds lining streets to pay respects and funeral services planned for 3 o'clock Friday.
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Washington
A. P
Wm. J. Bryan
National Capital
Tennessee
New York Avenue Presbyterian Church
Arlington
New York Avenue
William Jennings Bryan
Dayton
Bryan
Lafayette Hotel
White House
Wm. Jennings Bryan, Jr
Grace Hargreaves
California
Massachusetts Avenue
Lieutenant Thomas L. Cagle Dies In Air Crash
Marine corps aviator Lieutenant Thomas L. Cagle of Coushatta Louisiana died after his plane crashed near Universal Pittsburgh. He had served five years in the Marine Corps and helped inaugurate President Coolidge.
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Pittsburgh
A. P
Universal
Here
Thomas L. Cagle
Coushatta
Marine Corps
Thomas L. Cagle Jr
Aviation Department of the
U. S. Marine Crops
T. K.agle
President Coolidge
Seventh Street House Raid Reported by Police
Police raided a Seventh Street residence at an early hour and took five people into custody. Arrests included Sadie Gill for running a disorderly house and Braney Lela de Lacalle Earl Gill and B Miley for disturbing the peace. Sergeant Leonard and Patrolmen Webb and Murray led the operation.
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Seventh Street
Sadie Gill
Braney
Lela de Lacalle
Earl Gill
B. Miley
Lenard
Webb and
Murray
Mary Pickford Testifies in Kidnapping Trial Crowd Roars Court
In Los Angeles Mary Pickford testifies in the trial of three men charged with kidnapping her. A large crowd fills four floors of the Hall of Records as the star witness appears, while the defense objects to a confessed statement later admitted by the court.
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Los Angeles
A. P
Mary Pickford
Hall of Records
Lous Geck
Evelyn
Corpus Christi
Louie
Miss Pickford
Charles Stephens
Claude Holcomb
Adrian J. Wood
Prison Warden Accused of Embezzling City Funds
Archibald Rennyson, warden of Orleans Parish Prison, is on $10,000 bond in New Orleans after an affidavit charges him with embezzling about $3,176. Auditors allege falsified records and doubled charges for prison supplies and meals, with extra payments by inmates. Rennyson says he repaid part and seeks a new audit.
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New Orleans
A. P
Archibald Rennyson
Orleans Parish
Rennyson
George Williams
Memorial Exercises Held in Japan for Late Ambassador Bancroft
Memorial services were held at Karuizawa for Ambassador Edgar A. Bancroft who died Tuesday evening. The community attended. The American embassy awaited Washington word on body shipment and Japanese government advisories about a special train and guard of honor to bring the body to Tokyo.
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Tokio
A. P
Karuizawa
Edgar A. Bancroft
Washington
United States
Tor
Mob of Women Allegedly Attacks Miss Sims at Eros
A party of more than 25 women reportedly attacked Miss May Sims, 21, in the Tremont Lumber yard at Eros on Monday afternoon. The mob, unmasked, reportedly painted her and ordered her to leave town amid accusations of improper conduct. No charges or names of suspects are confirmed and reports offer no further details.
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May Sims
Eros
Tremont Lumber Company
Crusade Against Crime Begins With Leaders Meeting
Prominent jurists legislators and police join Elbert Gary to form a national crime mission. Governors and bankers attend as Roosevelt and others discuss education and reforms to curb crime nationwide.
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New York
A. P
United States
Elbert H. Gary
United States Steel Corporation
Gary
Coolidge
Governor Smith
Richard Washburn Child
Italy
Wm. E. Knox
American Bankers Association
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Charles Evans Hughes
John D. Rockefeller
Pepper
Pennsylvania
Crowe
Chicago
Samuel Rhemn
Penna Railroad
H. S. Hadley
Washington University
St. Louis
Smith
New York State
Child
Mark O. Prentiss
Mr. Child
Memphis
Tenn
Turkey
Earth Tremor Shakes Amarillo and Nearby Areas
A nearly thirty second earth tremor was felt in Amarillo Texas and surrounding towns at 6 12 am. Buildings swayed but no damage reported. Reports indicate the tremor extended into nearby towns in New Mexico and Oklahoma.
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Amarillo
Texas
New Mexico
Oklahoma
River stage readings for Ohio Mississippi and Ouachita regions
River data shows Cairo 16.5 feet with a 0.2 decline, Memphis 8.7 feet up 0.3, Vicksburg 13.0 down 0.2, New Orleans 2.1 up 0.1, Shreveport 5.6 unchanged, Alexandria 2.1 unchanged, Camden 4.9 down 0, Monroe 14.0 unchanged.
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Ohio
Cairo
Mississippi
Memphis
Vicksburg
New Orleans
Shreveport
Alexandria
Ouachita
Camden
Monroe
Butcher James Cheek Kills Wife Then Himself in Memphis
In Shreveport, July 20, James Cheek a former local butcher, swore he would kill his wife after she left him in May. He tracked her to Memphis and carried out the threat, then killed himself. Mrs. Flynn recalled their quarrels at her boarding house since November. Neighbors hid firearms and urged him not to act. Cheek had just received a week's notice from his job before departing for Texas to see his mother.
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Shreveport
A. Phil
James Cheek
T. M. Flynn
Memphis
Tenn
Cheek
Texas
99 Year Lease Near Gulf Coast Fronts Howard Avenue
Harry Jatter of New Orleans announces a 99-year lease on the Dr H M Folkes property at Howard avenue and Reynoir street Biloxi with a front of 120 feet and nearly 1 million dollars for the term He also buys three Howard avenue lots: 50 feet for 20 000 82 feet for 18 000 and 34 feet for 8 000
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Biloxi
Miss
A. P
Harry Jatter
New Orleans
Mississippi Coast
Latter
Howard Avenue
Funeral suspend state business for librarian's son’s funeral
State business halted from noon to 1 30 pm in Jackson during the funeral of Fred Marshall son of Mrs. W F Marshall state librarian who died after a long illness.
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Jackson
Miss
A. P
Fred Marshall
W. F. Marshall
All Traffic To Stop For Bryan Tribute In Shreveport
Shreveport officials will halt all traffic for three minutes at 2 p.m. Friday to honor William Jennings Bryan, the noted commoner, following a police announcement. City officers urged drivers elsewhere in the city to stop at the same time to show respect.
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Honor Bryan
Shreveport
A. P
Wm. Jennings Bryan
D. D. Bazer
Bazer
Joe P
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