Airplane Forced Down in Louisiana Swamp
Three veteran airmail fliers were forced to land in a marsh near Slidell Louisiana after engine trouble on a New Orleans to Chicago route. The Pacific Seaboard Lines plane sank into mud on Lake Pontchartrain shore. the crew, shaken but uninjured, were rescued by a coast guard boat and returned to New Orleans. Ben Catlin of Glendale California commented on the harsh swamp conditions and peril they faced. Joe Taff of San
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New Orleans
Louisiana
Here
Pacific Seaboard Lines
Chicago
Jackson
Miss
Memphis
Tenn
St. Louis
Lake Pontchartrain
Slidell
Coast Guard
Ben Catlin
Glendale
Calif
Joe Taff
San
Blue Star Ointment Claims Quick Ringworm Relief
Blue Star Ointment melts and delivers tested medicines into skin pores to end itching by killing ringworm germs and treating rash tetter eczema and foot itch. It is described as soothing with a pleasant odor and quick action.
Plane crew reports long trek to fishing camp through mire
Francisco and Paul Preston aboard a plane recounted climbing the tail and trudging through sawgrass with mosquitoes biting as they followed to a distant fishing camp. The return mail was loaded onto the aircraft for departure today.
Neville Summer School Session Opens Tuesday
Neville High School announces the summer session will begin Tuesday at 8:00 A M in the central grammar school building.
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Neville
Neville High School
Central Grammar School
Tulane Students Return Home For Summer Break
David Pace of Tulane University returns to his West Monroe home for the summer. Brooks Owen, also a Tulane student, spends several days in New Orleans before returning to West Monroe.
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David Pace
Tulane University
West Monroe
Brooks Owen
New Orleans
Ranch hand held in slaying of two wealth ranch couple
Antonio Carrasco a 38 year old ranch hand was detained after he reportedly admitted killing Riley R Smith and his wife near Van Horn Texas. He said he struck Smith with a stick then shot him and later killed Mrs Smith who aided him. The house burned after he poured gasoline on wood in the stove.
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EL Paso
Texas
Riley R. Smith
van Horn
Antonio Carrasco
Smith
Carrasco
Utah Adopts Fox Hunting With El Miramonte Group
Fox hunting gains supporters in Utah as the El Miramonte Hunt incorporates. The organization will sponsor hunting meets and horse shows in the area.
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Utah
Salt Lake City
el Miramonte Hunt
President of Notre Dame Dies After Long Illness
Father Charles L. O'Donnell, eleventh president of Notre Dame, died from a streptococcus infection in South Bend. He had led the university since 1928 and would have reached a six year limit next month. Rev. John F. O'Hara will serve as acting president for the remainder of the term.
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South Bend
Ind
Charles L. O'Donnell
Notre Dame University
Father O'Donnell
Notre Dame
Father O’donnell
Pearance
John McCormack
John F. O'Hara
O'Donnell
World gold production and the imagined solid tower
The text states that since the discovery of America 25 000 tons of gold totaling 17 billion dollars have been produced. It multiplies this amount into a vivid image describing a solid gold tower 20 feet in diameter and 140 feet tall.
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America
Arkansas Supreme Court Grants Two Weeks For Shank Briefs
The Arkansas supreme court limited attorney briefs for Mark H. Shank to two weeks to rehear his quadruple murder case. Shank, an Akron, Ohio, defendant on death row, was convicted for poisoning Alvin Colley and three family members at a Benton area woods picnic last August. The hearing's timing hinges on the attorney general's response before the court's July 9 summer recess.
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Little Rock
Ark
Arkansas Supreme Court
Mark H. Shank
Akron
Ohio
Shank
Supreme Court
Alvin Colley
Colley
Benton
Barberton
Couple Returning From Mountain Funeral Slain
Mae Miller aged 19 and Robert Jenkins aged 20 were shot dead while returning from a mountain funeral two miles above Hartford in Newport Tennessee. Officials sought John Phillips, 35, identified by Sheriff R W Smith as the suspected shooter. The two victims were killed Sunday in the remote mountain area.
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Newport
Tenn
Mae Miller
Robert Jenkins
John Phillips
R. W. Smith
Miss Miller
Jenkins
Hartford
Smith
Funeral Attendees Targeted in Double Shooting
About ten following Jenkins' funeral were waylaid by Phillips. The Sheriff said witnesses reported Phillips drew a pistol, fatally shot the girl and Jenkins, then fled. A shot was heard in the woods afterward. authorities fear Phillips may be dead. Miss Miller had long lived at the Phillips home.
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Jenkins
Phillips
Rattlesnakes flee Coulee Dam work area in blast
In Coulee City Washington a vast number of rattlesnakes abandoned the area as blasting began for road and dam construction. Naturalists say ground-shaking and blasting prompted the exodus freeing the district of thousands of reptiles.
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Coulee City
Wash
Coulee Dam
Camel Advertisement Boosts Energy for Work and Fun
A vintage Camel cigarette pitch claims smoking revives tired readers by banishing fatigue and restoring pep. The copy asserts Camels aid the body to recover energy, letting users feel ready for work and leisure.
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