Hood's Oil Swabbing Bill Passed By Senate To Conserve Field Life
Baton Rouge June 10 An oil conservation measure by Hood to ban the swabbing method used to pump oil from wells in the Urania field passed the Senate without a dissenting vote. The bill permits swabbing only when a well is being brought in or revived with conservation department consent.
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Hood
The
Senate
Baton Rouge
A. P
Houre Ways and Means
R. L. Prophit
Ouachita
Loeb House
Loeb
House of Representatives
Davey
Urania
Conservation Department
Senator Huson
Holcombe
Wilson
Louisiana
New Orleans
Mystery carrier pigeon hoax traced to Long Island fanciers
Pigeon found exhausted near Bryn Athyn Pennsylvania bore a note tied to Walter Ward missing New York millionaire. Police traced ownership to College Point Long Island fanciers and learned the bird had been released with a Danville Virginia flock for a test flight to New York. Authorities continue a cautious search while deeming the message a likely hoax.
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Trenton
A. P
Bryan Athyn
Walter
Ward
New York
College Point
Long Island
Danville
Pennsylvania
New Jersey
N. J
Delaware
Walter S. Ward
Cunningham
International Federation of Cartier Pigeon Associations
Bryn-Athen
Philadelphia
Prenton
Deltaware River
New Move For Flood Control Put Under Way
A plan to create a Missouri Arkansas river flood control district spans eighteen states along the Mississippi Missouri and Arkansas rivers. A seven member permanent commission would survey the basin and propose storage to equalize flow. Delegations from North and South Dakota Montana Wyoming Minnesota Iowa Nebraska Kansas Missouri Arkansas Texas Louisiana Mississippi Kentucky Tennessee Illinois Oklahoma and Colorado met to pursue the proposal.
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A. P
Missouri
Arkansas
Tri-River Basin
Sears
Nebraska
Kansas City
North Dakota
South Dakota
Montana
Wyoming
Minnesota
Iowa
Kansas
Texas
Louisiana
Mississippi
Kentucky
Tennessee
Llinois
Oklahome
Colorado
Pollwatcher payoffs cited in Pennsylvania GOP primary
Washington June 10 The senate campaign funds commission heard C C McGovern Pinchot campaign headquarter manager accuse Pittsburgh Allegheny county of vote buying in the recent Pennsylvania Republican senatorial primary. He said 30 350 watchers were paid and Vare 14 000 with watchers paid about 10 dollars each totaling roughly 490 000 for Pepper and Ware in that county. He claimed Pepper voters averaged 4 14 per vote and Ware 3 21. He noted Pinchot had no watchers there and said county DA was a Pepper ally. The inquiry continued.
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Washington
A. P
Senate Campaign Funds Commission
Pinchot
Pittsburgh
Pepper- Mellon
Pennsylvania
C. C. McGovern
Ware
Pepper
Allegheny County
Vare
Senator Reed
Missouri
McGovern
Representative Morin
M. G. Leslie
Monroe to host national guard air unit ask amid defense plan
Adjutant General L A Toombs informs Lt H R Harris a Monroe air unit is under consideration. War department demands full divisional readiness and a survey prior to new guard units. Louisiana already gets an observation squadron in corps troops. Monroe may wait until annual Congress appropriation decisions. Local aviators praised for May 29 demonstrations.
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L. A. Toombs
H. R. Harris
National Guard Air Service
Monroe
Militia Bureau
War Department
Secretary of War
National Guard
Louisiana
Congress
Monroe Fliers
Reserve Corps
Phelps to Join Driller Team Coming at Once
Taylor Phelps, a Shreveport youth, was returned from the South Atlantic league and turned over to the Drillers. He is an infielder and will report immediately. A new pitcher named Clark is in the Driller camp and may be Carroll's choice for pitching.
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Phelps
Taylor Phelps
Shreveport
Shrevepor Sports
Drillers
Clark
Koreans Contest Japan Rule as Funeral Procession Proceeds
In Seoul during Prince Yi funeral rites, Korean students protested against Japanese rule. Authorities arrested about 300 protesters, but the procession continued through the capital from the palace to the funeral pavilion. Officials expect larger ceremonies tomorrow.
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Seoul
Korea
A. P
Prince Yi
Beeres
Asyen
Berlenbach Stribling Heavyweight Title Bout Report
Fans invited to hear a blow by blow account of the Berlenbach Stribling heavyweight title fight starting at eight o clock tonight from the News Star building on North Second Street. The fifteen round bout pits current champion Berlenbach against Atlanta challenger Stribling with judges predicting a slight edge for the champion. Harry Prop hit will announce via Associated Press wires.
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Berlenbach
News-Star
North Second Street
Nght
Stirbling
Atlanta
New York
Associated Press
Harry Prophit
Berlenbach Holds Weight Edge in Light Heavytitle Bout
Paul Berlenbach shows a 3.12 pound advantage over Young Stribling at the weigh in for their fifteen round world light heavyweight title bout at Yankee Stadium. Berlenbach weighed 174 1 2 pounds while Stribling registered 171 as both fighters passed the state athletic commission exam in good condition.
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New York
A. P
Paul Berlenbach
Young Stribling
Georgia
Yankee Stadium
Stribling
State Athletic Commission
Constitutional Convention For U S8 Urged By Assemblyman
Assemblyman Louis A. Cuvillier urges petitions from four states to trigger a constitutional convention. He argues such a body could reconsider the Eighteenth Amendment and other issues vital to representative government. Cuvillier cites past state calls and lists states that requested a convention, noting Congress would issue the call if New York Massachusetts and Rhode Island act.
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New York
A. P
Louis A. Cuvillier
William E. Borah
Cuvillier
Congress
Massachusetts
Rhode Island
Arkansas
California
Colorado
Delaware
Idaho
Illinois
Indiana
Kansas
Kentucky
Louisiana
Michigan
Wisconsin
Missouri
Montana
Nebraska
Nevada
North Carolina
Oklahoma
Oregon
Pennsylvania
South Dakota
Tennessee
Texas
Utah
Washington
United States
Senate
House
Coolidge Action Sustained by House Judiciary Committee
The House judiciary committee voted 8 to 7 to affirm President Coolidge's right to issue a order allowing voluntary employment of state county and municipal officers as federal prohibition agents. British golfer George Gadd won the British northern professional tournament finishing with an aggregate score in stroke play.
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Washington
A. P
House Judiciary Committee
Coolidge
Liverpool
George Gadd
American desertion case set for June 16 in Syria
Bennett G Doty of Memphis held in Damascus faces trial June 16 for desertion from the French Foreign Legion under the alias Gilbert Clare. Officers say he hopes light punishment and aims to resume service. Doty was awarded the Croix de Guerre last month for bravery against Druse tribesmen.
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Damascus
Syria
A. P
Bennett Doty
Lemuel Doty
Biloxi
Mississippi
French Foreign Legion
Associaed
Dot
Legion
Doty
Bennett G. Doty
Memphis
Gilbert Clare
United States
Raid Seizes 400 Cases of Liquor and Six Cars in Boca Ciega Bay
Federal agents seized about 400 cases of liquor valued at 30 000 dollars along with six automobiles a fifty foot cabin cruiser three small boats and eleven men in a Boca Ciega Bay raid near St Petersburg Florida on June 10. Seven men were found unloading liquor from a small launch believed to be owned by the six car owners lined along a beach road awaiting cargo. The launch and the cabin cruiser were boarded and four men taken into custody without resistance.
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St, Petersburg
Fla
A. P
Federal
Prohibition
Boca Ciega Bay
Gulf
Long Key
Lonely Beach Road
Louisiana Commission backs bills restricting shrimp oyster harvests to locals
The Louisiana Conservation Commission endorsed memorials urging passage of measures to bar non Louisiana residents and firms from taking shrimp or oysters. The oyster bill delays effect on canneries for two years. the shrimp bill, introduced by Representative Ellender, passed the House.
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Baton Rouge
A. P
Louisiana Conservation Commission
Louisiana
Senate
Fisher
Conservation Commission
Ellender
Whittemore Sentenced to Death for Prison Escape Murder
Richard Reese Whittemore, known as the lion dollar crime trust leader, is condemned to die by hanging for the February 1926 killing of guard Robert H. Holtman during a penitentiary escape. Judge O Dunne imposed the death sentence behind locked doors. execution date will be set by Governor Richie and delayed by planned appeal.
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Whittemore
Baltimore
A. P
Richard Reese Whittemore
Maryland
Robert H. Holtman
O'Dunne
Albert ©. Richie
Edgar Allan Poe
Louisiana Golf Tourney Opens at Lake Charles
The seventh annual Louisiana State golf association tournament starts at Lake Charles Country Club with many entrants statewide. Players are in four flights of 16, with first rounds this afternoon and finals Sunday. Prizes include president's trophy for low gross and medals for low nets.
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Lake Charles
A. P
Louisiana State Golf Association
Lake Charles Country Club
Frank O. Hunter
Alexandria
Real Estate Boards elect slate at national convention
The National Association of Real Estate Boards delegates unanimously elected the nominating committee slate, naming Clarence C. Hieatt for president and Joseph K. Brittain for treasurer. Resolutions urged inland waterways development, farm relief sympathy, and reform of mortgage act and federal tax rules on real estate sales, with emphasis on land resource use and agricultural support.
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Tulsa
Okla
By. A. P
National Association of Real Estate Boards
Clarence C. Hieatt
Louisville
Joseph K. Brittain
Chicago
National Conference On Uniform
United States
Alexandria Boys Plan Long Tour on $1 Each
Four Alexandria youths set out with $1 each and a $50 car to sing their way to the middle west. Willie McMichael Douglas Keith Irving Whitehouse and Lawrence Patterson of the Louisiana College Glee Club will first perform in Shreveport and proceed to Dallas Fort Worth and Tulsa while carrying letters of recommendation from Mayor Poisy and Louisiana College president Dr Cottingham.
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Alexandria
A. P
Middle West
Willie McMichael
Douglas Keith
Irving Whitehouse
Lawrence Patterson
Louisiana College Glee Club
Shreveport
Dallas
Fort Worth
Texas
Tulsa
Okla
J. P. Poisy
C. Cottingham
Louisiana College
River Stage Readings for Mississippi and Ouachita Regions
River stage measurements list values for Mississippi towns including Memphis 10.0 rising 0.4 feet and Vicksburg 14.7 rising 0.1, New Orleans 2.8 with a fall, and Shreveport TL 1.0 rising 0.4 with Alexandria 9.5 falling 0.8, followed by Ouachita data.
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Mississippi
Memphis
Vicksburg
New Orleans
Shreveport
Alexandria
Ouachita
Atheist Debate Challenge Accepted in Minnesota
The International Atheistic Society and the AAEA accept a debate challenge from Freeman Hopewood of New York. Dr Arvid Reutherdahl of St Paul proposes staging the debate in Some magazine to reach more readers and awaits a reply before setting a date.
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ST. Paul
Minn
A. P
God
International Atheistic Society
American Association For the Advancement of Atheism
Arvid Reutherdahl
Freeman Hopewood
New York
Atheistic Organization
Reutherdahl
Reutherdal
Flashes of Life Highlight Women in News
In New York and abroad, women take prominent roles as Dolly Madison helps inaugurate an orphan asylum site, while actress Jans Cowl earns praise in London. Princess Louise tours Woolworth Tower and gives a media interview amid coverage of New York’s fashion and social circles.
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Associated Press
New York
Washington
Dolly Madison
Jans Cowl
London
Noel Ward
Louise
Woolworth Tower
Elaine Hammerstein
Tress
Armerstein
Th Walker
Kays
Insuranc
Los Angeles
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Frank B. Willis
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