Pinthis Owners Sue For Loss Of Craft
Lake Tankers corporation sues Merchants and Miners Transportation in federal court for 350000 dollars alleging the oil tanker Pinthis was rammed and sunk by the steamship Fairfax off Boston on June 10 with 47 lives lost. Fairfax valued at 1350000 dollars when built in 1926.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
New York
Lake Tankers Corporation
Merchants and Miners Transportation Company
Fairfax
Boston
New York District
United States Court
Merchants and Miners Line
Father's Day Tourney At The Links In Monroe
A Father s Day mini golf tournament in Monroe is announced by J Lynn Knapp manager of The Links. Prizes include hats shoes and a silk shirt for top winners with the event running Saturday to Sunday night and results announced Monday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gulf States Amusement Association
Monroe
J. Lynn Knapp
Knox
Smith Smart
Henry Marx Company
E. Jack Selig
Knapp
South Grand Street
Lidell
UNC alumnus lands Foch memoirs rights
Ralph H. Graves of Chapel Hill North Carolina has secured American publication rights for the memoirs of Marshal Ferdinand Foch commander in chief of Allied forces in the World War. Dispatches from Paris report the deal as Graves obtains rights for the United States.
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Chapel Hill
N. C
Ralph H. Graves
University of North Carolina
Marshal Ferdinand Foch
Paris
Two Trends in Prohibition Debate Highlight Education and State Option
United Press reports two main directions in prohibition controversy. Education to curb drink evils grows as a strategy, while some push for state option and repeal of federal prohibition. Wickersham cites education. Hoover emphasizes enforcement. reactions span senators, reform groups, and public figures.
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United Press
Washington
Wickersham
Law Enforcement Commission
Boston
England
Wales
Hoover
Rochester laborer charged after foreman stabbing
Samuel La Rocco aged 37 a laborer refuses to quit and is charged with stabbing his foreman in Rochester New York according to police and court records.
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Rochester
N. Y
Samuel LaRocco
LaRocco
Monroe grammar school band readies parade and concerts
The Monroe grammar school band with 105 members prepares a Saturday program starting at 2 30 pm. They will perform at the Saenger theatre News Star building city hall and other downtown sites before attending a Cotton States league baseball game in Forsythe park. The band draws from Georgia Tucker Lida Benton Barkdull Faulk and parish schools and formed in April after the University of Minnesota band visit.
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Monroe Grammar School
Saenger Theatre
News-Star Publishing Company
City Hall
Forsythe Park
Georgia Tucker
Lida Benton
Barkdull Faulk
University of Minnesota Band
Foreman Poli Stabs Worker During Dismissal Dispute
Police report a conflict at a worksite where foreman Joseph Poli, 35, ordered an employee named LaRocco to leave. Poli said LaRocco refused to quit and stabbed him in the thigh before the altercation ended.
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Joseph Poli
Poli
LaRocco
Hoover Prohibition Test Set as Enforcement Shifts
The Hoover administration readies a major test for the Volstead act by moving prohibition enforcement from the Treasury to the Justice Department on July 1. Over the next year, authorities will assess whether the law is workable with Howard Jones likely to become the new prohibition commissioner under Assistant Attorney General Youngquist. The aim is centralized prosecutions, focusing on big cases while reducing petty violations, with a final assessment due in the fall and guidance from the law enforcement commission.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press
Washwgton
Hoover
Treasury Department
Justice Department
Treasury
Doran
Howard Jones
Prohibition
Youngquist
Law Enforcement Commission
Doys
Wickersham
Another Man Refuses Place on Mississippi Hospital Commission
Rev Wayne Alliston of Jackson declines appointment to Gov Bilbos hospital commission for the insane citing duties at the Mississippi Baptist hospital. Former Gov A H Long had previously declined a similar post. The dispute between Bilbo's new commission and Whitfield’s 1926 panel delays the completion of the $5,000,000 asylum.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press
Jackson
Miss
Theodore G. Bilbo
Hospital Commission For the Insane
Wayne Alliston
Alliston
Mississippi Baptist Hospital
A. H. Long
Bilbo
Pine Bluff Flier to Face Charges in Mississippi Town
Justice of the Peace W. H. Grimes will try Allan Scott, a 23 year old Pine Bluff Arkansas pilot, in Leland Mississippi Tuesday morning at 9 o clock for jail breaking at authority says.
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Pine Bluff
Mississippi
Leland Policing Moves After Flight Incident
City officials report bond posted for Scott’s appearance Tuesday with Frank West, police chief, while a telegram claims he will fly in Monday night. Scott, arrested after landing in another’s plane, escaped jail by sawing out and fled to Pine Bluff. His flying license suspended by the United States Department of Commerce and transport certificate revoked in Pine Bluff.
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Leland
Frank West
Scott
Arkansas
Pine Bluff
United States Department of Commerce
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Foch
D Masur & Sons
Tydings
Maryland
Norris
Nebraska
Andrew Volstead
Margaret C. Munns
F. Scott McBride
Anti-Saloon League
Senate Lobby Committee
George K. Strawbridge
Philadelphia
Dwight W. Morrow
New Jersey
Kentucky
Marie Haller
Newport
Hopital Commission
Gage
Wheary Luggage
America
Miller & Kahn
Wilson
U.S
Gladstone
Woods
Ouachita Bank
Foundation OF
Minner CS
Shantung
Keene
DeSiard
Weiwey
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