Many Die In Jersey Rail Catastrophe At Rockport Sag
Twenty nine persons are known dead in the Lackawanna special wreck two miles west of Rockport Sag. Sixty nine people are injured and hospitalized. Identified dead include Jacob Scanlon from Easton and Fred Joomis from Scranton, with others in Dover General hospital and Enston.
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Packettstown
N. J
A. P
Rockport Sag
George Taule
Augusta Isian Bth
Chicago
Dover General Hospital
Jacob Scanlon
Easton
Fred Joomis
Scranton
Carla Haedin
Scanton
Enston
Helen Wagner
Mittin Hendig
Jank Bendich
Mary Sink
Edwin Brunner
Wreck Kills Fifteen on Delaware Lackawanna Train Near Hackettstown
A seven car Delaware Lackawanna and Western train derailed near Hackettstown New Jersey after a lightning strike and heavy rain undermined tracks. At least fifteen people were killed and about forty four injured among passengers, mostly Chicago bound aliens en route to Hoboken.
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Hackettstown
N. J
A. P
Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad
Here
Chicago
Hoboken
Europe
Boston
Phillipsurg
Dover
Morristown
Board of
Ble Utility Commissioners
Kawanna Railroad
West Monroe Highway Robbery Hearing Details Aired
Lottie Lowery testified at a preliminary hearing that a June 9 joy ride ended with a highway robbery and whiskey possession. Five men, including W S Johnson and John Hunt, face charges. Dean and Miller also named. The party was arrested near the traffic bridge after Lowery escaped. The case resumes later today.
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West Monroe
Lottie Lowery
W. S. Johnson
John Hunt
T. E. Johnson
Noy Miller
J. R. Dean
Dean
Log Cabin
Ora Baker
Hunt
Maroe
Drillers Schedule Wednesday Double Header With Brookhaven Truckers
The Forsythe Park crowd is set for a Wednesday double header as the Drillers host the Brookhaven Truckers at 3 and 4 p.m. Carroll starts today with Andy Anderson and Lefty Thomas on the mound tomorrow. Behrens takes third base after Bill Wise’s resignation. Bracken resumes defense between second and third. Harvey Albrecht returns in right field as the team aims for a midweek crowd and a Sunday game with Meridian.
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Drillers
Brookhaven Truckers
Forsythe Park
Cotton States Gladiators
Carroll
Andy Anderson
Lefty Thomas
Forsythe
Meridian
Behrens
Bill” Wise
Bracken
Harvey Albrecht
Aswell Speaks On True Scope Of University
Louisiana State University graduation speaker Congressman James B. Aswell describes the university as a triple-faceted state and federal institution with classical studies, an agricultural and mechanical college, and a leadership mission. He notes three aims: core knowledge, practical state service, and national leadership, praising the university’s impact on wealth and progress. The talk also reflects on moving the university to a new site and the community’s belief in its future.
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Baton Rouge
A. P
James B. Aswell
Louisiana State University
Naion
Congressman Aswell
Ciizens
Agricultural and Mechanical College
Louisiana
McClintock Estate May Be Divided As Witness Testifies
Miss Isabel Pope testified in Chicago that Billy McClintock's million dollar estate would be divided fifty fifty with Mrs McClintock's Iowa cousins, while a $100000 share would go to Mrs Shepherd if the pact stands. The defense pressed questions about further arrangements and dower rights as the murder trial pivoted on Shepherd's alleged typhoid germ involvement.
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Chicago
Isabel Pope
Billy McClintock
Iowa
Wm. D. Shepherd
Shepherd
Miss Pope
Wm. Shepherd
Billy
Stewart
Young McClintock
Dartmouth College
Hanover
N. H
Joseph P. Savage
A. P
Isabelle Pope
Wm. N. McClintock
Meridian Boy Is Held for Theft at Jackson
Jackson Mississippi June 16 William Weeks Eatman 17 is held in city jail charged with burglarizing Carl Moores apartment Sunday night. He allegedly confessed to police at arrest in a local hotel claiming initially to be from Birmingham then saying he is son of Mitchel Eatman of Meridian.
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Jackson, Miss
William Weeks Eatman
Jall
Carl Moore
Eatman
Birmingham
Mitchel Eatman
Meridian
Three War Phases Seen in China by U S Capital
Washington analyzes China turmoil as three distinct strands. Anti foreign agitation grows in the Yangtze region threatening foreign privileges. Canton is recaptured by radical Sun Yat Sen loyalists. northern China braces for a clash between Chang Tso Ling and Feng Yu Hsiang with Peking as the prize.
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Washington
China
Canton
Sun Yat Sen
Shanghai
Yangtze River
Peking
Russia
Chang
Feng
Yangtse
Chinkiang
Nanking
Kiukiang
Hankow
Changsha
Kaifeng
Henan
Kuling
Chang Tso-Lin
Manchuria
Chihli
Shantung
Kiangsu
Anhwei
Chekiang
Feng Yu- Hsiang
Kalgan
Wu Pei-Fu
Chihli Party
Chahar
Suiyan
Hupeh
Japan
Monroe Receives Heavy Rain After Hot Summer Day
An electrics storm hit Monroe around 4 p m delivering 1 12 inches of rain, the second heaviest this year following May 17 s 1 57 inch downpour. The shower cooled the area, with Bastrop seeing less rain, and farmers optimistic for cotton and corn unless more rain arrives soon. Brookhaven Monroe game halted as rain fell during the early innings.
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Monroe
Katie Key
Bastrop
Forsythe Park
Brookhaven-Monroe
Markham Comments On Gulf and Ship Island Purchase
Illinois Central president C H Markham welcomed ICC approval of the 5 million merger to buy Gulf and Ship Island in Mississippi. He outlined regional benefits and pledged standards of operation, while the order ensured reasonable joint rates and facilities for Fernwood Columbia and Gulf railroads.
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Chicago
A. P
C. H. Markham
Ilinois Central System
Interstate Commerce Commission
Washington
Illinois Central
Gulf and Ship Island Railroad
Mississippi
Gulf and
Ship Island
Mississippi Gulf Coast
Fernwood, Columbia and Gulf Railroad
Fragments of a Frame of Mind and Monroe Bhehid Reference
A suspended phrase notes a “happy frame of mind” and mentions Monroe Bhehid with a cryptic claim of being railed out. The readable text centers on mental state and a named person, leaving the broader event unclear.
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Monroe Bhehid
Ten Electric Companies in Huge Merger
Ten electric power outfits consolidate into a single group serving more than 350 communities in nine states. The merger, approved by the Southern Power and Light board, ties Arkansas Louisiana Mississippi properties to the Electric Power and Light corporation with an estimated value over 250 million dollars.
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Pine Bluff
Ark
A. P
Arkansas
Mississippi
Louisiana
H. C. Couch
Southern Power and Light Company
Electric Power and Light Corporation
Couch
Southern Power and Light Controlling Company
Couch Lengine
Electric Bond and Share Company
National Power and Light Company
Arkansas Central Power Company
Dorothy Perkins Version of Man's Murder Heard in Court
Dorothy Perkins testified in homicide court about four hours after suitor Thomas Templeton was shot in her home on Valentine’s Day admitting she fired the pistol. Stenographer Robi J. McLoughlin reported her remarks that she told police she did not aim and heard someone say Tommy gees as it went off. The state and defense rested their cases before adjournment.
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New York
A. P
Dorothy Perkins
Thomas Templeton
Templeton
Robi. J. McLoughlin
Homicide Bureau
Dorothy
Tommy
Tommy Gees
State
Defense
Plan Probe of Poison Death in New Orleans
Police opened an inquiry into the suspected self inflicted poison death of Mrs Bertrand W Downes 23 mother of two at a relative home in New Orleans on June 16. The act was reported as unexplained to family members.
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New Orleans
A. P
Bertrand W. Downes
River Stages and Changes by River System
Ohio Cairo reads 16.0 with fall 0.1. Mississippi Memphis 10.1 fall 0.1, Vicksburg 12.7 rise 0.9, New Orleans 2.0 rise 0.5. Red Shreveport 9.5 fall 0.4, Alexandria 5.1 rise 0.7. Ouachita Camden 3.7 rise 0.1, Monroe 13.2 stationary.
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Cairo
Mississippi
Memphis
Vicksburg
New Orleans
Shreveport
Alexandria
Ouachita
Camden
Monroe
Perfectly Good Rattler Found in Monroe City
J A La Dieu a parish laboratory technician plans to use a rattlesnake for Wasserman tests at the parish laboratory in Monroe. A perfectly good rattler was secured through a city hall contact after a News-Star rep reported the plea, and Mayor Arnold Bernstein arranged the loan from Forsythe Park Zoo for transfer to the lab today.
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J. A. la Dieu
Parish
Wasserman
City Hall
Mr. la Dieu
Colorado
Africa
News-Star
la Dieu
Arnold Bernstein
City of Monroe
Forsythe Park “Zoo
Coolidge Plans Quiet Summer at Swampscott Headquarters
President Coolidge will stay at Swampscott Mass while a small clerical force handles personal matters from Lynn and White Court. He will rest in study, with limited engagements, guarded by Secret Service and marines, and travel on the Mayflower to Marblehead for occasional cruises.
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Washington
Coolidge
Swampscott
Mass
Lynn
Sanders
White Court
White House
Mr. Coolidge
Secret Service
Marblehead
Mr. Sanders
New
Ocean House
Whie Court
E. T. Clark
Panama
Linn
Rudolph Forster
New England
E. W. Smithers
Patrick E. McKenna
E. C. Geisser
J. F. Coupal
Joel Boone
Col
S. A. Cheney
Adolphus Andrews
Caldwell Parish Sees Biggest Rain Since 1924
The Caldwell parish region received the heaviest rainfall since June 2 1924, stretching from the Catahoula parish line to Riverton along the Ouachita. The rainfall promises excellent corn first and potentially abundant cotton by mid July with sweet potatoes and sugar cane also improved. Forage crops, previously poor, show promising recovery.
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News-Star
Columbia
Caldwell Parish
Catahoula Parish
Riverton
Ouachita River
Virginia professor resignations offered after liquor case
A UVA board meeting scheduled for June 24 will consider the resignations of professors Albert Lefevre William Pott and Charles Howze following a Hanover circuit court verdict in a liquor transport case. Lefevre was found guilty of unintentionally transporting liquor and fined, while Pott and Howze were acquitted of prohibition violations.
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Charlottesville
A. P
Board of Visitors
University of Virginia
Albert Lefevre
Hanover Circuit
Wm. S. A. Pott
Charles Howze
Montpelier
Hotnze
Dr. Pott
Lefevre
Carl Nolting
Dr. Lefevre
National Guard Encampment Planned at Camp Beauregard
Local National Guard units prepare for a nine week summer encampment at Camp Beauregard Alexandria from August 16 to August 31. The schedule covers bayonet drills close order fire problems first aid hygiene and interior guard duty with regular officers and the 156th Infantry band aiding recreation.
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National Guard
Camp Beauregard
Alexandria
Beauregard
Louisiana National Guard
Anniston
Alabama
United States
89Th
156Th Infantry Band
Monroe
Ennis
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Aswell
McLintock
Sweetheart
Jackson
U. S
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Jenkins
State Department
Wachow
American Baptist Hospital
London
Ouachita Parish
Markham
Missisippi
Deal
Louisiana Territory
Lavs
Dot Perkins
Ohio
City
Rum Case
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