Welcome for Polar Fliers Ends in Norwegian Heroism
Oslo dispatch recalls Amundsen and five explorers reaching Spitzbergen after a perilous arctic flight. Lincoln Ellsworth praised for rescuing Dietrichsen and Omdahl from the ice. The party survived fog and fuel loss, dislodged a plane, and rode a sealing ship to safety.
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Oslo
Norway
A. P
Roald Amundsen
Arctic
Pole
North Pole
Spitzbergen
Lincoln Ellsworth
Leif Dietrichsen
Oskar Omdahl
Amundsen
Sjoeliv
Wollan
King’s Bay
Hhawser
Sjeeliv
Lady Franklin’s Bay
Associated Press
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Dawkins Visits New York Courts After Taxi Trial
Federal Judge Benjamin C. Dawkins of the western district of Louisiana visits New York to help clear liquor cases on the federal docket. He reports a rough taxi ride from Penn Station to Brooklyn and notes a strict courtroom demeanor demanding guilty pleas without stated sentences. Dawkins, a Monroe native and liberal prohibitionist, travels with Mrs. Dawkins and his son and daughter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Benjamin C. Dawkins
Louisiana
Dawkins
Pennsylvania Station
Court Room
Brooklyn
Subway
Manhattan
Maine Naval Officer Sails to Claim Polar Lands
Lieu tenant Commander Donald B. MacMillan sails from Maine for the Arctic with authorization to claim lands for Maine and a pledge from a Navy captain to keep any planted flag. Gov. Brewster and officials attended the farewell dinner as the Bowdoin and Peary prepare to depart for Etah Greenland.
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D. E. Dismukes
Portsmouth
N. H
Navy Yard
Navy
Wilbur
MacMillan
Ralph C. Brewster
Maine
Washington
Brewster
State Department
Canada
North Pole
Bowdoin
Peary
Monhegan Island
Etah
Greenland
Cape Thomas Hubbard
Axel Heiburg Island
Polar Sea
Amundsen
National Geographical Society
ASK CHINESE WORKERS TO START FIGHT MOVES
The Landquarters of the Russian Peasants' Internationale urged Chinese workers and peasants to overthrow foreign powers. It called for abolition of foreign jurisdiction and a Chinese revolutionary assembly to form a central government.
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Moscow
A. P
Russian Peasants’ Internationale
Peasants’ Communist Internationale
Sun Yat Sen
South
China
Chinese Revolutionary Assembly
Chinese college delegates demand severing ties with Britain
Chinese delegates from 48 colleges deliver a deputation to the war and foreign ministers urging immediate government action to cut relations with Great Britain. London reports growing unease over the Shanghai talks and central government aid to anti foreign strikers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peking
A. P
Great Britain
London
Shanghai
Sinclair Stock Advances After Government Decision
New York June 20 Edward L Doheny also gains on paper as the government suit to nullify the Teapot Dome lease ends in a Sinclair victory. Sinclair Consolidated Oil stock rose 2 1 2 points to 243 8 with first mortgage bonds up about 4 3 4 points. About 4 491 893 shares outstanding imply roughly 11 2 29 732 dollars in value gains for the common stock alone.
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New York
A. P
Harry F. Sinclair
Teapot Dome
Sinclair Oil
Sinclair Consolidated Oil Corporation
Edward L. Doheny
Teapot DomeLease Decision Puts Sinclair In Legal Custody
Federal Judge T Blake Kennedy rules in the government lease annulment suit leaving Teapot Dome in the hands of Harry F Sinclair. The decision clears charges of scandal and fraud, with Albert B Fall and Edward L Doheny expressing gratification as Doheny’s Pan American Petroleum loses Elk Hills case.
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Cheyenne
Wyo
A. P
Teapot Dome
Harry F. Sinclair
T. Blake Kennedy
Kennedy
Interior
Albert B. Fall
Sinclair
Associated Press
Edward L. Doheny
Shreveport Druggist Convicted Under Hood Act
Shreveport druggist F. Colvin was found guilty in district court on two Hood Act counts for selling Jamaica ginger for beverage purposes. The case centers on alleged illicit sale of Jamaica ginger to patrons.
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Shreveport
F. Colvin
Colvin
Jamaica
Bone Dry regime in Indiana throttles rum sales
Indiana's new bone dry liquor law, now in effect over a month, sharply increases penalties for possession and distribution. Arrests and fines rose compared with the old law, as state and federal agents raid homes with state warrants and prosecute buyers as well as sellers.
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Indiana
J. L. Meddoff
I. N
Indianapolis
Ind
Bone Dry
State Supreme Court
Paris dressmaker jailed for sister slaying in mercy killing
Anna Levasser a Paris dressmaker was found guilty of murdering her sister Anais to end her incurable lung pain. She received two years imprisonment after recounting the scene in court. Levasser testified she aimed to help Anais die while also citing revenge against a landlord.
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Paris
Anna Levasser
Mile Levasser
Anais
Anna
Mrs Armstrong Retains Mississippi Golf Title
Jackson player Mrs J W Armstrong won the Mississippi state ladies golf championship final 5 and 3 over Mrs R H Morehead of Laurel. Oren Williams of Biloxi and W E Ware of Greenwood were tied late, with a notable hole in one by Ware in the 36 hole amateur final.
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Jackson
Miss
J. W. Armstrong
Mississippi
R. H. Morehead
Laurel
Oren Williams
Biloxi
W. E. Ware
Grewood
Maskie
E, Ware
Urania No. 7 Casing Set at 1548 Feet in Louisiana Oil Field
Urania Louisiana June 20 casing was set today for Urania Petroleum company's Urania No. 7 in section 19 10 2E at 1548 feet. Rowe Wallace drill at new location spudded in yesterday, 100 feet from well No. 1. Cleve Love set six inch casing at 1508 feet in section 30 10 2E with strong commercial well prospects. A rig moves to Ford and Bannon test No. 2. Love Bros test No. 1 at 1510 feet awaiting cement and compressor work. Imperial Oil and Gas in gumbo at about 1450 feet. Helm and Burch await cement cure before core near Olla section 28 11 2E.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Urania
Urania Petroleum Company
Urania No
S. M. Collins
Rowe-Wallace
Cleve Love
Ford and Bannon
Love Bros
Imperial Oil and Gas Co
Helm and Burch
Olla
Mississippi Senator Dies After Sudden Stroke
J R Jackson state senator from Montgomery and Carroll counties died in North Carrollton after a stroke of paralysis. He was 54 and had lived in Carroll county all his life. Former North Carrollton mayor, he was elected to the state senate two years ago. Services were planned for later today. He is survived by his widow and son Lester Jackson of Mobile.
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North Carrolton
Miss
J. R. Jackson
Montgomery
Carroll Counties
Senator Jackson
Carroll County
North Carrollton
Senate
Lester Jackson
Mobile
Madison Mourns LaFollette as Guard of Honor Planned
Madison prepares to receive the body of Senator Robert M. LaFollette with the casket in state at the capitol rotunda. A guard of six senators and seventeen assemblymen will watch over the body before Monday's funeral at Forest Hill cemetery. Governor Blaine says no action until after services as possible successors are discussed.
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Madison
Wis
Senator LaFollette
A. P
Wisconsin
Robt. M. LaFollette
Bob
Capitol
Forest Hill Cemetery
Washington
State House
LaFollette
Senator la Follette
J. T. Blaine
Blaine
Herm . L. Ekern
Fred Zimmerman
City files no case action in Bannister electrocution suit
An exception of no cause of action was filed in district court in the Monroe case seeking 15000 dollars from the city after Henry Bannister and wife allege their son Troy was killed by an electric wire contact on February 9. Judge Percy Sander will rule later. the suit claims the chain touched a defective live wire at Jackson street and Layton avenue. The city allegedly knew of the defect but left the chain accessible. Attorneys H P Long and J B Crow represent Bannister.
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Henry Bannister
Monroe
Percy Sander
Troy Bannister
Jackson Street
Layton Avenue
Bannister
H. P. Long
J. B. Crow
Long and Crow
Shreveport
Cyclone Flattens Corn In Dip Near Longview
A cyclone moved a mile and a half west of Arp Texas injuring no one. It destroyed a barn and small outhouses owned by George Moore, uprooted several trees, and flattened corn patching the fields. The twister lifted after striking Moore’s barn.
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Longview
Texas
Arp
George Moore
Moore
River Stages Report Mississippi and Ouachita Basins
Mississippi levels show Memphis 10.2 rising 0.4, Vicksburg 14.0 up 0.1, New Orleans 2.0 steady. RED Shreveport 14.0 falling 0.3, Alexandria 7.8 up 2.1. Ouachita reaches Camden 3.4 down 0.1, Monroe 13.0 steady.
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Mississippi
Memphis
Vicksburg
New Orleans
Shreveport
Alexandria
Ouachita
Camden
Monroe
Cigaret Tips to Match Gowns Spark Boston Fad
Boston women embrace a new fad of matching cigarette tips to gowns. Milady shop on Tremont Street offers vivid blue green and scarlet tips, while a Back Bay dealer supplies mauve pale yellow and rose tipped cigarettes, plus gold and silver styles.
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International News Service
Boston
Milady
Tremont Street
Amundsen Recall Sparks Nordenskields Vega Voyage Memory
Stockholm notes the 45th anniversary of the Vega polar expedition under Nordenskjöld. Five survivors attend a monument unveiling for Admiral Palander, recalling a voyage that began June 22, 1878 and ended April 24, 1880 after circling the world north of Europe and Asia.
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Stockholm
US. N. S
Roald Amundsen
Arctic
Adolf Erik Nordenskied
Polar
Siberia
Behring’s Strait
Japan
Louis Palander
Karlskrona
Europe
Asia
Suez Canal
Oscar F. Nordqvist
Fisheries Bureau
Department of Agriculture
Ernest B. Almquist
Upsala University
Oscar Hansson
Sven Anderson
Bottswain
P. O. Faste
Almquist
Nordqvist
Nordenskied
Palander
South America
Africa
Arctic Sea
Tremsch
Lena
Cape Chelyuskin
Old World
Yokohama
Robbers flee after attempt on LeFlore cash payday
Robbers blew open the Delwebber Land and Timber company safe at LeFlore, near Grenada, but fled before reaching an inner safe containing about $7,000. The watchman heard the explosion, pursued the trail a mile south, and bloodhounds were called but money was not stolen.
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Grenada
Delwebber Land and Timber Company
LeFlore
Here
Crystal Springs
Shepherds Lawyer Wins Temp Court Recess
Chicago report on William Darling Shepherd case outlines Dr. Frederick Tenney’s testimony that Charles Faiman could not have infected typhoid germs as claimed. Crowe pressed Tenney about department practices while court adjourned for the day amid gavel-to-gavel questioning.
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Chicago
A. P
William Scott Stewart
William Darling Shepherd
Frederick O. Tenney
Chicago Health Department
Robert E. Crowe
Toneney
Charles C. Faiman
Shepherd
Fiman
Billy MoeClintock
Crowe
Tenney
Paieman
National Universiy of Sciences
Faiman
City Health Department
Billy McClintock
Te Laboratory
Herman Bundesen
Tonney
Farman
Bundesen
J Oratory
Thomas Lynch
Stewart
Cotton dusting demo shown by plane in Cheneyville
More than 200 people including many farmers watched a cotton dusting demonstration by airplane on W. J. Ray's thirty acre tract at Cheneyville Louisiana. Four thousand acres in Rapides parish area likely to be dus ted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alexandria
W. J. Ray
Cheneyville
Rapides Parish
Alligators Escape Prompt Forsythe Park Hunt
A caretaker reports two alligators escaped from Forsythe Park zoo at night and wandered into the nearby duck pond. Three experienced handlers are sought to help recapture the animals during an afternoon hunt, with a News-Star reporter invited but unavailable.
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Rockies
Mountains
Aretaain
North Carolina
Forsythe Park
News- Star
Forsythe
News-Star
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Planrousii
Ellsworth
Gotham
Ben C. Dawkins
Eastern Court
Supreme Court
Sinclair Stock
Doheny
Jake
Dressmaker
Sister
Armstrong
Urania NO. 7
la Salle Parish
LaFollette Memorial
Name Guard OF Honor
Sandel
Watchman
Shepherds Lawyer
Rapides
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