Bonds Recovered Tie Loot to New York Robbery
Walter Chitwood, Indian attorney, and Don Sullivan, described as a wealthy gambler, were jailed in Muskogee after $14,000 Argentine bonds were recovered. Federal authorities say the bonds were part of loot from a daylight New York robbery two months earlier and that a confession connected them to a scheme moving stolen securities from New York banks to San Francisco.
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Associated Presa
Tulsa
Okla
Walter Chitwood
Don Sullivan
Fort Smith
Ark
Muskopee
New York
United States Offic
Pte Ee Onnk
Helduns
San Fran
Goose Creek Incarceration and Houston Riot Fears
Houston police kept units on duty after a crowd estimated at 2500 gathered around the county jail where three Goose Creek men were jailed for refusing grand jury questions on alleged floggings near Goose Creek. A fourth witness evaded sentencing by answering questions.
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Associated Prep
Houston
Texas
Goose Creek
C. W. Robinson
K. A. Cubley
British ships bring sealed liquor defying dry law
New York June 22 two British steamers the Baltic and Berengaria docked with liquor for the homeward voyage under seal in defiance of the treasury department rule. A customs official said seizure of wet goods would likely occur tomorrow morning after Mellon ordered agents to board the Berengaria. The Baltic slipped into quarantine with 6182 bottles for its next eastbound voyage.
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New York
Baltic
Berengaria
Treasury Department
Customs House
Washington
Associated Press
Mellon
Leviathan Sets New Steamship Speed Record
The re conditioned Leviathan on her New York trial rise hit 28.04 knots breaking the Mauretania record of 24.0 knots. In other dispatches Moscow reports the execution of Ivan Komarov nicknamed the wolf of Moscow and his wife for mass murder. Hamp Williams of Hot Springs was elected president of the National Retail Hardware Association and Santa Barbara hosts the 1924 convention. Dr Livingston Ferrand of Cornell University was named president of the National Tuberculosis Association with Memphis as 1924 convention site. In Laurel Mississippi Congressman Webber Wilson homered to lead Kiwanis over Rotary for the playground fund.
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A. P
New York
Santa Barbara
Cal
Livingston Ferrand
Cornell University
National Tuberculosis Associaon
Memphis
Tenn
Laurel
Miss
Webber Wilson
Kiwanis Club
Rotary Club
Barthe
Wilson
No Presidential Bee Buzzing Around About Ears of Gov Parker
Baton Rouge, June 22. Governor Parker dismisses talk of a presidential bid as flattering but unlikely for a southern nominee. He returns from a ten day tour to the North after speaking in six states and receiving telegraphs and letters urging his nomination. He notes a chance meeting with Henry Ford at a hotel and discusses Ford plant growth and Southern sentiment.
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Gov
Parker
Baton Rouge
Henry Ford
Ford
Three States Drag Out Winter While Others Are Torrid
Chicago June 22 unseasonable cold hit about three states while the rest of the nation sweltered. Forecasters warned some areas will not see relief as heat waves persist. Deaths and prostrations mounted from the heat with many cities recording new high temperature marks. In New Mexico a frost forced ice to be broken in watering troughs in places.
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Associated Press
Chicago
United States
New Mexico
Terracing Gains Ground in North Louisiana Farms
A letter from F. M. Gates of Monroe, federal appraiser, urges terracing on hill farms and circulates to Farm Loan Association leaders across Louisiana, Mississippi, and Alabama. The note credits widespread terracing for better cultivation, diversification, and crop yields, with farmers increasingly adopting the practice even without loans.
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Federal Land Bank
F. M. Gates
Monroe
Louisiana
Mississippi
Alabama
Gates
President and Mrs Harding Reach Kansas City Stop
President and Mrs Harding with their party arrive in Kansas City for a twelve hour visit en route to the Pacific coast and Alaska. The day includes an address on transportation in Hutchinson tomorrow and a reception at Union Station.
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Associated Press
Kansas City
Harding
Acific
Alaska
St. Louis
World Court
Missouri
Missouri River
Hyde
Davis
Kansas
Hutch- Inson
Union Station
Blue Hills
Convention Hall
National Court of Honor
Boy Scouts of America
United States Veterans Hospital
National Organization
Injunction to Stop Simmons from Revealing Klan Secrets
Atlanta judge signs a temporary injunction preventing William Joseph Simmons and others from sharing Klan secrets and rituals with the Knights Kamelia. Hearing set for Saturday. defendants include Simmons and Knights of the Kamelia officials led by H. W. Evans.
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Atlanta
William Joseph Simmons
Knights of the
Ku Klux Klan
Knights Ka Melia
John J. Humphriees
H. W. Evans
Caleb Ridley
Imperial Kludd
J. C. Wood
Searchlight
Henry J. Norton
W. H. Lathrop
William G. Thompson
E. J. Jones
Thomas H. Knight
C. W. Besom
N. H. Moore
The
Knights of the Kamelia
Hope Dawns Around Mount Etna Eruption Sputs Down
Catania Italy June 28 Associated Press report says Etna eruptive violence eases though lava streams threaten Linguaglossa and Randazzo. Crater openings decline to about twenty. damage exceeds 100 million lire though no human victims yet.
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Crewe Catania
Italy
Mount Hons Borane
Twen
Linguaglossa
Randazzo
Grand jury discharges itself in Union county Arkansas
In El Dorado Arkansas June 22 a Union county grand jury asked to be discharged by judge L S Britt saying it cannot agree on any cases. Foreman J D Ainsworth cited inability to agree as the reason and suggested a new grand jury be appointed to handle unfinished business, amid rumors of factional lines over libel suits involving the Arkansas Traveler Klan publication.
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Associated Pres
el Dorado
Ark
Union County
Circuit Court
J. D. Ainsworth
L. S. Britt
Arkansas Traveler
Voliva Plans Flat Earth Radio Broadcast From Zion
Wilbur Glenn Voliva, leader at Zion, promotes the flat earth theory and prepares a radio broadcast on WCBD. The 345 meter station with a 560 watt transmitter will air sermons Sundays, with tests heard in New York, Florida, and several Canadian and U.S. cities.
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Zion
Lis
Wilbur Glenn Voliva
Voliva
WCBD
Kansas City Star
Louisville Courier Journal
New York
Florida
Rotary election set as mere formality at convention
St Louis June 22 the closing session of Rotary International's fourteenth annual convention named Guy Gundaker of Philadelphia as sole nominee for president with other officers unopposed. Installation of the new officers will conclude the event later in the afternoon.
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St. Louis
Rotary International
Guy Gundaker
Philadelphia
Forty Men Attend Banquet of Forty and Eight
An unusually exact turnout of forty Legionnaires and Voyageurs Militaire gathered Wednesday at the Monroe Hotel for the Forty Men and Eight Society banquet. Chef de Gare R Young presided as guests discussed American Legion affairs and La Societe des 49 Hommes et 49 Chevaux while enjoying a well served, appetizing dinner.
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Monroe Hotel
Legionnaire
Voyageur Militaire
Banqqueters
American Legion
la Sociele Des
Hommes Et & Chevaux
Data
Chef de Gare
R Young
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Kan
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Ndian
Ther
Fyperted
Grand Jury
Mob of Friends
J. E. Harper
L. D. Moseley
Johnny Midnight
W. E. Wiles
Department
Moscow
Ivan Komarov
Richmond
Hamp Wilams
Hot Springs
National Retail Hardare Association
Francisco
Enxier
International Court
Permanent Court of International Justice
Simmons
Mount Etna
Roviders
Grand Jury Tangle
Wildwood Dairy
J. Renwick
Yellow Cab Office
Grand Street
Genasco
Fink
la. Gas Products Corporation
Dewdrop
Congregation
B’nait Israel
Temple Annex
Leon Cohn
Rotary
Walker Brothers
Ibs Grocery
Miller & Hart
Hall's Market
T Walke Bros
DeSiard St
R. E. Heap
Police
Forsythe Park
Farmerville
West Monroe
Chas. Saxe, Marshal
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