Slaying of Oil Camp Workers Sparks Mass Hush-Arrest Sweep
Smackover Arkansas July 22 Approximately twenty five suspects white and negro are sought by sheriffs posses from An n and Ouachita counties over the murder of C. C Moak and Dan Lusk electricians for Houston Oil Company found near the Smackover Camden highway. Victims beaten shot robbed. money and watches missing. No witnesses. Coroner inquest held. Reward fund over 500 dollars raised by local citizens may double. The motive robbery. Moak Mason. Police believe attackers abducted them from their camp and a fierce struggle occurred at the scene.
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Smackover
Ark
Uor
Ann
Ouachita
Conection
C. Cack
Dan Lusk
Houston Oil Company
Houston Company
Jackover
Smackover-Camden
South
Arkansas
Monk
Lusk
Moak
Themen
Ouachita County
Camden
Post Office
O. O. Moak
el Dorado
R. H. Moak
Chitton
Miss
Shreveport Parking Ban Upheld by Louisiana Court
Louisiana Supreme Court rules Shreveport may not ban parking beyond 15 minutes. In a related crash near West Monroe, seven injured, with two drivers charged for reckless driving and whiskey possession. Victims include J King Malvern Arkansas and Earl Kilgore West Monroe with severe injuries. others treated at St Francis sanitarium.
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Jonesboro
Natchitoches
West Monroe
J. King
Malvern
Arkansas
Earl Kilgore
Cleveland Evans
Waynesboro
Georgia
P. H. Witt
E. L. Henry
J. L. Gentry
Charles Zagone
St. Francis Sanitarium
Witt
Evans
Henry
Zagone
Gentry
Sheriff's Department
Natchitoches Rox
Jonesboro Road
King
Little Fur
Kilgore
Antos
Genny
Hearrom
Verone
Francis
Kinz
Sr Witt
State court upholds ticket based race betting in Louisiana
The Louisiana state court with five of six justices concurring upheld Judge Le blanc's ruling that cooperative race track betting using tickets but no machines is legal. The Ascension Parish trial involving John F. Truzilo raised concerns that a win would push local adoption, potentially replacing the current oral system in New Orleans.
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New Orleans
Juel Leblanc
Louisiana
Ascension Parish
John F. Truz‘ilo
Wedding at Winnsboro Draws Rayville Friends
Rayville crowd attends a Sunday wedding at the Catholic church with Father Marsh of Monroe officiating. Nicholas Velchoff, a Rayville merchant, unites in marriage with Mesey Palanecia of Winnsboro. The ceremony is noted as impressive. the couple will reside in Rayville.
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Rayville
Catholicurch
Marsh
Monroe
Nicholas Welchoff
M’s ~Ey Palanecia
Winnsboro
Velchoff
Raysville
French Lieutenant Blows Up Block House After Siege
Second Lieutenant Lapeyre and six Senegalese soldiers, only survivors from a 22 man garrison in Fez Morocco, detonated the block house on June 14 to avoid capture by Abd el-Krim forces after eight days of resistance and failed rescue attempts.
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Paris
Intersignal
Fez
Morocco
Lapeyre
Abd-El-Krim
Heliograph
Simple Burial Services Held for Wis Sen. LaFollette
Madison Wisconsin June 22 Funeral services for Senator Robert Marion LaFollette were held in simple, somber form as his body lay in state at the state capitol rotunda. The service included hymns and a sermon by Dr A E Haydon of Chicago and drew thousands who viewed the coffin and paid respect before the burial in his native soil by the blue lake where he was born.
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Madison
Wis
A. P
Robert Marion LaFollette
Washington
Mozart and
Mannechoir Chorus
A. E. Haydon
Chicago
Mozart and Mannechoir
America
State House
Capitol Square
Coolidge to Address Annual Business Meet at Swampscott
President Coolidge plans to address the semiannual meeting of the government business organization in Swampscott Massachusetts tonight. He is expected to outline tax reduction hopes and further government economy plans with radio broadcasts by WCAP WEAF WJER WEEI WOO WSAI and WOC. The trip follows a day of meetings with Cabinet and last minute preparations ahead of departure for the summer home Wednesday.
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Washington
A. P
White House
Swampscott
Mass
Coolidge
Government Business Organization
WCAP
WEAF
WJER
WEEI
WOO
WSAI
WOC
Mrs. Coolidge
Negro falls through shaft at new court house injures man
J. C. Coleman an 82 year old black man fell three stories through an elevator shaft while riding to the top of the new court house building. He sustained a fractured collar bone and cuts. Coleman lives at Nineteen and Grammont streets and was at work this morning.
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New Court House
J. C. Coleman
Coleman
Nineteen
Grammont Streets
Edwin Ladd Dies in Baltimore After Long Career in Chemistry
Senator Edwin Fremont Ladd of North Dakota died in Baltimore at 10 20 am He had served as federal food administrator for North Dakota and as a chemistry expert guiding agricultural and food regulation He chaired investigations in the Senate and aligned with La Follette forces His career spanned dentistry teaching college presidency writing and public service
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Baltimore
Edwin Fremont Ladd
North Dakota
Senator Ladd
Maine
United States
Starks
John
Rosala Ladd
Somersett Academy
University of Maine
New York State
United States Senate
Partisan League
Congress
Standards Commission On Food Products
Harding
Supreme Court
Ladd
Senator LaFollette
Wisconsin
Farm Bloc
LaFollette
Frazier
Norris
Nebraska
Shipstead
Minnesota
Senate
Rott
Russia
America
American Association For the Advancement of Science
American Chemical Society
Society For the Promotion of
Gravel Road to Farmerville Gets Approval
A Monroe Louisiana Highway Commission conference in Baton Rouge led to plans for graveling the Farmerville Monroe highway. The West Monroe Drew School link will start at J M Munholland residence with bids opening July 2 in Baton Rouge for the Drew School Union parish link. Construction should begin within thirty days, expanding Monroe access to new truck farming areas.
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Monroe
Louisiana Highway Commission
Baton Rouge
Farmerville-Monroe
Theo. F. Terzia
T. L. Hood
R. O. Morrison
Julius Russ
West Monroe-Drew
J. M. Munholland
West Monroe
Drew School Union Parish
Highway Commission
Rumor of Caddo Dam Break Proved Unfounded
Rumors that the Great Caddo Lake dam near Mooringsport Louisiana had broken caused excitement in Shreveport and Jefferson Texas but investigations found the rumors unfounded. The dam is in critical condition prompting a 12500 dollar repair appropriation by the Caddo Levee Board and talks of matching state funds. Louisiana officials and a Texas delegation pressed for aid.
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Shreveport
Caddo Lake
Mooringsport
Jefferson
Texas
Gulf Refining Co
Caddo Levee Board
Fucna
Louisiana
Austin
Radium Paint Poisons Many in Factories
New York report details deaths and illnesses from radium and tetraethyl lead in U S factories. At Orange New Jersey United States Radium Corporation workers sickened by radium paint. Deepwater New Jersey Dupont plant led to eight deaths and 300 illnesses from tetraethyl lead used in anti knock gasoline. Public concern grows over radium luminescent watch faces and related poisoning.
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New York
A. P
New Jersey
United States
Radium Corporation
Orane
N. J
Deepwater
E. I. Dupont de Nemours Company
Standard Oil Company
Bayway
Elizabeth N. J
N ’T
Dupont
Orange
Babe Ruth Plans Florida Home After Selling Massachusetts Farm
Babe Ruth said he ordered brokers to sell his farm in South Sudbury, Massachusetts, and will build a home at Pasadena Estates near St. Petersburg, Florida. He cited Florida’s climate and training history there, noting illnesses influenced the move and that farming is unsuitable for an active player.
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New York
Babe” Ruth
South Sudbury
Mass
Pasadena Estates
St. Petersburg
Fla
Ruth
Sudbury
Florida
Three Drownings Reported Over Sunday Nationwide
In Moss Point Mississippi Rosalie Infield age 12 drowned while swimming with a group of about twenty in the Escanton river. Eleanor Nelson age 14 escaped death but was saved by companions and the body later recovered. In Memphis Mississippi Miss Mabel Walton 23 and Albert Shaw from Memphis drowned in the Tallahatchie river near Lambert while others in the picnic party tried to rescue them.
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Moss Point
Miss
Rosalie Infield
Escanton River
Eleanor Nelson
Memphis, Tenn
Mabel Walton
Albert Shaw
Memphis
Tallahatchie River
Lambert, Miss
Weather not too warm for canned heat tale
In a city court report W K Davis was arrested after drinking four cans of canned heat. He claimed the drink was for a sick ex soldier friend but received a $25 fine and 15 days jail plus 12 12 days for drunk and disorderly. A Younger faced similar charges with two antiseptic bottles as alibi and was fined and jailed on the same terms.
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W. K. Davis
A. Younger
Schulze
Darrow Arrives in Tennessee for Scopes Trial
Clarence Darrow, Chicago criminal lawyer, joins defense in the Tennessee Scopes trial set for July 10 in Rhea County. He meets with local counsel at breakfast, then travels to Dayton for consultations and will speak tonight to the Dayton Progressive Club before heading to Knoxville Tuesday for the John Randolph School of Law graduation address.
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John R. Neal
John T. Scopes
George W. Rahpleyen
Walter White
Darrow
Dayton
Progressive Club of
Knoxville
John Randolph School of Law
Texas urged to fund Caddo Lake Dam repair project
Shreveport Louisiana June 22 War Department promises 50 000 Gulf Refining Company commits 25 000 toward the 125 000 fund to permanently repair the Caddo Lake Dam Louisiana advocates seek 125 000 from state funds Governor Fuqua signals Louisiana will provide 125 000 Levee Board adds 12 500 and Texas may appropriate 55 000 to meet the goal. President Henderson of the local chamber of commerce announces the pledge.
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Shreveport
Fuqua
Louisiana
Naval Boat Eagle 9 in Distress 250 Miles Offshore
The Navy reservist crew aboard Eagle Boat 9 reported engine trouble and possible loss of headway about 250 miles off the Virginia Capes. Distress was relayed from New York to Norfolk. Admiral Wells ordered help if needed while contact attempts failed. The crew includes 10 officers and 46 enlisted men from Virginia, led by Lt Thomas V. White of Newport News on annual Bermuda cruise. boat left Norfolk June 12.
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Norfolk
Eagle Boat
Virginia Capes
New York
Number Nine
Rogers Wells
Fifth District
Vorgaia
Thomas V. White
Newport News
Bermuda
Negro brakeman killed by V S and P freight near Girard
Jake Muriel a 40 year old colored brakeman with the U S and P died late Saturday when crushed by a freight train near the Girard station. His body lay across the rails after the train water stop and was found minutes later. The cause is uncertain and may involve a fall between cars as he walked along the train.
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Jake Muriel
V. S. and
Girard
Muriel
U. S
Peters Co
Shreeport
Maiel
Delay Trial In Slaying Of Two Kingsport Officers
The second trial of Kinnie Wagner in Blountville Tennessee was postponed to August 17 due to absence of three material witnesses. Wagner was previously found guilty of first degree murder and sentenced to electrocution before a new trial was granted.
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Knoxville
Tenn
Blountville
Kinnie Wagner
Kingsport
Wagner
Guy L. Chase
Gotham Confectioner Distributes Profits
New York June 22 AP John Doukas a Greek immigrant now 51 distributes this year s profits to charity and neighbors. He started with 25 cents and built a profitable East Side confectionery business. This year he will give three truckloads of gifts to 25 charities about 10 000 boxes of candy a week long block party and funds to send to Greece for 100 orphans.
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New York
John Doukas
Greece
Donkay
Busses to Replace Trolley in Marshall Service
After fifteen years of operation the street cars in Marshall have ceased running and will be replaced by bus transportation. The Marshall Traction Co. plans improved service with larger buses.
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Marshall
Texas
Marshall Traction Co
Chicago prisoner dies after stabbing and refused operation
Bernard Grant, slated for hangman execution for a 1922 policeman killing, refused surgery in Chicago after a prison stabbing by Walter Krauser. Doctors sought a transfusion but Grant, insisting on death, died thirty minutes later despite his claim of innocence. Krauser had been granted a new trial.
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Chicago
Bernard Grant
Walter Krauser
Grant
Frank Jirka
Ralph Sodiers
Krauser
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