Tunney Case Reveals Cash Payout to Fogarty Claims
Bridgeport court records show James J. Tunney and trainer Bill Gibson arranged payments to Katherine Fogarty totaling up to 35 000 dollars to relinquish her claims. Fogarty had alleged Tunney asked her to marry him and accepted. Tunney's answer suggests motives to avoid damage to reputation and financial loss from other fights.
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Gibson
Bridgeport
Associated Press
Conn
James J
Gene) Tunley
Katherine
Fogarty
Fort Worth
Exas
New York
Homer Ene
Stamford
Bill Gibson
Ampion
Howev
Tony
Forty
Tunney
John 5S. Fogarty
Tex
Taney
Hot Springs
Polly Lever
Tex Rickrd
Rickard Sporting Club
Empsey
Tom Eeney
Robbers Net $1500 in New Orleans Burglary Spree
A gang of thieves struck seven uptown chain stores in rapid succession early today. Police say safes were broken and about $1500 taken as the robbers escaped with the cash.
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New Orleans
Snook Pleads Not Guilty in Murder Case
Dr. James H. Snook a dismissed university professor and slayer of Theora Hix pleaded not guilty to first degree murder at arraignment in Columbus Ohio. Judge Robert P. Duncan set July 22 for trial amid defense objections raised by attorney E O Ricketts. Both Snook and co defendant Albert C. Gunning entered not guilty pleas while handcuffed together.
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Associated Press
Columbus
James H. Snook
Theora Hix
John J. Chester, Jr
Robert P. Duncan
E. 0
Ricketts
Snook
Woman Socialist-Labor Nominee Vows Tough Race For Mayor
Mrs Olive Johnson the socialist labor Party candidate for New York mayor says she will govern with hammer and tongs. She expects opposition as a woman and a socialist but will not seek quarter. Johnson downplays feminism and aims to reform education and transportation policy.
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New York
Olive Johnson
Socialist-Labor Party
Sweden
Mechanic Tracks Major Franco Missing Flight to Sea
Pablo Rada, the mechanic who joined Major Ramon Franco on the trans Atlantic trip to South America, offered to aid in the search for the missing commander. He proposes using his own plane for searches and believes Franco would steer toward safety if able.
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Madrid
Pablo Rada
Ramon Franco
South America
United States
War Department
Rada
First Public Mass Since 1926 Planned in Mexico
Mexico City June 24 The first public mass since August 1 1926 will be said at Nuestra Señora de la Guadalupe the national shrine on Saturday Archbishop Pascual Diaz announced that inventory and delivery of church properties will take time but the Guadalupe service will proceed promptly Other churches will reopen as gov processes allow The National Cathedral remains closed likely due to repairs CONTINUED ON PAGE Sid.
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Hy Associated Press
Mexico City
Mexico
Nuestra Senora de la Guadalupe
Our Lady of the Guadalupe
Pascual Diaz
Mississippi Solons Seek 10 Map Highway Plan
The Mississippi legislature met in extraordinary session to push highway department reorganization and bond issues for a statewide hard surfaced road system. Speaker Thomas L. Hailey presided in the House while Lt. Gov. Bidgood led the Senate as urgent action urged by Governor Bilbo.
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Jackson
Miss
Mississippi
Theodore G. Bilbo
State Highway Department
Gall Road
Lulu Wimberly
Thomas L. Hailey
Meridian
House
Senate resolution condemns White House entertainment
Jackson Mississippi June 24 A senate concurrent resolution unreservedly condemning the entertainment at the White House of the wife of Oscar De Priest negro congressman from Illinois was introduced by Senator Floyd Loper of Lake. The resolution was sent to the rules committee for perfection.
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Associated Press
Jackson
Miss
Senate
White House
Oscar de Priest
Illinois
Floyd Loper
Lake
Rules Committee For Perfection
Mississippi highway system urged in governor message
In the governor's message a plea was made for reasoning and cooperation to forget factional lines and provide the state with a needed system of highways. The note was presented from Pass Christian and mentions Adam.
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Adam
Christian
Senate
Mississippi
Crowley Boy Drowns In Bayou Des Cannes Rescue Effort Fails
Alvin Guidroz fourteen year old son of Mr and Mrs J E Guidroz of Crowley drowned when a small paddling boat overturned in Bayou Des Cannes ten miles west of Crowley Louisiana Three playmates in another boat tried to reach him but he sank Despite three dynamite charges and hours of diving the body remained missing until a rice irrigation pump later surfaced the body His parents four siblings and five brothers survive the tragedy.
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Associated Press
Crowley
Alvin Guidroz
J. E. Guidroz
Bayou Des Cannes
Here
Faked murder to save her father grief over death
Mrs Florence Lehman Archer killed herself with gas to spare her father grief after her husband left. Her sister and George Lehman found her bound to the gas range, and the sister suggested they pretend burglars caused the death to shield the father.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Florence Lehman Archer
John Zoehlmir
George Lehman
Zoehlmir
Thad
Bandits Run Wild In Bold New Orleans Week-End Robberies
Bandits robbed residences and stores in New Orleans over the week-end with loot totals unknown. A homeowner at 1713 Cambron Street fought back, wounding nothing and the thief escaped with jewels. Eight chain stores were robbed and safes opened as a possible coordinated band committed multiple thefts.
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N. O
New Orleans
Harry C. Meyers
Cambronne Street
Meyer
New High Speed Printers In Use at the News Star
The Associated Press adopts second bylines and high speed telegraph printers for The News Star in Monroe. The new system delivers up to thousands of words of late news during publishing hours, faster than voice or radio, placing Monroe on par with major dailies. New Orleans was made the regional terminal for Louisiana and Mississippi.
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Associated Press
News-Star
Co-Operative News Gathering Organization
Monroe
News- Star
Louisiana
Mississippi
South
New Orleans
Hambones Meditations by J P Alley
A dialect poem titled Hambones Meditations notes a worried world in the shade of a pleasant tea grass tree. The speaker observes no grass beneath the tree and comments on a troubling scene with humor and folklore style.
Road to Ruston paving causes road closure
The road from Monroe to Ruston will be closed for paving in about two weeks. Traffic will detour via Brown Paper Mill at Eros, Chatham, Ruston and the usual route. The Monroe to Farmerville section of Route No. 15 will also close in about two weeks.
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Monroe
Ruston
Baton Rouge
Eros
Chatham
Farmerville
Nuns Escape as Convent Fire Destroys Building
Montreal June 24 lightning struck the Sacred Heart convent at Sault au Recollet. All occupants including 22 convalescent nuns escaped. The four story stone building and contents were a total loss estimated at 1 million dollars. Four firemen were injured fighting the blaze.
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Montreal
Ladies of the Sacred Heart
Night Clerk Shot Dead in Bronx Hotel Mystery
A 26 year old night clerk William Fortner was found shot in the Hotel Allaire Bronx office. Guests woke to gunshots and saw three men flee the scene after the shooting. Fortner had money in his pockets as detectives pursued suspects seen leaving in a getaway car.
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New York
Bronx
Allaire
William Fortner
Recall petition blocked in Louisiana legislature case
Judge Harmon C. Drew issued an injunction blocking Mary K. Bryce Bossier registrar from certifying a recall petition against Representative W. C. Hughes. The ruling removes 314 names from an original 740, leaving less than 25 percent required. The court also held Act 121 of 1921 does not apply to state legislators.
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Shreveport
Harmon C. Drew
Bossier Parish
Mary K. Bryce
Bossier
Louisiana
Major contraband liquor seizure at Gueydan Louisiana
Prohibition agents led by W H Chilton seized about 1000 cases of imported whiskey gin and champagne valued at 75000 in Gueydan Louisiana. Liquor hidden in rice chaff aboard two railroad cars destined for Detroit Michigan under a scheme by a man using the name L R Kellogg who fled before inspection.
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Associated Press
Alexandria
Louisiana
Gueydan
W. H. Chilton
Prohibition
E. C. Landry
Central and North Louisiana
Chilton
Gueydon
L. R. Kellogg
Solomon and Company
Detroit
Mich
Bilbo Defeated as Hume Retains University Chair
In Jackson Mississippi Governor Bilbo failed to remove Chancellor Alfred Hume from the University of Mississippi. A 6 to 4 vote kept Hume in office while members aligned with the governor also voted to oust Francis Harmon as secretary to the board and remove Dr. R V Rafael as state veterinarian, with several switching to Hume’s side.
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Jackson, Miss
Alfred Hume
University of Mississippi
Bilbo
Hume
Francis Harmon
Hattiesburg
University and Colleges
R. V. Rafael
Od Hume
Air Accidents of Week End Take 5 Lives
Five people died in week end aviation incidents including parachute jumps and a crash. At Cincinnati Homer Nasers pilot and Harold Biddle and Joe Hite parachutist perished as a plane burned after diving. E. J. Cain 23 commercial flyer died when parachute rigging failed at Albemarle North Carolina. William Lowry 24 of Parma Ohio was torn from his parachute at 1800 feet.
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Associated Press
Cincinnati
Joe Hite
Homer Nasers
Harold Biddle
E. J. Cain
Albemarne
N. C
William Lowry
Parma
Ohio
4 H Boys and Girls Ready for Summer Outing
A mixed group of youths and supervising adults gathered before Ouachita parish court house to board for a summer outing. Suitcases boxes crates held belongings including chickens in crates fruits and canned goods. The scene showed boys and girls in varied attire with knickers overalls and large straw hats as roosters cackled from packing boxes.
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Ouachita Parish Court House
Texas Plains
Train Strikes Bus Killing Six Near Sheffield
An Ashley Falle train struck a bus carrying New York state children to a camp near Sheffield Massachusetts. One man and five children were killed and several other children injured in the crash.
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Sheffield
Mass
Ashley Falle
New York State
Here
Captain Hawks Flies to New York Against Headwinds
Aldermanic report notes Captain Frank C. Hawks passing Albuquerque at 7 40 AM on a flight to New York. He faced strong headwinds through Arizona and New Mexico in a challenging earlier leg of the journey.
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Albuquerque
N. M
Frank C. Hawks
New York
Arizona
New Mexico
Wreckage of Craft Seen Says Report
Madrid reports alarm after Major Ramon Franco and two companions die on a flight to New York via Azores. Spain dispatches five destroyers and planes to search the area between the coast and the Azores for wreckage about 100 miles off the Azores. No survivors. Destroyers Alsedo Sanchez Barcautigue Velasco Lazago patrolled northeast of the Azores. officials urge vessels to keep lookout to identify the debris and confirm the wreckage.
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Associated Preas
Madrid
Ramon Franco
New York
Azores
Grelden
The
Azor
Ministry of the Navy
Fort
Alsedo
Sanchez
Barcautigue
Velasco
Spanish Aviation Service
Govern
Chemical Test Ordered In Death of Two Wives
Bowie county officials rely on chemical analysis to determine if two county wife deaths were poison related. Ocie Nix, 22, allegedly confessed to placing poison in a capsule for a wife, while Chester Peary, 25, is jailed after his wife died in convulsions. Viscera sent to the Texas chemist for analysis.
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Texarkana
Ark
Bowie County
Chester Peary
Ocie Nix
R. G. Watersons
Nix
New Boston
Peavy
Austin
Ed Hutchins
Poevy
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