Greek Cabinet Resigns As Admiral Coundouriotis Takes Charge
Athens reports the Greek cabinet under Premier Michalakopoulos resigns. Admiral Coundouriotis becomes provisional president since May 1 1924 as revolutionary officers seize public buildings and control transport amid a military movement.
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London
Athens
Michalakopoulos
Admiral Coundouriotis
Hadjikiriakos
Greekepublic
Essage
Satlonika
Greece
A. P
Indendent
Saloniki Garsh
Indiate
Micakopoulos
Agelos
Mtrol
Had4siriakos
Marine
Prize Chicago Trip Announced for Louisiana Club Winners
Louisiana is offered a prize educational trip to the Fourth National Boys and Girls Club Congress in Chicago by the Western Railway's public relations committee. The trip will go to the state champion in a selected crop or livestock project. The winner is chosen by the state extension department and will receive funds to cover trip costs. Additional cash prizes up to 175 are available for essays on what railroads mean to the farmer, with finals at the Chicago congress banquet on November 30, 1925.
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Baton Rouge
A. P
Chicago
Louisiana
The
Western Railway
Committee On Public Relations
State Extension Department
National Committee On Boys and Girls Club
Nail Trial for Murder Enters Defense Phase
Jackson Mississippi June 25 Taking of defense testimony began as court opened in the second day of the murder trial of Silas Nail over the death of James Daley on June 1 1925 Nail pleaded self defense as his motive and the state finished its case after a late session Daley was shot three times in the back and once in the arm his body found half under a bed at C C Downing’s home
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Jackson
Miss
Silas Nail
James Daley
Nail
Daley
C. C. Downing
River and Red River Stage Report
River stages show Mississippi at Vicksburg 14.4 rising 0.6 and New Orleans 1.6 steady. Red River reads Shreveport 10.0 down 0.4 and Alexandria 7.6 down 0.9 with Ouachita at Camden 3.0 steady and Monroe 13.7 down 0.1.
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Mississippi
Vicksburg
New Orleans
RED
Shreveport
Alexandria
Ouachita
Camden
Monroe
Japan Faces Manchuria War Says Count Soyejima
Tokyo reports Count Michimasa Soyejima predicts a future Japan Russia war over Manchuria. He cites rail control, political shifts, and a triad of Japan England United States alliance as key peace guarantor.
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Japan
China
Russia
Pacific
Count Soyejima
England
United States
Manchuria
Mountain Canyon Dam Forms Western Wyoming Lake
A massive rock slide on the Gros Ventre River in the Teton forest created a huge dam and a lake expected to be seven miles long and a mile wide. The fall blocked the river and flooded a valley, destroying a forest section and dropping cattle. No injuries were reported.
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Cheyenne
Wyo
A. P
Wyoming
Gros Ventre
Teton National Forest
National Forest
J. R. Jones
Jackson
La Farm Girls Admit Slouch Threat to Health
Baton Rouge report warns that the debutante slouch endangers health by sagging internal organs and tightening nerves. Nutritionist Mina Will urges rest sunshine and milk daily plus eggs leafy greens and cereals. Corrective setting up exercises can straighten shoulders blades and abdominal muscles for better posture and vitality.
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Baton Rouge
Mina Will
New Monroe Drillers Manager Sparks Banner Run
New Drillers manager Paul E. Trammell has the Monroe team clicking, guiding four games at Vicksburg with 23 runs and 39 hits. Since his arrival, the Drillers show improved scoring, while Norbert O Neil attends league talks on player limits and split seasons. Injuries plague Morris Behrens and Tex Moore. standings adjusted across Cotton States League with Monroe close to Senators and a potential push past Hattiesburg.
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Monroe
Vicksburg
Paul E. Trammell
Driller
Trammell
Drillers
Norbert O'Neil
Jackson
O'Neil
Senators
Morris
Behrens
Tex” Moore
Prexy Scott
News- Star
Meridian
Chicago
Senwators
Hattiesburg
LaFollette Will Names widow as sole beneficiary
Madison Wis June 25 Senator Robert M LaFollette's will filed for probate names his widow Mrs LaFollette as sole beneficiary and executrix The petition estimates his debts at 29000 personal property at 20000 and homestead real estate at 48000 plus mortgage on the homestead confirming a total indebtedness near 29000
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Madison
Wis
Robert M. LaFollette
Dane County
Plans blockading rum along Gulf coast announced
W E Ford of Biloxi Miss named base chief with Biloxi Morgan City and Lake Charles bases. About 100 men in five squads to enforce prohibition along Louisiana and Mississippi coasts as D D Jackson outlines a new rum blockade with more agents soon, not confirming links to Washington re districting.
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New Orleans
W. E. Ford
Biloxi
Miss
Morgan City
Lake Charles
Louisiana
Mississippi
D. D. Jackson
Gulf Coast
Washington
Decrease in US oil production for week ended June 20
The American Petroleum Institute reports a weekly US crude oil production drop of 62 550 barrels to 7 197 480. East of California output fell 68 550 barrels, while Oklahoma rose 100, Kansas fell 1 500 and Texas regions showed mixed changes. Imports at principal ports averaged 206 000 barrels daily. Prices across districts remained unchanged with California grades from 1.25 to 2.40 per barrel.
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New York
A. P
United States
American Petroleum Institute
Smackover
Ark
California
Oklahoma
Kansas
North Texas
East Central
Texas
West Central
North Louisiana
Arkansas
Gulf Coast
Southwest Texas
Eastern Field
Rocky Mountain
Atlantic
Pennsylvania
Bradford
Mid-Continent
Experts Revive Dead Through Investigation
Washington reports reveal that fingerprint experts in the Department of Justice document cases where criminals are misidentified as dead to collect life insurance or avoid detection. They reappear when later fingerprints on new crimes expose them, allowing officials to reclaim the case.
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Washington
A. P
Department of Justice
Bureau of Investigation
Chicago Plan to Secede from Illinois Outlined
Chicago city council unanimously approved secession from Illinois and asked corporation counsel Francis X. Busch to outline the legal steps. The plan would include all of Cook County and neighboring counties in the withdrawal and seek a collective move with invited adjoining counties.
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Chicago
A. P
Illinois
Francis X. Busch
Cook County
Mov
Prohibition Alliance Formed by Paroled Ex‑Official
Wm H Anderson on parole from Sing Sing announces the American Prohibition Protestant Patriotic Protective Alliance. He says the group aims to resist alleged wet influence and defend religion and patriotism while opposing anti Protestantism in cities. He refuses to name other officers and says activities may be both open and secret.
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New York
A. P
Wm. H. Anderson
Sing Sing
Anti-Salah League
League
American Prohibition Protestant Patriotic Protective Alliance
Anderson
Washington
Ku Klux Klan
Withdraw Invitation Extended to Darrow
Lovick P. Miles, president of the Tennessee Bar Association, withdrew an invitation to Clarence Darrow to address the Memphis convention. The move, approved by some Memphis lawyers and opposed by others, aimed to avoid misconstruing Darrow’s presence as defending counsel in the Scopes trial.
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Memphis
Tenn
A. P
Lovick P. Miles
Tennesse Bar Association
Clarence Darrow
Miles
Dayton
Darrow
Coolidge Begins Summer Vacation in Swampscott
President Coolidge settled to a summer vacation at Swampscott Mass. He will spend part of each day in study at White Court and receive a limited number of callers. Routine matters will be handled in Lynn with staff in Washington handling only personal issues.
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Swampscott
Mass
A. P
Coolidge
White Court
Lynn
Washington
Jury Likely to Retire by Friday Noon in Shepherd Murder Case
Chicago reports the Shepherd murder trial nearing verdict, with defense attorney Stewart arguing Prosecution failed to prove motive or intent. He criticizes key witnesses and questions Reichmann while outlining the will's creation and Shepherd’s alleged financial motives.
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Chicago
Wm. D. Shepherd
Scott Stewart
Stewart
W. W. O'Brien
Robert E. Crowe
Alexander F. Reichmann
Shepherd
Billy McClintock
Billy
Reichmann
Shepherds
Estelle Gehling
Willie
SURRENDERS AFTER MAKING LONG STAND BEFORE BIG CROWD
W. E. Poulan surrendered at 6 30 P M in the yard of his West Monroe hotel after holding off sheriff's officers for over two hours. He faces a charge of shooting Pike Neal at Neal's West Monroe meat market earlier in the afternoon. Neal was wounded four times but not seriously and is in Riverside Sanitarium. Deputies tried twice to arrest Poulan before he gave up amid a large watching crowd.
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W. E. Poulan
West Monroe
Pike Neal
Poulan
Monroe
Neal
Riverside Sanitarium
Tom Hicks
C. D. Meredith
Hicks
Coverdale
Meredith
George Wesley Smith
Smith
Arrest Hubby as Wife Charges He Punched Her Nose
New York June 25. Domestic trouble of Arthur K Bourne Jr 31 grandson of Commodore Frederick G Bourne who left a 40 000 000 estate ends in his arrest after a chase through Park Avenue. Beatrice Clancy Bourne 21 wife says he punched her nose and she directed a police car to arrest him in sight of 5000 onlookers. He pleads not guilty in night court and faces a hearing tomorrow.
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New York
Arthur K. Bourne, Jr
Commodore Frederick G. Bourne
Louisiana Highways Plan Major Put To Leading Cities
W E Atkins chairman of the Louisiana Highway commission outlined the 1925 program at a New Orleans luncheon. He cited 9 157 000 expected state highway revenue, announced soundings for the Rigolets and Chef Menteur bridges, and July bids for ferry service. The plan prioritizes paved routes from New Orleans Shreveport Baton Rouge Monroe Alexandria and Lake Charles while noting bridges cost due to 5000 miles of streams and 7000 miles of roads.
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New Orleans
W. E. Atkins
Louisiana Highway Commission
New Orleans Association of Commerce
Highway Commission
Rigolets
Chef Menteur
Louisiana
Atkinson
Commission
Shreveport
Baton Rouge
Monroe
Alexandria
Lake Charles
Negroes Escape Death Through Second Trial
Four negroes on trial for the second time in the killing of Nellie Mardis an aged Smith Station woman were acquitted by a Hinds County jury. They had been sentenced to death after a February Raymond conviction but the supreme court reversed and ordered a new trial on circumstantial evidence.
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Jackson
Miss
Nellie Mardis
Smith Station
Hinds County
Raymond
Supreme Court
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Vladivostok
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Chang Tso-lin
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Kathryn de Naouley
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Atkins
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