Seven Booze Boats Seized by Saukee in Gulf Operation
Mobile authorities moved a large cargo of confiscated liquor from the schooner Marion Adams to a storage warehouse after Coast Guard cutter Saukee intercepted seven vessels about 20 miles west of Southwest Pass. Twenty three men were arrested aboard the vessels, with preliminary exams planned. Six thousand cases of alcohol, largely whiskey, were seized along with six small boats.
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Mobile
Ala
A. P
Coast Guard
Saukee
Southwest Pass
Marion Adams
Lunenburg
N.S
Sandman Case Based on Permit Failure Correction
An earlier News-Star item should state Percy Sandman is charged with selling Jamaica Ginger fit for intoxicating beverage use without a legal permit from federal authorities. The case rests on the failure to obtain the required permit, not simply selling jake for beverage purposes.
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Sandman
News- Star
Percy Sandman
Jake
Jamaica
General Motors to Buy Out Yellow Cab Company
Chicago reports a consolidation of Yellow Cab Manufacturing and six Hertz group firms with General Motors. The merger, valued around 60 million dollars, aims to enter the motor bus and taxicab manufacturing field, with an announcement expected next week.
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General Motors
Yellow Cab
Chicago
A. P
Chicago Tribune
Yellow Cab Manufacturing Company
John Hertz
Chacgo
General Motors Corporation
LaSalle Street
Tribune
Dry blockade along the Gulf proves effective in enforcing prohibition
O D Jackson state prohibition director says Gulf coast blockade will soon halt whiskey importation. Coast patrols in Alabama to Texas patrol all roads with high powered cars while government boats patrol Gulf waters. Sheriff Milton Coverdale praised for aiding U S prohibition efforts in Ouachita parish.
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Gulf Coast
Gulf
O. D. Jackson
Monroe
Coast Guard Service
Alabama
Texas
Jackson
Coast Patrol
The
Chandaleur ‘Islands
New Orleans
U. S
Milton Coverdale
Ouachita Parish
Ouachita
Attorney's Claim to Chapman Money Sustained
New Haven Conn June 27 The decision by Judge Edwin E Thomas United States District Court sustains Frederick J Groehl New York counsel for Gerald Chapman now on death row that he has a valid claim to 4560 given by Chapman for legal services The judge held the money was validly assigned and owned by Groehl despite postal authorities asserting proceeds of a New York mail robbery involved in Chapmans case
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New Haven
Conn
A. P
Frederick J. Groehl
New York
Gerald Chapman
Chapman
Edwin E. Thomas
United States District Court
James Skelly
New Britain
Greeh
Thomas
Hartford
Groehl
Tug Ocean King rammed by Marloch in Quebec harbor
Nine crewmen of the tug Ocean King are missing after it was rammed and sunk by the Canadian Pacific liner Marloch in the St Lawrence river at Quebec. The Marloch, inbound from Glasgow to Montreal, cut the tug in two and its boilers exploded as water rushed into the engine room.
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Quebec
A. P
Ocean King
St. Lawrence
Glasgow
Scotland
Montreal
F. E. Stevens
World War Vet Loses Foot After Train Runover
Gilbert Rucker a 25 year old Collinston man epileptic from war service suffered a train runover near Collinston at about 9 pm. Affected while crossing tracks he fell as he had a seizure. the right foot was severed and the left mangled. He was taken to Monroe’s St Francis sanitarium. The left foot may require amputation. He served in Company B Labor Battalion 350th Infantry at Camp Green N C.
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Gilbert Rucker
Collinston
Rucker
Monroe
St. Francis Sanitarium
350Th Infantry
Camp Green
Charlotte
N, C
Drillers Face Reds in Alexandria as Cotton States Season Half Ends
The Drillers head to Alexandria Sunday for a crucial Cotton States League contest against the Reds with a chance to clinch third place in the first half. Fans plan to meet at Hotel Bentley before the game for a group sit together in the stands. Monday the Drillers host the Jackson Senators in Forsythe for a three game series with a holiday double bill set for Saturday July 4.
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Jackson
Ohroe Drillers
Alexandria
Louisiana
Bentley
Drillers
Forsythe
Jackson Senators
Trammell
Alex
One Body Recovered After Theatre Blast
Kansas City reporters report one body recovered from the Gillis theatre wreckage after Thursday night explosion and fire. Fire officials expect a death toll of two or three, revising earlier higher estimates.
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Kansas City
A. P
Gillis Theatre
Urania No 7 Drilled Too Deep Pins Hope Of New Producer
Urania Petroleum No 7 in Section 19-10-2E was drilled 26 feet deep but plugging back 20 feet may yield a producer of 50 to 75 barrels daily. Test wells by Bill Rowe and Imperial Oil and Gas Co in nearby sections await results as M Collins and Trustee Hudson oversee operations to maximize output potential.
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Urania Petroleum Company
S. M. Collins
Bill Rowe
Imperial Oil and Gas Co
Helm and Burch
Olla Ares
Vigor
M. Collins
Hudson
Burman Oil Company
Young LaFollette to announce for seat in senate
Chicago June 27. The Chicago Journal reports that Robert M. LaFollette Jr., son of the late Wisconsin Senator LaFollette, plans to announce his candidacy for his father’s senate seat within days. The piece notes his lineage and anticipated bid.
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Young Lafollette
Senate
Chicago
The
Chicago Journal
Robert M. LaFollette, Jr
United States
LaFollette
Wisconsin
Coolidge Friends Pledge to Buy White Court
A Swampscott dispatch to the New York Times reports friends of President Coolidge have pledged 126000 to buy White Court for him. The president said he might not like it, and if he declines the gift an appropriation for a summer White House is possible.
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New York
A. P
Swampscott
New York Times
Coolidge
White Court
White House
Port Barre Man Killed by Train on Gulf Coast Route
OPELOUSAS La June 27 Edward Ardoin 45 was run down and killed by a train today while walking on the Gulf Coast trucks en route from Port Barre. Funeral set for Port Barre Sunday. He leaves a widow and two daughters.
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Opelousas
A. P
Edward Ardoin
Gulf Coast
Port Barre
Association of Federal Heads Formed in City
An organization meeting at the post office building formed the Federal Business Association for Monroe with A. A. Thoman as president R. B. Person as vice president and E. S. Maupin as secretary An executive committee W A O Kelley Sr G A Carter and Ralph Griffith A constitution and by laws were adopted Members eligible include executive heads in government service The group aims to improve cooperation and housing economy and to press for a new or enlarged post office building in Monroe Zone 4 coverage was noted and cheers for expected cooperative results followed
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Federal Business Association
Monroe
A. A. Thoman
R. B. Person
E. S. Maupin
W.A. O'Kelly
G. A. Carter
Ralph Griffith
Uncle Sam
Washington
Thoman
Freight Car of Liquor Seized in Smuggling Plot
New Orleans authorities report a refrigerator car loaded with whiskey gin and wine was seized in St Louis as part of a midwest rum smuggling plot. E L Flanigan identified as a representative of a foreign distillery was arrested in New Orleans and held on liquor shipping charges.
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New Orleans
St. Louis
Wm. A. Pahl and Company
Commission
A. P
Middlewest
E. L. Fllanigan
Utah Senator William King Proposes Broad Tax Cuts
Senator William H. King of Utah will propose a minority tax bill to cut $700 million from annual taxes. He seeks to reduce surtaxes to 20 percent, boost exemptions to $3,000, and repeal all excise taxes, with an aim to shrink the federal burden and spur economic growth.
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William K. Hutchinson
I. N
Washington
William H. King
Utah
Congress
Treasury
America
King
Ing
Mellon
Ouachita River oil line to Calion refinery 12 inch pipeline planned
El Dorado Arkansas announces a new marketing group forming to build a 12 inch pipeline ten miles to Calion on the Ouachita river. The project includes a 15000 barrel daily refinery near Calion and barge transport to Gulf ports with five barge tankers to move crude downstream.
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News-Star
New Orleans
el Dorado
Ouachita
South Arkansas
Calion
Ouachita River
The
Daily News
Gulf Ports
Arkansas
Pine Bluff
Little Rock
Mississippi
St. Louis
Louisiana Gulf Port
Gulf
Sensational trial ends as Shepherd freed after acquittal
William Darling Shepherd is found not guilty of slaying Mrs Emma McClintock after six weeks of trial. The jury's split began eleven to one for acquittal and the crowd cheered as Shepherd and his lawyers embraced jurors. State's attorney Crowe called it a good fight and said justice has triumphed.
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Senate
William Darling Shepherd
Chicago
Nelson
McClintock
Emma Mclin
William
Criminal Courts
Shepherd
Atorneys
Olson
Burnett Foreman
Scott Stewart
W. W. O’brien
Julie Shepherd
J. Henry Shepherd
Little Rock
Ark
Robert Stoll
Kenilworth
Robert E. Crowe
Stewart
Railroad men in conference ship oil by Natchez
Officials of the Illinois Central Missouri Pacific and the Yazoo and Mississippi Valley railroads met at Natchez Mississippi to expand river transfer facilities. They aim to increase oil movement through Natchez to about 1000 cars daily.
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Natchez
Miss
Illinois Central
Missourii Pacific
Yazoo
Mississippi Valley
Turn to Buy Drives Classified Success in Monroe News-Star
A letter from J. W. Worthington praises the News-Star classified system. He recalls posting a small mandolin ad and receiving four responses plus a donated mandolin worth $25, showing the paper’s effectiveness in connecting buyers and sellers. The coffee is on me.
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Monroe News-Star
News-Star
J. W. Worthington
Care News-Star
City
Worthington
Mandolin
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HUNT
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Kresge
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S. S. Kresge Company
Urania No
Sam Collins
T. R
Association OF Federal Heads
E. A. Maupin
N. C. Man
Bartle
Crowe
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