Rich Son Arrest Nine At Biloxi Raid On Boat Six Autos Taken
Two federal prohibition officers and a county constable raided a Biloxi seafood packing house pier capturing a fast motor boat laden with 457 cases of labeled whiskies. Nine Biloxi men were arrested and six cars confiscated in a haul valued at about 63 750. The motor boat belonged to Charles Weber and the raiders will destroy the liquor at Gulfport this afternoon.
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Biloxi
Miss
Charles Weber
J. R. Goff
W. S. Newman
Mississippi Federal Prohibition Forces
John E. Dossett
Gulfport
Ellie 5. Chapman
Jackson
Record Parachute Jump Sets 4000 Foot Collision Team
San Antonio Texas March 6 Two Kelly Field planes collided at about 4000 feet both pilots leaped using parachutes and landed safely amid burning wreckage Second Lieutenant D Mc Callister and Cadet Charles A Lidberg survived with only minor scratches the event marks the first known instance of two pilots landing safely after separating from different ships in a collision.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Antonio
Texas
Kelly Field
D. McCallister
Charles A. Lidberg
Advanced Flying School
Court Accepts Appeal In Forbes Case Stay Of Sentence
Chicago March 6 A writ of error application to appeal the Forbes case was filed in federal court seeking review by the United States circuit court of appeals. Stay of sentence for Forbes was extended to 40 days. Judge Samuel Alschuler did not rule in absence of the trial judge Forby A Carpenter who sentenced Forbes and Thompson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Charles R
United Veterans Bureau
JW. Thompson
T Day
Forbes
Geeks
United Stat Circuit Court of Appeals
Thompson
Samuel Alschuler
Crcuit Court of Appeals
Forby A. Carpenter
Fer
Unnamed Welfare Quarters Patrons Share Life Stories
In city hall Welfare Association quarters, elderly patrons recount hard lives and changing times. George Robinson claims 84 and days past, while Jack Hives, about 90, recalls Civil War service and a humorous vow of a long marriage.
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Welfare Association
George Robinson
George
Judge Schulze
Jack Hives
Jack
American Legion
Monroe
Fertilizer Use Slumps in Cotton States
New Orleans March 6 The seven months ended February 28 fertilizer sales in eight major cotton states totaled 1 01 309 tons this year down from 1 41 6346 tons the year before The 1923 seven month total was 1 30 092 and the year prior was 540 743 tons according to H G Hester secretary of the New Orleans Cotton Exchange.
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New Orleans
H. G. Hester
Baptists Convene at Alexandria to Discuss Church Plans
About one hundred Baptist laymen and ministers met in Alexandria to discuss the 1925 program outlined at the state Baptist convent. Tithing was a key topic as W. C. Nabors of Mansfield presided. The conference voted to send flowers to Dr. W. H. Knight of Baton Rouge, operated on for appendicitis, with a special prayer led by Rev. O. E. Ware.
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Alexandria
W. C. Nabors
Mansfield
W. H. Knight
Baton Rouge
O. E. Ware
Peace in Police Court After Jamaica Ban
City court was unusually quiet over the past week as arrests dropped after Monroe druggists halted the sale of Jamaica Ginger known as jake. Judge Schulze noted fewer offenders appeared, with only arson and disorderly cases typical, while two alleged addicts, Joe Knot and Frank Harris, were ordered to leave the city.
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Sonrce
Jake
Iys
Chas, Schulze
Monroe
Jamaica
Joe Knot
Frank Harris
Judge Schulze
Onroe
Southern Cotton Oil Stock Sold in New Jersey Decree
New Orleans March 6. The sale of Southern Cotton Oil stock to RS Hecht and A D Geoghegan for 8 875 000 was confirmed by a decree of Judge Runyon in a U S district court in New Jersey per word received by Mr Hecht.
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New Orleans
RS. Hecht
A. D. Geoghegan
Runyon
United States District Court
New Jersey
Hecht
Former U S Moguls Quizzed in France
Paris March 6 H M Blackner and James E O Neal former officials of American oil companies visiting France were summoned before the civil tribunal of the Seine February 24 for interrogation by Ul rich J Mengert special representative of the United States state department in the Teapot Dome naval oil reserve case they refused to testify.
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Paris
A. P
H. M. Blackner
James E. O'Neal
France
Civil Tribunal
the Seine
Ulrich J. Mengert
United States State Department
Teapot Dome Naval Oil Reserve
Saenger drug firm case gains early court point
In Shreveport on March 6 federal judge Dawkins partly upheld a motion by A D Saenger and J H Saenger to require the government to detail any link between the Saenger Drug Co Inc and the defendants. The judge refused to force listing of specific acts, leaving those to be proven at defense. Assistant DA J Fair Hardin admitted the defendants did not personally dispense narcotics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shreveport
A. D. Saenger
J. H. Saenger
Saenger Drug Company, Inc
Federal District Court
Ben C. Dawkins
Saengers
Dawkins
Messrs
Saenger
Actu
S. L. Herold
Government Wins Eleven Million Suit Over Shipyard Case
The federal government secured a judgment of 11.57 million dollars against the Virginia shipbuilding company led by Charles W. Morse in a long dispute over wartime contracts with the Shipping Board. Judge Waddill handed down the ruling in Alexandria after a e arly chancery verdict favored Morse, and an appeal is not yet certain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alexandria
Virginia Shipbuilding Corporation
Charles W. Morse
Shipping Board
Charles E. Nicols
Waddill
Morse Concern
Jefferson Highway Route Change Sparks Local Fight
Shreveport leaders vow vigorous opposition if a Kansas City meeting proposes rerouting the Canada to the Gulf highway south from Russellville Arkansas through Little Rock Ruston to Alexandria eliminating northeastern Texas points Shreveport Mansfield and Natchitoches from the Jefferson route officials say the move would affect northwestern Louisiana.
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Shreveport
Mer
Jefferson Highway Association
Kansas City
Russellville
Arkansas
Little Rock
Ruston
Alexandria
Texas
Mansfield
Natchitoches
Louisiana
Change of ownership at Chicago Fair department store
Chicago March 6 Actual transfer of ownership of the Fair department store the Lehmann family to S S Kresge and associates will occur next Tuesday Kresge will become chairman of the board with control of the retailer noted as one of Chicago's largest.
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Chicago
Chicagd
Lehmann Family
S. S. Kresge
Chain Store
and Associates
Kresge
Texan Chosen Successor to Gen. Mitchell
Col James Fechet, a Texas born pilot, chosen to succeed Brig. Gen. Mitchell as assistant chief of the army air service. Fechet will take duties April 27 and assume brigadier general rank, with Mitchell reverting to colonel. Fechet’s long service includes World War I aviation command at Scott Field and Carlstrom Field.
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Washington
Mar
James FE. Fechet
Army Air Service
Wm. Mitchell
Weeks
Mitchell
Fechet
Fechket
Senate
Coolidge
Santiago
Col. Fechet
Texas
Sixth Cavalry
Spain
Santago
San Juan
Mexico
Air Service
Army Air Set
Scott Field
Carlstront
Man found dead in Hotel Monroe coroner reports natural death
F. W. Saltzman aged about 40 years of Little Rock Arkansas was found dead in his room at Hotel Monroe shortly after 10 am. He traveled for work and had been ill in his room since Wednesday. A chambermaid discovered the body and an inquest found natural causes. The body remains at the local morgue awaiting family word.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. W. Saltzman
Little Rock
Ark
Hotel Monroe
Saltzman
Stay of execution at eleventh hour for Amos White
Governor Fuqua granted a last minute reprieve and 13 day stay of execution for Amos White in Red River parish. The board of pardons will review the case. unless they recommend commutation the execution would occur March 20.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amos White
Baton Rouge
Fuqua
Red River Parish
Board of Pardons
Attach Lands of Borglum on Suit by Indiana Man
About one hundred acres in Stamford Connecticut owned by sculptor Gutzon Borglum were attached for 30000 dollars in a suit by David C Stephenson of Indianapolis. The two notes cited total 23000 and 5000 dated August and October 1923.
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Stamford
Conn
Gutzon Borglum
David C. Stephenson
Indianapolis
Physician Blazer Charged in Daughter Poisoning Case
A coroner's jury in Denver ruled Hazel Blazer's death resulted from poison administered by her father Dr. H. E. Blazer Englewood physician. He faces first degree murder charges while reportedly attempting suicide after the alleged act. The daughter had been an invalid since childhood.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denver
Hazel Blazer
H. E. Blazer
Englewood
Blazer
Hotel Room Battle Between Brothers Ends in Arrest
A late night brawl at the Hotel Monroe left S H Black and L L Black jailed on four charges including violating the hood bill and disturbing the peace. Police found numerous liquor bottles, bloodstains, and scattered possessions as witnesses heard the fight from nearby rooms. The two men, reportedly nephews of an Arkansas ex governor, allegedly argued over space in the room after heavy drinking.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
S. H. Black
L. Black
Monroe
Lenard
Parker, Clower
Murray
Texas
Arkansas
Danish Nobles Claim Race Bet Fraud in Havana Scheme
Lensbaron George Frederik Zutphen Agler and Count Sigismund Frants Casten schold say they were cheated out of 54700 by four men in a Havana horse race betting scam. They traveled from Havana to New York and Chicago with tips from a betting commissioner and a supposed cattle raiser named John B Johnson before the money vanished.
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Chicago
Lensbaron
George Frederik Zutphen
Agler
Sigismund Frants Castenschold
Havana
New York
Key West
Johnson
Commissioner
Gloria Swanson Leaves Clinic After Illness
Paris dispatch reports Gloria Swanson American film star who underwent an operation for acute peritonitis on February 18 has recovered enough to leave the clinic at Auteuil this afternoon marking a full recovery from her illness.
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Paris
Gloria Swanson
Auteuil
Bell peppers to be grown for car-lot shipments in Rapides
In Alexandria Louisiana on March 6 a new truck crop for Rapides parish was confirmed. A large number of progressive growers agreed to plant from one to five acres each this spring to produce bell peppers for car-lot shipments.
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Rapides Alexandria
Rapides Parish
Weeks Stages Anti-aircraft Defense Tests
Fort Monroe hosted postwar anti-aircraft trials to show gunfire efficiency against raiding aircraft for lawmakers. Four three inch guns were tested with drone like targets while aircrews towed targets. A Langley Field visit showcased aircraft formation flying, smoke screens, and gunnery demonstrations. A night attack test was planned using searchlights and sound ranging to locate targets.
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Fort Monroe
Washington
Weeks
Langley Field
Grand View
Padlock Drive Targets New York Cabarets in Prohibition Crackdown
U S District Attorney Emery R. Buckner launches a high level drive against liquor law violators in New York. Fourteen fashionable restaurants face injunctions and possible padlocking based on new undercover evidence funded by Buckner. Buckner criticizes prior approaches as ineffective and warns of jail sentences only with court action.
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New York
United States
Emery R. Buckner
Buckner
United States District Attorney's Office
Wm. Hayward
Prince of Wales
Lido
Venice
Schoolchildren Tied With Ropes Fight Alaska Storm
Gales sweep the Aleutians as Unalaska loses seven roofs and a launch is torn free. Territorial schoolchildren are bound with ropes to hold their balance and reach the Jesse Lee Home Methodist Mission safely. Ships southbound report navigation difficulties amid the high winds.
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Dutch Harbor
Alaska
A. P
Aleutian Islands
Unalaska
Margaret Pay
Territorial
Jesse Lee Home Methodist Mission
Exports Bring Break in Wheat Market Prices
In Chicago on March 6 a sharp fall in wheat prices occurred before trading started with May delivery dropping to 1.86 1 4. This followed 1.92 1 4 to 192 8 8 from the previous session as heavy selling persisted. Unexpected exports from the southern hemisphere and rains in India influenced the market.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
India
Dennis Named On Tariff Board For President Cooling E
Dennis of Maryland is nominated to the tariff board by President Coolidge to succeed David Weems. He has taught at Princeton and Smith College and served as a farmer explorer and writer. The change may break a long deadlock with a 3 to 3 division among commissioners and alter the current political balance.
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Washington
Smith College
Northampton, Mass
Coolidge
Jo Have
Dennis
Rome
London
Department of Commerce
Princess Anne
Maryland
Lewis
Marvin
Burgess and
Glassie
Culbertson
Constigan
Harding
Pershing Ill During Havana Visit With Cuban Leaders
General Johns J. Pershing remained in bed in Havana after arriving from Santiago de Cuba with a Cuban government mission. He was not expected to rise until tomorrow when he planned to visit President Zayas. Pershing and his party had just completed a three month tour of South America.
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Havana
Johns J. Pershing
Santiago de Cuba
Zayas
General Pershing
South America
Raps Coolidge Claims of Peaceful Intention
London reports in the Morning Post on President Coolidge's inaugural address. It notes the line about America cherishing no purpose but God and sending out the cross, while questioning the safety of relying on Christian self denial. It comments that his call for a permanent peace formula implies limited hope and suggests the old game remains strong in mankind.
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London
Coolidge
America
Morning Post
River Stages Report Across Mississippi and Red River
River levels recorded for major locations show St Louis at 9.3 feet with a 0.6 fall, Memphis 27.3 with 0.9 fall, Vicksburg 34.5 up 0.4, and New Orleans 7.3 rising 0.2. Red River at Shreveport 10.3 with 0.8 fall, diia 8.6 with fall Qt. hita: . den.
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Mississippi
St. Louis
Memphis
Vicksburg
New Orleans
Red River
Shreveport
Diia
Hita
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Nils Fischer
Bowery Y. M. C. A
Nys Fische Ryne
U.S. Veterean Appoel
Carpeni
Hives
Southern Cotton Oil Co
N. O. Men
U. S
U.S
Chi
TEXAN
News- Star
International News Service
Ington
San Francisco
American Telephone and Telegraph Company
News-Star
Chicago I, N
Taft
United States Supreme Court
Havana Track
Padlock Drive
N. Y
Tariff Board
Coolinge
Princeton
Life Long
Democrat
General Pershing III
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