Joliet Jail Gang Dash Recaptured Mexicans Flee
Six convicts with death sentences planned a bold Joliet Illinois jail escape aided by smuggled saws and guns. Five wounded, one at large. two Mexicans recaptured after a Chicago gun battle while Americans held off police with tear gas in a siege at the Joliet jail.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Joliet
Ills
Charles Duckowski
Peter M. N. Klein
Model New
Stateville
State Supreme Court
Walter Staleski
Charles Shader
Oak Ridge Leads in Semi finals in Basketball Meet
In Baton Rouge on March 12 Oak Ridge defeated Eastpoint 39 to 27 in the semi finals. Bolton Alexandria overwhelmed Warren Easton of New Orleans 35 to 16.
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Oak Ridge
Baton Rouge
Eastpoint
Bolton Alexandria
Warren Easton
New Orleans
Zoo Vote Divided If Al and Cal Make Race
Washington reports a divided zoo vote likely next year if Al or Cal wins. Two lion cubs head to the White House to join a raccoon two dogs an owl rabbits cats and other pets in residence with Albany advising the governor’s private zoo including an alligator a pheasant a monkey a fox and dogs.
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Washington
Cal
White House
Albany
Feodor Chaliapin Nervous on Radio Debut
Feodor Chaliapin, the towering operatic star, faced radio nerves during his debut, admitting the experience was harder than a concert. He described perspiration, trembling fingers, and disheveled attire but said he liked the challenge.
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Associated Press
New York
Mike
Feodor Chaliapin
Two Slain as Gangs Break Truce in Chicago
Chicago police linked a renewed gang war to a peace pact between Joe Saltis and a rival liquor gang. Frank Koncil and Frank Hubacek were gunned down in a west side car, while Benjamin Schneider, a north side bootlegger associate, died earlier. Police noted arrests of four men in a whisky siphoning scheme from a government warehouse holding million dollars of pre-prohibition liquor. Belief persisted that Saltis may have been targeted.
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Chicago
Joe Saltis
West Side
Saltis
South Side
Frank “Lefty” Koncil
Frank Hubacek
Benjamin Schneider
North Side
Japan braces for new storm after quake warning
Telegraph advices from New York report indications of a severe storm sweeping Japan after the recent earthquake disaster. The Commercial Cable company lines between the far east and Kobe and Tokyo were interrupted, affecting Yokohama and Osaka communications.
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New York
Japan
Commercial
Kobe
Tokio
Yokohama
Osaern
Local Building and Loan Figures Compare 1927 to 1926
Monro e building and loan groups report January and February 1927 outpaced the same period in 1926. J W McWilliams notes 58 loans totaling 169 600 for Monroe construction with February higher than January. W L Stevens says Peoples Homestead and Savings issued 54 loans totaling 184 400 for new homes since January 1 1927. Continued on page seven.
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Monroe
J. W. McWilliams
Monroe Building & Loan Association
Ma. McWilliams
Fig
W. l. Stevens
People’s Homestead and Savings Association
SAO PAULO FRAY IN CONSULATE
A dispatch from Sao Paulo reports American consul Herndon W. Goforth remained in grave condition after knife wounds. The assailant, American David Caffield, 73, had lived in Brazil since 1871 and claimed self defense after arguing with Goforth at about ten AM yesterday at the consulate.
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Associated Press
Buenos Aires
Mar
la Nacion
Sao Paulo
Brazil
Herndon W. Goforth
North Carolina
David Caffield
Caffield
United States
Mr. Goforth
Auto Crash Sends Trolley Car Into Curb Near Masonic Temple
J K Adams of 112 Jackson street struck by street car No 103 on DeSiard street. Car derailed and crossed to the corner of North Fourth street hitting a light post before stopping near the Masonic temple. Four passengers aboard unharmed. Driver escaped injury. Officer Keller said the crash was unavoidable.
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J. K. Adams
Jackson Street
Catalpa Street
DeSiard Street
North Fourth Street
Aaron Ryans
Masonic Temple
DeSiard
North Fourth Streets
J. L. Rosbury
Masonic
Rosbury
A. S. Keller
Arcadia High Star Clyde Lucky Dies After Poisoning
Clyde Lucky 19, star quarterback of Arcadia high school, died in Arcadia Louisiana after drinking poison believed accidental at his father’s filling station. Attendants rushed him home for a stomach pump, but he died before treatment. Lucky was a senior and noted athlete and football star.
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Arcadia
Clyde Lucky
Lucky
Arcadia High School
Nevada eyes pioneer days by legalizing gambling bill
Carson City Nevada moves to legalize games of chance after the assembly approved a bill to license and tax gambling. If the Senate follows, Nevada would permit fare blackjack craps and related games amid debates on revenue and social impact. Weepah reports a gambling hall under construction as the fight intensifies.
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Carson City
Nev
Weepah
Nevada
State Assembly
Senate
Hambones Meditations by J. P. Alley
A brief fragment presents Humour with dialect musings from J P Alley. The piece contrasts truth tellers and liars with a playful tone, inviting reflection on honesty and perception in everyday talk.
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Hambones Meditations
J. P. Alley
Man Killed as Orleans Fire Threatens Church
A three story building in New Orleans French Quarter burned today killing August Badale 80 and injuring two others. Fire damaged St Mary’s Italian church as explosions and street panic followed in a blaze sparked by a gasoline tank.
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Associated Press
New Orleans
St. Mary’s Italian Church
Bishops of
Secrets of a love cult shock Oakland investigation
Oakland investigators pursued five or more members of a West Coast cult dubbed The sacred school of the white brotherhood. Lloyd Alley 15 and Caroline Merwin 18 were centerpiece figures amid alleged illicit relations to create a “super man.” Authorities say branches existed in Chicago Reno San Francisco and other cities.
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Cal
The
White Brotherhood
Bay City
Lloyd Alley
Russell Alley
Los Angeles
Caroline Merwin
Young Alley
Alley
Gertrude Wright
Erma Gibbs
Wright
Merwin
Chicago
Reno
San Francisco
Bay District
News-Star to Produce Two Reel Movie Comedy
Monroe will host a two reel comedy drama filmed locally with a home talent cast. Charles C Fetty, ex Universal cameraman, directs scenes in and near the city using local residents as extras. Negatives will be developed here and the finished film shown at the Saenger Theater next week.
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News-Star
Monroe
The
Charles C. Fetty
Universal
Hollywood
California
Fetty
Betty
Saenger Theater
Libel suit verdict awards one dollar in Natchitoches
Natchitoches La March 12 A local libel suit ended with a jury awarding damages of one dollar to E St Ann Prudhomme Natchitoches attorney in the case brought by Senator George R Thomas against the Natchitoches Red River parish district The decision followed a four day trial and Prudhomme said he will appeal the verdict immediately.
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Natchitoches, la
E. St. Ann Prudhomme
Natchitoches
George R. Thomas
Natchitoches-Red River Parish
Jury acquits in Mann Act case at Shreveport
W P Alston sales manager of a local bakery and Mrs Margaret Jones an employee were acquitted by a federal court jury in Shreveport of Mann Act charges tied to a trip with Mrs Maud McWhirter from Shreveport to Nacogdoches Texas The defense alleged McWhirter and her husband tried to extort $3000 and trap Alston in a hotel incident.
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Associated Press
Shreveport
W. P. Alston
Margaret Jones
Maud McWhirter
Nacogdoches
Texas
Alston
Heavy rain floods region disrupts rail and bus routes
Storms drenched Twin Cities with three inches as Illinois Central works to repair a washout just west of Choudrant delaying Monroe to Shreveport service. Rock Island detours blocked by washouts with buses filling gaps. Flooded lowlands threaten river banks and oil fields. continued rainfall could worsen damage.
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Illinois Central Railroad
Monroe
Choudrant
Little Choudran Creek
Illinois Central
Shreveport
Illinois Central Road
Monroe- Shreveport
Gibsland
Missouri Pacific Railroad
Monroe-Alexandria
LaSalle Parish
Urania
Tullos
Oil Field Seismographs Use Sparks New Search near City
Report notes seismographs and dynamite employed in oil exploration across Richland and neighboring parishes. Instruments placed near the surface record echoes from subsurface formations, with salt domes indicating potential oil zones, guiding oil scouts to locate saline pockets as exploration markers.
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Richland Parish
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Tiselea
Mashinae
Hava F
Saift
Monroe
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