Convicts Break Jail In Mississippi Farm Flee By Wood Pile
In Drew Mississippi six miles east of town a gang of ten convicts escaped from the state prison farm after overpowering guards with pistols seized from a wood pile. A large posse tracked them into a nine mile swamp where a battle was feared as dawn approached.
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Drew
Miss
Mississippi State Prison
Parehman
Howevr
L. C. Nixon
Vicksburg
Calvin Moran
Tom Fitzpatrick
James Sullivan
H. J. Carney
Jesse Barnsard
Waddell Caine
Tom Stewart
Joe Vita
Robert Waycaster
Liberty
J. M. Gilbert
Epps Delhi railroad extension awarded to Wimberly firm
The Missouri Pacific extension from Epps to Dell, twelve miles, has been awarded to the Wimberly Construction Company by competitive bid. J Rus Wimberly leads the firm with son J Rush Jr. on site to oversee construction, marking the end of years of delays and public doubt.
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News-Star
Rayville
Missouri Pacific Railroad
Epps
Dell
Wimberly Construction Company
J. Rus Wimberly
North Louisiana
J. Rush, Jr
Delhi
Arkansas
Prominent Lumberman Dies on Miss Coast
Oscar L. Huey age 64 longtime Indianapolis lumberman and president of Capitol Lumber Company died at his Mississippi coast winter home Sunday night. He is survived by a wife and two sons.
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Biloxi
Miss
Oscar L. Huey
Indianapolis
Ind
Capitol Lumber Company
Mississippi Coast
Mussolini Recovering From Duodenal Ulcer After Illness
Rome reports Premier Mussolini's illness traced to ulceration in the duodenum with severe hemorrhages following influenza. Doctors say he is out of danger and recovering in convalescence, with restrictions on exercise and speed of movement as he heals.
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Rome
Paris
A. P
Mussolini
Bastianelli
Marchiafava
Arnaldo
Milan
Lone Star Road Plans Re-routing Through Ruston
President Henry Hardiner names H. C. Wilhite publicity manager for the Lone Star Highway. The plan contemplates re routing the line from Chicago to Cairo via Sikeston Memphis to Little Rock El Dorado Ruston Monroe Alexandria and Lake Charles with Oklahoma and Arkansas links under active construction for late spring traffic.
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Henry Hardiner
Lone Star Highway
H. C. Wilhite
S. M. Collins
Illinois
Chicago
Cairo
Ohio River
Sikeston
Memphis
Little Rock
el Dorado
Ruston
Monroe
Alexandria
Lake Charles
Arkansas Capital City
Pershing
Lone Star
Contracts Awarded for Army Plane Construction
The army air service awarded contracts totaling over $1 million for new aircraft developed by Curtiss in New York and Douglass in California.
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Army Plane
Washington
Curtiss Company
New York
Douglass Company
California
Army Air Service
Fall Defense Wins Point In Teapot Dome Case
In Cheyenne Wyoming March 16 the judge barred evidence from the record that could reveal bank account secrets of Albert B Fall former secretary of the interior. The ruling deprives the government of its only means to prove an exchange of Liberty bonds between Fall and Harry F Sinclair of Mammoth Oil in the lease dispute over Teapot Dome. The decision notes the matter is of unusual importance but deemed incompetent for now and barred until shown competent.
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Cheyenne
Wyo
A. P
Albert B. Fall
Secretary of the Interior
Teapot Dome
T. Blake Kennedy
Fall
Harry F. Sinclair
Mammoth Oil Company
Wyoming
Kennedy
Mather
Camp Fire Drive Launches Week With District Roles
The Camp Fire Girls drive began amid bad weather with volunteers assigned to districts. Leaders for North Third, DeSiard, Automobile row, Iron Mountain area, and various residential zones were named. A Saenger benefit performance tonight will present Mayor Bernstein with a cake for thirteen years of Camp Fire work, plus a recitation by Jessie Gray Worthington.
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Grand and
DeSiard
North Third
J. H. Trousdale
O. B. Morton
J. W. Worthington
J. J Keith
Carl Schorr
Louis Hallam
Sam Newsom
E. Richards, Jr
I. E. Adams
J. D. Butler
Automobile Row
J. R. Petagna
A. W. Riggs
Iron Mountain Station
F. X. Shaughnessy
Paul Newman
South Side
L. Garnett
Juanita Porter
L. Bryant
T. L. Morris
J. B. Filhi
Jessie Gray Worthington
Capitalist Sued by Merchant's Daughter in Miss Heart Balm Case
Miss Myra Dunning Ellis of Crystal Springs sues WwW. T. Ellis in Copiah County Circuit Court for 50,000 damages claiming he promised marriage and broke it by marrying another woman. Ellis is daughter of O. F. Ellis, prominent local merchant.
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Merchant
Crystal Springs
Miss
Myra Dunning Ellis
T. Ellis
Circuit Court
Copiah County
Mies Ellis
O. F. Ellis
Seek Three Men After Finding Body of Boy
New Orleans report says eight year old Charles Arnona, son of a farmer from the Aurora plantation, was found dead near the ruins of an old fort five miles below Algiers with a shotgun wound in the abdomen. He vanished from his home at noon yesterday. Three men seen alighting from a vehicle near the fort are being sought by police.
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New Orleans
Charles Arnona
Aurora
Algiers
Old Fort
Bridge proposal is menace to parish roads says highway board
Baton Rouge March 16 Special The Highway Commission issued a statement defending the Watson Williams contract and opposing calls to rush bridges across Chef Menteur Slidell. The board argues funds would be diverted from broader state projects and outlines ongoing and planned highway work in multiple parishes while pushing for toll free eastern outlet for New Orleans. W E Atkinson chairman Jones S Irvine vice chairman F E David secretary.
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Baton Roug
The
Highway Commission
Wats R- Williams
Pontchartrain Causeway Association
Chef Menteur-Slidell
Chef
Rigolets
Salt Bayou
Louisiana
Hammond- New Orleans
Ponchatoula
Frenier
General Highway Fund
New Orleans
Watson-Williams Syndicate
Slidell
Hammond
Ouachita
Morehouse
Richland
Jackson
Lincoln
Franklin
Union
Ceddo
Ascension
Calcasieu
Washington
LaSalle
St. Landry
Iberville
Beauregard
Allen and
St. Bernard
Mater
Riggets
W. E. Atkinson
Jones S. Irvine
F. E. David
Grand Jurors Drawn in District Court
The 11 grand jurors drawn sworn and charged by Judge Percy Sandel include E. R. Hamilton as foreman and F. C. Goodwin J. T. Landrum George Green R. G. O'Dell Sam Ivey G. F. Butler N. J. Humble J. M. Walker H. L. Gregg L. H. Peevy and D. F. Hilburn. The judge urged thorough inquiry and impartial duty.
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Percy Sandel
District Court
E. R. Hamilton
Foreman
F. C. Goodwin
J. T. Landrum
George Green
R. G. O’dell
Sam Ivey
G. F. Butler
N. J. Humble
J. M. Walker
H. L. Gregg
L. H. Peevy
D. F. Hilburn
Sandel
Jdo
River Stages Across Mississippi and Ouachita Regions
River levels reported for Mississippi and Ouachita basins. St Louis at 13.0 stationary while Vicksburg records 29.8 with a fall of 2.2, New Orleans 8.7 with a fall of 0.3, Alexandria 5.6 with a fall of 0.2, Camden 6.3 with a fall of 0.5, and Monroe 12.7 rising 1.1.
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Mississippi
St. Louis
Vicksburg
New Orleans
Red
Alexandria
Ouachita
Camden
Monroe
Tax Returns Rise as Exemption Threshold Grows
At the local post office, 171 federal income tax returns were filed last Saturday with enough clerks to keep waits under ten minutes. About 921 returns have been filed through Saturday night, fewer than last year due to the higher exemption. This year the exemption increased to 2500 dollars from 2000, reducing taxable income for many. The office plans a midnight closing to handle remaining filers before penalties.
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Internal Revenue Collector
Sterlington Plant to Offer Industry Economical Power
H C Couch, president of Louisiana Power, discussed interconnected power for industrial growth in Monroe. The Sterlington plant will generate 100000 horsepower from natural gas and connect via 110000 volt lines to water and steam stations in Arkansas and Mississippi, forming a regional system.
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Sterlington
H. C. Couch
Louisiana Power Company
Monroe
Couch Company
Louisiana
South
Arkansas
Mississippi
Ozarks
Muscle Shoals
Couch
Is Perpetual
Dennistoun Takes Stand in Defense in Moral Trial
Lieutenant Colonel Ian Onslow Dennistoun testified in his defense against his former wife’s claim he encouraged her intimacy with Sir John Cowans to aid his army career. He said his wife confessed to infidelity after their 1910 marriage and that he forgave her, noting debts and family opposition shaped their life.
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London
Dalk
Dennistoun
Ian Onslow Dennistoun
John Cowans
Hannah Parker
Man Killed by Train Near Ruston Station
Sam Jones about 30 was struck and killed by a southbound Rock Island train near the coal chute at Ruston just after 7 pm He died instantly and his body was removed to an undertaker The coroner's inquest is scheduled today He had supped at a Ruston cafe and may have walked home along the tracks The engineer did not see him as dusk fell He was married and lived south of town His father is a local farmer in the Ruston area and he had lived in the town most of his life
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NewsStar
Ruston
Mar
Sam Jones
Rock Island
Edison to Wed Miss Osterhout in Harvard Event
Theodore Miller Edison son of Thomas A. Edison will marry Anna Marie Osterhout daughter of Professor and Mrs W J V Osterhout of Harvard in April Miss Osterhout a Vassar College student met Edison while he studied at MIT
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Heodore Miller Edison
Thomas A. Edison
Anna Marie Osterhout
W. J. V. Osterhout
Harvard
Osterhout
Vassar College
Edison
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Recall Exploits of Dreben Hero at St Etterine
El Paso honors Sam Dreben war hero who died in Hollywood. His last local exploit, as recounted, was joining El Pasoans to capture the Juarez suspect Little Phil Anguin. Dreben, early Oct 1918, led a charge that routed a full enemy platoon, seized four machine guns, and earned the Distinguished Service Cross and the French Medaille Le Militaire.
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EL Paso
Tex
Sam Dreben
Hollywood
Calif
Dreben
Wassermann Dies at Berlin Noted Scientist of Medicine
Berlin March 16 Professor August Von Wassermann director of the Kaiser Wilhelm Institute and physician at the University of Berlin died at 59 He originated the Wassermann blood test used to detect syphilis and was famed for work on cancer diagnosis and medical research He received numerous prizes and honors in Germany and abroad Toronto plans to raise 500000 for a medical research foundation similar to the insulin discovery effort announced by Sir William Mulock.
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Berlin
August von Wassermann
Kaiser Wilhelm Institute For
University of Berlin
Wassemann
Germany
Wassermann
Crangen
Munich
Strasbourg
Toronto
Wm. Mulock
Ontario Supreme Court
Senator Warren nomination rejected again in Senate
The Senate rejected Charles B. Warren for attorney general for a second time by a 46 to 39 vote. Democrats and GOP insurgents joined to defeat the president, with the administration indicating a recess appointment may be the only remaining option.
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Washington
Mar
Senate
Charles B. Warren
Idge
Mr. Wa
Senate Deliberates Warren Nomination Amid Recess Appointment Clash
The Senate advanced toward a final vote on Charles B. Warren for attorney general amid opposition over President Coolidge’s recess appointment strategy. Debate featured Goff defending Warren’s qualifications with references to the Bering Sea case and Japan, while Reed and Borah pressed concerns about the sugar interests and executive power.
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Senate
Washington
Charles B. Warren
Coolidge
Mr. Warren
Warren
Senator LaFollette
Florida
Goff
West Virginia
Bering Sea
Hague
Warry
Japan
Pma
Harding
Mexico
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Miss. State Prison
Benito Mussolini
Lone Star Road
U.S
Senhour
Col. Dennistoun
Colone
Jamaica
Sir John Cowans
Evelyn Miller
Sir John Miller
Ritz
General Cowans
Ruston Station
Lincoln Parish
St. John the Divine
S. Parkes Cadman
Qheodore M Edison
ST. Ettenine
von Wasserman
Solons
Tarney
Tion
Rey
Ecess
Reed
Missouri
Bruce
Maryland
Senator Reed
Borah
Idaho
Daniel Webster
United States
Senator Borah
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