French nurse cuts cross on dancer’s baby finger
A Pasadena woman, Edna C Stiles, claims to be the illegitimate child of Gaby Deslys, the French dancer who died in 1920, based on a cross scar cut on her left little finger by a nurse alleged to have marked the infant. Attorney A W McGovney sent claims to Paris courts where the estate is settled.
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Associated Press
Los Angeles
Calif
Edna C. Stiles
Pasadena
Gaby Deslys
A. W. McGovney
Gardena
Paris
Student aviator strangled by his collar
Dallas Texas March 17 United Press reports Donald B McDonald a 30 year old student pilot was found strangled by his collar while attempting to enter his home through the pantry door. He died as his wife and two year old slept nearby after the ice box trapped him.
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Dallas
Texas
Donald B. McDonald
McDonald
Father goes to Caddo to bury his bandit son
Albert Payne, foreman on the Dixie Overland highway, traveled to Shreveport to arrange funeral for his son Bruce Payne 20, killed in an alleged hold up. Bruce was to be buried in Shreveport this afternoon with his father accompanying him.
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Caddo
Shreveport
Albert Payne
Bruce Payne
Judge Dawkins statement on Supreme Court appointment bid
The Federal Court in the Western District of Louisiana releases a statement by Judge Ben C. Dawkins about friends seeking his appointment as associate justice of the United States Supreme Court. The full text continues on later pages.
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Ben C. Dawkins
Federal Court of the
Western District of Louisiana
Supreme Court of the United States
Captain Dies With Ship Fire In Port Of LABORADA
LABORADA Colombia March 17 The steamer Bucaramanga burned in port today with 44 passengers aboard all asleep when the fire started The extent of the loss of life is unknown The captain chose to perish with the vessel.
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Laborada
Colombia
Graves of Dead Warriors Disclose Aid Was Sought
Buffalo authorities report graves at the Cattaraugus reservation yielded evidence that spirits of departed warriors were sought to assist in the murder of Mrs. Henry Marchand. Nancy Bowen and Lila Jimerson are jailed awaiting trial for first degree murder. A defense letter from Marchand and Ouija board messages allegedly guided the plot and execution plan.
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Associated Press
Buffalo
N. Y
Henry Marchand
Cattaraugus Reservation
Nancy Bowen
Nancy
Lila Jimerson
Henri Marchand
Erie County
Anson Jimerson
Lila
Jimerson
Marchand
Bermuda
Mrs. Marchand
Woman Judge of Elections Slain in Chicago Mob War
In Chicago on March 17 a woman election judge Ida M. Doyle aged 61 was found murdered near her home with her skull crushed and a missing purse and registration check. Hours later gangster John Rito known as The Billiken was found dead in the North Branch of the Chicago River, tortured and shot, with a rosary and prayer book found on his person. Police seek clues to link the two crimes amid a beer war atmosphere and gang violence.
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Chicago
Ida M. Doyle
John
Billiken Rito
Rito
Rita
Calvin Goddard
Billiken
Bandits Loot Ringgold Bank in Bienville Parish
Two bandits robbed the Ringgold bank today in Bienville parish of 8000 to 10000 dollars and escaped in a Dodge sedan toward Nineck in Red River parish. They detained cashier J. P. Batchelor assistant cashier W. Culpeper G F Rigson and another customer. One bandit stood guard while the other looted the cages. The robbery left about 600 dollars unaccounted for.
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Associated Press
Shreveport
Bank of Ringgold
Bienville Parish
J. P. Batchelor
W. Culpeper
G. F. Rigson
Nineck
Red River Parish
It Seems There Were Two Irishmen Not in Accord
New York report describes a St Patrick day clash between Shaemus O'Sheel and Frank O'Malley. O'Sheel sent a taunting telegram suggesting Switzerland for milk cheese while O'Malley had defended his stance on Irish affairs.
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New York
Shaemus O’sheel
Frank O’malley
O’sheel
O'Malley
America
Switzerland
Turkeys Wait Capone Home in Chicago Return
Chicago notes the upcoming homecoming of gangster Al Capone from Philadelphia where he served ten months for carrying concealed weapons. The piece describes the welcome as a show with mixed plans and crowded rehearsals by many actors as Capone may make a public appearance.
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United Press
Chicago
Big Shot
al Capone
Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
Capone
House of Capone
Tragic well accident claims two children near Goldsboro
Penina Smith, a Black mother, watched as her two children fell through boards covering a well at a home near Goldsboro North Carolina. Powerless to help, she could do nothing as the children drowned before rescuers recovered the bodies.
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Goldsboro
N. C
Penina Smith
Negress
Hambone's Meditations by J P Alley
A brief entry notes Hambone's Meditations by J P Alley with a fragmentary line that reads hit might be hard. The clipped wording suggests a catalog or literary blurb from a period publication.
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Hambone’s Meditations
J. P. Alley
Hunger blamed for two deaths in Florida city
Jacksonville report attributes two recent deaths to hunger. Three year old Gloria McCormick was killed by a street car while chasing a bread truck, and C G Powell, a building contractor, died of malnutrition in a cheap hotel. A letter in Powell's possession mentions his brother J H Powell of Dothan Alabama begging for money and noting he had only a quarter of a loaf of bread.
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Jacksonville
Fla
Gloria McCormick
C. G. Powell
Fred King
Powell
J. H. Powell
Dothan
Ala
King
Buffalo gnat scourge hits Drew area livestock
A parish agricultural agent reports buffalo gnats killing livestock in Drew and other communities. Eight animals died in Drew including six mules one horse and one cow. Names listed include Gilliland Moore Gilliland Gray Wilhite Gaskin Peevy Strozier Rowland and others on Hard Times plantation and nearby areas.
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Drew
E. R. Strahan
Parish
A. W. Gilliland
Bob Moore
W. A. Gilliland
Ben Gray
George Wilhite
Charles Gaskin
L. H. Peevy
Hardtimes Plantation
G. A. Strozier
T. C. Rowland
Governor Signs Capone Release Order
Governor John S. Fisher signed an order releasing Al Capone and Frank Kline from Eastern Penitentiary for carrying concealed weapons. The release will be sent by messenger to Philadelphia immediately.
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Harrisburg
John 8S. Fisher
al Capone
Frank Kline
Eastern Penitentiary
Philadelphia
Evilan Johnson and her newborn daughter reported well in Yazoo City hospital
In Yazoo City Mississippi on March 17 a 10-year-old Black girl named Evilan Johnson and her day-old daughter, weighing eight pounds, were described as being nicely in a local hospital.
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Yazoo City
Miss
Evilan Johnson
Eleven Hurt In Mississippi Train Wreck Near Batesville
A derailed Illinois Central southbound train near Batesville, Mississippi injured eleven passengers lightly. Victims include P. K. Spicer former state editor and several Memphis mail clerks. Cause under investigation with split wall or broken arch cited. wreck left six Pullmans, three day coaches and five mail cars atop a hillside.
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Batesville
Miss
Illinois Central
Here
P. K. Spicer
Memphis Commercial Appeal
G. W. Spain
Memphis
R. L. Jack
M. H. Armor
D. L. McKay
J. E. Lufkin
Grenada
R. Craig
New Orleans
J. H. Haynes
Greenweed
Robert McGee
Margaret Rowan
Bill Hendricks
A. B. Monroe
British Peer Dies by Own Action in Foster Mother Killing
Cambridge Ohio March 17 A man identified as Sir Charles Gilman Adair 27 English nobleman died of self inflicted wounds after shooting his foster mother Mrs Mary Troette 83 to death last night Authorities said the shooting followed a refusal of money Gilman Adair was found dead near the foster mother with a bullet wound in his body
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Cambridge
Ohio
Sir Charles Gilman-Adair
Mary Troette
Troette
Gilman-Adair
Gilman- Adair
Dogs Indoors in Natchitoches After Rabies Bite Incident
Natchitoches measures restrict dogs after two children were bitten by rabid dogs. The city health board enacted a 30 day ban requiring inoculation of all dogs or they will be killed if at large. Children Elsie Durham and Frank Holden were bitten.
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Natchitoches
City Board of Health
Elsie Durham
Frank Holden
Samuel Barron Kidnap Victim Returns Home
ASBURY PARK N J March 17 Samuel Barron a New York estate broker who was kidnapped near his Interlaken home Wednesday returned today.
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Asbury Park
N. J
Samuel Barron
New York
Cal
Interlaken
St Patrick’s Day delivers 83rd birthday for Grandma Collins
Mrs Thomas Collins of St Louis marks her 83rd birthday on St Patrick’s Day. Born in County Galway she claims at least 684 relatives in the city and notes seven is significant in her life. She left Ireland on August 17 at age 17 and had seven sons and seven daughters. Her husband died on June 7.
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ST. Louis
St. Patrick’s
Thomas Collins
Ireland
Oil Struck Near Jackson Miss At 2500 Feet
The Home Oil Co. reported a new oil strike east of Jackson at 2500 feet with a test flow of one barrel per minute for 15 minutes before salt water appeared. The Mayes No. 1 well of Jackson Oil and Gas Co. previously indicated gas production at 2600 feet, with potential output speculated between 1,000 barrels daily and five million cubic feet per day. Oil and gas scouts plan to move to Jackson to assess the finds.
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Jackson
Miss
Home Oil Co
Here
Gulf Refining Company Home Oil Company
Jackson, Miss
W. C. Feazel
West Monroe
Jackson Oil and Gas Company
Mayes
Regents Theatre Bomb Damages Muskegon Venue
A bomb on the Regents theatre stage exploded at 5 a.m. in Muskegon causing about $30,000 in damage. The building was empty at the time. The report recalls labor difficulties from about a year earlier.
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Muskegon, Mich
Regents Theatre
Shreveport City Funds Diversion Probe Opens
The Caddo parish grand jury led by foreman E Allen Gillespie is ordered by District Judge T F Bell to probe alleged diversion of Shreveport city funds. Gov Huey P Long and E A Conways Public Accounts aide push an audit of municipal books amid politics fears.
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Shreveport
Caddo Parish
Grand Jury
E. Allen Gillespie
T. F. Bell
Huey P. Long
E. A. Con- Way
Bell
L. E. Thomas
Public Safety
T. C. Dawkins
J. A. Bradley
Dawkins
Second Mistrial Over Auto Crash Where Co-ed Died
In Oxford Mississippi Judge Tom Pegrams heard the second mistrial request in the Van East manslaughter case. The jury was discharged as East and his bride sat nearby. Miss Blanche Bloodworth, a University of Mississippi student, was struck on an Ole Miss campus bridge.
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Ole Miss
Oxford
Miss
Tom Pegrams
van East
Blanche Bloodworth
University of Mississippi
Jacqueline on Her Own and New Comics in The News Star
Jacqueline Grey a 19 year old English dress model pursues wealth and social access after losing her job. A stroke of fortune launches her into society as a swift moving adventure begins on page 2. The News Star also premieres Gloria and Colonel Gilfeather comics with subscriber offers.
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Jacqueline Grey
Jacqueline
Richard Starrs
News-Star
Gloria
Julian Olfendorff
Colonel Gilfeather
Dick Dorgan
Twin Cities
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