Entombed Mine 41 Explosion Triggers Arrests
In Fairmont West Virginia three men were arrested in connection with the Mine 41 explosion at Bethlehem Mines Corporation, which left 34 miners entombed. Rescue efforts continued as officials weighed bomb theories and assessed survivability amid dangerous underground conditions.
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Fairmont
Bethlehem Mines Corporation
Airmont
Mar
M. Lambie
Virginia
Bethlehemines Corporation
W. Va
Surace
R. M. Lambie
West Virginia
Companion
Benton Mitchell
Lambie
Hower
Ine
Tne
Gloria Swanson Sails Homeward From Paris
Gloria Swanson leaves Paris with husband Marquis De La Falaize for a homeward voyage. She plans a brief stay in New York before heading to the East Coast, with talk of refurnishing Shand's ancestral estate or purchasing a Palm Beach property.
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Paris
Gloria Swan
Mry de la Falaize
Wre
New York
Ffm
la Falaize Et de Coudray
Mr Swanson
King George Plans Health Trip Leaving Thursday
King George and Queen Mary prepare to travel south on doctors orders after bronchitis. They will cross to Calais, board the royal train, then sail on the Victoria and Albert to Genoa for a Mediterranean cruise likely visiting Malta and Majorca. A special commission will oversee state business in their absence.
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London
A. P
George
Queen Mary
Calais
Dunkirk
France
Genoa
Victoria and Albert
Malta
Majorca
Prince Henry
Canterbury
Viscount Cave
Badwin
Western Railroad Seeks Receivership After Stock Decline
Chicago March 18 The Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul railway company filed for receivership in US district court in a friendly action with the company concurring Judge James Wilkerson presiding The move follows weeks of market decline on the railroad's securities touching the refinancing of 48 million dollars of four percent bonds due next June A drastic reduction in the capital structure exceeding 700 million is anticipated
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Chicago
Mar
A. P
Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railway Company
United States District Court
James Wilkerson
Roads
Woman Is Robbed Of $25 In Local Post Office
Miss Troy Bynum reported at the police station that she was relieved of $25 by a pickpocket while in the post office yesterday. The post office was crowded and a nearby man described as a suspicious looking negro is noted by the police for investigation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Troy Bynum
Pear Street
Bynum
Urania Honeymooners Settle After Brief Courtship
In Urania Louisiana Mr and Mrs B Hatfield begin their marriage after a two day courtship. Aunt Caline 58 described as a bride for the ninth time is a mother of fifteen and a great grandmother. Hatfield 58 is a farmer from Ouachita parish with one prior marriage.
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Alexandria
Urania
LaSalle Parish
B. Hatfield
Caline
Hatfield
Ouachita Parish
Daily Town Talk
Dr Armgaard Graves Vanishes After Predicting German Death
Dr Armgaard Karl Graves, once dubbed the greatest spy of the century by the London Times, disappeared from New York after writing a letter claiming President Ebert would die within eight months from August 15, 1924. He also forecast a scheme to place the former German Crown Prince on the throne.
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Armgaard Karl Graves
London Times
New York City
Friederich Ebert
Germany
Ebert
Civic planning favored by Chamber of Commerce board
The Junior Board of Directors of the Chamber of Commerce endorsed city planning for Monros to follow the new Qua chita bridge site. They praised a proposed American Legion community building memorial and urged enlarging the Junior Board while awaiting official bridge location to guide a comprehensive city plan.
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Monros
Quachita
Chamber of Commerce
Will Atkinson
American Legion
Quachita Parish
D. F. Walker
Walker
Terre Haute
Indianapolis
St. Louis
Kessler
United States
Kansas City
Trotti Defeated by Geary in Lake Charles Election
In Lake Charles Louisiana on March 18 mayor J A Trotti lost to Harry J Geary a Lake Charles police jury member for a third term Geary led by 23 votes in a total of 2625 ballots cast confirming a narrow victory for Geary and marking a change in city leadership
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Lake Charles
J. A. Trotti
Harry J. Geary
Geary
Trotti
Typhoid Plot Ties Foster Father to McClintock Death
Chicago report on March 18 details indictments against William D. Shepherd and Charles C. Farman for murder by inoculation with typhoid germs in the death of wealthy orphan William Nelson McClintock. Grand jury cases accuse planned will influence and reveal confessions, with witnesses identifying Shepherd and Farman’s roles.
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Chicago
A. P
William D. Shepherd
Charles C. Faiman Grere
Wm. N. McClintock
Shepherd
Hopkins
Nelson McClintock
Wm. D. Shepherd
Charles C. Farman
McClintock
Robert E. Crowe
Jacob H. Hopkins
Crowe
Farman
Robert White
Furman’s School
White
Faiman
John P. Cartland
Cousins
Isabelle Pope
Miss Pope
Harry Olson
Olson
Blue Blooded Hen Falls Ill Prompts Poultry Advice Call
A parish farm agent E R Strahan answers a worried caller seeking help for a sick Minorca hen. Mrs Jewel McQuiller of the home demonstration department explains treatment for the unusual illness and the caller questions the diagnosis and plans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. R. Strahan
Parish Farm Demonstration
Man jailed for drunk driving in city court
Holmes Barnette faced a ten day jail term and a 50 dollar fine plus 50 dollars in costs after pleading guilty to operating a vehicle while intoxicated. Officer Clyde Mitchell stopped the car on Jonesboro road as Barnette swayed behind the wheel.
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Holmes Barnette
Chase Schulze
Barnette
Jonesboro Road
Clyde Mitchell
Parish
Mitchell
J. E. Sharpe
R. S. Whetstone
D. E. Chatham
Rayville Lad Runaway Sought in Monroe
J H Wilkes of Rayville reports his 15 year old brother Vaughn Wilkes ran away from home yesterday and may be in Monroe. He is described as small for his age, wearing blue overalls, a brown cap, and has dark hair.
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J. H. Wilkes
Rayville
Monroe
Vaughn Wilkes
Local Z. A. K Fraternity Gains National Charter
The L P I chapter of Z A K receives national charter from Theta Kappa Nu making it the first local fraternity to affiliate nationally. National officers from Birmingham will attend an April 1 banquet to install officers and deliver the charter. The Z A R bought a brick cottage near the campus as a fraternity home.
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News-Star
Ruston
Theta Kappa Nu
Birmingham
Destruction of Trujillo Peruvian City Amid Flood Waters
In Lima on March 16 officials report Trujillo, Peru, the third largest city, is completely flooded after torrential rains. Residents flee to higher ground as flood gates fail to stem the rising waters. Trujillo, founded in 1535 by Pizarro, sits in the Chimu Valley with about 11 000 residents.
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Lima
Peru
Trujillo
Pizarro
Spain
Pacific Ocean
Department of
Liberta
Chimu
Sargent Takes Oath as United States Attorney General
John G. Sargent of Vermont took the oath today as attorney general of the United States in Washington. His nomination followed a Senate rejection of Warren of Michigan after a second failed attempt to approve Sargent. Confirmation was swiftly secured once the president submitted the nomination.
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Sargent
U. S
Washington
John G. Sargent
Vermont
United States
Senate
Warren
Michigan
America Returns on Best Trip of the Year
The steamer America docked at the local wharf just before 11 AM with Camden passengers on a spring trade voyage to New Orleans and back to Camden. Captain L V Cooley called it the best trip so far, noting a heavy freight load, but warned shallow water could impede nine foot drafts.
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L. V. Cooley
America
Camden
Crescent City
New Orleans
Monroe
Capt. Cooley
Coolidge Nominates Four to Board of Tax Appeals
President Coolidge named Wm R Green of Iowa Percy W Phillips of New York Logan Morris of Utah and Wm D Love of Texas as members of the board of tax appeals.
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Washington, Mar
Coolidge
Board of Tax Appeals
Wm. R. Green
Iowa
Percy W. Phillips
New York
Logan Morris
Utah
Wm. D. Love
Texas
Jay Nominated Ambassador to Argentina by Coolidge
Peter Augustus Jay of Rhode Island presently minister to Romania was nominated by President Coolidge to be ambassador to Argentina.
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J. A. Jay
Washington
Peter Augustus Jay
Rhode Island
Romania
Coolidge
Argentina
River Stage Readings Across Mississippi and Red Rivers
River stage figures list current levels for major stations on the Mississippi and Red rivers. Readings include St Louis Memphis Vicksburg New Orleans Shreveport Alexandria and Monroe with increases and declines shown for each site.
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Mississippi
St.Louis
Memphis
Vicksburg
New Orleans
Shreveport
Alexandria
Ouachita
Camden
Monroe
Zinovieff Faces Challenge to Soviet Leadership after Lenin
Gregory Zinovieff one of Lenin's successors or tri umvirate faces possible overthrow by rival factions in the Russian government who view his ongoing revolt plans as damaging to Soviet aims of easing ties with European powers.
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Gregory Zinovieff
Russia
Nikolai Lenin
Latin American visitors praise Monroe schools health and nutrition
Dr. Maldonado of Caracas and J. F. Valega of Peru, touring Louisiana near Monroe, lauded local schools. They inspected the Louisiana Training Institute, Barkdull Faulk, Georgia Tucker, and Brown Paper mill facilities, praised Miss Julia Wossman and cafeteria meals, noting underweight rates fell from twenty to ten percent with balanced diets.
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Amera
Monroe
New Orleans
Auto
Louisiana
Dr. Garcia Maldonado
Caracas
Venezuela
J. F. Valega
Peru
Latin America
John Schrieber
Louisiana Training Institute
Barkdull Faulk School
Brown Paper Mill
Georgia Tucker School
Natatorium
Maldonado
Julia Wossman
Schrieber
Spurious A B A Checks Circulated in Jackson
Local bankers report counterfeit $100 A B A travelers checks in circulation. The fakes mimic color size and wording but bear the signature of the non existent United Bankers Association and originate from Capitol City National Bank of Indianapolis. Similar forms were recently seen in Dallas and Atlanta.
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Jackson
Miss
American Bankers Association
United Bankers Association
Tokio Fires Leave Thousands Homeless After Major Conflagration
A massive blaze in northeastern Tokio leaves about twenty thousand people homeless and destroys over three thousand buildings. Fire spread through temporary and reconstructed districts as troops assist to curb further damage amid drought causing water shortages.
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Tokio
A. P
Nappori Junction
Uyeno
Imperial Museum
Ousbrems
Chimachi
Zoshigaya
Woman says she was paid cash for a slaying
Gladys Kennedy, arrested on vagrancy charges in San Francisco, signed a police statement claiming she received 8000 dollars from a high eastern city official to arrange the killing of a target woman. Minneapolis authorities, citing the San Francisco testimony, dispute her account of a 1920 murder in the city.
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San Francisco
Gladys Kennedy
Minneapolis
Minn
Sargent Favors Fishing Jaunts for Recreation
Ludlow Vermont March 18 John G Sargent new attorney general of the United States is known for varied interests He loves fishing pipes and oriental rugs He still drives an old car but prefers horses for a day’s outing to a nearby village He enjoys books and a home garden and his boyhood farm work shaped his hobbies
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Ludlow
Vermont
John G. Sargent
United States
Sargent
Tufts College
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King George
Mediterranean Islands
India
Edwards
Privy Council
Victoria
Great Britain
Western Railroad
C. OF C. Board
Chicago School
Orrtorn Yinovieff
L. A
Blaze
Mark
Frisco
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