Train Wreck Kills Two in Tennessee Rollover Explosion
Springfield Tenn March 18 two Louisville and Nashville freight train crew members from Evansville Ind were killed and a third engineer likely fatally injured when the through freight exploded and derailed near Springfield. The Dixie Flier and Dixie mail trains were detoured via Bowling Green, with 18 cars derailed and the engine wrecked.
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Associated Press
Springfield
Tenn
Louisville and Nashville Railroad
Nashville
Evansville
Ind
H. L. Russell
Aaron Moss
Joe Crandall
R. H. Dowden
Henderson Division
Crandall
Dixie Flier
Dixie Mail
Chicago
Jacksonville
Bowling Green
Mississippi Depot Demolished by Derailed Train
The Mobile and Ohio railroad depot in Gibson Mississippi was demolished when a fast freight derailed late yesterday. Seven tank cars left the tracks and crashed into the station but no injuries were reported. Main line track damage caused detours via Maldon and Aberdeen to Tupelo until noon today.
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Associated Mregs
Gibson
Miss
Mobile and Ohio Railroad
Maldon
Aberdeen
Frisco
M. and O
Tupelo
Partial Paralysis Victim Offers Self in Experiment
Roy Murtagh a 21 year old Pickens Mississippi youth who offered to undergo experimental paralysis research at Tulane University is unable to be admitted to Charity hospital New Orleans due to Louisiana citizens only rule. He drank Jamaica ginger a week ago and developed dizziness and partial paralysis before losing use of his legs. Jamaica ginger seizures prompt state and county officials to seize all Jamaica ginger in stores Springfield Missouri as 30 men and boys suffer poisoning.
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Associated Press
Hattiesburg
Miss
Roy Murtagh
Pickens
Charity Hospital
New Orleans
Louisiana
Murtagh
Tulane University Medical School
Springfield
Massacre of 2000 in Fuan Raid by Bandits and Communists
Report from Shanghai states bandits and Communists captured the town of Fuan in Central Kiangsi Province and killed 2000 residents including officials. Looting followed as plunder was carried into the Western Kiangsi mountains. Magistrate Kiangsiu reported the atrocity.
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Associated Press
Shanghai
Fuan
Kianfu
Kiangsi
Kiangsiu
Boarding house fire in Canada leaves one dead
A fire at the Sheritt-Gorrin Mining boarding house in Sherridan Manitoba killed one man, George McKenzie, 38, and seriously injured three others. Rescue efforts rushed two victims to St Anthony hospital in Winnipeg by air while others were treated at the company hospital. Dozens of residents fled the building as search for additional victims continued.
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Sherridan
Man
Sheritt-Gorrin Mining Company
St. Anthony Hospital
Winnipeg
Company
George McKenzie
80-Year-Old New Orleans Driver Dies From Crash Injuries
Joseph Archote, aged 80, died today from injuries suffered in an automobile crash on March 14 in New Orleans. He becomes the 28th traffic fatality of the year.
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Associated Press
New Orleans
Joseph Archote
Another Gangster Slain on Chicago Front
Chicago reports another gangland slaying as Peter Bica, an alleged grocery operator and Rome University graduate, is dragged from a boat and shot by three men. Police tie the killing to a north side liquor war linked to Capone and Moran, with $500 found on the victim and Benny Bennett missing.
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Associated Press
Chicago
North Side
Peter Bica
America
Uni-Vesty
Rome
John
Billiken Rite
Bica
Rito
Capone
George
Bugs) Moran
Bennie Bennett
Rita
South Side
Doheny Breaks Down Over Murdered Son Mention
Edward L. Doheny wept during cross examination in his bribery trial when Admiral Robison's mention of his son Ned, killed a year earlier, was raised. He was questioned about a $100,000 bribe to former Interior Secretary Albert B. Fall related to government oil contracts.
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Washington
Edward L. Doheny
Albert B. Fall
California
Frank J. Hogan
J. K. Robison
Doheny
Ned
Robison
Doneny
Defense Coun
Robbers Loot Louisiana Oil and Refining Co Safe
The Louisiana Oil and Refining Co warehouse in Laurel Mississippi was robbed last night of 250 in cash and 240 in checks after thieves forced open the office iron box with a crow bar and spike. They carried the box outside and used the engine exhaust noise to mask the attack and escaped without an alarm.
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Associated Press
Laurel
Miss
Louisiana Oil and Refining Company
Derrick Caves In Injuring Three Oil Field Workers
SHREVEPORT March 18 Three oil field workers were injured when a derrick at a Garrett lease well near Plain Dealing collapsed from the top and fell trapping them. Albert Haynes 19 Shangalo fracture left leg Dave Peak 38 Vivian head injuries Paul Darnell 21 Vivian bruises were treated at a local sanitarium.
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Associated Press
Shreveport
Garrett
Plain Dealing
Albert Haynes
Shangaloo
Dave Peak
Vivian
Paul Darnell
Major Shepard Denies Charges After Wife Poisoning Arrest
Denver reporters say Major Charles A. Shepard a Fitzsimmons Hospital surgeon is jailed on a fugitive warrant from Topeka after his wife Mrs. Shepard died at Fort Riley. Toxicology reports ruled death poison and an army investigation followed an alleged confession by a girl in the south who knew the officer.
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Associated Press
Denver
Colo
Charles A. Shepard
Fitzsimmons Veteran Hospital
Topeka
Kas
Shepard
Fort Riley
United States
Richard C. Callen
Department of Justice
South
Mrs. Shepard
Pretty Girl and Male Companion Held as Bandits
In Little Rock Arkansas police detained an 18 year old girl identified as Mrs Gladys Friend and her 22 year old companion Carroll Becker on bandit gang charges. They allegedly drove the car used in a Joplin Missouri theater robbery last fall while another man escaped after pointing a pistol at officers.
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United Press
Little Rock
Ark
Arkansas
Missouri
Oklahoma
Gladys Friend
Joplin
Carroll Becker
Noted Orleans Night Club Will Be Sold
NEW ORLEANS March 18 Sub urban Gardens, a longtime elite venue, will be sold at auction Thursday owner Jack Sheehan said. The club has been famed for its chicken dinner and gaming of uncertain origin with promises noted during losses.
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New Orleans
Suburban Gardens
Jack Sheehan
Sheehan
Side Lights: Beggars Use Limousine For Street Act
In Elizabeth New Jersey two blind beggars used a chauffeured limousine for an act on a side street. Police grew suspicious and they fled, promising to leave town within half an hour.
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Elizabeth
N. J
Father of Dead Bandit Unable to Pay Funeral
Bruce Payne 20 formerly of Abilene and Monroe found shot near Shreveport. his father Albert Payne declines funeral arrangements citing financial inability. Authorities say Payne identified as a hi jacker by four victims with small losses. wife unclear. Means, who sheltered Payne weeks ago, provides limited details.
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Associated Press
Shreveport
Bruce Payne
Abilene
Texas
Monroe
Albert Payne
Payne
T. R. Hughes
Young Payne
Hughes
Tom Lewis
Means
Officers Push Probe Here Of Shooting Case
Sheriff Milton Coverdale and Deputy D L Roper led a night search near Monroe for a shooter who wounded Burke Shiel 21 and Mrs W A Squyres 43 in Monroe. Police and citizens scoured a wooded area three miles southeast and questioned locals but found no suspect.
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D. L. Roper
Burke Shiel
W. A. Squyres
Monroe
Coverdale
Roper
Shiel
Sheriff's Department
H. D. Apgar
One Killed Eight Hurt In City Collision
Kingsport Tenn March 18 J Cates manager of Bristol district of Metropolitan Life Insurance died and eight other persons had minor injuries when Cates sedan collided with a Knoxville Washington bus near here on the Bristol road, authorities said.
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Kingsport
Tenn
J. Cates
Bristol District of
Metropolitan Life Insurance Company
Cates
Alleged Abductors of Arkansan Indicted in Robbery Case
A grand jury in Hot Springs Arkansas indicted H Bradley Jobe of Pine Bluff and Emry Majors and P L Sapp of Louisiana for robbery in the alleged abduction of L W Quattlebaum a wealthy Pine Bluff planter and banker Jobe is detained in Hot Springs while Majors and Sapp are held in Pine Bluff
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Associated Press
Hot Springs
Ark
Grand Jury
H. Bradley Jobe
Pine Bluff
Emry Majors
P. L. Sapp
Louisiana
L. W. Quattlebaum
Jobe
Optimist Orders Beer When Law Changes
Henry Schroeder of the St. Louis board of education sent Anheuser-Busch a request for a standing order of five cases of Budweiser beer to his home, to be filled when and if the law allows. He said straw votes show strong sentiment against the law and may lead to its modification or repeal.
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ST. Louis
Henry Schroeder
Louisiana liquidation board approves $2.31 million road projects
The Louisiana state board of liquidation approved ten highway construction projects totaling 2 311 650 dollars and authorized the highway commission to award contracts on low bids. About 80 miles of hard surfacing and related work will be done in Lincoln Ouachita Grant Bossier Calcasieu Winn Madison St. Mary Jefferson Davis Rapides and LaFourche. Lieut Gov Paul N Cyr voted yes only on projects receiving federal approval and aid.
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Baton Rouge
State Board of Liquidation
Louisiana Highway Commission
Lincoln
Ouachita
Grant
Bossier
Calcasieu
Winn
Madison
St. Mary
Jefferson Davis
Rapides
LaFourche
Paul N. Cyr
Louisiana Anti-Saloon League Leader Questions Poll
Leon W. Sloan, superintendent of the Anti-Saloon League of Louisiana, denounced the Literary Digest prohibition poll as unfair and urged prohibition and church members to abstain from voting. He accused Chairman George Graham of bias in hearings on proposed prohibition legislation.
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New Orleans
Literary Digest
Prohibition
Leon W. Sloan
Anti-Saloon League of Louisiana
Louisiana
Sloan
United Press
George 8. Graham
House Judiciary Committee
Houdini’s Wife Says She Expects No Contact From Him
Mrs. Houdini, white haired and kind eyed, told United Press in Miami that she renounces all faith in ever contacting the dead magician Houdini. She pursued spiritualistic messages for months, but says the silence is impenetrable and there is only void despite efforts and claims by advocates. She recalls Houdini’s tenderness and states she knows he cannot return to ease her sorrow.
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Miami
Pls
Harry Houdini
Houdini
Burglar Bloodied in Lis Home Fight Fled With Little Loot
C W Perkins of 2205 South Grand fought a burglar who had entered his home around 4 am. Blood stained the intruder who fled after a struggle, leaving about 75 dollars worth of clothing and other items found later connected to a separate robbery spree on South Grand. Police linked two other post midnight robberies to the same suspect and ongoing investigations continued.
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C. W. Perkins
South Grand Street
South Grand
Perkins
Buddy Adcock
Annie Adcock
Doris Garment Corporation
Perekins
Police
B. L. Brantley
I. L. Causey
GO. H. Sis
Orchestra Leader Blows Boys Money in N. O. Races
Eleven musicians with Ray Miller's phonograph recording orchestra say owner Marshall Van Pool borrowed all their money, leased the band to Miller, and took the group to the coast then gambled at horse races. Miller disappeared after Chicago trip to raise funds to pay the men. Van Pool traveled from Oklahoma to New Orleans to locate him. Miller, once active in eastern night clubs, is now missing and has recorded numerous phonograph records.
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Ray Miller
Phonograph Recording Orchestra
Marshall van Pool
Clinton
van Pool
Oklahoma
Miller
Chicago
New Orleans Tribune Today
Agena
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