Film piracy fines hit key figures in transport case
A federal judge fined promoter Rickard seven thousand dollars and charged others in a conspiracy tied to illegal transport of boxing fight films. George Quimby Jasper Muma Teddy Hayes Jack Dempsey and B Flournoy also faced penalties with several defendants receiving five thousand dollars on conspiracy counts and one thousand on transport counts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rickard
Bodine
Chard
Xton
psey-Carpentier
Te Bs N. J
George T
Red Quimby
New York
Jasper C. Muma
Washington
New T
Teddyes
Los Angeles
Jack Dempsey
B. Flournoy
Madison Square En
Ekard
Quimby
Muma
Charg
Transporton
Hayes
Flournoy
Couple Convicted in Skeleton Case and Sentenced to 10 Years
In Chattanooga Tennessee Mr and Mrs Bennett were found guilty of a serious crime and sentenced to ten years in state prison. The case involved the disappearance of Augusta Hoffman whose skeleton was found last July under a house taming the Bennett home. The defendants denied knowledge of Miss Hoffman and the seafaring events surrounding the case.
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Hattanooga
Tenn
W. H. Bennett
State Penitentiary
Ben
Hamilton County
Augusta Hoffman
Retrie
Tennessee
Floyd
Hoffman
Chattanooga
Miss Man
Miss Hoffman
Elve Killed in Chicago Area by Motor Accidents
Twelve per were killed in automobile accidents in and near Chicago Sunday. Ebert Harrop, a coal miner, and four children aged one to eight, were killed when the St Louis Chicago and Alton train struck their auto at a crossing. A high wind hindered hearing the whistle. Mrs Harry Potts and a passenger were injured when a sedan was struck near Maywood by an Aurora Chicago Electric train. The family were en route to place flowers on a grave. The death toll in Cook County for the year rose to 153.
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Jicago
Mar
Acci
Chicago
Ebert Harrop
Chicago and Alton Poad
Iner
Lil
Harrop
Harry Potts
Maywood
Chicago City
Tts
Cook County
Ed Writer Refuses to Apologize for Rap at Reserve Training
Miss Henrietta is of Winthrop resigns as managing editor of the Bean Pot humorous pub at Boston University. Dean Everett W. Lord says she declined to apologize for an editorial on reserve officers in that issue, which allegedly contained uncomplimentary comment about the corps.
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Ed Writer
Bston
Miss Henriettaiis
Winthrop
Pubson
Boston University
Everett W. Lord
Thelma Morgan Converse Seeks Divorce in Los Angeles
Mrs Thelma Morgan Converse daughter of the American Consul General to Brussels and sister of Mrs Reginald Vanderbilt has led suit in Los Angeles for divorce from James Vail Converse New York society man charging cruelty She is acting in motion pictures in Hollywood
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Thelma Morgan Converse
Brussels
Reginald Vanderbilt
Los Angeles
James Vail Converse
New York
Hollywood
German poll shows drop for Communist vote in Germany
Final returns from yesterday's presidential election show no candidate won a majority. Second election set for April 25 with the top vote getter to be declared winner. Karl Jarres led with 10,387,323 votes. Otto Braun 7,785,678. Ernst Thälmann 1,869,553. other candidates lower. void ballots 44,152.
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Berlin
A. P
Germany
Ppe
Karl Jarres
Burgeois
Otto Braun
Marx
Ernest Thalemann
Helipach
Baden
Democratic Party
Dr. Held
Bavarian People's Party
General Ludendorf
Halle
Ludendorf
Change of venue denied in Nell Wright bank loot case
New Orleans March 30 The state supreme court refused to grant a change of venue for the trial of Nell Wright 17 year old widow of bandit William M Wright. District attorney argued publicity prejudiced jurors and sought trial elsewhere but Wrights lawyers opposed. The court noted widespread coverage of the widow's plight. Wright was killed by police in Mobile after allegedly robbing a Louisiana bank of 10707 and his widow faces charges over possessing part of the loot.
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New Orleans
State Supreme Court
Aday
Nell Wright
Wm. M. Wright
Louisiana
Wright
Mobile
River Stages Across Mississippi and Ouachita Regions
River gauges show St Louis at 11.8 feet with a 0.8 drop while Memphis records 26.3 rising 0.1. Vicksburg stands at 80.8 rising 1.58 and New Orleans at 7.0 rising 0.5. Red River reports Shreveport unchanged 7.3 and Alexandria at 5.3 falling 0.2. Ouachita notes Camden 4.5 down 0.1 and Monroe 12.5 rising 2.0.
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Mississippi
St. Louis
Memphis
Vicksburg
New Orleans
Shreveport
Alexandria
Ouachita
Murder Case Star Witness Is Policeman
Alfred E. Atwater a New Britain police officer testified he saw Gerald Chapman shoot Patrolman James Skelly in a New Britain department store last October 12. Chapman sat unfazed as Atwater pointed him out, while the trial for Skelly’s murder continued in its second week. Walter Shean, son of a wealthy Springfield family, was arrested after the crime and implicated Chapman as his partner in the loot. Twenty-eight witnesses have testified for the prosecution outlining Chapman's role as Shean's companion in a theft trail from Steubenville, Ohio to New England.
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Hartford
Conn
Alfred E. Atwater
New Britain
Gerald Chapman
James Skelly
Chapman
A. P
Skelly
Walter Shean
Springfield
Mass
Atlanta
Shean
Steubenville
Ohio
Indiana
New England
Acquittal for Alabama Doctor in Bessemer Slaying Case
BESSEMER Alabama March 30 Dr George T Edwards was acquitted by a circuit court jury of slaying his wife with his wits in a dramatic four month legal battle that included a mistrial when the jury stood 11 to 1 for acquittal in the first trial.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bessemer
Ala
George T. Edwards
No New Trial Denied Foss Jewel Case
New Orleans March 30 Isa dore Foss of New York was denied a new trial after being convicted of stealing about 136000 in jewels from a hotel room. The Louisiana Supreme Court upheld the trial process and sentence, with Foss sentenced to 10 years in the penitentiary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Orleans
Isadore Foss
New York
State Supreme Court
Louisiana
High Court
Marr
Foss
Underground broadcaster claims coast reach via hidden antenna
Dr J H Rogers announced success in reaching the Pacific coast with signals from his Hyattsville Maryland underground transmitter. He said a Los Angeles amateur reported signals coming in finely and outlined four underground cables forming a spoke-like antenna and 360 watt tubes. He envisions a 600 foot cable to aim for trans oceanic broadcasting.
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Washington
Mar
Pacific Coast
J. H. Rogers
Hyattsville
New Mexico
Los Angeles
Dr. Rogers
Monroe Chamber of Commerce to open Olla HQ La Salle Parish
A Monroe Chamber of Commerce committee plans a meeting with Olla citizens to establish a Monroe headquarters in Olla. Initial office will be at the Olla State Bank, then a Main Street building, guiding oil field inquiries.
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Monroe C. OF C
LA Salle Parish
Direc
Monroe Chamber of Commerce
Olla
Olla State Bank
Main Street
Chamber of Commerce
Monroe
Ol'a
No24
Urania
el Dorado
Staacover
Shreveport
North Louisiana
Riverside Sanitarium Opens To Public Tonight
The Riverside sanitarium will host an informal reception and inspection from 8 to 10 30 this evening. City and county residents are urged to attend as added hospital facilities are in demand with oil field development nearby. Several rooms are reserved and surgical work will begin immediately. A private room donated by Mr and Mrs J W Collens was omitted from prior lists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Riverside
News-Star
J. W. Collens
Man slain at Benton wife’s brother held
Jimmy Young is jailed in Posier parish after the shooting at T. E. White’s home in Haughton. White, 40, railroad man and Young’s brother in law, died from two gunshots. Sheriff Nattin says the quarrel involved whiskey. another account ties the shooting to a dispute between Young and White’s nephew. Mrs. White heard two shots and found her husband fatally wounded.
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Shreveport
Jimmy Young
Possier Parish
Penton
T. E. White
Young
White
Haughton
Nattin
Bossier
Five Convicts Captured After Escape from Penn
Five of seven convicts who escaped last night from a western Pennsylvania penitentiary were captured today in a stolen car outside Butler near Pittsburgh according to a state police message received by Warden Stanley P. Ashe.
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Pittsurgh
Western Pennsylvania
Butler
Stanley P. Ashe
Urania Champ Tossers Headed to National Meet
Urania High School basketball team, state champions for Louisiana, left for Chicago to play in the national tourney against top teams. Players include Warren Gaharan Lester Gaharan Lloyd Boyer Otto Rees Quincy McCarron Albert Bass Homer Albright. Coach J Pipes led the squad. Bass's mother fell ill and a substitute filled his spot.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
News-Star
Urania
Alexandria
Chicago
Warren Gaharan
Lester Gaharan
Lloyd Boyer
Otto Rees
Quincy McCarron
Albert Bass
Homer Albright
J. Pipes
Pipes
Bass
Acquitted Alabama physician plans to hunt slayer
Dr. George T. Edwards, acquitted of slaying his wife, plans to reclaim his two children and then search for the killer. He left for Selma to be with his father J L Edwards and may go to Montgomery. The trial drew an Alabama wide ovation as friends congratulated him after a circumstantial case.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bessemer
Ala
George T. Edwards
Julia Dudley
Jail Delivery Escapes Three From Ouachita Parish Jail
Three inmates escaped Ouachita Parish Jail in the early hours by sawing bars in two windows and a rear hole. Percy Spotwood Fred Reynolds and J H Wilcox were at large awaiting trial on larceny and forgery charges. one escapes reportedly occurred after prior jail breaches. Sheriff Coverdale said the jail was known to be in poor condition and several prisoners were moved to other jails. Upshot: arraignments set for April criminal term. escapees to be tried in Monroe.
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Ouachita Parish
Percy Spotwood
Fred Reynolds
J. H. Wilcox
Lenard
Coverdale
Cook
City
Caddo Parish
Shreveport
Monroe
Bids Sought Soon for Muscle Shoals Power
Washington March 30 Bids for hydro electric power from the Wilson dam Muscle Shoals Alabama will be invited by Secretary Weeks. Army engineers estimate development to begin about July 1 delivering 100000 horsepower daily. The sale decision follows Congress failure to act on Muscle Shoals legislation.
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Washington
Wilson Dam
Muscle Shoals
Ala
Weeks
War
Army Engineers
Congress
Alabama
Peru to seek amplification on Tacna Arica award
Washington March 30 Peru plans to request amplification of aspects of the Tacna Arica arbitration award. A note is being prepared to address reports of Chilean influence on the plebiscite and to propose measures to prevent such practices. The note’s terms were not forecast, and no diplomatic step had been taken yet.
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Washington
Tacna-Arica
Peru
Chile
Bur Ban Well to be drilled deeper in search of gas sand
A. E. Hudson trustee for Bur Ban Oil Co states the present hole near Olla will not be junked. Drilling will proceed to 2742 feet and possibly to 2850 feet to strike the St Maurice sand. If no new well is brought in, the next well near the present area will be started, moving the rig 400 feet southwest. News from Riverton well indicates depth 3390 feet with promising sand and core testing planned. A heavy gas pressure is reported in the region.
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A. E. Hudson
Bur Ban Oil Co
Olla
W. R. Julian
St. Maurice
Neill Et al Riverton
Caldwell Parish
J. A. Brake
State Conservation Head
Arkansas
Riverten
Two Children Die In Fire In Virginia City
Two children Elsie Trush and Josephine Trush ten months died as kerosene fire started by their mother exploded. The mother was seriously burned in Norfolk Virginia. The incident occurred while the mother attempted to start a fire with kerosene.
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Norfolk
Elsie Trush
Josephine Trush
Ruston Drilling Co to Begin Oil Drilling North of Ruston
The Ruston Drilling Co newly formed in Ruston announces a location in section 7-18-2W about 2.12 miles northeast of Ruston. A derrick stands and a rig is en route from Cotton Valley as machinery is installed. Officers include T. L. James president O. E. Hodges vice president HB Rainwater secretary A E Simonton treasurer W M Davis D James and A H Henderson all of Ruston.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
News-Star
Ruston
Ruston Drilling Co
Cotton Valley
T. L. James
O. E. Hodges
HB. Rainwater
Dubash
A. E. Simonton
Jonesboro
W. M. Davis
D. James
A. H. Henderson
News-Star Opens Urania Branch Office in Commissary Store
News-Star establishes a branch in the Urania Lumber company commissary store front. The office carries legal forms and leases in demand for oilfield work and offers 24 hour job printing service. Local people praise the paper for timely city news with a dedicated correspondent in Urania.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Urania
News-Star
Urania Lumber Company
Urania Oil Boom Draws Crowds as Wells Go Online
Urania La March 30 crowds flood the oil field area as Urania Petroleum Company’s new gusher near Urania No 6 flows oil and a rush of leases follows. The Missouri Pacific on site construction advances with 120 workers, three large storage tanks and planned drill rigs. J C Cox of El Dorado buys a 300 acre lease from C S Nelson for 15000 and 30 day drilling contract amid record field activity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. B. King
Urania
Missouri Pacific Railroad
B. C. Holdin
Urania Station
Zeigin
Urania No. 6
Henry
Uranya
Urania Petroleum Company
Louisiana
J. C. Cox
el Dorado
C. S
Chris” Nelson
Mr. Cox
Mr. Nelson
Winn Parish
Woman Bandit Told His Fortune Says Cashier
MEMPHIS March 30. Mike and Mary Mitchell and Mary George were en route to Duckhill Mississippi in custody of a deputy sheriff from Grenada county where they are to answer charges of robbing the Bank of Duckhill March 27. They had been trailed to Memphis by Mississippi officers and arrested late yesterday. according to Cx An Witedegen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Memphis
Mike
Mary Mitchell
Mary George
Duckhill
Miss
Grenada County
Mississippi
Cx An Witedegen
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A York
Elve
Bandits
Young Widow
Camden
Fall
Rise
Walter Sloan
la Salle
West Winnfield
la Salle Exploration
la Sallé Oil and Gas Company
Bur Ban Oil and Gas Company
Jena
Winnfield
Winn
W. C. Zengler
J. L. Love
B. E. Blake
M. A. Elliott
F. P. Crick
Orla
Benton
Penn
Dr. Edwards
MO. Pacific
Bur Ban
Riverton
Virginia City
Lincoln Capital
Urania Commissary Store
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