Eastern RR Leasing Approved in Virginia Stock Vote
At a March 31 meeting in Ond, Virginia, Chesapeake and Ohio stockholders approved leasing the railroad to the Nickle Plate as part of the Van Sweringen merger. The tally was 506,542 against to 152,818 for, amid a long voting process and proxy scrutiny.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ond
Chesapeake and Ohio Way
Nickle Plate
van Sweringen
Mass
Gray
Virginia
Gay
Chesapeake and “Ohio Ay Company
Sweringen
Rot of Directors
Chesa and
Ohio
Iginia
Ellingson Girl Fights Claims of Mental Unfitness
In San Francisco on March 31 Othy Ellingson a 16 year old stenographer faced court testimony from alienists to determine her mental sanity after she shot and killed her mother Mrs ha Ellingson. The murder trial paused as a new jury was ordered amid questions about her ability to comprehend and present an intelligible defense. Ellingson angrily resented the suggestion she is not of sound mind.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
AN Francisco
Othy Ellingson
Sujor
Ha Ellingson
Miss Ellingson
Ellingson
VETS TO CHOOSE DELEGATES FOR REUNION MEETING
Henry W. Allen Camp United Confederate Veterans met at 11 this morning to elect delegates for the Dallas annual reunion May 19 to 22. Commander Renwick and Captain Platt elected delegates, Kilbourn and Spear as alternates. Renwick to consult city officials on a defrayment grant for veterans’ trip. Eleven veterans were sent to the meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry W. Allen
United Confederate Veterans
Dallas
W. P. Renwick
W. M .Platt
W. J. Kilbourn
M. Spear
Renwick
Ust
Cotton States League to Meet St Joseph Saints in Lexington
In Lexington on March 31 the Cotton States League team will face the St Joseph Saints from the Western League in a scheduled game. The event highlights inter-league competition with both clubs seeking a win on the road.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St, Joelexandria
Lexandria
St. Joseph Saints
Father in Case Aids Daughter in Jazz Life Trial
Joseph Ellingson and his sixteen year old daughter Dorothy Ellingson figure in a San Francisco trial. Dispatches from the Golden Gate say the father stood ready to testify about his hard drinking days to show influence on his daughter who killed her mother after being reproved for her jazz life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph Ellingson
Dorothy Ellingson
San Francisco
Golden Gate
Gates Flier Crash Kills LSU Student in Louisiana
Albert Gladney, 18, LSU student, died when a Gates Flying Circus plane crashed near Baton Rouge after stunt plans with pilot Ashcraft. Passenger John Temple, 19, injured, as Ashcraft survived with minor injuries. Plane failed to recover from a tail spin from 1800 feet. crash occurred during exhibition flights.
Slot Machine Law to Be Under Test in Mississippi
Arguments concluded before the Mississippi supreme court in the case of H. Crippen sheriff of LeFlore county versus Mint Sales company to test the slot machine law's validity in Mississippi. Defense counsel were J. H. Currie Meridian and Fred Witty Greenwood, while state counsel were Harry Bryan assistant attorney general and Means Johnston LeFlore county attorney.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jackson
Miss
Mississippi Supreme Court
EH. Crippen
LeFlore County
Mint Sales Company
Mississippi
J. H. Currie
Meridian
Fred Witty
Greenwood
Harry Bryan
Means Johnston
LeFlore
Mammoth Hot Springs in Yellowstone hit by disastrous fire
Livingston Mont Mar 31 A massive blaze swept Mammoth Hot Springs in Yellowstone National Park destroying the main industry area. Early estimates put the damage near 600000 dollars with the Yellowstone Park Transportation Company plant and 88 buses left as charred ruins.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Livingston
Mont
Mammoth Hot Springs
Yellow Stone National Park
Yellostone Park Transportation Company
Forty Thought Lost in English Mine Disaster
In New Castle England on March 31 forty men are trapped at the Montague Colliery in Scobwood after sudden flooding. Little hope is held for rescue as relatives and supporters gather at the pit head through hours of cold rain.
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New Castle
England
Montague
Scobwood
California Senate backs 2 cent oleo tax bill
Sacramento March 81 with one negative vote the senate agricultural committee reported favorably on the Johnson bill imposing a two cent tax on oleomargarine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sacramento
Senate Agricultural Committee
Olla Hails Monroe Hub of Oil Fields
Urania La March 31 The Urania Petroleum Co reports Urania No 7 location near the discovery well in Section 18 10 2. A Monroe Chamber delegation to Olla pledges new quarters on Main Street and an oil field information bureau. Urania No 6 tubing ready tanks up and 300 feet of road now passable.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. B. King
Urania
Anthony Gibbon
Urania Petroleum Co
Dallas
Olla State Bank
Monroe Chamber of Commerce
J. M. Cobb
Donald F. Walker
Monroe
Olla
Main Street
Monroe Chamber
Monroy
Louisiana
Uratia No. 6
Missouri Pacific
Urania Lumber Co
Urania No
Henry Hardtner
Bill Rowe
Louisiana Oil
Shreveport and Associates
S. W
Sec
la Salle Parish
Mr. Rowe
J. C. Thompson
Ben Weil
J. E. Weil
Alexandria
Shreveport
Urania Lumber Company
Rowe Et al
Imperial Oil and Gas Co
Wheeler Indicted Again In Interior Department Case
Senator Burton K Wheeler of Montana facing a federal grand jury indictment in Washington on charges that he used his senatorial influence while appearing before the Interior Department as a paid attorney for Montana oil clients. Indicted with him are Edwin S Boots and Gordon Campbell, a Montana oil promoter whom Wheeler is accused of representing. Wheeler denies the charges and seeks an early trial.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burton K. Wheeler
Montana
la Follette
Washington
Department of the Interior
Wheeler
Edwin S. Boots
Interior Department
Gordon Campbell
Trains Collide Near Moscow Leaves Dozens Dead
Near Moscow on March 31 a head on collision between the Tashkent express and a Moscow suburb train killed about fifty people and injured around one hundred. Locomotives were destroyed and several coaches shattered as wreckage hampered rescue efforts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moscow
Tashkent
Full Political Rights Restored to Ex Governor Ferguson
In Austin Texas on March 21 former Texas governor James E Ferguson was granted full political and civil rights after amnesty was signed by his wife, the first woman governor of Texas, marking a historic pardon. Mrs Ferguson expressed happiness with the signature as she signed the amnesty bill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Texas
A. P
James E. Ferguson
VS and P Lease Vote Set for Tomorrow in Monroe
Stockholders in the VS and P railroad will vote in Monroe on a proposed lease to the Illinois Central, contingent on Interstate Commerce Commission approval. A similar Alabama and Vicksburg lease to Yazoo and Mississippi Valley was unanimously approved in Jackson with 19,000 of 21,000 votes cast.
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VS & P Railroad
Illinois Central
Interstate Commerce Commission
Jackson
Alabama & Vicksburg
Old Central Savings Bank and Trust Co
Monroe
Miss
Alabama and
Vicksburg
Yazoo and
Mississippi Valley Railway
A. and V
Vicksburg, Shreveport and Pacific Railroad
Fire destroys Tobacco Export warehouse in Clarksville
Fire swept through the Tobacco Export company's Clarksville warehouse early today destroying about 300000 pounds of loose tobacco. Estimated damage ranges from 100000 to 150000 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarksville
Tenn
Tobacco Export Company
Riverside Sanitarium Opens to Record Public Welcome
The Riverside sanitarium held its first public inspection attracting the largest crowd in years. Staff, floral displays, and new equipment highlighted the opening night as Dr. H. E. Carney led physiotherapy with a staff on duty. The ceremony featured gifts from Rotary Lions Kiwanis and many local organizations. The first operation occurred the following morning with more planned during the week.
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Riverside Sanitarium
H. E. Carney
Department of Physiotherapy
Carney
Monroe
Panama
Canal Sone
United States
Rotary Club
Lions Club
Kiwanis Club
Ouachita Parish Medical Association
Boy Scouts
Troop No 3
Board of Deacons
First Baptist Church
Allen Electric Co
First Christian Church
Collens Pharmacy
Monroe Furniture Co
Central Savings Bank & Trust Co
I. Baer Co
Joseph
Ouachita Iron Works Co
Peters Furniture Co
Griffin Studio
W. D. McIntosh
May Mintosh
H. P. Smith
First Baptist Sunday School
Women’s Missionary Society
Slagle-Johnson
Ouachita National Bank
F. Strauss & Son
Fig Masur
E. C. Stuckey
Oo. M. Hillingsworth
Woman Testifies Chapman Seen In Store Before Slaying
Miss Catherine Bourne a Steubensville Ohio book keeper testified in Hartford Connecticut that Gerald Chapman was in her employer’s store on April 5 1924 the day before a sedan vanished. The missing car later traced near the place Patrolman James Skelly was killed in New Britain Connecticut. The car bore Waldo W Miller as its owner a Chapman alias according to State’s Attorney Alcorn.
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Catherine Bourne
Steubensville
Ohio
Hartford
Conn
Gerald Chapman
James Skelly
Chapman
Skelly
New Britain
Waldo W. Miller
Alcorn
Abduction and flogging blamed on local neighbors in Okemah
S A Llewellen, 63, farmer near Castle, found unconscious tied to a tree after being beaten. Three men Munroe, Piergon, Matthews and Fate Lewis jailed. Llewellen says assailants were neighbors who warned him to leave the country. He reports a prior flogging two years earlier at Okfuskee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Okemah
Okla
S. A. Liewellen
Castle
Llewellen
J. H. Munroe
Roy Piergon
Guy Matthews
Fate Lewis
Lewis
Liewellen
Okfuskee
Noted Movie Guests Stop Here in Monroe
Four men driving a burned sedan from California, including Jesse Lasky and colleagues, stopped on DeSiard Street to rest and plan. They claimed arrival from California en route to New Orleans, after a ditch accident near Douline, La. Miss Irene Simms of the News-Star verified the tale and secured the interview.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monroe
DeSiard Street
California
Shreveport
Lasky
Jesse Lasky
New Orleans
Gon
Mr. Lasky
Jesse. L. Lasky
Frisco
Canal Canal
Ramon Novarro
Levine
Douiine
Sherman Hotel
Chicago
Irene Simms
News-Star
Want
Miss Simms
Woodmen Convention Arrives Ahead of Lake Charles Meet
The Woodmen of the World and Woodmen circle officials began arriving in Lake Charles for Louisiana’s tenth state W O W convention set for April 24. Delegates from across the state will register Wednesday afternoon as heads meet at Arcade theatre Thursday morning.
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Lake Charles
la. Mar
Woodmen of the World
Woodmen Circle
Louisiana
Arcade Theatre
Head Grove
Woodmen
W. A. Frazer
Omaha
Nebr
Mary Larocca
Palmetto Camp
New Orleans
Elmira D. Waeth
Rachael B. Peytral
Margaret Flair
Joseph Vollier
Orleander Camp
Albert Gladney to be buried today after fatal plane crash
Albert Gladney a 19 year old Louisiana State University student was killed when the plane he was a passenger in crashed to earth. John D Temple Jr another passenger was injured but recovering. Pilot Jack Ashcraft blamed bad air for the accident and said he tried to right the ship from a tail spin at 1800 feet.
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Baton Rouge
Albert Gladney
Louisiana State University
John D. Temple
Jack Ashcraft
Temple
Ashcraft
Gates Flying Circus
John D. Temple, Jr
Earth
Poiit
Slight Earthquake Shocks Hit Nevada Near Reno
In Reno Nevada on March 31 small earthquakes were recorded by the University of Nevada seismograph. Dr J C Jones estimated the shocks originated about 50 miles from Reno. The first quake occurred at 9 61 p m and the second at 10 05 p m with no damage reported.
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Reno
Nev
University of Nevada
J. C. Jones
Requisitions Granted for Pair by Fuqua
Requisitions for the return of Thomas Garrett and Donald White, held in New Orleans to Shelby county, Tennessee, to answer robbery charges were granted yesterday by Governor Fuqua.
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Baton Rouge
Thomas Garrett
Donald White
New Orleans
Shelby County
Tenn
Fuqua
River Stage Readings Across Major Cities
Mississippi and Red River levels show varying changes with St Louis rising 0.4 and Memphis at 26.0 while New Orleans up 0.2. Vicksburg reports 31.8 with a 0.5 rise and Shreveport 7.5 up 0.2. Alexandria 5.2 falls 0.1. Quachita Camden 4.8 up 0.3 and Monroe 12.7 up 0.2.
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Mississippi
St. Louis
Memphis
Vicksburg
New Orleans
Red—Shreveport
Alexandria
Quachita
Camden
Monroe
No bail in sight in case of Shepherd
Chicago March 31 judge Hopkins refused to hear witnesses for a bail reconsideration as they were not named in the defense affidavit. Hearing continued to Thursday with no transfer granted. The Shepherd case, tied to the killing of his foster son by typhoid germ inference, proceeds amid efforts to challenge key testimony and exhumation findings.
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Chicago
A. PF
Jacob Hopkins
Wm. D. Shepherd
Shepherd
Bai
William D. Shepherd
William Nelson McClintock
Luella Rheubell
Charles C. Faiman
J. P. Simonds
Northwestern University
Wm. D. McNaily
Coronaner
Herrin Player Frank Golby Joins Meridian Club Tryouts
Meridian Mississippi March 31. Herrin Ills, the town famed for its battles and gunfights, will be represented on the Cotton States Club this season by Frank Golby who is trying for second base. Also reporting are John Houston Hendersonville NC and Butch Simon Akron Ohio. Madura shortstop expected, Omar Holder Mobile outfielder may arrive late today. Madura rated leading Kitty League short last season. All candidates due by Wednesday morning.
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Meridian
Miss
Herrin
Ills
Cotton States Club
Frank Golby
Secoid Base
Tie
Keystone
John Houston
Hendersonville
N. C
Butch” Simon
Akron
Ohio
Dutch” Quellmalz
Madura
Omar Holder
Mobile
Former Lt Osborne Wood Returns to U S at Tampa
Former Lieutenant Osborne Wood set foot on American soil at quarantine near Tampa after sailing from Cadiz aboard the West Chetac. He greeted a cameraman with a joke and posed for pictures with the captain and galley boy in attendance. Wood, in good health, declined to discuss the future despite several offers from local concerns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tampa
Fla
Spain
France
Osborne Wood
Shipping Board
Cadiz
Wood
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G Eastern RR Leasing
van Sweringens
W. J. Harahan
Sapeake
Tec
Lingson
Immander Renwick
Chaplain Platt
Joseph Evaangson
Gates
L.S. A
Yellowstone Park
U. K
la Salle
M. P
Hor
Burton
Ferguson
V.s.&p
Riverside
Okemah, Okla
Nevada
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