Vanity case clues solve Gary murder mystery
Identification of the murdered Gary woman, 21, as Mrs. Josephine Desiderio was confirmed as investigators traced her mother Mrs. Bernard Genero and friend Sam Ross. Ross was held for questioning after confirming the Friday sighting in a car with two men and another girl. Authorities also linked a burned railroad worker, James Shela of Stockton, found near Gary, noting a railroad card near the girl, indicating possible connection.
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Gary
Ind
Chesterton
Josephine Desiderio
Bernard Genero
Sam Ross
Rose
New York
Desiderio
Luis
Genero
Ross
Express Wreck Kills Over Thirty in German Corridor
A derailment of the Eydtkuhnen Berlin express in the Polish corridor between Swaroschin and Starogard resulted in 30 to 40 deaths and about 40 injuries. Officials reported the catastrophe occurred early today with emergency crews attending the scene.
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Schneidemuehl
Prussia
Berlin
Swaroschin
Starogard
Hattiesburg Quarters of Klan in Fire Loss
Fire caused by defective wiring at 4 80 oclock damaged the Woodmen of the World building in Hattiesburg a major structure. Losses totaled over 25000 with Mattinglys bakery and Woodmen hall each around 10000. The Ku Klux Klan quarters sustained 1000 in damage including 800 robes and hoods. Second floor offices suffered 4000 in smoke damage.
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Hattiesburg
Miss
Woodmen of the World
Mattingly
Woodmen’s
Ku Klux Klan
Birth Rate Gain Shown In Census Bureau's Report
Washington May 1 The census bureau reports the nations birth rate rose sharply in 1924 over 1923 while the death rate edged down. Rural North Carolina shows the highest birth rate at 31.9 per thousand and rural Montana the lowest at 14.9 per thousand. Deaths declined in 23 of 29 states. infant mortality fell in 1924 compared with 1925 in most states. Mississippi records births at 24.3 and deaths at 11.8 per thousand.
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North Carolina
Montana
Mississippi
Farm Bureau to Hold Election Name Director
Ouachita Parish Farm Bureau sets a special meeting to elect a director representing Ouachita on the Louisiana Farm Bureau federation board. Election at Monroe Chamber of Commerce rooms on May 9 with mail and in person voting, ballot delivery by 1 p.m. Nominee to be elected at the state meeting on June 9.
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Ouachita Farm Bureau
Ouachita Parish
Louisiana Farm Bureau Federation
Baton Rouge
Monroe
Farm Bureau
State Farm Bureau
Treasury admits Cart Wheel coins fail to win public use
The Treasury concedes its bid to boost silver dollar circulation failed. Assistant Secretary Dewey led a campaign that injected about $10 million into circulation, but demand never grew and current silver dollar circulation stands around 50 million.
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Washington
Treasury
Secreary Dewey
Bureau of Engraving and Printing
Monroe's Bathing Girl Revue Promises Big City Interest
Applications pour in for Monroe's Bathing Girl Revue with Miss Monroe selected May 12 13 to compete for a Galveston trip. Entrants from Gordon avenue K street and Grammont already listed plus further interest nationwide. Contest is not coupon based and includes non single applicants, with prizes and judges to be announced next week.
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Monroe
Miss Monroe
Galveston
Gordon Avenue
K” Street
Grammont
News-Star
Saenger Theatre
Urania Oil Field Booms as Leasing Sets High Prices
Urania sees a drilling boom after the Zeigin No. 1 discovery as operators plan new wells around Ollla and La Salle Parish. Henry Hardtner Sam Collins and Anthony Gibbon set a $500 per acre minimum on nearby leases while Rowe Wallace buys a 40 acre tract for 29000 dollars amid rising prices and renewed activity.
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Henry E. Hardtner
Urania Lumber Company
Fee
Urania
Sam M. Collins
Anthony Gibbon
Urania Petroleum Company
la Salle
Winn Parishes
Rowe Wallace Oil Company
Rowe-Wallace Co
Rowe-Wallace
Monroe District C E Convention Opens Saturday
The Monroe District Convention of Christian Endeavor begins Saturday at 9 a.m. in the Presbyterian church with delegates from towns including Ruston Kelly Grayson Cheniere Bastrop and more. State officers Mary Pirie Baton Rouge Rev Lemon Logansport and Miss Valentine Mansfield will attend along with local leaders. The two day program features senior and junior speakers and sessions on membership prayer meetings and missionary work concluding with an evening address and district awards.
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Presbyterian Church
Monroe
Christian Endeavor
Ruston
Kelly
Grayson
Cheniere
Bastrop
Fairbanks
Holly Ridge
Pioneer
Baskin
Collinston
Choudrant
Mary Pirie
Baton Rouge
In. Lemon
Logansport
Miss Valentine
Adams
Hammond
J. A. Smith
Georgia Lee
H. H. Baur
Virginian Smith
Williamson
E. L. Clouse
Moore
Rev. Lee
Meridith
C. E
Bill Matthews
C. FE
Lemon
Mansfield
Miss Pirie
Speeding auto hits Winnsboro girl near Baskin
Miss Ellen Nelson aged 17 of Winnsboro was struck by a Studebaker sedan traveling 60 to 65 mph near Baskin as she walked with her sister after leaving railroad tracks. The car fled, leaving her with a fractured leg and facial gash. She was taken to St Francis sanitarium. her father was notified.
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Ellen Nelson
C. C. Nelson
Winnsboro
Baskin
Studebaker
Miss Nelson
Bernice Nelson
Clarice Burns
Richard Goodman
St. Francis Sanitarium
Missouri Pacific Pushes Urania Oil Rack Project
Special to the News Star Urania La May 1 Work on building loading racks for Urania oil shipments has begun and racks for over a hundred cars will soon be ready. Missouri Pacific officials led by Dan Jacobs visited Urania when the Zeigin well came in and orders to resume work were dispatched to headquarters. Initial output will be shipped from Urania by tank cars.
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J. B. King
Urania
George Zeigin
News-Star
Missouri Pacific Railroad
Dan Jacobs
Moony to Re organize Honduras Police Force
New Orleans May 1 Guy R Molony resigned as superintendent of the New Orleans police department at midnight and will sail on Tuesday for Honduras to reorganize its police force. He expects to spend about three months on the task and a public reception is planned in his honor tonight.
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New Orleans
Guy R. Molony
Honduras
Maloney
Louisiana State Banks Show Gain in Resources
The 212 state banks of Louisiana report total resources of 388,698,712 dollars for the first quarter of 1925, up 13,481,434 dollars, per J. S. Brock state banking commissioner from returns in his general review.
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New Orleans
Louisiana
Brock
Second Bomb Plot Blocked and May Day Raids Reported
Bulgarian authorities thwarted an almost complete subterranean bombing plot aimed at the royal palace in Sofia. In New York May Day raids by police disrupted communist and socialist meetings with few arrests and no violence reported. Paris banned parades and restricted May Day demonstrations outside the city limits.
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Sofia
A. P
Boris
Royal Palace
Bulgaria
Sveti Kral
Petrini
Grantcharoff
Kossovski
Koeff
Dimitroff
N. Y
New York
Workers Party
Wm. Z. Foster
Manhattan
Foster
Enright
Paris
Hunted man captured by police dog ends long search
Earl Woodward, a former convict, and 11 year old Lucille Chatterton were found in a Brookfield barn after a weeklong chase by armed posses aided by a Norwich University cadet detachment. Woodward surrendered quietly amid rain soaked, exhausted conditions.
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Randolph
South Brookfield
Earl Woodward
Lucille Chatterton
Granville
Woodward
Walter Chatterton
Norwich University
Brookfield
Harry Harpers
Lucille
Los Angeles Feels Slight Earthquake Early Today
A minor quake was recorded in Los Angeles at 1 27 am causing light shocks but no damage was reported. Local residents felt the tremor and authorities alerted officials as seismic activity continued.
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Los Angeles
Los. Angeles
GallowS sentence read Smith will go higher court
Howard Roberson was sentenced to be hanged by the neck until dead by Judge Percy Sandel after a jury found him guilty of the March 26 1924 murder of Adolph Epstein Swartzgrocer. Defense counsel George Wesley Smith appealed to the supreme court arguing prejudicial conditions and irregular jury selection.
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Howard Roberson
Percy Sandel
Adolph Epstein
Swartzgrocer
George Wesley Smith
Supreme Court
Sandel
Roberson
Sander
Ouachita Parish
Louisiana
Ouachita
State Supreme Court
Supreme Court of the United States
Allan
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Census Bureau
Olla
Hardtner
Collins
Gibbon
HELM
Imperial Oil and Gas Company
LaSalle
Helm Et al
Tvo
Ollila
F. M. Xees Et al
Z. T. Heard
Boyd
la Salle Parish
Love Brothers
Mystery Girl
Gloria Rosebud
O'Rayder
Gloria Rosebud O’rayder
City
Baskin, la
Mo. P
Moony
Vermont
Smith
Atlanta
Parker Farms
Piedmont Ave
Atlanta, Ga
Ernest Parker
Moultrie
Valdosta
Young’s Island
8. C
Gulfport
Lake Charles
the News-Star
E. E. Parker
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