Two Suspects Held in Texas for Local Safe Robberies
Sheriff Milton Coverdale links two men, James A. Becker and W. C. Miller, to a series of safe break ins in West Monroe and Monroe last winter. The pair were jailed in Jefferson Texas after arrests there about three weeks ago for breaking and entering and bicycle thefts tied to the Warren Oil Company burglary on February 1.
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Texas
Monroe
Milton Coverdale
Efferson
Dixie
West Monroe
James A. Becker
W. C. Miller
Mr. Coverale
Farren Oil Company
Trenton
Jella
Hadeen
Southern Hardware Company
Coverdale
Seriff D. L. Roper
Jefferson
Iheir
Warren Oil Company
Becker
Theardware Concern
Unch
Vets of Spanish War Observe Manila Battle Anniversary
Spanish American war veterans in Shreveport plan a banquet to mark the Manila battle thirtieth anniversary with W H Mabry camp four hosting. State Commander John A Sewall will preside and J St Clair Favrot will deliver the keynote as the camp colors are dedicated later in the courthouse. The event includes a luncheon by the auxiliary led by Mrs John A Sewall and speeches on Manila and Tennessee flags.
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Associated Press
Shreveport
Manila
W. H. Mabry Camp
John A. Sewall
J. St. Clair Favrot
Baton Rouge
Favrot
Louisiana
Woman's Auxiliary
Boy Scouts
G. W. Hardy
Farrot
Ruffin
Two Planes Carry New Orleans Mail To New York
Two air mail planes departed Alvin Callendear field New Orleans at 12 57 p m bound for Atlanta then New York carrying through mail and pouches. Pilot W N Dewald flew the Fokker with 500 pounds of mail to New York while W M Jones piloted The Traveller to Mobile Birmingham and Atlanta reaching New York next day.
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New Orleans
New York
Alvin Callendear
Atlanta
Arthur J. O'Keefe
W. N. Dewald
W. M. Jones
Voyage
Dewald
O'Keefe
James J. Walker
O. H. Simpson
al Smith
Canal Street
Broadway
W. L. S&s. Gordon
Insanity Plea Expected in Caddo Motorman Case
Blanchard Horn, a Shreveport street car motorman, faces trial in district court over the September shooting of W. P. McGee. A defense insanity plea is anticipated with 38 witnesses including Dr. J. D. Young and Dr. Douglas Kerlin to testify on Horn's mental status and actions in the week prior to the shooting. Mrs. Horn recently obtained a divorce decree. Horn surrendered to police after the incident claiming McGee violated his home.
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Shreveport
Blanchard Horn
W. P. McGee
J. D. Young
Douglas Kerlin
Horn
McGee
May Day unrest and political clashes in Europe strike casualties
In Warsaw on May Day three people were killed and 12 wounded as communists tried to join the socialist parade. Shots were fired when socialists refused to let communists march. Also noted a U S air crash casualty near Whitney Point New York Thadus C Sweet congressman died in a forced landing.
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Warsaw
Poland
Cortland, N. Y
Thaddus C. Sweet
Phoenix
N. Y
Congress
Washington
Whitney Point
Burglaries in Two Parishes Solved in 1926 Case
Sheriff reports Lat of the two parishes tied to burglaries in fall 1926. Baker confessed to stealing from Brownlee Trailer Co on August 13, 1926, identifying a $150 to $175 acetylene cutting torch. He also admitted two more burglaries at Union Auto Sales in Farmerville on August 26, 1926 and another unnamed entry.
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Lee Baker
Trentreet
Wes
Coverdale
Baker
Brownlee Trailer Company
Farmerville
Union Auto ‘Sales Company
Bremen Trio Given Huge New York Ovation
Three aviators from Germany and Ireland received a massive reception in New York after their Atlantic flight. Police estimated 2.5 million watched the parade with 1,500 tons of ticker tape and confetti. Crowds required 1,200 workers and $16,000 to clean up as 6,000 officers kept order. The Irish Major praised the city as a world of enthusiasm, noting the contrast to European life.
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Associated Press
New York
Atlantic
Greenly Island
James Fitzmaurice
Baron Gunther von Huenefeld
Rome
Europe
Charles A. Lindbergh
Paris
Coolidge criticizes flood control bill as biased
President Coolidge voices concern that flood control measures grow more costly with each amendment. He warns that many interests are leveraging the bills to expand their own benefits, and objects to Sacramento River work being included as beyond the bill’s original purpose.
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Washington
Congress
President Coolidge
Coolidge
Elaborate illicit liquor still found near capital city
East Baton Rouge deputies raided a house eight miles from Baton Rouge on the Bayou Sara road and seized a 500 gallon copper still with coils and thermometers for grain alcohol. They destroyed 40 barrels of mash and much liquor. The still was moved to the courthouse but left outside due to its size.
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Baton Rouge
East Baton Rouge
21000 Blue Coats In Gotham On Duty To Preserve Order
The New York police force mobilized on May Day with 91 thousand uniformed officers and detectives on active or reserve duty to deter potential disorders. Headquarters noted no expected disturbances but warned of heightened checks on radical meeting places and communist printing plants amid rising revolutionary literature. A socialist committee letter to Police Commissioner Warren urged rescinding the arrest orders for distributing illegal literature and criticized May Day as an international labor holiday.
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New York
Six drown in Monongahela ferry boat disaster
Six people drown when a small ferry boat capsized after being struck by a floating log on the Monongahela between Monstown and Greensboro. Nine aboard included Zenith Gaddis a 20 year old school teacher and five unidentified African American passengers. one escaped. The river ran high after a recent Southwestern Pennsylvania and West Virginia storm.
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Associated Press
Uniontown
Monongahela Siter
Mesontown
Greensboro
Zenith Gaddis
Pennsylvania
West Virginia
Richland Parish to Open Its New Library Friday
The opening of the Nonnie Roark Rhymes Memorial library building in Rayville marks nearly four years of local effort by devoted Richland parish citizens. Funded by Robert R. Rhymes as a memorial to his wife, the facility will be dedicated Friday May 4 to serve the public. The initiative began in 1925 when a small book club grew into a parish library demonstration aided by Carnegie funds and the Louisiana Library Commission.
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News-Star
Rayville
Nonnie Roark Rhymes
Richland Parish
Robert R. Rhymes
First Library
Louisiana Library Commission
American Library Association
State University Library
Essae M. Culver
California
Hambres Meditations by J P Alley
A cryptic note critiques cotton prices and rising costs on automobiles. The fragment implies concern that high prices strain buyers and economic conditions. The text presents a dialectic musing attributed to J P Alley.
Deputy Greets Runners Waiting for Pyle Grange
Springfield dispatch says a Sangamon County deputy awaited Charley Pyle’s loggers last night with a writ of attachment for Illinois Trust and Savings bank now under receivership. Harold Grange, acting under Pyle, also noted as cinema figure and football star, was among those involved.
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Associated Press
Springfield
Ill
Charley Pyle
Sangamon County
Pyle
Illinois Trust and Savings Bank of
Champaign
Ilinois Trust and Savings Bank
Fair Weather Aid to Voting in California
In San Francisco on May 1 Californians vote in a presidential primary with fair weather aiding turnout for three Democratic contenders Governor Smith Need and Walsh plus a Republican Hoover and Prohibitionist Poling each facing delegates at large and regional tallies. The race may yield a split ticket with up to 30 Democratic delegates and 29 Republican delegates at stake.
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Associated Press
San Francisco
Herbert Hoover
Daniel A. Poling
New York
Prohibition
Five youths convicted in grocer slaying case
Chicago reports that five boys aged 15 to 22 were convicted today in the slaying of a grocer. The trial concluded with the youths found guilty of murder or related charges, ending a lengthy case in the city's criminal courts.
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Chicago
Knapp Trial Delayed As Key Witness Skips Subpoena
Florence Knapp's trial on grand larceny tied to the 1925 state census stalls when chief witness Clara Blanche Knapp, her stepdaughter, fails to appear. A Vermont firm was retained to test the subpoena's validity while Justice Callaghan orders steps to compel attendance. The defendant, free on $12,000 bail, faces twelve indictments.
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Associated S’ress
Albany
N. Y
Florence K. S. Knapp
Clara Blanche Knapp
George Z. Medalie
Rutland
Vermont
Miss Knapp
Highway Police Officer Critically Hurt in Road Crash
Baton Rouge Louisiana May 1 E A Kemp state highway policeman is in serious condition after a head on collision with a car driven by M M Brown of Greenwell Springs road Witnesses said neither vehicle was speeding Kemp was catapulted about fifteen feet and suffered a fractured leg a wrist laceration and other injuries The accident occurred on the roadway last night in the Baton Rouge area
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Associated Press
Baton Rouge
E. A. Kemp
M. Brown
Greenwell Springs
Kemp
Oil magnate Sinclair testifies on Continental deal and shares
Harry F. Sinclair tells the Senate committee that his interest in the Continental oil deal was to protect his company rights. He says he turned over securities and money after the trial and explains bonds received from H. M. Blackmer and others as part of the transaction.
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Sinclair
Associated Press
Washington
Harry F. Sinclair
Senate ‘Teapot Home Committee
Lérie
Continental
Sinclair ‘Cri
Standard and Sinclair
Continental Trading Company
H. M. Blackmer
Blackmer
Osler
Continental Company
George Long Re-Elected to Lead Manufacturers Group
George Long was re-elected president of the Louisiana Manufacturers' Association at the close of the convention in New Orleans on May 16. Other officers named include A. B. Freeman, Bostick Antire, treasurer Mrs. R. H. Agate, and a slate of members guiding the exclusive products field for over 300 attendees.
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George Long
Associated Press
New Orleans
Louisian Turers’ Association
Tech
A. B. Freeman
New Orle
Bostick
Antire
R. H. Agate
U S Fleet of 40 Ps to Halt at Langley
A U S fleet of 40 planes will halt at Langley Field in Washington as air forces coordinate units to showcase war tactics. The event will honor various parts of the field and emphasize upcoming operations.
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U. S
Langley. Field
Washington
United States
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N.Y
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Gotham
Hermann Koehl
Winter Garden
Patricia Fitzmaurice
U. S. Treasury
Elaborate
Capital City
Monongahela
Carnegie Corporation of America
Hambgres Meditations
J.P. Alley
Grange
Knapp
Langley Field Maneuvers
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