Urania No. 6 Test Flows Salt Water at Urania Field
Urania No. 6 well in section 18 10 2E started to flow today but produced almost all salt water. Zeigin Urania No. 1 in the same section shows increasing salt water with little oil, while Zeigin No. 2 and Zer egin tests move forward. Operators persist in hope that a future drilling campaign will locate the main oil pool near Urania, near Olla. Bill Rowe of Rowe Wallace Oil shows growing confidence in a large local field.
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J. B. King
Urania
Urania Petroleum Company
Urania No. 6
Zeigin
George Zeigin
Helm Et al
Olla
Bur Ban
Old
Bur Ban Company
Bill Rowe
Rowe Wallace Oil Company
Rowe-Wallace
Rowe
News-Star
Urenia
France seeks Spanish aid in Rif invasion of Morocco
Paris May 12. France asks Spain for authority to bomb or attack Rif tribesmen’s concentrations in Spanish Morocco and to stop provisioning Abd El Krim through Agadir. Conversations underway with uncertain outcome. both sides reinforce positions as French posts near the Onergha river face siege while Rif forces stock supplies across the border.
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Paris
A. P
France
Spain
Spanish
Morocco
Abd el Krim
Agadir
Strin
Onergha
Submarine Lands Explosives in Moroccan Coast Raid
Report to Havas Agency says a German submarine landed explosives telephonic material and food on the coast of the Rif region where Abd El Krim leads a revolt against the French zone in Morocco. Several Germans dressed as Rif natives were observed in the area using Oriental pseudonyms.
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Tangier
A. P
Havas
Riff
Abd-El-Krim
Morocco
Re open graves in baby home neglect case
New York May 12 Assistant District Attorney William P. Ryan seeks to exhume two unmarked graves tied to the baby home of Helena Geisen Volk, amid child death reports. A former nurse alleges abuse and death by malnutrition at the facility where twenty three deaths occurred in sixteen months.
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New York
Wm. P. Ryan
Helena Augusta Geisen-Volk
Ryan
Churchill Downs Derby Trial Sees Notable Entries
At Churchill Downs Louisville on May 12 a mile allowance race acts as a Kentucky Derby trial with six top eligibles expected for next Saturday's $50,000 added classic. Debuts include Kentucky Cardinal after sale to G Frank Croissant of Chicago and Stepalong, winner of the Blue Grass, along with Prince of Bourbon Sweeping Away Borderland and Needle Gun. The top four entries are favored to win the Derby.
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Louisville
Churchill Downs
Kentucky Cardinal
G. Frank Croissant
Chicago
Stepalong
F. K. Grabner
Dry Blockade Drives Wets Toward San Diego and Pacific Coasts
Five 10,000 ton vessels flying British and Belgian flags lie 40 miles off San Diego with cargoes. Canada sees liquor sales as two schooners offer cheap drinks at Glace Bay. Coast guard patrols near Virginia capes double as enforcement tightens. New York saloons close amid smuggler pressure.
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New York
A. P
Atlantic Seaboard
United States
Pacific Coast
San Diego
California
Glace Bay
Nova Scotia
Coast Guard
Virginia Capes
New England
New Jersey
Michigan
Mt. Clemens
Meeting Called to Act on Boat Line and Merger
A meeting of the Mn board is set for this afternoon at 4 p.m. to discuss continued river navigation, barge freight lines, and terminal facilities. Local sentiment on the U S and P merger by Illinois Central lines will be gauged with Monroe businessmen and shippers. Huey P. Long opposes the change but North Louisiana business leaders may favor it. Secretary H J Fernandez will preside and resolutions on boat line activities and the Vicksburg merger are expected.
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Mn. Board
Monroe
U. S. and
Ilinois Central Lines
Jackson, Miss
Chamber of Commerce
Huey P. Long
Louisiana Public Service Commission
North Louisiana
H. J. Fernandez
Vicksburg
Final Plans Made For Eastern Star Meet In Monroe
Preparations were completed for the state Eastern Star convention to assemble in Monroe tomorrow. The Masonic Temple was readied by Mrs. J. C. Liner and helpers. About 400 to 500 Louisiana women are expected, with the opening session at 8 p m in the city school auditorium. The public is invited, and organizers seek automobiles to shuttle guests, led by J. M. Breard and Mrs. John Collins.
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Monroe
Masonic Temple
J. C. Liner
Louisiana
J. M. Breard
John Collins
River Stages Update Across Mississippi and Ouachita Basins
River readings show Mississippi stations Memphis at 14.9 rising none, Vicksburg 22.2 falling 0.4, New Orleans 3.9 falling 0.1 with Shreveport at 14.3 falling 0.4 and Alexandria 12.1 falling 0.7. Ouachita sites Camden 5.2 rising 0.1 and Monroe 14.1 rising 0.4 indicate varied stage changes.
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Mississippi
Memphis
Vicksburg
New Orleans
Shreveport
Alexandria
Ouachita
Camden
Monroe
Monroe Contestants for Galveston Honor At Saenger Tonight
Monroe sends contestants to the Galveston Bathing Girl Revue at the Saenger Theatre with preliminaries tonight at 8 50. Entries may still be filed until 7 this evening. Judges will be announced after the contest closes and final awards include a wrist watch and various prizes from local merchants.
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Saenger Theatre
Monroe
Galveston
Saenser
Foster's Jewelry Company
Scenger Theatre
Entertainment Tonight
Jane Smith
Lois Nixon
the Saenger
Claims of flogging after exposing spray details emerge
Benjamin T. Way 74, father of Nel son M. Way, says he was kidnapped in Sanford Florida by masked men and lashed after sending a warning letter about Florida celery spray. Lawers Hughes Jr and others report he showed welts and said attackers did the beating. Mayor Lake orders investigation amid Florida likening attack to business threats. A New Orleans celery car from Sanford sprayed with arsenic was seized and destroyed by the Louisiana Board of Health. washed carloads follow.
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New York
Benjamin T. Way
Nelson M
Pic) Way
Giant
Yale
Charles Evans Hughes, Jr
Sanford
Fla
Allen S. Hubbard
Walter S. Clark
Hughes
Mr. Way
Way
Lake
Dowling
New Orleans
Louisiana State Board of Health
Oscar Dowling
Hero of Verdun dies veteran French general Mangin
Paris May 12 General Charles Mangin French hero of Verdun died today after a uraemia attack possibly worsened by appendicitis He led the 1916 Verdun assault that helped retake Fort Douaumont and later commanded the Fifth Infantry division and Eleventh army corps His career spanned Senegal China Morocco and West Africa with key roles in 1917 and the final Allied successes after the war he was honored with the Legion of Honor and advocated a Rhine buffer state
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Paris
Charles Mangin
Verdun
Mangin
Fort Douaumont
Charles Marie Emmanuel Mangin
Sarrebourg
France
Senegal
French
Sudan
China
West Africa
Morocco
Eleventh
Aisne
Sixth Army
Clemenceau
Degoutte
Legion of Honor
Germany
Rhine
Hindenburg Inaugurated in Germany Amid Political Turmoil
President Von Hindenburg delivers manifesto pledging constitutional defense and peaceful progress. He stresses the office serves the entire German people, not a single faction, aiming to restore Germany’s standing among nations and lift the nation from a perceived stigma.
Hindenburg Inaugurated German President in Berlin
Field Marshal Von Hindenburg was sworn in as president of Germany with Paul Loebe presiding as Reichstag president. The ceremony proceeded with a communist protest and the oath pledged to uphold the constitution and laws. The four Allied powers said they would omit formal congratulations due to his wartime war crimes list.
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Berlin
Field Marshal
von Hindenburg
Germany
Reichstag
Paul Loebe
Paris
Roberson and Hays Relocated to Shreveport Jail
Howard Roberson and Luther Hays were moved from the city parish jails to the Caddo parish jail in Shreveport due to overcrowding. Roberson awaits potential new trial or execution date. Hays to await next district court term for a second trial. Willie Stone remains in city jail. Sheriff Coverdale and Deputy Roper will also transport Mrs. Leon Fontana to face trial after Colfax forgery arrest.
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Howard Roberson
Adolph Epstein
Luther Hays
Epstein
Roberson
Shreveport
Coverdale
Roper
Shriff Coverdale
Supreme Court
Caddo
Hays
Willie Stone
D. A. Schumaker
Colfax
Leon Fontana
Baby Farm Scandal Leads to Exhumations and Bail
Authorities investigated Mrs Helen Auguste Geisen Volk and her daughter Alfreda in New York City on substitution charges after alleged starvation and unsanitary conditions at a baby farm. Bail was set at 35000 and several infant deaths prompted exhumations following a frenzied public attack.
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New York City
Helen Auguste Geisen- Volk
Alfreda
Governor seeks action to modify Mississippi anti trust laws
The Mississippi governor plans a message to the legislature urging repeal or modification of anti trust laws after a $12 000 000 penalty suit against Ford Motor Co for alleged law violations. Citizens at a mass meeting in Jackson urged dismissal of the suit and abolition of the revenues office unless laws are amended to protect business.
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Jackson
Miss
Whitfield
Mississippi
Ford Motor Company
W. J. Miller
State Revenue
State Revenue Agent
Hinds
Removal of Lower Miss Levies Is Recommended
NEW ORLEANS May 12 The removal of the levee below Pointe-A La-Hache and raising of the Orleans parish levee to the grade prescribed by the Mississippi river commission are practical flood protection measures for New Orleans Colonel C Townsend United States engineer and river authority said Tuesday A proposed spillway at Poydras and a spill-dam at the head of the Atchafalaya basin were disapproved as dangerous The St Francis basin in southern Missouri and northern Arkansas was cited as the best reservoir option but already under cultivation and unusable for flood control The basin covers about 4000 square miles and could provide 30 feet of water depth as a reservoir
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New Orleans
Pointe-A La-Hache
Orleans Parish
Mississippi River Commission
Colonel C, Townsend
United States Engineer and River Authority
Poydras
Atchafalaya
Townsend
Col. Townsend
St. Francis
Missouri
Arkansas
Battle Flag of Louisiana Tigers Returns Home in New Orleans
In New Orleans on May 12 the Civil War battle flag of the Louisiana Tigers, the Tenth Regiment, pierced by bullets and cannon, will be placed with other relics in Confederate Memorial Hall. Four elderly Confederate veterans, led by Captain James Dinkins, exchanged the flag with Union veterans as the Tigers’ flag was ceremonially surrendered and brought home.
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New Orleans
Louvisiana “Tigers
James Dinkins
Tigers
Scopes Case Fund Circulates Toward Supreme Court
Dayton Tennessee May 12 A P Raising of a fund to take the Scopes case to the supreme court was urged by George W Rappleyea who helped issue the warrant for Scopes arrest He asks Dayton board of commissioners to appoint trustees to handle contributions to the fund The grand jury will act on the charge of teaching evolution in public schools following a preliminary hearing on Saturday
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Dayton, Tenn
A. P
J. T. Scopes
Rhea County
Tennessee
Supreme Court
George W. Rappleyea
Scopes
Rappleyea
Boar of Commissioners of
Dayton
Grand
Bryan Considers Representing Scopes Case for Association
William Jennings Bryan, telegraphing from Pittsburgh, said he would be glad to represent the Christian Fundamentals association in the J T Scopes case in Dalton Tennessee charged with violating the state anti evolution law. His acceptance hinges on state legal department approval as the association, in its annual convention, had earlier urged his representation.
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Memphis
Tenn
Whiliam Jennings Bryan
Pittsburgh
Christian Fundamentals Association
J.T. Scopes
Dapton
Legal Department of
Bryan
Charge Woman Passed Eleven Bad Checks Here
Mrs. Leon Fontana, sought for passing eleven worthless checks, was arrested in Colfax Louisiana and will be returned to Monroe by Sheriff Coverdale. The case ties to her sister Mrs. R. E. King, a March 24 escape, and multiple aliases used while fleecing grocery hardware and dry goods firms across Monroe.
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Leon Fontana
Colfax
Coverdale
Tarver
Monroe
R. E. King
Fontana
Graham
Mr. Welch
Baptist Advance Guard Arrives in Memphis Ahead of Convention
In Memphis on May 12 a large advance guard of Southern Baptist delegates poured in for the convention opening tomorrow. Early arrivals found key committees and board meetings already in session as the event set to begin.
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Memphis
Southern Baptist Convention
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