Baldwin Succeeds Law as England's Premier
London May 22 Stanley Baldwin becomes Britain's new prime minister after accepting the post from King George The shift follows Bonar Law's ill health and increases Labor Party opposition concerns Labor says no peer can lead the government from the House of Lords and vows dissolution if required Ministers are expected to resign with Baldwin to form a new cabinet likely including Silbert Horne as chancellor of the exchequer
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London
Stanley Baldwin
Great Britain
King George
Baldwin
Lord Curzon
Bonar Law
Labor Party
House of Commons
House of Lords
Raph
King
Remier
Labor
Jon
Silbert Horne
Downstreet
Buckace
Lord Stamford
Lord
Bodies Found in Rio Grande Linked to Smuggling
Reports claim thirty two foreign victims recovered from the Rio Grande near Laredo across the river in Mexico. Authorities caution that only six corpses have been confirmed, with no additional bodies verified beyond those six.
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Associated Press
Mexico City
Nuevo Laredo
United States
Rio Grande
Laredo
Texas
Monterey
Columbia
Nuevo Leon
Mexico
Associated
San Antonio
Texaa
Nevyo Laredo
Bryan wins pledge for all Presbyterians to abstain
Indianapolis May 22 William Jennings Bryan secured a general assembly vote to require every Presbyterian minister church official member and denominational school faculty and students to sign a total abstinence pledge The assembly rejected limiting the pledge to church members and students and adopted Bryan’s form including state university staff and students San Antonio Texas was chosen for the next annual general assembly.
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Indianapolis
Ind
William Jennings Bryan
General Assembly
Bryan
Committee On Temperance and Moral Welfare
San Antonio
Tex
Montreal
Staunton
Women on Executive Committees Divides Southern Presbyterian Delegates
In Montreal North Carolina on May 22 the Presbytery of St Johns Florida urged that at least one woman be placed on each executive committee in the standing committee on bills and overtures for the general assembly. The overture, deemed a key issue, signals another step in the fight for women’s representation at the church’s highest court while a minority statement is expected.
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Montreal
N. C
Presbytery
St. Johns
Fla
General Assembly
Southern Presbyterian Church
Measles Surge Prompts Health Board Action
Dr. Oscar Dowling, president of the Louisiana state board of health, notes a steady rise in measles cases across the state and urges heightened attention to the disease spread in New Orleans and beyond.
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Associated Press
New Orleans
Oscar Dowling
Louisiana State Board of Health
Deadlock in Talks for Captives Release in Shantung
Negotiations between the Peking government and bandits over the release of foreigners held in a Shantung mountain fortress have stalled. Captives report brutal conditions on Paotzuku summit as consuls monitor unverified progress and new train robberies prompt military railway suspensions.
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Associated Press
Tientsin
Tsao Chwang
Peking
Shantung Mountain
Paotzuku
Shantung Province
Tuchun
Tsao-Chwang
Lee Solomon
Shanghai
San Francisco
Allen
Pinger
Woolworth
H. E. Pinger
Roland Pinger
Brigand Express
Coolie
Tsunanfu
Tsinanfu
Hanchwang
Shantung
Suchow Bandits Holdouts Amid Rising Tensions
Shanghai May 22 report that the Suchow bandits have not executed captives as government troops withdraw. Paotzuku prison lies six miles distant while President Harding consults with his cabinet, relying on Schurman in Peking for guidance to free American and other foreigners held in Shantung.
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Shanghai
Paotzuku
Mountain Prison
Washington
Harding
Schurman
Peking
China
United States
Shantung Province
Chicago Rum Bandits Tied to Kentucky Distilleries
Three former cavalrymen in a 20 man bandit ring were captured in Waukegan Illinois after raiding Les Samuels Distillery in Deatsville Kentucky. They claimed thousands of gallons of seized whiskey fed Chicago's rum supply since prohibition. They spoke of higher ups but named none.
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Chicago
Way
Les Samuels
Deatsville
Waukegan
Ill
Kentucky
Florence Stone
Roby
Walker
Louisville
United States and Spain in New Treaty
The United States moves toward a new amity and commerce treaty with Spain. A draft treaty has been sent to Ambassador Alexander P. Moore in Madrid to negotiate with the Spanish government. It would replace the 1922 accord denounced by Madrid and end the old commerce agreement within a year.
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Washington
United States
Spain
State Department
Alexander P. Moore
Madrid
Department of Commerce
Big July cotton rally lifts prices against yesterday’s close
A strong late session lift in July cotton pushed the price to 26.55, up 91 points from yesterday. Old crop buyers from New Orleans and Liverpool dominated activity while new crop gains hit 66 points to 23.69 for October on bad weather and outside demand. A separate note shows German marks weakening further with a Reichsbank report and nearly 60 million gold marks en route to the United States.
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New York
New Orleans
Liverpool
Uptown
Germany
Invitation to ex service men revival at First Presbyterian
All ex service men in Monroe are invited to attend tonight's services at the First Presbyterian Church led by Rev Trigg Thomas from Kansas City. The revival sermon targets war veterans and promises an inspiring message. the general public may also attend.
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Monroe
First Presbyterian Church
Trigg Thomas
Kansas City
Two Jersey Officers Die In Shootout With Suspect
In Jersey City May 92 two policemen were killed and two wounded while pursuing Frank J. Sayes in a suspected hold up case. Sayes and a woman companion were captured after tear bombs were used to reach an attic hideout. May Miller, a dance hall girl, identified with Sayes.
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Frank Sayes
Jersey City
Associated Press
N. J
Frank J. Sayes
Sayes
John Black
Clarence Ware
Harry Otis
James Walton
Public Service Corporation
Walton
Otis
Black
Ware
Saves
Thomas Wolfs
May Miller
Tornado Turmoil Hits McLean Texas Area
A Panhandle tornado leveled twenty homes in McLean Texas causing extensive crop and livestock losses. No injuries reported yet. Monetary damage estimated at $100,000 as residents seek Red Cross aid for twenty homeless families. Bridge washouts halted rail traffic north of Forgan Oklahoma.
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Associated Press
Wichita Fas
Woman stabbed in heart survives after surgery in New Orleans
Belle Smith a 20 year old woman stabbed in the heart five days ago is recovering at Charity Hospital with three heart sutures and a pericardial stitch. She asks nurses about a fund for ward crowding now at 192063 dollars, while Joseph Mott is held in parish prison for the attack.
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Monroe News-Star
New Orleans
Belle Smith
Charity Hospital
General Hospitals
Joseph Mott
Mandamus Began In Jackson Courts Over Grade Crossings
Jackson Miss May 22 hearing in mandamus against Illinois Central and other railroads entering the city to abolish grade crossings in the heart of the retail district began in circuit court before Judge W H Potter. The city seeks a writ to eliminate all grade crossings in the business area.
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Associated Press
Jackson
Miss
Illinois Central
W. H. Potter
Eighteen Affidavits Filed Against Illinois Central
Jackson Mississippi May 22 eighteen affidavits were filed against the Illinois Central railroad with J H Penix police judge charging the railway with traffic regulation violations at the city grade crossing. The state law provides fines from 100 to 1000 and up to one year in prison. if a person is killed a maximum fifteen year sentence applies.
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Associated Press
Jackson
Miss
Ilinois Central Railroad
J. H. Penix
Justice of Peace
Turkish Troops Blow Up Bridge on Road 10 Karagath
Athens reports Turkish soldiers destroyed the bridge over the Maritza river connecting Aerianople and Karagath causing consternation here. The incident comes amid tensions on the front.
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Karagath
Maritza River
Associated Press
Athens
Aerianople
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Sec’ty
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