Auto Accidents Claim Eleven Lives Across South
A string of weekend traffic accidents across Florida North Carolina Alabama and Louisiana claimed eleven lives. Fatalities included four in Florida one in Alabama five in Louisiana and two others in North Carolina and Georgia. The incidents involved crashes drownings and a boat collision leading to multiple deaths.
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Atlanta
South
Louisiana
Florida
Carolina
Alabama
Natchitoches
W. P. Beane
Sadiers
Alexandria, Sdn
Bossier City
Carl ‘Adams
Paul Votsik
Arlene
Fellsmere
Fla
Burton Idee
Jacksonville
Abeliorez
Tampa
A. P. Duff
Raleigh
N. C
Ton
Sham
James Iley
George Steed
Char- Bate
I C
Overarte Cheney
Warrior River
Birmingham
Congress Returns to Task as Hoover Plans Conference
Washington May 23 Congress returns to task as President Hoover plans a nonpartisan conference with newspaper publishers to spur public support for quick solutions to economic controversies. Senate deadlock over tariffs remains whileBarjur proposes 1 000 000 for the Reconstruction Corporation to loan for self liquidating public works. Hoover seeks unity and briefings ahead of publisher meeting.
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Associated Press
Washington
Congress
Hoover
Senate
Barjur
Republican
New Jersey
Restruction Corporation
Rbert S. Crocker
Theerican Society of Civil Engineers
White House
Anonymity Shrouds Hero Who Guided Ouachita Rescue
The anonymous helper who directed rescuers to the body of C. P. Hill in the Ouachita saved hours of work on Saturday. His precise location tip led fire officers to the spot, and his departure left thanks from the rescue team. The article also notes luxury fishing by Hugh Lennon and Simmie, plus social updates on Senator James A. Noe and St. Matthew's school prize winners.
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C. P. Hill
Ouachita
Frank Roddy
S. K. Henninger
Hugh Lennon
Simmie
Lennon
Wall's Lake
Bischief
Louisiana
Heredity Implicated in Wrong-Doing Twin Study
New York May 23. A table of 352 twin pairs from Eugenical News links heredity to crime and mental disorders. Identical twins show far higher cooccurrence of disorders than ordinary twins, with male pairs more often both affected than females.
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New York
Aaron J. Rosanoff
Angeles
Solon of Caddo presses attempt to open state ledgers
Baton Rouge May 23 Representative Joe G Hamiter of Caddo announced another push to force state departments to submit itemized revenue and expenditure accounts. He prepared a resolution for the secretary of state to provide a full report of receipts and expenditures from all funds and the names and salaries of all state employees. The prior resolution was tabled by the house last week as part of a broader legislative program.
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Baton Rouge
Joe G. Hamiter
Caddo
The
Retired Rayville banker found dead near bayou
Ed Stewart sixty retired banker of Rayville was found with his head submerged in a bayou near Rayville after a car wreck. A coroner's jury will rule on cause, likely accidental. He leaves a widow and son Ed Jr. Funeral tomorrow at 10 a.m. at his residence. Interment in the Masonic cemetery.
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Rayville
Ed Stewart
Stewart
George Wright
Ed, Jr
Sunshine to Be Given Tonight at Central Grammar School
This evening at 8 o'clock the students of St Matthew's high school stage a musical comedy Sunshine at the Central grammar school auditorium directed by Myrick Russell. The play blends pathos suspense melodrama and comedy with scenes at a sanitarium grounds. Mary and Kellicott are strong dramatic leads while Jim and Sylvia provide romance and Mrs Whipple and Butternip supply comedy with Buddy featured among the cast.
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Central Grammar School
St. Matthew's High School
Myrick Russell
Mary
Kellicott
Jim
Sylvia
Mrs. Whipple
Butternip
Buddy
Recall election set for Lanesville village
Gov Alvin O King designated Tuesday as recall election day in Lanesville Louisiana with a voting strength of 116. D R Dunn leads a group seeking to recall aldermen R D White and Henry Stampley after the town marshal secretary was cut from 40 to ?
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Lanesville
Alvin O. King
D. R
Dynamite) Dunn
R. D. White
Henry Stampley
Clyde Alton
Roosevelt urges social planning to avert uprising at Georgia address
Governor Franklin D. Roosevelt warned in Atlanta at Oglethorpe University that revolt threatens if the poor are not aided. He urged social planning to conserve resources and influence entry into professions, calling for general life necessities insurance and bold experimentation to redistribute wealth without a concrete plan.
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Atlanta
Franklin D. Roosevelt
New York
Oglethorpe University
Roosevelt
Mrs. Kate B. Stafford Hits Monroe For Home Makers Expo
Mrs. Kate B. Stafford arrives in Monroe to lead the News-Star-World home makers exposition opening tomorrow at 3 PM in the old city high school auditorium. The event runs all week with daily 3 PM sessions and a Friday 8 PM session on How to Live Better. More than 800 in cash prizes from Twin Cities merchants. last year drew about 3,000 attendees. Stafford’s talk tomorrow is The Modern Homemaker a Glory to the Race.
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News-Star-World
Old City High School
Kate B. Stafford
Monroe
Stafford
South
Twin Cities
Holdup Men Kill Officer And Rob Bank Messenger
Four holdup men shot and killed policeman Clarence Campbell guarding a bank messenger in New Castle Pennsylvania. The group robbed the Mahoning Trust Company money satchel of $23000 and fled toward Ohio in a sedan after entering the bank from a hotel lobby.
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New Castle
Ohio
Mahoning Trust Company
Clarence Campbell
Borah Declines Participation in 1928 Republican Convention
Idaho Senator William E Borah will not take part in the forthcoming Republican convention for President Hoover's renomination. The move ends his active role in shaping the platform and campaigning in 1928, prompting speculation about his influence and future political stance.
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Idaho
Washington
William E. Borah
Herbert Hoover
Borah
Congress
Hoover
Idaho Sen
Ethridge Ties for Third in National Essay Contest
Neville High School student William Lynton Ethridge Jr tied with Kathleen Marquardt of Lewis and Clark High School Spokane for third place in a national essay contest on What is the Bearing of the Paris Peace Pact on the Question of World Disarmament. Ethridge had won first in the state contest, following a history of local honors in the youth competition.
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William Lynton Ethridge, Jr
Neville
W. L. Ethridge
Kathleen Marquardt
Lewis and Clark High School
Spokane
Wash
National Student Forum
News-Star Today
Washington, D. C
Ethridge
Dorothy Davis
Miss Davis
Billy Higginbotham
Sallie Humble
Drew Steele
Peabody High School
Pittsburg
St Bernard Coroner Declared Hero for Second Rescue
Dr. L A Ducros coroner of St Bernard parish saved Emile Nehlig 15 and two companions after Nehlig’s foot tangled in bayou weeds. Ducros dove in freed Norman Gilbert then pulled the youths to safety before tending the boy.
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New Orleans
L. A. Ducros
St. Bernard Parish
Emile Nehlig
St. Bernard Village
Bayou Terre Aux Boeufs
Nehlig
Norman Gilbert
Budd Peddicord
Gilbert
Dr. Ducros
Mr. Costa
Costa
Youth Dies In Airplane Suicide Above Chicago
Ernest Lengyel, 17, paid pilot Wilhelm Dally Jr. $3 for a short flight over Chicago and killed himself with a .22 rifle just before landing. He left a note saying he could not wait for aviation, after army and navy rejection due to an eye defect. He died two hours later at a hospital.
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Chicago
U.P
Ernest Lengyel
Wilhelm Dally, Jr
Dally
Army
Navy
Robbery Strands Minden Bookkeeper In Wild Morning
A trio of well dressed men hijacked R L Cook the Lowe company bookkeeper at 7 am. They forced him from his green 1929 Chevrolet coach tied him to a tree and fled with cash and the car. Cook freed himself and alerted the sheriff. Police report notes the windshield damage and Louisiana license unknown.
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R. L Cook
Lowe Company
Minden
Monroe
Cook
Sheriff's Department
National House Turns Down Beer For Revenue
The House of Representatives rejected the Hull-O’Connor measure to legalize and tax 2.75 percent beer. The bill was voted on in a roll call after discharging the Ways and Means Committee, ending with a 228 to 169 defeat and party line splits.
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Washington
House of Representatives
Ways and Means
House
Help From Capone Men Offered to Solve Lindbergh Case
Governor A Harry Moore in Trenton says four alleged Capone agents offered aid in the Lindbergh baby case three weeks earlier. They proposed help in return for giving Capone full credit, claiming he could help secure the baby's return. Moore reported the encounter after recognizing the men and informing Col. Lindbergh.
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Trenton
N. J
A. Harry Moore
al Capone
Chicago
Moore
Lindbergh Home
Capone
Atlanta
Col. Lindbergh
One Armed Autoist Takes Lindbergh Emissary Toward Duchess County
An unidentified driver in a covered automobile abducted Dr. John F. Condon from his Bronx home and transported the Lindbergh emissary toward Millerton in Duchess County. The vehicle carried luggage and a German police dog. two New York City detectives trailed but were eventually outpaced.
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New York
Bronx
John F. (Jafsie) Condon
Lindbergh
Duchess County
Millerton
New York City
Dr. Condon
Condon
Texas Democrats Solid for Garner Split on Day Law
In Houston on May 23 1924 Texas Democrats show unity for Garner's presidential bid but split over repeal of the eighteenth amendment. A dry caucus named a floor committee while leaders warn prohibition could disrupt Garner support. Dan Moody was expected to head the dry faction and Governor Ross Sterling urged keeping GOP ranks intact.
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Houston
Tex
Texas
John N. Garner
Dan Moody
Ross
Sterling
Garner
Amelia Earhart Attends London Luncheon After Shopping
Mrs. Amelia Earhart Putnam, first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic, visits the American embassy in London, shops in the west end before nine, attends a journalists institute luncheon, and receives praise from Ambassador Mellon and Sir John Simon for her historic flight and poised appearance.
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Associated Press
Amelia Earhart Putnam
Europe
Atlantic
Harbor Grace
Newfoundland
Londonderry
Ireland
Lia Earhart Putnam
Institute of Journalists
Mrs. Putnam
Andrew W. Mellon
Sir John Simon
Sir John
Mr. Mellon
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