Mine Blast Traps Fifty to Sixty Workers in Carolina
An explosion at the Carolina Coal Company mine eight miles from Sanford North Carolina traps more than fifty men inside the shaft. Gas fumes hinder rescue. early reports say two men entered with gas masks but could not advance far. The fate of the entombed workers remains grave and unconfirmed as of mid afternoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh
N. C
A. P
Carolina Coal Company
Sanford
Associated Press
Nto
Walton League backs Cheniere dam plan for fishing preserve
Monroe Izaak Walton league members arm a committee to price dam construction at Cheniere to create a public fishing area for members and guests. The group plans to involve the city engineer and nearby Dixie Lumber Co. in assessing costs and funding, while advocates stress conservation and pollution controls.
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Monroe
Izaak Walton
Robert Prophit
Cheniere
P. M. Atkins
Robert Kilgore
I. L. Davis
Theodore Terzia
E. R. Marx
M. Barber
J. D. Stewart
A. R. Kirby
F. C. Bennett
Victor Barringer
Dixie Lumber Co
A. E. Merren
Shreveport
Izaak Walton League
Walton League
United States
Ouachita River
Xay
Congress
Riley J. Wilson
Ohio
Slaying Lucille Wansch Ends in Tragedy at Riverdale
Sixteen year old Lucille Wansch shot Agnes Sinneck in Riverdale Illinois after taunts from classmates. She then shot her father and mother as her mother tried to seize the revolver. A coroner's jury refused to hold the girl.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lucille Wansch
William Wansch
Agnes Sinneck
Lucille
Riverdale
Chicago
Miss Sinneck
Grace Episcopal Church to break ground on new edifice
Grace Church plans a $100,000 era church at Glenmar and North Fourth, replacing the 1923 fire‑destroyed building. Groundbreaking service at 9:30 a.m. will feature the first shovel by an elder member with music and remarks. The 76 by 120 foot nave will seat 600 in a new site near St John and Oak streets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grace Episcopal
Glenmar
North Fourth Streets
Jefferson Construction Co
New Orleans
E. F. Hayward
St. John and
Oak Streets
Helm and Burch Test Drilling Progress Near Urania
Helm and Burch drill in section L8-10 2E near Urania testing open hole ahead of casing. A promising show ing at 1394 feet prompts a deeper test if oil not found. Zeigin et al schedule Urania No 1 test for 19-10-2E with a 1475 foot plug. Rowe Wall ace Co to set casing on Urania No 1A second test in 19-10-2F near Urania No 6.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. B. King
Urania
Helm
Burch
Zeigin Et al
Rowe-Wallace Company
Millions Lost to Prohibition War Says Association
The Association against the Prohibition Amendment says the rum blockade wastes millions of taxpayer dollars to stop less than one percent of illicit liquor. It cites 1924 imports valued at 40 million dollars and projects a ten million dollar drop this year, urging larger coast guard funding and criticizing enforcement costs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
A. B
Association Against the Prohibition Amendment
M Ney
United States
Rufus S. Tucker
Department of Commerce
Department
Prohibition
Wm. V. Linder
Prohibition Unit
United States Treasury
Congress
Coast Guard
Navy
Alleged bribery attempt involves federal narcotics case in New Orleans
U S attorney's office reports an alleged bribe offer of 1000 dollars to O W Lewis chief of federal narcotic agents in New Orleans. Lewis said he was approached by Arthur Phillips a supposed lawyer in the Joseph Fheren drug possession case.Phillips was arrested after the hearing before United States commissioner Arthur H Browne.
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New Orleans
A. P
United States Attorney’s Office
O. W. Lewis
Amalio Garcia
Joseph Fheren
Arthur H. Browne
United States
Lewis
Arthur Phillips
Garcia
Phillips
Two Held as Suspects in N Y Payroll Theft
New Orleans May 27 William Dowling 24 and Peter Albana 24 were held today and named by witnesses as the men who held up the Hubig Tie payroll Monday. Robert Taillon driver of the payroll car was released from custody.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Orleans
William Dowling
Peter Albana
Hubig Tie
Robert Taillon
Re Indictments Open Teapot Dome Oil Leases Case
Albert B. Fall Edward L Doheny and Harry F Sinclair were re indicted by a DC grand jury on conspiracy charges tied to the Teapot Dome and Elkhill leases. Edward L Doheny Jr was not re indicted. Original indictments were dismissed for a technicality involving an DOJ official present in the grand jury room.
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Washington
A. P
Albert B. Fall
Edward L. Doheny
Harry F. Sinclair
District of Columbia
Teapot Dome
Elkhill
Edward L. Doheny, Jr
Department of Justice
Senate
Airplane Used to Transport Liquor Along Coast
The Daily States reports a Biloxi correspondent that an airplane has been used to move liquor from rum ships to interior points along the coast and that more airships are expected. O. D. Jackson, Louisiana prohibition director, says he has heard nothing of airplanes being used on the gulf coast and that efforts to stop rum running continue with no recent noticeable increase in vessels.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Orleans
Daily States Today
Biloxi
Miss
O. D. Jackson
Louisiana
Gulf Coast
Secretary of Lone Star Route to Attend Meet
Senator Henry E. Hardtner announces highway officials from eleven Mississippi Valley states will meet in Kansas City to select routes for uniform United States highway markings. The Lone Star Route from Chicago to the Gulf via Little Rock St Louis Monroe Alexandria and Lake Charles is a candidate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
News-Star
Urania
Henry E. Hardtner
Lone Star Route Highway Association
Mississippi Valley States
Kansas City
United States
Hardiner
H. C. Wilhite
Lone Star
Chicago
Little Rock
St. Louis
Monroe
Alexandria
Lake Charles
Gulf of Mexico
Gulf
American Eliminated in British Golf Meet
In Westward Ho England May 27 Douglas Grant America's hope in the 1925 British amateur golf championship was eliminated by R. W. Crummack three times Lancashire champion two up with one hole to play. No Americans remain in the championships.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Westward HC
England
Douglas Grant
America
R. W. Crummack
Lancashire
Lad Loses Life in Accidental Shooting in Hammond
In Hammond Louisiana on May 27 a ten year old boy, son of James I of Kentwood, was killed by accidental discharge while he and another boy played with a gun.
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Lad
Hammond
James I
Kentwood
Ten Arraigned In Monroe Liquor Case Prosecutions Rise
Ten defendants arrested in Monroe on liquor charges were arraigned in district court after pleading not guilty. Judge Percy Sandel set trial dates from May 28 to May 29 for offenses including possession of whiskey, sale of jake, and beer. Leona McCoy, noted as a negress, was previously arrested as part of the drive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sheriff's Department
Monroe
Percy Sandel
Carrie Gilliard
Jake
Sam Michiotti
A. Collman
O. M. Hollingsworth
QO. F. Gill
Edith Gill
Dixie Brown
Joe Lapetra
Carmelo Tonatore
Leona McCoy
Negress
Thawing On Broadway Thaw Denies Generosity Report
New York dispatch reports Harry K. Thaw visits a cabaret for recreation and may stay from half an hour to three weeks. Attorney Bartholomew B. Coyne denies reckless tipping and notes only a single $100 bill paid a $91 check. Dancer Fawn Gray is said to wear a two row diamond bracelet.
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New York
Harry K. Thaw
Broadway
Bartholomew B. Coyne
Thaw
Coyne
Fawn Gray
River Stages Report Across Mississippi Basin
River stage readings for key locations show changes. Memphis falls 1.1 feet to 15.1, Vicksburg rises 0.5 to 22.1, New Orleans up 0.1 to 3.4, Shreveport falls 9.9 to 14.1, Alexandria drops 1.5 to 12.8, Camden down 0.2 to 5.8, Monroe steady at 12.8.
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Mississippi
Memphis
Vicksburg
New Orleans
Red Shreve
Art
Stexandria
Ouachita
Camden
Monroe
Modernism Debated by Presbyterian Mission Leaders
Lexington May 27 The General Assembly debated charges that modernism has cropped into Presbyterian foreign missions and ordered a formal inquiry by the executive committee. Dallas mission leaders asked for stricter orthodoxy while the assembly also reported fiscal totals for the church year ending March 31 1925 and approved a separate budget column for Richmond lay training school.
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Lexington
A. P
General Assembly
Presyterian Church
Executive Committee On Foreign Missions
Committee On Foreign Missions
Presbytery
Dallas
Texas
Presbyterian Church
United States
J. D. Leslie State
Richmond
Assebly
Foreign Missions
Break in Presbyterian church seen imminent by liberal bloc
A split in the Presbyterian Church in the United States appears likely as liberal modernists urge acceptance of the virgin birth as a ministry qualification while ultra fundamentalists vow to uphold church law. Protests argue licensing ministers who doubt the birth doctrine contradicts confession and liberty.
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Columbus
A. P
Presbyterian Church
United States of America
General Assembly
Henry Sloane Coffin
New York
Clarence Edward MacArtney
Assembly
Charles F. Swartz
Chicago
Henry P. van Duren
Coffins
Americans Flock to Windsor Beer Sale by New Law
Thousands of Americans cross daily from Detroit to Windsor to sample 4.4 percent beer under a new law. No drunkenness reported. Frank W. Foster of Walkerville, Michigan, was the first American to drink at the Prince Edward hotel. Beer must be consumed at tables, not at bars.
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Windsor
Ont
Detroit
Inch
Frank W. Foster
Walkerville
Mich
Prince Edward Hotel
German youths join Abd El Krim in Rif fighting
Paris reports Abd El Krim recruiting 147 German youths trained in military groups to join his Rifian forces north of the Ouergha river as fighting with the French continues with no clear gain. French losses exceed 200 dead as tensions rise around Tangier and Tetuan.
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Paris
A. P
Abd El-Krim
Ouergha
Germany
Morocco
Spain
Abd el Kriim
Abd-El-Krim
Fez
Riff
Hammond Man Testifies On Lease At Interstate Hearing
F W Teimer general manager of Natalbany Lumber Hammond La testified at Interstate Commerce Commission hearings in Jackson Mississippi supporting the proposed lease of the A and V railroad by Illinois Central He cited better service by Illinois Central to sales areas in Ohio Indiana and Illinois and said his company ships about 8500 cars annually J E Schenk assistant auditor for Alabama and Vicksburg and related lines with New Orleans headquarters gave technical figures on tonnage commodity lists destinations origins and revenue in the period observed
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Jackson
Miss
F. W. Teimer
Natalbany Lumber Company
Hammond
A. and V
Ilinois Central
Interstate Commerce Commission
Reimer
Illinois Central
Ohio
Indiana
Illinois
J. E. Schenk
Alabama and Vicksburg
Vicksburg
Shreveport
Pacific Roads
New Orleans
Wakena Burned Off British Columbia Coast
Sixteen crew members of the motorship Wakena were picked up by the fur Bella and brought to Nanaimo after the Wakena burned from stem to stern off Vancouver Island. The crew escaped in lifeboats as the fire raged in the Pacific.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nanaimo
B. C
Seattle
Wash
Wakena
Pacific Ocean
British Columbia
Opinion Divided on Fate of Amundsen North Pole Fliers
News account from New York reports six explorers from the Amundsen Ellsworth polar flight are missing after departing toward the pole. The piece outlines theories of survival, land sighting, or possible disaster, and notes White House signals of possible U S relief plans led by the Secretary of the Navy amid Coolidge administration caution.
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Amundsen
North Pole
New York
A. P
Arctic
Verer
South
Eian
Norway
White House
Coolidge
Secretary of the Navy
Wilbur
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Sanfore
J. B. Walker
C. H. Brown
Grayling Lambes Camp
Brown
W. N. Reynolds
Grayling Comepany
Walker
St. Francis
Reynolds
West Monroe
Coverdale
Peters
St. Francis Sanitarium
Sheriff Coverdale
Sameber Camp
Sheiff Coverdale
Waler
Lucilee Wonsch
William Wunsch
Grace Church
Helm and Burch
Guinevere Gould
George J. Gould, Jr
George S
Jane S
Guinevere
James A. Gorman
Great Trust Fund
George Gould
N. Y
Doheny
Sinclair
General Assembly of Presbyterian Church
Frank W Foster
Moroccerr
U.S. Commission
F. W. Reimer
Canada
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