Auto Crash Kills 17 Year Old Frank McCormick On Columbia Road
A Studebaker overturned on the Columbia road near Logtown McCormick leaving Frank McCormick dead on arrival at St Francis hospital. Platt, 17, and others were injured with driver Jack Platt comforting the dying youth. Police cite a flat tire and loose gravel as factors. Mayor Bernstein urged caution against joyriding and speeding by youths.
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Frank McCormick
Virgnia Oliver
Courtney Oliver
Mary Buffet
J. W. Blanchard, Jr
Jack Platt
Mary Vaughan
Billy Bynum
Studebaker Au Mobile
Combia
Logtown
McCormick
St. Francisnitarium
Platt
Rey
G. B. ¢Oley
Pratt
Columbia Road
Garrett
Frank
Meridian
Friends
Ouachita
Aringe
Igh
Arnold Bernstein
Studebaker
Mr. Taylor
Taylor Ash Automobile Company
Monroe
Ito Town
Constanty
Jack
Doctrinaires Assaulted by Bryan on Religion and Science
William Jennings Bryan attacked a 40 signer declaration that science and religion are not opposed. He warned that the statement muddies the issue and questions evolution linking man to the brute, urging clear stance on biblical truth and Christ’s virgin birth and resurrection. He cited the Presbyterian Assembly on scriptural infallibility.
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Bryan
Associated Press
Washington
William Jennings Bryan
Evening Star
Hoover
Davis
Brayn
Presbyterian General Assembly
New York Pastors Attack Five Point Faith Edict
Three leading New York Presbyterian ministers condemned the Indianapolis General Assembly for declaring five faith points essential. Rev. L Mason Clarke rejected inerrancy and key dogmas, saying none of the five points are true. Rev. Morrill and Rev. Kelman joined in denouncing the action as an attempt to bind ministers.
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Associated Press
New York
Presbyterian General Assembly
Indianapolis
L. Mason Clarke
First Presbyterian Church
Brooklyn
Christ
Jesus
General Assembly
William P. Morrill
Brick Presbyterian Church
John Kelman
Fifth Avenue Presbyterian Church
Morrill
Cochran Defends Fosdick in Detroit Sermon
Rev. Dr Charles William Cochran of Woodward Avenue Presbyterian Church defended Rev Harry Emerson Fosdick who denied Jesus as the virgin birth in a Detroit sermon. He also praised the Indianapolis assembly for repudiating Bryan’s resolution limiting church funds for schools with evolution views. Cochran condemned the church's trend to equate freedom of thought with crime as unfortunate and stupid.
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Cochran
Monroe Memorial Day Exercises Promised Splendid Event
Colonel R A Young Jr calls on ex service men and veterans to observe Memorial Day May 30 as a day of prayer and tribute. Faulk Post 13 and auxiliary plan a Memorial Day parade on the Court House square at 4 30 p m with Sons of Veterans invited.
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R. A. Young, Jr
Louisiana National Guard
France
America
Old Town
United States of America
American Legion
Leonidas Barkdull Faulk
Court House Square
Wild Flowers Laid At Grave Of John Burroughs
In Roubury New York on May 28 wild flowers were laid on the grave of John Burroughs poet and naturalist beside Boyhood Rock. About 100 friends and admirers attended the annual reunion of the John Burroughs Memorial Association yesterday.
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Roubury
N. Y
John Burroughs
American negotiates release of captives with Paotzuku bandits
American journalist J B Powell returned to Shanghai with two bandit secretaries to secure release of foreign captives from Paotzuku hills. The Chinese offer requires no troop withdrawal, one bandit per rifle surrendered, 1000 rifles guaranteed, monthly pay and arrears for recruits, provisioning, and foreign guarantees. Negotiations proceed at a conference while details are pending.
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Associated Presientsin
Tsao Chwang
J.B. Powell
Shanghai
Paotzuku
Inchan
Powell
Baldwin Chosen Leader of Conservatives at Party Meeting
London May 28 Prime Minister Stanley Baldwin was chosen leader of the Conservatives at a party meeting Lord Curzon presided and moved Baldwin as leader succeeding Bonar Law The foreign secretary's speech felicitated both party and prime minister on its choice.
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Associated Press
London
Stanley Baldwin
Lord Curzon
Badwin
Bonar Law
Emperor of Klansman and Skipwith to Speak in Mississippi
Jackson Miss May 28 W J Simmons of Atlanta emperor of the Knights of the Ku Klux Klan and El Magus of the Kamelia will speak at an open meeting at the state fair grounds after a parade and a public initiation Also present are Dr Caleb Ridley of Atlanta Imperial Kludd and Cyclops J K Skipwith of Morehouse parish Louisiana They are to attend the public initiation of a class A police detail will clear the streets for the parade per Mayor Walter A Scott.
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Jackson
Miss
W. J. Simmons
Atlanta
Knights of the Ku Klux Klan
el Magus
State Fair Grounds
Dr. Caleb Ridley
Imperial Kludd
Cyclops J. K. Skipwith
Morehouse Parish
Louisiana
Kamelia
Walter A. Scott
Clara Phillips to be brought to Orleans en route west
New Orleans May 28 Clara Phillips the hammer murderess and her escort of deputy sheriffs are due in New Orleans tomorrow morning aboard the Caymal Fruit Company steam ship Copan. The ship left Puerto Cortes Saturday and will reach quarantine at the mouth of the Mississippi River late tonight. The fugitive is being extradited from Latin America to Los Angeles.
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New Orleans
Clara Phillips
Caymal Fruit Company
Copan
Puerto Cortez
Mississippi River
Los Angeles
Russian Crew Strike Halts Merritt En Route to San Francisco
The Merritt carrying 540 Russian refugees from Manila toward San Francisco was halted by a work stoppage by its Russian crew 600 miles from Olongapo. An emergency Filipino crew from the U S Harrison was dispatched from Corregidor. The refugees fled Vladivostok exile and travel to the United States under government permission.
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Associated Press
Manila
Merritt
San Francisco
Olongapo
U. S
Harrison
Corregidor Island
Vladivostok
United States
Germany to Offer Complete Reparations Mortgage Plan
Berlin outlines a nationwide real estate mortgage to fund reparations for thirty years. Fifty percent of current gold values, 500 million gold marks yearly in early years, rising to about 1 billion as industrial land is mortgaged, with 40 percent covered by industrialists and 60 percent by commercial banking and agrarian interests.
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Associated Press
Berlin
Germany
German League of Industrialists
Cuno
Joseph W Folk Dies Former Missouri Governor
J W Folk former Missouri governor and prominent Democratic figure died in New York after months of illness. Death occurred at the home of his sister Mrs James A Webb information reaching his Washington law office where he had resided for years.
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Associated Press
Washington, D. C
J. W. Folk
Missouri
New York
James A. Webb
Levee Break Threatens 1250 Acres at State Farm
The small levee protecting about 1250 acres of corn at the Cummings state farm failed shortly before noon today after convicts had struggled to save it since Saturday noon. The breach endangers the crop and prompts state officials to assess damages and containment.
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Treas
Monroe Man Shoots Alligator On Bristol Ridge
A Monroe citizen shot and killed an alligator about 8 feet long on Bristol Ridge after stepping from his car to confront the reptile. The animal was brought to Monroe this afternoon. Washington reports show U S grain exports last week at 4,452,000 bushels vs 6,516,000 prior week.
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Bristol Ridge
Monroe
Washington
United States
Amundsen May Fly In Circles Up On Top Of World
Copenhagen experts warn Amundsen may encounter unknown magnetic currents in the inner Arctic zone during his upcoming North Pole flight. They fear these currents could upset his compass and cause circular paths on a clear day aiding astronomic observations.
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Amundsen
Associated Press
Copenhagen
Read Amundsen
North Pole
Arctic
Berlingske Tidende
Haynes details prohibition era liquor smuggling vs US demand
Federal Prohibition Commissioner Haynes said the United States has dried up under prohibition. He cited imports from the United Kingdom to Canada and West Indies, plus Mexico, totaling about one to one and a quarter percent of prewar liquor withdrawals, arguing smuggling and adulteration exceed domestic consumption. He warned against sensational stories aiding bootleggers and noted government confiscations yield less than one percent good liquor.
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Associated
Jess Washington
United States
Haynes
United Kingdom
Bahamas
West Indies
Canada
Mexico
Syntektic
Washington
New York Coffee Exchange Votes to Close for Summer
In New York on May 28 the Coffee and Sugar Exchange members vote to shutter the exchange on Saturdays during June July and August.
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New York
New York Coffee and Sugar Exchange
Press Forward to Mark in City High School Baccalaureate
Rev Freeman delivers the baccalaureate for City High School 1998 seniors at First Methodist Church praising the largest class with 16 boys and 22 girls. The ceremony featured a floral altar and choir, with the text I press toward the mark from Philippians.
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Mark
Freeman
City High School
First Methodist Church
F. M. Freeman
City School
Edel Faulkner Blanks
Robert Sibley Cooper
Olive Cromwell Dawkins, Jr
C. Stephen D'Amico
Frank Bernard Edney
Charles Theodore Elliott
Paul Fink
Russell Webb Granberry
Frank Emmett Guerriere
Henry Roberts Littlepage
Walter Gayle Mangham
Herman Meyer Marks
Irvin Morris Schlenker
Allen Lewis Smith
John Joseph Spatafora
George Vincent Varino
Martha Agnes Allen
Mary Lewis Boyd
Carolyn Ferdina Cahn
Nedra Mathilde Cromwell
S. Aimee DeGraffenreid
Frances Jane Germany
Mildred Chiles Gannaway
Louise Guerriero
Jean Ewing Hanna
Lois Kilbourne
O'Keefe
W. H. Ricks
Golson
William Wuneh
Phillipians
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Baldwin
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Captain Skipwith
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Orleans
West
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Joseph Folk
Hattie D. Caldwell
Genasco
Presbyterian Church
Loudy
Thomas
Lyceum Theatre
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