Eight Bodies Recovered From Carolina Coal Mine
Rescue workers pulled eight bodies from the Carolina Coal Company mine at Coal Glen North Carolina as efforts continued after multiple explosions. Officials said about forty five miners remained entombed as after damp and a collapsed shaft hindered efforts to reach them.
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Coal Glen
A. P
Carolina Coal Company
Hope
N. C
Carolina Coal.company
ALA
George N. Anderson
Shubert Anderson
Birmingham
Alabama
Rice Miller Chief in Tariff Recommendation
Frank M. Rickert president of the Rice Millers Association urged continued focus on the rice tariff at the association convention in New Orleans. He noted the outgoing administration should push for protections for rice growers and millers and supported maintaining ties with the Southern Tariff Association for influence in Congress.
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New Orleans
A. P
Frank M. Rickert
Rice Millers’ Association
Congress
Southern Tariff Association
Thaw Says Admiration For Miss Fawn Gray
New York May 28 Harry K Thaw explains his association with dancer Miss Fawn Gray The New York American reports he gave her bracelets totaling 5000 worth of diamonds He says I shan t say I love her but I will admit a deep admiration He notes her enchanting personality and grace and adds I bet she ll be married to some other man within a year
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New York
A. P
New York American Today
Harry K. Thaw
Fawn Gray
Thaw
Evolution Debate Draws Principals Into Scopes Case
The Tennessee evolution case set for July 10 draws principals to outline vows on evolution and the trial stakes. Wilbur Glenn Voliva calls evolution dangerous while Huntington’s board of education in Carroll County plans to hire no teachers who believe in evolution. John T. Scopes defends his views in Kentucky saying man descended from lower orders but cites no scientific proof for human evolution. Wm. J. Bryan argues the real issue is school control and Bible access. Clarence Darrow says he has no opinion on God. Darrow may attend Knoxville conference with Scope’s counsel. Martin Littleton discussed as potential defense hire.
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Chicago
A. P
Wilbur Glenn Voliva
Zion City
Huntington
Tenn
Board of Education
Carroll County
Hendrik van Loon
State Library
John T. Scopes
Lexington
University of Kentucky
Wm. J. Bryan
Clarence S. Darrow
Dayton
Martin Littleton
New York
Plans for relief of Arctic fliers await authority
New York May 28. Amundsen Ellsworth polar expedition relief plans halted on experts advice as no immediate danger is seen. Rasmussen notes Amundsen may head to Fort Conger or Cape Columbia with no news until next year. Prentice ready to chairs relief funds but no alarm. MacMillan says too early to worry about safety.
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New York
America
Norway
Knude Rasmussen
Amundsen
Fort Conger
Cape Columbia
Thule
Bernon
Prentice
Ellsworth
Alaska
Pole
Donald B. MacMillan
Arctic
Spitzbergen
Six business houses burned in Olla fire
A late night blaze in Urania Olla destroyed six business buildings in the town center. The origin is unknown and the loss is estimated at 25000 with partial insurance. Main damage fell on E B Randell who owned all burned properties.
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News-Star
Urania
Olla
Fred Pentecost
E. B. Randell
R. L. Crews
Lone Star
J. A. Deen
Monroe Chamber of Commerce
A. (. Flowers
Jarret Drug Store
Two More Are In Toils On Jake Selling Charge
Two arrests followed Monday’s sheriff led liquor drive. H. J. Gryder and Frank Scalia face Jake selling charges with trials set for Friday and appointments made after arraignments. Bonds posted at 500 dollars.
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Jake
Sheriff's Department
H. J. Gryder
Missouri Pacific
Frank Scalia
Scalia
DeSiard
Congo Streets
Gryder
Carrie Gilliard
O. G. Gill
Edith Gill
Sandel
Intercollegiate track field championship heats begin at Franklin Field
About 900 athletes from 27 colleges compete at Franklin Field over tomorrow and Saturday for the intercollegiate track and field title. The large entrant field signals a wide range of events and close races as colleges gather for the national showdown.
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Philadelphia
A. P
Franklin Field
Funeral honors for Dr Ernest Dewitt Burton
Honorary funeral services were held in Chicago for Dr Ernest Dewitt Burton, third president of the University of Chicago, whose death Tuesday drew mourning from the educational world.
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Chicago
Ernest Dewitt Burton
University of Chicago
Meet the Mother and Son at Monroe Zoo
Familiar faces appear in aMonroe zoo photo featuring Mrs. Min Gump the mother buffalo and her calf Chester. The caption notes Chester’s growing legs and tentative steps while Mrs Gump remains calm. The caption hints that in a month Chester may start leading his parents in the park display.
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Monroe
Forsythe Park Zoo
Buffalo
Min Gump
Chester
Coolidge Economy Plan Probes Army Air Budget Cuts
Washington reports the army general staff was ordered to study further reductions in military aviation as part of the administration's economy program. officials hint at a potential 25 to 30 million cut in 1927 budgets, with broader effects on the National Guard and Organized Reserve.
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Washington
A. P
Army General Staff
White House
War Department
Navy Department
Wilbur
Naval Budget
Army
National Guard
Winning Jockey Idol of British Race Fans
Steve Donoghue, aboard Manna for H. E. Morris, won his sixth derby yesterday making him the hero of the hour. Reports in racing circles say Morris gave him about ten thousand pounds sterling as a prize.
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London
A. P
Steve Donoghue
H. E. Morris
Chipley Testifies on Merger Lease Before ICC
Walter Chipley of the Mobile and Ohio rail road testified before ICC hearings on the proposed lease of the Alabama and Vicksburg and Vicksburg Shreveport and Pacific lines by the Illinois Central. He said M and O owns 854 miles in Mississippi and hopes to hold its own. expects no bankruptcy but possible loss in tonnage if leased.
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Jackson, Miss
Walter Chipley
St. Louis
Mobile and Ohio Railroad
Interstate Commerce Commission
Alabama and Vicksburg
Vicksburg
Shreveport
Pacific
Illinois Central
Chipley
Mississippi
S. and P. By the Ilinois Central
Mobile and Ohio
Fraud in Hog Ranch Sale Scheme Probed in New Orleans
Post office inspectors investigate an alleged fraudulent ranch promotion that netted about 200000 from investors. Millard C. Baker, a New Orleans real estate dealer, is accused of involvement and held on a 3000 bond to answer a federal indictment in Denver. Baker denies complicity.
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New Orleans
A. P
Post Office
Millard C. Baker
Baker
Denver
Colo
Paradise
Hooper and Center
Men Arrested Over Counterfeit Half Dollars in City
Delacie Scallion and Emory Anderson were arrested yesterday afternoon by Patrolmen Webb and Hammonds on counterfeiting charges. They allegedly passed crude 1920 series half dollars at several stores, starting with Woolworth's, by buying cheap items and taking real change. Scallion, 22, and Anderson, 24, claimed a rooming house at 424 Burgundy street, New Orleans, left the money. Jackson previously occupied the place and is jailed. The pair, former Marianna, Arkansas residents, will face possible federal charges with a Department of Justice agent en route from Shreveport.
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Delacie Secallion
Emory Anderson
Webb
Hammonds
Anderson
Woolworth’s
Tarver
Burgundy Street
New Orleans
Jackson
Scallion
Marianna
Arkansas
Lee County
Shreveport
Department of Justice
Divorce mill probe reveals false records
Rhode Island attorney general questions the validity of Elinor Hoyt Hichborn Wylie Benet's marriages after a sensational elopement and multiple divorces. Investigators allege Bristol domicile claims were fictitious and that key witnesses were mythical. The case links to a wider divorce mill operation involving Francis P. Dougherty and others.
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New York
Elinor Hoyt Hichborn Wylie Benet
Sisson
Rhode Island
Providence Journal
Flinor Wylie
Lucy Stone League
Wm. Rose Benet
Horace Wylie
Washington
Elinor Hoyt
Phillip S. Hichborn
Francis P. Dougherty
Providence
Bristol
Coolidge Criticizes Hub Boasters Tale
Stamford real estate men hear Senator Hiram Bingham present a tale about President Coolidge and a Boston woman who boasted of prescience. The President quips laconic replies that she never will, illustrating a cautionary note on hubris and rumor.
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Stamford
Conn
Hiram Bingham
United States
Connecticut
Coolidge
Bingham
White House
Boston
Washington
Still Is Found In River After Arrest Of Pair
Joseph and Charles Garner from Caldwell parish near the Boeuf river were arrested by Sheriff Mc Clanahan on charges of possessing and manufacturing whiskey. The still was dumped into Boeuf river after authorities learned of the operation. Also involved, A C Wheeler and others, with Wheeler allegedly assaulting his father and neighbors restraining him overnight.
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News-Star
Columbia
Joseph
Charles Garner
Boeuf River
Caldwell Parish
McClanahan
Bocuf River
Garners
A. C. Wheeler
Charley Wheeler
Alex Wheeler
Dawes Escalates Push for Senate Rule Reform
Vice President Charles G. Dawes told Alabama industry leaders he will take his fight for Senate rule reform to voters in 1926 states he wants cloture in debate to end minority blocking power. Senator Oscar Underwood backed the effort, arguing against future force bills and urging support for nonpartisan cloture.
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Birmingham
Ala
A. P
Senate
Charles G. Dawes
Associated Industries of Alabama
Congress
Dawes
Oscar W. Underwood
Underwood
Harris Reaches British Amateur Golf Final
Robert Harris of Dundee Scotland defeats Noel Layton of Walton Heath by one hole to advance to the finals of the British amateur championship in Westward Ho England.
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Harris
Westward HO
England
A. P
Robert Harris
Dundee
Scotland
Noel Layton
Walton Heath
Two Negroes Sentenced to Death in Dallas Assault Case
Frank and Lorenzo Noel were given the death penalty by separate juries in Dallas for assaulting Mrs. Mary Steer after allegedly beating Ayden Adkins to death. Both pleas were guilty and the trials took under two hours. Noel faced heavy guard as the case proceeded.
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Dallas
Texas
Frank
Lorenzo Noel
Mary Steer
Noel
Habeas Corpus Proceedings In Chambliss Case
In Hattiesburg Mississippi on May 28 a hearing will decide if the Forrest county jury verdict in the Chambliss murder case is binding or void. The case centers on Curtiss Chambliss a 15 year old charged with killing a taxi driver in Lumberton. Chambliss and state lawyers agreed on life imprisonment but the jury acquitted while recommending reform school. The mistrial followed a second impasse with jurors saying they did not intend to grant unconditional liberty. John F Theridge an accessory to the murder holds life sentence and would be released if Chambliss is freed.
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Hattiesburg
Miss
Wether
Forrest County
Curtiss Chambliss
Lumberton
Purvis
Mississippi
T. Price Dale
Sidney Smith
Mississippi Supreme Court
Chambliss
John F. Theridge
Dr. George M Paxton Dies Former Louisiana Bureau Chief
SHREVEPORT La May 23 Dr George M Paxton former head of the United States bureau of animal industry in Louisiana and since January a traveling inspector for the bureau died suddenly in Little Rock Ark He was a captain in the army air service and about 33 years old
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Shreveport
George M. Paxton
United States Bureau of Animal Indus’t
Louisiana
Bureau
Little Rock
Ark
Paxton
Reserve Corps
Army Air Service
River Stage Readings by City and River System
Ohio Cairo shows 17.0 with 1.3 fall. Memphis 13.6 with 1.5 fall. Vicksburg 22.2 up 0.1. New Orleans 3.4 stationary. Shreveport 13.5 fall 0.6. Alexandria 11.7 fall 1.1. Ouachita Camden 5.1 fall 0.2. Monroe 12.8 stationary.
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Ohio
Cairo
Mississippi
Memphis
Vicksburg
New Orleans
Shreveport
Alexandria
Ouachita
Camden
Monroe
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