Victim Killed in West Monroe Ruston Crash
Gregory James 88 of Monroe died instantly when his car stalled on the Dixie Overland highway four miles west of Ruston. Tony Katz injured lightly. Driver Dave Schuster of Shreveport exonerated. lights blinded him, car off its side, investigation by Coroner Rutledge. Barbara Ely, 67, Oakdale, La., dies from injuries after crash near home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sory James
Monroe
Dave Schuster
Shreve
Ruston
Tony Katz
James
Minden
West Monroe
Shreveport
Schuster
Abe Waldro
Panion
Katz
Ndcar
A. J. Thigpen
N. Rutledge
Jones
Pasage
Waldrop
New Orleans
A. P
Barbara Ely
Oakdale
Charity Hospital
Detroit Gunbattle Ends Caniffe Criminal Career
James Killer Caniffe, linked to six major crimes including murder and mail robbery, died in a Detroit shootout that also killed three others and wounded two. A policeman killed Caniffe’s companion and the gunman William Olsen, while a bystander and Patrolman Ernest Rancour were injured. About $10 000 lay scattered in the apartment as investigators suspected a loot dispute.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James
Caniffe
Detroit
Mich
A. P
William Olsen
Ernest Bones
Ephriam Ranco
Jed Olsen
Ernest Burns
Shionable
Rancour
Cuniffe
Cunnife
Frank E. Kearney
Robert
Hadley Air Field
New Brunswick
N. J
Kearney
Ernest L. Whitman
Ina
Ierie Tea
Island
Pre Ee
Sysle
John Enz
Elizabeth
Harry S. New
Mussolini Survives Assassination Attempt In Italy
Benito Mussolini narrowly escaped a pistol attack at Bologna as a youth fired toward his car. He remained unshaken and continued to Forli amid cheering crowds while fascists vowed to hunt down accomplices. The assailant was seized and slain by the mob.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bologna
Italy
A. P
Benito Mussolini
Forli
Mussolini
Leandro Arpinati
Duce
Congress For the Advancement of Science
Order of Saint Maurice and Saint Lazarus
Signor Turati
Fascist Party
Black Shirts
Aed
Via Independenzia
Vivas
the Duce
PAGE
Armistice Day Observance Planned by Local Legion Post
A special committee from Barkdull Faulk Post No 13 American Legion met to plan Armistice Day events in the city. The program includes a 10 30 a m service November 11 at the Saenger theatre with Legion Auxiliary and patriotic societies. Rabbi Harry A Merfeld to deliver the address. Undine Livandais to oversee music. mayor to issue proclamation and bells to ring citywide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Barkdull Faulk Post No. 13
American Legion
C. E. McKenze
Saenger Theatre
Legion Post
Auxiliary and Patriotic Societies
Undine Livandais
Harry A. Merfeld
Temple Bethel
Fort Worth
Texas
Churen
Abyssinian Honor Order Amid War Memorial Plans
The notice outlines a tribute at 11 06 am for five minutes with silence at 11 11 am. Streetcars and business halt and theatre services run 10 30 to 11 30. It notes the Order of Solomon's Seal established in 1874 as Abyssinia’s sole honorary decoration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Abyssinia
St. Maurice Sand Yields Potential Urania-Tulloy Field Output
Lake Charles district drills beyond 5000 feet to view pay sand in the St. Maurice formation. The sand appears in the Urania-Tulloy field, marking a historic moment where crude oil discoveries could enable commercial production.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lake Charles
St. Maurice
Urania
Tulloy
Tunney to Earn $7000 Weekly in Vaudeville
New York November 1. Gene Tunney will appear in vaudeville for seven thousand dollars a week performing a sport dialogue with an unnamed partner and boxing a round or two.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
A. P
Gene Tunney
Ouachita Plans Election Amendments and Senate Race
Ouachita parish readies for tomorrow's general election as the sheriff's office stacks precinct boxes. Louisiana voters will confirm the primary for Senator Edwin Broussard's bid for re election and the Fifth District congressional race in the state.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ouachita Parish
Edwin 8. Broussard
United States Senate
Louisiana
Freak sports thrive in metropolitan Los Angeles amid variety
A 1930s report notes archery at country clubs, a soccer league, croquet rogue, horseshoes in Long Beach, and cricket gaining popularity. Lacrosse, ice hockey, bowling on the green, squash, curling, yachting, polo, aqua-planing and ping pong are common, while bullfighting is absent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
Weinity
Linfiggee Long Beach
Greta “Astoral
Former Warden Davis Faces Murder Trial in Alabama
In Birmingham Charles R. Davis former warden at Flat Top prison mines appeared to answer murder charges tied to convict James W. Knox of West Virginia Knox died during a short forged sentence The case stems from a nine month inquiry into Alabama convict conditions with over 100 witnesses subpoenaed Five others are indicted for Knox death.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Birmingham
Ala
A. P
Jefferson County
Charles R. Davis
Flat Top
James W. Knox
Davis
Knox
West Virginia
Sen
Alabama
Parishes Line Up 1927 Cotton Acreage Curtailment Plan
The Ouachita parish meeting at Monroe plans the first active step toward limiting cotton acreage in 1927. At 10 30 a m tomorrow representatives from banking business and farming interests from fifty or more parishes will gather in the court room to hear about pledges and literature to support acreage curtailment. Oliver H Morton chairs the arrangements and E R Strahan explains the plan. Committees for ward meetings were named at a Chamber of Commerce conference.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Court House
Louisiana
Monroe
Busine
Court Room
Oliver H. Morton
E. R. Strahan
Ouachita Parish
Moveme
Chamber of Commerce
Accused Trio to Offer Alibis in Hall Mills Case
In Somerville New Jersey the Steveref siblings and Willie Stevens face Hall Mills murder charges. Defendants plan to present alibis with Henry Stevens claiming fishing at Lavalette while others dispute the state's fingerprint evidence. A fourth cousin Henry De La Bruyere Carpender also will offer an alibi. State Senator Alexander Simpson cites an affidavit from Ralph Gorsline about seeing Stevens at the scene and firing shots.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. Somerville
N. J
Legray
A. P
Frances Steveref Lust
Henrin
Willie Stevens
Lou
Eleanor Millsy
Hall
Henry Stevens
Lavalette
Rer
Ralph V. M. Gorsline
Stevens
Gorsline
Meeting Set for Last Friday in November
The note says the next meeting will be held on the last Friday in November. It also mentions Rudyard Kipling's poem If as a tribute to George Washington, implying Washington embodied the poem’s ideal of a strong, wise, noble man.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rudyard Kipling
George Washington
Royal pageant and rodeo enliven North Dakota event
A tribal costume dance and a queen’s honor ride are planned in Medora and Dickinson. Rumanians living in North Dakota, mostly farmers, will meet their queen to share farming insights in the adopted country.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Dakota
Medora
Dickinson
St Maurice Sand Found in Calcasieu Parish W ell
La Salle oil operators report the St Maurice pay sand at 1500 feet in Sulphur near Lake Charles. A wildcat well came in producing a substantial amount of heavy lubricating oil. The discovery follows earlier oil wells in the area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ST. Maurice
Calcasieu Parish
la Salle
Mother and six babies die in truck wreck
Dayton dispatch reports a mother and six infants burned to death when a truck wreck occurred after a car and another truck collided with an interurban car early today. Six others were injured, three possibly fatally.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dayton, CO
A. P
Magician Houdini dies locking secrets of escapes
Harry Houdini died in Detroit with his escape feats, sealed in mystery. The famed illusionist, praised as the greatest, took many secrets to the grave, including manacle and coffin escapes, chained traps, and underwater binds, his methods never revealed by his managers or himself.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Houdini
Houdini
Arizona Copper Interests in Arizona Senate Fight Under Scrutiny
Arizona politics face a widening probe as Senator Cameron accuses eastern copper interests of funding opponents. Senator King from Utah continues testimony as polls near. Hayden denies broad anti Cameron conspiracy while magnate James Douglas testifies about his stake in copper.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Phoenix
Ariz
A. P
Arizona
King
Utah
Senate Campaign Funds Committee
Cameron
Carl Hayden
R. E. Farley
Anti-Saloon League of America
Carl Clinton
Albuquerque
Farley
Clinton
James Douglas
Hayden
Ralph Cameron
Douglas
Nicholas Copper Company
Laurel Hills
Mass
Arizona Sclon
Progress Edition Copies of News Star Available
A limited number of copies of The News Star progress edition, published last Monday, still remain and may be obtained by calling at The News Star office. Yale observatory tests a theory by examining 100000 star positions to study earth surface movements near NEW HAVEN on November 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
News-Star
New Haven
A. P
Yale Observatory
Earthquake Felt From Oregon Coast Off British Columbia
A strong quake shook Gonzales Heights Observatory in Victoria during the evening. The tremor began at 5 41 p m and was estimated to be 400 miles away offshore to the Oregon coast, lasting over three hours of shaking.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Victoria
B. C
Gonzales Heights Observatory
Oregon Coast
Belgium to Wed Mixed Faith Royal in Lisbon Ceremony
Prime details outline that Belgian royal marriage will be a mixed faith arrangement under a constitution guaranteeing equal religious freedom. Prince Leopold’s Catholic bride and Princess Astrid's Protestant background allow no renunciation of faith. Civil ceremony planned by Stockholm’s socialist mayor with Catholic and Protestant rites in Brussels on November 13.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brussels
Spa
Leopold
Astrid
Belgium
Louis Phillipe
France
Stockholm
Results of political drive for control of Congress
Washington nov 1 the answer to weeks of campaigning will come tomorrow as voters ballot. Both parties claim strength with key seats in doubt. Eight states loom over prohibition repeal votes New York Illinois Wisconsin Colorado California Nevada Missouri Montana.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
A. P
National Party
Senate
New York
Gorerith
Ern
Vic Donahey
Illinois
Wisconsin
Colorado
Californ
Nevada
Missouri
Montana
Also Mentioned on This Page
Gregory James
Nes
Brown Paper Mill Company
Ouachita
Allis
KK Ouachita
Eng
Hall-Mills
Chrysanthemums
KOTEX
D. L. Hirsch
Abe Arent
The
Flower Shoppe, Inc
E. M. L. Ernest
Society of American Magicians
Page Ten
8. S
T. D. Fisher
DeSiard
Woolworth’s
Associated Press
A. Voter
United State House of Representatives
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!