Pretty Oakdale Girl Missing Linked to Cremation Victim
Natchez and Winnsboro authorities pursue a case tying Florence McCurley, 17, who left Oakdale for Natchez in August, to ashes found Oct 9 in a swamp near a lumber camp. Investigators consider an outside killer and possible murder across parish lines.
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Sedal
Winnsboro
Natchez
Winnsro
Cory
Monroe
Florence McCurley
Oakdale
Miss McCurley
Atea
Ren
Ely
Franklin Parish
P Monroe
Mon
Ouachita Pish
Weas
eCurley
McCurley
Alice
Arkansas Rice Growers Seek Lift of Duck Harvest Bag Limit
Rice farmers in Stuttgart Arkansas press for removal of the 15 ducks per day bag limit to speed harvesting of a $13 million crop. Heavy rains flood fields delaying work as wild ducks damage shocks and exposed grain. State officials say they lack authority. farmers would need action from the US Biological Survey. migratory bird treaty curbs lifting.
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Stuttgart
Ark
Mion
Arkansas
United States
Britain
Bureau Proposed to Regulate and Promote Civil Aviation
Washington November 5 The committee on civil aviation proposes a bureau of civil aeronautics in the Department of Commerce with power to regulate and promote all civil flying. It would license pilots inspect aircraft establish or take over routes and air facilities and fund research while avoiding direct subsidies. The plan urges Senate ratification of the Paris 1919 international air navigation convention and favors private operation for non military flying.
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Washington
A. P
Bureau of Civil Aeronautics
Department of Commerce
United States
Committee On Civil Aviation
Department
American Engineering Council
Walter Drake
Europe
Commerce Committee
House
Senate
Paris
State Title Battle Over Pass a L Outre Shooting Grounds
In Baton Rouge on November 16 Judge Carruth Jones will hear Robert W. White of New Orleans challenge to state title to Pass a L Outre public shooting grounds. White claims swamp land ownership prior to 1901. the state contends the area was water before 1901 and later filled by sediment.
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Baton Rouge
A. P
Pass A L’outre
Carruth Jones
Robert W. White
New Orleans
Pass A L'Outre Crevasse
Fever Leads Cuba to Ban Mexican Livestock Shipments
HVANA Nov 5 Cuban ports closed to shipments of Mexican livestock because of reports of aprious fever in Tabasco. The decree bars imports due to contagious skin fever in domesticated animals and also bans imports from Jamaica where fever is said to exist.
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HVANA
A. P
Tabasco
Jamaica
Parker Named by Methodists to Church Meet
In New Orleans on November five the Louisiana conference chose Dr. F N Park dean of Emory University theology to head the clerical delegation to the next general conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church South to be held in May Judge H H White of Alexandria was elected on the first lay ballot to head the lay delegation Other lay delegates include W S Holmes Baton Rouge A M Mayo Lake Charles and T W Holloman Alexandria Rev R F Jarrell presented hospital board reports calling for Dr A M Shaw Oakdale as hospital commissioner for Louisiana a million dollars may be available for a Methodist hospital to be built in the state pending funds The great institution’s location will likely be decided a year hence The conference approved a 20000 pledge to the general board of missions urging each church to raise 40 cents per member for 1926 and pay by January or February Rev W W Holmes of Shreveport was elected to the general convention on the second ballot as the clerical delegation’s fifth member A third ballot yielded no further clerical electees and a fourth ballot rests with tellers tomorrow The lay delegation’s fifth member was K I Bean Bogalusa with alternates Mrs C F Neibergal Judge J H Reynolds and V W Carre
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New Orleans
A. P
F. N. Park
Emory University
Louisiana Conference
Methodist Episcopal Church
South
H. H. White
Alexandria
W. S. Holmes
Baton Rouge
A. M. Mayo
Leke Charles
T. W. Holloman
Parker
R. F. Jarrell
Conference Hospital Board
C. C. Jarrell
General Hospital Board
A. M. Shaw
Oakdale
Louisiana
Jarrell
Board of Missions
H. T. Young
Louisiana Methodists
General Board of Missions
W. W. Holmes
Shreveport
Telrs
K. I. Bean
Bogalusa
C. F. Neibergal
J. H. Reynolds
V. W. Carre
Masons to Lay Three Corner Stones in Louisiana
Baton Rouge announces three Masonry cornerstone ceremonies to be held in November. H B Connor grand master names Water Proof school building cornerstone on November 8, Congregation of the Gates of Prayer Social Center in New Orleans on November 15, and St Pauls Evangelical Church in New Orleans on November 29.
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Baton Rouge
Louisiana
H. B. Connor
Grand Lodge of Louisiana
Cornerston
Waterproof
Congregation of the Gates of Prayer
New Orleans
St. Paul's Evangelical Church
Fuqua Extends Welcome to President Coolidge
Governor Fuqua invites President Coolidge to visit Louisiana and attend LSU dedication in April. He telegrammed the president promising a warm Pelican State welcome and stating LSU’s board would extend the invitation for the dedication events.
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Fuqua
President Coolidge
Baton Rouge
A. P
Coolidge
Louisiana
Henry L. Fuqua
United States
Board of Control
Louisiana State University
Thwart Plot to Take Life of Mussolini
Rome announces the foiled assassination of Premier Mussolini amid Armistice anniversary celebrations. Former Socialist deputy Zamboni is arrested as he leaves a hotel. Turin finds retired General Louis Capello and Zamboni secretary detained. Government orders prefects to seal Masonic lodges in Rome.
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Rome
A. P
Mussolini
Austria
Zamboni
Turin
Louis Capello
Italy
Grant Orient
Order
Beckman test fails to bring in a producer in Urania
The Beckman Freeman No. 2 well near Urania La. drilled to 1 500 feet showed oil during bailing but not enough to pay. If oil fails to come in, the hole may be deepened. The report notes similar prior results at Cleve Love Tremont No 1 and stays hopeful for a productive strike.
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R. H. Brooks
Urania
The
Beckman
Freeman
Cleve Love
Tremont No. 1
Mr. Love
Beckman-Freeman
Love
Dowling & McCurry
Holloway No. 1
Love Bros
Ayers Bros
Keen & Wolf
FILE SUIT TO END ALL CONTRACTS OF AM ROAD CO
Texas Attorney General Dan Moody filed suit in Austin seeking cancellation of all state highway contracts held by the American Road company. The action charges fraud and aims to cancel the company's charter as the culmination of a highway investigation and calls for a special legislative session to probe departments.
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Am.road CO
Austin
Texas
A. P
American Road Company
Dan Moody
Two Women Die At Railroad Crossing In Campti
In Campti Louisiana on a Wednesday afternoon a freight train struck a touring car killing two women, Mrs. Clara Scopini and Mrs. Alice Simpkins, both about 46. A bystander, a man who witnessed the crash, died of shock, and local resident A F Trichel collapsed from heart failure. The car was demolished and the victims dragged several feet. An inquest ruled the accident unavoidable. Surviving relatives include eight sisters and two brothers for Scopini and a son and daughter for Simpkins.
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Campti
A. P
Clara Scopini
Alice Simpkins
A. F. Trichel
I. W. “Kid” Lowe
Standard Oil Company of
Louisiana
W. O. Stiles
Cecile Roquemore
Shreveport
Lou Givens
Bossier City
Scopini
Robert F. Lowe
Lowe-McFarlane Post
The
American Legion
Simpkins
Compromises Made in Case of Col Mitchell
Washington November 5. Further compromises in the court martial of Colonel William Mitchell were announced. The prosecution and defense agreed to drop subpoenas for Major Robert C. Davis Rear Admiral Hillary P Jones and Major A N Grogstad. The White House and departments approved turning over aviation related documents to the defense.
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Washington
A. P
William Mitchell
Mitchell
Robert C. Davis
Army
Hillary P. Jones
Shenandoah Inquiry Court
A. N. Grogstad
Lakefield
Honolulu
Joseph I. McMullen
White House
War, Navy and Agricultural Departments
Germans Deny U S Fraud Charges In Frankfurt
Alfred Merton and Richard Merton leaders of Metallbank and Metallgesellschaft deny conspiring to defraud the United States of 7 million dollars during Col. Miller era. They, two Swiss citizens and three corporations faced U S indictments over seized German assets. Extradition to the United States is thought unlikely in Frankfurt legal circles.
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Frankfort
Germany
A. P
Alfred Merton
The
Metallbank
Richard Merton
Metallgeseschaft
United State
Thomas W. Miller
Mertons
Colonel Miller
United States
Alfred
Richard
Frankfort Society
Wilhelm
Frankfort University
Trial of Doctor Who Poisoned Daughter Is Entering Second Day
The Denver area murder trial of Dr. Harold E. Blazer began its second day as jurors work to decide if he should be punished for killing his 32 year old mentally and physically deformed daughter with poison last February.
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Denver
Colo
A. P
Harold E. Blazer
Litone
Littelton
Denver Suburb. Dr. Blazer
Teeter Chandler Injury Reassessment Brightens Return
Baton Rouge observers report W B Teeter Chandler a Louisiana halfback is not neck fracture but severe bruise. Physicians expect he will be back in the game in a day.
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Baton Rouge
A. P
W. B. “Teeter” Chandler
Louisiana
Wheeler seeks dismissal of fraud charges
Senator Burton Wheeler of Montana asked the District of Columbia supreme court to dismiss charges of defrauding the federal government in oil prospecting permits. He argues acquittal in Montana and lack of DC jurisdiction. case could end or move to trial depending on rulings.
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Washington
A. P
Burton K. Wheeler
Democrat
Montana
Daugherty
District of Columbia Supreme Court
District Columbia
Thomas J. Walsh
Wheeler
Charles A. Douglas
Robert F. Stewart
Wm. A. Leahy
Department of Justice
District of Columbia
Senator Wheeler
Edwin
Booth
Department of Interior
Gordon Campbell
James A. MacGowan
United States
Toole
Mont. Booth
Campbell
MacGowan
Uniformity of Cotton Standards Promoted at Sacramento
Sacramento officials heard O F Cook of the U S Department of Agriculture urge uniform cotton standards at the field crops conference. He said California growers with Acala cotton gain a uniform staple, boosting prices and simplifying spinning. A pure seed law and proper standards would aid the cotton industry.
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Sacramento
Cal
O. F. Cook
United States Department of Agriculture
California
Cook
Island definition sparks student grade in Hypoluxo
A Hypoluxo school student received a perfect 100 on an exam after describing an island as a place you have to take a boat to get away from. The report comes from West Palm Beach with AP dispatches noting the humorous answer in a Florida county classroom.
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Palm Beach
Fla
A. P
Hypoluxo
Trains Halt as Flood Swamps Monroe Rail Lines
Heavy rain floods Monroe and surrounding areas disrupts railroad service with washouts on the T and P line near Alex and Alexandria and near Sibley. Train schedules suffer as Western Union and roads sustain damage while cotton in fields risks heavy losses across the parish.
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Monroe
Western Union
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