Prohibition Enforcement Reorganization Sought in Capital
In Washington the enforcement chief cites effort to curb medicinal liquor while noting three agents and a district official were dismissed for unbecoming conduct amid bootlegger ties. General Andrews argues for stronger Volstead Act and new measures to tighten control as the medicinal liquor supply dwindles.
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Washington
A. P
Andrews
Coast Guard
District of
Congress
Robert L. Livingston
Edgar Lee Masters Weds Ellen Coyne in Gotham
Edgar Lee Masters author of the Spoon River Anthology and Ellen F. Coyne of Kansas City were married yesterday at the Municipal Building New York by a deputy city clerk. Masters, 57, was divorced from his first wife Helen Jenkins of Chicago. The bride gave her age as 27.
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New York
A. P
Edgar Lee Masters
Ellen F. Coyne
Kansas City
Masters
Helen Jenkins
Chicago
Richland Parish Bans Sunday Hunting
The Richland parish police jury approved a parish law prohibiting hunting within the parish on Sunday and outlined penalties for violations, making offenders misdemeanor. The panel also amended the stock law to affect wards 2, 3, 6 and 7, with the changes taking effect January 1, 1927.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
News-Star
Rayville
Richland Parish
Crusader Pipeline Faces Foreclosure and Receiver Plea
The Crusader Pipe Line Co of Arkansas faces a federal suit filed by Continental Supply Co seeking foreclosure on $4.2 million in notes and mortgage property. A hearing before Judge Ben C. Dawkins is set for November 15 at Shreveport to consider receivership and asset sale to cover court costs and mortgage obligations.
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Crusader Pipe Line Company
Arkansas
el Dorado
Shreveport
Monroe
Ben C. Dawkins
Federal District Court
Crusader Company
Continental Supply Company
Ohio
Continental Company
Dawkins
Ouachita Parish
Smackover
Minnesota Says Husbands Not Required to Pay Wives for Housework
State Attorney General issues opinion stating no law requires a husband to pay a salary to a wife for housework. The ruling answers a wife’s query to Governor Christensen, noting marriage carries support obligations but not formal wages.
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Minnesota
ST. Paul
Minn
A. P
State Legal Department
Theodore Christiansen
Jis
Attorney General's Office
Natchez Fire Tragedy Leaves Million Dollar Toll
Fire devastates Natchez downtown destroying the Natchez Hotel and annex, causing about 1 million dollars in damage. Ferriday Fire Department aided, one firefighter slightly injured. Guests escaped. several businesses lost. annex opened Oct 16. hotel carried 1650000 insurance and 1650000 bond.
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Natchez, Miss
Ferriday
Natchez
Mississippi River
William Druetta
Southern Office Equipment Company
Morrell Multigraph Company
Southern Bell Telephone Company
Williams
Watson and Williams Bond Company
Natchez Insurance Company
Natchez Cafe
Morrill Insurance Company
Couple Found Guilty in Murder of 12YearOld Girl
In Rogersville Tennessee a jury convicting Bob and Alma Tipton of first degree murder with mitigating circumstances sentenced them to 23 years each. They killed Novella Winkle 12 at their Greene county home by slashing with a razor and crushing her skull. Tipton claimed his wife acted alone while he was away. A motion for a new trial was taken under advisement.
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Rogersville
Tenn
A. P
Bob
Alma Tipton
Novella Winkle
Greene County
Tipton
Campbell
Bristol
Four Million Dollar Quake Damage Estimated in Nicaragua
Managua and much of Nicaragua shook for nearly a minute in the worst quake in 28 years. Deaths and injuries were reported as property damage reached about four million dollars. Leon bore the heaviest loss with about eighty percent of homes damaged or destroyed and the cathedral towers collapsed. Managua reported about half its houses damaged.
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Managua
Nicaragua
A. P
Leon
Outlook Bright for Richland Oil Field Says Geologist
Geologist W. R. Julian asserts Richland parish near section 82 has strong potential for a significant oil field. He cites surface formations and past success near Mexia as indicators, predicts a gusher scale discovery possibly rivaling Smackover. Several tests near Mangham and Grand Bayou projections await state leasing window.
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Julian
Richland
Monroe
W. R. Julian
LaSalle Parish
Oklahoma
Texas
Arkansas
Gulf Refining Company
Richland Parish
Mexia
Mussolini Expands Power With New Cabinet Roles
In Rome Mussolini holds seven of thirteen cabinet portfolios and directs a new regime protection machine. He commands the army in war, minds interior affairs, and governs through a revived political police, while drafting laws for death penalties and press suspensions.
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Rome
A. P
Benito Mussolini
Mussolinio
Mussolini
Interior
Ministry of the Interior
Marine
Aviation
Labor
National Council
Chamber of Deputies
Grand Council
Murdered Hobos Believed Slain by Negro at Mansfield Tracks
Authorities in Mansfield suspect a negro killed Charles McBurney 45 a hobo on Texas and Pacific tracks near town Thursday night Robbery or revenge cited as possible motives Harry De Lear 50 McBurney’s companion reported the shooting and was threatened He is held as a material witness while investigators seek the assailant.
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Mansfield
A. P
Charles McBurney
Harry de Lear
McBurney
de Lear
Dr Lear
LSU Normal QB Walker suffers injuries in clash with Stephen F. Austin
Lloyd W. Walker quarterback of the Louisiana State Normal football team sustained a dislocated collar bone and three broken ribs in today’s game against Stephen F. Austin College of Nacogdoches Texas. He received treatment at the emergency hospital at the Louisiana State Fair grounds where the game was played.
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Shreveport
A. P
Lloyd W. Walker
Louisiana State Normal
Stephen F. Austin
Nacogadoches
Texas
Walker
Sunday Movie Test in West Monroe Sparks Legal Challenge
West Monroe plans a Sunday movie screening at the Trenton Street Theatre as a test case to challenge the town ordinance banning Sunday shows. Supporters and opponents await arrests and court results, following a close council vote that killed a proposed Sunday opening. The outcome will shape decades of Sunday opening debate in the west side city.
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West Monroe
Trenton Street
West Side
River and Red River stage readings by city
River stages show New Orleans at 10.9 with a fall of 0.3. Red River readings list Shreveport 15.4 with a fall of 0.9 and Alexandria 13.3 with a rise of 0.4. Ouachita at Monroe records 14.8 with a rise of 0.3.
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Mississippi
New Orleans
RED
Shreveport
Alexandria
Ouachita
Monroe
Ex-Trooper testifies in Hall Mills murder case
Henry L. Dickman former New Jersey state trooper testifies from a Pacific coast military prison that he was paid 2500 dollars in 1923 by the Somerset county prosecutor to leave New Jersey amid the Hall Mills murder investigation. The Hall and Willie Stevens trial progresses slowly with defense cross examination of Mary De Marest continuing at Somerville court.
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Somerville
N. J
A. P
Frances Stevens Hall
Henry
Willie Stevens
Henry L. Dickman
New Jersey
Azariah Beekman
Somerset County
Dickman
Edward W. Hall
Eleanor R. Mills
Army
Navy
Pacific Coast
Mary de Marest
Clarence E. Case
Hall-Mills
Hall Mills trial widens to Hall home life
Special prosecutor Alexander Simpson pivots to Mrs Stevens Hall and her brothers as key witnesses in the Hall Mills case with twenty witnesses already testifying. Two former Hall maids Louise Geist Riehl and Barbara Tough provide accounts of events at the Hall home before the double killing.
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Edward W. Hall
New Brunswick
Eleanor R. Mills
Louise Geist Riehl
Barbara Tough
Hall
Trenton
Arthur S. Riehl
Louise
Football Scores Report Early Periods Across Colleges
The first period shows Pennsylvania leading Penn State and Georgetown 3 to 0 with Cornell up 7 and St Bonaventure 0. Syracuse and Michigan tied 0 0. In the second period Princeton 9 Harvard 6 and Maryland 9 Yale 0.
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Pennsylvania
Penn State
Georgetown
Syracuse
Michigan
Wisconsin
New York University
Carnegie
Cornell
St. Bonaventure
Princeton
Harvard
Maryland
Yale
Youth recaptured after raid ends with goodbye kiss
New Orleans dated November 6 A P report says 17 year oldArchie McClellan escaped detention with two others after tunnel effort using a vat leg. He returned when he refused to leave the city until he kissed his grandmother goodbye. The other two fled. Robert Hill stayed.
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New Orleans
A. P
Archie McClellan
Edward Gardner
Charles Boone
Robert Hill
Texas
Wagner defeats Wadsworth in New York Senate race
A recent photo shows Robert Wagner, a Democrat, who dealt a major setback to Republicans by defeating Senator Wadsworth in the New York Senate race. His victory symbolizes a broader shift away from GOP control in Congress.
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Robert Wagner
Senator Wadsworth
New York
Wagner
Congress
Public urged to join big parade at W. O. T. W. U. convention
West Monroe hosts the forty second annual W. O. T. W. U. convention with a 4 P M parade from the Baptist tabernacle led by the S T I band. Officials youths and church groups from West Monroe and Monroe will march downtown with prizes totaling 25 for best floats and many cars expected. Dr Mary Harris Armor W C T U leader will speak tomorrow at three churches and 7 30 at the West Monroe Methodist church.
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West Monroe Methodist Church
Baptist Tabernnacle
West Monroe
Monroe
Boy Scouts
Camp Fire
We: ES. T. U
Twin Cities
Trenton Street
Mary Harris Armor
W. C. T. U. of Georgia
Stone Avenue
First Methodist Church
Methodist Church of
Co Op Movement Pushes Higher Cotton Cuts in Ouachita Par
Ouachita parish meetings show strong support for the 1927 cotton acreage reduction plan. pledge signers promise cuts up to 34 percent in some wards, with ward reports indicating reductions from 21.7 to 26.1 percent and full pledge turnout in Ward 1.
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Ouachita Parsh
E. R. Strahan
Ward
Richland parish gas news teased by Monroe News-Star
The Monroe News-Star promises in house ads to cover Richland parish gas developments, field extensions or new areas, with first reporting on drilling activity and outcomes. It pledges thorough coverage of La Salle and Monroe gas fields and invites readers to subscribe or arrange mail delivery.
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Robinson & Long
Mangham
Richland
Ouachita Parishes
Byton Rouge
State Land Office
Fred J. Green
Bayou Boeuf
Bayou Lafourche
Grand Bayou
Bayou Corne
Amarillo
West Plains
Texas
Monroe
Texas Panhandle
Lone Star State
Borger
Hutchinson County
Berger
Smackover
Ark
Richland Parish
Monroe News-Star
News-Star
LaSalle
la Salle
West Monroe
Louisiana
Queen Marie expects rift with Hill and Washburn to heal
Queen Marie returns to the United States from Vancouver confident the dispute between her host Samuel Hill and aide Major Stanley Washburn will be healed by friendship and loyalty. She plans no public comment, hopes Seattle departure will ease tensions, and suggested Hill handle Spokane Portlan d Seattle Vancouver leg entertainment while Washburn remains aide.
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Queen Marie
Seattle
A. P
United States
Vancouver
B. C
Samuel Hill
Stanley Washburn
Marie
Mr. Hill
Major Washburn
John H
Carroll
Queen
Washburn
Hill
Blaine
Harding
Maine
University of British
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Gotham
Dorothy Benjamin Caruso Ingram
Charles H. Wacker, Jr
Crusader
Pipe Line Company
Hall- Mills
Says
Rogert Wagner
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