Franklin Parish Duck Hunt Victim Laid To Rest
Ernest Batey 34 a Wisner grocer drowned after a duck hunting trip with his brother. Rescue by John Ferrington after 24 hours, a 150 person search, military funeral by Franklin Parish Riviera Legion, burial at Wisner. He left a letter for his fiancée as he entered the Boeuf river.
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Ernest Batey
Wisner
Boeuf River
John Ferrington
Batey
Winnsboro
Franklin Parish
Riviera Legion Post
Bocuf
Two Rothers
Extra copies of Monday's Progress edition advertised
The News-Star offers extra copies at the office for five cents each and mail copies to friends for ten cents each, aiming to save on postage.
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News-Star
North Second Street
News Star
Bandit Robs Payroll From Bus Near Zama Mississippi
A lone highwayman halted a motor bus carrying payroll for Brown Lumber Co at a crossing near Zama on Nov 18. He ordered three passengers and the driver away and then fled with a sack of registered mail containing the payroll. Authorities searched for the bandit who escaped with about 2500 dollars.
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Zama
Miss
Brown Lumber Company
District court hands down varied sentences in Baton Rouge
J. W. LaRue with 28 receives 5 to 15 years for manslaughter after eight district court sentences. Luther Johnson 35 gets life in prison for murder without capital punishment. Other defendants face six months to 24 months for fraud breaking and entering larceny and shooting with intent to kill. Blakeney reapplies for new sentence 16 to 24 months after appeal.
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J. W. LaRue
Percy Sandel
Baton Rouge
LaRue
State
J. D. Watson
Willie Bowden
Welton Smith
Aaron Claiborne
Claiborne
Jack Ewing
Homer Blakeney
Supreme Court
Blakeney
No More Expulsions From L S U Likely
LSU president T W Atkinson says the hair cutting incident will probably not lead to further expulsions. The probe continues with half hearted results as a three day Thanksgiving holiday is declared and students prepare to travel home after the LSU Tulane football game.
Sheriff Candidate Franks Clancy Arrested in South La
Frank Clancy a sheriff candidate and present clerk was arrested on drunken driving and assaulting an officer. Frank J Malone also charged with assault. Patrolman Harrison saw a zigzagging car, was knocked down, then Clancy attacked him with a bottle before officers arrested them. Harrison hospitalized.
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South la
Orleans
Frank Clancy
Offerson Parish
Court
Frank J. Malone
Edward Rrison
Arrison
Ports
Clancy
Harrison
Edward Smith
Malone
Liberty bonds seized in Teapot Dome case against Blackmer
One hundred thousand dollars in liberty bonds in the name of H M Blackmer the missing Teapot Dome witness were seized by the U S government under a district of columbia supreme court order. United States Marshal Snyder listed and sealed the bonds after their deposit with the National Savings and Trust company. Blackmer’s attorneys plan to challenge the seizure as unconstitutional and seek to retrieve the securities.
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Washington
H. M. Blackmer
Teapot Dome
Supreme Court of the District of Columbia
United States
Marshal Snyder
Causa
Paris
Albert B. Fall
Barry F. Sinclair
Fall
Sinclair
Naval O'S Reserve
Blackmer
Senator Walsh
Montana
National Savings and Trust Company
Marshall Snyder
Girl in ermine lassoes case in gun battle arrest trio
A girl in ermine led detectives to an apartment where a pistol fight erupted. After the exchanges, two girls and a man were arrested and $5,000 worth of stolen furs and silver recovered. Edward McLaughlin was wounded and charged with burglary and felonious assault. Gertrude Smith and Esther Olexkia faced burglary charges.
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Associated Press
New York
Edward McLaughlin
Chicago
Gertrude Smith
McLaughlin
Esther Olexkia
Harlem
Edward Schnaible
Francis Hogan
Smith
Broadway
MecLaughlin
West 92Nd Street
Riverside Drive
West End Avenue
Memphis Road Engineer Dies of Bullet Wound
Memphis road engineer C Gwynne Oglesby died after shooting himself at his home following the Tennessee club opening ball attended by Mrs Oglesby’s debutante. He had been in ill health and blamed flood damages on highway projects.
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Associated Press
Memphis
C. Gwynne Oglesby
British flier backs off voyage to New Zealand amid fog near Frisco
Captain Frederick A. Giles, flying the Wanda, attempted a 9 600 mile route from San Francisco to New Zealand with Honolulu as the first stop. He turned back 20 miles offshore due to a milky white fog while weather officials warned of poor conditions. The flight began at 8 17 Pacific time with limited altitude gains, and Mills Field prepared for a possible return landing.
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Mills Field
San Francisco
Cal
Frederick A. Giles
Honolulu
New Zealand
Giles
Golden Gate
Pacific Coast
San Francisco Bay
Weather Bureau
Here
Hawaii
Wanda
Hess
Investigation of Alabama Girl Louise Montebarro Death
Alabama officials including Attorney General C C McCall and State Chemist B B Ross lead a broader probe into the death of 24 year old Louise Montebarro near Calera. Parents dispute Police Chief Blake claim of suicide after a speeding arrest and question missing funds from her trip. Autopsy findings differ on bullet caliber and powder residues.
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Selma
Ala
State of
Alabama
Louise Montebarro
H. F. Blake
Calera
C. C. McCall
B. B. Ross
Auburn
Blake
Missy Montebarro
Birmingham
F. G. Dubose
Hambone’s Meditations by J. P. Alley
A fragment from Hambone’s Meditations shows Ole Tom's boy mocked for education yet teased about his brains and work ethic. The dialect sketches rural humor and character in a brief, vivid flier-like note.
Slay Deputy in Mississippi Sentenced to Life
Virgil Dunn, found guilty of murder without capital punishment, faces life imprisonment for the ambush slaying of Deputy Sheriff John Myers in Mississippi. Myers, an anti prohibition officer, was shot on October 7 while Dunn was free on bond appealing a whisky conviction.
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Philadelphia
Virgil Dunn
John Myers
Dunn
State Supreme Court
Myers
UNC Wins Southern Conference Cross Country Title
UNC clinches the southern conference cross country championship with 74 points as Capt Gale Elliott wins the five mile race in 26 minutes 26 seconds. Georgia Tech places second with 91 points.
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Chapel Hill
N. C
University of North Carolina Today
Gale Elliott
North Carolina
Georgia Tech
Fire devastates Winnsboro business district
A blaze on Winnsboro Main Street early today destroyed several buildings including E F Cafe and the Winnsboro Publishing Co, with losses around 50000. Fire caused by the cafe started the fire. alarm delay hampered response by volunteers who kept flames from spreading to adjacent shops.
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Winnsboro
E. & F. Cafe
E. ©. Strahan
Main Street
Winnsboro Publishing Company
Strahan Jewelry
Pardue & Carter
Morgan & Lindsey
Franklin Sun
Arms Smuggling Investigation Expands Prospect
San Francisco November 19 Investigations by the Department of Justice probe a potential nationwide arms and ammunition smuggling network following a raid on John Mannerstam president of Pacific Arms in Albany California U S District Attorney George J Hatfield plans a formal inquiry Mannerstam denied wrongdoing and sought to surrender to police investigators note related seizures in New Orleans and a Florida letter copy mentions deals with Rosas already under indictment Rosas reportedly may be in Texas
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San Francisco
Department of Juice
John Mannerstam
Pacific Arms Company
Albany
Calif
United States
George J. Hatfield
Mannerstam
San Francisco Examiner
Mannersum
Examiner
New Orleans
Guillermo Rosas, Jr
Rosas
Texas
Weather Outlook for Southern Plains and West Gulf
For the week beginning Monday the Southern plains and west gulf states will experience cloudy skies and temperatures rising modestly with occasional rains in most areas early in the week. The latter part brings colder, mostly fair conditions.
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Southern Plains
West Gulf States
Michigan routs Minnesota in first period football
In Ann Arbor on November 19, Oosterbaan scored on a first quarter run after a Puckelwartz pass as Michigan leads Minnesota 7 0. No further first period points occur before halftime with Michigan maintaining a 7 0 advantage.
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Ann Arbor
Mich
Oosterbaan
Puckelwartz
Minnesota
Gilbert
Michigan
Puchwartz
Minesota
Gary
Joesting
Illinois Leads Ohio State In Early Football Clash
Illinois took a 6 0 lead as Stnessy found Humbert for a 23 yard score. Ohio State failed on the extra point and Illinois held the edge at the end of the first period. Ohio's aerial game moved near Illinois territory early in the second period.
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Columbus
Ilnois
Ohio State
Stnessy
French
Humbert
Nowack
Illinois
Ohio
Yale Rolls Over Harvard in Big Cambridge Gridiron Show
Yale jumped to the lead in the first quarter and extended it to 14 points by the third period. Garvey and Hammersley led Yale’s attack while Harvard struggled to penetrate Yale territory after early turnovers and key punt blocks.
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Cambridge
Yale
Harvard
Garvey
Brown
Crimson
French
Hoben
Blues
Hammersley
Cox
Harper
Sam Burns
Burns
Scott
Eli
Contractor robbed and slugged in New Orleans
New Orleans man M. F. Mart, a contractor, reported to police that he was slugged and robbed of a $3,000 diamond ring and $105 in cash while walking from his garage to his home last night.
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New Orleans
M. F. Mart
Maid Attacked Threats in Thaw Mansion Plot Shut Down
In Pittsburgh a man claiming to be Frederick G. Wipf 40 Swiss graduate was arrested over a blackmail plot aimed at Mrs William Thaw Jr sister in law of Harry K Thaw He demanded 5000 after a maid was beaten in the Thaw mansion and later confessed to the threat.
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Harry
Thaw
Pittsburgh
Frederick G. Wipf
Berne College
Berne
Switzerland
Wm. Thaw
Harry K. Thaw
William Thaw
Thaw blackmailer plan includes maid assault and ransom demand
The Thaw mansion case describes a maid beaten by a robber who demanded five thousand dollars. Detectives followed the route planned for the payoff and arrested Wipf, found a mask revolver and shells matching the crime, while a car with a detective failed to be confronted.
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Thaw
Wipf
Body of Mellish Found in Ruins of New York Warehouse
The body of Jay Mellish was found today in an automobile among the debris of his warehouse at 59th Street and Lita Avenue, destroyed by a $2,000,000 fire last Wednesday. Mellish was seen to run into the building before firefighters arrived and is believed to have returned inside to rescue a dog. His wife Mary Mellish, formerly a Metropolitan Opera singer, aided in the search.
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New York
Jay Mellish
59Th Street
Lita Avenue
Mellish
Mary Mellish
Metropolitan Opera Company
Four Who Boasted of Slaying Are Executed
Four Newark killers who robbed a Reed Ice Cream payroll of 13 500 and boasted of the crime were executed at the New Jersey state prison after Gov. Moore refused a reprieve. Joseph Juliano, Christopher Barone, Joseph Juliano and Louis Capozzi died within minutes. accomplice Robert Boudreau testified and received a lighter sentence.
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Associated Press
Trenton
N. J
Newark
State Prison
A. Harry Moore
Joseph
Big Joe
Juliano
Christopher Barone
Joseph “Little Joe
Louis “Kid Ruff” Capozzi
Robert Flliott
Sacco
Vanzetti
Robert Boudreau
George Condit
Joseph P
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