Santa Claus bank robber in Texas jail siege
In Eastland Texas deputy sheriff Tom Jones lay near death after Mar shall Ratliff sentenced to death for a Santa Claus disguise bank robbery led in 1927 at Cisco. Ratliff used a Santa outfit, escaped with Jones' gun during a jail feed, and was beaten during a struggle on a narrow stairway before authorities recaptured him.
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Associated Press
Eastland
Texas
Marshall Ratliff
Tom Jones
Ratliff
Jones
Santa Claus
Cisco
State Penitentiary
RE. P. Gilbert
Ratliffs Cell
Girl's Christmas Pup Wins Prize in Dog Show
A year after being rescued from neglect, the thin poodle nicknamed Snooky earned a prize ribbon at a dog show. Twelve year old Margaret Smith adopted the dog in time for Christmas after visiting the Animal Rescue league.
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Washington
Snooky
Animal Rescue League
Margaret Smith
Rescue League
Smith
Margaret
Knooky
Bandit Returns 685000 Stolen Bonds In Mail Robbery Case
James Murray, formerly a west side politician now in Atlanta federal prison, turned over 685000 in negotiable bonds to the government as part of a commutation filing. The bonds represent his share of the 2000000 Rondout mail robbery of June 12, 1924, and with this return about 14000 remains unrecovered, allegedly taken by co‑conspirator William Fahy.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Morning Papers
James Murray
West Side
Atlanta Federal Penitentiary
Washington
Murray
William J. Fahy
Fahy
Postal Inspection Service
United States
George E. Q. Johnson
Grant Miller
Strange Girls Kissed Him Pocketbook Left
Michael Mallon aged 44 was hugged and kissed by two strange women on Washington street Newark early today. He resisted and the women fled as did $500 from his pocket. Police investigate the incident.
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Newark
N. J
Michael Mallon
Washington Street
Mallon
White House burial to honor James W. Good
Secretary of War James William Good, aged 63, died at Walter Reed Hospital at 8:30 last night after complications from an open illness. His burial at the White House will be accorded as a statesman and longtime public servant.
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White House
Washington
James William Good
Walter Reed Hospital
Friend Drops Dead in Washington and Iowa Links
In Cedar Rapids Iowa Harry B Lutz 66 a Lynn county farmer and boyhood friend of James W Good secretary of war died suddenly after preparing to attend Good s funeral in Iowa He had been in good health since last Wednesday when aptitis symptoms appeared Good lingered in semi conscious condition for more than 24 hours as an insidious peritonitis infection spread through his bloodstream He died peacefully Opiates and artificial respiration aided him Mrs Good and their sons James W Good Jr and Robert Edmund were with him at the end Hoover President kept informed of the case.
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Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Harry B. Lutz
Lynn County
James W. Good
Washington
Lutz
Sitter Good
Good
Mrs. Good
James W. Good, Jr
Evanston, Ill
Northwestern University
Robert Edmund Good
Carbon Carbon Soars Above Market Leaders on Wall Street
A brisk rally on the New York Stock Exchange lifted many leaders $2 to $10 a share after an initial selling wave. Westinghouse Electric recovered from a $6.50 drop at 116 to 124, Columbian Carbon jumped 14, and other names like Abraham and Straus certificates, Anchor Cap, American Waterworks, and Atchison posted gains as last minute buying pushed prices higher. Total volume reached 2,718,010 shares.
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Associated Press
New York
New York Stock Exchange
Westinghouse Electric
Columbian Carbon
Abraham and Straus
Anchor Cap
American Waterworks
Atchison
Aged Father Is Free Daughter Jailed Instead
G T Hunter a 56 year old man released from Parchman prison on a pardon by Gov Theo Bilbo after his daughter Pearl Drew confessed to killing her husband Marlon Drew. Pearl Drew 25 sits in jail awaiting possible sentence for the murder as she blames liquor and gossip in a letter to the governor. The daughter’s suicide poem style confession cites a drunken jealous rage that led to the fatal shooting.
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Ashland
Miss
G. T. Hunter
Parchman
Theo. Bilbo
New Albany
Marlon Drew
Pearl Drew
Marlon
Hunter
Dorothy Drew
Bilbo
Faris Ruling Not Tied to Boeuf Basin Land Suit
Federal Judge Faris decision in Cape Girardeau has no bearing on the Louisiana landowners suit for the Boeuf and Atchafalaya basins. Harry Russell, counsel, cites the Monroe Kincaid case where eminent domain powers and flood control projects were acknowledged but not questioned.
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Faris
Cape Girardeau
Boeuf
Atchafalaya
Louisiana
Harry Russell
Kincaid
Monroe
Congress
Collection of State Parish Taxes Started
Ouachita parish tax rolls were approved by the state auditor and delivered to the sheriff at 11 a.m. today, enabling immediate collection of property taxes. Three residents paid taxes before press time, led by W. L. Johnson in Ward 1, with Murphy Weems and D. Weems of Ward 6 also paid. The total to be collected this year is $1,066,195.07.
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Ouachita Parish
Sheriff's Department
News- Star
W. L. Johnson
Ward
Murphy Weems
D. Weems
Millionaire Hobo King Diagnoses U S Troubles
MEMPHIS Tenn Nov 19 Uncle Sam suffers high blood pressure and poor circulation James Eads How millionaire hobo king diagnosed the case How nephew and heir of the builder of the first trans Mississ ipp i bridge at St Louis and the jetties below New Orleans is a graduate of a St Louis medical school He said the illness was brought on by the Wall street disturbance and the army of unemployed and he has called himself into consultation on the case.
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Memphis
Tenn
Sam
James Eads How
Hobo King
St. Louis
New Orleans
Hambone's Meditations on Teeing Up Ten Dollars
A humorous note by J. P. Alley satirizes costly politicking and a charity call. The item mocks the effort required to raise a single dollar in a fundraising scheme, highlighting the absurdity of time and money spent for a fattened donation.
Bologna firm safe is smashed open in New Orleans robbery
Robbers invaded the Anthony Bologna Macaroni company at 1233 North Peters Street and robbed it of 800 dollars. They climbed to the second floor forced a window and descended to the first floor to break the safe lock and escape with the cash.
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New Orleans
Anthony Bologna Macaroni Company
North Peters Street
Residents Lose Bid to Halt Floodway Land Seizure
Cape Girardeau Ma Nov 19 Residents in the Bird's Point New Madrid floodway lost another legal battle to stop government condemnation. Federal Judge Charles B. Faria overruled a demurrer to halt proceedings and held the United States government may take the lands in question.
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Cape Girardeau
Bird’s Point
New Madrid
Cooedinas
Charles B. Faria
United States
Culver Visit Canceled Due to Hoover Meeting
Harry Culver president of the National Association of Real Estate Boards cannot visit Monroe this Friday because President Hoover requests a White House conference with him. The Monroe Real Estate board was informed by telegram from the National Board’s executive secretary. The November 22 meeting is called off and members are urged to attend the Fort Smith gathering on November 25.
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Hoover
Washington
Harry Culver
National Association of Real Estate Boards
Monroe
R. B. Blanks
Monroe Real Estate Board
Herbert A. Nelson
National Board
Chicago
White House
Culver
Chamber of Commerce
New Orleans Suspect Confesses Crimes to Police
Arrested in New Orleans on suspicion Phil Bennett alias Jack Nelson 23 of Dallas Texas confessed to police his involvement in multiple crimes including an attack on a 14 year old girl and a 1928 bank robbery with three accomplices named Atwel Curtis Red Kelly and a man known only as Cotton. He asked to atone and start life anew.
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New Orleans
Phil Bennett
Jack Nelson
Dallas
Texas
Bennett
Los Angeles
Atwel Curtis
Red” Kelly
Question Right to Assess on Petrol From An other State
A Benton district court suit seeks to determine if gasoline imported from another state and sold in Louisiana is subject to the gasoline tax. E. A. Conway files against Phoenix Oil and Gas Co for about 11000 for August and September with two carloads of gasoline seized. The case tests the law’s application and constitutionality.
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Shreveport
Louisiana
District Court of Benton
Bossier Parish
E. A. Conway
Phoenix Oil and Gas Company
Bossier City
Caddo
Robert O'Neal
Lester Wilson
Wilson and Abramson
Phoenix Company
Presbyterians to Elect New Moderator in Louisiana
Baton Rouge will host the Louisiana synod as Presbyterians gather from state churches. Dr. B. C. Bell of Shreveport will open with a sermon and a moderator for the year will be chosen. Sessions run through Wednesday and Thursday.
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Associated Press
Baton Rouge
Louisiana Synod
Southwestern Presbyterian Theological College
Memphis
B. C. Bell
Shreveport
Unknown suitor kidnaps Chicago stenographer
Miss Margaret Carlin a Chicago stenographer was abducted by a man in a chauffeured car and hurled from the vehicle after she fought back. The assailant a middle aged man in goggles demanded the address of her fiancé John Buit and threatened to kill him before fleeing. She was admitted to a hospital in hysterics.
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Associated Proas
Chicago
Margaret Carlin
John Buit
Buit
Seven jurors chosen for McManus trial in swift session
In New York Criminal Courts Building seven jurors had been selected for the George A. McManus trial by 1 p.m. on November 19, with six picked that day. In Washington President Hoover showed slight discomfort from throat irritation but was not said to have a cold and was expected to recover quickly.
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Criminal Courts Building
New York
George A. McManus
Washington
Hoover
Hawaiis Hickman of Hawaii Dies on Gallows in Oahao Prison
In Honolulu Hawaii on November 19 Myles Fukunaga nicknamed the Hickman of Hawaii was executed for the murder of 10 year old Gil Jamieson. The report notes his death on the gallows at Oahao prison as authorities reveal the crime and its punishment.
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Honolulu
T. H
Myles Fukunaga
Hickman
Hawaii
Oahao
Gil Jamieson
Irion Wins Mandamus For $25,000 Hatchery Warrant
Conservation Commissioner V K Irion collects a mandamus against State Treasurer H B Conner to force payment of a $25 000 warrant for the Lake Bruen Hatchery in Tensas Parish. Judge W Carruth Jones ordered payment citing 1926 appropriation in the general fund for the conservation department.
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Associated Press
Baton Rouge
V. K. Irion
Nineteenth Judicial District Court
H. B. Conner
Tensas Parish
Dr. Ivion
W. Carruth Jones
Lake Bruen
Tensas
Conservation Department
Orleans Woman's Will Splits Estate After Suicide
The will of Mrs. Fred Derge of St. Joseph leaves her estate to her fiancé Dr. J. G. Morgan and her son Fred Derge Jr with a half share for each and a residuary to Miss Irene Chesholm of New Orleans. The inquest will hear two principal beneficiaries as witnesses. Coroner rules the death a self inflicted gunshot.
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Associated Press
ST. Joseph
Fred Derge
St. Joseph Society
J. G. Morgan
Fred Derge, Jr
Irene Chesholm
New Orleans
Father Kills Crippled Girl Then Himself in Minnesota
In Two Harbors on November 19, John A. Barton a bank president, killed his invalid daughter Beatrice Barton and then shot himself. Beatrice, mute since birth, was 17 years old. Coroner ruled it an act of pity and no inquest. Woodsmen found the bodies. two other daughters are in the family.
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Two Harbors
Minn
John A. Barton
Beatrice Barton
J. T. Brown
Seattle and Tacoma Lose Warship Power Plan Request
The navy refused the request to convert the aircraft carrier Lexington into an emergency power plant for Seattle and Tacoma. Navy officials cited practical concerns and numerous considerations making the unusual use impractical.
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Washington
Seattle
Tacoma
Lexington
Navy
Mancini Triumphs as Father Collapses in Montreal
Tony Mancini wins the National A A U boxing tourney in Montreal while his father, seated in the gallery, collapses and dies shortly after the referee raises Mancini's hand in victory. The event ends with a somber crowd and a tragic family moment.
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Montreal
Tony Mancini
Mancini
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