William R Irby Dies In Self Inflicted Shooting
William Ratcliffe Irby banker and philanthropist 67 dies at a Metropolis Mortuary Establishment by self inflicted gunshot. He planned the act after retirement from Canal Bank and Trust and W R Irby Tobacco Manufacturing Co. He leaves widow and son Robert G. Irby.
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Associated Press
New Orleans
William Ratcliffe Irby
Canal Bank and Trust Company
Irby
Tharp
Mr. Irby
Mr. Tharp
American Tobacco Company
French Quarter
Tulane
City Park
Robert G. Irby
McAdoo Emerges as Next Democratic Nominee Belief
Edwin T. Meredith, former agriculture secretary, predicts West and South dry Democrats will nominate William Gibbs McAdoo in 1928. He says Governor Al Smith is unlikely to run on a dry platform, and the convention may convene in the Midwest or West. Meredith cites McAdoo as the progressive rallying point against wets.
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NEW Yisa
A. P
William Gibbs McAdoo
Edwin T. Meredith
Wilson
al Smith
New York
Meredith
The
New York World
Smith
McAdoo
Mr. Meredith
Precautions Fail to Prevent Suicide at Washington Monument
Washington November 20. Despite extra precautions to stop personal crisis reports at the Washington Monument Henry Anderson an inmate of the soldiers home here killed himself today by crawling through the iron grating at the top of the shaft and leaping to the pavement more than 500 feet below.
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Associated Press
Washington
Washington Monument
Henry Anderson
Gasoline Price War Under Way in Georgia
Pan American raises cut to 21 cents a gallon at Georgia stations effective today. The third price concession in 30 days, cited by R S Gibbs, comes amid competition and concessions given to a privileged few by rivals.
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Atlanta
Pan American
Georgia
Pan American Petroleum Corporation
R. S. Gibbs
Electrical engineer faces long jail term for attempted murder plot
W G Walker an electrical engineer was found guilty of plotting to kill her husband with an electrocution device after Mrs Kenniston changed sides and exposed the scheme. The jury handed the verdict in Port Orchard Washington with sentence pending.
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Port Orchard
Wash
W. G. Walker
Walker
Irs
Herbert J. Kennison
Les
Boonnie
Kenniston
the Light and Power Company
Pope Denounces Mexican Persecution in Encyclical
Rome reports Pope Pius XI condemns the violence against clergy and faithful in Mexico and urges prayers for the persecuted. He praises Catholic resistance, cites the 1917 constitution and anti religious laws, recalls martyrs, and honors Knights of Columbus and Mexican Catholic groups. The encyclical foresees church triumph.
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Rome
Pius
Mexico
Knights of Columbus
Federation For Defense of Religious Liberty
Association of
Nion
Olla Depot Clerk Stabbed by Section Foreman
R. P. Richardson, section foreman of the Missouri Pacific, stabbed depot clerk FE Clark in the Olla station office. The weapon a pocket knife left a five inch neck gash but spared the jugular. Clark, treated at St Francis sanitarium, is married and from Oakdale. Richardson posted $500 bond after arrest by Sheriff L M Davis.
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FE. L. Clark
Olla Station
Missouri Pacific
R. P. Richardson
Richardson
Clark
St. Francis Sanitarium
L. M. Davis
Jena
Olla
Justice of the Peace Mills
Oakdale
Implicated in Plot to Wreck Train Sheriff Shot by Youth
Harold Wheeler, 30, son of a Williamsburg County farmer, fled after wounding Sheriff Henry Gamble during an arrest attempt for wrecking Atlantic Coast Line trains near his home. Wheeler escaped from the Columbia state hospital last June, with a witness named David Simmons, 18, held as a material witness.
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Associated Press
Columbia
US. C
Harold Wheeler
Williamsberg County
Liberty
Henry Gamble
Atlantic Coast Line
Wheeler
Cades
J. Wheeler
Young Wheeler
State Hospital For the Insane
Gamble
David Simmons
Williamsburg County
Missouri Pacific Boosters Plan Large Louisiana Division Meet
The Missouri Pacific boosters in the Louisiana division prepare for a Monday safety first and fuel conservation gathering. Officials from St Louis and Little Rock will speak as over 500 attendees from Lake Charles to Natchez are expected, with a 60 by 40 foot luncheon hall ready and a record turnout anticipated.
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Missouri Pacific Railroad Boosters
Louisiana Division
Boosters
Missouri Pacific
St. Louis
Little Rock
Louisiana
Lake Charles
McGhee
Natchez
Gordon
Arent Investment Corporation
Former Atlanta banker convicted of fraud leads to prison
W D Manly former president of Bankers Trust Co Atlanta found guilty of fraudulent failure of Farmers and Traders Bank of Atlanta by Fulton superior court. Jury fixes nine to ten years in state prison Judge G H Howard sentences him Manly requests new trial date January 8 for arguments. 18 indictments remain unresolved Solicitor General Boykin cannot say when they will be called to trial.
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Atlanta
W. D. Manly
Bankers Trust Company of Atlanta
Farmers and Traders Bank of Atlanta
Fulton Superior Court
G. H. Howard
Manly
Howard
Boykin
Pirates seize Japanese steamer near Hankow
Chinese pirates seized the Japanese steamer Sin Kiang Meru near Hankow on November 19, took 13000 dollars and held the captain for ransom.
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Hankow
China
Rasom
Duke's Wedding Finances Shown in Court Files
New York American prints purported text of 1895 marriage agreement between William Kis sam Vanderbilt and the Duke of Marlborough. Document found in Suffolk County court files details a $100000 yearly income from $2500000 Beech Creek Railway stock and trust terms affecting Consuelo Vanderbilt. The paper notes transfers to Consuelo and loans to her brothers, and claims the duke, now divorced, has collected $3100000 in income and still receives $100000 yearly.
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Associated Press
New York
New York American
William Kissam Vanderbilt
Duke of Marlborough
Consuelo Vanderbilt
Suffolk County
Riverhead
Vanderbilt County
Beech Creek
Consuelo
Consuela
Mr. Vanderbilt
Vanderbilt
Duke
Blaze under grate endangers historic Louisiana Capitol
Baton Rouge, La., Nov. 20. Little damage resulted when fire broke out beneath a grate in the office of Agriculture Commissioner Harry D. Wilson in the historic capitol. Firemen extinguished smouldering old pine timbers, and engineers from the Louisiana Fire Underwriters warned that headway could have destroyed the building and endangered historic records.
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Baton Rouge
Harry D. Wilson
Louisiana Fire
Mexican president eligible again if out during term
Mexico City November 20 The Senate ratified a constitutional amendment allowing election of a former president after an intervening term. The lower house previously passed the bill and it now goes to the states for ratification. if two thirds approve, the amendment becomes part of the constitution.
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Mexico City
Senate
Hag
Republic
Explosion Kills Eight on Norwegian Tanker Mantilla
In Baltimore a blast ripped the Mantilla in Sparrows Point drydock. Eight of 16 feared dead, with 12 crewmen among the dead and four unidentified bodies found. Officials say ignition of remaining fuel oil likely caused the explosion and widespread damage to nearby facilities.
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Associated Press
Baltimore
Sparrows Point
Nils Danielsen
Bethlehem Shipbuilding
W. Shlemson
Ponsborg
Norway
Mexican Petroleum Company
Tampico
New Orleans
Mount Clay
Stabbing Case Hearing Delayed After Local Wrestling Match
W E Hagood Francis Journee and Jake Ford were arraigned in city police court after a brawl at the Santel Vassell wrestling event on North Grand. The case was continued to Tuesday as the city prepared its evidence and Journee sought witnesses. Additional charges were filed against Hagood for drawing a weapon and using profanity.
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W. E. Hagood
Francis Journee
Jake Ford
Santel-Vassell
Pope Hardware Company
North Grand Street
Charles Schulze
City
Journee
Hagood
Cournee
Ford
Drake
Pps
Henry Stevens Claims Alibi in Murder Case
Henry Stevens testifies on his birthday that he was at his Lavallette home more than 50 miles away on the day of Mrs. Eleanor R. Mills’s murder, describing his morning downtown, afternoon and evening at home, and a neighbor visit about fish. He denies sightings near the crime and disputes other witnesses’ movements.
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Hall-Mills
Henry Stevens
Hall
Associated Press
Somere
N. J
Eleanor R. Mills
Lavallette
Stevens
New Brunswick
Mary Demarest
Anna Hoag
Acquitted Doctor Returns to Practice After Wife Murder Charge
Dr Paul D Moore a former army medical corps major is acquitted of murdering his wife by poison and resumes practice in Sequim Washington. Prosecutors argued poison death. defense cites a long illness. Moore had lived in Nashville before his arrest at his brother C P Moore's home. He returned to Washington voluntarily.
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Associated Press
Port Angels
Wash
Paul D. Moore
Army Medical Corps
Sequim
Here
Dr. Moore
Washington
Assailant Surrenders After Farmyard Shooting
P. J. Wilson, 68, a farmer near ville in Franklin parish, is hospitalized in serious condition after being shot twice in a cotton field by Burton B. Newcomer. Newcomer turned himself in to Sheriff E. J. Short at Winnsboro, jailed without bail. The shooting follows crop seizure disputes that led to court action and a prior seizure of cotton and corn.
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P. J. Wilson
Ville
Franklin Parish
St. Francois
Burton B. Newcomer
Wilson
Newcomer
Winnsboro
E. J. Short
Henry
Shreveport Delegation to Attend Lake Charles Port Opening
E B Plumley manager Magnolia Refining Beaumon t Texas says Dr Harry Cloud director with Magnolia Band will join port opening ceremonies November 30 in Charles. Shreveport Chamber of Commerce reports a 100 citizen delegation will travel on November 30 with plans to bring Centenary cadet band.
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Associated Press
Lake Charles
E. EB. Plumley
Magenolia Refining Company
Beaumont
Texas
Harry Cloud
Magnolia Band
Charles
Longwill
Shreveport Chamber of Commerce
Shreveport
Centenary
Milwaukee Road to Be Sold Monday
Federal judges denied last attempts to halt the sale of the Chicago Milwaukee and St. Paul railway in Butte Montana. The sale proceeded as planned after rulings in district and circuit court. The outcome was expected to be renewed Monday morning.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Butte
Montana
Milwaukee and St. Paul
Wilkerson
District Court
Samuel Alschuler
A. B. Anderson
United States Circuit Court Ofpeals
Ruston Recalls New LSU President Early Student at Tech
Ruston, La., Nov. 20. Friends recall Colonel Campbell B. Hodges as a diligent early student at Tech, later commandant of cadets at West Point and president elect of LSU. Known as Black Hodges, he excelled academically, with little focus on college sports in those days.
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Ruston
Polytech
Campbell B. Hodges
West Point
L.S. U
Colonel Hodges
Hodges
Tech
Louisiana Industrial Institute
Campell B. Hodges
W. T
Joe
Virginia
Linda Mae
Mary Hodges
Elm Grove
Institution of Learning
Rustan Oe Co
Hod
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WM. R. Irby
Metropolis
Canal Bank and Trust
Underwood
WM. Gibbs
Government of Republic
L. Clark
S.C
MO. P. Boosters
LA. Capitol
Hunt
Willie
Milwaukee Road
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