British flier starts Pacific flight toward Honolulu
Capt. Frederick A. Giles, a British flyer, took off from Mills Field San Francisco at 7 24 a m on a second attempt to reach Honolulu as the first leg toward New Zealand He flew without radios life raft parachute sextant or goggles trusting dead reckoning and luck to guide him over the Pacific.
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Associated Press
Mills Field
San Francisco
Frederick A. Giles
Honolulu
New Zealand
Land's Ends
Aptain Giles
Texas Man Badly Injured in Auto Wreck Near Shreveport
John Grazier of Texarkana Texas and his cousin Joseph Grazier of Dallas were riding when their car veered off Mooringsport road ten miles from Shreveport and crashed into a ditch. John Grazier remains in serious condition at Charity Hospital with deep facial wounds and a near fatal nose cut after a cool transfusion.
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Shreveport
John eGrazier
Texarkana
Texas
Charity Hospital
Joseph eGrazier
Dallas
Mooringsport Road
John DeGraziers
Hong Po Is Sentenced in Partner Slaying Case
Natchez Mississippi November 22 Hong Po Chinese restaurant proprietor of Ferriday Louisiana was sentenced to serve two to six years after pleading guilty to manslaughter in the death of his partner Sing Hee Several weeks earlier Sing Hee was accused of diverting funds and Hong Po said he killed him “in accordance with a Chinese custom” saying he took money and he shot him
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Associated Press
Natchez, Miss
Hong Po
Ferriday
Sing Hee
Alabama begins prosecution of floggers today
In Crenshaw county Alabama 34 defendants go on trial on charges tied to a series of masked floggings dating from 1925. The case follows a 102 count indictment naming men wearing robes and hoods of the Ku Klux Klan. Attys General McCall and Ira B. Thompson are among the prosecutors.
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Henderson
Alabama
Charlie C. McCall
A. E. Gamble
Ku Klux Klan
Crenshaw County
McCail
Ira B. Thompson
Luverne
Coolidge Reiterates Decision Not to Seek 1928 Run
President Coolidge at the White House rejected petitions urging his renomination in 1928. He asked that the endless chain letters promoting his candidacy be stopped, reaffirming his previous August statement in the Black Hills that he would not run.
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Associated Press
Washington
Coolidge
White House
Black Hills
Cities Respond to Scout Drive for Funds
The annual Boy Scout drive launches from J. M. Cobb office at 9 this morning with fifty volunteers planned for a one hour push. Early reports show not enough workers yet, but Cobb praises the generous response, noting the drive exceeds prior efforts and Twin Cities residents support scouting values. Participants include Kilwanis S J Revoire Louis Hullum W B Ayres W L Stevens A J Emerson J L Bell F A Coom H M Williams Lions Gordon Cummings B J Rogers Joe Kusin J L Croft J E Griffin Rotary G B Cooley Z Downes Jr C C Bell Joe Max H.
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J. M. Cobb
Kilwanis Club
S. J. Revoire
Louis Hullum
W. B. Ayres
W. L. Stevens
A. J. Emerson
J. L. Bell
F. A. Coom
H. M. Williams
Gordon Cummings
J. Rogers
Joe Kusin
J. L. Croft
J. E. Griffin
Rotary Club
G. B. Cooley
2. Downes, Jr
C. C. Bell
Joe Max
Contempt Proceeding for Sinclair and Burns in Oil Trial
Contempt actions were filed in the District of Columbia Supreme Court against Harry F. Sinclair Wm J Burns and four others over the oil conspiracy jury scandal A December 5 show cause date was set Justice Siddons oversees and District Attorney Gordon will file a supplemental petition regarding juror Edward J Kidwell Jr amid allegations of jury tampering and detective involvement by Burns agency heads Day Clark Weitsch Baltimore officials and associates connected to the Fall Sinclair case
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Associated Press
Washington
Harry F. Sinclair
Wm. J. Burns
Siddons
District of Columbia Supreme Court
Henry Mason Day
Sheldon Clark
W. Sherman Burns
Burns International Detective Agency
Charles S. Vietach
Burns
Baltimore
Justice Siddons
Gordon
Edward J. Kidwell, Jr
Sinclair
Day and Clark
Burns Detective Agency
Peyton Gordon
United States of America
New York
Chicago
Sinclair Oil
Chas. L. Weitsch
Red River Bridge Planned at Boyce on Pershing Highway
The Louisiana highway commission announces a bridge at Boyce on Route 144 as part of the Pershing highway. Rapides parish will construct under state supervision with a $160000 bond issue financing. Upon completion around April 1 the bridge will be turned over to the state free of liens after bond payments.
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Associated Press
Baton Rouge
Red River
Boyce
Louisiana Highway Commission
Rapides Parish
Actress Miss Wilson Breaks Engagement With Dick Barthelmess
Miss Wilson ends engagement to Dick Barthelmess as she plans stage rehearsals in New York while he films on the coast. The pair began friendship three years ago in California amid film work and previously announced a tentative wedding date of November 15. Miss Wilson, born in Jacksonville, rose to leading roles in Love Em and Leave Em and other works.
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Barthelmess
New York
Paris
Mary Hay
Miss Hay
Vivian Bath
Singapore
Hollywood
Miss Wilson
Mr. Barthelmess
Barthemess
Associated Pre
Katherine Y. Wilson
Associated Press Today
Richard Barthelmess
Carbon employee dies after auto mishap near Bastrop
Joshua John a 20 year old worker for the Dewdrop Carbon company died after a Ford touring car turned turtle two miles south of Bastrop Sunday afternoon. He was trapped under wreckage and transported to Riverside sanitarium where internal injuries proved fatal. He formerly resided in Wisner La where his family stays. The body was sent there for funeral services.
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Joshua John
Dewdrop Carbone Company
Bastrop
John
Carbon Company
Carbon
Riverside Sanitarium
Wisner
Hulbert Elected Head of A. A. U. Fourth Time
The Amateur Athletic Union of the United States re elected Murray Hulbert of New York as president for a fourth consecutive year at its Cincinnati convention setting a record for the tenure.
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Cincinnati
Amateur Athletic Union of the United States
Murray Hulbert
New York
Vicksburg Franchising Talk Draws Two Texas Visitors
Syd Smith of Shreveport and Dallas businessman Mr. Cahn telegraphed they will arrive in Vicksburg this afternoon for a conference on obtaining the Cotton States League Baseball franchise.
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Vicksburg
Syd Smith
Shreveport
Southern Baseball Association
Cahn
Dallas
Texas
Perfect Crime Ends In Court Room Remand
Ruth Brown Snyder and Henry Judd Gray lose their final appeal denying joint trial prejudice. The court affirms conviction for the murder of Albert Snyder, art editor of Motor Boating, on March 19.
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Associated Press
Albany
N. Y
Ruth Brown Snyder
Henry Judd Gray
Court of Appeals
Albert Snyder
Snyder
Art
Motor Boating
Gray
Queens Village
Farmer Shoots Wife and Two Children Near Pride La
Joseph L. Herrington 45 a farmer and saw mill operator was arrested after shooting his wife Mrs J L Herrington 39 and two children J L Herrington Jr 19 and Lottie May 12 as they arrived home near Pride La The wife improved at a local hospital The son lost three fingers and the girl was badly peppered but not seriously hurt The husband faces investigation by the district attorney and the coroner plans to have him transferred to East Feliciana hospital for the insane at Jackson after papers are prepared He denied threats to the family but the wife said she feared him and sought care at a friend’s home
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Baton Rouge
J. L. Herrington
Pride
J. L. Herrington, Jr
Lottie May Harrington
Herrington
Resist Arrest Ends in Death and Wounding in Ferriday Case
In Ferriday Louisiana two men Edgar Andrews 28 and Wallace Hobbs 24 resisted arrest after being ejected from a cafe. Andrews was killed and Hobbs wounded as they seized a woman and stole a slot machine before fleeing. Night town marshal John McVey fired when they resisted arrest.
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Natchez
Miss
Edgar Andrews
Wallace Hobbs
Ferriday
John McVey
House Committee Sets Tax Cut Cap at 250 Million
The house ways and means committee capped the prospective tax cut at 250 million dollars, rejecting inheritance tax repeal and surtax reductions in the middle brackets. A 275 million and 300 million option failed, with votes split along party lines. details on the final tally were not announced.
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Washington
House Ways and Mesns Committee
Treasury
Mellon
President Coolidge backs tax cut despite committee increase
President Coolidge endorsed a total tax cut of 225 million dollars while criticizing the Ways and Means Committee for raising the treasury estimate by 25 million. He said the panel’s move might have been considered more carefully though he accepts it was justified by the information available, amid a 22 to 1 vote.
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Washington
House of Representatives
Coolidge
Treasury
White House
Ways and Means Committee
Chicago gang war erupts as three sides brace for conflict
The first victim of Chicago's new gang war is Frank Herbert brother of Earl Herbert bodyguard of Joe Saltis. police fear a wider blood feud. Police report tense standoffs with rival gangs led by Al Capone and Tony Lombardo and arrests near the detective bureau. Several leaders are targeted for death including Moran Bertsche and the O Banion circle.
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Associated Press
Chicago
South Side
Frank Herbert
Earl
Big” Herbert
Joe Saltis
Herbert
William O'Connor
Detective Bureau
al Capone
Tony Lombardo
North Side
Dean O'Banion
Christian P. Bertsche
Barney
George Moran
Aioello Brothers
Anthony
Joseph
Dominick
Angelo LaMantio
Shreveport Picked for Shippers Meet
Shreveport has been selected by the southwest shippers advisory board executive committee for its next regular meeting to be held February a. The decision follows a Beau Mont meeting where a joint session with the southeast board was anticipated. The southeast meeting remains in New Orleans in December, prompting the place change.
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Dallas
Shreveport
Southwest Shippers Advisory Board
Beaumont
Shippers
New Orleans
Southeast Board
W. M. Maddox
Cost is Small to Send 1927 Progress Edition to Relatives
Readers can mail copies of yesterday's News-Star Progress Edition to friends outside the Twin Cities at ten cents per copy. The edition includes business and social interest material, and sending by post saves on individual mailing costs. To order, send names and addresses and funds to The News-Star office on North Second.
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News-Star
Twin Cities
Monroe
North Second
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