Bloodhounds Track Suspect in Mississippi Plantation Shooting
Clarksdale Mississippi sheriff’s posse closes in on Tommy Travillion a 22 year old negro accused of fatally wounding Burnett Caraway plantation manager. Caraway is said to be in critical condition at Greenville hospital with mob fears mounting as bloodhounds pursue Travillion and two companions August and Charles Birgman near Roundaway.
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Associated Press
Clarksdale
Miss
Tommy Travillion
Burnett Caraway
Shelby
Gréenville
Travillion
Caraway
Greenville
August
Charles Birgman
Roundaway
Sheriff’s Office
Dry Administrator in New Orleans Seeks Divorce Rehearing
In New Orleans on November 26, O. D. Jackson prohibition administrator asked for a rehearing of his divorce case filed by his wife Annie Ruth Lifgey. A jury awarded separation. a year must pass before a final decree. If reconciliation does not occur the wife will receive 175 dollars monthly alimony for herself and daughter. Cruelty is cited as the grounds.
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Associated Preas
New Orleans
O. D. Jackson
Prohibition
Army Balloon Bursts Mile High Four Parachute Jump to Safety
At Fort Sill Oklahoma a army balloon burst at 6200 feet sending four crew members into a steep descent. Lieut John Caddo and Lieutenants E M Fogelsanger J W McAuley and Sergeant Mansfield freed the wreckage and leaped to safety as the gas bag collapsed. They landed within a half mile area and the deflated craft was hauled away for storage.
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Fort Sill
Okla
Death Bay
E. M. Fogelsanger
J. W. McAuley
Mansfield
Lieut
Caddo
Bandit Wrecks Train and Loots Its Passengers
Frontier era mood returns as posses chase a youthful bandit who derailed the west bound Union Pacific train number 17 four miles east of Cheyenne. Passengers were robbed of about eighty dollars amid panic as the train wreck unfolded. Patrols and citizens pursue leads as authorities continue investigation.
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United Press
Cheyenne
Wyo
Limited
Union Pacific
Here
Wife Loses Cash in Stocks and Disappears
Memphis, Nov 26 Special to The News Star reports Mrs. Lilly Ball, 35, vanished after losing about $5 000 of her husband J E Ball and three sons life savings. She left notes saying she was in disgrace and went away. Investigators found she had taken poison at a railroad station, was hospitalized and later released. Ball blamed stock market losses for her actions.
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News-Star
Memphis
Tenn
Lilly Ball
J. E. Ball
Ball
Identity of Slatn Man Revealed in Alabama Gun Duel
Birmingham police said the stranger shot last week in a gun duel with Henry Davidson at Decatur has been identified as Frank Cook, a companion of Roy Dickerson, a noted Alabama bank bandit and escapee.
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Associated Press
Birmingham
Ala
Birmingham Police Bureau of
Henry Davidson
Decatur
Frank Cook
Roy Dickerson
Alabama
Thanksgiving Day Weather Forecast for Gulf States
Probable fair weather for Thanksgiving Day in Mississippi Louisiana and Texas was forecast by W F McDonald with no indication of rain for the middle and west Gulf area. The outlook suggests pleasant conditions for the holiday across the region.
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New Orleans
Mississippi
Louisiana
Texas
W. F. McDonald
United States Weather Bureau
Middle
West Gulf
Mexican plans to exterminate Apache band in Sierra Madre
Francisco Fimbres, a Mexican cattle man whose wife was killed and son abducted, organized an expedition to wipe out Apaches in the Canyon of the Caves 168 miles southwest of Douglas. He has government permission and aims to start within two weeks to wait for spring and lure the band out.
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Douglas, Ariz
Sierra Madre Mountains
Here
Francisco Fimbres
Fimbres
Canyon of the Caves
Douglas
Hammond Man Named on National Business Body
Hammond Nov 21 F W Reimers president of the Southern Pine association and general manager for Natalbany Lumber company was named by President Hoover as a member of the national committee to restore business confidence and advance the development program outlined in Washington. Reimers was one of several Louisiana leaders called to attend the conference.
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Hammond
F. W. Reimers
Southern Pine Association
Natalbany Lumber Company
Hoover
Washington
Reimers
Louisiana
China appeals to League over Manchurian invasion
Chinese government appeals to the League of Nations and Kellogg signatories to halt and punish the Soviet invasion of China. The note accuses the Soviet Union of mass killings and occupation across Chinese cities as Manchuria burns at Hailar a distant front. The dispatch cites Wan Fu in reporting Chinese troops offering aid to Americans in Hailar amidst the crisis.
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Associated Press
Nanking
China
League of Nations
Soviet Union
Washington
Harbin
Hailar
Soviet Russia
Manchuria
Wan Fu
Wan
Hailang
Chiang
Hambone's Meditations by J. P. Alley
The column continues with a humorous voice describing a preacher plotting to feed white folks on ration scraps. The piece uses dialect to lampoon social dynamics and food scarcity.
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Hambone
Meditations
J. P. Alley
Meanest thief steals blind man’s pants and money
In Mena Arkansas on November 26 a thief took the only pair of pants and $17 from George Counterman a blind crippled shoe lace vendor. Counterman saved the money for home taxes and woke to the loss after a passerby assisted by retrieving the pants and notifying authorities.
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Mena, Ark
Mena
George Counterman
Counterman
Krebs Dismissed by Registrar of Voters Today
New Orleans report states A. E. Krebs, chief clerk in the registration office, was dismissed by Registrar Cc. S. Barnes for partisan conduct after Governor Long's urging. Krebs refused to resign claiming governor's backing while Long urged neutrality in the mayoral campaign.
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New Orleans
A. E. Krebs
Cc. S. Barnes
Registrar of Voters
Barnes
Krebs
Long
Francis Williams
Three Drown As Car Leaves Road Near Orange
J Charles Dolese wife and 14 year old daughter Marjorie, all of Mercedes Texas, drowned today in an eight foot canal along the Old Spanish Trail four miles east of Orange. A baby may have been in the car but its body not recovered. The car left the roadway and the road crew assisted in recovery. The woman rescued later died at hospital. Authorities took the bodies to Orange morgue.
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Associated Press
Lake Charles
J. Charles Dolese
Marjorie
Mercedes
Texas
Orange
Highway Department
Luther Ann Memorial Hospital
W. F. Brooks
Vinton
W. L. Fisher
Claiborne Voters Show Little Interest in Election Form
Homer Nov 26 Little interest was shown today in the general election to replace Representative John L Madden of Claiborne parish Ernest OBannon unopposed for the Democratic nomination faced no opposition in the general election which is a mere formality O Bannon served in the state legislature 1904 to 1912 and lives at Summerfield The vacancy followed Madden’s resignation and move to Monroe where he and his family now reside Madden recently opened law offices in the Bernhardt building in Monroe
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Associated Press
Homer
John L. Madden
Claiborne Parish
Ernest O’bannon
O’bannon
Summerfield
Madden
Monroe
Bernhardt
Watchful policeman halts Crescent City home robbery
New Orleans police officer Salvadore Andrellina spotted a man entering the Hicks residence on Napoleon avenue and arrested him. The suspect admitted intent to rob the home and implicated himself in a theft of a $175 suitcase of wearing apparel from Hicks’s car the prior night. The suitcase contents were mostly recovered and a second suspect was captured.
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Crescent City
New Orleans
Robert Hicks
Napoleon Avenue
Salvadore Andrellina
Orleans grocer foils bandit pair in bold scream
William Bartel a 60 year old Magazine street grocer faced two bandits who demanded the stick up. He yelled instead of surrendering and spooked the robbers who fled without taking anything.
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Orleans
New Orleans
William Bartel
Magazine Street
Frank
Eight Lives Lost in Pemrokeshire Steamship Wreck Rescue
The lifeboat Angelo saved 31 survivors from the wrecked steamship Molesey off Wool tack Point St Bride's Bay Pem brokeshire after several attempts in a storm. Eight lives were lost including two women.
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Milford Haven
Angelo
Wooltack Point
St. Bride’s Bay
Pembrokeshire
Monroe and West Monroe Christmas Decoration Contest Planned
The News-Star announces a city wide holiday lighting prize in Monroe and West Monroe. Citizens may enter as judges are chosen and daily notices will announce winners with Mayor BernstEin pledging city cooperation.
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Monroe
West Monroe
News-Star
Twin Cities
Arnold Bernstein
Attempted assassination shocks Hammond city
Francis Russell, a Hammond youth, was fired upon near Eastside school grounds as a car with several men passed. The shot entered above the heart. doctors say Russell survived, and authorities investigate motive and shooter details.
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Associated Press
Hammond
Francis Russell
Russell
Eastside
Carter
Ham
Word Portrait of Lover's Murder Draws Five Into Court
Miss Tillie Ruminer, 16, testified before the Stone county grand jury in Mountain View Arkansas, describing how Connie Franklin, 20, was held, tortured, burned alive after fainting. Her testimony helped secure first degree murder indictments against five men.
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United Press
Mountain View Ark
Tillie Ruminer
Connie Franklin
Mise Ruminer
Stone County Grand Jury
Connie
Girl Fliers Fail to Set Endurance Mark
METROPOLITAN AIRPORT Los Angeles Nov. 26 Bobbie Trout of Los Angeles and Elinor Smith of New York landed their biplane here at 2 55 a m when their gasoline supply ran out while attempting a new refueling endurance flight record.
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Associated Press
Metropolitan Airport
Los Angeles
Bobbie Trout
Elinor Smith
New York
Tragedy in Phillipsburg Fire Kills Five Children
In Phillipsburg New Jersey on November 26 a fire started during an attempt by Mrs. Verenna to kindle a fire with kerosene. Three children Clara 13 Charles 8 Mary 6 died from smoke and burns. Rosie 9 perished in the house. Sister Sadie 17 escaped with minor injuries. Four other children 17 16 3 and 2 were helped to safety.
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Associated Press
Phillipsburg
N. J
Tony Verenna
Clara
Charles
Mary
Sadie
Samuel
Nicholas
Tony
Millie
Rosie
Fire kills two and injures score at subway locker house
Two men died and more than twenty were injured when fire swept through a two story corrugated iron locker building used by subway workers in Long Island City. Police traced the blaze to defective wiring and continued investigations.
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Score
Blaze
Locker House
Long Island City
N. Y
Gas accident ends life of pharmacist William Hill
By Associated Press Gulfport Miss November 26 Owers found gas in a bathroom after his foot accidentally disconnected a valve while shaving. William L Hill 42 a pharmacist and former D Lo resident died of asphyxiation at his home. His body was found when he failed to relieve another pharmacist on night duty.
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Miss
Owers
William L. Hill
D’lo
Hill
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