Gill Denies Charges Involving Caddo Youths
Superintendent W J Gill of the Louisiana Training Institute rejected a Shreveport news story alleging two youths were sent to the Monroa institute and later left penniless. Gill said the report was groundless and explained the board held a session to review Davies claims, with Governor Simpson briefed.
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Davies
W. J. Gill
Louisiana Training Institute
Shreveport
FE. H. Crane
Monroa Institute
A. J. Grayson
Caddo Parish
Gill
S. EF. Davis
J. Arthur Smith
Simpson Yues
Baton Rouge
News-Star
Student athlete killed in schoolyard shooting in Great Barrington
Gilbert Stanley, heir to a prominent family, shot and killed Peter Falco after finding him with a woman in a parked car on a school lot. Stanley said he acted in self defense and was freed on $10,000 bail while charged with manslaughter.
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Associated Press
Great Barrington
Mass
Gilbert Stanley
Liberty Today
Peter Falco
Stanley
Falco
Michael Cleary, Jr
Evelyn Budinski
Mabel St. James
Frank G. Crawford
Fulco
Beloved Nurse Nora Wright Laid to Rest by Local Firemen
Nurse Nora Wright known as Mrs Nora Dodson died at Riverside sanitarium after two months in critical condition. She cared selflessly for three local firemen Captain Tom Dupree Robert Franton and W J Bryan burned in an alleged incendiary fire. Their transfusion support and gratitude followed as her strength failed.
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Nora Lee Wright
Riverside Sanitarium
West Monroe Lad Struck by Car on Trenton St
Eleven year old Charles Anderson of West Monroe was struck by a car driven by C A Hatcher on Trenton Street near the Union Oil mill. X rays showed a skull fracture from the fall, with facial and body bruises. He remained unconscious for hours but was conscious and improving at St Francis Sanitarium. His father G B Anderson, superintendent of the Union Oil mill, said the accident was unavoidable and not Mr Hatcher's fault.
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Charles Anderson
West Monroe
C. A. Hatcher
Trenton Street
Wheat Monroe
St. Francis Sanitarium
Charles
Union Oil Mill
G. B. Anderson
Hatcher
Anderson
Obregon Warns Followers Against Reactionaries
General Alvaro Obregon in Toluca warns his supporters to guard against reactionaries hindering Mexico’s development. He says revolutionary leaders abroad cannot be reached and calls for punishment of reactionaries, noting the league for the defense of the revolution was created.
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Mexico City
Alvaro Obregon
Toluca
State of Mexico
Mexico
League For the Defense of the Revolution
Officers tracing Ark bank robbery bandits
Arkansas and local authorities seek more evidence against suspects linked to a Van Buren Arkansas bank robbery. An acetylene torch found with the group is being traced via a local dealer and factory records to determine purchase location.
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Shreveport
van Buren
Ark
Arkansas
el Dorado
Complex efforts to save Ruth Snyder hinge on psychiatrist testimony
Chicago psychiatrist Dr. Clarence Neimann testified for Leopold and Loeb as defense counsel seek to mirror the Bobby Franks case. Edgar F. Hazelton argues Mrs. Snyder acted under overpowering influences, aiming to persuade Governor Smith to grant clemency. Ruth Snyder in Sing Sing hopes for mercy from the humane governor.
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Associated Press
New York
Clarence J. Neimann
Chicago
Leopold and
Loeb
Ruth Snyder
Henry ‘Judd Gray
Hus
Gray
Snyder
Bobby Franks
Leopold
Dr. Neimann
Hazelton
Smith
Referendum on Flood Control Up 10 D C Vote
A local Chamber of Commerce committee will study the U S Chamber of Commerce flood control referendum for the Mississippi. Four questions cover funding responsibility, project location and maintenance, adequate funding, and separate governance. The meeting tomorrow at 4 pm invites the public. committee members include H L Rosenheim and several city officials.
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D. C
Chamber of Commerce
United States Chamber of Commerce
Mississippi
Mississippi River
H. L. Rosenhein
W. L. Ethridge
J. H. Trousdale
R. Downes, Jr
J. M. Cobb
Elmer Slagle
Guy Stubbs
P. M. Atkins
H. C. Cole
T. F. Terzia
John M. Breard
C. C. Bell
Arnold Bernstein
T. L. Hood
C. I. Faulk
R. O. Morrison
W. I. Neel
Amarillo to Denver gas line project advances to construction
Amarillo Texas reports fast tracking of a $22.7 million natural gas pipeline from Amarillo gas fields to Denver Colorado. The 22 inch line to Pueblo and 20 inch to Denver will be built by Colorado Interstate Gas and Canadian River Gas under Ford Bacon Davis design supervision. Contracts issued to Oklahoma Contracting Dallas and Williams Brothers Tulsa. Capacity includes one 8000 hp field station and three 5000 hp boosters. Expected completion October 1 1928. A parallel 20 inch line to Kansas City nearing completion will add 100 million cubic feet daily.
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Amarillo
Texas
Denver
Col
Pueblo
Canadian River Gas Company
New Mexico
Colorado
Colorado Interstate Gas Company
Ford, Bacon & Davis, Inc
Oklahoma Contracting Company
Dallas
Williams Brothers, Inc
Tulsa
National Tube Company
Pittsburgh
Colorado Fuel & Iron Company
Public Service Company of Colorado
Kansas City
Doherty Company
Bare Bootleg Plot to Kill Prohi Agents Exposed in Texarkana Case
Two U.S. agents A. Lambert and J. O Quinn and Henry T Prudhomme of Shreveport disclosed an alleged plan to lure the agents to a moonshine still and ambush them to seize money. Thirteen people are implicated in the probe with a grand jury investigation under way. Agents Lambert and O Quinn had led recent Northeast Louisiana raids.
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Associated Press
Shreveport
A. E. Lambert
John O’quinn
Prohibition
Texarkana
Prohibition Enforcement Department
Henry T. Prudhomme
Prudhomme
Shave Damaged by Barber Threat in Barbershop
A garbled text fragment depicts a confrontation in a barber shop with a man preparing to shave. The passage mentions a barber and a tense moment implying intimidation. The content reflects hostile dialogue and a dangerous scene in a barbershop setting.
Supreme Court affirms cost ruling on railroad crossing
The Louisiana Supreme Court sustained a ruling in the case Vicksburg Shreveport and Pacific Railway versus the city of Monroe. The dispute centered on who should pay to install crossing frogs where the railroad and street railway intersect at Jefferson and Second streets. The city ordinance of March 8, 1928, required occupying railroad companies to install and maintain the crossing. the railroad challenged this as unconstitutional, and the high court affirmed the lower court’s decision.
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Vicksburg, Shreveport & Pacific Railway
Monroe
Fourth Judicial District Court
Parish of
Ouachita
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Jefferson Street
Second Street
Supreme Court
Tex Thornton Halts Gasser Fire with Nitro Blast
In Borger Texas on Sunday Tex Thornton the veteran sharpshooter in a white asbestos suit used a nitroglycerine charge to smash a burning gas well crater. The blast choked the flames but shattered every window within ten miles. The fire began Friday from a spark ignition.
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Borger
Texas
Tex” Thornton
Sanford
Thornton
Adventurous Boys Return From Capital Quest Ends
Two 14 year old local boys Sam L. Cooper Jr. and Leon Rogers disappeared Friday and were found Sunday in Vicksburg after a friend saw them in Gloster Mississippi. S. I. Cooper father of one retrieved them and returned home.
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Baton Rouge
Vicksburg
S. I. Cooper
Mississippi City
Sam L. Cooper, Jr
Leon Rogers
Gloster
Miss
Two Bandits Rob Man in New Orleans Tire Fix
Two masked gunmen, one with a shotgun, robbed John J. Lang in New Orleans as he fixed a punctured tire, escaping with 250 dollars after driving away in a car. Lang notified police about the holdup.
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New Orleans
John J. Lang
Lang
Night yardmaster killed by train near Shreveport
Frank Jones age 39 assistant night yardmaster at Texas and Pacific Hollywood yards near Jewela was instantly killed when caught between two freight cars during duties. Witnesses included engineer foreman T. E. Marshall and yard clerk S. R. Hea. Jones had six years with the company and previously worked at Ranger, Texas, moving to the Shreveport area four years ago.
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Associated Press
Shreveport
Frank Jones
Texas and Pacific Railroad Company
Hollywood
Jewela
T. E. Marshall
S. R. Hea
Jones
Texas and Pacific
Ranger
Texas
Six More Traffic Lights Arrive For City Intersections
H. J. Apgar announced six new stop go signals arrived to be installed at intersections including St. John and Grammon t, Washington and Third, DeSiard with Nall Third Jackson and St. John. The signals will improve traffic flow and free officers to handle other duties.
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H. J. Apgar
St. John and
Grammont Streets
Washington and Third Streets
DeSiard and
Nall Streets
Third Streets
DeSiard
Jackson Streets
St. John Streets
Mr. Apgar
Capitol Hill Prepares for Seventieth Congress Initiation
Washington November 28. With the seventieth Congress set to convene next Monday, leaders on Capitol Hill plan a final week of setup actions. The House Ways and Means Committee aims to have a new revenue bill ready for consideration and a continuation of flood control hearings proceeds into its fourth week.
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Associated Press
Washington
Seventieth Congress
Capitol Hill
House
Ways and Means Committee
House Flood Control Committee
Ways and Means
Green
Garner
Texas
Mississippi
Supreme Court Dismisses KC Southern Interstate Valuation Suit
Washington report states the Supreme Court dismissed the injunction suit by Kansas City Southern to block the Interstate Commerce Commission from using its valuation of the railway property. The action ends the bid to restrain the regulatory valuation.
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Washington
Kansas City Southern Railway
Interstate Commerce Commission
Supreme Court
Smith Confessed Counterfeiter Led Abduction Ring
Police said Jesse H. Smith confessed to leading a band of counterfeiters and hold up group active in the South. Two girls Cecile Beatty and Betty Donaldson reported abduction, en route to Atlanta after leaving New Orleans. Officers continued search for alleged confederate Eros.
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Associated Press
New Orleans
Jesse HN. Smith
Cecile Beatty
Betty Donaldson
Atlanta
J. Beatty
Miss Beatty
Eros
Smith
Memphis
Jacksonville
Baton House
Chattanooga
Miami
Three Dead in Canadian Train Collision Near Dockrill
A head on collision between a Canadian Pacific passenger train and a freight near Dockrill, Ontario, killed engineer W. Burnett and two unidentified foreigners, with 34 injured including fireman R. Hoyt and engineer J. L. Bradford. Fire followed wreckage as cars derailed down an embankment and most of the 122 passengers not listed survived.
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Belleville
Ont
Dockrill
Here
Canadian Pacific
Dockrill Station
W. Burnett
Smith's Falls
R. Hoyt
J. L. Bradford
Smith’s Falls
HK. Kahn
Plane Crash Found in Chestnut Ridge Forest
Two army aviators died when their aircraft crashed in a mountain forest. Pilot E. R. Emery was found about 50 feet from the wreck, with his parachute partly opened. Mechanic William D. Wollman lay nearby, both men still strapped in, suggesting a sudden impact.
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Uniontown
Chestnut Ridge
E. R. Emery
William D. Wollman
Wreckage Believed Found Of Army Plane Missing Airmen
Union Town Pa The wreckage of an army plane believed missing with two aviators since Friday was spotted in the thickly wooded Fayette mountain region by air observers.
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Union Town
Navy
Fayette Mountain
Army
Wrecked Plane Sighting Near Uniontown Mountains
Lieutenant Halley reported sighting wreckage on a summit in the Allegheny mountains about eight miles from Uniontown. An army team with stretchers and doctors hurried to the scene. Pilot El Ry Emery and Mechanic W. M. D. Voltman, both privates, were en route from Boingfield to Columbus and were last reported at Somerfield.
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Union Town
Halley
Burgess Field
Allegheny Mountains
EL Ry Emery
W. M. D. Voltman
Bobinefield
Washington
Columbus
Ohio
Missing Army Aviators Feared Lost Over Maryland West Virginia
Union Towns Nov 28 Two airmen from Bollingfield Pilot E R Emery and Mechanic W M Wollman private officers vanished while flying toward Norton Ohio Their route Cumberland Md Uniontown Pa crossed rugged mountains and woods a farmer reported a plane matching their description landed on his Somerfield Pa farm boosting hopes they may have come down in the area
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Union Tows
Bollingfield
Maryland
West Virginia
E. R. Emery
W. M. Wollman
Newton Baal
Somerfield
Here
Emery
Wollman
Bolling Field
Norton Field
Columbus
Ohio
Cumberland
Uniontown
Feers
Six aviators killed in crash near Denib Morocco
A Tangier dispatch reports six aviators died when planes crashed forty miles from Denib. The craft fell 3000 meters in flames. the crew included a lieutenant, a sergeant, three NCOs and a radio operator. They were buried today after departing Fehries yesterday morning.
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Denir
Morocco
la Nation
Tangier
Denib
Fehries
Young Wife Yearning for Children Ends Life in Chicago
Twenty year old Ken dall Cowgen was held on a manslaughter charge for his wife Viola age 18 who killed herself with gas after an argument with him. Police said his conduct and failure to return home three hours after her death contributed to the tragedy, possibly setting a legal precedent. The couple had moved from Kansas City seeking an unmarried union and a home with children.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Kendall Cowgen
Cowgen
Viola
Martin Walsh
Cowgens
Kasas City
Ben Lindsey
Denver
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