Air mail pilot found dead after crash near Kendallville
The body of Edward Exberg, missing air mail pilot, was found beside his wrecked plane in a field near Kendallville Indiana. Exberg was aboard his first Chicago to Cleveland flight when an electrical storm struck northeastern Indiana. Weather delayed search efforts as fleets of ships stood ready to begin once conditions improved.
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Associated Press
Cleveland
Edward Exberg
Air Mail
Kendallville
Ind
John Berry
Cleveand
Exberg
Chicago
Indiana
Mirline Highway Work to Begin Next January
Baton Rouge announces start of construction on the Baton Rouge New Orleans airline highway in January. Major Frank T Ayne says the ramp sections in Ascension St James and St Charles parishes will be drawn up and begun first with completion in two years. The route will shorten the distance between Baton Rouge and New Orleans to 76 miles and most rights of way are secured.
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Associated Press
Baton Rouge
Baton Rouge-New Oleans
Ork
North Louisiana
New Ileans
Frank Tayne
Ascension
St. Mes
St. Charles Parishes
New Orleans
Baton Rouge Parish
Vaire
Desperate Leap Saves 25000 Dollars in Gems
New Orleans on Monday afternoon Charles Groves attempted a jewelry heist at Canal Street store run by I Antis. Groves drew a gun as the tray of diamonds was displayed but Antis leaped the moment he stepped back and Charles Newstadt aided, restraining Groves until police arrival.
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New Orleans
I. Antis
Canal Street
Charles Groves
Antis
Groves
Charles Newstadt
Flood Control Seen as Nation's Top Postwar Issue
Senate discussion in Washington frames Mississippi flood control as the greatest peace time problem. Tyson urges a national funded, engineering driven program with up to 600 million dollars, avoiding local contributions despite past damages. He notes 1927 floods as the pivotal trigger and Tennessee losses at six million dollars.
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Associated Press
Washington
Mississippi River
United States
Tyson
Tennessee
House Flood Control Committee
Congress
National Treasury
Mississippi
Louisiana Purchase
Sears
Nebraska
Curb market seat reaches new record at sale
The curb market seat of Richard J. O’Brien sold to William A. Scott for 65000, raising the record by 5000. Previously highs were 60000 in two sales yesterday, and 45000 earlier last week.
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New York
Navy
Richard
O’brien
Wm. A. Scott
Police Rules Emphasize Discipline and Duty
Police Superintendent H D Apgar issued 26 rules approved by Mayor Bold Bernstein to officers to improve efficiency. Key rules limit baton and pistol use to urgent cases and forbid leaving posts or entering homes except on duty. CONTINUED ON PAGE TWO.
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H. D. Apgar
Bold Bernstein
Apgar
Thompson denounces New York World in 1500 word telegram
Chicago mayor William Hale Thompson fires back at New York World over anti British histories and Chicago crime coverage. He claims crime in Chicago is down fifty percent since his election and accuses newspapers of falsehoods and distortion.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Wm. Hale Thompson
New York World
William Hale Thompson
Cement Bridge Made A Martyr To Knowledge
Albemarle North Carolina. Engineers prepare to bombard a cement bridge with artillery bombs and mines as part of a two day army siege beginning December 15. The project follows the dam and bridge replacement decision by Carolina Power and Light Company.
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Albemarle
N. C
United States Army
Carolina Power and Light Company
Pee Dee River
State Highway Department
Army
Martin
Rain Needed Presses Southeast Fruit Crops Hard
The Department of Agriculture reports moisture is still badly needed in the Southeast with South Carolina Georgia and Florida especially affected as truck crops suffer and citrus trees wilt on uplands. Elsewhere dry weather aids cotton field work with harvest advancing and finishing earlier than usual. Oklahoma shows nearly all cotton picked with ninety percent in the west and a small top crop in the lower Rio Grande valley Texas.
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Washington
Department of Agriculture
South Carolina
Georgia
Florida
Oklahoma
Rio Grande Valley
Texas
Cold Wave Brings Snow to the Middle West
A new cold wave from the Rocky Mountain states brings snow flurries to Kansas and Missouri and heavy snowfall in northern mountain states. Temperatures fall to the upper twenties in Colorado as mountain passes close. a railroad worker, Wm Masters, is found dead near Grand Junction.
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Middle West
Kansas City
Rocky Mountain States
Kansas
Missouri
Colorado
Remus Mansion Furniture Removal Linked to Murder Trial
In Cincinnati on November 30, witnesses testified about George Remus removing expensive furnishings and statuary from his Price Hill mansion during his absence. Witness William Mueller said Remus had charge of the property while Mueller was away, and that items were gone upon his return.
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Cincinnati
George Remus
Price Hill
Remus
William Mueller
Remus Show Place
Charles P. Taft
Mueller
Romola
Chicago
Taft
Driver Denies Drinking Held for Manslaughter
Shreveport reports that A L Rembert, driver in a three corner collision on Thanksgiving Day, faces a manslaughter charge after the death of Mrs R H McLean and injuries to four others. Coroner Butler says a wine sample in Rembert's car tested 11 percent alcohol, though Rembert denies drinking at the time.
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Shreveport
Willis P. Butler
Lal C. Blanchard
A. L. Rembert
R. H. McLean
Rembert
Butler
White Folks House Leaks Prompt Sale Attempt
A damaged fragment notes a White Folks’ old church house with a leaky roof. It mentions locals turning it into a sale attempt and comments on the community’s reaction.
Louisiana Training Institute Board Repudiates Cruelty Charges
The Louisiana Training Institute board disputes sensational cruelty claims by Grady Wilder a former inmate. Officials say Wilder was chastised seven times across two incarcerations, all deemed deserved and not brutal, with records and letters on file.
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Louisiana Training Institute
Grady Wilder
Shreveport
F E. S. Davies
Young Wilder
Institute
Wilder
W. J. Gill
Soviet Proposal Calls for Complete Abolition of Armed Forces
At Geneva the Soviet delegation urged the immediate and total abolition of land sea and air forces and the destruction of weapons and war materials. The plan calls for scrapping warships fortresses and ending mandatory military training with a draft convention to be drawn up and a disarmament conference by March 1928.
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Associated Press
Geneva
Switzerland
Russia
Preparatory Disarmament Commission
Maxin Litvinoff
Litvinoff
Delta lands ready to withstand next spring Mississippi rise
In Natchez Mississippi on November 30 officials report Louisiana delta lands protected against spring flood. Tensas basin levee board and Catahoula parish officials travel to Washington to urge flood control support and Red Cross aid for Catahoula flood survivors. Concordia parish shows progress with giant levee machines and new dykes at Glasscock Bougere reducing flood impact.
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Natchez
Miss
Louisiana
Mississippi River
Tensas Basin
Catahoula Parish
Washington
National Red Cross
Catahoula
Concordia Parish
Glasscock
Bougere
Red River
Funeral Pyre Marks Lynching of Leonard Woods in Kentucky
In JENKINS Kentucky a mob of over 200 armed men lynched Leonard Woods a black suspect in the slaying of Marshell Deaton 85 a mine foreman at Elkton Coal. Woods was burned atop Cumberland mountain after being to Whitesburg for safety and then seized from a jail by a motorcade. Two black women arrested with Woods were not harmed. Deaton was killed when he refused to let Woods and the women ride in his car.
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Jenkins
Cumberland Mountain
Leonard Woods
Woods
Marshell Deaton
Elkton Coal Corporation
Fleming
Deaton
Whitesburg
Hookah as Alternative for Smokers Cites Turkey Lip Cancer Rates
New York broadcaster notes that Dr. John Gerster, head of the city cancer control committee, says chronic smokers fearing cancer might try a Hookah since Turkish water cooled smoke lowers lip cancer risk. He cites Turkey where lip cancer is rare due to cooled smoke.
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New York
Turkey
John Gerster
The
American Society For the Control of Cancer
Skeleton unearthed in New Orleans may be missing candy shop owner
Workmen uncover a human skeleton from a shallow grave in Algiers New Orleans. Investigators suspect it may be Youssouf Joe Elia, a candy store owner who vanished six years ago. The bones were sent to the coroner for examination and possible exhumation. Police hold Johnny Scariano in communicado on related probes while seeking the suspected killer.
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New Orleans
Algiers
Youssouf
Joe
Elia
Johnny Scariano
Bandits Kidnap American Mine Manager in Mexico
H. W. Thompson, manager of a Copala mine in Guerrero, was seized by 20 bandits who demanded 5 000 pesos in ransom. They attacked his home, forced him to the mountains, and threatened death if authorities were alerted before payment. General Leopoldo Rizo ordered pursuit and rescue.
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Mexico City
H. W. Thompson
Copala
Guerrero
Mazatlan
Thompson
Sinola
Leopoldo Rizo
Two masked men rob American Service Station in Twin Cities
Overnight hold up at American Service Station No. 1 on DeSiard road netted about 32 dollars. Two masked gunmen forced night watchman J Scroggins to open the cash register and flee toward the Missouri Pacific tracks. Sheriff and city police investigate. reward offered by manager H A Bubb. The watchman suspects local culprits.
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Twin Cities
DeSiard Road
J. Scroggins
Scroggins
Sheriff's Office
H. A. Bubb
War Dept Says Lindbergh Killed in Action in War
Carrier pigeons from Ford Monmouth New Jersey carried messages from New York toward Washington when shot by hunters. Colonel Lindbergh is dead and General Harbord wounded though reaching the left with his message. the colonel is listed as missing.
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Washington
War Department
Lindbergh
General Harbord
Ford Monmouth
N. J
New York
L and A Purchase May Mean Large Industrial Program
The Louisiana and Arkansas railroad sale to H. C. Couch interests sparks talk of major industrial growth along the line. The 300.74 mile road runs from Hope Arkansas southeast through southern Arkansas to central Louisiana with a branch from Minden to Shreveport and another to Pack ton Louisiana.
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L&a
Louisiana and Arkansas Railroad
H. C. Couch
Rilroad
Hope
Ark
Arkansas
Louisiana
Minden
Shreveport
Packston
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Wayman Adis
Leonora Corona
Illas
Theetropolitan Opera
Uperintendent
Big Paper
N. Y
Tain Passes
Wm. Masters
Grand Junction
Colo
Baxter Pass
Wyoming
Monroe
Remus Mansion Furniture
Hambone’s Meditations
J. P. Alley
L. T. L Board
J. Arthur Smith
Caddo Parish
Mount Summit
Warren Candeller
Candy Man
Guns Point
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