Record Low Temperatures Chain Across Several States
Dispatches report a brutal cold wave with 22 degree readings in Montana town and 25 to 28 in Louisiana cities. Frost battered the Midwest and South with ice covered streets and multiple traffic accidents, while cities like New Orleans logged a 25 year low.
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Buenos Aires
Crescent City
Hammond
Lafayette
Mississippi
Aso
Columbus
Flora
Miss
Y.& MV
Newark
Chicago
Iris
Wisconsin
Notre Dame Beats Army 7 0 to Claim National Title Run
Notre Dame defeated Army 7 to 0 before 85 000 at Yankee Stadium. Elder returned a 95 yard interception for the only score in the second quarter, keeping the Irish undefeated this season and boosting their claim to the national championship.
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Yankee Stadium
N. Y
Notre Dame
Army
Elder
Cagle
Hospital Head Resigns After Assault Trial
Dr. R. P. Harris resigns as head of Pulaski county hospital after the J. G. Cabe assault trial. Dr. Martin P. McNeil appointed temporary successor. Judge W. F. Sibeck criticizes Harris for defense actions and unauthorized examinations of a prosecuting witness. Two nurses accuse Harris of advising the girl against prosecuting Cabe. Further administrative changes rumored. McNeil to issue a later statement.
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Little Rock
R. P. Harris
Pulaski County Hospital
J. G. Cabe
Martin P. McNeil
Harris
W. F. Sibeck
Cabe
Sibeck
McNeil
Warrant Issued for Slaying Suspect's Wife in Alexandria
A warrant charges Ethlyn B. Smith wife of Edward Barrett Smith with aiding abetting in the murder of Dr Marvin Cappel. The warrant sworn by Joseph Carper before Judge J B Nachman was sent for execution after Smith was held in Ouachita parish jail.
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Associated Press
Alexandria
Ethlyn B. Smith
Edward Barrett Smith
Marvin Cappel
J. B. Nachman
Joseph 4. Carper
Smith
Ouachita Parish
Monroe
Sheriff Downs
Former Pastor Awarded 20000 Libel Damages in Rockford
John A Logan Warren a former pastor of the Durand Methodist church won a jury verdict for 20000 in libel damages in Rockford Illinois He had been evicted from his pulpit and unfrocked by the Rock River conference over charges of improper relations with a domestic in his home
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Rockford, Ill
John A. Logan Warren
Methodist
Durand
Ill
Rock River Conference
Remarkable Letters Left by Woman Who Slew Roomer
A Memphis case reveals Blanche Irene Hall 7 leaving letters after killing Herman A. Melain 28. She writes to her husband detailing the crime and arranging insurance, debt payments, and gifts for their son. She asks for a wreath and notes small house duties, ending with a postscript about a dime bank and money.
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Associated Press
Memphis
Tenn
Blanche Irene—Hall
Herman A. Melain
Deis
Harbors and Rivers to be Improved Under War Dept Plan
War Secretary reports continued improvement of rivers and harbors for navigation. The intracoastal canal project shows rapid progress as flood work and Hastings Minnesota lock and dam near completion. Survey planning for a nine foot channel to Minneapolis is under way.
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Washington
Secretary of War
Congress
Chief of Engineers
Mississippi River
Hastings
Minn
Minneapolis
Pacific Coast Endures Driest November in 40 Years
The Pacific coast faced extreme drought with no immediate relief and California water being sold by the gallon as cities fought to keep electric lights on. Washington feared outages despite a possible Alaskan disturbance. No hopeful outlook extended to most of the coast.
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Associated Press
San Francisco
Pacific Coast
California
Washington
Weather Bureau
Mother Lode
Cali
South Louisiana gridiron title claims weigh to capital meeting
In Baton Rouge on November 30 a sectional committee of the Louisiana High School Athletic Association prepared to hear claims from South Louisiana schools for the 1929 prep football title. North Louisiana had already named Haynesville as upstate winner in Shreveport. An elimination game in New Orleans was set for today between Jesuits and Warren Easton, and a state championship game would be arranged by the sectional titlists.
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Louisiana High School Athletic Association
Soue Louisiana
North Louisiana
Shreveport
Haynesville
South Louisiana
Jennings
Bogalusa
Warren Easton
Jesuits
New Or
Warren
Four Suspects Charged in North Carolina Bank Robbery
New Orleans dispatch reports four men charged in the $15,000 Canal Bank and Trust Algiers branch robbery. Three allegedly confessed to their parts, naming John Arnold 33 Louis Gentry 18 and Earl Friloux 24 as participants.
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Associated Press
New Orleans
Algiers
Canal Bank and Trust Company
John Arnold
Louis Gentry
Earl Friloux
Football Star Dies From Thanksgiving Day Injuries
MEMPHIS Nov. 30 Percy Lege a Mississippi college student and football player died in a hospital here shortly before noon from injuries suffered in the Thanksgiving game between Mississippi college and Southwestern university. Lege's home was Ludlow Mississippi.
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Memphis
Percy Lege
Mississippi College
Southwestern University
Lee
Ludlow
Miss
Hambone's Meditations by J. P. Alley
A humorous, dialect sample notes J. P. Alley’s Hambone’s Meditations addressing folks who feel insulted by the words. The piece uses regional speech to comment on manners and social reactions in a light, folksy tone.
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Hambone’s Meditations
J. P. Alley
Two Orleans Officers Charged in Prisoner Torture Case
In New Orleans on November 30, Captain James Burns and Patrolman John Mobery were suspended and charged with assault and wounding. Gordon Nichols, an ex convict, testified that Mobery and Burns burned him with a red hot poker after he claimed the watch from a pawn shop. Nichols says the burning caused flesh searing and a broken rib incident occurred while en route to a court. Dr. George Roeling confirmed Nichols was burned twice.
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New Orleans
Criminal District
J. Bernard Cocke
James Burns
John Mobery
12Th Precinct
Gordon Nichols
Burns
Mobery
Nichols
Recorder’s Court
George Roeling
Parish
Changed Cotton Freight Rates Urged for South
Examiner G. H. Mattingly urged the Interstate Commerce Commission to revise cotton freight rates in the south with only slight changes in the southeast and more numerous revisions in the southwest. The recommendation would abolish current group rate structures there while allowing certain groupings to remain.
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Washington
South
Interstate Commerce Commission
G. H. Mattingly
Examiner
Southwest
Druggist to Face Assault Trial in Segregated Case
In Little Rock on November 30 1925 trial dates are set for Allen Frey a local druggist indicted with J G Cabe for alleged assault on two Sebastiana county high school girls Cabe was convicted after a 24 hour jury deliberation earning a five year prison sentence Prosecuting Attorney A B Cypert announced Frey's December 9 circuit court trial date following Cabe's conviction.
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Little Rock
Allen Frey
J. G. Cabe
Sebastani County
A. B. Cypert
Frey
Cabe
Claims girls who do not need work should not ask job
New Orleans November 30 United Press reports Ulysse Mariononi a prominent New Orleans attorney told Knights of Columbus that affluent girls who work to escape boredom take jobs from needy girls and burden the community economy. He urged educators to train girls to avoid work to relieve economic strain.
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New Orleans
Ulysse Marinoni
Knights of Columbus
Macrinoni
Alleged Liquor Transfers on Atlanta School Grounds
An investigation by Atlanta school authorities and a special committee probes claims that liquor was transferred on the grounds of Tech High School and Forrest Avenue School. Testimony from Pat Layman and Sgt Henry Short alleges bootleg activity and late night car traffic on school grounds.
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Atlanta
R. H. Ritchie
Tech High
Forrest Avenue
Ritchie
Pat Layman
Henry L. Short
Layman
Short
Colored farmer robbed of 590 dollars by two men
Reuben Williams reports two Black men robbed him of more than 590 dollars after cashing a cotton check at Hotel Monroe. The pair, described as slim and about 145 to 150 pounds, fled after grabbing the money from his overcoat pocket. Williams, distressed, said the sum represented a large portion of his farm earnings.
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Reuben Williams
Monroe
J. E. Doughtie
Hotel Monroe
Williams
British Vessel Norwich City Runs Ashore on Gardner's Island
The 3531 ton British freighter Norwich City ran aground on Gardner's Island 80 miles west of Honolulu. A distress SOS was heard, and no further word has been received. Built in 1911, she sails for Pacific coast ports from Melbourne, with about 40 crew aboard.
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San Francisco
Norwich City
Gardner's Island
Navy
Tutia
Hawaiian Islands
Radio Marine Corporation
Hawaiian
Reardon Smith Lines
Melbourne
Australia
Honolulu
Congress Begins Regular Session With Tax Cuts Planned
Congress reopens in a higher mood as it starts the long session. The first big item is a broad tax reduction of one percent across the board, to take effect on March payments, with swift enactment expected.
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Washington
Congress
Three Union Men in Marion Case Are Convicted
Alfred Hoffman, a union organizer, and three union laborers were found guilty by a Burke County jury in Marion North Carolina of rioting at the Clinchfield mill village on August 30. Hoffman received 30 days in McDowell county jail and a $1000 fine. The other defendants W L Hogan Wes Fowler and Del Lewis were sentenced to six months in county jail to be worked on roads, with no fines.
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Marion
N. C
Alfred Hoffman
Burke County
Clinchfield Mill Village
Hoffman
McDowell County
G. Vernon Cowper
W. L. Hogan
Wes Fowler
del Lewis
Trio Whom He Took to Right Road Rob and Wound Arkansan
Walnut Ridge Ark Nov 30 Police sought three men believed to have shot and critically wounded Roy Justus 25 near his home north of town last night He said the men asked to be directed to Rock road led him in his car one man rode with him and two followed in their auto.
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Walnut Ridge
Ark
Roy Justus
Here
Justus
Rock Road
Early Morning Incidents Reported at Home
In the early hours this morning a series of incidents occurred at a residence. Details remain sparse as investigators respond to a quiet neighborhood disturbance.
Seven suffer burns. kerosene fire cause in cold wave deaths
In three distant states eight people including two children died as flames swept through two homes and a lodging house amid a severe cold period. A Wyoming Illinois blaze began when a housekeeper, Mra.
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United States
Wyoming
Mra
Fire destroys three homes on Hamburg Street in New Orleans
Fire in a basement of a double house at 3524 26 Hamburg street destroyed three residences and damaged a fourth. Henry Edgerson and Fred Martin faced $800 in furnishings loss and a $5,000 house value. Other losses included Henry Duplessiz's home $4,300, Louis Gasper furnishings $300, a nearby Negro home $600, and Louis Desene’s adjoining property $125.
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New Orleans
Hamburg Street
Henry Edgerson
Fred Martin
Henry Duplessiz
Louis Gasper
Louis Desene
Martha Johnson Sparks Fire With Kerosene Incident
Martha Johnson threw kerosene on live coals to liven up the fire, a startling act noted in the page seven continuation.
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Martha Johnson
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