Short Skirts Stir Midwestern Courtroom Fashion Debate
In Jeffersonville Indiana a mother sues to permit her nine year old daughter to attend school in knickers while in Grand Island Nebraska the state attorney general rules a preacher’s daughter need not wear bloomers in gym. Genoa Nebraska board orders skirts long enough to cover knees. Hazel O Bryan 16 defies the rule awaiting the next move by school officials.
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A. P
Jeffersonville
Indiana
Grand Island
Nebraska
Genoa
Chalers
Virginia Allen
Virginia
Pillman
F. K. Smith
State Legal Department
Nazarene Church
Hazel O'Bryan
W. V. Kenner
Bastrop mill worker injured in shoulder fracture
R. S. Andrews, 35, of Bastrop, a mill employee, fractured his shoulder at work yesterday. He was taken to Monroe and admitted to Riverside Sanitarium, resting easily today.
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R. S. Andrews
Monroe
Riverside Sanitarium
Vacuum Oil Strikes Bayou D'Inde Well for 1500 Barrels
Vacuum Oil announces a first oil flow from State Bayou D Inde in Lake Charles Louisiana. The well produced 1500 barrels of pipeline oil this morning and the state will receive the royalty from the output.
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BIG Gusher OF Vacuum CO
Lake Charles
A. P
Vacuum Oil Company
Bayou D'Inde
Louisiana
Cotton consumption and stocks fall within September totals
The census bureau reports September activity for cotton shows 571,105 bales of lint and 74,352 of linters consumed, with on hand stocks of lint and linters in consuming establishments and in public storage. Imports and exports also shift, while spindle activity rose from August levels.
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Washington
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Census Bureau
Mystery Meet of Chamber of Commerce Pushes for Membership Drive
The combined junior and senior boards gathered at the Chamber of Commerce led by President J. H. Trousdale to launch a short campaign for new members and $25,000 in funding. Secretary D. F. Walker urged delinquent payments while outlining the chamber’s work and needs.
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Chamber of Commerce
J. H. Trousdale
Chamber
Trousdale
D. F. Walker
C. E. McKenzie
Queen Marie Seeks View of New York Skyline and Statue
Leviathan reaches Gravesend Bay with Queen Marie of Roumania aboard. She plans to view Liberty Enlightening the World and the New York skyline from West 46th Street. The royal party watches films aboard and adjusts to sea travel as Mayor Walker’s welcome plan unfolds.
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Gotham
A. P
Merchant Marine
New York Harbor
Bartholdi
Roumania
Gravesend Bay
West 46Th Street
Hudson
Washington
Walker
Quariie
Macom
Broadway
City Hall
Browning Divorce Counsel Reportedly Consulted
The World reports Peaches Browning and her mother consulted Max D. Steur, famed divorce lawyer who defended Harry M. Daugherty. Neither Steur nor the consultants disclosed details of the conference.
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New York
A. P
the World Today
Peaches Browning
Max D. Steur
Harry M. Daugherty
Missing documents plague McPherson case again
Important documents in the Aimee Semple McPherson case have vanished for the third time. Attorney S. S. Hahn said six photographs of Mrs Wiseman and Mrs McPherson and several telephone receipts were stolen. The notes relate to alleged conversations with Kenneth Ormiston while he was a fugitive.
Not Guilty Verdict in Mann Slaying Trial
In Rayville district court Shelby Mann faced a manslaughter charge for the death of pipeline worker Claud Tull at Mann's Pharmacy. After a daylong trial the jury deliberated about thirty minutes and returned a not guilty verdict. attorney George Wesley Smith led Mann's defense amid local attention and interest from Tull's Bastrop relatives.
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News-Star
Rayville
Shelby Mann
Claud Tull
Mann
Geo. Wesley Smith
Tull
Bastrop
Sunday Blue Law Passes in Ouachita Parish Vote Nine to Three
After months of wrangling the Ouachita police jury passed the Sunday Blue Law prohibiting hunting on the Sabbath by a nine to three vote. Opponents John Breard Fred Peters and Charles Hancock voted against it as the measure moves to state review. The session also covered tax assessments bridge dam contracts and funding for courthouse maintenance with a slated completion on Bayou DeSiard dam works.
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Ouachita Parish
John Breard
Fred Peters
Charles Hancock
Mays
Louisiana Tax Commission
Monroe Hardware Company
H. P. Marks
Jack Singhal
Court House
Milton Coverdale
Bayou DeSiard
Mitchell Brothers
West Monroe
Lamkin
Bayou de Siard
San Antonio Chosen For 1928 American Legion Meet
San Antonio Texas was selected as the 1928 American Legion convention site with Miami and Denver as rivals. The vote was unanimous after state calls showed Texas leading, and Harold G Edwards withdrew Detroit’s invitation for a 1929 renewal.
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Philadelphia
A. P
San Antonio
Texas
American Legion
Stanley
Larry” Doyle
Montana
Miami
Denver
Harold G. Edwards
Detroit
Legion convention defeats world court resolution
The American Legion convention voted down a resolution reaffirming support for the world court after a brief debate. Opposition argued the issue was political and not regional.
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Philadelphia
A. P
American Legion Convention
Congress
United States
Department of Italy
Recall drive targets Governor Hartley in Seattle meeting
A statewide movement to recall Governor Roland Hartley was organized by 4,000 people in Seattle. Worral Wilson, as chair, will recruit 100 representative citizens to push the plan, prompted by Hartley appointed regents and their demand for Dr Henry Suzzallo's resignation at the University of Washington.
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Seattle
Washa
A. P
Roland H. Hartley
Worral Wilson
University of Washington Regents
Henry Suzzalo
Hartley
Marion County speeding probe into alleged political corruption
The Marion County grand jury pressed to finish testimony within two or three days in a case involving alleged bartering of offices by public officials. Thomas H. Adams and D. C. Stephenson testified as the probe neared its end. Stephenson was back in Indiana State Prison as the session paused.
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Indianapolis
Marion County Grand Jury
Indiana
Thomas H. Adams
Vincennes (Indiana
D. C. Stephenson
Adams
Stephenson
Indiana State
St. Louis
Seamstress on Stand in Coast Kidnap Hearing
Mrs Loraine Wiseman Sielaff a titian haired seamstress testifies as star witness at the preliminary hearing of Angelus Temple pastor on charges of conspiracy to obstruct justice She says she crafted evidence to support a kidnapping tale claiming Aimee Semple McPherson was held at a desert shack in Mexico and that she would pose as a cottage partner of Kenneth G Ormiston at Carmel Ocean Park Beach was the setting and Miss X was the code name used in the plan.
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Los Angeles
A. P
Aimee Semple McPherson
W. S. Gilbert
8. S. Hahn
Loraine Wiseman-Sielaff
Contived
Loraine Wiseman Sielaff
Angelus Temple
Wiseman
Sielaff
Dr. Jesse L. Adams Dies After Long Illness in Ouachita
Dr. Jesse L. Adams 53 prominent physician surgeon of North Louisiana died at St Francis sanitarium after years of illness. Despite treatment at Johns Hopkins Mayo Rochester and New Orleans hospitals his condition worsened. Born in Union Parish he practiced in Swartz and Monroe with Dr. J Q Graves whose firm succeeded in medical circles. He was active in Ouachita Parish Medical Society and the state board of education. CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX
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North Louisiana
St. Francis Sanitarium
Mayes Sanitarium
Rochester
Minn
Johns Hopkins
Baltimore
New Orleans
Adams
Wm. Adams
Shreveport
Johns Hopkins Hospital
Mayo Sanitarium
Monroe
Dr. Adams
Union Parish
Joshua Adams
Tulane
Swartz
J. Q. Graves
Ouachita Parish Medical Society
Board of Educa- Continved
Credit Men Open Two Day Session in Monroe
Members of the Louisiana Credit Men's Association from many cities gathered at Hotel Virginia for the fifth quarterly convention. I Woerner delivered the welcome, business sessions followed, luncheon paired with Rotary, and an afternoon of local sightseeing. A 7 30 p m banquet was planned with the convention continuing tomorrow.
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Louisiana Credit Men's Association
Hotel Virginia
I. Woerner
Busiess
Rotary
Monroe
Mail Bandits Slay Jersey P. D. Employee Crew Flee
Bandits with sawed off shotguns held up a mail truck under police escort in Elizabeth New Jersey killing John Enz a post office employee in charge of the truck wounding John Quinn another employee and a motorcycle patrolman Christman who was knocked from his machine and shot as he lay on the ground The gang fled toward Newark occupying two automobiles with ten or more members police recovered an empty mail sack and a machine gun later追
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Elizabeth
N. J
A. P
John Enz
John Quinn
Post Office
Christman
Newark
Elizabethport payroll stolen in Newark mail robbery
A payroll of 160000 dollars intended for the Singer Sewing Machine company was seized in the Elizabeth mail robbery, according to reports reaching Newark New Jersey on October 14 with time line from A P. The incident involved the Elizabethport Banking Co. and underscores ongoing mail theft in the area.
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Newark
N. J
A. P
Elizabethport Banking Co
Singer Sewing Machine Company
Elizabeth
Governor Simpson Supports New Orleans Blind Campaign
Governor H. Simpson, successor to the late Henry L. Fuqua, attended a committee meeting in New Orleans to plan a weeklong blind campaign. He arrived in New Orleans the previous night.
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Gov. Simpson
New Orleans
A. P
H. Simpson
Henry L. Fuqua
Simpson
New Orleana
Dope Peddler Charley Goodson Nabbed by Local Police
Charley Goodson, long sought by police and federal narcotics agents, was arrested on Monroe streets by Policeman F. K. Hams. He is jailed awaiting narcotics agents from Shreveport. A federal warrant followed an intercepted package of dope bound for Urania. A prior sale charge was dismissed after the agent’s death.
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Charley Goodson
Monroe
F. K. Ham
Goodson
Shreveport
Urania
Godson
Federal Grand Jury
River Stage Readings For Mississip pi and Ouachita Towns
River stage readings report water levels at several sites. Memphis shows 31.2 with a 0.3 rise while Vicksburg reaches 35.9 up 1.0. New Orleans at 9.1 up 0.4. Shreveport 21.6 up 0.4 Alexandria 19.9 up 0.2. Camden 8.0 up 1.3 Monroe 13.8 up 0.1.
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Mississippi
Memphis
Vicksburg
New Orleans
RED
Shreveport
Alexandria
Ouachita
Camden
Monroe
Cotton relief plan marches toward market stabilization
The executive committee meeting in Memphis approves a four million bale retirement, a long term cotton pool plan, and a 1927 acreage reduction to curb price slumps. Led by Dr. Tait Butler the group plans coordinated state campaigns funded by an $8,000 pledge, to mobilize cooperative marketing bodies for withholding cotton from current markets.
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Conference of Southern Bankers, Merchants and Planters
Tait Butler
Memphis
Butler
B. W. Kilgore
North Carolina
J. W. Fox
Mississippi
A. F. Lever
South Carolina
A. P.J
Chicago Chief of Police launches drive to end bootlegger gangs
Chief Morgan Collins selects seven captains to lead a city wide roundup against bootleggers. The operation mobilizes 450 officers with 15 lieutenants and 1 692 personnel in 207 vehicles, aimed at striking gang strongholds. Police claim informants tied Earl Hymie Weiss to a machine gun ambush on North State Street and seek swift justice amid a backdrop of gang distrust and legal hurdles.
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Chicago
A. P
Morgan Collins
Earl “Hymie” Weiss
Patrick Murray
Weiss
Order of Chit
Gangsters Bureau
Department
Collins
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