Canal Street Dual Slaying Shocks New Orleans
Discarded lover shoots and kills a dancer and a park commission employee on Canal Street. Police say Matthew Seminary known as Battling Joe Nelson was arrested after a brief escape. Victims Lillian Hardin Dolores Bevens and Ralph Sturdy. Sturdy’s brother in Chicago seeks body delivery and possible story material.
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New Orleans
A. P
Canal Street
Businests
Matthew Seminary
Joe Nelson
Lillian Hardin
Dolores Bevens
Dolores Zelerno
Ralph Sturdy
The
Park Commission
Seminary
Sturdy
Semiary
M. C. Sturdy
North Lewitt Street
Chicago
Chiago
Indiana grand jury reopens probe. publisher recalled
The Indiana grand jury again summons Thomas H. Adams publisher of the Vincennes Commercial as a witness in a corruption probe. Officials seek testimony from Mildred Milde and friends of D. C. Stephenson while efforts to involve Senator Reed continue amid tension over graft claims.
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Indianapolis
A. P
Indiana
Thomas H. Adams
Vincennes
Adams
D. C. Stephenson
Ku Klux Klan
William H. Remy
Madge Oberholtzer
Stephenson
Remy
Reed
Missouri
Joplin
Earl of Oxford Quits as Labor Party Leader
London Oct 15 Lord Oxford and Asquith resigns the Liberal Party leadership amid a rift with David Lloyd George over the June general strike. Lloyd George seeks the post in Parliament as Oxford notes he cannot join internal disputes.
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Earl OF Oxford
Labor Party
London
A. P
Earl of Oxford and Asquith
Liberal Party
David Lloyd George
Lord Oxford
Lloyd George
Oxford
Conflicting Views On Borger Oil Boom Town Conditions
G C Albright of the Borger Telegram says Borger remains quiet and denies calls for ranger help or a cleanup delegation. Henry W Zweifel says a delegation asked Judge Atwell to act, while authorities investigate two suspects in the shooting of 16 year old Mildred Toothman as Borger is described as a wide open oil town.
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Dallas
Tex
A. P
Borger
Panhandle
Associated Press Today
G. C. Albright
Borger Telegram
Henry W. Zweifel
Fort Worth
United States
Albright
Zweifel
Amarillo
William H. Atwell
J. A. Holmes
Walter Allen
Judge Atwell
Nineyearold boy dies after saving girl in school trip truck
Laurel Mississippi October 15 Hoozie Glenn nine attempted to rescue a little girl from falling from a motor truck carrying children to school. He was run over by a rear wheel and died at the state hospital. He was the son of Mr and Mrs W H Glenn of the Weley school community five miles west of Bay Springs in Jasper county.
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Laurel
Miss
A. P
Hoozie Glenn
W. H. Glenn
Weley, Schol
Bay Springs
Jasper County
Los Angeles Arrives Safely at Detroit Port After Flight
The Navy airship Los Angeles arrived at Ford Airport in Dearborn near Detroit, anchoring to a new mooring tower after completing a Lakehurst to Dearborn flight in just over 16 hours. Crowds cheered as the ship landed, with Lt. Z W Hicks in charge of the landing crew and Adm. Moffett among the first to descend.
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Detroit
Mich
A. P
Navy
Los Angeles
Ford Airport
Dearborn
Lakehurst
N. J
Shenandoah
Z. W. Hicks
Herbert Thaden
C. E. Rosendahl
Admiral Moffett
Witnesses summoned for coast hearing in McPherson case
Five residents from Douglas Arizona arrived in Los Angeles as defense plans to cross examine and use defense witnesses in the preliminary hearing on the conspiracy charge against evangelist Aimee Semple McPherson unfold. Lorraine Wiseman Sielaff, co defendant, testified identifying Miss X as Rachel Wells of Philadelphia and revealing the unknown’s whereabouts.
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Los Angeles
A. P
Aimee Semple McPherson
Douglas
Arizona
Lorraine Wiseman-Sielaff
W. S. Gilbert
Minnie Kennedy
Miss X
N. O
Carmel
Kenneth G. Ormiston
Carmel-By-the- Sea
Star State
Wiseman
Romanian Princess Passes Time Aboard Leviathan Reading U S Admirers Letters
On the Leviathan voyage to New York Princess Ileana of Romania fills time with letters from American suitors. A New Rochelle youth, Sidney Heller, meets the queen and her mother Queen Marie. The royal party will join events including Mrs Woodrow Wilson's birthday party, while the voyage continues to the United States.
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Ileana
Marie
Sidney Heller
New Rochelle
N. Y
Woodrow Wilson
Mrs. Wilson
Queen Marie
Hartley
Romania
United States
Heana
Prince Nicholas
Father Mahe Honored With Golden Jubilee Mass and Jubilee Festivities
More than a score of priests, prominent citizens, and officials attended the golden jubilee of Rt. Rev. Monsignor Mahe marking fifty years in the priesthood. The celebration began with a High Mass at St Matthew's Church, followed by a banquet at St Francis Sanitarium and an afternoon automobile drive to local industrial sites. The procession featured flower girls, altar boys, priests, and Knights of Columbus as Bishop Vanderen preached on the occasion.
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Monsignor
Mahe
St. Matthews’ Church
Bishp Vanderen
Alexandria
St. Francis Sanitarium
Sterlington
Marie
Vanderen
Father Marie
Knights of Columbus
Athale
Gounod
St. Cecelia
Shubert
Ava Maria
Romain
Mothers Blamed for Daughters Going Astray in National Meeting
Pittsburgh reports at the national prison congress highlight social workers faulting mothers and home life for girls going astray. Mrs. O L Amigh of Alabama cites lack of praying mothers and material fixation as causes while Miss Lena Jones stresses home environment and fear of God.
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Pittsburgh
A. P
National Prison Congress
O. L. Amigh
State Training School For Girls
Lena Jones
Birmingham
Miss Jones
Editor Confesses Forgery Ties in Hub City Scandal
Dr. G S Harmon longtime Hattiesburg American editor and pastor will testify before Forrest county grand jury detailing forgeries totaling 35000 tied to his paper He says he has restitution and transferred his properties to trustees to run them The confession notes he used others names without permission and will disclose all in court concluding with contived on page six
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Hattiesburg
Miss
A. P
G. S. Harmon
Hattiesburg American
Forrest County Grand Jury
Grand Jury
Hold Youths for Orlando Police Theft Charged
E. R. Malone and M. G. Martix both about 21 are held by Orlando police on car theft charges. Officers say they confessed to stealing a car in Orlando and denied other robberies. They were arrested while allegedly stealing a tire and carried a bandits kit including rifle pistol ammunition and two flashlights. authorities in Orlando will pursue them in the coming days.
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E. R. Malone
M. G. Martix
Orlando
Fla
Pettit
Harper
Martin
Malone
Capers in Far North Sky Hit Wires in U S
Aurora Borealis disrupted telegraph wires across New York, New England, and Canada. Earth currents weakened lines, delaying messages on Western Union and AP cables and slowing Wall Street trading between New York and London.
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New York
A. P
New York State
New England
Canada
Western Union Telegraph Company
Associated Press
Wall Street
London
Stunt Aviation May Lead Red Cross Roll Call Feature
Airplane stunt flying may be a highlight of the tenth annual Red Cross roll call from Armistice Day through Thanksgiving. E R Elifritz of Dallas led last year's aerial publicity stunt, inspiring nationwide plans. Officials say privately owned planes could reach over 1,000 areas if listed for the drive.
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Washington
A. P
American Red Cross
E. R. Elifritz
Dallas
Texas
Dalas
Red Cross
United States
Gitlow Attacks Smith Over Labor Endorsement
Benjamin Gitlow, candidate for governor from the workers party, accuses Governor Alfred E. Smith of being a false friend of labor. He cites Smith’s pardons of communists jailed under the criminal anarchist law and criticizes his entire administration as unfriendly to labor.
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New York
A. P
Benjamin Gitlow
Workers (Communist) Party
American Federation of Labor
Alfred E. Smith
Gitlow
Smith
Sing Sing
De Ridder Murder Case Nears Verdict In Louisiana
In Lake Charles Louisiana Joe Genna stands trial for the murder of J J Breville a De Ridder taxicab driver Attorneys wrap up testimony and begin closing arguments with a verdict expected before night Defense says Genna sane while prosecutors cite his signed confession as evidence of sanity and normal reason
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Lake Charles
Joe Genna
J. J. Breville
de Ridder
Genna
Breville
River Stage Readings Across Mississippi and Ouachita Regions
River gauges report Memphis at 81.8 with a 0.1 rise, Vicksburg 86.8 up 0.4, and New Orleans 9.4 up 0.3. Red River shows Shreveport 22.5 rising 0.9 and Alexandria 20.2 up 0.3. Ouachita notes Camden 7.3 falling 0.7 while Monroe reads 142 with a 0.4 rise.
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Mississip
Memphis
Vicksburg
New Orleans
RED
Shreveport
Alexandria
Ouachita
Camden
Monroe
Rigg
Contest for National Commander Moves Through Ballots
At the American Legion national convention in Philadelphia, leaders for national commander included Thomas A. Lee and Jay Williams. Johnson led early ballots but fell behind Savage on later rounds as states debated recess motions amid a long roll call. Alabama repeatedly backed Johnson, while a delegation joke referenced the governor of Alabama.
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Philadelphia
American Legion National
Alabama
Johnson
Underwood
Legion national commander ballot deadlock at Philadelphia meet
Delegates from Col J Monroe Johnson, Marion 5 C, Howard Save of Chicago, and Thomas A Lee of Topeka led a long night of ballots with no winner as Savage and Johnson traded narrow leads. On each round the totals shifted but no candidate reached the required majority, continuing through multiple ballots with Williams and Lee also receiving scattered votes. the proceedings continued on page fourteen.
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Philadelphia
A. P
J. Monroe Johnson
Marion
Howard P. Saveage
Chicago
Thomas A. Lee
Topeka
Kans
American Legion
Jay Williams
Aberdeen
S. C
Johnson
Savage
Lee
Williams
Willliams
William
Flavor on stamps proposed to boost mail sales
Post office officials consider a reader suggestion from a trade magazine praising Uncle Sam stamps but criticizing the adhesive taste. The letter urges adding flavorings like Slavens ing extract peppermint or other tastes to the stamp backing to attract customers.
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Washington
A. P
Post Office Department
Trade
Uncle Sam
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Eugene Lyman Fiske
Rangers
Lad
Michigan
Delaware
Lehurst
Lakhurst
Ford
U.S
Father Mahe
Hub City
Florida City
AL Smith
LABOR
South Carolina
Florida
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