Give Young People of Today Living Gospel
New Orleans dispatch reports the Episcopal Church's joint commission on home and family life urges a living gospel of cooperation for youth. It notes youths seek leadership and truth, criticize elders' example, warns against declaring youth in revolt, and calls for church guidance amid modern pressures like child labor and divorce. The commission recommends delaying marriage licenses and coordinating with other Christian bodies to speak with one voice on marriage and divorce.
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New Orleans
Ea. P
Episcopal Church
General Convention
Church
Joint
Commission On
Tien
America
Joint Commission
American Bar Association
Professor and Student Injured in Alabama Auto Accident
Professor J. Goodell of Mississippi A&M College and student J. D. Sevier were seriously injured near Trussville when a car skidded off the road in heavy rain. Student J. A. Wilson was hurt but left the hospital after treatment. Bevier suffered a severe back injury and possible broken ribs. Four other students escaped serious harm.
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Birmingham
Ala
A. P
J. Goodell
Mississippi Agricultural and Mechanical College
J. D. Sevier
Trussville
J.A. Wilson
Goodell
Bevier
Hhe
Atlanta
Urania No 9 completion eyed as test proceeds
Urania Oct 16 Zeigin et al Urania No 3 completes in section 19 10 2E and will be tested today after casing at 1553 feet. Oil encountered at 960 feet near Rowe Wallace prospect. Beckman-Freeman Urania No 3 25 10 1E prepares for a gas test Saturday. No 2 wild gasser expected to attract interest.
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Urania
Zeigin
Urania Petroleum Box
Rowe-Wallace
Beckman-Freeman
Shanghai Seized by New Ruler Sun Chuan Fan
Shanghai fell to General Sun Chuan Fan's forces without firing a shot as 10 000 troops took the city and 15 000 of General Chang Tso Lin withdrew. Foreign authorities received over eighty sentenced Chinese criminals as disorders erupted and a train carrying American delegates was seized before being forced to retreat.
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Shanghai
A. P
China
Sun Chuan-Fan
Chekiange
Chang Tso-Lin
Shing Shi- Lien
Shanghai-Nanking
Silas H. Strawn
Chicago
Peking
Strawn
Mahlon F. Perkins
State Department
Wood Street paving held up by frontage signatures
The Wood Street paving project awaits signatures for the final seventy feet. City officials report a deadlock as property owners delay the necessary majority, though many have signed. Once secured, work will begin from Grand Street to North Seventh Street with asphalt over concrete, improving access near the new courthouse site.
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Wood Street
Grand Street
North Seventh Street
Somme
Monroe
Arbuckle Friends Back Star Amid Protest at Masquers Club
Hollywood Calif Oct 16 The Masquers Club actors plan to wear overalls and placard in support of Roscoe Arbuckle in response to a board of education ultimatum demanding his removal from a Masquers Club revel at Hollywood high school. The club vows back Arbuckle and may move the event to another time or venue next week.
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Hollywood
Calif
A. P
Arbuckle
Robert Edeson
Board of Education
Roscoe Arbuckle
Hollywood High School
Masquers Club
Former Bank Head Guilty Embezzling $2500 at Pollock
James A. Christian, president of group B Louisiana Bankers' Association, convicted in Colfax district court of embezzling 2500 from Bank of Pollock during its liquidation. Conviction stems from transactions between Bank of Pollock and First National Bank of Pineville while Christian served as cashier at Pineville.
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Pollock
Alexandria
A. P
James A. Christian
Louisiana Bankers’ Association
Colfax
Bank of Pollock
First National Bank of Pineville
Christian
Scouts Banquet Boosts Monroe Scoutcraft Growth
In Monroe the Father and Son dinner at the Elk’s Club drew over four hundred Scouts and fathers or their substitutes. Bolton Smith of Memphis, vice-president of the national Scout council, spoke after Mayor Arnold Bernstein introduced him, praising the work of Scoutcraft as Camp Fire girls provided service. The event highlighted Monroe district growth from one troop to thirty six and about 800 enrolled boys.
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Monroe
Elk's Club
Bolton Smith
Memphis
National Scout Council
J. J. Keith
Arnold Bernstein
F. M. Freeman
America
Leon Hammond
Keith
Indiana
Mar
Smith
Peace Pact Endorsed by French Ministers in Paris
Paris October 16 The council of ministers unanimously approved France joining the Locarno security pact as part of the postwar settlement. The decision follows foreign policy talks and signals Paris backing for the western defense arrangement amid European tensions.
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Paris
A. P
Council of Ministers
France
At. Locarno
Three of 86 Crew Saved From Submarine S-51 Disaster
Boston dispatch reports at naval inquiry that Engineman Dewey C. Kile testified only three sailors escaped when S-51 was rammed by City of Rome off Block Island on September 25. He described waking by cork fragment, attempts to lock bulkhead doors, escaping through the conning tower, and being rescued after 45 minutes in the water with no lifesaving gear observed by the steamer.
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Boston
A. P
City of Rome
Block Island
Dewey C. Kile
Naval Inquiry Board
Kile
Helmsmen
Wiseman
Rome
Sheriff Courts Goto Shreveport for Prisoner Transfers
Sheriff Coverdale and Deputy Roper traveled to Shreveport to transfer Luther Hays charged with murder and J A Gray charged with incest from Caddo parish jail to the city for trial in the fall term of district court. Hays linked to Epstein murder. Gray accused of assaulting his four daughters. Gray’s indictment pending after grand jury review.
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Coverdale
Roper
Shreveport
Luther Hays
J. A. Gray
Caddo Parish
Hays
Adolph Epstein
Swartzgrocer
Howard Roberson
State Supreme Court
Roberson
Willie Stone
Epstein
Stone
Gray
Prince of Wales Opens Homecoming in Royal Welcome
London greeted the Prince of Wales with an extensive royal welcome upon his return from a 25 000 mile voyage to South Africa and South America. The King Queen and other royals led the reception at Victoria Station as thousands cheered and lined the platform.
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London
A. P
Prince of Wales
South Africa
South America
Victoria Station
French Leaders Call for Limit on Debt Payments
French radicals and socialists urge a policy restricting payments to the United States for war debts. Henri Franklin Bouillon leads a committee push opposing paying Allies more than France receives from Germany. The left bloc may demand a capital tax to back any financial moves. An Italian debt settlement plan was announced to be concluded by the Italian commission before Washington talks next week.
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Nice
France
A. P
United States
Radical-Socialist Party
Germany
Henri Franklin-Bouillon
Chamber of Deputies
Herriot
Caillaux
M. Franklin-Bouillon
Italy
Washington
Count Volpi
Heavy Rain Damages Cotton Crop in Shreveport
SHREVEPORT La Oct 16 heavy rain of over an inch fell between 6 30 and 7 this morning bringing total since 7 last night to 1 32 inches and 72 hour total to 8 48 inches The morning shower was accompanied by a yellowish reddish glow in the sky causing fear of a fire or storm though winds were light Damage to unpicked cotton is feared.
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Shreveport
A.P
Weather Bureau
E. R. Strahan
River Stage Readings by River System
River stage values listed for MISSISSIPPI OUACHITA and OHIO basins with towns and changes. Memphis unchanged at 7.0, Vicksburg 10.7 up 9.5, New Orleans 1.9 unchanged, Shreveport 11.2 up 0, Alexandria 7.2 up 0.7, Camden 14.8 up 6.1, Moroe 14.5 up 0.4, Cairo 48.1 down 0.5.
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Mississippi
Memphis
Vicksburg
New Orleans
Shreveport
Alexandria
Ouachita
Camden
Moroe
Ohio
Missing Olla Mayor J C Watson Still Unlocated
Sheriff and deputies continue a broad search for J C Watson missing since last Friday. An audit of his company accounts is underway to determine if a shortage exists. The hunt spanned highways from Georgetown to Pollock and Packton with several towns checked but no trace found.
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Shreveport
A. P
J. C. Watson
Olla
American Railway Express Company
W. Tson
Missouri Pacific Railway Company
Railway and Express
L. M. Davis
Urania
Georgetown
Pollock
Lone Star Highway
Packton
Winnfield
Watson
Frank Cox Trial Opens in Bastrop Court
The murder case of Frank Cox proceeds in Bastrop district court. Cox is charged with killing his brother in law Will Pickett at the Spyker gasoline plant on September 23. Pickett died after five gunshots. ambulance from Monore arrived too late. Prosecutors David I. Garrett and Sterling Newton lead the case before Judge Percy Sandel.
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Frank Cox
Bastrop
Cox
Will Pickett
Spyker
Pickett
Latcer
Monore
David I. Garrett
Sterling Newton
Percy Sandel
Monroe
Morehouse Parish
Hardtner Sues Dixie Oil Over Urania Lease Deal
Henry E. Hardtner of LaSalle parish sues Dixie Oil for 20000 dollars in local court. He says they agreed on leasing lots 13 section 10 northeast and a 10 000 cash plus 10 000 from first seven eights of oil. Dixie allegedly accepted then refused deed claiming invalid title, which Hardtner denies.
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Shreveport
A. P
Henry E. Hardtner
LaSalle Parish
Dixie Oil Company
Oil Company
Xyone
Hardtner
Shreveport to Host 1926 Southwestern Waterworks Meet
The 1926 convention of the Southwestern Waterworks Association will be held in Shreveport. A chamber delegation to Tulsa extended the invitation and received the approval for the event.
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Shreveport
A. P
Southwestern Waterworks Association
Chamber of Commerce
Tulsa
Okla
Rare Irish wolfhounds in nation hike through Central Park
Judy Farnham of New York regularly walks her pet wolfhound through Central Park as one of only a few such dogs in the country.
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Judy Farnham
New York
Central Park
Three Accidents on St John Thursday Night
Rainy weather and heavy traffic caused three automobile accidents on St John with two people injured. W R Terry, 1804 St John Street, was slightly hurt when struck by a truck driven by J W Averett. he was treated at home. A second collision on the same block injured a small child. police could not learn the names. Thomas W Leigh, 110 Louisville Avenue, backed into by C B Rostelle, 512 South Grand Street. both cars damaged. Leigh and Rostelle charged with reckless driving.
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W. R. Terry
St. John Street
Russell Cleaning and Dyerig Company
J. W. Averett
West Monroe
St. John and
Peach Street
Terry
Keller
Thomas W. Leigh
Louisville Avenue
C. B. Rostelle
South Grand Street
Leigh
Roszelle
Union of M. E. Church South Fails to Reach Ratification
Nashville reports the Methodist Episcopal Church South shows 1,835 votes for unification with the main church and 1,153 against. The tally falls 223 votes short of the three fourths required for ratification. southern votes total lag while the South Brazil conference has voted unanimously for ratification.
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Nashville
A. P
Methodist Episcopal Church, South
Methodist Episcopal Church
South Brazil
Locomotive Foreman Killed in L N W Railroad Crash
L L Ellard a section foreman from Bienville Louisiana was killed when a section motor car left the rails four miles south of Bienville. The crew suffered no injuries. Ellard had moved from Durant Mississippi about a year earlier.
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Shreveport
A. P
L. L. Ellard
Louisiana and Northwest Railroad
Bienville
Ellard
Durant
Miss
Methodist Church Unification Favor Stands In Arizona
Prescott Arizona October 16 The Arizona conference of the Methodist Episcopal church voted 29 to 8 in favor of unifying the Southern and Northern branches by standing vote.
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Prescott, Ariz
Arizona
Storm Ravages Monroe Area With Barn Destruction
A wind driven rainstorm near Monroe caused a barn south of town to collapse, injuring a plantation worker Ned Tillson and killing the man’s Negro coworker. Trees uprooted, telephone lines down, and cotton crop damage suspected though figures are uncertain.
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Monrod
Ned Tillsons
Neil McHenry
Monroe
Tillson
St. Francis Sanitarium
Here
Bastrop
Pardon Granted to Clay Thompson in East Carroll Case
Governor Fuqua granted a full pardon with restoration of citizenship to Clay Thompson, a Black man convicted in East Carroll parish on April 16, 1950 for shooting with intent to kill. His pardon followed board recommendation and was expedited to aid his paralytic mother and her cotton crop.
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Baton Rouge
A. P
Clay Thompson
Henry L. Fuqua
Board of Pardons
Clay
East Carro!l Parish
L'*s
Lake Charles Hit by Four Day Rainfall Flooding Southwest Louisiana
Heavy rains in the last four days halt rice harvests and cotton picking across southwest Louisiana. Lake Charles reports over a foot of water with several streets flooded above sidewalks. The 24 hour total ending at 7 am reached nearly 5 inches.
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Lake Charles
A. P
Louisiana
Log train collision kills Cullen Riley in Fisher
Cullen Riley brakeman for Louisiana Long Leaf Lumber Company was instantly killed when two log trains collided Thursday near Fisher Louisiana. Authorities say a misunderstanding of train orders caused the accident. Riley was not married.
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Fisher, la
A. P
Cullen Riley
Ond& Log
Louisiana Long Leaf Lumber Company
Riley
Suit filed for damages against Canton restaurant operators
Mrs. Carrie Smiley files in district court here a $475 damages suit against J. and C. Tong operators of the Canton restaurant alleging she stuck a splinter in her foot while employed there.
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Shreveport
A. P
J. and
C. Tong
Canton Retaurant
Carrie Smiley
Chinaman
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Helen Gould Sweeney
Goose Goslin
Senators
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Goslin
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Cairo
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la Salle Parish
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