Overseer Arrested After Nighttime Slaying in Alabama
In Kegee Alabama J T Toad overseer was arrested after a posse of up to five hundred searched for the killer of his wife found shot in the kitchen Mrs Cherry was killed as she washed dishes at home on Chehaw road near Tuskegee Five Black men were questioned and a watch bracelet and revolver found under a barn floor are linked to the case A Macon County grand jury was convened to probe the slaying
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Kegee
Ala
J. T
Iry
Cherry
emery-Tuskegee
Chehaw Road
Tusegee
Cherry Place
N. K. Denson
Macon County Grand Jury
Three Die as Storm Halts Planes in Flight
Near Wheeling West Virginia a storm halts a flight squadron of forty four planes returning from New York. The Honeymoon Express crashes near Salem Pennsylvania killing the pilot and two Dayton newspaper attaches. Eleven aircraft reach Langin Field Moundsville while fourteen reach Dayton and four return to Bolling Field.
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Wheeling
W. Va
A. P
Bolling Field
Washington
Dayton
Ohio
Langin Field
Moundsville
Here
Mitchell Field
New York
Salem
Coke
Woman Debates Husband Fraud Claim in Tombs Visit
Mrs. William H. Turner, who collected 20000 after her husband’s presumed Kentucky mine death, suspects the man in Tombs is an impostor. She traveled from Trenton with five children to identify him, while he faces murder and fraud charges after returning from exile in Germany. She was told to return after visiting hours.
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New York
A. P
William H. Turner
Kentucky
Tombs
Germany
Soviets May Recognize Russian Debt to U S
President Coolidge noted reports that the Soviet government might acknowledge Russia’s wartime debt to the United States. No official word, but recognition hinges on such acknowledgment. The Treasury records Russia owing 192 million dollars principal and 63 million in interest.
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Washington
Coolidge
Russia
United States
White House
Unusually Long Docket To Be Heard In District Court
A heavy docket with over forty felony trials and many more misdemeanors will be heard as the district court convenes Monday. The first week lists multiple murder and larceny cases, with numerous others awaiting grand jury action and further investigations.
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District Court
District Corr
Louis Long
Lizzie Keyes
Jacob Hester
Jim Summerlin
Edith Hudson
Will Johnson
Ben Thomas
Kessie Scott
W. P. Gossett
Willie Hagood
W. E. Poulan
J. R. O.donnell, Jr
C. E. Bailey
Will Eason
Buck Barrett
H. B. Tulley
M. D. Gaines
W. W. Hughes
Ed Fritz
Dennie Cash
Jessie McDeniels
Charles Gates
Buster Lipsey
Claude Whitford
Harvey Adcock
Luther Hays
Mann Thompson
Ohn Huff
Allison Lingefelter
L. F. Cummings
Phillip Snyder
R. P. Webb
B. F. Ford
C. A. Henson
Robert Carr
J. A. Gray
Dennis Cann Negro
Buster Henderson
Fred Renton
Charles Griffin
Coverte
Simplicity Marks Ralston Funeral in Indiana
In Indianapolis today a large delegation from Congress led the national and state in paying final tribute to Samuel Moffett Ralston junior United States Senator from Indiana. Friends and political associates gathered for the Hoosier Home service before a cortege to Lebanon for last rites, reflecting the simplicity that characterized his life.
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Indianapolis
Ind
A. P.j
Congress
Samuel Moffett Ralston
United States
Indiana
Hoosier
Lebanon
Ralston
Swedish Star Joins American Club in Chicago
Swedish swimming star Arne Borg, now living in Chicago, has joined the Illinois A. C. His marks and Johnny Weissmuller’s records hold most free style records. Borg has applied for American citizenship and will be eligible to compete in February 1926.
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Chicago
A. P
Arne Borg
Illinois A. C
Johnny Weismuller
Impressive Service Held for Vanderbilt War Dead Alumni
Nashville reports memorial services for Vanderbilt University war dead during the college’s semi centennial exercises. French Ambassador Mile Daeschner praised Franco American friendship and recalled the June 26 1917 arrival of American forces. He cited the cemetery inscription urging visitors to remember brave men who died young to gift future generations a just and peaceful world.
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Nashville
Tenn
T. P
France
M. Mile Daeschner
Vanderbilt University
Europe
America
M. Daeschner
West Monroe Baptist church to rise with 1500-seat temple
Plans by a Dallas architectural firm call for an ornate stone and cement church costing about 40 000 to 45 000 dollars. The proposed tabernacle style building will seat 1500 in the auditorium with basement and Sunday School rooms on a site now used by the temporary frame church. Financing arrangements are nearly complete and a church meeting can authorize immediate construction. The West Monroe Baptist church has grown rapidly with a large, increasing membership.
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New West Monroe Baptist Church
Dallas
West Monroe Baptist Church
Frisco Drawn Into Broad Southwest Railway Merger
Financial district interest grows over the St Louis San Francisco railway merger plans in the southwest. Frisco, though largest southwestern road, has not led merger moves while Kansas City Southern promotes a system including Katy and St Louis Southwestern. Experts predict all four lines will join under an ICC grouping plan.
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New York
A. P
Financial
St. Louis-San Francisco Railway
Southwestern
Frisco
Kansas City Southern
Katy
St. Louis Southwestern
Tax cut plan would exempt millions from U S income tax
Washington aims to push a tax reduction bill through Congress by December with expectations of cutting at least 300 million dollars from next year’s tax take. Representative Garner proposes exempting about 3.9 million people by raising single and married exemptions, while Treasury supports reductions in normal rates and sub-taxes. The plan favors a 25 percent top rate on surtaxes, and retention of estate taxes only to the extent aligned with state inheritance taxes for DC and Florida residents.
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Washington
A. P
House Administration
Congress
Green
House
Ways and Means Committee
Senate
Garner
Texas
Mellon
Treasury
Administration
Board of Tax Appeals
District of Columbia
Florida
Couch acquires Ferriday plant to build line
The Monroe report states Couch interests have bought the Ferriday electric light plant for 66000 dollars and will build a high power transmission line to Ferriday from West Monroe via Winnsboro. Negotiations for Jonesville plant purchase are under way.
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COUCH
Monroe
Ferriday
West Monroe
Winnsboro
Jonesville
Mississippi
Louisiana Power Company
Sterlington
Remmel Daw
Hot Springs
Ouachita River
el Dorado
Pine Bluff
Remmel Dim
Bastrop
Little Rock
Jackson
Miss
Keystone
Great Central Agency
Mississippi Power and Light Company
Louisiana Power and Light Company
Arkansas Light and Power Company
Mach
Harvey
Coach
Pine Tuff
Charge Daly Involved With 17 Year Old In Ida Abduction
Sheriff’s department searches for Will Daly 40 Ida La who allegedly vanished Thursday night with a 17 year old Ida girl. Daly allegedly deserted wife and five children. wife desertion charge filed by District Attorney Blanchard. Authorities at nearby areas alerted. Daly described as tall, clean shaven with light red hair.
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Shreveport
A. P
Sheriff's Department
Willaly
Ida
Daly
Blanchard
Hughes
Hardtner Re-elected President of Lone Star Route
Senator Henry E. Hardtner of Urania is re-elected president of the Lone Star Route Highway Association at the Little Rock meeting. New officers include Dr E H Abington Beebe Ark as vice president and W A Trotter Dermott Ark as honorary vice president. Louisiana directors named and 1926 St. Louis convention planned.
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Little Rock
Henry E. Hardtner
Urania
Lone Star Route Highway Association
E. H. Abington
Beebe
Ark
W. A. Trotter
Dermott
Charles E. Boren
Brighton
Ill
H. C. Wilhite
Alton
Illinois
Missouri
Arkansas
Louisiana
W. L. Bagwell
Oak Grove
R. Krause
Lake Charles
George E. Merkle
Alexandria
John B. Foster
Monroe
Joe Davenport
Mer Rouge
R. M. Taliaferro
Harrisonburg
St. Louis
Robert E. Lee
Chicago
Cameron
Louisiana Gulf Coast
Hotel Marion
Morehouse Parish
Newport
Paragould
Endora
E. J. Novak
Geo. C .Merkle
Donald F. Walker
E. H. Abbington
W. M. Parks
Pine Bluff
W. PD. Trotter
H. E. Hardtner
Caddo Crop Cut Quarter by Big Rain Yesterday
SHREVEPORT La Oct 17 The cotton crop in Caddo parish remained ungathered about one quarter after yesterday s rain storm Parish Demonstration Agent J R Anthony estimates roughly 25 percent damaged with about a third of river land cotton ungathered while hill farmers market progress has slowed picking in lowlands.
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Shreveport
A. P
Caddo Parish
J. R. Anthony
Insect Bite Fatal to Woman at Smackover
Mrs. C. T. Lewis, 25, formerly of Logansport Louisiana, died at her Smackover Arkansas home after a brief illness linked to a spider or other insect bite. A small pimple on her upper lip formed days earlier, became infected, and blood poisoning followed.
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Smackovbr
Ark
A. P
C. T. Lewis
Logansport
Fuqua Calls On Police To Put Vagrants To Work
Louisiana Governor Henry L. Fuqua urges sheriffs and city police to curb loafing and direct able bodied men to farms. He cites a cane and cotton harvest and a labor shortage, saying vagrancy laws should be used to place idle workers on cane fields and cotton jams for good wages.
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Baton Rouge
A. P
Henry L. Fuqua
Louisiana
Fuqua
Coolidge Hopes Locarno Opens Door to Arms Conference
President Coolidge expresses hope that the Locarno security pacts signal a path to a disarmament conference in the United States. Observers note European leaders aim for lasting peace postwar and progress at the talks, though no official steps are yet set. No observers were sent by Washington to monitor the proceedings.
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Washington
A. P
Coolidge
Europe
Submarine Tragedy Reveals Story of Missing Boy
The pension bureau reveals the tale of a run-away boy who enlisted in the Navy under an assumed name and was lost when the submarine sank. The mother, Mrs. Catherine McCarthy of New York, learned of his death through a pension notice. The son Sylvester McCarthy used the alias John J. McCarthy and named an aunt as next of kin.
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Washington
A. P
Navy
Pension Bureau
Catherine McCarthy
New York
Sylvester McCarthy
John J. McCarthy
U. S. Mail Sacks Burn in France Car Blaze
A train mail car from Havre to Cherbourg caught fire near Rouen, destroying 100 sacks of U S mail to the United States. Postal workers recovered 50 sacks from the debris and saved $1,000,000 in five dollar bills along with other damaged currency and checks.
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Rouen
France
A. P
United States
Havre
Cherbourg
Pis
James Hocking Sets Seventh Decade Mileage Goal
James Hocking hiked seventy miles on his 70th birthday in New York and has logged over 60 000 miles in twenty years. He aims to reach 100 000 miles before retirement, inspired by his long walking record and persistent goal.
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James Hocking
New York
May Debate on Church Matter Downed by Vote
In New Orleans on October 17 the House of Bishops rejected a plan for the Protestant Episcopal Church to join the federal council of churches. The resolution to maintain the status quo was sent to the House of Deputies for concurrence, with early calendar consideration planned. The deputies scheduled executive session to ratify bishop elections, including a missionary bishop nomination for Kyoto.
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New Orleans
A.P
Protestant Episcopal Church
United States
Federal Council of Churches
House of Bishops
House of Deputies
General Convention
George W. Wickersham
New York
Kyoto
Roger H. Walke
Pikesville
Sanctity of Marriage Association
William M. Thomas
Porto Allegre
Brazil
Shirley Hall Nichols
Yamanichi
Cho
Hiroshai
Japan
Robert Erskine Campbell
Masambulam Monastery School
Liberia
Middleton Stewart Barnwell
Field Department Council
Idaho
Episcopal bishops election opens in New Orleans
In New Orleans on October 17 the House of Bishops begins selecting bishops for missionary districts in Brazil Kyoto Liberia Idaho Arizona and Mexico from about fifty nominations. Delegates expect routine matters to wait until Monday while the church debates joining the Federal Council of Churches of Christ in America.
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NEW Oleeans
House of Bishops
Episcopal Church
United States
Holy Communion
Brazil
Kyoto
Liberia
Idaho
Arizona
Mexico
House of Deputies
Federal Council of Churches of Christ In America
Federal Council
Arrests May End Work of Bold Gang
Police arrested a woman and seven men as leaders of a crime gang active for six years. The group allegedly supplied subordinates with pistol silencers and was linked to a bank robbery, at least one murder, and numerous hold-ups. One furrier was killed during a July robbery. Rose Hemeline led a running gun battle with police on October 6. Further arrests are expected.
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New York
A. P
Freeport
Long Island
Rose Hemeline
Tsingtao Feud Fears Chinese Sailors May Bombard City
American and British residents in Tsingtao fear a bombardment by Chinese sailors if wage arrears are unpaid. They seek shelter in consulates and mission compounds inland. Three Chinese warships already here, with three more arriving. Chamber of Commerce efforts aim to mediate and avert violence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tsingtao
China
Mission
Chamber of Commerce of
Japanese Navy Dispatches Destroyers to Tsingtao
The Japanese Navy sent two destroyers from Port Arthur to Tsingtao amid threats from Chinese gun boat crews demanding overdue wages. American and British residents sought refuge in consulates and mission compounds away from the waterfront.
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Tokio
A. P
Japanese Navy Department
Port Arthur
Tsingtao
New ruler takes further steps in Shanghai crisis
Shanghai reports General Sun Chuan-Feng, who seized the city from General Chang Tso-Lin, is moving troops to take broader Kiangsu control. Sun’s forces have advanced to Soochow along the Shanghai Nanking line, with Soochow occupation reportedly without resistance.
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Shanghai
A. P
Sun Chuan-Feng
Chang Tso-Lin
Kiangsu
Sun
Soochow
Shanghai-Nanking
Chang
Former Pug Britten to Face Police Court Hearing
Jack Britten former welterweight world champion will be heard in Cocoanut Grove police court Monday after arrest for interfering with an officer. He allegedly tried to fight when stopped with a friend charged with speeding. three officers made the arrest in Miami.
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Miami
Fla
R. B
Jack Britten
Cocoanut Grove
Britten
Britton
River Stage Readings by City and River System
Mississippi values show Memphis 7.2 rising 0.2 and Vicksburg 13.8 rising 0.1 while New Orleans 2.1 rises 0.2 and Shreveport 11.8 rises 0.1 Alexandria 8.2 rises 1.0. Ouachita readings list Camden 15.7 rising 0.9 Monroe 15.1 rising 0.6. Ohio shows Cairo 13.9 rising 0.8.
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Memphis
Vicksburg
New Orleans
RED
Shreveport
Alexandria
Ouachita
Camden
Monroe
Ohio
Cairo
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