Woman Identified as Explosive in Fort Worth Bank Robbery
Four men robbed cashier B. W. Moore and guard C. H. Murray of about 16 000 to 17 000 as they walked to a bank in Dallas Texas. Moore was knocked unconscious and the group fled after a pause amid busy Austin and Commerce streets with an automobile waiting.
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Associated Press
Dallas
Texas
B. W. Moore
Union Terminal Company
Moore
C. H. Murray
Austin and
Commerce Streets
Murray
Woman Makes Bluff at Fort Worth Bank
A 69 year old gray haired woman walked into Union Bank and Trust in Fort Worth and demanded 3000 dollars threatening to burn the bank. She was seized by Policeman H G Dollar and bank president Dan Lydick. A bottle claimed to hold nitro glycerine was found to contain sweet milk.
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United Prem
Fort Worth
Tex
Union Bank and Trust Company
H. G. Dollar
Dan Lydick
Robbery Slugging Ends With Fugitives Fleeing in Car
In a Commerce Street incident three men attacked a cashier, knocked him unconscious, and grabbed a satchel of money. Murray was the only victim seriously injured, stunned but alive. A pistol was snatched from a guard, and a shotgun was brandished as the car sped away toward Lamar Street.
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Murray
Commerce Street
Lamar Street
Southern Pacific seeks Cotton Belt control in SW rail case
Officials from nearly all southwest rail systems attended the opening hearing on the Southern Pacific request to buy the controlling stock in the Cotton Belt. The session was before Interstate Commerce Commission examiner Thomas F. Sullivan.
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Dallas
Texas
Southwest
Southern Pacific
Cotton Belt
Thomas F. Sullivan
Interstate Commerce Commission
Melton Slaying Seen Delayed By Grand Jury Action
Star reports the Tensas parish grand jury may not begin investigating the fatal shooting of Dr C W Melton by St Joseph mayor A Barnes Ratcliff until tomorrow or Wednesday. Sheriff Hughes notes many cases on the list. Ratcliff is free on his own recognizance. Ratcliff's wife has filed for divorce alleging cruelty. Melton’s body was sent to St Joseph Missouri for funeral services tomorrow.
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Star
ST. Joseph
Tensas Parish
C. W. Melton
Newellton
A. Barnes Ratcliff
Hughes
Melton
Grand Jury
George N. Clarke
Ratcliff
John Hughes
Capone May Spend Winter in New Orleans
Chicago gangster Al Capone may spend the winter in New Orleans, according to William Wiegand of the Item column. Capone and associates raced horses at Jefferson Park and Fair Grounds last season and were believed to add horses to their stables here this winter.
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New Orleans
al Capone
Chicago
William Wiegand
Wiegand
Jefferson Park
Fairgrounds
Louisiana Quakes Startle State in First Ever Tremor
Southeastern Louisiana including New Orleans and Baton Rouge was rattled by the state’s first known earthquake. No deaths or serious damage reported, with Morgan City worshippers frightened by swaying walls and several beds rattled. The quake occurred about 6:22 a.m. and seismographs noted the disturbance.
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Associated Press
New Orleans
Louisiana
Baton Rouge
Morgan City
Pilot Town
Mississippi River
Georgetown University of Washington
Loyola University
Spring Hill College
Mobile
New Iberia
Two Men Dead in Oil Barge Explosion on Hudson River
An explosion on an oil transfer barge in the Hudson River near Troy, New York killed two men and burned two others. Two towboats and the barge were destroyed, with glass shattered across several blocks in Troy and Waterford. Cause under investigation.
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Associated Press
Troy
N. Y
Hudson River
Barge Canal
Pil Transfer Company
New York City
Dynamic
Craig
River Street
Watervliet
General Weyler Dies at 92 in Madrid
General Valeriano Weyler noted for his Cuba rule and cruelty during the Spanish‑ American War died in Madrid at age 92. The captain general faded after a fall from his horse on his 92nd birthday last month, lingering illness ending a long colonial military career.
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Associated Press
Madrid
Valeriano Weyler
Cuba
Weyler
Spain
Three Orleans Women Poison. One Dies
New Orleans, Oct 20. Miss Josephine Cerniglia died from poison taken last week amid despondency. Myrtle Cruso, 20, and Margie Lassigne, 17, were treated. Cruso collapsed in the street and was said to be despondent over family illness. Lassigne’s mother reportedly compelled her to press curtains before she swallowed a poison tablet.
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New Orleans
Josephine Cerniglia
Algiers
Myrtle Cruso
Toulouse Street
Charity Hospital
Margie Lassigne
City Park Avenue
Jackson Well Flows Oil by Gas Pressure in Mississippi
Love Petroleum reports Maley No. 8 in South Jackson flowing oil with natural gas while awaiting air compressor gear. Officials project about 200 barrels daily as water shows alongside oil, with a 700 pound gas pressure driving the flow.
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Jackson
Associated Press
Jackson, Miss
The
Love Petroleum Company
Maley No. 8
South Jackson
Bandits Rob Memphis Store For Sixty Dollars
Two bandits entered a Bowers store in Memphis Tennessee and forced three employees to surrender. They rifled the cash register taking sixty dollars before fleeing the scene.
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Memphis
Tenn
Bowers
Supreme Court Rules on Louisiana Hiring Law
The court declined to pass on Louisiana public works hiring rules requiring contractors to use qualified state citizens who are voters. Also tied up a dispute over school land title in St Landry parish and considered Tennessee interstate bus tax. The case touches Arkansas train laws and Missouri Pacific challenges to train control improvements.
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Washington
Supreme Court
George A. Caldwell
Caldwell Brothers
New Orleans Parish
St. Landry Parish
Louisiana
John H. Harmanson
The
Brooklyn Cooperage Co
Tennessee
Arkansas
Missouri Pacific Railroad
Fire Claims 650 Lives In Wuchow Floating City Disaster
Canton China dispatch reports a massive fire in the tea house district of Wuchow along the West river killing 650 people. The blaze began aboard a floating restaurant and spread through boats and shore buildings amid a river commerce system that kept many shops afloat by seasonally varying water levels.
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Associated Press
Canton
China
Wuchow
Kwangsi-Kwangtung
West River
Sikiang
McAdoo urges surplus wheat fed to unemployed
Former Treasury Secretary William G. McAdoo calls for using the Farm Board 60 million bushels of surplus wheat to feed hungry unemployed Americans this winter. He argues the government should act when Congress reconvenes to authorize distribution rather than hoard the wheat for higher prices.
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New York
William G. McAdoo
Congress
Delta Air Line Discontinues Birmingham to Fort Worth Service
Travis Oliver of Delta Air Service announces the passenger service between Birmingham and Fort Worth has ended. Competition from southern transcontinental air mail carriers forced the decision, with negotiations under way to sell the Delta Air Service, possibly to a larger carrier. A new mail line from Atlanta to Dallas could supplement the existing service.
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Travis Oliver
Delta Air Service
Monroe
Birmingham
Fort Worth
Mr. Oliver
Oliver
Delta Air Service, Inc
C. E. Woolman
Washington, D. C
Atlanta
Dallas
Thanksgiving Turkeys Cheaper This Season
Chicago reports fall in turkey prices with retail rates down to 44 cents per pound from 48 cents last year. Wholesale prices may fall 15 to 17 percent, retail prices 12 to 15 percent before Thanksgiving.
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Chicago
Commission House
Winnsboro Hotel Blaze Endangers Guests
A fire at the Higdon hotel in Winnsboro forced guests to flee in nightclothes. Proprietor Charles Caldwell suffered minor burns while saving belongings. No fatalities. all guests escaped via a rear stairway. Damage estimated at 5500 with insurance. The hotel sits in the central business district with a lobby restaurant and about 16 guest rooms.
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News-Star
Winnsboro
Higdon
Charles Caldwell
Hidgon
Georgia Cordill
Explosion in Palestine damages two buildings injures three
A blast on Main Street Palestine Texas wrecked the Ash and Trice buildings injuring three people including Marie Moser in critical condition and M A Moser and Jewett Lamier. The cause was under investigation with theories ranging from nitroglycerine to a gas pocket.
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Palestine
Texas
Main Street
Marie Moser
M. A. Moser
Moser
Jewett Lamier
Lamier
Copeland
Mother and daughter face hearing in fatal axe attack
In Huntsville Alabama a preliminary hearing is set for Ida Gilbert 42 and her daughter Ruby 18 linked to the death of Fred Darwin a Jackson County farmer. Ruby admits her mother delivered the fatal axe blows after Darwin allegedly threatened them when drunk at their home late Friday.
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Huntsville
Ala
Ida Gilbert
Ruby
Fred Darwin
Jackson County
Darwin
Ruby Gilbert
Gilbert
Sheriff Installs Modern Criminal Records System
Sheriff Milton Coverdale unveils a modern system to store every criminal investigation. The plan includes an indexed warrant filing cabinet a record book on warrants and a cabinet for all records on investigated individuals. Records will be permanent even without arrests or warrants. Lloyd Cates, a white youth, was shot by Zeke Turner during a robbery attempt.
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Sheriff's Office
Milton Coverdale
Sheriff's Department
Lloyd Cates
Zeke Turner
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