Winter Invasion Crashes South as Frost Grips Dixie
Dixie mobilizes every citizen to resist King Winter as snow and cold push into Virginia, Tennessee, Kentucky, and Arkansas. Temperatures hover near 30 in Little Rock and Memphis, while New Haven reports heavy snowfall breaking 62 year records. Warmer weather expected soon.
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A. P
Dixie
King Winter
Virginia
Tennessee
Kentucky
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Alabama
Mississippi
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Cape Hatteras
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Memphis
J. Pluvius
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Conn
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University of Virginia
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Pennsylvania
Block Island
Rhodesland
Plaintiff Loses Suit Against Catholic Priest
In Lake Charles Louisiana Judge Jerry Cline dismissed and rejected the $25 000 damages claim by J Edmund Matts against Father Hubert Cramers pastor of the Church of the Immaculate Conception with costs. Attorney Edwin F Gayle quickly sought an appeal to the Louisiana Supreme Court set at 250 bond and December 15. The motion for a new trial was waived before appeal. The courtroom was crowded but spectators were few and Matts and Cramers were absent when the ruling was announced.
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Lake Charles
A. P
Jerry Cline
J. Edmund Matts
Hubert Cramers
Church of the Immaculate Conception
Edwin F .Gayle
Matts
State Supreme Court
Gayle
Aly
Cramery
Lake Charles Building Permits Top $131 000 in October
Lake Charles reports 1925 October permits totaling 131 174 dollars, lifting ten month total to over 500 000. Since January 1 construction starts rise to 523 644 dollars, including 89 new residences valued at 207 000 dollars.
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Lake Charles
River Stages Report Across Mississippi Basin
Mississippi river readings show Memphis at 12.3 with a 0.3 drop, Vicksburg at 19.2 up 0.4, New Orleans steady at 3.0. Red river shows Shreveport 11.6 down 0.2, Enenduria 9.5 down 0.5, Achita area jamdey 6.3 down 1.1, Inroe 11.8 down 0.6.
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Mississippi
Memphis
Vicksburg
New Orleans
Shreveport
enendUria
Achita
Jamdey
iNroe
Dying Words of Madge Oberholtzer Admit Evidence in Court
Noblesville Ind Oct 31 The dying declaration of Madge Oberholtzer was admitted in the Stephenson Klenck and Gentry trial after Judge Will Sparks struck seven sections as to content. The rulings left the part about taking her son, while excluding most of the other deletions.
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Noblesville
Ind
A. P
Madge Oberholtzer
D. C. Stephenson
Earl Klenck
Earl Gentry
Will Sparks
Seven Million Dollar Fraud Trial Targeting Miller
The justice department will press an immediate trial over a seven million dollar fraud involving bribes totaling 441069. Col Thomas W Miller former alien property custodian is charged along with the Merton brothers and three corporations. The case relates to wartime seizures of American Metal Company stock and payments to John T King and others.
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New York
A. P
Thomas W. Miller
Department of Justice
American Metal Company
Harry M. Daugherty
Harding
Liberty
United States
Merton Brothers
Frankforton
Maine
John T. King
Connecticut
Jesse Smith
Miller
Colonel Miller
King
Arkansas Man Dead After Fire In Shreveport
W H Rogers 87 of Portland Arkansas visiting his daughter Mrs D C Tyler in Shreveport was fatally burned in an explosion when a match ignited escaping gas from a heater. Neighbors found him on the floor near a window and he died shortly after reaching a hospital.
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Shreveport
W. H. Rogers
Portland
Ark
D. C. Tyler
Rogers
Baton Rouge High Faces Patterson For Title Hopes
Baton Rouge high school football hinges on the Patterson game today as the local eleven seeks to steady its championship chances. The team last week ousted Homer from contention and Patterson is regarded as one of the strongest on the schedule.
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Baton Rouge
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Patterson High School
Homer
Patterson
Jury verdict grants leniency smiles across courtroom
The accused denies the alleged story of his daughter and defense alibi fails as the jury delivers a leniency verdict.
Life Term Given to Alvin Gray by District Court
Judge Percy Sandel sentenced Alvin Gray to life imprisonment in the state penitentiary after a noon verdict of guilty without capital punishment. Gray was informed the sentence would be life imprisonment and then remained in the courtroom with other prisoners awaiting arraignment.
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State Penitentiary
Alvin Gray
Percy Sandel
Gray
Sandel
Guilty as charged without capital punishment case heard
In district court Alvin Gray a farmer was found guilty as charged without capital punishment for an alleged assault on his 14 year old daughter on September 20 1925. The jury also reported other verdicts and sentences including manslaughter larceny burglary and robbery for several defendants.
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Alvin Gray
Gray
Percy Sandel
Louis Long
State
Jacob Hester
Ben Thomas
Jim Summerlin
Willie Johnson
G. P. Gossett
Charles Gates
Sam Rush
Jesse McDaniels
W. E. Poulan
West Monroe
Farmer
Cotton Boll Weevil Reformers Fight for Parish Ginning
Nearly nine thousand bales of cotton had been ginned in the parish up to October 18, per a census report. Last year at this time four thousand thirty bales were ginned, showing more than double the 1924 volume. A sizable portion of the crop remains to be fed.
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Census Bureau
U. S
Hobgoblins and Ghosts of Ancient Times Pilgrimage
The 1925 Halloween lore surveys ghostly legends from Druids to Pomona festivals. It traces how autumn rites evolved into modern spooky rites with witches, goblins, bonfires, and superstitions shaping the night.
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Associated Press
Bates
Performo
Caler Bration
Hallowe'en
Hallowe’en
Death
Saman
Europe
England
Milk price rise set for city November 1
Central Creamery Company manager C C Beddles says half of the city milk supply will move to a 40 cent per gallon price increase starting November 1 making wholesale milk 50 cents per gallon and retail milk about nine cents a pint or 18 cents a quart. Local dairies struggle as Midwest supplies fail to meet demand and the Travelers Rest dairy herd is being disbanded with cows moved to Shreveport Columbia and Monroe.
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C. C. Beddles
Central Creamery Company
South Grand Street
Mr. Beddles
Bogalusa
Dallas
Texarkana
Detroit
Mich
Mid-West
Shreveport
Columbia
Monroe
WIDOWS OF SLAIN MEN SUE FOR DAMAGES IN COURT
Mrs. John Springer and Mrs. A A Byrd of Lake Charles and Port Arthur Texas have filed civil suits seeking 12000 from Rosenthal Brown Fur Co and receiver Cala casieu National Bank for workmen's compensation. Ned Harvey indicted for John Springer murder sits in parish jail under death sentence. Each widow seeks 6000 claiming hazardous work justified insurance benefits.
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Lake Charles
A. P
John Springer
A. A. Byrd
Port Arthur
Texas
Ned Harvey
Johnson’s Bayou
Cameron Parish
Rosenthal Brown Fur Company
Calcasieu National Bank of
Southwest Luisiana
Supreme Court
Fur Company
Insurance Company
Louisiana Public Service Commission Decides 20 Rate Cases
The Louisiana public service commission closed 20 docket items in Shreveport on October 31. Eleven cases were continued and many key matters, including rail rates between New Orleans and Lake Charles, were taken under advisement or denied. Reductions on agricultural lime and related products were suggested for approval, while the Texas Louisiana Tariff Bureau request re rate adjustments on cottonseed products was denied. The full commission H. P. Long, S. Taylor, and F. Williams presided.
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Shreveport
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Louisiana Public Service Commission
New Orleans
Lake Charles
Galveston
Louisiana
Louisiana Farm Bureau
Southern Mineral Company
Shreveport Chamber of Commerce
Thomas Ogilvie Hardware Company
Haynesville
Texas- Louisiana Tariff Bureau
Huey P. Long
Shelby Taylor
Francis Williams
FTC told no action needed in bakery merger plans
Federal Trade Commission safety staff chief examiner Milliard F. Hudson advised on October 31 that no action is required at this time regarding the proposed merger among General Baking Company Ward Baking Corporation and Continental Baking Corporation.
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Washington
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Federal Trade Commission
Milliard F. Hudson
General Baking Company
Ward Baking Corporation
Continental Baking Corporation
Yale leads Army as Dartmouth and Harvard struggle
First period scores show Yale ahead of Army 9 to 0 with Yale adding 7 more in the second. Dartmouth and Brown are tied 0 0 at end of first with Dartmouth 4 0 in the second, West Virginia leads Washington and Lee 2 0, Harvard trails William and Mary 0 7, and Yale Freshmen beat Hanover 17 0.
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Army
Yale
Brown
Dartmouth
West Virginia
Washington and Lee
Harvard
William and Mary
Hanover
Oil and Gas Day At State Fair Draws Big Louisiana Turnout
Thousands of oil and gas interest representatives from Louisiana, Arkansas, and Texas attend Oil and Gas Day at the State Fair in Shreveport. A street parade opens festivities followed by demonstrations and a miniature oil field exhibit. New Orleans Day activities include a mayoral delegation. Football fans pack the State Fair stadium for the Tigers vs Razorbacks game. Iberia parish wins top honor for fair exhibit with Tensas second and Rapides third in judging.
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Shreveport
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Louisiana
Arkansas
Texas
New Orleans
Martin Behrmann
State Fair Stadium
Louisiana Tigers
Arkansas Razorbacks
Louisiana State Board of Health
Louisiana State Fair Grounds
Chicago
Iberia Parish
R. V. St. Dizier
Olive Davidson
Tensas Parish
Rapides
Franklin
Beauregard
Washington
Bossier
Richland
West Carroll
la Salle
Ouachita
Madison and
Grant
F. Gentry
J. C. Moosburg
G. E. Adams
East Texas
Purdue Outweighed in Clash with Maroon at Chicago
Purdue meets Chicago today hoping to reverse odds in a 29 game season. The Boiler-makers, outweighed by 16 pounds per man on average, seek victory despite bulk disadvantages and a casualty list including Captain Harmeson and Glad ders.
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Chicago
A. P
Purdue
Boiler-makers
Harmeson
Gladders
France replaces Damascus envoy after city bombardment
Paris reports General Sarrail will not return to Syria as civilian oversight replaces the military mandate. France orders a full explanation of Damascus events after October bombardment and rising cabinet anger over reports of atrocities and destruction.
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Paris
A. P
Sarrail
France
Syria
Damascus
Painleve
Sarrial
Damascurs
Premier Painleve on French finance plans and senate outlook
Paris October 31 Premier Painleve issues a long statement outlining financial measures to be submitted to parliament within a week. The plan features a sinking fund from a special tax on accumulated wealth, avoiding a budget tie to defense bonds. Caillaux and Louis L. Klotz seek senate financial committee seats, signaling upper house stance on a capital tax.
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Paris
A. P
Matin
Population of Atlanta Prison 2872 on Oct. 15
ATLANTA Oct. 31.— The population of the United States penitentiary here on October 15 was 2,872, according to the November issue of Good Words. Between Sept. 1 and Oct. 15, 244 new prisoners were received and one returned from escape. Disbursements included 211 expirations, 3 by court order, 2 by commutation, 49 transfers, none for escape or pardons, 30 paroled, and 3 died. Last register number was 20,881.
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Atlanta
A. P
United States
U. S. Court
McCray Uses Jail Paper to Broadcast His Cause
Warren T. McCray former Indiana governor and inmate edits Good Words prison paper in his first year at the U S penitentiary He says he has done his duty since entering the institution The November issue carries his editorial and comments on prison management upheaval including the Sartain conviction and Looney acquittal.
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Atlanta
A. P
Warren T. McCray
Indiana
United States Penitentiary
McCray
Good Words
Albert Sartain
Looney ¢. Figrther
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