Two Die in Room at 219 North Fifth Street Shooting
A double homicide unfolds at a residence on 219 North Fifth Street around 12:30 PM. Mrs. Nick Ramsey, 35, died instantly. Fbers Witt, 23, of West Monroe, died later at St Francis sanitarium. Police pursue theories of self-inflicted or partner-involved killing.
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North Fifth Street
Nick Ramsey
F Bers Witt
West Monroe
Witt
Mrs. Ramsey
Lenard
Clower
Ouachita Bank
Ramsey
Miners Walk Out In 158000-Strong Coal Tie Up
A peaceful but complete work suspension in the hard coal fields begins at midnight as 158,000 miners quit. The strike halts mining until a new contract is ratified, while 10,000 maintenance workers police the mines and contribute to the union emergency fund. John L. Lewis denounces operators for negotiating tactics.
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Philadelphia
A. P
Union
War Chest
Tne
Igen
Iof
John L. Lewis
Miners Union
W. W. Inglis
Anthracite Operators Scale Committee
Twin Cities Prepare Festive Labor Day Decorations
Monroe and West Monroe plan extensive decorations for Labor Day. Will Atkinson, decorations chairman, urges every business and residence to brighten the twin cities Monday morning. Lions Club support was sought at a Chamber of Commerce meeting.
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Monroe
West Monroe
Atkinson
Qo West
Will Atkinson
Twin Cities
Chamber of Commerce
Lions Club
J. C. Sadler
Sad‘Jeg
Sicard Road
Mont
Movie World Figures Pay High Income Taxes in 1924
Boston reports President Coolidge paid 14901.66 in income tax for 1924, while Charles Chaplin paid 345 and Roscoe Arbuckle 6116. Others in top lists included Rudolph Valentino and Buster Keaton. Douglas Fairbanks led Los Angeles filmdom with 182190 in personal tax.
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Boston
A. P
Coolidge
Collector of Internal Revenue
Los Angeles
Charles Spencer Chaplin
Roscoe E. C. Arbuckle
Arbuckle
Rudolph Valentino
Wallace Berry
Monte Blue
Lon Chaney
Hobart Bosworth
Reginald
Tax Records Show Rockefeller Paid Largest NYC Individual Tax
New York tax exposes Rockefeller Jr paid 6 277 669 in 1924, the highest by an individual in downtown Manhattan. Other notable payments include Rockefeller Sr 128 420, J Pierpont Morgan 574 379, E H Gary 322 680, Charles Evans Hughes 1 554, John W Davis 49 533, Otto H Kahn 809 776, F D Waterman 7 885, Woolworth 2 636 943, and Vanderbilt estates totaling 275 929 for 1924 with various 1923 figures noted.
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New York
A. P
John D. Rockefeller, Jr
Manhattan
Wall Street
Mr. Rockefeller
John D. Rockefeller, Sr
J. Pierpont Morgan
E. H. Gary
Charles Evans Hughes
John W. Davis
J. P. Morgan
Richard Barthelmess
Charles Scribner
Charles E. Mitchell
Otto H. Kahn
Frank D. Waterman
F. W. Woolworth Company
James Montgomery Flagg
Vanderbilt
Cornelius Vanderbilt
Reginald G. Vanderbilt
William K. Vanderbilt
Wrigley Payment Is Sharply Cut
A vast decrease in some income tax returns is indicated in lists of payments by over a hundred prominent Chicagoans published today in the Chicago Tribune and the Herald-Examiner. The largest tax paid is from L. K.
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Chicago
A. P
Chicago Tribune
The
Herald-Examiner
L. K
Mississippi opens public view of federal income tax data
In Jackson Mississippi Major George L Donald opened Mississippi federal income tax returns for public inspection. He placed assessed taxes and payments to date on a table in the collector’s office and invited reporters to inspect. He said he would follow the law and offered no opinion on public disclosure’s effect.
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Jackson
Miss
A. P
Mississippi
George L. Donald
Donald
New York
Coolidge presses Haney to resign from shipping board
President Coolidge hopes Bert E. Haney of Oregon will reconsider his refusal to resign as shipping board commissioner. White House remarks say Haney intends to stay despite the president's request, while Haney reiterates he will not resign while the president cites an alleged breach of faith.
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Swampscott
Mass
A. P
Coolidge
Bert E. Haney
Oregon
Shipping Board
Haney
White Court
Hanley
Washington
The
Two Issues Dominate Coolidge Vacation Outlook
President Coolidge weighs anthracite supply disruption and the shipping board dispute as he nears the end of vacation. Government will not intervene in the coal wage row beyond ensuring fuel flow, while Haney’s resignation remains unresolved. A guard duty incident at White Court resulted in a corporal's reassignment and a private’s 80 day confinement and pay forfeiture.
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Coolidge
Washington
Shipping Board
B. E. Haney
Oregon
Haney
Congress
Senate
White Court
Andrew Chantos
Cleveland
Adolphus Andrews
Clarence Key
Centerville
Texas
Settling Affairs of Defunct Oakdale Bank
LAKE CHARLES La Sept 1 E F Nichols court administrator for the defunct Allen Bank and Trust company of Oakdale is clearing the titles of all property the bank owned real and personal and will sell it under court direction to settle with depositors who he believes will receive about 40 percent authority the Calcasien Racers Bank will the this
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Lake Charles
Allen Bank and Trust Company of
Oakdale
Calcasien Racers Bank
Planes PN-9 In Pacific Flight Near Honolulu
Navy dispatches say PN-9 No 1 flying from San Francisco toward Pearl Harbor was within 350 miles of Honolulu at 9 45 am local time. Captain Moses says long radio silence is not alarming and may reflect storm avoidance or circling a weather front.
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Honolulu
A. P
San Francisco
Pearl Harbor
Hawaii
Langley
Stanford E. Moses
PN-9 No. 3 Forced Down At Sea Near Hawaii Flight
The PN-9 No. 3 geogplane, part of a two craft flight from San Francisco bay, was forced down in the Pacific about 300 nautical miles from San Francisco. The destroyer Wm. Jones stood by for aid as the other plane continued to drift, with crew attempting to rise and resume flight. Commander John Rodgers led the flagship group as the crash was reported by flight headquarters and the destroyer Jones.
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San Francisco
Poe
Pn-9 No. 3
Pn-9 No. 1
Langley
John Rodgers
Washington, D. C
Wright Brothers
Dayton
Ohio
Byron J.‘ Connell
Pittsburgh
S. N. Pope
Jackson
Otis S. Stantz
Terrehaute
Ind
Wm. Bowling
Discontinue Work on Northwest Waterways
SHREVEPORT La Sept 1 By A P The war department instructed that maintenance of navigation on the Saline river Bayou Bartholomew and the Little Mississippi river the latter an Arkansas stream be discontinued according to a letter issued by Major R P Howell district manager No report of commercial navigation on these streams has been made in recent years is the reason given for discontinuance of repairing the waterways.
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Shreveport
A. P
War Department
Saline River
Bayou Bartholomew
Little Mississippi River
Arkansas
R. P. Howell
Woodmen of
Louisiana
Mississippi
Forsythe Park
U. S
Monroe
Atoning
Brookhaven
Miss
Une
Brister
Ruth, Miss
Little Rock
Goodwin
Solgoshatchie
Ark
Davis
Lake Charles
Price
Jacoby
Mejor C. L. Mather
Adjutant General Staff
Omaha
W. A. Fraser
Shivers
Ralph Handlin
New Orleans
Arnold Bertiselln
Lake Charles Wildcats Open Practice Under Strong Staff
Lake Charles high school Wildcats opened football practice as a large squad turned out. Coach Killen, back for a second year, leads a staff described as the strongest in school history with P. L. Wise and S. A. Ferguson among the assistants.
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Lake Charles
A. P
Miss Juanita Ober in Monroe popularity contest race
Photo feature shows Miss Juanita Ober, a Miss Monroe candidate, aiding the Teflis Grotto with circus ticket sales. Officials call her a dark horse who could surge at the last minute as thousands of tickets are sold and several contestants run close.
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Griffin
Juanita Ober
Granville Ober
Juanita
Babe Ruth seeks peace with Ruppert after penalty
Babe Ruth and Col. Jacob Ruppert held a 30 minute conference over Ruth's off field conduct. Ruth pledged to apologize to Miller Huggins and hoped for reinstatement with the Yankees. He visited his hospitalized wife and said the $5000 fine was excessive while aiming to stay with New York.
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New York
A. P
Babe Ruth
Jacob Ruppert
Ruppert
Miller Huggins
Ruth
Huggins
Babe
Yankee Stadium
Boston Red Sox
N. Y. Hospital
Babe” Ruth
Yankees
West
Chicago
Twentieth Century Limited
Concourse Plaza
Farm Outlook Bright in September Review
The agriculture department sees a promising year with farm purchasing power at 91 of prewar levels. Weather and drought shape gains in wheat corn cotton and livestock while regions from the South to the Corn belt show mixed prospects. cattle and feeder demand revive, though the cattle industry needs stimulus for a broader revival.
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Washington
A. P
Department of Agriculture
South Sutton
Texas
Georgia
South Carolina
Mississippi Valley
South
Labor Union Bans Attendance at Washington Phillies Game
In Washington the American Federation of Labor orders all union men to boycott the Washington Philadelphia game to apply economic pressure. The directive was issued as part of a broader campaign against the Philadelphia club.
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Washington
A. P
American Federation of Labor
Philadelphia
National Capitol
Dera
Louisiana College enrollment seen over 400 for fall
Alexandria Louisiana September 1 Enrollment at Louisiana College is expected to surpass 400 as all dorm rooms in the three dormitories are filled and applications continue to arrive The freshman class is capped at 160 and the fall term begins September 22.
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Alexandria
A. P
Louisiana College
River Stages Report From U S River System
Mississippi values show Memphis 8.6 with a fall of 0.4 and Vicksburg at 7.7 unchanged while New Orleans sits at 2.2. Red River readings list Shreveport 6.8 down 0.2 and Alexandria 3.5 down 0.3 with Ouachita Camden 8.1 down 0.1 and Monroe 12.2 down 0.8.
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Mississippi
New York Wife Seizes Plane to Serve Husband Contempt Summons
Out of an clear sky Mrs Henry Glastris of New York hired an aeroplane and dropped down on her husband returning from Europe aboard the S S De Grasse to serve him with a contempt summons for failure to pay back alimony.
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Henry Glastris
New York
Europe
Ku Klux Question Is Raised in N. Y. Race
New York voters watch the mayoral campaign as Catholic and religious issues surface. Supporters of Mayor Hylan seize on Governor Smith’s role, while opponents cite Tammany leaders backing State Senator J. J. Walker. Campaign spokesmen clash over charges of prejudice and Ku Klux Klan associations.
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New York
A. P
Hylan
Smith
J. J. Walker
Tammany
John P. Cepalan
Walker
George W. Sevany
Gepalan
Catholic
Accuaa
Hearst
Wit Ploging
Thie Phas
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Labor Union
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Movie World
Coolidge Levy
Wrigley
Oakdale Bank
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