German oil firms sign up merger amid wartime pressures
Berlin reports a historic merger of Deutsche Erdoel Limited Deutsche Petroleum Limited and Reutgers Werk Limited. Deutsche Petroleum will absorb the others, increasing capital from 24 000 000 to 35 000 000 marks. The move aims to cut overhead and counter foreign competition led by Standard Oil and Royal Dutch.
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Berlin
A. P
Deutsche Erdoel, Limited
Deutsche Petroleum, Limited
Reutgers Werk, Limited
Deutsche Petroleum Company
Standard Oil
Royal Dutch
Germany
Madden Predicts Major Reduction on Income Taxes
Chicago on September 9 A P dispatch reports Congressman Martin B Madden Republican Illinois chair man of the house appropriations committee predicts a $350000000 tax cut. He urges sharing appropriations by 125000000 repealing inheritance taxes and a 15 percent surtax with lower normal rates for incomes up to 5000 and a maximum of 6 percent He condemns exemptions for small incomes and calls for repeal of nuisance taxes on theater admissions and automobiles while praising gasoline taxes for road funding.
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Chicago
A. P
Martin B. Madden
Illinois
House Appropriations Committee
Congress
Madden
Valentino Must Appear In Court For Speeding Charge
Rudolph Valentino will stand trial in a Los Angeles justice court Friday on a speeding charge. Justice Joseph Marchetti refused to move the court to Valentino's studio despite the actor’s plea that doing so would save money and keep cameras from waiting for his reappearance.
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Los Angeles
A. P
Rudolph Valentino
Justice Court
Joseph Marchetti
Valentino
Official Quiz Ordered in Mitchell Case
Washington reports War Department moves to question Colonel Mitchell over public charges against the administration of the army and navy air services. Mitchell urges a unified national defense with a council and a three-part Aeronautics department. Major Nugent to verify statements in San Antonio, Texas.
Hoof and Mouth Quarantine Expands in Houston Area
Officials extend the hoof and mouth quarantine after a new outbreak at the Molk dairy farm between Park Place and Harrisburg. Eighty cattle are involved and slaughter preparations are under way. All roads in Harris, Galveston, and Brazoria counties except the main Galveston Houston highway will close nightly starting tomorrow. More than 8,000 cattle have been killed and burned to combat the disease.
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Houston
A. P
Molk
Park Place
Harrisburg
Harris
Calveston
Brazoria
Galveston.Houston
Policeman Killed on Second Day of Duty at Fairfield
Birmingham Sept 9 A P W H Coleman on his second day as a Fairfield policeman was shot and killed on the stairway of his rooming house at dawn. Nearby officer Clements lay asleep within ten feet. Police have no clue to the slayer.
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Birmingham
Ala
A. P
W. H. Coleman
Fairfield
Clements
Spanish Landing Under Bombardment by Warships
Spanish troops landed at Alpucemass bay under a protective bombardment by 112 Spanish and French warships. French seaplanes aided the operation while Rif forces fired on ships. damage was limited to a wireless installation on one vessel.
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Madrid
A. P
Alpucemass Bay
Man Slaughter Charge Lodged Against Youth
A warrant for manslaughter is issued for R. H. Owens Jr. about 20 after the death of 13 year old David Kimbrell in an Ida Missionary area auto crash. Coroner Willis Butler cites carelessness linking Owens to the collision and relates alleged flirtation with two girls in the vehicle.
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Shreveport
A. P
R. H. Owens, Jr
Arkansas State Line
Ida, la
David Kimbrell
Near Mira
Ida
Missionairy
Willis P. Butler
Owens
Kimbrell
Ella Mae Kimbrell
Mae Kirkland
Houston
Young Kimbrell
Young Kimbrel
Bill Dolphin
Eldridge
Alvin Powel
Arkansas
Powell
Butler
Trestle near Urania burns delaying Missouri Pacific trains
Fire destroyed a 130 foot trestle south of Urania in LaSalle parish. The blaze halted passenger service on the Missouri Pacific for several hours, thought started by a blaze on an oily creek beneath the structure.
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Alexandria
A. P
Urania
LaSalle Parish
Missouri Pacific
National Probe of U S Aviation Urged by Senator
Detroit article notes Senator James Couzens urged a congressional probe into U S air defense administration. He dismissed an army navy inquiry as useless and urged removing incompetent officials, criticizing Col Mitchell’s broadside as insufficient.
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U. S
Detroit
Mid
A. P
James Couzens
Army
Navy
M. E. Editor Exonerated on Charge of Heresy
Reverend William H. Phelps editor of the Michigan Christian Advocate was exonerated by the Michigan Methodist Episcopal church investigating committee. The charges of heresy stemmed from two recent editorials in the Advocate.
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Lansing
Mich
A. P
William H. Phelps
Michigan Christian Advocate
Levi Bird
Port
Sanilac
Michigan Methodist Episcopal Church
Phelps
Advocate
Lavish kings of old outdone by American cities
Chicago dispatch notes American voters spend far more on public improvements than Louis XIV for Versailles. Five mid western cities announce plans totaling nearly one billion dollars for the coming decade with Detroit leading at 383 million, Chicago 350 million, plus Cleveland, Kansas City and St Louis with 40 million, 40 million and 85 million respectively.
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Chicago
A. P
Kings of Democracy
Louis XIV
France
Versailles
Detroit
Cleveland
Kansas City
St. Louis
Veterans Bureau Slashes Costs Saving Millions
The Veterans Bureau reduced expenses across operations returning 69,701,000 to the treasury from an appropriation of 481,957,898 for the year ending June 30. Savings came despite higher disability and death benefits, with staffing cuts, lower daily hospital costs, and streamlined purchasing and building costs.
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Washington
A. P
Veterans Bureau
Treasury
Frank T. Hines
Bureau
Hines
Federal
Marital Tangle Disclosed In Oak Park Social Scene
Wealthy healer Dr. W H Moorhead and Rose Smith Foin, 27, Hanover Pa, identified as the couple who vanished after warrants were issued for Moorhead alleging federal statute violations. Mrs Moorhead had secured alimony and a court attachment before the pair left Oak Park.
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Chicago
A. P
Oak Park
William H. Moakley
W. H. Moorhead
Pittsburgh
Rose Smith Foin
Hanover
Seek to Restore Mosul Territory to Turkey
In Geneva on September 9 Tevfik Rushdi Bey Turkish foreign minister presented a memorandum to the League of Nations demanding a plebiscite to decide Mosul’s status between Turkey and Iraq. The document warns that Britain's refusal would prove Mosul's desire to return to Turkish sovereignty.
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Geneva
A. P
Mosul
Upper Mesopotamia
Turkey
Iraq
Council of the
League of Nations
Tevfik Rushdi Bey
Great Britain
CTE Lacking in Murder of Iowa Woman
A churchgoer urging prayer is cited as the motive in a local Iowa murder case. Police say the liquor law violator is suspected and published what authorities describe as the suspect’s last words.
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Iowa
Last Words of Benton County Prohibition Leader Shot
Mrs. C B Cook president of the Benton county W C T U was shot in her home while drafting a speech for the organization’s convention. Investigators find few clues as they await the coroner’s jury reassembly with sixteen witnesses subpoenaed.
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Vinton
Iowa
A. P
C. Bb. Cook
Benton County
Clifford B. Coe
E. Underwood
Franco-Spanish attack against Abd El Krim Rif tribes begins
Paris dispatch says Franco Spanish offensive already under way with 150 000 to 200 000 troops. Northern thrust targets Tetuan while forces from the south push toward Ajdir and Sheshuan to squeeze Abd El Krim's realm.
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Paris
A. P
Abd-El-Krim
Alpucemas Bay
Aldir
Tetuan
Ajdir
Expedition Will Return Bodies of U S Soldiers from Mexico
Reports at Fort Bliss say a detachment will cross into Mexico to recover eight American soldiers who died serving with Pershing's expedition. The Mexican government reportedly granted permission and officials in Chihuahua will supervise. The casualties occurred at Carrizal Parral or Casas Grandes.
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EL Paso
Texas
A. P
Fort Bliss
Mexico
Pershing
Chihuahua
Carrizal
Parral
Casas Grandes
Hylan Claims Packers Run Slush Fund in Primary
New York reports Mayor Hylan charging meat packers traction magnates underworld figures and gamblers spread funds to back Senator Walker in the municipal primary. He warned editors were offered traction stock blocks in exchange for favorable coverage. Representative Mills and FP Waterman criticized the Democratic campaign.
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New York
Byg A. P
Hylan
Walker
Ogden L. Mills
D. Waterman
Fought Sister's Slaver in Montclair Kidnapping Case
Six year old Mary Daly was abducted in Montclair New Jersey and killed by the kidnapper described as the insane son of a prominent New York lawyer. Her brother Buddy tried to deter the intruder with a toy tomahawk as posses hunted for a clue and the slayer who confessed.
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Mary Daly
Montclair
N. J
Father of Slayer Says He Will Stand By Son
Geneva reports note Mrs Wilson remains devoted to study of the League of Nations and declines interviews. In New York a father says he will stand by his son Harrison Noel who is claimed sane after kidnapping and killing a child to obtain an automobile. Newark authorities seek indictment as lawyers for the defendant prepare to contest insanity.
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Geneva
A. P
Lake Leman
Wilson
League of Nations
Woodrow Wilson
Mrs. Wilson
United States
League
League Assembly
New York
Dix W. Noel
Harrison
Mary Daly
Mont Claire
N. J
Noel
Newark
J. Victor D’aloia
James A. Mason
D’aloia
Lee Sharp Fatally Injured in Gasfield Blowout near Norphiet
Lee Sharp a longtime resident and former conservation department worker in Monroe and more recently with Imperial Oil and Gas Company in Arkansas, suffered a fractured skull after a blowout at a 60 million cubic foot gas field near Norphiet He was taken to a Norphiet hospital for treatment.
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Lee Sharp
The
Conservation Department
Monroe
Imperial Oil and Gas Company
Arkansas
Norphiet
Hear Arguments in Suit Against Walter Candler
In Aurora Illinois on September 9 a court was to begin arguments in the case of Mrs. Clyde Pyfield against Walter Candler alleging an assault on her aboard an ocean liner.
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Walter Candler
Aurora
Ills
A. P
Clyde K. Pyfield
Police deny accomplice in Noel kidnapping case
In Montclair police denied pursuing a second person in the Mary Daly kidnapping. Prosecutor D Aloan pursued prep for grand jury. Witnesses sparked talk of an accomplice. police gave no credence to that theory. Mrs W J Bogan reported seeing Noel’s car pass with a man slumped in back seat.
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D'Aloai
Noel
Mary Daly
Daly
Raymond Pierce
W. J. Bogan
Cedar Grove
Miniature Derrick Accidents Injure Urania Youth
In Urania on September 9 a boy named James Neyland, 12, fell from a large makeshift derrick while Troy Wilson, 14, was constructing it. Neyland broke his leg between the knee and hip, in a field where boys have been drilling with toy derricks amid oil fever.
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News-Star
Urania
Troy Wilson
Joe Wilson
Jam Ces Neyland
Troy
Suit Over $100,000 Damages Involving Mrs Byfield
Testimony closed in the Mrs Byfield versus Candler case seeking $100000 in damages. Defense called character witnesses. Byfield previously lost, but the state appeals court ordered a rehearing. Byfield once lived in Monroe while her husband worked as a salesman for a local packing firm.
War Department and Navy Merit Probe Sparks Debate
In San Antonio Texas on September 9 Colonel Celine Mitchell denounces any inquiry into his actions and urges disciplinary action by officials. Officers note Inspector General Col. F E D Frutti outranks him, while Colonel George Nugent heads Washington IG staff. Rivalry between air service and coast artillery surfaces amid Mitchells push for air defense. In El Dorado Arkansas the Arkansas Department of the American Legion supports an independent air service department as proposed by Colonel William Mitchell.
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San Antonio
Texas
A. P
War Department
Celine Mitchel
Snoworine
War and Navy Department
Mitchell
FE. D. Frutti
Inspector General’s Department
Fort Sam Houston
Gorge Nugent
George Nugent
Inspector General's Department
Washington
Scott
Casasactory
Air Service
Mitchel Joftes
EL Dorado
Arx
Arkansas
Amel Legion
Air Service Department
William Mitchell
United States Army
Father’s Guest Missing Son Sought by Father in Arkansas
G G Heathcook arrived in Monroe from McGehee Arkansas to locate Fred Beathcock 22 last seen in Monroe. Beathcock attended law school at Lebanon Missouri and helped his father run a dairy at McGehee. Father fears harm or possible mental strain and asks News Star aid.
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McGehee
Ark
G. G. Heathcook
Monroe
Fred Beathcock
Arkansas
Benng
Stesunt
Lebanon
Town
News- Star
Sugar Cane Dusting Trialed by Plane at Port Allen
Louisiana State University extension division conducts airplane dusting experiments on George Hill’s 17 acre plantation near Port Allen to combat the cane borer. Entomologist W E Hinds says three applications of calcium arsenate will test efficiency and potential savings for Louisiana sugar planters.
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Baton Rouge
A. F
Louisiana State University Extension Division
George Hill
Port Allen
W. E. Hinds
Sugar Plantera
Louisiana
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Janet Beacher
Navy Air Services
Army Air Chief
Colone Mitchell
Nugent
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American Legion
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Navy Departments
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