Commander Rodgers Seaplane Crew Rescued at Kauai
Commander John Rodgers and the PN-9 No. 1 crew were rescued after nine days afloat in the Hawaiian waters. The Navy announced Rodgers will become assistant chief of the bureau of aeronautics in Washington, with rank and pay retained for now. News sparked mass celebrations across Hawaii as residents planned mass meetings to honor the stranded flyers.
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Washington
A. P
John Rodgers
Navy
Bureau of Aeronautics
Wilbur
Rodgers
A. W. Johnson
Pilot and crew of PN-9 Survive Ocean Ordeal after Flight
Commander John Rodgers and four crew members are found alive on choppy seas aboard the damaged PN-9 No. 1. The aircraft disappeared 25 hours after a San Francisco to Honolulu test flight, led to a rescue by a U S submarine R-4.
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Honolulu
A. P
John Rodgers
San Francisco
Tost
Ocean Hardships Of Rescued Men
Commander Rodgers and his crew endured 218 and a half hours in the water after their PN-9 No. 1 plane ditched. They towed to shore by submarine launches, drank rainwater, and endured sunburn and shortage of food as Kauai crowds welcomed them on the beach. The crew remained determined to reach safety and preserve their plane until rescue.
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Associated Press
Rodgers
Kiwanis Convention Discusses Service and Law
Kiwanis International district convention in Shreveport reviews expanding service for underprivileged children and equal opportunities. Speakers praise Kiwanis building ideals and loyal citizens while criticizing hypocrisy of breaking Prohibition laws yet seeking protection.
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Shreveport
A. P
Kiwanis International
CG. A. Ives
Baton Rouges
Sydney M. Cook
Dean C. Holmes
McComb City
Miss
Kiwanis
Gg. Harmon
Hattiesburg
Mississippi
Country Club
Miss Jacobs Retains National Girls Lawn Title
Helen Jacobs of Berkeley California defeats Alice Francis of Orange New Jersey 6 0 6 0 to win the national girls lawn tennis singles championship at the Philadelphia Cricket Club.
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Jacobs
Philadelphia
A. P
Helen Jacobs
Berkely
Cal
Alice Francis
Orange
N. J
German Naval Airship L-1 Loss Details Published
The Navy Department files recount the loss of the aerial vessel L-1 on September 9, 1913, noting its parallels to the Shenandoah disaster. Captain Walter R. Gherardi wrote the account, which also lists 61 Zeppelins used by Germany in the war, with 17 shot down, 24 lost to weather, and others destroyed or scrapped.
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Washington
A. P
Navy Department
Shenandoah
Walter R. Gherardi
United States
Wilbur
Naval
Hugo Eckener
Zeppelin Airship Works
Los Angeles
Gherardi
World’s Series in Miniature Opens at Jackson
The Cotton States League mini series starts this afternoon at Athletic park in Jackson. President Frank A. Scott will attend the opening game. Managers project strong teams and fans anticipate a record crowd despite cloudy skies and a light rain. Meridian and Jackson appear nearly equal per official averages.
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Jackson
A. P
Athletic Park
Frank A. Scott
Meridian
Man Injured by Missouri Pacific Engine Near Yards
Louis Nickerson, 40, is reported injured after being struck by a Missouri Pacific railroad engine near the yards. He sustained several broken ribs and was carried to St. Francis sanitarium after the incident occurring shortly after noon.
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Missouri Pacific Railroad
Louis Nickerson
St. Francis Sanitarium
Auto party survives fatal crash near Logtown
Miss Daisy Rasbury Miss Vivian Henry Otis Aulds and Alf Robinson of Arcadia escaped serious harm when their car flipped three times near a sharp curve by a small lake then caught fire. They were rescued, taken to Riverside sanitarium, with Rasbury most gravely injured but stable for several days.
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Daisy Rasbury
Vivian Henry
West Monroe
Otis Aulds
Alf Robinson
Arcadia
Filhiol Park
Aulds
Logtown
Riverside Sanitarium
Rasbury
Chamberlain Seeks Small Conference for Security Pact
Geneva report says British foreign secretary Chamberlain favors a small security conference with Germany and allies. He hopes Italy will attend and declines to name participants for now, noting invitation terms not yet dispatched and Cologne evacuation tied to German disarmament progress.
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Geneva
A. P
Austen Chamberla
Germany
Italy
Cologne
Memorial to Memory of W. J. Bryan Discussed
Friends of the late William Jennings Bryan met to plan a memorial for the commoner Josephus Daniels former secretary of the navy in the Wilson cabinet Daniels helped push the memorial idea and a form for it is being considered Washington is the likely site though no location is fixed yet
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Washington
A. P
William Jennings Bryan
Josephus Daniels
Navy
Wilson
Bryan
Bomb Explodes at Monroe Apartment Hotel in Chicago
A bomb exploded in the entrance of the Monroe apartment hotel in Chicago awakening seventy guests. The blast caused heavy damage to the building front. The hotel owner denied having had any trouble that might be attributed to the bombing.
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Chicago
A. P
Monroe Apartment
Mitchell Happy Over Saving of PN-9 Personnel
In San Antonio Texas Colonel William Mitchell praised the rescue of Commander John Rodgers and his crew after the seaplane PN.9 No. 1 was found. He called the saved fliers a blessing for humanitarian and national reasons and commended the navy searchers for bravery and nerve.
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Mitchell Happy
San Antonio
Teras
Sept
A. P
John Rodgers
Cornel Wm. Mitchell
Navy
Hats Remove in Elevators Ahead in Monroe
The Ouachita National Bank building plans to post signs ending the old habit of removing hats in elevators. Officials say removing headgear interrupts service and can obstruct neighboring riders, reflecting a national trend toward courtesy-free rides in cities like New York and Chicago.
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Ouachita National Bank
Monroe
H. L. Riles
Jonroe
New York
Chicago
Detroit
St. Louis
Little Rock
Beauregard Parish Fair Planned in DeRidder
Catalogs are being distributed for the Beauregard parish fair to be held in DeRidder 2024. Parish Agent M. L. Cooper and state department officials tour the parish to boost interest and arrange exhibits. They report strong yields in cotton corn fruit and truck crops with good poultry hogs cattle and sheep.
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Lake Charles
Beauregard
DeRidder
M. L. Cooper
Wilkinson
State Department
Beauregard Mass Meeting to Discuss Budget Crisis
Beauregard parish police jury calls a mass meeting of citizens in DeRidder on September 15 to address a financial crisis caused by reduced taxable property. The district attorney is invited to assist in solving the parish budget gap and meeting legal requirements.
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Lake Charles
A. P
Beauregard Parish
DeRidder
Unification Favored by Wyoming Methodist Conference
Cheyenne Wyoming Sept 11 Unification of the Methodist Episcopal church and the M E church South was voted unanimously here today by the Wyoming conference aay
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Cheyenne
Wyo
A. P
Methodist Episcopal Church
M. E. Church
South
Wyoming Conference
New Swartz Mystery May Be Revealed
Conductor Russell of the Missouri Pacific reports three men carrying a likely dead man at Swartz last night. Two men drew pistols and searched the body while a third searched for weapons, then the trio drove toward Monroe in an automobile. No body found. sheriff and railroad detectives investigate possible murder or a drunken victim.
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Swartz
Russell
Missouri Pacific Railroad
Missouri Pacific
Russel
Monroe
Roper
Dallas Pitcher Pence Sold to Cubs After Illness En Route
Russell Pence, Dallas pitcher sold to the Chicago Cubs for 15000 dollars, grew seriously ill on a train to Shreveport and was hospitalized in a semi conscious condition. A physician treated him after the train halted at Longview. Hospital reports say recovery chances are good. doctors attribute the trouble to acute indigestion.
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Shreveport
Russell Pence
Dallas
Chicago Cubs
Longview
Pence
Women of Chicago Less Friendly than Men
A Chicago street test by a newspaper investigator found women less friendly than men while old people showed more courtesy than the young. Walking Chicago's business thoroughfare, 38 greetings yielded replies from only six, with just one woman responding. Respondents included two old men, two fat men, a short cigar-smoking man, and a middle aged woman with a child.
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Chicago
A. P
Western Union Shows Big Gain in Income
The Western Union Telegraph company reports continued earnings growth. July gross rose nearly 1.5 million from a year earlier and operating income increased about 372,700. For January through July 1925 gross reached 69,941,442 and operating income about 8,585,622, up from 1924.
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New York
A. P
Western Union Telegraph Company
Old Orphanage Building at Lake Charles Is Sold
The Louisiana Baptist Orphanage board sold the sixteen acre property in Lake Charles to Mrs Wylie E Landry widow of J Alfred Landry for 25000 dollars. George H Lowery of Monroe and L Vincent of Lake Charles were authorized to close the deal. Official papers filed for record shortly after.
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Lake Charles
A. P
Louisiana Baptist Orphanage
Wylie E. Landry
J. Alfred Landry
George H. Lowery
Monroe
L. Vincent
Baskin teen crushed between cars on highway
Herman Jones, 17, of Baskin, was crushed between two automobiles while his brother Henry worked on a punctured tire. He suffered two badly fractured legs and body bruises and was transported by a passerby to Winnsboro for splints before being admitted to St. Francis Sanitarium in Monroe.
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Baskin
Herman Jones
Jones
Henry
Winnsboro
Monroe
St. Francis Sanitariunm
Nashville Banner Denies Painted Prowler Tale
The Nashville Banner reported there is no painted prowler or midnight marauder in Nashville after police investigations. Police HQ had no reports of prowler activity on Delta Avenue where residents kept vigil with shotguns ready. The paper cited Mayor Howse instructing police to arrest those shooting at ghosts and claimed the hoaxes and hysteria are overblown.
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Nashville
A. P
Nashville Banner
Delta Avenue
Howse
River Stages and Changes by River System
River stage readings show Mississippi levels at Memphis 0.4 rising 0.4, Vicksburg 4.7 rising 0.3, New Orleans 1.8 rising 0.4 with small fall readings at Memphis and Shreveport. Red River shows Shreveport 5.2 falling 0.1, Alexandria 2.1 falling 0.1 with Camden 2.6 falling 0.1 and Monroe 12.1 rising 0.3.
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Mississippi
Memphis
Vicksburg
New Orleans
Shreveport
Alexandria
Quachita
Camden
Monroe
Plan flight to Hawaii after Pacific storm period ends
The PB No. 1 naval seaplane, commanded by Captain Stanford E. Moses, will fly from San Francisco to Hawaii soon after September 21 once equinoxial storms subside. Tests showed the aircraft could carry 1,900 gallons of gasoline, enough for the voyage, improving on PN No. 1’s load.
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Washington
A. P
Naval Sea Plane
San Francisco
Hawaii
Stanford E. Moses
Navy Department
Pacific
Davis pushes for independent probe into Mitchell charges
Acting Secretary Davis urges an impartial civilian or congressional inquiry into Mitchell's attack on army and navy air services. Secretary Wilbur opposes a full investigation while Weeks may return to shape the department's stance. Mitchell welcomes the call as essential to prove the charges.
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Washington
A. P
Dwight F. Davis
War Department
Mitchell
Army
Navy
Wilbur
Davis
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Pn.9 No. 1
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Chamberlain
W. J. Bryan
DeRidder Fair
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Western Union
Julia Hoyt
Nashville Paper
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