Defenders Regain Ground In Chekiang Front Near Shanghai
Chekiang troops on the Shanghai Nanking railway front between Kiating and Shanghai pushed back Kiangsu forces after a daybreak assault. Reinforcements of 1500 Chekiang troops arrived from Kashing, and the counter attack recovered lost ground and captured numerous Kiangsu prisoners. Air reconnaissance and heavy arms shipments were reported from Shangai frontline hubs.
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Shanghai
A. P
Shanghai- Nanking
Kiating
Hwangtu
Here
Lungwha
Liuto
Manu
Nanjiang
Otero Sues New Orleans Daily States Over Defeat
Richard B. Otero files suit in civil district court seeking 172000 damages from Daily States publisher Robert Ewing and editor J Walker Ross and the Daily States Publishing Co. He claims slander from articles and editorials after his September 9 defeat by Judge Humphrey for criminal district court.
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New Orleans
Richard B. Otero
Humphrey
Criminal District Court
Civil District Court
Robert Ewing
J. Walker Ross
Daily States
Daily States Publishing Company
Otero
Dawes Heads Home After Sioux Falls Speech
Charles G. Dawes Republican nominee for vice president travels by special train toward Chicago after speeches in Sioux Falls and planned stops in Dubuque and Gallen. He criticized La Follette indepen dence and endorsed the Coolidge Dawes ticket with South Dakota Governor McMaster.
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Dawes
Chicago
Cherokee
Iowa
A. P
Charles G. Dawes
Dubuque
Gallen
Coolidge
Monroe Man Fred Childs Believed Floaters After Texas Auto Wreck
A report to The News-Star from Abilene Chamber of Commerce says Fred Childs claimed Monroe and Detroit Michigan as his home and was killed in a car crash near Sweetwater Texas It notes an IOOF card for Abner Brock Lodge 38 Detroit and papers citing Monroe as his recent residence Police and Sheriff offices found no clear identity and suspect Childs was a transient not a resident of Monroe.
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The
News-Star
B. M. Whitaker
Chamber of Commerce
Abilene
Texas
Fred Childs
Monroe
Detroit
Mich
Sweetwater
Abner Brock
W. A. O’kelley, Jr
Louisiana parishes reach 21 percent 100 per cent teacher membership
Baton Rouge September 20 Twenty one Louisiana parishes report full 100 per cent membership in the Louisiana Teachers association Executive secretary P H Griffith says this is five more than at the same point last year The 1924 25 list includes Acadia Allen Beauregard Bossier Calcasieu Concordia Franklin Iberia Jackson Jefferson Davis LaSalle Natchitoches Rapides Richland St Landry St Mary St Martin Vermilion Webster Caldwell West Feliciana Last year fourty parishes total 7 174 members and the association aims to reach full 100 per cent participation this year.
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Richland
St. Landry
St. Mary
St. Martin
Vermilion
Webster
Caldwell
West Feliciana
Ex convict shoots woman who aided his release in Pasadena
Mrs. Clifton R. Hunn, wife of a Chicago industrialist, is killed in her Pasadena home by ex convict Harry Connor alias Harry Garbutt whom she helped after his Illinois prison release. Family member F R Gibson was confined then escaped to report the murder and the slayer fled.
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Pasadena
Calif
Clifton R. Hunn
Chicago
Hunn
Harry Connor
Harry Garbutt
Illinois
Memphis
Tenn
Annapolis
Hogan
Leadanna
Missouri
Poplar Bluff
Pierce Poitiers
Louis Harper
Roberson
Camden
el Dorado
Luther
World fliers lift from Dallas toward El Paso long hop
At Love Field Texas City begin shortly after 9 A M today with Lieutenant Lowell H. Smith leading the Chicago bound world fliers. They head west into a strong head wind and plan a 645 mile jump to El Paso following the Texas and Pacific railroad right of way.
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Texas and
Pacific
el Paso
Love Field
Dallas
Texas
A. P
Lowell H. Smith
Chicago
Army World Fliers
Texas and Pacific Railroad
Smith
Central figure in large jewel robbery dies
John W. Mahan, pivotal in the Schoellkopf jewel robbery case, died in Trenton New Jersey at age 50 after repaying the gems to the victims. He confessed to aiding the sale of the jewels to a priest and helped recover about 300000 dollars in gems including 120000 worth dumped in a New York hotel.
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Trenton
N. J
John W. Mahan
Schoellkopf
New York
C. Hugo Schoellhof
Buffalo
Mahan
Pershing Farewell Message Honors Army Ranks
General Pershing issued a farewell general order praising the men of the ranks for their achievements and expressing growing esteem with the passage of time.
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Washington
Pershing
National League First Game Box Score details
National League first game shows BT and LOU 5 to 0 with Boston pitchers Rhem Clemons and batters Cooney ONeil. In the second game St Louis scored with Fowler Shephardson Yeargin and Boston players, the box shows scattered runs and pitcher notes.
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Lou
Boston
Rhem
Clemons
Cooney
O'Neil
ST. Louis
Fowler and Shephardson
Yeargin
B.bson
White launches battle to oust Klan in Kansas
William Alien White declares in a statement accompanying his independent bid for governor that the Klan is the election issue in Kansas. He accuses Ben Paulen and Jonathan Davis of tolerating Klan influence, and vows to stay in the race to free Kansas from this terror and disgrace.
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White
Kansas
Topeka
Kans
A. P
Ku Klux Klan
William Alien White
Emporia
Ben 5
S. Paulen
Jonathan M. Davis
Mr. White
Ben Paulen
Party
Republican Party Council
Committee On Resolutions
State Party Council
Jonathan Davis
Tornadoes Strike Hot Springs and Missouri Towns
Reports from St Louis and Memphis detail widespread damage from a hot spring Arkansas tornado and a Missouri storm. One injury in Hot Springs. the Eastman and Glenwood hotels unroofed. church collapse at St Luke’s. extensive property losses estimated at 700000 dollars.
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ST. Louis
Hot Springs
Ark
Southwestern Bell Telephone Company
Missouri
Annapolis
Ellington
Bismark
Poplar Bluff
Irene Castle Ex-Husband Arrested Over $40,000
Robert E. Treman, Irene Castle McLaughlin's former husband, was arrested in Ithaca on a civil order from Supreme Court Justice Levy. The order stems from Treman allegedly withholding $40,000 in securities Mrs. McLaughlin claims she is entitled to.
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New York
Robert E. Treman
Irene Castle McLaughlin
Ithaca
McLaughlin
Supreme Court
Levy
Treman
Hagen Leads At Golf Final In French Lick
Walter Hagen of New York, holder of the British Open, finished the first round four up on James Barnes of New York in the national professional golf championship at French Lick Springs. Hagen shot 85 36 37, one under par first nine. Barnes 87 38 57 hindered by poor putting and stymies.
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French Lick
Ind
A. P
Walter Hagen
New York
James Barnes
French Lick Springs
Hagen
Barnes
Evidence Mounts in Hight Poison Murder Case
Mount Vernon Illinois September 20 a sheriff or state attorney says new evidence has emerged in the murder by poison case against Rev Lawrence M Hight. The prosecutor hints the minister bought poison widely this summer and that pages show a photograph linked to another case. a picture of Mrs Wilford Sweetin was found in Hights parsonage. The Sweetin viscera were sent to Chicago for poison testing.
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Mount Vernon
Lawrence M. Hight
Inn
Ill
Frank G. Thompson
Thompson
Hight
Wilford Sweetin
Chicago
Davis follows up Indiana talk with chain of speeches
Chicago September 20 John W Davis Democratic presidential candidate prepared to continue his campaign after opening in Gary with a pledge to fight privilege in government He planned two speeches at South Bend a noon lunch and an afternoon baseball park talk plus an open air address at Fort Wayne before heading to New York New England and mid Atlantic states with October plans across West Virginia Ohio Indiana and Missouri
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Chicago
John W. Davis
Indiana
Gary
Union
Earl
Davis
South Bend
Standard Oil Posts Its Price Changes of Week
Standard Oil announces weekly crude price shifts in north Louisiana and Arkansas. Smackover heavy rises 15 cents per barrel while most other grades fall 15 cents. Caddo Cot ton Valley and Smackover light unchanged. Top grades range 1.20 to 1.38 depending on grade and location. Smackover heavy 24 gravity now 75 cents.
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Shreveport
Smackover Heavy
Louisiana
Arkansas
Caddo
Cotton Valley
Smackover Light
Standard Oil Company
Homer
el Dorado
DeSoto
Bull Bayou
Haynesville
Bellevue
Crichton
Sentence of death read to Swartz slayers in Louisiana court
In a Federal court in Louisiana Howard Roberson and Luther Hays faced the death penalty after being found guilty of the murder of Adolph Epsteine in Swartz. Judge Fred M. Odom ordered that they suffer death, with an appeal to the state Supreme Court noted.
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Swartz Slayers
Hays
Howard Roberson
Luther Hays
Adolph Epsteine
Swartz
Fred M. Odom
Roberson
J. McCabe
Cummings
David T. Garrett
George Wesley Smith
Roberson and Hays
Hugh T. Layne
Srose
Supreme Court
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Odom
L. Ve Tarver
Clyde Mitchell
Sheriff's Office
R. A. Young, Jr
Hubert Sanders
Whitfield Addresses Masonic Celebration in Shreveport
Governor Henry L. Whitfield of Mississippi spoke to about 2,000 Masons and families in Shreveport on Masonry's link to education. He urged practical, operative Masonry to align actions with theories and emphasized Masonry’s historic role in promoting knowledge, liberty, and justice.
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Shreveport
Henry L. Whitfield
Mississippi
H. H. Bain
Grand Lodge of
Louisiana
Whitfield
Federal Day Agent Takes Poison on Return to Seattle
C A McCarthy former federal prohibition agent who fled Florida after bail for assault and liquor sales was found aboard the President Grant in Seattle. He swallowed poison after being arrested when the steamer docked returning from the Far East and died within minutes, while awaiting possible Florida surrender.
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Seattle
Wash
C. A. McCarthy
Florida
President Grant
McCarthy
Tennessee
China
Grant
Governor Len Small Grants Jan 16 Reprieve for Bernard Grant
Springfield Sept 20 Governor Len Small issued a 90 day reprieve to Bernard Grant a Chicago youth awaiting the death penalty The reprieve is dated to January 16 and leaves the case pending further review by the state authorities.
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Bernie Grant
Springfield
Ill
Len Small
Bernard Grant
Chicago
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