Mexico in brink of general strike crippling capital
Mexico City faces a possible general strike as the regional labor confederation mobilizes its ninety unions in protest of El Aguila Oil Company wage cuts and layoffs at Minatitlan. The date for the strike is not set. President Calles awaits a decision in Jalapa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mexico City
A. P
Calles
Regional Confederation of Labor
el Aguila Oil Company
Minatitlan
Confederation
Jalapa
Abd El Krim offers 5000 for each Sheriffian aviator
Abd El-Krim, the Riffian chief in Ouezzan, French Morocco, is reported to have posted rewards totaling 5000 dollars for every member of the Sheriffian squadron of American volunteer aviators captured dead or alive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oquezzan
French Morocco
A. P
Girl Sought To Have Curls But Gets Trouble
A seventeen year old girl, sobbing and bound, was brought to the District Attorney after her mother whipped her for refusing a hair permanent. Neighbors complained of merciless flogging. the case was sent to the county Grand Jury for investigation. The mother defended her actions as discipline and claimed love for her children. Her younger brother aided in restraining the girl during punishment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Worth
Tex
Cotton Prices Plunge After Government Production Report
New Orleans report shows estimated cotton yield at 13,931,000 bales with condition 53.8 and 4,275,928 bales ginned. December futures drop to 22.5, down 185 points, amid initial buying pressure fading. New York also records a $6 to $7 decline per bale following the same government data.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Orleans
New York
New Orleans
A. P
Cotton crop forecast and state yields offshore
Washington reports the September 16 crop condition set at 53.8 percent of normal with projected production of 13,931,000 bales, down from a fortnight earlier forecast. State figures show Virginia 45,000, North Carolina 1,103,000, Georgia 1,019,000, Texas 3,873,000, and California 113,000 bales, among others, with about 6,000 more bales in Lower California Old Mexico being grown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
A. P
Department of Agriculture
Census Bureau
Virginia
North Carolina
South Carolina
Georgia
Florida
Tennessee
Alabama
Mississippi
Louisiana
Texas
Oklahoma
Arkansas
New Mexico
Arizona
California
Old Mexico
Sale of Malt Extracts Termed Legal in Ark
The Pulaski county grand jury reported that sale of malt extracts and syrups used for home brewing is not illegal since these extracts lack alcoholic content. Judge John W. Wade had requested an ingredients investigation in the first division circuit court several weeks prior.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Little Rock
Ark
A. P
Pulaski County
John W. Wade
First Division
Caillaux Arrives to Open U.S. War Debt Talks
French finance minister Joseph Caillaux lands in New York aboard the Paris to begin negotiations with the American debt commission in Washington. He says France will propose a settlement based on peace and righteousness and hopes for an equitable agreement with the United States.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
A. P
United States
Joseph Caillaux
Paris
American Debt Commission
Washington
France
M. Caillaux
War Debt Funding Commission
GASSER BRIDGES OVER OPTIMISM IN TULLOS AREA
URANIA Sept 23 Beckman Freeman gasser went wild Sunday and has bridged itself over. New location 500 feet north of the wild well with drilling to begin after preparations. Oil flow at Urania No. 8 yields 200 barrels from natural flow. daily output may reach 100 to 150 barrels on beam. Three 500-barrel tanks and earthen pit store oil at Urania No. 7. No. 9 offset to Rowe Wallace pumper ready to spud.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. H. Brooks
Urania
Beckman- Freeman Gasser
Tullos
Beckman-Freeman
Urania Petroleum Company No
Urania Petroleum No. 7
No. 9
Rowe-Wallace
Postal Chief Reviews Progress In Transcontinental Air Schedule
Postmaster General New told the presidents air board that commercial aviation is a feasible public service. He cited 19 bids for eight new mail routes and noted night operations necessary for a reliable through service from New York to San Francisco begun July 1, 1924.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
A. P
Postal Air Service
President’s Air Board
New
Post Office Department
War Department
New York
Chicago
St. Louis
Twin Cities
Cleveland
San Francisco
Salt Lake City
Doe
Rocksprings
Wyoming
Senate
Navy overruled command on Shenandoah voyage records show
The naval court of inquiry read into the record that Commander Lansdowne urged a September start for the Shenandoah flight but was overruled by the Navy Department which fixed the itinerary and deferred July plans. Steele stated the ship’s condition on departure met his approval and the mission aimed to promote the airship’s utility nationwide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lakehurst
N. J
A. P
Shenandoah
Zachary Lansdowne
Naval Court of Inquiry
George W. Steele, Jr
Lakehurst Air Station
Navy Department
Lansdown
Steele
Ohio
Indiana
Michigan
Iowa
Landsdowne
Scott Field
Illinois
Lansdowne
Middle-West
Parish School to Drill Artesian Water Well
The parish school board authorizes drilling a private artesian well on school grounds to supply pure water for pupils. Bids must be received by noon September 28, with Superintendent Brown handling offers. A four inch well may reach 700 feet, planned north of the old brick building on Telamaque street near the metal garage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
News- Star
Brown
Telamaque Street
Improvements Planned for Ruston Telephone Service
At a Chamber of Commerce meeting on Monday manager A. D. Robertson announced that new equipment will be installed soon to bring Ruston service up to the standard of New Orleans and Baton Rouge. He praised recent system improvements and noted 625 local and 100 rural stations justify the upgrade.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
News-Star
Ruston
Chamber of Commerce
A. D. Robertson
New Orleans
Baton Rouge
Robertson
River Stage Readings Across Mississippi and Red Rivers
River levels list readings for Mississippi Shreveport and Alexandria, Ouachita Camden Monroe, and Ohio Cairo. Values show current stage and daily change with several typographical errors corrected mentally for coherence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mississippi
Memphis
Vicksburg
New Orleans
RED
Shreveport
Alexandria
Ouachita
Camden
Monroe
Cotton Crop Forecast Sees 10 Run Larger Output
The Agriculture Department projects this season’s cotton at 18,981,000 bales, 191,000 more than last month and about 303,000 above last year. Early ginnings to Sept 16 total 4,275,928 bales, with 30.7 percent of the crop forecast harvested. Labor demand rises as picking advances across the belt amid drought and pests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Department of Agriculture
Census Bureau
Crop Reporting Board
South Carolina
Georgia
Gulf Coast States
Arizona
California
Alabama
Mississippi
Louisiana
Virginia
Oklahoma
Texas
Pardue dies of injuries after gin accident at Winnsboro
George B. Pardue 38, Winnsboro cotton buyer planter and gin owner, died after being crushed between a gin press and a post. He received three blood transfusions and an operation at St Francis sanitarium in Monroe but succumbed to internal injuries. His body was sent to Nashville for funeral and burial. brother B D Pardue and other relatives survive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George B. Pardue
Winnsboro
Pardue
Monroe
St. Francis Sanitarium
B. D. Pardue
Nashville
Tenn
Royal Marriage Links Families of Two Nations
In Racconigi Italy on September 23 Princess Mafalda daughter of Italy and Prince Philip of Hesse wed with a multi royal attendance. The couple announced that their children would follow the mother’s Catholic faith and Philip renounced his succession rights in Hesse. The ceremony mixed Catholic rites with civil formalities, reflecting the couple’s religious differences.
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Racconig
Italy
A. P
Mafalda
Philip
of Hesse
Germany
Denmark
Greece
Romania
Serbia
Belgium
Austria
Montenegro
Great Britain
Spain
Savoy
Racconigi
Pius
Victor Emmanuel
Prince Philip
Helena
Mussolini
Vittani
Signor
Tittani
Monsignor Beccaria
Prince Philip of Hesse
Prince Frederick Charles of Hesse
Marguerite
Princess
Russia
Rumpenhaim
William of
Hesse
Chateau Philipphrahe
Hannau
Charles Landgraves of
Hesse-Cassel
Picket Shot by Frank Cox at Spyker Plant
Will Pickett foreman of the gasoline department at Spyker Carbon Co. was shot and killed by brother in law Frank Cox at the Spyker plant in Bastrop about 10 30 this morning. Cox surrendered to the sheriff in Bastrop after the fatal confrontation. An inquest will be held today. The motive cited involves family quarrels and long standing ill will. Pickett leaves a wife and one child Cox a wife and four children. Several witnesses from the plant were present.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bastrop
Will Pickett
Spyker Carbon Company
Spyker
Frank Cox
Pickett
Cox
G. A. Lee
French Finance Chief Arrives in New York for Debt Talks Today
Joseph Caillaux France’s finance minister and ten aides docked on the Paris at quarantine in New York. They will dine with President Coolidge and Mrs. Coolidge after a preliminary Commission session before traveling to Washington to settle Franco American war debt terms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Joseph Caillaux
France
Paris
Washington
Francé
White House
M. Caillaux
London
Hugh C. Wallace
America
Husband Charged with Threatening Wife in Court Affidavit
Melvin Longenbaugh of Rayne was arrested in Acadia parish and jailed in Crowley on charges of threatening his wife with a shotgun and chasing her and Mrs. R. W. Sweezy from his house. The affidavit was sworn by Mrs. Sweezy’s husband, E. W. Sweezy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lake Charles
Melvin Longenbaugh
Rayne
Acadia Parish
Crowley
R. W. Sweezy
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Fla
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Federal Narocotic Department
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N. O
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Geo. Pardue
Swanian Harris
Stanley Harris
Washington Senators
Senators
Pittsburgh Pirates
WM. Picket
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