No Appeal For Flynn Declared By Boxing Chief
Chicago September 24 The state athletic commission led by chairman John C Reigheimer says the Tunney Dempsey bout decision will stand and there will be no reversal of the verdict given at Soldier Field. Flynn Dempsey manager had protested but no further action is planned.
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Chicago
Gene Tunney
Jack Dempsey
State Athletic Commission
John C. Reigheimer
Righeimer
Leo P. Flynn
Dempsey
Flynn
Soldier Field
Commission
Dempsey Tunney Fight Pay Totals Revealed in Treasury Report
Washington reports paid admissions to the Dempsey Tunney bout reached 102450 with an admission tax of 242065.71 to be paid to the treasury. Mabel G Reineckern at Chicago advised the treasury that taxes from fighters promoters and others will push the government share beyond 500000. Officials had given 135000 as attendance while the gate totaled 2420657.10 versus Chicago's 2658660 figure.
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Washington
Treasury
Mabel G. Reineckern
Internal Revenue
Chicago
The Portrait Invisible serial debut tease
The solution of Judge Craigin's murder will elude you until the Goldfish substantiates his claims. Read The Portrait Invisible by Joseph Gollom, a News-Star suspense romance set from a New York underworld haunt to a suburban cottage with a whirlwind climax. First installment appears Monday in the News-Star. subscribe for daily delivery in Monroe and West Monroe.
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Joseph Gollom
News-Star
New York
News- Star
Monroe
West
Louisiana
NavyControversy: Admiral Magruder Faces Discipline
Secretary Wilbur weighs action against Rear Admiral P. Magruder for The Navy Economy article in the Saturday Evening Post. Magruder, 86 years in service and former European command deputy, says no discipline is warranted and hopes the piece aids the navy.
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Washington
Wilbur
The
Navy
P. Magruder
Magruder
Fourth Naval District
Saturday Evening Post
Navy Department
Wilbut
Philadelphia
Flood Control Summit Presses Congress Action
Flood control concerns of the Mississippi valley were labeled a national issue at a Monroe banquet by the U S Chamber of Commerce flood control committee led by Lewis Pierson. Speakers including former Governor John M Parker urged Congress to provide aid, urging reasonable demands while stressing the nation must protect the region from repeated overflows. Mayors Arnold Bernstein and C C Bell welcomed the group as about 75 attendees heard remarks in the Hotel Virginia cameo room before a continued report on page twelve.
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Mississippi Valley
America
Monroe
United States Chamber of Commerce
Congress
John M. Parker
M. S. Sloan
New York
Hotel
Virginia
United States Chamber of Commerce Flood Control Committee
Lewis Pierson
Arnold Bernstein
C. C. Bell
West Monroe
Twin Cities
W. L. Ethridge
Cere
Coast to Coast Air Derby Creates Invisible Trail Across Nation
Spokane reporters note that a continental air derby linked by promoters and fliers has promoted aviation in the United States. About fifty planes carrying nearly 100 people tackled some 2,300 miles, with two fatalities and minor damage, as cross country pilots faced winds fogs heat cold and other obstacles. The race showcased multiple aircraft types and top elapsed times near 22 hours, with two nonstop finishers hampered by engine trouble and fuel limits.
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Associated Press
Spokane
Wash
Lindbergh
Byrd
Chamberlin
Maitland
Hegenberger
Smith and Bronte
Goebel
Davis
Jengen
Schluter
America
United States
Evansville Evangelist Detained on Desertion Claims
Grand Rapids, Mich. Sept 24 The Rev Willis F Jordon once of Columbus Ga is held awaiting extradition on a charge not disclosed amid claims he deserted a wife and fathered children A telegram from Charlotte alleges a wife Emma Landridge while others accuse him of leaving families in Atlanta Zion Ill and Roanoke Va He said amnesia caused bogus marriages and asked for mercy while declaring he would return to North Carolina to face judgment before God and the law.
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Grand Rapids
Mich
Willis F. Jordon
Columbus
Charlotte
N. C
A. A. Carroll
Emma Landridge
Cora S. Corywell
Atlanta
Zion
Ill
Jordan
Roanoke
Carroll
Fila Thomas
North Carolina
Bride of Broker Dies in 15 Story Fall on Fifth Avenue
Police report that Mrs. Alice Ardis, 24, bride of a wealthy broker, fell accidentally from her Fifth Avenue apartment window to the courtyard below, dying of the 15 story plunge in New York.
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Associated Press
New York
Fifth Avenue
Alice Ardis
Man posing as professor shot during bank forgery escape
Chicago sept 24 Joseph Ross posing as former University of Chicago professor Rodolph Altrocchi was shot and fatally wounded by a bank policeman while fleeing after attempting to cash a forged check at First National bank. Ross 37 from Pittsburgh told officials he taught at the university and Brown University while forging a draft to Rebecca Gibbons.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Joseph Ross
University of Chicago
First National Bank
Ross
Rodolph Altrocchi
University
Raw
Brown University
First National Bank of Kansas City
Rebecca Gibbons
Pittsburgh
Professor Altrocchi Joins Brown University as Italian Assistant
Providence reports that Professor Rudolph Altrocchi has joined Brown University to begin his first year as an assistant professor of Italian. He is newly appointed and will teach and conduct research in the department.
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Providence
R. 1
Rudolph Altrocchi
Brown University
Ewing Names His Appointees On Postal Body
President Robert Ewing of the Southern Newspaper Publishers Association announces the committee on postal legislation. The panel supports a 1920 style rate plan midway between current and prewar second class mail rates. Members: Urey Woodson chairman. Major E. Ball Stah llman. E K Gaylord. H Galt Bratton. W T Andrewson.
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New Orleans
Robert Ewing
Southern Newspaper Publishers Association
Publishers Association
Ewing
Urey Woodson
Owensboro
Messenger
E. B. StahIlman
Nashville, Tenn
Banner
E. K. Gaylord
Oklahoma City
Okla
Oklahoman and Times
H. Galt Bratton
Kinston
N. C
Free Press
W. T. Andrewson
Macon
Telegraph
Cigarette Mistreatment Link Warned by Doctor
Chicago report notes Dr. Charles L. Barber of Lansing Michigan claims 60 percent of children born to smoking mothers die before age two. He presented his conclusions to the American Associations for Medico Physical Research, highlighting a dire link between maternal smoking and child mortality.
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Chicago
Charles L. Barber
Lansing
Mich
American Associations For Medico-Physical Research
Hambone's Meditations by J P Alley Mood of motorists and money
A humorous column notes people chasing car money and the crowd talk about folks getting most of the cash from cars. The piece captures street chatter and playful satire about purses and proceeds.
Pipeline project set to extend natural gas to El Dorado and Camden
The Gas and By-Products company announces a 66 mile natural gas pipeline contract let to Ford Bacon and Davis of New York from Haile near Monroe to El Dorado and Camden Arkansas. Construction begins with right of way largely secured and pipe shipments en route. Completion anticipated by early December.
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News-Star
Bastiop
Electric Power and Light Corporation
Ford, Bacon and Davis
New York
Haile
Monroe
el Dorado
Camden
Ark
Louisiana Power Company
Sterlington
A. J. Evans
Natural Gas Producing Company of Louisiana
The
Gas and By-Products Company
Countess Hyde Loses Bid to Oust Brother as Trustee
In Chicago Superior Court Judge Denis E. Sullivan denied Lady Marguerite Hyde Countess of Suffolk and Berks a motion to remove her brother Joseph Leiter as trustee of the Levi Z. Leiter estate valued at 30 million dollars. The dispute centers on control of the family trust left by Levi Z. Leiter, prominent Chicago merchant.
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Chicago
Denis E. Sullivan
Superior Court
Marguerite Hyde
Suffolk and
Berks
Joseph. Leiter
Levi Z. Leiter
Exploding Stove Burns Two Men in Vicksburg Demonstration
Oscar McElroy of Jackson and BE. L. de Prieste suffered severe burns when a gasoline stove exploded in a Washington street store where they planned a coffee demonstration. McElroy died from his injuries while de Prieste was only lightly burned. In Indianapolis Samuel Lewis Shank, former mayor, died of heart disease the same day after appearing at the trial of ex mayor John L. Duvall.
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Vicksburg
Miss
Oscar McElroy
Jackson
Washington Street
BE. L. de Prieste
McElroy
Sanitarum
Indianapolis
Samuel Lewis Shank
John L. Duvall
Do Weed Smoking Mothers Die Babyhood Claim
New York reports question the claim that sixty percent of babies born to cigarette smoking mothers die before age two. Dr. Charles Hendee Smith says the statement is exaggerated and notes both healthy babies and fragile births occur among smoking and non smoking mothers.
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New York
Chauncey Barber
Lansing
Mich
American Association of Medico-Physical Research
Chicago
Chas. Hendee Smith
Simpson Opens Campaign For Governor
Governor Simpson moved to his former home in Washington parish to open his bid for governor. He trails Huey P. Long and Riley J. Wilson who started campaigning weeks earlier. Special trains from New Orleans and Baton Rouge were to arrive at 12:30 to convey Simpson to his first speech followed by a barbecue with congressional district speakers.
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Opelousas
Simpson
Washington Parish
Huey P. Long
Riley J. Wilson
New Orleans
Baton Rouge
Washington
Legion men want to return to Paris every ten years
Paris September 24 The Amer ican Legion pilgrimage to Paris drew praise from General John J Pershing at a Crillon Hotel reception. Pershing said he will return in ten years and this sentiment was echoed by others attending the event hosted by the American club with Percy Piexoto presiding.
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Legion
Paris
American Legion
John J. Pershing
Hotel Crillon
American Club
Percy Piexoto
Grand Street Set for New One Story Brick Building
The Monroe Tent and Awning company let a contract for a new brick, one story building in the 800 block on Grand Street north of the Kent Jee Cream plant. George Love awarded the job, cost about 12000 dollars. Plans by J W Smith and Associates call for a 35 by 110 foot front on Grand Street, completion by December 15.
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Grand Street
Monroe Tent and Awning Company
Kent Jee Cream Company
George Love
J. W. Smith and Associates
Grand
Mrs. Horn Leads Half Way In Women’s Golf Championship
In Garden City New York on September 24 Miriam Burns Horn of Kansas City led Maureen Orcutt of Haworth New Jersey by two up at the halfway point of their 36 hole national women's golf championship match. Orcutt captured holes 15 and 17 but Horn responded taking 13 16 and 18 to extend her advantage from the first nine.
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Associated Press
Garden City
N. Y
Miriam Burns Horn
Kansas City
Maureen Orcutt
Haworth
N. J
Nine Men Jump From Navy Plane Set Parachute Record
Nine Navy and Marine personnel leaped from a transport aircraft at 1500 feet over Anacostia in a test of airship evacuation. The sequential and simultaneous drops formed a new record for rapid, multiple parachute deployments, with five Marines and four sailors taking part including Sergeant Thomas Nickle and Corporal George Hayes.
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Washington
Navy
Anacostia
Quantico
Thomas Nickle
Ontario
Canada
George Hayes
Pittsburgh
Roger Ryder
Saskatchewan
William Cooper
Vicksburg
Miss
Joseph Fisher
Chicago
William Scott
Theodore Dworzynski
Staunton
Ill
Sec Davis denies fascists league citizenship ban
Secretary Davis of the labor department denied reports that membership in the Fascisti League of North America barred Italians from naturalization. Commissioner Raymond F. Crist said Italian applicants need not fear rejection if they admitted Fascist party membership. The department noted the Baltimore naturalization hearing resulted in all examined men being admitted.
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Associated Press
Washington
Davis
Labor Department
Fascisti League of North America
Raymond F. Crist
Naturalization
Fascist Party
Baltimore
German Aviator Hops Toward Gulf From Angora
Lieut Otto Koennecke, a German long distance aviator, began the second leg of his Cologne to America flight from Angora Turkey heading toward Basra Irak at the head of the Persian Gulf. He aimed to cover about 1050 miles by evening as calm weather greeted the takeoff.
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Angora
Turkey
Otto Koennecke
Cologne
Germany
America
Basra
Irak
Persian Gulf
Coolidge doubts Legion defense plan feasible now
President Coolidge says the American Legion proposal for a unified national defense department is not feasible due to opposition from the army navy and Congress. He notes tax receipts may approach last year’s record surplus but warns nonrecurrent items are not reliable. He views Geneva talks as unlikely to alter naval policy.
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Associated Press
Washington
Coolidge
Treasury
Congress
American Legion
Department of National Defense
Army
Navy
Ing
White House
Col
Willian
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