Last of Great Empire Builders Reaches 90th Birthday
Bronewick Ga March 29 George Meher Baker lone survivor of a powerful early 20th century finance group celebrated his 90th birthday at the Jekyll Island retreat owned by 100 millionaires. He remains active as chairman of the First National Bank of New York City and a director in other large corporations. Attending were his son G F Baker Jr daughter Mrs St John and her son John St John and B E Loomis Lehigh Valley president. He plans a quiet day with a family dinner.
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Bronewick
George Meher Baker
Jeky Island
Millonaires
J. Pierpont
Morgan
James J. Hill
Theodore Vail
James Stillman
New York
G. F. Baker, Jr
St. John
John St. John
B. E. Loomis
Lehigh Valley Railroad
John D. Rockefeller Sr
Baker
First National Bank of
New York City
America
Bobcat Seizes Bait Washed Ashore At Westport
Hoquiam Oregon maritime desk reports fisher man W H Cyrus of Westport Wash near Marsh, March 29, recounts a 25 pound bobcat grabbing a large clam ball washed ashore while he slept. He fired his revolver to save his tackle as the animal struggled.
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Hoquiam, Marsh
W. H. Cyrus
Cyrus
Westport
Wash
Washington Hails Ban on Canada Rum Export
Washington officials welcomed Canada’s House of Commons passage of a bill to bar liquor clearance to the United States. The measure, designed to curb northern border liquor smuggling, awaits passage by the Canadian Senate after the Senate approval yesterday.
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Washington
Canada
Mar
House of Commons
United States
Senate
Negro Is Shot By Brother In Ward 7
Jack Wilson, 23, was accidentally killed by his brother Monk Wilson during a game with two U S revolvers at their home in Ward 7 Wednesday night around midnight. Eyewitnesses testified it was an accident and no charges were filed after investigation by Dr W S Rutledge and Deputy Clyde Frasier. Wilson died about an hour later from a right temple entry wound.
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Jack Wilson
Monk Wilson
U. S
W. S. Rutledge
Clyde Frasier
Wilson
Suit Over Insurance Goes To Jury Today
Final testimony in the suit by relatives of former Sheriff J. W. Miller seeks payment of a $10,000 life policy on the grounds the officer was murdered. Miller was found with two bullet wounds near his home. a verdict of death by own action had been returned. A defense letter alleged to be written by the sheriff mentions financial troubles and accuses his daughter and Lafayette county officials of robbing him.
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Lewisville
Ark
J. W. Miller
Miller
Pannie Trussell
Shreveport
Lafayette County
Optometric Society Holds Meet In Monroe Thursday
The North Louisiana Optometric Society met in Monroe at 7:30 PM with Dr Heinberg hosting. Dr W R Brown spoke on prisms for diplopia and Dr B C Mounce outlined the LouisianaOptometrists educational program for 195?. Present were EC Mulawend Re Canualian Alexandria. Drs Heinberg Fryant Wood Brow Brule Monroe. to 5 RR lay Ruston. The next regular Bowley meeting will be opened on Monday April 0th.
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North Louisiana Optometric Baliery
Heinbers
Monroe
Wo R. Brown
B.C. Mounce
Alexandria
Louisiana Optometric Association
Louisiana Optometrists
Mulawend
Canualian of
Heinberg
Fryant Wood
Brule
Mource
Lay
Ruston
Bowleby Wall
Bad Liquor Paralyzes Three At Alexandria
Alexandria Louisiana March 29 Strange cases of paralysis have appeared in the city Lt Rodinund Klanke director of Kushes parish wed wil announced today He said he had been culled in consultation with officials and reported three residents affected by tainted liquor a chlorine smell noted in the cases
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Alexandria
Rodinund Klanke
Kushes Parish
Loday
Strange paralysis cases reported in United States towns
A patient is described as paralyzed from the legs to below the knees and arms below the elbows. He denies Jamaica ginger but admits recent moonshine liquor intake. Two other cases are noted at a Veterans' hospital, and Dr Klanke says several people are staggering on Alexandria streets.
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United States
Veterans’ Hospital
Klanke
Alexandria
Car Fire Destroys Pontiac on Ruston Street
Theo Orr drove a Pontiac coupe into Ruston from the Monroe highway when flames broke through the floor board late last night. Orr and two companions escaped as Ruston firemen contained the blaze, leaving the body of the car almost completely destroyed while the engine suffered little damage.
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Theo Orr
Dodson Drug Company
Mr. Orr
Ruston
Monroe Highway
Vienna Street
Orr
Ravenous Tuna Bite Tin Cans and Cloth on 130 Ton Haul
The Navigator crew returns to San Diego with 130 tons of yellowfin tuna from a catch off Cocos Island in the Pacific 2,400 miles south of San Diego. The tuna reportedly bit at tin cans, bare hooks, and cloth, with bait sardines discarded. Captain M K Preitas says the grounds seem new to boats, and heat while processing caused exhaustion after short shifts.
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San Diego
Cal
Navigator
Cocos Island
Pacific
M. K. Preitas
Speed Planes To Link Chicago And New York
From State Street to Broadway in six hours ten minutes by planes cruising at 140 miles per hour. National Air Transport announces Chicago to New York first passenger service. Previously only mail was carried. N A T says passengers on fast schedules will save time and be invaluable to travelers.
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Chicago
Mar
State Street
Broadway
National Air Transport
New York
Ring Stolen From Finger Of Sleeping Sheriff
Edinburg Texas March 28 Reward offered for arrest of thief who took a four and one third caret diamond ring from Sheriff A Y Baker while he slept on a chair between Houston and Edinburg The loss was not found until he reached his home The thief likely mistook him for an ordinary traveler and did not see the sheriff star or gun
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Edinburg
Tex
A. Y. Baker
Hidalgo County
Houston
Baker
Dead Man Read For Dissection Comes To Life In Mexico
In Mexico City the apparently lifeless body of Fidel Zamudio was picked up and sent to Juarez clinic for dissection by students. During the night the corpse was bathed shaved and stretched on a table. A knife was jabbed into the chest causing profuse bleeding and a lusty yell from the corpse. The wound was sewed and science tries to save Zamudio who apparently died of catalepsy.
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Mexico City
Mar
Fidel Zamudio
Juarez Clinic
Zamudio
Aimee Semple McPherson Telegraphs Holy Land Tour Start
Aimee Semple McPherson and a party of evangelists from Angelus temple began a Holy Land tour by train from Los Angeles to New York and Jerusalem. Nearly 15,000 spectators cheered as the group boarded late last night. McPherson asked followers what items to bring back. requests included the rock of Gibraltar and the River Jordan, but she moved on to a song.
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Los Angeles
Aimee Semple McPherson
Holy Land
New York
Jerusalem
Angelus Temple
Rock of Gibraltar
River Jordan
Woman Volunteers Blood To Save Cop From Self Inflicted Wound
Mrs. Plor ence Burdge, friend of Patrolman Vincent Messina, donated her blood for a transfusion to save the life of the officer who accidentally shot himself while playing with his three year old daughter. The operation was performed and the patient rested well today.
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New Orleans
Plorence Burdge
Vincent Messina
School Officials Scheduled as Guests at Washington Heights
Lincoln Parish School Board members will attend a regular session in Washington Heights Tuesday noon. Superintendent H L Campbell and office assistant Robbie Alexander will be special guests at a luncheon prepared and served by students from the domestic science department under their teacher's direction. I A Lewis, principal, extended the invitation.
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Lincoln Parish
H. L. Campbell
Robbie Alexander
Campbell
Washington Heights High School
Domestic Science
The
Colored School
I. A. Lewis
Building Bill Cleared by House on Public Works Funds
Washington March 28 Congress completed action on the Elliott bill to authorize 230 million dollars for public building construction after accepting Senate amendments. The measure now goes to the President for signature.
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Washington
Mar
Eliott
House
Senate
Monroe reports mass cases of jabc paralysis in area
Reports from Monroe and West Monroe claim 50 to 75 cases of so called jabc paralysis have appeared in recent days. Several physicians counter that the true number may be far fewer.
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Monroe, Fia
Mar
Monroe
West Monroe
Cardus touted as relief for aches and weakness in Hopkinsville
Mrs. Mackey Scott of 102 South Kentucky Ave., Hopkinsville Ky, credits Cardus with ending headaches dizziness and cramps after four bottles of the remedy. She notes renewed energy and activity and urges others to try Cardus, claiming fifty years of positive word-of-mouth. Cardus is described as a safe extract with medicinal value.
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Hopkinsville
Mackey Scott
South Kentucky Ave
Cardus
Paralyzing Illness Surges in West Des Moines City
A West Moines druggist cites 26 paralysis cases in the city while a physician cites up to 50. Several doctors question Jamaica ginger as the sole cause, suggesting impure bootleg whiskey as the likely source. Paralysis of the lower limbs is the chief symptom with little pain or other discomfort.
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West Moines
Widow of Louisiana Governor Dies at 89
New Orleans reports Mrs. Francis T. Nicholls widow of former Governor Nicholls died at her home near Thibodaux after several months of illness. She was 89 and had long resided on a Ridgefield plantation in Lafourche Parish. The former governor served two terms, helped end the Louisiana lottery, and later spent 12 years as chief justice of the state supreme court, a position he held at his death.
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New Orleans
Francis T. Nicholls
Nicholls
Thibodaux
Lafourche Parish
State Supreme Court
Heat Waves Sweep Southern California and San Francisco
In Los Angeles on Mar 26 desert winds pushed temperatures to 86 while a fog blanket from the sea is forecast in 24 hours. San Francisco Bay Area also sweltered under a torrid 81 degree afternoon, signaling early summer heat for the region.
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Los Angeles
Mar
California
Old Sol
Relef
San Francisco
San Francisco Bay Region
Laborer Finds 2000 in Gold In Old Jug
Laborer William Caffery uncovered a jug containing 2000 in gold dated 1850 to 1890 while tearing down an old building on Charles Budlong’s farm near Marshall Michigan. The money may belong to heirs of a former owner Lee unless they prove rights. The Suez Canal length and cost are also noted in the report.
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Marshall, Mich
William Caffery
Here
Charles Budlong
Lee
Caffery
Delegation of New Orleans Executives Make Good Will Tour
Forty five New Orleans business executives led by Acting Mayor T Semmes Walmsley traveled through Southwest Louisiana for four days visiting twenty eight towns including Lafayette Marksville Alexandria Lake Charles and Morgan City. The tour aimed to goodwill toward area customers and was the first in a series for the year and the seventh in two years, with Walter Coquille also aboard the delegation.
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New Orleans
Louisiana
T. Semmes Walmsley
Walter Coquille
Bayou Pom Pom
Inhales Gas Texan Remains Unconscious for 60 Days
Fort Worth March 25 Hugh Calhoun Jr. has been unconscious for sixty days after inhaling carbon monoxide from a burning stove. He has not awakened or recognized anyone during this period but his appetite remains normal.
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Fort Worth
Hugh Calhoun, Jr
Calhoun
Richmond to Erect Monument to New Orleans Hero
Richmond Virginia plans a monument honoring Judah P. Benjamin of New Orleans famed Civil War figure who also served as a Supreme Court Justice and Louisiana senator. The tribute acknowledges his prominence in civil political and professional life in this city and state.
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Richmond
New Orleans
Virginia
Judah P. Benjamin
Supreme Court
National Congress
Louisiana
Seven Webster Family Bitten by Rabid Dog in Louisiana
Seven members of the Webster family in Minden Louisiana were bitten by a mad dog near Heflin about a week earlier. health officers found the relatives Wednesday while investigating a report of multiple animal bites. The family includes a child aged three to four years and appears to be unvaccinated.
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Mad Dog
Minden
Heflin
Webster Parish
Rabies Outbreak Tied to Loose Dog in Parish
Health officers traced multiple dog bites to a roaming dog that died March 24 after infecting a family and seven others. Victims include Calvin Fuller aged three, Hilda Davis, Winburn Davis, J G C Davis, and J H Davis with bites between March 20 and 24. Rabies serum ordered for seven and alerts issued for additional possible cases as 17 other dogs, livestock, and about 12 cats also exposed.
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Hilda Davis
J. GC. Davis
J. H. Davis
Mack Davis
Seek Death Penalty For Woman Charged With Mate's Death
El Dorado Arkansas March 27 The state resumes its bid for the death penalty for Mrs Bertie Gentry 36 charged with first degree murder in the death of her husband James Gentry allegedly by poisoning to collect insurance. Crowds filled the courtroom causing delays as neighbors reported convulsions and a state chemist confirmed poison in vital organs.
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el Dorado
Ark
Bertie Gentry
James Gentry
Gentry
Mail Pilot Leaps Safely From Burning Airplane
In dense fog a mail plane bound from Washington to Richmond crashed near Antietam station by the battlefield. Pilot Verne Treat cut ignition and parachuted to safety about three miles from the wreck, reporting he ran out of gas and that he was unhurt and handling the mail.
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Hagerstown
Washington
Richmond
Antietam Station
Antietam Battlefield
Verne Treat
Treat
Passing the Test Life Tests Us by Degrees
A reflective snippet from The American Magazine asserting that life presents gradual challenges our side can overcome. It frames adversity as manageable and urges resilience, pairing a stoic outlook with a call to persevere through gradual trials.
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W. H. Johnson, Pree
Mexico
Aimee
Party
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Make Good Will
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Fox Film Co
San Antonio
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