Learn Business School for Blind in Texas Leads Nation
In Austin the State Institute for Blind trains students in business methods and touch typewriting under Miss Ber Tannehill. The program, affiliated with the University of Texas, emphasizes accuracy and independence, with pupils earning livelihoods as typists and dictation operators.
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Associated Press
Ustin
Tex
State Institute For Blind
Dallas
Pol
Unisity of Texas
Detment of
Ldren
Tannehill
Ness
Roy
Perrenot
Adard
Famous Lawyer Sought as Jury Fixer in NYC Case
Police seek William J. Fallon a leading criminal attorney after a confession by Charles W. Bendigs who admitted taking money from Fallon to fix the jury in Edward M. Fuller’s bucket shop trial Fuller was later convicted for the bucket shop scheme Bendigs previously convicted of perjury provided the confession linking Fallon to the juror fixing scheme.
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William J. Fallon
New York
Charles W. Bendigs
Fallon
Edward M. Fuller
Fall From Window Fatal to Wife of Auto Maker
In Flint Michigan on June 6 Mrs Ethel Mott wife of General Motors vice president Charles H Mott fell from a second floor bedroom window. Found unconscious by the estate caretaker she died about 30 minutes later. No witnesses to the accident.
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Flint
Mich
Ethel Mott
Charles
Candidates Asked to Express Views on Laws
The American Civil Liberties Union has sent letters to Republican and Democratic presidential hopefuls asking them to state their positions on repealing federal and state laws that curtail freedom of opinion and on the use of injunctions to restrain civil rights during industrial disputes.
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New York
The
American Civil Liberties Union
Agricultural Committee Proposes Weight Bill
The House agricultural committee reports a bill by Representative Branch of Ohio to require bread in interstate commerce to be baked in loaves of one and a half pounds or multiples thereof to eliminate short weights. The measure targets standardizing loaf sizes across states.
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Washington
House Agricultural Committee
Representative Branch
Republican
Ohio
McKenna Named Manager of Lee House in Washington DC
Michael J McKenna who started as a bellhop at a Boston hotel is appointed manager of the Lee House a premier hotel in Washington DC He has held every job known around the hotel system and rises to leadership.
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Michael J. McKenna
Hfa
Boston
Lee House
Washington, D. C
Slayers Confession Is a Matter of Fact
Chicago June 6 The confession of Nathan F Leopold Jr and Richard Loeb was released as an unemotional document detailing the plan to kidnap and murder Robert Franks on May 21. The two millionaires sons discussed choosing a victim, and the ransom scheme and disposal of the body. They were indicted on 26 counts and held without bail as hearings on habeas corpus proceed.
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Chicago
Nathan F. Leopold, Jr
Robert E. Crowe
Leopold
Richard Loeb
Robert Franks
Richard
Robert
Loeb
Crowded Prospect For National Open Golf Title At Oakland Hills
Thirteen players within six strokes of each other begin the final thirty six holes at Oakland Hills as Bobby Jones and Bill Mehlhorn lead with 147 after the first half. Cyril Walker one behind, with Cruikshank Robertson and others in pursuit, while Espinosa set a course record of 71 in the afternoon session. Hagen Kerrigan Brady Hackney West Armour and Armour are among the still competitive contenders.
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Detroit
Oakland Hills Country Club
Bobby Jones
Atlanta
Bill Mehlhorn
St. Louis
Cyril Walker
New York
Bobby Cruikshank
Dave Robertson
MacDonald Smith
San Francisco
Abe Espinosa
Texas to enter peach market commercially
Austin reports Texas will ship peaches on a large scale this year with a field market news station planned at Jacksonville to cover peaches like the tomato service. Last season 102 peach cars left Texas ports, Hopkins and Titus counties supplying most.
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Austin
Tex
Texas
Jacksonville
Cooperative State Federal News Service
Hopkins County
Titus
Pleasant
Titus County
Hst
Illinois Senator Made Party Chairman For Convention
Cleveland dispatch reports Senator William B. McKinley of Illinois chosen as chairman of the credentials committee for the Republican national convention. Preconvention managers, led by William M. Butler, expect further senate assignments and indicate Lowden of Illinois may be acceptable for vice president with Johnson not to be renominated.
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Cleveland
Senate
William B. McKinley
Illinois
McKinley
William M. Butler
Massachusetts
Coolidge
Lowden
Hiram Johnson
Woman Confesses Embezzling Hotel Funds in Blackmail Plot
Chicago police say Miss Tamat Best 40, manager and cashier of the Stanley Hotel, confessed to embezzling 15000 dollars and paying blackmailers who threatened to defame her.
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Chicago
Tamat Best
Stanley Hotel
Convention Leaders Aim for Brief, Smooth Session
The article notes that factors including the convention and uncertainty over Senator La Follette's nomination have been coordinated to produce a concise, harmonious session as the leaders desire.
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la Follette
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Meyer & Meyer Erchant Tailors
Taylor Street
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