Dayton Leaders Pledge Funds for Fundamentalist University
Dayton Tenn Aug 13 The Bryan memorial association formed to raise 1.5 million for buildings and 5 million for endowment to establish a fundamentalist educational institution near Dayton in Bryan memory. Clarence Darrow denounced as enemy of youth and menace to civilization. Judge Raulston denied using beliefs for political gain and defended his record. Officers elected include F E Robinson president F R Rogers vice president H H Fraza secretary and B L Morgan treasurer. Raulston defended his Chicago speech and urged respect for Tennessee’s loyal record.
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Dayton, Tenn
Bryan Memorial Association
William Jennings Bryan
Dayton
Clarence Darrow
A. T. Stewart
John T. Raulston
Darrow
F. E. Robinson
Rhea County School Board
F. R. Rogers
Dayton Pharmacist
Sanford Eed McReynolds
Supreme Bench
Chicago
State Troopers Quell Ku Klux Klan Disorder in Reading
State troopers from four barracks moved into Reading Massachusetts after a tense night clash between klansmen and anti-klansmen. Tear gas and stones were used, injuries reported, one shot fired, and two alleged klansmen arrested as the disturbance began with a klan meeting.
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Reading
Mass
Prison Record Is Entrance to Stangest College
Washington report on Letha Watts Memorial University founded for ex convicts. Dr Karl E Dudding, a former inmate, leads this institution with a prison record as sole entrance requirement. Originated from Prisoners Relief Society begun after his release, gaining limited early employer support.
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Stangest College
Washington
Moundsville
Letha Watts
Dudding
Miss Watts
Prisoners’ Relief Society
Daniel Willard
B. and O. Railroad
Boy Confesses $500 Forgery in New Orleans
Bernard Klotz, 19, confessed to forging five checks totaling $500 at police headquarters. He admitted signing the name of Crawford H. Ellis, vice president of United Fruit, on each check. The confined suspect blamed earning only $13 weekly for his crime as his 16 year old wife rushed to Charity Hospital maternity ward after learning he was a father.
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New Orleans
Bernard Klotz
Charity Hospital
Crawford H. Ellis
United Fruit Company
Klotz
Fruit Company
A B Phillips to Teach at Richland High School
Prof A B Phillips, longtime county school leader and Thalean academy head, has been elected principal of Richland high school. The Board of Education regrets his departure after years as a valued teacher in the county schools.
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Frof
A. B. Phillips
County School Teachers’ Association
Richland High School
Phillips
Thalean Academy
Board of Education
Oregon Guard mobilizes to hunt escaped convicts
Salem Oregon August 13 The Oregon national guard was ordered to mobilize to search for three convicts who escaped from the state penitentiary last night Bert Jones a noted prison breaker was fatally shot after killing two guards before his capture Three convicts escaped during the ensuing gunfire and manhunt
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Salem
Oregon
Oregon National Guard
Bert Jones
Rats in Mines Warn of Impending Cave In
Wilkesbarre August 13 Rats in anthracite coal mines have warned miners of danger. At Empire Colliery Anthony Kopnski and son noticed two rats acting oddly during lunch. After two dozen moments of provocation the elder Kopnsiki led his son toward the pit mouth and twenty feet out the roof collapsed, burying coal and rock. The rats’ warnings have led many men to keep them as pets and spare their lives.
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Wilkesbarre
Empire
Anthony Kopnski
Picions
Koknsiki
Georgia House Reconsiders Tax Income Amendment
The Georgia House voted 92 to 48 to reconsider failing to pass the income tax constitutional amendment. The bill sits at the foot of the calendar but may be revived by the rules committee. Senate investigation of the Highway Department will have no counsel arguments, with the hearing wrapping Friday after testimony.
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Georgia House
Rules Committee
Senate
Highway Department
Conspiracy Charged in Georgia Highway Board Inquiry
Atlanta August 13 chairman John N Holder charged a deliberate conspiracy among Governor Clifford Walker W T Anderson former state highway board member W R Neel chief engineer and C R Dawson private auditor to remove him from the board He testified that Anderson’s animosity dated from the board’s rejection of three expenditure proposals totaling at least 1 2 million dollars in state funds.
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State Senate
Holder
Anderson
Georgia Cracker Backs Hutcheson In Highway Probe
An anonymous writer calling himself Georgia Cracker from Macon urges the highway department inquiry to the state senate coroner Hutcheson. He quotes a rough road experience driving in his tin Lizzie and jokes about illegal false teeth biting crackers in hip pockets.
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Georgia
Highway Department
Macon
J. R. Hutcheson
Highway
State Senate
Hutcheson
General Assembly
Blacks Fight in County Jail Over Ethiopian Love Affair
Jerry Turner, a colored inmate in Sumter county jail, assaulted fellow prisoner Bryant Nixon with a fruit jar after Nixon teased him about an Ethiopian jail romance. Nixon suffered a scalp gash but recovered. authorities say the incident stemmed from a broken drinking cup, not serious harm. Nixon’s own recent trouble involves a shooting incident with Mary Drummond.
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Jerry Turner
Sumter
Bryant Nixon
Nixon
Forsyth Street
Chappell
Jerry
Mary Drummond
Latest Highway Bill Would Shoot Present Department To Pieces
Atlanta August 15 News discusses Georgia highway legislation. Bills propose reorganizing the highway department into a three member State Highway Commission appointed by the governor and confirmed by the senate. The measure allows removal with senate consent and outlines commission powers to assume full department control.
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Atlanta
Georgia General Assembly
House
Senate
Granger
Thompson
Rules Committee
Highway Department
State Highway Commission
Highway Board
John N. Holder
Walker
Supreme Court
Grandson of Hawaii ranch owner gets higher annual allowance
In Honolulu August 13 Mrs Elizabeth Knight guardian for Richard Parker Smart 12 seeks 16500 annual support for the boy reputed millionaire owner of Parker ranch Hawaii. Judge Desha grants increase and approves 2500 for vacation and 1800 for staff distribution during visits to the cattle ranch.
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Honolulu
Elizabeth Knight
Los Gatos
Calif
Richard Parker Smart
Jat R. Desha
Court of Domestic Relations
Richard
Parker Ranch
Hawaii
Mother Slays Family Then Takes Own Life
Boston report says George H Curtiss his wife Mary and daughter Marjorie were killed and another child dying from a bullet wound at the family home in West Roxbury. Dorothy survived and told police their mother shot the others in a fit of low mood before killing herself.
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Boston
George H. Curtiss
West Rosburt
Mary
Marjorie
City Hospital
Dorothy
Wisconsin voters urged against radicals in senate race
Oshkosh August 13 Senator Lenroot urged Wisconsinites to oppose any man hostile to President Coolidge in the United States Senate race. He spoke to a Republican conference choosing a candidate to fill the La Follette vacancy, denouncing progressive leaders and Wisconsin administration as radicals and a dictatorship.
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Oshkosh
Wisconsin
Lenroot
Coolidge
United States Senate
Lenroto
LaFollette
Elusive Knight Caught At Last In Macon County Chase
Adolphus Knight of Sumter County, wanted for selling mortgaged property, was captured by Deputy Chappell in a house near Andersonville after a three week manhunt. Knight, who evaded pursuit by foot and vehicle, was jailed and expected to post bond. He had been sought over an automobile mortgaged by the Americus Automobile Company.
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Adolphus Knight
Sumter County
Chappell
Andersonville
Macon County
Knight
Americus Automobile Company
Legislature Set to Adjourn Within Ten Days
Atlanta Aug 13 The Georgia General Assembly nears the end of a 60 day biennial session with more measures introduced than ever and many still awaiting action. The House rules committee under growing pressure aims to finish by Aug 22 despite requests for no midnight rush. Leaders warn of possible extra session as crucial bills remain unacted upon.
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Atlanta
Georgia General Assembly
Walker
Sclons
Committee On Rules
Eight Robbers at Starlight Pool Robbed Bronx Bathers
Eight hold up men four in bathing suits robbed pool patrons and staff at Starlight Park Bronx on Wednesday. Special Officer Sidney Rohn was slightly wounded as the gang fled with valuables after four robbers used pistols to guard Miss May White and two groups searched patrons. The four attackers who entered from the rear collected loot while others detained swimmers and bystanders.
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New York
Starlight Park
Bronx
Sidney Rohn
Miss May White
Rohn
French Cabinet to Discuss German Pact
Paris August 13 Premier Painleve convened the cabinet to hear Foreign Minister Briand report on talks with Foreign Secretary Chamberlain regarding the proposed security pact with Germany. The meeting aims to outline the pact's terms and potential implications.
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Paris
Fpainleve
Briand
Chamberlain
Germany
Bears Feet and Gall Bladder Sought as Death Charms
In Olympia Washington Dr Glenn R Bach of the federal biological survey notes Chinese residents have requested bear parts for charms. A Washington DC resident asked for a bear's feet while another sought the gall bladder believed to grant 1000 years of life. Hunters are told to forward the brain's feet and salt cure is emphasized.
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Olympia
Wash
Glenn R. Bach
Federal Bureau of the Biological Survey
Washington
Washington, D. C
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