Douglasville Sheriff Accused of Slapping Woman and Threats
E C Allen of Atlanta charges Sheriff A L Baggett of Douglasville with slapping his wife during a car search for liquor and threatening the couple with a revolver. No liquor found. Allen says the officer held them at gunpoint and forced movement. The sheriff admits slapping Mrs Allen but denies using a pistol during the search.
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Alien
Allen Ughily
150 Drowned in Wreck of Steamship Tairei
A dispatch to Asahi reports 150 people drowned when the steamship Tairei collided with the Kam ta Maru off Cape Nototo north of Hokkaido at 10:45. The 1240 ton vessel bound for Otaro carried sixteen passengers and five crew saved.
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Cape Nototo
North St
Hokkaido
Nowille Water Ad Wile Polluted
JKnoxville July 28. Health department warns public bathing as five new typhoid cases raise total to 40 with previous reports. The bureau says 60 city springs are polluted and a large portion of the water supply is infected, causing three deaths in three weeks.
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Jknoxvile
State Department Demands Vigor in Iran After Teheran Attack
Acting Secretary Crewe said vigorous representations would be sent to Minister Kornfeld at Teheran after the assault and death of Mrs. Katherine Imbrie widow of the vice-consul. The dispatch follows a protest lodged over conditions leading to the unprovoked attack.
Diplomatic protest over Teheran mob attack
Acting Secretary Crowe announced vigorous representations to Minister Kornfeld in Teheran after an assault on Mrs. Katherine Imbrie widow of the American vice consul who was killed by a mob in Teheran. The protest denounced the unprovoked attack and the dangerous situation.
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Washington
Crowe
State Department
Kornfeld
Teheran
Persia
Katherine Imbrie
Ku Klux Candidate Wins in Tears in Texas Primary
Dallas dated July 28 revised figures show Lynch Davidson of Houston in second place behind Judge Felix Robertson, an avowed Ku Klux Klan candidate, for the gubernatorial nomination. Seventeen Democratic congressmen appear renominated, eight facing opponents.
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Lynch Davidson
Houston
Miriam Ferguson
Felix Robertson
Fire damages two Strafestreet homes to seven hundred dollars
A small fire last night damaged two houses owned by Mrs. E. Pearlman on Strafetreet. Fire Chief McArthur assessed the damage at 700 to 800 dollars. The text includes garbled fragments referring to unrelated phrases.
Harris Denies Editorial Charge In Georgia Race
Atlanta dispatch reports Thomas W. Hardwick, seeking Harris seat, responding to Greensboro Journal editorial printed in state papers. He rebuts claim Harris was a Republican while governor, noting his later role with the U S Department of Justice war fraud investigations for ten months after leaving office in 1923. Continued on page two.
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Greensboro, Ga
William J. Harris
Thomas W. Hardwick
Harris
Greensboro Herald-Journal
Advisory Council
United States Department of Justice
Daugherty
Davis Won't Dictate State Platforms
Dark Harbor Maine July 28 John W Davis Democratic presidential nominee says he does not seek to dictate state Democratic platforms and notes state conventions reserve right to craft town platforms. He dismisses reports of returning to New York to influence anti Ku Klux Klan policy and says he would welcome Governor Smith running again.
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Dark Harbor
Isleboro
John W. Davis
New York
Alfred E. Smith
Mr. Davis
Penobscot Bay
Joseph Pulitzer
St. Louis
Courtroom Farce Amid Grim Evidence in Leopold and Lech Trial
The two defendants Leopold and Lech appear unfazed by witnesses and gruesome exhibits shown by Chief Justice Caverly. They giggle at testimony that could lead to the gallows as the state presents the chisel used in the Chicago schoolboy murder of Robert Franks.
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Albert Hi. Loeb
Richard Loeb
John R. Caverly
Chicago
Nathan Leopold
Robert Franks
Nathan F. Leopold, Jr
Richard Lech
Judge Crisp To Speak For National Ticket
Information was received today about Judge Charles R. Crisp being named as a speaker for the national Democratic campaign. The national committee is compiling a list of speakers for John W. Davis and Chairman Shaver to choose from, with former Senator Hoke Smith among those offering services. Crisp, noted for tariff knowledge, is expected to help argue that taxation is indirect and that the Fortney McCumber tariff costs the least able to pay about $4 billion.
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Charles R. Crisp
National
Couiing
National Committee
John W. Davis
Shaver
Hoke Smith
Crisp
Congress
La Follette to Establish Regional Campaign Offices
Washington July 28 Managers for Senator La Follette's presidential bid plan six regional campaign headquarters to speed a nationwide organization and bolster vote gathering efforts across the country.
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LA Follette
Washington
Senator la Follette
Little Joe Awose One Piece Bathing Suits
Community note records a quirky item about Little Joe Awose and a one piece bathing suit tied to a corn on the cob eating contest. No formal event details or dates are provided in the readable text.
Nashua Mills Move to Full-Time Schedule
Nashua Manufacturing Company announced that full-time operation will begin at Nashua and Jackson mills on September 2, replacing the current four-day weekly schedule. The shift aims to boost production and stabilize operations across the cotton goods maker.
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Nashua
NSE Fuly
Nashua Manufacturing Company
Jackson Mills
Labor troubles spark AnteJap riots in California
Tokyo reports anti-Japanese activity in California stem from labor troubles. San Francisco consul general notes a demonstration occurred at two California fruit packing plants in Hopeland where shots were fired. The Ku Klux Klan was not involved according to the inquiry.
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Associated Press
TOKIO
California
S. San Francisco
Foreign Office
Hopeland
Indictment for Extortion Letter in Franks Case
Cook County grand jury returns true bills charging two 19-year-old boys Walter Borycka and Ignatius Ciombras with attempting to extort $8,000 from Jacob Franks father of 14 year old murdered by Leopold and Loeb. They sent a June 21 letter threatening to kidnap Robert’s sister Josephine and admitted sending it to exploit the case publicity.
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Cook County Grand Jury
Jacob Franks
Nathan Leopold
Richard Loeb
Walter Borycka
Ignatius Ciombras
Franks
Robert
Josephine
Borycka
Ciombras
Attorneys Tinker Amid Leob Loeb Case To Save Boys
In Chicago during the second week of the Leopold and Loeb trial for the Franks murder, Deputy Crowe pressed handwriting experts to bolster a hanging case. Defense counsel led by Clarence Darrow held urgent talks with alienists to plot a counter attack and possibly seek insanity hearings or a jury trial.
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Chicago
Richard Loeb
Nathan Leopold, Jr
Robert Franks
Crowe
Leopold and
Loeb
Clarence S. Darrow
Benjamin Bachrach
Darrow
William F. Healy
New York
Bernard Glueck
William A. White
Washington
United States
James J. Gortland
Leopold
Gortland
Caverly
Justice Caverly
Deportee Manicurist Reaches Havana After Landing Refusal
Blanco Lourdes a former manicurist and Spanish Canary Islands native who was refused entry in New York last week arrived in Havana today aboard the same South American steamer as Luis Firpo. The arrival confirms her status as a Spanish subject.
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Blanco Lourdes
New York
Luis Firpo
South America
Canary Islands
Condition of Senator Lodge Reported Excellent
Boston July 28 The condition of Senator Henry Cabot Lodge was declared excellent by the attending surgeon. The 74 year old senior Massachusetts senator is in a Cambridge hospital recovering from an operation for a serious recurrence of a former ailment and has been under a physician care for the past ten days.
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Boston
Henry Cabot Lodge
Senator Lodge
Massachusetts
Cambridge
Rebels Desert City as Federal Forces Take Sao Paulo
The withdrawal of revolutionaries from Sao Paulo and the occupation by Brazilian government troops was announced on State Department guidance. Brazilian authorities expect the occupation to end the rebellion, as civilians gain a chance to escape before the final assault.
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Federal
Associated Press
Washington
Sao Paulo
State Department
Brazil
Brazilian plan to attack Sao Paulo sparks exile fears
Reports from Rio de Janeiro claim Brazilian authorities notify civilians to leave Sao Paulo while federal troops prepare a decisive assault on rebels. Officials deny extreme measures as fighting persists with censorship. Rebel sources say dissent grows among government troops facing draft.
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Beunos
Sao Paulo
Chance Agne on Trial for Murder in Jenkins County
Statesboro July 28 R H Chance charged with the murder of Watson Allen in Jenkins county two years ago is on trial for the third time for his life here today The case comes on a change of venue Chance has been twice convicted once for life and another mistrial
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Statesboro
R. H. Chance
Watson Allen
Jenkins County
Chance
Socialist Party Denounces Kluxers in Platform
The Socialist party denounces the Ku Klux Klan for stirring racial and religious division and terrorism. It calls the Klan the handmaiden of reaction and a threat to domestic institutions. The platform foresees a labor party and pledges support to the independent nominees.
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Ku Klux Klan
Socialist Party
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