Oklahoma Fight Close in Nationwide Primaries
Kansas City dispatch notes heavy voter turnout in Missouri Kansas and Oklahoma with long ballots and slow returns. The Oklahoma race centers on J C Walton seeking the Democratic nomination for U S senator amid Klan issues. Kansas reports Arthur Capper leading renomination hopes and Missouri features heated governor contests in both parties.
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Associated Press
Kansas City
Missouri
Kansas
Oklahoma
J. C. Walton
United States
Arthur Capper
St. Louis
Capper Leads GOP renomination pace in Kansas returns
Associated Press reports Kansas early returns show Arthur Capper leading the Republican renomination race in 200 precincts with 9 178 votes. Sheffield Ingalls follows with 2 924 and Thomas Smith 1 407 in the slate.
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Associated Press
Kansas City
Arthur Capper
Topeka
Senate Farm Bloc
Kansas
Capper
Sheffeld Ingalls
Atchison
Thomas Smith
Hiawatha
Ben
Paulen
Fredonia
State Bankers’ Association
Ku Klux Klan
Republian
W. R. Stubbs
Clyde M. Reed
State Public Utilities Commission
Klan Candidates Lead in Oklahoma City Contest
Congressman BE. B. Howard, candidate backed by the Ku Klux Klan, leads in Oklahoma City as results trend in a local election race. J. C. Wal is also mentioned as a candidate, with continuation noted on page 2.
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KLAN
Oklahoma City
Okla
BE. B. Howard
Ku Klux Klan
J. C. Wal
Davis Weighs Campaign Strategy Ahead of Open
Locust Valley New York August 5 John W Davis Democratic presidential nominee rests at home and plans a formal campaign kickoff next Monday in Clarksburg West Virginia. He considers the order of presenting arguments in longer form and advances in selecting key campaign leaders including the finance committee chair, to be announced later.
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Associated Press
Locust Valley
N. Y
John W. Davis
Clarksburg
W. Va
Ces
Warren praised by Coolidge for work in Mexico
President Coolidge accepted Charles B. Warren’s formal resignation as ambassador to Mexico. In his statement Coolidge praised Warren for restoring diplomatic relations and protecting American life and property while aiding Mexico’s development and welfare.
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Mexico
Coolidge
John Barton Payne
United States
Associated Press
Washington
Charles B. Warren
White House
Warren
Wilson
Hail Storm Ravages Crops Across North Dakota
Crops worth several million dollars were destroyed by a hail storm sweeping from northern Stutsman county east into Minnesota. The system last night hit seven North Dakota counties and caused extensive damage across the region.
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Fargo
N. D
Stutsman County
Minnesota
North Dakota
Harrison Avenue paving project gains assured status
A special improvement district for Harrison avenue between Harvard and Grand avenues is assured after no protests were filed by property owners. The city council will vote on the district resolutions. funds of 13 650 dollars are being raised to pave the avenue from Grand to Holmes, with remaining blocks to follow next spring.
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Silver Bow Creek
Judge Rules Hearing Not Trial for Leopold Loeb Mitigation
The hearing on punishing Nathan Leopold Jr. and Richard Loeb for the Franks kidnap and death will determine mitigation grounds without a jury trial. Judge John R. Caverly asserts the court will hear expert testimony on mental disease while denying a jury verdict. the process may last at least two weeks.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Nathan F. Leopold, Jr
Richard A. Loeb
Robert Franks
John R. Caverly
Caverly
Healy
Mr. Crowe
Leopold
Loeb
Clarence
Darrow
Defense Council
American Fugitive Held in Honduras
The Department of Justice announced that George A. Moore alias Fred J. Owens, wanted in St. Louis on a war savings stamps counterfeiting indictment, is being held for extradition in Honduras.
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Washington
Department of Justice
George A. Moore
Fred J. Owens
St. Louis
Honduras
Americans May See Last of Steaks as Corn Price Soars
Chicago Aug 5 Owing to heavy rains the corn crop may be scarce and tenderloin steaks and roast beef could vanish from regular tables. John T Russell former president of the Master Butchers association warns meat from cattle fed on alfalfa lacks flavor without corn. Lamb and mutton are nearly unobtainable. Butchers with lamb hide it for favored customers.
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Associated Press
Chicago
John T. Russell
Master Butchers’ Association
Russell
Charlies E. Kerrick
Institute of American Meat Packers
Kill on Sight Order Sent in Palisade Mine Hunt
Three men suspected in a $15,000 office robbery hide in an abandoned Palisade mine. Postal inspector A W Deming orders guards to shoot to kill if sighted, after setting up lights and electric traps at a main mine entrance as officials pursue the fugitives.
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Associated Press
Grand Junction
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Palisade
A. W. Deming
Watson
Papal Blessing Granted to Knights of Columbus Convention
The Knights of Columbus convention in New York opened with about 6,000 members. Cardinal Gasparri signed the apostolic benediction letter sent via Edward J. Hearn, praising the order for aiding fellow countrymen and co-religionists in Rome.
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Associated Press
New York
Gasparri
Holy See
the Knights of Columbus
Edward WL
Hearn
Order
Knights of Columbus
Rome
Forest Fire Nears Convicts In Wyoming
In Cheyenne Wyoming on August 5 trustees from Wyoming penitentiary at Rawlins aided the fight against a forest fire along the south flank of Green mountain about 60 miles northwest of Rawlins. Firefighters including convicts escaped death after a sudden wind shift. several were injured by heat and smoke exposure.
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Associated Press
Cheyenne
Wyo
Wyoming
Rawlins
Green Mountain
Frank W. Yoder
General Land Office
Actress Loses Job Over Husband Fallout
Imogene Wilson, who sued Frank Tinney for beating her two months ago, is seeking work after Tinney sailed to London with separation papers. Ziegfeld Jr. dismissed her from the Follies cast upon learning of the wife’s suit and the couple’s on board departure.
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Associated Press
New York
Imogene Wilson
Frank Tinney
Tinney
London
Imogene
Vierenz Ziegfeld Jr
Heat Wave Kills Five In Chicago As Triple Prostrations Reported
Chicago records five deaths from heat and a heat driven accident with three women seriously hurt as temperatures climbed to 92. A late storm brought relief with a 15 degree drop in an hour. In Ohio, one death and three prostrations occurred from the heat wave with Mary J. Sacho of Cleveland among the deceased.
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Ohio
Associated Press
Columbus
Mary J. Sacho
Cleveland
Cincinnati
Toledo
Plane crash near Hudson claims two lives
Two men were killed when an airplane crashed east of Hudson, Ohio. The owner and pilot of the aircraft, used for commercial flights and aviation lessons, died alongside a youth learning to fly.
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Associated Preas
Cleveland
Hudson
Ohio
Tragic Collision Halts Brooklyn Subway Trains
One dead and eighteen injured, four critically, after a wood train on the Brooklyn-Manhattan Transit elevated line rear ended a steel subway train at Ocean Parkway station. The wooden train’s motorman McNichol said his air brakes failed and he jumped to the platform.
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Surgeon Duncan L. Despard Shot Dead in Philadelphia
Dr. Duncan L. Despard a famed surgeon was shot in his Philadelphia office by a man said to be mentally unbalanced. The assailant then fatally shot himself. Despard died at Polyclinic hospital from shoulder and lung wounds. The gunman was Alfonso Maisi a 40 year old tailor. Despard a friend of John W. Davis was associate professor of gynecology at Polyclinic and clinical demonstrator at Jefferson Medical College.
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Philadelphia
Aug
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Alfonso Maisi
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Maisi
Deepard
John W. Davis
Polyclinic Hospital
Clinien
Jefferson Medical College
Britain and Soviet treaty talks collapse
London reports negotiations between Britain and Soviet Russia have broken down and the proposed treaty will not be signed. The two delegations remained in session overnight until 7 15 this morning as Soviet representatives rejected a question on article 14 and no agreement could be reached.
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Associated Press
London
Aug
Great Britain
Soviet Russia
Foreign Office
MacLaren Refuses To Abandon World Flight Bases
Maj. A. Stuart MacLaren, the British aviator, declares he will not permit the bases prepared along his proposed world flight route to be dismantled despite abandoning the aircraft repair effort after a wreck near the Kormanderek islands and the Siberian coast.
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Associated Press
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Alaska
A. Stuart MacLaren
Orday
Kormanderek Islands
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German delegation at London reparations conference
The head of the German delegation to the London reparations conference received the allies protocol yesterday. Berlin delegates began work on the protocol and are expected to state their position within 48 hours.
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Germany
London
Berlin
Airplane duo completes Iceland coast flight from Hoefn Hornafjord
Lieut. Lowell H. Smith and Lieut. Erik Nelson piloted world planes from Hoefn Hornafjord to Reykjavik covering about 300 miles in four hours and 68 minutes. Strong head winds on the return trip slowed the voyage but the landing was successful with a crowd gathered in Reykjavik. Reported improved ice conditions at Angmagnaikil Greenland set next stop.
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Associated Press
Reykjavik
Iceland
Lowell H. Smith
Erik Nelson
Hoefn Hornafjord
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Smith
Angmagnalik
Greenland
Commons To Take Up Irish Dispute
Dublin August 5 The Free State government received a communication after a full day conference on Article 12 of the Anglo Irish treaty outlining the North South boundary A statement will be made in the House of Commons in London tomorrow and Premier MacDonald will reply to the Free State government.
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Associated Press
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Free State
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South
Ireland
House of Commons
London
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International conference name change marks German entry
German representatives headed by Chancellor Marx joined the inter allied Dawes plan talks in London as full partners. The session placed Germany at the foot of the table with Ramsay MacDonald at the head, and the group will become the big fourteen with Marx and Stresemann plus another delegate. The conference may last at least two weeks longer as Germans study the protocol before a plenary statement.
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Associated Press
London
Marx
Foreign Office
Genoa
Ramsay MacDonald
Willl
Stresemann
Kellogg
James A. Logan Jr
United States
Mr. MacDonald
Luther
Mexican Volunteers Disarmed as Cour t Probes Murder
Federal forces led by Gen. Roberto Cruz began disarming volunteers and agrarian troops from the recent revolution in Nebla state. The move started in Texmelucan district after the killing of American widow Mrs Rowsalle Evans, shot during a robbery while en route to her hacienda. A special court investigates charges that agrarian elements linked to Evans’s opponents were behind the robbery and murder.
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Presa
Mexico City
Roberto Cruz
Nebla
San Martin
Texmelucan
Rowsalle Evans
Obregon
Evans
Mvans
Silver Producers Conference Opens in Salt Lake City
Leaders of Northwestern mining firms including Kelley of Anaconda Hobine of Washoe Smelter and Laist depart for Salt Lake City to join a conference called by ex Mayor Mount Ferry. The meeting aims to review committee reports from Reno and discuss export trade under the Webb Pomerene act and rising silver demand.
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Anaconda Company
J. R. Hobbine
Frederick Laist
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Jutte
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