Dog Slaying Trove Prompts Outcry Over Mercy and Justice
Carl Holbrook of Baton Rouge began a life sentence in Louisiana for killing the man who poisoned his dog Buck. The case stirred sympathy for Holbrook, while the dog poisoner faced no remorse though he admitted the act. The piece links cruelty to animals with broader societal indifference and echoes Milne’s warning of moral retribution.
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Carl Holbrook
Baton Rouge
Louisiana
Holbrook
Coleridge
Three Are Killed in Family Quarrel in Missouri
William Plunkett shot and killed his wife, his mother-in-law Mrs Isaac Tubb, and his sister-in-law Miss Jane Tubb, 16, at their Waverly home after a series of quarrels. He was arrested minutes later and jailed in Lexington. The town marshal had been called earlier to quell the dispute.
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Associated Press
Waverly
William Plunkett
Isaac Tubb
Jane Tubb
Plunkett
Lexington
Holmes Avenue Fenced Spurs South Highway Realization
The long dream of a hard surfaced highway to the south near Butte moves forward as Holmes avenue is fenced at Harrison avenue and graders work. Kiwanis Rotary Elks and the chamber of commerce with support from the Butte Clerks union, Rotana, bankers and business people funded the effort amid prior route rejections and shifting proposals. Continued on Page 2, Column 6.
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Holmes Avenue
Montana
Montana Way
Kiwanis
Rotary, Elks and
Chamber of Commerce
Butte Clerks’ Union
The
Rotana
Harrison Avenue
Standard
Butte
Police rescue man from New York mob
In New York on July 18, police reserves prevented a mob of over 1,000 people from lynching James Gullatte, 23, accused of attacking an 11 year old white girl playing near a porch in a predominantly black neighborhood. He was saved and arrested.
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Associated Press
New York
James Gullatte
Crazed girl captured in bog after desperate fight
Mary Lawando missing for eight days was found in a swamp six miles south of Wausau Wisconsin after a pursuit by Sheriff Arthur Siewert and Henry Schissler. She was dragged from the bog seriously weakened and taken to a hospital for days of care. Her stepmother had been attacked earlier.
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Wisconsin
Associated Press
Wausau
Wis
Mary Lawando
Here
Arthur Siewert
Henry Schissler
Mary
Anna Lawando
Schissler
Siewert
City council weighs red spider threat and bids for spray
The city council discussed the red spider infestation delaying tree health and approved advertising for bids to buy a spraying machine, with bids due July 25. The ER agency advised direct contact spray using blackleaf 40 soap and water, plus a weekly second application. Other items include hospital contract termination plans and 17,000 and 12,000 gallon oil tanks permits. Firemen seek pay raise amid wage concerns.
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Wilkinson
Weigenstein
Mergor
Federal Bureau of Entomology
Aphis
Emma J. Soles
Columbia Hospital
Columbia
Abt Zukolli
Stockyards
East Second Street
Joseph Shellhorn
West Galena Street
Fire Department
United States
Ways and Means Committee
Aged Woman Guilty of Foster Son's Death
Emma Kopple a 59 year old Lansing woman was found guilty of murdering her foster son Harry Brill. The boy died from poison in May after a plan with roomer James Shannon to kill him for 1300 in insurance. Judge Carr sentenced her to hard labor at the Detroit house of correction. She maintained her innocence after sentencing.
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Associated Press
Mason
Mich
Emma Kopple
Lansing
Harry Brill
Carr
Mrs. Kopple
Detroit House of Correction
War on Ku Klux Klan urged by Ancient Order of Hibernians
Montreal July 18 The Ancient Order of Hibernians urged a nationwide fight against the Ku Klux Klan urging support of the Unity League of America as a remedy. President James Deery warned the Klan harms Jews Catholics Negroes and foreigners and meddles in politics. Subpenas issued in Robeson county NC for records of the Fairmont klan as Mlke Lawson chief of police and others face flogging charges linked to Mrs. Mary Watson and Mrs. Hattie Purvis case.
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Associated Press
Montreal
Order of Hibernians
Ku Klux Klan
James Deery
Unity League of America
United States
Klan
Lumberton
N. C
Grand Klaliff
North Carolina
Fairmont
Fairmont Klavern
Robeson County
Mike Lawson
Johnson Hedgepath
Hugh Bronson
Mary Watson
Hattie Purvis
Undertaker ends life after woman plunges to death
Kansas City July 18. Mrs. Eula Thompson 30, an employee in a local undertaking shop, and her employer W. M. McClure 55, were found dead in the shop. Authorities say Thompson fell two stories down an elevator shaft and McClure, who was nearby, appears to have shot himself after directing help. A sixe long knife was found in McClure's chest. A negro porter and janitor provided statements. The coroner notes possible murder discovery as trigger for McClure's suicide. Surviving McClure are his widow and two daughters.
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Associated Press
Kansas City
Eula Thompson
W. M. McClure
H. E. Moss
McClure
Fate of Dr. Jacobs With Jury Today
In San Diego on July 18 the murder trial of Dr. Louis L. Jacobs for killing dancer Fritzie Mann nears its end as defense counsel Paul Lehenck contends the prosecution lacks proof a crime occurred and that Jacobs could be the killer. District Attorney Kempley prepared to present closing argument to jurors tomorrow.
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Associated Press
San Diego
Cal
Louis L. Jacobs
Fritzie Mann
Dancer
Paul Lehenck
Dr. Jacobs
Kempley
Hoover pledges progress steps for Alaska's future
Anchorage July 18 Herbert Hoover secretary of commerce urged three month measures to advance Alaska toward greater progress and nation building. He envisaged Alaska expanding to four or five great states through steady population growth and better living standards. He backed a broad policy on fisheries reform and cautioned against one large reservation. Work of interior urged easier business, relaxed restrictions, and liberal mining and coal land policies to unlock resources.
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Associated Press
Anchorage
Alaska
Herbert Hoover
Department of Commerce
Chamber of Commerce
America
Hoover
Oklahoma
California
Work
Interior Department
William Spry
Utah
General Land Office
Alaskas
Ford for president boosters plan Dearborn rally in August
Chicago August plans emerge as Henry Ford for president supporters aim to publicly back his name. Dr. P L Clark of the Illinois Ford for President club confirms a later August roundup in Ford's Dearborn home town to present petitions seeking his entry on the 1932 ticket.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Henry Ford
Ford
Dearborn
Mich
P. L. Clark
Illinois
Major Draper Daugherty Founds Work in Chicago Sales
Major Draper M Daugherty son of U S attorney general Harry M Daugherty fled a Connecticut sanitarium June 17 and has spent a month in Chicago working as a coal company salesman The Chicago Herald and Examiner quotes him saying he came to start fresh and is working He notes publicity from the Dot King murder case in New York last spring harmed him.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Ill
Draper M. Daugherty
Harry M. Daugherty
United States
Connecticut
Chiiago
Chicago Herald and Examiner
Daugherty
Dot’ King
New York
the Herald and Examiner
Philippine cabinet attack on Wood blasted as unjustified
Leo Sackett of Manila Stevedoring calls the resignation of the Filipino cabinet a malicious deplorable act against General Wood. He says the governor general ran affairs efficiently and non politically, earning universal respect from natives and whites alike despite his enemies.
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Associated Press
Sheridan
Wyo
Philippines
Council of State
Leo Sackett
Manila
Philippine
General Wood
Sackett
Wood
Mr. Sackett
Rabbi J K Levin Leaves Butte for Spokane Church
The Rev J K Levin longtime rabbi of Temple B’nai Israel who is famed as an orator and civic worker has resigned effective Sept 1 to lead a large temple in Spokane. The Butte congregation pauses over his departure while noting his broadened future influence. He previously served Helena for five years and joined Butte during wartime, aiding government committees and youth efforts.
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J. K. Levin
Rb’nai Israel
Levin
Butte
Spokane
Helena
Europe Ready for Another War Says Former Secretary
Cleveland on July 18 Newton D. Baker warned that Europe is now more nearly ready for a world war than in 1914. Speaking to women in support of the League of Nations Non-Partisan association he urged backing a petition to urge U S entry into a league of nations, promising that large signers would persuade the president and senate to act.
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Associated Press
Cleveland
Europe
Newton D. Baker
League of Nations
United States
Senate
America
Mr. Baker
France can cause delay in British note to Germany
London report says the British draft note to Germany was completed with cabinet approval anticipated tomorrow. It may be sent to the allied governments Friday for approval and to Washington as courtesy. France could delay, but Curzon likely to proceed to Berlin after replies from allies. Ruhr residents vow to continue passive resistance, miners especially defiant and not to heed Bertin.
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Associated Press
London
Germany
Washington
France
Lord Curzon
Berlin
Essen
Ruhr
Associated Presse
England
Bertin
Maughan Set for Second Continent Flight Test
Lt. Russell L. Maughan prepared for a 3 30 a m takeoff from Mitchell Field New York for a second attempt to fly coast to coast between dawn and dusk. A successful afternoon test indicated the plane was in top condition with favorable weather. His route includes four stops at McCook Field Dayton Municipal Field St Joseph Mo Air Mail Field Cheyenne Wyo and Salduro Utah. daylight time has been adjusted to 16 hours 16 minutes due to losses in the first attempt.
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Associated Press
Mitchell Field
N. Y
Russell L. Maughan
Maughan
St. Joseph
McCook Field
Dayton
Ohio
Municipal Field
Air Mailfield
Cheyenne
Wye
Salduro
Utah
San Francisco
Boy Crushed By Car Beaten By Witnesses At Hospital
George McMillan, 10, lay critically injured after a car struck him at Harrison and Grand avenues. Two men fled with the boy to St James hospital, where attendants treated him as Chief Murphy hunted for the occupants and the vehicle. Witnesses recall the car trying to pass a street car on the left side before striking the boy. Police sought license numbers from bystanders to identify the machine and its operators.
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St. James Hospital
Murphy
George McMillan
Dan McMillan
South
Arizona Street
Harrison and
Grand Avenues
Powell
Chief Murphy
McMillan Bey
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Excelsior Avenue
Big Butte
Reardon & O’brien
J. H. Rowe
Kaw Avenue
Park Street
Montana Street
James H. Rowe
Mr. Rowe
Aigernians
AU Klux Klan
Deery
Undertaker
North Hoover
Spry
Will
Radbi
Opokane
Congregation B’nai Israel
Allies
Curzon
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