Defense in Leopold Loeb case hinges on psychopathic view
Chicago August report on the Leopold Loeb trial notes the defense and state teams of alienists contesting whether the youths are sane or insane. Dr Hall calls them psychopathic inferiors with anti social traits, while Leopold minimizes the Franks murder’s impact, saying it mattered little to Chicago society.
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Chicago
Leopold- Loeb
John Arly
Dicky
Bobby
Nathan F. Leopold, Jr
Richard A. Loeb
William O. Korhn
Harold ID. Singer
Korhn
Singer
Nathan Leo‘ld
Dicky” Loeb
Def&%e
Korgn
James Whitney Hall
Hall
Leopold
Loeb
Hell
Dr. Hall
Opold
Bobby Franks
Franks
Nathan
Sooty
Suspect Tries Poison Dismissal Case With Chicken Test
In Los Angeles Bernard Reenberg said in court he acted on impulse when his wife offered a remedy. He tested it on his and her chickens with fatal results. Sophia Greenberg, seeking divorce, denied the accusations.
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Los Angeles
Bernardreenberg
Sophia Greenberg
West Leads Columbus Party to Survey 4000 Acre Coal Block
R T West with Fred Essex and Mr Cottingham of Columbus travel to Big Coal River to inspect a newly bought coal block of about 4000 acres. They plan to start construction on the property within weeks, touted as one of the finest undeveloped coal holdings in the region.
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Pomeroy
R. T. West
Fred Essex
Mr. Cottingham
Columbus
Big Coal River
Election Day Aches For Voters As Campaigns End
Voters rush to polls on election day as candidates and workers finish a frenzied final push. Key contests include Congressman Foster versus Jenkins with claims of safe majorities and a contested Athens county result. James White and Harry Davis expected to lead the Tenth district race, with Homer Durand third in the governor race. Other races show multiple county commission hopefuls and two seats to fill.
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Foster
Tom Jenkins
Jenkins
Athens County
James A. White
Harry T. Davis
Homer Durand
Close election expected with two dark horses in race
A tight contest is anticipated as two dark horses may boost uncertainty. Polls open at 6 30 a m and close at 6 20 p m Eastern time. Sixty nine candidates appear on the Republican ballot with two dollars on the Democratic ballot.
Two Are Slain in Detroit Grocery Store
Detroit August 11. Josiph Yergens aged 60 and his sister Theresa 35 were murdered in their Detroit grocery store Sunday. A milkman found the bodies early today. Both victims were struck with a baseball bat wrapped in paper. Theresa Yergens suffered clothing ripped from her body. Two Black suspects seen in the store are being investigated.
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Detroit
Josiph Yergens
Theresa
Yergens
Miss Vergens
Drunken Quarrel Ends in Shooting near Marion
Frank Meadows, 28, is hospitalized in Marion City Hospital with bullet wounds after a fight over a ball game near Morral, 12 miles north of Marion. Kenneth Brown, 27, is jailed on no formal charge, claiming amnesia about the incident. Meadows, father of four, is not yet declared out of danger. Brown reportedly drank with Meadows prior to the shooting.
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Marion
Frank Meadows
Marion City Hospital
Inlaw
Kenneth Brown
Marion County
City
Brown
Meadows
Morral
Litte
Judge Moore at 89 Enjoys Optimistic View of World
Ottawa Ohio reports Judge John J. Moore, the oldest living state resident, marked his 89th birthday. He credits improvement in life conditions over nearly a century and remains an upbeat observer. Separately, forecasts indicate the California raisin crop will reach about 275000 tons this year.
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Ottawa
John J. Moore
Democrats Pick Honesty as Campaign Theme in New York
J. W. Davis and Gov. Al Smith meet and declare honesty the campaign issue. The piece notes Democrats and Republicans lack a clear fighting point and questions what electors will do. F D Roosevelt declines to run for New York governor while Davis and Smith push the idea.
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J. W. Davis
al Smith
New York
Calvin Coolidge
F. D. Roosevelt
Davis
England fears wheat price rise as imports curb
London fears over dependence on imports grow as bread costs rise amid trade depression. Analysts cite English port charges and high warehousing costs at London as factors driving prices and reducing storage. Other ports supply England, but rail hauls raise costs.
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London
England
America
Port of London Authority
Balloonist Conley Dies In Parachute Accident
Balloonist Clifford C. Conley of Van Wert Ohio dies at Pioneer Park Kalamazoo Michigan when his parachute fails from 1500 feet. He suffers extensive bone fractures as the craft crashes to the ground.
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Kalamazoo
Mich
Clifford C. Conley
van Wert, O
Pioneer Park
Reduced Speed Limit Brings 15 MPH Rule to Mechanicsburg
In Mechanicsburg the speed limit dropped to 15 miles per hour from the Asylum gate to the Jerseyville pike noting the road is only 16 feet wide with no sidewalks. Sheriff McKinley cites safeguarding lives as drivers must share narrow lanes with pedestrians to church and school.
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Mechanicsburg
Asylum Gate
Jerseyville Pike
McKinley
Thermometers Show Vote Gap At Athens Primary
Thermometers to display the relative vote counts by men and women at the Athens County primaries. They will be placed in front of Chine's Pharmacy and updated every two hours Tuesday. Mrs. 8 H Bing, president of the Athens County League of Women Voters, announced the plan.
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Lee
Chine
8. H. Bing
Athens County League of Women Voters
Secretary Brown to push record returns in Ohio count
In Columbus on August 11 secretary of state Thad H Brown said every effort would be made to break all records for tabulation and return announcements tomorrow night. County election boards were told to stay in continuous session until the unofficial results are complete.
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Columbes
Thad H. Brown
Davis Control Begins as Davis Drives White House Bid
John W. Davis formally launches his presidential campaign by summoning the Democratic national committee in Clarksburg. He plans to address the body and accept the nomination with a speech outlining issues of honesty in government federal economy and religious freedom. Party leaders rally for unity ahead of the November vote.
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Clarksburg
W. Va
John W. Davis
White House
National Committee
Committee On Notification
Thomas J. Walsh
Montana
Davis
New York
New
Clem Shaver
Booster
Wooster Police Probe Murder of Edwin Vetter
Police follow several clues in the beating death of 52 year old Edwin Vetter whose body was found in bushes along a road east of Wooster. Robbery is the suspected motive.
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Wooster, O
Edwin Vetter
Wooster
Communist movement in Bulgaria under Moscow guidance warned
Reports from the frontier today warn that Bulgaria's communist movement is advancing under direct Moscow guidance, signaling growing influence and potential regional tension.
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Athens
Bulgaria
Moscow
Union Makes a Final Stand in Northern West Virginia
The United Mine Workers face a receding influence as open shop production grows in northern West Virginia. Market conditions and wage scales strain union mines, with many producers operating without UMW agreements or keeping plants idle. Open shop mining spreads in Monongahela and surrounding counties as the union defends, not expands, its position.
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Charleston
W. VA
United Mine Workers Organization
West Virginia
Jacksonville
United Mine Workers
Eskina
Gassaway
Eveeretteville
New England Fuel & Transportation Company
Iete
Lewis
Hudson’ Coal Company
Lewin
Open Shop
Monongahela
Harrison
Marion
Morgantown
Kingwood
Monongahela County
Wanawha County
Kanawha
Decline in United Mine Workers Power in West Virginia
The article notes weak union strength in the Kanawha region where former mines have not resumed under the United Mine Workers. It contrasts this with a failure to reorganize in the Monongahela field where independent operators have kept working. Leaders reject wage adjustments proposed by the Monongahela Operators' Association, blaming the union's reluctance to align with market conditions for waning influence and reduced business for WV producers.
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Kanawha
United Mine Work Irs Organization
Monongahela Operators’ Association
International Organization
United Mine Workers Organization
West Virginia
Six Candidates Confident Ahead of Tuesday Election
Columbus, Aug 11 After polls open at 6 30 tomorrow the largest field of candidates ever for state offices faces the voters. Eight seek the Republican nomination for governor with six issuing optimistic statements of victory if supporters turnout statewide. Harry J. Davis Jane A White John F Burke Homer Durand Joseph B Welber and George W B Harris express confidence. Congressman John L Cable of Lima is hospitalized after an accident. Merry Clay Smith of Cleveland is the only other candidate mentioned in the crowded field.
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Columbus
Harry J. Davis
Janes A. White
John F. Burke
Homer H Durand
Joseph B. Welber
George WB. Harris
John L. Cable
Lima
Citar
Merry Clay Smith
Cleveland
Warm Weather Forecast for Ohio Valley Week
The forecast from the Weather Bureau Washington predicts fair and cool to start in the Ohio Valley and Tennessee with rising temperatures Tuesday and Wednesday, followed by cooler conditions later in the week. Normal Cincinnati highs reach 85, with a 65 low and 76 average.
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Ohio Valley
Tennessee
Cincinnati
Railroads censured for outsourcing locomotive repairs
The Interstate Commerce Commission announced action against railroads that repair their locomotives in outside shops. The move targets practices seen as bypassing standard maintenance channels and raises questions about costs and safety oversight.
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Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
Cornstalks Reach 14 Feet On Local Farm
SOMs. Cornstalks measuring 14 feet are a common sight on the farm of Frank Finsterwald on Stroud's Run. He had one of them in Athens Monday.
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Frank Finsterwald
Stroud
Athens
Chicago Crime Commission report highlights murders and bail issues
The Crime Commission notes a surge of murders in Chicago and Cook County with June rosters showing 31 days of killings and 175 murders by June 30. It cites bail trends, unapprehended suspects, and indictments in 130 murder cases with 95 defendants in five new indictments.
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Gmicago
Crime Commission
Chicago
Cook County
Sodox
Sollo
Bride and Groom Among Victims in Ohio Crash
A Sunday afternoon crash eight miles from Hamilton Ohio killed several people, including newlywed Roy Fawnes of New Castle Indiana and his bride Jerry Fame Fanning of Hillsboro. Also dead were Lela Fawnes and Dolores Johnett, with Johnson dying three hours after the impact. The couple had just left the Fawnes wedding and were traveling from Kentucky to Indiana when the eastbound auto collided with a westbound vehicle at the station.
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Hamilton
Roy Fawnes
New Castle
Ind
Jerry Fame Fanning
Hillsboro
Lela Fawnes
Johnson
Dolores Johnett
Kentucky
Indiana
Sil
Aches
First Aid for the Home booklet offers prevention tips
This note outlines a booklet titled First Aid for the Home that lists common accidents and home prevention steps. Readers are urged to send a payment and two return stamps to obtain a copy.
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