Suit seeks halt to teacher salaries over Bible tied science teaching
Loren H Wittner filed suit in District of Columbia federal court to stop salaries of science instructors in district schools who teach theories conflicting with the Holy Bible. He argues Congress funds only Bible-based science, challenging separation of church and state and aiming to set a legal precedent before the Supreme Court.
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Kenneth Clark
Washington
Congress
Loren H. Wittner
District of Columbia Supreme Court
Wittner
dJustice Siddons
Supreme Court
Scopes
Tennessee
John T. Scopes
Dayton
Monkey Trial Conclusion Convicts Scopes in 1925 Case
Judge convicts Professor Scopes of teaching evolution and fines him $100. The outcome is likely to be appealed and retried, with supporters declaring victory for creationists and critics calling the ruling a setback for scientific theory.
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Professor Scopes
Adam and Eve
Jonah
Noah
William Jennings Bryan
Darwin
Monkeys
Trial stirs stagnant minds with Darwin Dare effect
The trial has likely stirred thought since the great war, entering minds like a meteor impact. Darwin, Darrow and the men retreat to the shadows as W. J. Ryan dominates the spotlight and becomes the hero of the occasion.
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Darwin
Darrow
W. J. Ryan
Picasa
Cars Assume Low Values When Taxes Are Due
The county auditor and Automobile club report tax data showing a large gap between estimated new car values and assessed values for individuals. Up to May 1, 7,420 passenger cars and 1,100 trucks were licensed, with new car value about 5.19 million dollars but individual ownership valued at 1.514 million, indicating a three and a half million dollar discrepancy. Municipalities hold about 1.007 million in cars, with Athens and other towns listed among township allocations.
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County Automobile Club
Automobile Club
Athens
Alexander Township
Fragments on Intolerance and Liber alism Elevation
An OCR fragment discusses removing fetters of intolerance and elevating society to a high plane of liberalism. The exact context and speakers are unclear from the fragment.
Freighter Sinks Schooner in Fog Off Ambrose Light
In thick fog off Ambrose light two government cutters searched for lifeboats from an unidentified schooner rammed and sunk by the freighter Edward Luckenback as it left New York at dawn. The crew was believed to have launched lifeboats before sinking. News of the crash came by wireless to New York. The Seneca and another cutter were sent to locate the crew.
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New York
Ambrose Light
Edward Luckenback
Luckenback
Seneca
Doctor urges daily summer walks for health
A Mansfield Journal note says a doctor advocates daily walks in summer to stay well and many people achieve this by walking from the park ing place to work.
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Mansfield Journal
Police Warn Against Petting Parties in Cars
Staten Island police issue order for arrest of petters found in cars with lights out after multiple collisions along highways. They warn both parties will be named in broadcasts.
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New York
Staten Island
Successor to Pres. Bryan Is Yet Unchosen
Dr. T. R. Biddle leads the committee to search for Elmer Burritt Bryan's successor at Ohio University. No candidates have been selected or discussed in detail. Members say a careful survey of presidential timber is needed before any action and deny reports of three definite candidates.
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T. R. Biddle
Elmer Burritt Bryan
Ohio University
Athens
Abd-el-Krim Outlines Five Peace Points In Morocco
London dispatches report Abd-el-Krim presented five peace terms before his forces withdrew in confusion from the central French front in Morocco. Tangier sources say Rif tribesmen retreated into their interior as fighting persisted in the center sector.
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London
Abd-El-Krim
Morocco
Times
Tangier
Crowds Welcome American Ships in Australian Waters
Huge crowds line the piers and vantage points as a detachment of the United States fleet enters Australian waters. Dominion and municipal authorities join in official greetings with government airplanes meeting the American fliers and acting as honorary escort into Sydney harbor.
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Sydney
Dominion
Hebbardsville Man Opened Fire As Police Tried Search
Logan L. King resisted Chief Herbert J. Parker near Union station. Parker wrestled for a .32 automatic, King shot through Parker’s hand and into his thigh, breaking a bone. Parker filed an affidavit charging King with shooting with intent to kill.
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Logan L. King
Hebbardsville
Herbert J. Parker
Union Station
King
Chief Parker
Parker
FP. H. McKinley
John Lax
Premiers Discuss Soviet Activities in France
In Paris on July 23 Premier Painleve met with ministers of war marine justice interior and colonies to review communist activities across France. Each cabinet member briefed the prime minister on actions within his jurisdiction as a prelude to a cabinet session on measures to curb propaganda spread.
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Paris
France
Painleve
Marine
State to Probe Fire Insurance Rates in Ohio
Ohio will investigate fire insurance rates, focusing on rural property, after a complaint to Governor Donahey by Congressman Brand of Urbana alleging a 50 percent farm property rate increase. Harry H. Conn, state insurance director, is expected to lead the inquiry. Insurance men say Ohio still has low fire rates in the west despite the July 1 increases.
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Columbus
Ohio
Donahey
Brand
Urbana
Harry H. Conn
Perfect Girl Weds Football Star Saturday
Newport Rhode Island July 23 society’s 400 gathered for the marriage of Miss Muriel Vanderbilt and Eric Cameron Church of Lowell Massachusetts. Miss Vanderbilt famed as “the perfect girl” for abstaining from smoking drinking and cosmetics. Church a Harvard star back now in the Boston insurance business.
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Newport
R. I
Trousseau
Paris
Muriel Vanderbilt
Frederic Cameron Church
Lowell
Mass
Vanderbilt
United States
Freddy” Church
Harvard
Boston
Kaiser's Exile Discussed by Empress Hermine
Princess Hermine, described as the empress without an empire, defends Wilhelm’s flight to Holland. She rejects the charge of cowardice and addresses enemies who criticized the exile in this second installment of the interview.
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Hermine
Holland
Wilhelm
Hermine Portrays Kaiser as Energetic Notions of Comradeship
In a 1925 IN S dispatch from Wildbad Germany S Dunbar Wever portrays Hermine Kaiser wife as strong and practical, admiring his cooperative marriage and energy. She notes his early garden routine, listening to experts, and contributing to savings in the royal household. The interview hints at gossip and public scrutiny of her position.
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S. Dunbar Wever
International News Service
Black Forest
Germany
Hermine
Kaiser
Holland
Empress
Doom
Count of Japan Warns of Another World War
Count Michimasa Soyeshima told the Federal Council of Churches conference in Chautauqua New York that continued arming would trigger another world war followed by world revolution and the end of civilization. He urged a second Washington conference in Tokyo to tackle opium, Japanese immigration, and further naval armament limits.
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Chautauqua
N. Y
Michimasa Soyeshima
Japan
Conference of International Relations
Federal Council of Churches
Count Soyeshima
Washington
Tokio
Widow May Get Property Back
Washington July 23 The District of Columbia Supreme court ruled Beta Isenberg of Bremen Germany was legally a Hawaiian citizen. She may reclaim one million dollars worth of property in Hawaii seized during the war under the trading with the enemy act. Her husband was granted Hawaiian citizenship in 1874.
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Washington
Beta Isenberg
Bremen
Germany
Hawaii
District of Columbia Supreme Court
Missing Professor Safe in Edinburgh
London reporters say Prof. Joseph Victor Collins of Stevens Point Wisconsin vanished on a trip from Edinburgh to London after a supposed misunderstanding he believed his wife and daughter would follow him, leaving his family anxious and the reason for his departure unclear.
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London
Joseph Victor Collins
Stevens Point
Wis
Edinburgh
Edinbugh
Jury Deadlocks Over Kirby Trial Deliberations
Delaware July 23 report shows Josiah Kirby former president of the Cleveland Discount Company jury deadlocked at 10 am after nearly twenty hours of deliberations voting 11 to 1 for acquittal in a case arising from the evidence presented in court.
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Delaware
Josiah Kirby
Cleveland Discount Company
Woman asks sheriff to match slain youth with missing son
Mrs. Rose Thompson of Kenton believes the 20 year old found shot to death at Rocky River near Cleveland may be her son Harold Ditman. She asks Sheriff George H. Berlein to investigate whether the description matches her missing son of several months.
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Lima
Rocky River
Cleveland
Harold Ditman
Rose Thompson
Kenton
George H. Berlein
Athens County Miners Canvass Ohio For Relief Funds
Three Athens County miners Frank Dow Roy Patterson and Alonzo Walters from Millfield travel across Ohio penniless seeking donations to support destitute Southern Ohio coal-field families. Governor Donahey furnished introductions and a letter of support as they urge subscriptions to a relief fund run by Millfield locals.
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Columbus
Athens County
Ohio
Donahey
Miners’ Union of
Millified
Frank Dow
Roy Patterson
Alonzo Walters
Millfield
Dow
Hocking Valley
John E. Lewis
United Mine Workers
Athens
Jacksonville
Chauncey
Lancaster
Don
Husband shoots wife in Cincinnati divorce case
Mrs Pearl Lemons, 32, was shot seven times by Frederick Lemons, 39, her husband, in Cincinnati as she prepared to leave for "the other man." She survived and was moved to Covington, with Lemons saying he fired in response to her plan to return to another man amid divorce action.
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Cincinnati
Pearl Lemons
Frederick Lemons
Covington
Lemons
Treasury seeks repeal of income tax publicity proviso
The Treasury Department urged Congress to repeal the publicity provision of the income tax law. Acting Secretary Winston said payments could be shown to congressional committees but not published in newspapers. Publication to the public for 1924 payments on September 1 remains unaffected.
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Washington
Treasury Department
Congress
Winston
Treasury
Ohio board certifies ninety six exam passers at Cedar Point
Pass examination results show Austin Ball Nelsonville and Lawrence W Schneider Logan among ninety six successful candidates for certificates in the Ohio State board of pharmacy test conducted at Cedar Point yesterday.
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Austin Ball
Nelsonville
Lawrence W. Schneider
Logan
Ohio State Board of Pharmacy
Cedar Point
One Held in Killing of Youth in Ohio
Columbus man William Geary 28 held for questioning by Cleveland and Columbus detectives in the slaying of a mystery youth whose body was found near Rocky River village. Geary, who has served two terms in the Ohio state penitentiary, was arrested at Buckeye Lake and booked for investigation.
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Columbus
William Geary
Ohio State Penitentiary
Cleveland
Rocky River Village
Geary
Buckeye Lake
Here
Protest Filed Over Bandit Killings in Manchuria
Major Morgan Palmer of the American Red Cross and five companions were killed by Chinese bandits on the Sungari river in Manchuria. Dr. Harvey Howard was reported held prisoner. a protest was lodged with Chang Tso Lin. Palmer, a Harvard graduate born in Plattsburgh, served in the U S Army reserve and aided famine relief efforts.
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Shanghai
Morgan Palmer
American Red Cross
Sungari River
Manchuria
Harvey Howard
Rockefeller Institute
Hector M. Howard
Jackson
Miss
Rockefeller Foundation
Far East
Harbin
Chang Tso Lin
Legation
Foreign Office
William Morgan Palmer
Harvey J. Howard
Peking Rockefeller Hospital
Peking
Palmer
Sungari
United States’ Army Reserve
Plattsburgh
N. Y
Harvard
China
Wen Hu
Chiao Ho
Russell Scott Faces Final Chance Before Gallows
Chicago, July 23. Russell Scott has two chances left to avoid execution. A final hearing by Governor Small is expected today, and Scott’s new attorneys say Robert Scott will surrender to take blame for the murder of Joseph Maurer, a drug clerk. The governor’s office indicated no eleventh hour reprieve, while Scott awaits possible hearings in Springfield or at Governor Small’s residences.
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Chicago
Russell Scott
Governor Small
Scott
Robert
Josephy Maurer
Charles Wa Bidwill
Arthur Kettles
Gay
Small
George Sutton
Maude Gauthier
Sandwich
Robert Scott
Mr. Sutton
Lestat
Detroit
Springfield
Kankakee
Michigan City
Ind
Thomas Scott
Salvation Army
Swampscott
Mass
Coolidge
Rebels Defeated by Forces Under Juan Perez in Seq
Delayed cables from Tegucigalpa report that rebels led by Juan Perez were defeated at Seq on July 19. The State Department received the dispatch, dated July 23, outlining the defeat and its circumstances.
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Washington
Juan Perez
Seq
State Department
Tegucigalpa
Sweden Denmark split alimony on appeals in family cases
In Sweden and Denmark when both parents are worn they must split even on appeal of bills. If the father loses his job and the mother continues working she must support him until he gets another job. Each has a right to know what the other is making or has in the bank.
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Copenhagen
Sweden
Denmark
Free Book Promotes Yellowstone Park Visit
Our government has developed Yellowstone as a recreation empire inviting families to enjoy scenic beauty and variety. The tourist season runs 68 until September 15, with a free illustrated booklet available from the Washington Information Bureau on request. Fill the form and send two cents for postage.
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America
Yellows
Stone Park
Washington Information Bureau
Kin Éhser
Lowstone
Director Haskin Leads Athens Messenger Information Bureau
Frederic J. Haskin, head of The Athens Messenger Information Bureau in Washington, directs staff and oversees correspondent network for the paper. His role centers on gathering national and local news, shaping coverage for readers across the Athens region.
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Frederic J. Haskin
The
Athens Messenger Information Bureau
Washington, c
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