Electrocution of Sacco Vanzetti Triggers Global Protests
Global outcry followed the execution of Sacco and Vanzetti in Charlestown Massachusetts. Demonstrations erupted from Geneva to London with mobs burning the American flag in Johannesburg and boycotts in Helsingfors Buenos Aires. Police dispersed rallies, with clashes at consulates and embassies as tensions flared and newspapers debated the case’s meaning.
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Geneva
United States
London
Evening News
Berlin
Vienne Radica
Rome
Secco-Vanzett
Cheka
Boston
Vatican
Helsingfors
Finland
Buenos Aires
Argentina
Sydney
Australia
Johannesburg
South Africa
Moscow
Sacco
Vanzetti
Girls Want to Correspond With Unmarried Marines
Bay City Michigan girls aged eighteen to twenty eight appeal to Brown Field Quantico marine aviators for pen pal relations. They describe themselves as well educated and good looking and ask for names and addresses of suitable officers to write back. The commanding officer posted the letter titled attention marine bachelor officers and withheld the sender’s name.
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Associated Preas
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Brown Field
Quantico
Virginia
Vanzetti Sister To Tour Europe With Ashes
The bodies of Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti were cremated at Forest Hills Boston. Vanzetti will have ashes taken abroad by his sister Luigia Vanzetti with funeral plans pending full arrangements. Memorial services and simultaneous city processions were planned, with ashes journeying to New York London Paris and Italy before final burial in Italy. Death masks to be made and distributed. funeral details to be announced.
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Associated Press
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Final messages from Sacco and Vanzetti
The Sacco Vanzetti Defense committee released the last letters from Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti written the day before their execution. Vanzetti explains to Sacco's son Dante that they have no hope of avoiding death and offers farewell and encouragement.
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Associated Press
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Bartolomeo Vanzetti
Death House
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Sacco
Dante
United States Supreme Court
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Michael Angelo Musmanno
Washington
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Judge Thayer Delivers Prison Terms to Pair
Worcester Mass August 23 Two brothers Karlson Karl and Frank Karlson both thirty four and thirty six were sentenced to 15 to 20 years each in Charlestown state prison by Justice Webster Thayer after pleading guilty to 13 of 16 counts of breaking and entering in June and July. He called them professional crooks armed during the breaks and noted the Lyons home gun drawing. The pair terrorized the city with thefts totaling about 5000 in money jewelry radios clothes spoons cuff links pearls cigarette cases shoes steerings and adhesive tape.
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Associated Press
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Lyons
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Vanzetti case and Sacco trial headlines echo worldwide
The Moscow newspaper and readers across Europe follow Sacco and Vanzetti coverage as sympathizers stage protests and the brothers’ case spurs demonstrations. Reports note Vanzetti’s supporters plan tours and intensified calls for justice amid ongoing legal actions.
Judge Gary Advises In Will To Conserve Wealth
Elbert H. Gary’s will filed for probate at Mineola names widow and two married daughters as principal beneficiaries. It allocates more than 2.6 million in specific bequests including 50 thousand gifts for Gary scholars and a memorial church maintenance, while urging prudent investment and avoidance of surety loans and untried ventures.
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Elbert H. Gary
United States Steel Corporation
Amaller Colleges
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Wheaton
Hoover cites very fair economic outlook for 5-6 months
Secretary Hoover, presented with Commerce Department studies, says the five to six month outlook for U S prosperity is very fair. He notes construction up 2-3 percent versus 1926, exports 5 percent higher, rail freight steady, but pig iron, textile and auto output lag 1926. Factory employment down about 2 percent in July versus 1926, yet services show rising demand. cheap money spurs enterprise and grain harvest faces a critical period but likely a plentiful crop if corn frost is delayed.
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Ciated Press
United States
Hoover
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Warning issued as hurricane nears Atlantic coast
A tropical disturbance east of the Bahamas strengthening toward hurricane force was receding northward. The Weather Bureau warned of dangerous winds from Cape Hatteras to Nantucket with gusts and possible gale conditions along Virginia and North Carolina coasts and up to Boston. Storm warnings were posted from Wilmington to Boston and navigators noted the center near 31 1 2 N, 73 1 2 W, about 250 miles southeast of Cape Lookout. The system passed east of the Bahamas with rain squalls observed at Nassau.
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Body identification mix up after Compo Beach float found
Medical Examiner Dr J M Nolan concluded that the body found off Compo Beach was not George Wilson of Manchester. Harold Wilson, his brother, confirmed it did not match. Authorities now believe the remains may be Paul Hardy of Greenport Long Island, who sailed on the Oyster boat Commodore in June. The body appeared about two weeks in the water and was dressed in blue trousers and an undershirt misread as a sweatshirt.
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George Wilson
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Paul Hardy
Greenport
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Visits May Hold Clue To Slaying In Waterbury
Waterbury police question widow and relatives after Peter Manderino is killed by buckshot at close range. Two Sunday night visits to friends in Brooklyn and a possible storecard game are noted as investigators seek a motive and the suspect, with names of several associates, yet to be disclosed.
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Chase Avenue
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Eaby
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Leonardo Engala
J. D. Robinson
Winchester Repeating Arms Company
New Haven
Mandelino
Youthful bandits rob chain store in broad daylight
Broad daylight holdup at Davey Brothers store 270 Parrott avenue nets $58. The two youths, ages about 18 to 19, locked the manager in a rear wash room and escaped on foot. Police link the crime to a recent spate of robberies said to be the work of the same gang. Detectives under Captain John H. Regan at the scene within minutes. Victims and details supplied by Max Litchenwald and witnesses Angrisant and Harris.
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White Line
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Beach Street
Fire on trolley sparks panic averted by quick motorman
Motorman James Hackett of a Connecticut company halted a southbound Stratfield trolley fire at Park and Wood avenues yesterday afternoon. He sprayed sand and water from the emergency box, keeping 20 passengers calm as an emergency car was dispatched for repairs. An investigation will determine fire origin.
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Flare Seen High Up Hawaii Likely From Lost Flyers
Martin Jensen of Honolulu piloted the Aloha from Oakland to Oahu to finish second in the Dole air race. He flew today toward the Island of Hawaii to search for missing planes Miss Doran and Golden Eagle. Jensen was joined by his wife and Major Henry Beckley as he planned to circle Mauna Kea to locate possible wreckage.
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Ocean air search for six missing Dole racers near Hawaii
Army and Navy units continue a wide sea and air hunt for six men and one woman after the Dole air race crash. Seven destroyers patrol a 1,700 mile arc from San Francisco toward Hawaii while Langley, Aroostook, and seaplanes scour an 80 mile sea patch.
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Plane survivor recalls 1925 Pacific ordeal and search
Lt Byron J Connell, survivor of the PN-9 No.1, notes 1925 seaplane drift and hopes for Dole prize flyers Golden Eagle and Dallas Spirit. He argues seaworthy flying boats aid long overseas flights, cites water rations, raft inflation, and risks of land planes in ocean rescues.
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Plane Fire At 3000 Feet Sparks Escape By Stunt Flier
Santa Monica Cal Aug 23 By Associated Press Al Wilson a stunt flyer landed his craft at Cloverfield after it burst into flames at 3000 feet He leaped clear before the plane was swallowed by the blaze, escaping serious harm.
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Ferguson Gets Decision In Ten Round Welterweight Bout
Worcester, Aug 23. Tracy Ferguson of Meriden Conn defeated Archiel Walker of Brooklyn by decision after ten rounds. Ferguson's age and resilience were key factors in the win. Welterweights fought tonight.
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Ambassador Poindexter’s Whale Catch Highlights Peru Visit
U S Ambassador Miles Poindexter recounts a 75 ton blue whale catch off the Peruvian coast during four and a half years in South America. He also mentions a 600 pound swordfish, 250 pound river fish, jaguar hunting in the Andes, and plans to spend vacation back in the United States.
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Undertaker Arrested as Liquor Law Violator
Charles Douglello a thirty eight year old undertaker confectioner and machinist of 134 136 Main Street was arrested last night on a liquor law charge and briefly held at police headquarters before being released on a 300 bond Detective Sergeant William Buckbey served the warrant. An analysis of beer from his premises showed an alcoholic content of mightly igor ta!
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