Jewels Recovered From McCoy Case Linked To Sister
Police recovered five thousand dollars worth of jewels reported missing from Mrs. Mors and found them with Jennie Thomas, sister of Kid McCoy. McCoy, indicted for murder, denied the murder charge when arraigned as lawyers requested a delay.
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Mrs. Mors
McCoy
Kid
Los Angeles
Albert A. Mors
Jennie Thomas
Kid McCoy
Cline
Mors
Charles XS. Craik
Joce Mot
Meccy
Dagmar Jahlgren
Dancer
Clara Weinstein
New York
Brighton Street Baptist Church Excluded Over Heresy Ruling
Campbell County Baptist Association revoked Brighton Street Baptist Church Newport Ky membership after its deacon Louis Brauntz refused to repudiate his healing doctrine. The church’s divided congregation prompted pastor O W Shields to resign and the Em manual Church Bellevue Ky was chosen as replacement. Hubbard Schwartz Dayton Ky will moderate future disputes.
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Brighton Street Baptist Church
Newport
Louis R. Brauitz
Campbell County Baptist Association
Persimmon Grove
Campbell County
Brighton Street
Emmanuel Baptist Church
Bellevue
Brauntz
O. W. Shields
Shields
Baptist Church
Campbell County District Board of the Baptist Church
Louisville
Brauitz
Hubbard Schwartz
Dayton
Leopold and Loeb Hear Fiends Denounced in Court
Chicago August 20 Nathan Leopold Jr and Richard Loeb faced sharp denouncement from Assistant State's Attorneys describing their kidnaping and murder of Robert Franks. Prosecutors urged hanging as punishment while defense counsel Darrow urged mitigating factors and legal considerations of mental responsibility.
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Chicago
Nathan F. Leopold, Jr
Richard Loeb
John R. Caverly
Robert Franks
Joseph Savage
Loeb
Leopold
Thomas Marshall
Clarence S. Darrow
Senator Dial Faces Disorderly Conduct Charge in Campaign Clash
In Gaffney South Carolina on August 20 United States Senator Nathaniel B Dial and State Insurance Commissioner John J McMahan were arrested after a heated campaign encounter. Spectators said Dial accused McMahan of calling him dirty and he seized a chair before the meeting chairman intervened. Both men posted bond and await trial.
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Gaffney
8. C
United States
Nathaniel B. Dial
John J. McMahan
Dial
McMahan
James F. Byrnes
Cole L. Blease
Democratic Executive Committee
Byrnes
Coolidge Accepts Honor to Speak at Lafayette Statue Unveiling
President Calvin Coolidge tonight accepted an invitation to Baltimore for September 6 to deliver remarks at the unveiling of the Lafayette statue. The event brings the president to the city to honor the Revolutionary War hero with a ceremonial statue dedication.
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Coolidge
Associated Press
Plymouth
Baltimore
Lafayette
11 Year-Old Boy Held in Plot to Extort $8,000
In Chicago Earl Smith an eleven year old was arrested after sending a threatening letter to Jacob Franks father of murdered Robert Franks. He said his seventeen year old brother Fielding dictated the demand for eight thousand dollars under threat to kill his wife and daughter. Police seized him while digging at a site named in the letter to receive the money. Both boys are held for further investigation.
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MR. Franks
Chicago
Franks
Error in primary vote alters Supreme Court nomination
In Summit County miscounts in last Tuesday's Republican primary shifted the bar for Judge Supreme Court nominations. Officials say Reynolds R. Kinkade would gain the nomination over Frank Geiger after discovering Kinkade owed 5,768 votes, Geiger 178 too many, changing Geiger's lead from 4 1 14 to Kinkade if no further errors are found.
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Associated Press
Columbus
Summit County
Supreme Court
Reynolds R. Kinkade
Toledo
Frank Geiger
Springfield
Secretary of State’s
Summit County Election Board
Kinkaid
Geiger
Kinkade
Secretary of State
Riot Halts Ben Hur Filming Near Rome
Rioting broke out between pro Fascists and anti Fascists among workers on an American Ben Hur production near Rome. Carabinieri were called to restore order as clashes intensified between factions over a Matteotti holiday.
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BEN Hur Film
Rome
Associated Press
Giacomo Matteotti
Matteotti
Manfaced Firebug Confesses to Dozens of Arson Fires
George C. Gustow a 26 year old man described as Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde confessed to police that he caused more than 100 incendiary fires on Manhattan in recent months to see fire engines in action He admitted letters to Fire Marshal Brophy predicting he would not be caught and attributed his acts to a dual personality from a 1914 meningitis illness He says he started fires in unoccupied or sparsely occupied buildings to ensure escapes and that no deaths resulted from his actions.
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Marshall
Darrow
Illinois
Savage
Bobby
Mr. Savage
New York
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
Manhattan Island
George C. Gustow
Bloomingdale
Middletown
Gustow
Amsterdam Avenue
Brophy
Dr. Jekyll
Mr. Hyde
Chart mix up leads to wrong operation and damages
Damages of 30000 are demanded from St. Vincent's Hospital and Dr. Waldo W. Beck in Common Pleas Court. John Rosenberger, through his father, claims a hernia operation was performed July 18 instead of tonsil removal due to a misfiled condition chart.
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Toledo, .C
St. Vincent's Hospital
Waldo W. Beck
Common Pleas
John Rosenberger
Jacob Rosenberger
Rosenberger
Roadhouse gambling raid finds roulette wheels hit
Sheriff Witt and deputies raided three Harrison Pike resorts after tips from Gov Donahey. No gambling found at Nine Mile House or Meadow Inn. At Cherry Hill Country Club near Reading Ohio two roulette wheels and a hazard set were seized. deputy John Doerman was injured breaking down the door. Proprietor Thomas Carsey was cited for exhibiting gambling equipment. Deputies Stagnaro Kleine Sperber Beckman and Doerman assisted.
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A. V. Donahey
Richard B. Witt
Nine Mile House
Meadow Inn
Harrison Pike
Cherry Hill Country Club
Reading
Charles Stagnaro
Herman Kleine
Fred Sperber
August Beckman
John Doerman
American Navy Officers Visit Iceberg Near Indiana Harbor
Captain McCord of the Charles Ausburn and officers from the Ausburn and Mercy landed on a floating iceberg towering 200 feet high near Indiana Harbor. They carved steps with axes, climbed to the top, and later returned to the launch amid roaring waves. Ice cream was frozen from iceberg water for the crew and onlookers.
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Indiana Harbor
Labrador
Iceland
McCord
U. S
Charles Ausburn
U. S. S. Mercy
Mallard
Zimmermann
Carrol
Johnston
Ausburn
White
Fire Sweeps Colorado Forest Threatens Bailey's Resort
A major forest fire near the Pike National Forest advances northward along the eastern edge thirty five miles southwest of Denver threatening Shaffer's Crossing and Bailey's summer resort as winds reach forty five miles per hour at Devil's Head Lookout.
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Associated Press
Denver
United States Forestry Officials
Colorado
Pike National Forest
Shaffer
Barber’s Mannish Cut Costs Waitress In Suit
Lara Norton, a waitress from Atlantic City, sued barber Michael Schloss for 500 dollars claiming a boyish bob became a mannish haircut. The District Court ruled against her, denying damages in the suit filed after the August 29 incident.
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Atlantic City
N. J
Lara Norton
Michael Schloss
Delays Threaten Fuel Supply for Patrol Ships
On board the USS Richmond at Reykjavik Aug 20 the delay of the world flight due to Greenland ice and several mishaps has caused a fuel shortage in the naval patrol. Rear Admiral Magruder said refueling may be needed at Rosyth or other ports if further delays occur. Flight Commander Leighton reported ice along the Greenland coast near Angmagsalik making forced landings risky.
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Richmond
Reykjavik
Iceland
Greenland
Thomas P. Magruder
Smith
Nelson
Rosyth
Scotland
Leighton
Raleigh
Magruder
Angmagsalik
Dawes Speech Fires Up Republicans In 1924 Race
General Dawes acceptance speech stirs conservatives in Washington as he attacks La Follette and radicals. The Dawes pitch aims to unite Coolidge and Dawes backers, counter La Follette, and deter labor from radicalism, signaling a vigorous campaign across party lines.
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Dawes
la Follette
DA Lawrence
The
Commercial Tribune
Washington
Charles G. Dawes
Coolidge
Cleveland
General Dawes
la Folette
Coolidge-Dawes
John W. Davis
Bryan
Dead man nominated for state senator by Ohio Democrats
Official primary returns show Democrats in this district nominated a dead man for State Senator. Dr. W. S. King of Ashtabula, who died two weeks before the primaries, was named as candidate. Chair men of the Democratic County Committees will select a man to fill the vacancy.
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Akron
W. S. King
Ashtabula
Plane Crash Kills Bromley and Injures Major De France
Newport News Va Aug 20 Aeronautical engineer Steven Bromley Jr 23 of MIT and Langley Field NACA was killed when a plane crashed into Back River. Major Smith J DeFrance 28 an ace and senior aeronautical engineer was gravely injured and transported to Fort Monroe Hospital after the crash.
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Newport News
Steven Bromley, Jr
National Advisory Committee
Smith J. DeFrance
Reserve Service
Advisory Committee
Langley Field
Back River
Bromley
Major de France
Ft. Monroe
Army
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Youngstown
France
University of Michigan
Ann Arbor
Navy aviator killed by plane propeller in Newport
Sam Goldwater of Taylor Texas an aviation mechanic with the United States Navy scouting fleet stationed at Newport Rhode Island was killed instantly today when struck by a plane propeller.
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Newport, R
Wandering Lion Is Led Back To Cage By Citizen
Jefferson Ohio, Aug 29 Jay Young secretary of the Astabula County Fair became a local hero after he calmiy captured Tawney a circus lion that wandered from its cage onto the fair grounds Young said he once spent years as a lion tamer and earned a reputation for handling large animals he led the lion back to its cage without incident.
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Associated Press
Jefferson
Jay Young
Astabula County
Tawney
Young
Mars and Venus Habitable, Says Navy Professor
Captain T. J. J. Lee, a Mare Island astronomer, claims astronomical research proves Mars and Venus are habitable with vegetable and animal life. He cites 1638 observations of Mars’ rotation, seasons, polar caps, clouds, and similar Earth conditions to argue life exists elsewhere.
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San Francisco
T. J. J. Lee
United States Navy
Mare Island
Mars
Earth
Thibet
Venus
Globe
Two Executives Die When Train Hits Car Near Painesville
In Ohio near Painesville, E C Henn 63 vice president of National Acme Co and O A Smith 55 an experimental engineer died after a Nickel Plate passenger train struck their car at a South Ridge road crossing. The car was demolished and pushed about 600 feet. both men died at Lake County Hospital. Henn resided in Cleveland Heights. Smith in East Cleveland.
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Associated Press
Cleveland, O
E. C. Henn
National Acme Company of
Cleveland
O. A. Smith
Henn
Painesville
Warren
South Ridge Road
Taka County Hospital
Cleveland Heights
Smith
East Cleveland
Hail of lead too much for desperadoes to stem
A gang of outlaws faced a lethal barrage as lawmen pressed a dawn raid. Colt pistols cracked and bullets blazed, sending the desperadoes into retreat. Three gunmen were captured, one wounded, as the posse recovered weapons and escaped munitions.
One Dead Four Hurt As Engine Hits Excursion Train
In Little Rock Arkansas a switch engine of the Missouri Pacific Railroad backed into an excursion train in the yards north of the city. One man was killed and four others were seriously injured.
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Tilly Foster
N.Y
New York Central
Post Office
Washington
New York
New York Post Office
Floyd Montgomery
No. 1
Chicago
Associated Press
Little Rock
Ark
Missouri Pacific Railroad
Philippine Scouts Held For Mutiny Get Five Years
Manila August court martial returns guilty verdicts for 204 Philippine scouts charged with mutiny. They are sentenced to five years imprisonment with hard labor and forfeiture of all pay and allowances.
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Associated Press
Manila
Rose Leads in Wyoming Primary for Senate Nomination
Returns from 268 of 685 precincts in Wyoming show Senator Rose leading with 3,906 votes, O'Mahoney 3,000, and Laird 1,664 in yesterday's Democratic primary. Supports include Cheyenne dispatch from Associated Press with nationwide coverage.
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Rose
Wyoming
Cheyenne
Wyo
O'Mahoney
Laird
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