Bryan Defends Jury System in Scopes Case Discussion
William Jennings Bryan, honored by Scopes prosecution lawyers in Morgan Springs Tennessee, defends juries as competent to decide scientific questions, argues minorities cannot force school teachings, condemns evolutionists as bigots, and asserts the law targets not knowledge but forced religious views.
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Morgan Springs
Tenn
John T. Scopes
William Jennings Bryan
Tennessee
Mr. Scopes
Prohibition Push Faces Cuts and Controversy in Washington
Assistant Secretary of the Treasury Andrews heads the national prohibition enforcements but faces opposition from Controller General McCarl over pay caps. Debates with Haynes over propaganda campaigns continue as decentralized operations loom. Ohio protests over Miss Georgia Hopley’s dismissal highlight tensions as Congress may hash out the plan by December.
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New York World News Service
Washington
Ohio
Georgia Hopley
General Andrews
Andrews
Haynes
J. J. Britt
Prohibition Unit
Congress
Haynes-Hopley
Prohibition
Anti-Saloon League
Ohio Prohibition
Sherman Cuneo
Miss Hopley
Mellon
The
Treasury
Blair
Internal Revenue Bureau
Harding
Hill
Hopley
Mondell Rumors Tie Him to Coolidge Cabinet Posts
Washington rumors swirl after Frank W. Mondell resigns from the War Finance Corporation that he will join the Coolidge Cabinet. Speculation centers on Interior or War posts with a Treasury spot also mentioned, as leaders and pundits weigh Weeks health and Mellon’s retirement.
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New York World News Service
Washington
Frank W. Mondell
War Finance Corporation
Coolidge
Secretary of the Treasury
Mellon
Interior
War Department
Weeks
Dr. Work
Mondell
Congress
Couzens Committee
Wyoming
Treasury
Thenterior
Harding
Albert B. Fall
Work
Mr. Coolidge
Week
Mr. Mondell
Mr. Weeks
War Finance Board
Eugene C. Meyer, Jr
West
Mrs Hull Publishes Rent Success With Canal 6300
Mrs M Hull of 413 West Eighth says Commercial Tribune Classified Ads work. She advertised a furnished room for rent and rented it to the first caller the very first day, urging others to call Canal 6300 for quick results.
Scotch paper men win merit award on U S parchment
A London report notes June certificates of merit for last year's Wembley exhibitors were printed on American water marked paper. Glasgow paper makers protested receiving a diploma for British paper. The Morning Post criticized the award as undermining British manufacturers and mockery worldwide. Scottish recipients also got a medal. Was it struck in Germany?
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New York World News Service
Washington
Wembly
London
Glasgow
Morning Post
Germany
Titian Frescoes Found in Old Venetian Church
Two frescoes discovered in San Salvatore church Venice dating from 1506 34. One above Titian's Annunciation in his eighty ninth year the other in the sacristy wall depicting the Saviour blessing. Both works attributed to Titian school tied to Francesco Vecellio. Information provided by Dr Perez to Venice Fine Arts authority.
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Venice
San Salvatore
Titian
Christ
Francesco Vecellio
Perez
Fine Arts
Coolidge Aims to Evolve Farm Program in New Talks
Swampscott Mass July 8 President Coolidge plans summer conferences to craft a substantial farm program. Mondell War Finance Corporation head reports liquidation progress and farm conditions from the West. Senator Curtis and others to meet, with Mulvane to brief on political and farm issues.
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New York World News Service
Swampscott
Mass
aé_ée
Coolidge
Northwest
Frank W. Mondell
War Finance Corporation
West
Curtis
Kansas
Senate
White Court
David W. Mulvane
Congress
Jardine
Washington
Taen
White House
The Miracle to Play Three Weeks in Cincinnati Hall
Morris Gest brings The Miracle to Music Hall in Cincinnati for twenty four performances from September 28 to October 18. The production will transform the hall into a medieval Gothic cathedral with a large orchestra and chorus. Principal cast will be imported from New York with local construction and hundreds of artists supporting the spectacle.
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Music Hall
New York City
Morris Gest
New York
J. Henry Thuman
Cincinnati
Cleveland
America
Boston
St. Louis
Chicago
Gest
Cincinnati Symphony
Max Reinhardt
Humperdinck
Hansel
Gretel
Europe
Diana Manners
Reinhardt
Man Believed Drowned After Fall From Johnboat in Ohio River
George J. Anderson, 35, a laborer of 3924 Kellogg Avenue, fell from a johnboat into the Ohio River near Tennyson Street East End. Brothers Jake Anderson and Speedy Grimes searched the water as night fell, with rivermen dragging the river for hours but failing to locate the body. Police and daylight searches planned.
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Ohio River
Tennyson Street
East End
George J. Anderson
Kellogg Avenue
Anderson
Jake Anderson
Grimes
Crane Street
Kentucky
Cincinnati
George Anderson
George
Eastern Avenue
Fire Department
Americans urge league action on Portuguese colony abuses
A report by Dr. Melville Cramer and Edward Ross, sent to Secretary General Drummond, cites over 100 cases of brutal labor practices in Portuguese colonies. It requests the Slavery Commission address compulsory labor and abuses, noting widespread deportation, unpaid field work, and severe head taxes, while praising Portugal’s intent to reform.
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Albin E. Johnson
New York World News Service
Geneva
League of Nations Slavery Commission
Drummond
R. Melville Cramer
New York
Edward A. Ross
University of Wisconsin
Temporary Slavery Commission
Portugal
George Foster Peabody
Raymond Fosdick
E. E. Olcott
Carrie Chapman Catt
John H. Finley
Thomas S. Donohugh
John Grier Hibben
Joseph P. Chamberlain
Newton D. Baker
Glenn Frank
William Jay Shieffelin
Henry N. MacCracken
Ernest W. Riggs
Hamilton Holt
James Shotwell
A. L. Warnshuis
James R. Angell
James G. MacDonald
Henry Stoddard Leach
N. Y
Col Coolidge Dressed For First Time Since Illness
Col John C Coolidge father of the President, left his dressing gown for a suit today and visited the cemetery to place flowers on Calvin Coolidge Jr.'s grave. He appeared in good spirits and posed for a photo with his nurses Miss Trayon and Mrs Johnson, per the image he initiated.
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Associated Press
Ply
Uth
Olonel
John C. Coolidge
Calvin
Colonel Coolidge
Miss Trayon
American Engineer Shot in Nicaragua Mine Attack
Robert Willy, a prominent American mining engineer from San Francisco, was shot by a Verde Mine employee near Matagalpa on Monday. The assailant was killed soon after by Willy's brother J. A. Willy.
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Associated Press
Managua
Robert Willy
San Francisco
Verde
Matagalpa
J. A. Willy
Removal of Liberty statue urged by Luther League head
In Milwaukee on July 8 the Rev. Andreas Bard urged replacing the Goddess of Liberty at New York Harbor with a statue of Jesus Christ during the Luther League of America's biennial convention. The league began a three day session yesterday.
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Associated Press
Milwaukee
Wis
New York Harbor
Andreas Bard
D.D
Luther League of America
League
Girl Hobo Injured While Boarding Freight Train
A twenty one year old girl hobo from Nashville Tennessee, Mary Louise Smith, was injured this afternoon while attempting to board a freight train. She wore men's clothing and said she has traveled since age fifteen. She was placed on a fast train for Nashville after the accident.
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Hobo
Associated Press
Suiy
Nashville
Tenn
Mary Louise Smith
Harvest Hands Seize Santa Fe Train at Syracuse Kansas
About 40 to 50 harvest workers seized a Santa Fe freight train at Syracuse Kansas. A posse intercepted them two hours later in LaMar Col. The train was wrecked after hundreds of shots were fired. sixteen men were captured and there were no casualties.
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Associated Press
LA “Mar
Col
Santa Fe
Syracuse
Kan
Genna gang member slain as Chicago faces widening gang war
Tony Genna, heir to a Genna crime clan, is killed by two gunmen in Little Italy, amid a police crackdown that has already claimed brothers Michael and Angelo. Police hunt for "Cavallere" and probe links to O’Banion’s rivals, while other gang figures seek safety as violence escalates.
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Chicago
Tony Genna
Tony
Michael Genna
Angelo Gensica
Genna
Italy
Underworld
Sam Genna
Angelo
Mike
Jim Genna
Sicily
Pete
Dion O’banion
Gennas
O’banion
Michael Losorelli
Joseph
David Morgan
Ministers and Citizens’ Association
Morgan
Nick Carbone
Note of thanks left by burglars at Larz Anderson home
Caretaker Arthur Peterson and his sister-in-law Thelma Stream surprised two men prowling the second floor of Larz Anderson at 2560 Grandin Road last night. The burglars fled through a window leaving a note reading thank you will call again and a sack of silverware found on the dining room table.
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Larz Anderson
Grandin Road
Arthur O. Peterson
Ramish Sells To Fox In Major West Coast Deal
Los Angeles July 8 The sale of Adolph Ramishs interest in West Coast Theaters Inc owner of 120 playhouses across California to the William Fox Corporation was announced by M Gore president of the company No price was disclosed Theaters value is estimated near 18 million dollars
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Los Angeles
Cal
Adolph Ramish
West Coast Theaters, Inc
California
William Fox Corporation
M. Gore
Coolidge Keeps Busy Reading About Himself
Swampscott Mass July 8 President Coolidge says reading occupies him though he is busy following newspaper reports about himself Biographies and history form most of his reading material He adds he continues this schedule while preparing speeches and watching national affairs with the boys writing about him.
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Swampscott
Mass
Coolidge
Covington Man Plunges From Bridge Into Ohio River
J Franklin Nelson a 51 year old real estate figure from Cincinnati plunged from the Sus pension Bridge railing into the Ohio River about 6:30 pm. He was rescued by a river boat crew and taken to Booth Memorial Hospital in Covington where doctors said his condition was not critical. Relatives hurried to the hospital as investigators pondered why he acted, noting heat may have contributed.
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Ohio River
J. Franklin Nelson
Hyde Park Avenue
J. F. Nelson & Co
Mercantile Library
Booth Memorial Hospital
Covington
Covingtown
Nelson
Palm Beach
Arrey Ducker
Russell Street
Ducker
S. Knob
Knob
Emma Webb
Fire Department
Cincinnati
Mércantile Library
Madison Avenue
Deadly storm devastates Minneapolis with four dead
A violent wind and rain storm struck Minneapolis and St. Paul shortly after 6 PM. Four people were killed and at least twenty-nine injured as roofs collapsed, a lake pavilion was torn apart, and floods closed streets. A woman and child perished at Lake Harriet. a man died from heart failure after a drug store collapsed. another man was killed by a crane fall. St. Paul reported multiple window breakages and minor injuries.
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Minneapolis
Lake Harriet
Emma Miller
May Margaret Miller
Charles R. Fiesler
William R. Ford
Marie Gray
Lake Harriet Pavilion
South
Fesler
Twin Cities
St. Paul
Last of Gang Loses Appeal in Texas Swindle Case
Kansas City July 8 The revenge of J Frank Norfleet a Texas ranchman and pursuer of seven men who fleeced him of 45000 in 1919 was completed when Judge Kimberley Stone denied W B Spencer a permanent writ of habeas corpus This allows Texas authorities to return Spencer to Texas to serve an eight year sentence for the swindle Spencer was the last of the seven men Norfleet hunted down All others are imprisoned Norfleet traveled thousands of miles across the United States to achieve his vengeance
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Kansas ‘City
Kan
J. Frank Norfleet
Texas
Kimbrough Stone
W. B. Spencer
Spencer
Norfleet
United States
Woman Arrests Herself Then Hangs In Jail
Miss Annie Tecett, 27, telephoned police to arrest her while drunk in Louisville. She was placed in the county jail and found dead an hour later, death by suicide using strips of a sheet torn from the bed.
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Associated Press
Louisville
Annie Tecett
Electric Storm Kills Man in Philadelphia Area
Severe thunderstorm sweeps Philadelphia causing one death and property damage. Jurel Cook, working in Chester, sought shelter under a tree and was struck by lightning, dying at the scene as temperatures dropped from 91 degrees.
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Philadelphia
Associated Press
Jurel Cook
Chester
East Gets Relief as Mercury Reaches 106 in Kansas
New York reports heat relief as breezes and showers ease the scorch of a prolonged heat wave. Three deaths and nine prostrations are attributed to the heat, raising total fatalities to four. Forecasters predict fair and warmer weather tomorrow amid fluctuating temperatures and humidity.
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East
Kansas
Associated Press
New York
Heat Claims Two Lives in Pittsburg District
In Pittsburg today two deaths attributed to heat were reported as the Weather Bureau logged a high of 85 degrees.
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Associated Press
Pittsburg
Pittsburgh
Weather Bureau
Heat Prostrations and Death Reported in Kansas City
Ray Schmandt of the Indianapolis club fainted in Kansas City amid a heat wave. Two other players were overcome and one death occurred. Temperatures topped 106 in Wichita with Salina and Pittsburgh at 103 as excessive heat gripped Kansas and Missouri towns.
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Associated Press
Kansas City
Ray Schmandt
Indianapolis American Association
Kansas
Missouri
Wichita
Salina
Pittsburgh
Night Watchman Dies of Heat Prostration in Jeffersonville
Thomas R. Donahue a 54 year old night watchman at a government depot in Jeffersonville Ind died at his home from heat prostration after becoming ill while picking blackberries on July 8 194? The event is reported as a fatal heat related illness.
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Associated Press
Jeffersonville
Ind
Thomas R. Donahue
Cincinnati Weather Sparks Heat Lament and Humidity Woes
Cincinnati faced a severe heat spell with high humidity and scorching sun when storms failed to arrive. Forecasters reported a 92 degree high and humidity around 0.68, while residents endured worsening discomfort despite cooler days earlier in the spell.
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