Bishop Brown Defends Faith in Pagan Origin Theory
In Cleveland on May 30 Bishop William M. Brown testified before the Protestant Episcopal Church trial board denying charge of heresy and arguing that belief is a mental process. Defense sought archaeologist witness West to link Christian doctrine to Essene origins, while court blocked that testimony.
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Associated Press
Cleveland
William M. Brown
Protestant Episcopal House of Bishops
Brown
Shorts
Emery Z. Wee
U. Go
Oak Park
Thebes
Amnaréch
West
Theodore Schroeder
Cos Cob, Conn
Dream Baby Case Appeal Is Won
The House of Lords granted the appeal of Mrs. John Russell from the divorce decree awarded after a 1923 jury trial to her husband, heir of Lord Ampthill. The court voided findings of misconduct with an unknown man alleged father of her youngest child. The somnambulist claim was a notable feature of the case.
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Associated Press
London
House of Lords
John Russell
Lord Ampthill
Lord Birkenhead
Russell
Martin and Harvey hailed as heroes in Chicago
Major Frederick L. Martin and Sergeant Alva Harvey recounted their Alaska survival ordeal after the world flight expedition. welcomed in Chicago by the Adventurers' Club Aero Club of Illinois and the Chicago Association of Commerce, they described ten days of hunger, snowbound peril, and a cannery coast rescue aided by a pocket compass and liquid food.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Frederick L. Martin
United States World Flight Expedition
Alaska
Globe
Alva Harvey
Adventurers’ Club
St. Paul
Martin
Major Martin
Adventurers Clab
The
Aero Club of Illinois
Chicago Association of Commerce
Frank M. Padden
Dever
George Graham
War Department
Washington
Harvey
Cloverfield
Santa Monica
Port Moller
Land of Man
Ivanhoff Bay
Actress Declared Heir to $500,000 Estate in Chicago
Circuit Judge W A Brewer ruled Mrs Edwalch a former actress is the daughter of the late Charles F Swigart a former alderman by a common law marriage and sole heir to his half million dollar estate. The decision overturns rival claims that she was daughter of Tom Jum Davis born on Wolf Island Canada and disputed the heirship.
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Chicago
Edwalch
Charles F. Swigart
W. A. Brewer
Welch
Tom Jum Davis
Wolf Island
Canada
Fatally Hurt In Flue Crash
Joseph Roberts a 40 year old painter of 527 West Court street was killed when the smokestack at the Thomas Corcoran Lamp Company at Colerain avenue and Sassafras street collapsed. He died at General Hospital from skull fracture internal injuries and severe burns sustained when he was hurled against an electric transformer fifty feet away. Fellow workers carried him to the ground and he died at 4 30 yesterday afternoon.
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Joseph Roberts
West Court Street
Thomas Corcoran
Colerain Avenue
Sassafras Street
General Hospital
Roberts
Hero of Mine Wins Pardon
Bernard Donahue a Belmont County coal miner who helped rescue workers at the Benwood mine disaster received executive clemency after being sentenced for manslaughter. Governor Donahey pardoned him upon Donahue’s pledge to abstain from alcohol, returning the pardon and papers to Belmont County Sheriff.
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Associated Press
Columbus
Bernard Donahue
Belmont County
Benwood
W. V
Ohio Penitentiary
Donahue
Bellair
Angela Giacometti
Donahey
Loveland Park Resort Draws Holiday Crowds and Investors
A large police force managed heavy crowds and traffic at Loveland Park during a busy opening week for the Commercial Tribune summer resort on the Litt le Miami River. Hundreds of buyers toured the grounds as sales topped 400 lots, with new facilities including a clubhouse furniture dining area and plans for a sky theater. Local firms announced stores and restaurants to serve visitors as offers and profits surged amid confident promises for a metropolitan style resort community.
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Loveland Park
Commercial Tribune
Miami River
Loveland
Othe
Leobing
Charles Do. Fraser
M. H. St. Clair
Warren County
Commercial Square
Triangle Club
Fairview
North Shore Drive
William Hill
Loveland Theater
Hill
G. E. Millitzer
George Grears
Pen Vania
Mrrs
Sheedt Wichin
Shot
Boyer Sets New World Record in 500 Mile Race at Indianapolis
Joe Boyer of Detroit and L. L. Corum of Indianapolis won the 500 mile race, setting a track and speed record. Cooper finished second as Corum was credited with the victory under officials rules. The event carried about $30,000 in prize money for the winner and 50,000 distributed among top ten.
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Associated Press
Indianapolis
Indianapolis Motor Speedway
Joe Boyer
Detroit
L. L. Corum
Tom Boyer
Corum
Boyer
W. D. Edenburn
American Automobile Association
Cooper
Earl Cooper
Jimmy Murphy
Murphy
Harry Hartz
Bennie Hill
Pete de Paolo
Fred Comer
Ira Vail
Antoine Mourre
Robert McDonough
Grave Robbery Strikes Gypsy King Tomb in Sacramento
Memorial Day crowds in East Lawn Cemetery watched city detectives and fingerprint experts inspect the wrecked tomb of Alex Adams known as King of the Gypsies in the United States. The bronze doors were forced, the steel casket opened, and coins reportedly tossed into the coffin. The marble slab bearing Adams’s inscription was broken and placed on the floor as investigators seek clues to the looting motive.
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Associated Press
Sacramento
Cal
East Lawn Cemetery
Alex Adams
United States
Alexander Adams
Adams
Mary
Rome Deputies Clash After Socialist Insult in Chamber
In Rome on May 30, a dispute erupted when Signor Giunta, a Nationalist deputy, referred to Socialists as that gang. A brawl broke out among right and left members as General Bencivenga and Giovanni Amendola clashed, the chamber suspended, then resumed with calls for calm. Socialists then exited in protest.
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Associated Press
Rome
Signor Giunta
Fascismo
Nitti
Bencivenga
Giovanni Amendola
Rocco
World Court and Arms Limits Set as Coolidge Goals
President Coolidge announced two foreign policy goals on Memorial Day: broader American arms limitations and adherence with reservations to the World Court under the League of Nations. He backed the Harding Hughes plan for the Permanent Court and warned against changes without broad consent while signaling support for European rehabilitation via private German loans.
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Associated Press
Washington
World Court
League of Nations
Coolidge
Arlington
Harding-Hughes
Permanent Court of International Justice
Harding
Hughes
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
League
Germany
Dawes
Union of the States
American World Court
Congress
Senator Fess
Ohio
Secretaries of War and Navy
Jusserand
France
White House
Pepper
Senate
Pepper Pennsylvania
Foreign Relations Committee
White Houe
Elihu Root
League of Nations Council
Root
Uncertainty on Adjournment Date as House Nears Farm Relief Vote
Congress teeters over adjournment as the House moves toward a vote on the McNary Haugen farm relief bill. Debates on substitutes reclamation relief Muscle Shoals and abolishing the Railroad Labor Board continue while leaders hope to end the session by Saturday.
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Congress
House
Associated Press
Washington
Railroad Labor Board
Borah
Coolidge
White House
House Irrigation Committee
Senate
Longworth
Distress Call From Italian Vessel Halts New York Radio
The Italian steamship Brentto after leaving Genoa on May 11 for Pensacola Florida sent distress calls at night forcing a shutdown of all metropolitan radio stations. The vessel’s position was not given. The steamer Maravel bound from Demerara to New York has gone to assist Brentto.
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Associated Press
New York
Brentto
Genoa
Italy
Pensacola
Fla
Maravel
Demarara
West Indies
Airplane Defeats 35 Pigeons in Eastern Flight
In New York on May 30 an airplane piloted by Lieut J Kendrick Noble beat 35 pigeons in a race from Miller Field Staten Island to Washington. The plane led the fastest bird by 1 hour 11 minutes and flew three and a half hours with fuel stops in Philadelphia and Baltimore.
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Associated Press
New York
Miller Field
Staten Island
Washington
Philadelphia
Baltimore
J. Kendrick Noble
Bill to require civilians salute the colors in Washington
Representative Bloom of New York introduced a bill after a Memorial Day parade to compel civilians to salute the colors. He decried a perceived lack of patriotism in the capital and said the nation’s heart shows indifference in Washington.
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Washington
Bloom
Democrat
New York
Ten Die In Mine Fire Near Oviedo
Ten men are known to have perished in a coal mine fire near Oviedo Spain and rescue squads race to reach others believed trapped in the mines.
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Associated Press
Oviedo
Spain
Mississippi Democratic Convention Votes Uninstructed Delegation
The Mississippi Democratic State Convention in Jackson on May 30 voted to send an uninstructed delegation to the national convention.
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Jackson, Miss
Mississippi
Jury Dismissed in Webb Murder Trial of Horse Trainer
A jury in Akron dismissed after more than twenty five hours of deliberation without verdict in the Marion M Webb murder trial. Webb, a Clayton Missouri horse trainer, faced charges in the killing of M W Gerhardy, Detroit racing judge, and is indicted for shooting with intent to kill in the Toronto wounding of judge Peter Callen.
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Akron, v
Marion M. Webb
Clinton
M. W. Gerhardy
Detroit
Webb
Peter Callen
Toronto
Gerhardy
Flood Danger Rises in Wyoming and Colorado
Reports of rising water in streams in Wyoming and Colorado due to continued heavy rain and snow were received today. So far the rises have been moderate and gradual and the reports have not been alarming, according to Forecaster Scheir.
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Denver
Wyoming
Colorado
Scheir
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Samuel Price
Lloyd Price
Jeannette Price
Kentucky
Harry Green
Dayton
Smith
Roessly
Lloyd
McNary-Haugen
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