Should Hang Defendants to Protect Homes, Says Atty
Chicago August 21 Nathan Leo pold Jr and Richard Loeb should hang to shield homes and children, urged by assistant state's attorney Joseph Savage. He argued the crime demanded capital punishment to uphold the majesty of the law, while defense counsel Walter Bachrach cited mental disease short of insanity as mitigation.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Nathan Leopold, Jr
Richard Loeb
John R Caverly
Joseph Savage
State
God
Mr. Savage
Robert Franks
John R. Cavernly
Bavage
Bobby
Frahks
George Johnson
Savage
Leopold
Loeb
Leopold Loeb murder trial described as coldly intellectual plot
Chicago August 21 state’s attorney detailed the Franks murder plot in court, arguing Leopold and Loeb planned meticulously to avoid capture. He described ransom schemes, discarded key removal, and the couple’s detachment, noting Illegality despite high intellect and university connections.
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Leopold
University of Chicago
Harvard
Savage
Loeb
U S Army Flyers Begin East Iceland Flight
American round the world flyers and Italian airman Lt Locatelli started from Rekyjavik at 10 50 am. Lt John Harding Jr and Lt Nelson’s plane crew had slept little and stayed to tend the machine. Weather and ice forced a delay after they arrived Aug 6 from Hoefn Hornafjord and planned to reach east Greenland soon.
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Rekyjavik
Iceland
Locatelli
John Harding, Jr
Nelson
Reykjavik
Hoefn Hornafjord
Greenland
Spirit Lake to host 1925 Iowa municipalities meeting
Spirit Lake was chosen as the 1925 convention city by the League of Iowa municipalities after a tie among Fort Dodge Spirit Lake Burlington and Dubuque. Officials re elected included Mayor A E Gragg Waterloo president and Frank G Pierce Marshalltown secretary. The session discussed associate memberships for water departments and supervised Waygrounds funding.
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Associated Press
Maéda City
Spirit Lake
League of Iowa
Fort Dodge
Burlington
Dubuque
A. E. Gragg
Waterloo
H C. Findlay
Ft. Dodge
Frank G. Pierce
Marshalltown
League
J. A. Walters
McGregor
Elcer
William Z Long
Ft. Madison
Wat ‘Erloo
Buriington
Bryan Speaks at Modern Woodmen Encampment in Oakland
Governor Charles W. Bryan, Democratic vice presidential candidate, left Lincoln by automobile for Oakland to address the Modern Woodmen of America encampment on Governor's Day. He formed clubs and sold insurance for the group decades ago and is expected to return to Lincoln before night.
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Lincoln
Neb
Charles W. Bryan
Oakland
Woodmen of America
Bryan
The Red Enemy of the Forests Threatens West Fires
The 1910 and recent summer fires are compared as Forest Service mobilizes forces across California Washington Oregon Idaho Montana Utah Colorado New Mexico Arizona. Officials warn public cooperation is crucial to prevent man caused fires and limit losses of land money and lives.
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Associated Press
Washington
California
United States
Northwest
Idaho
Montana
Uncle Sam
Forest Rangers
Forest Service
Oregon
Utah
Colorado
New Mexico
Arizona
Nature
Lightning Strikes Close To President's Home
Lightning hit near President Coolidge's temporary Plymouth store office during a severe storm. A bolt disabled telegraph equipment in the store, about fifty yards from the president's family residence. No injuries occurred and the Coolidge home remained unaffected.
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Associated Press
Plymouth
Vermont
John Coolidge
President Coolidge
Coolidge
Colonel Samuel Ham Dies At Fifty Chief Of Staff
Chicago August 21 Colonel Samuel Vinton Ham age fifty chief of staff of the Sixth army corps area died at his home in the city.
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Chicago
Samuel Vinton Ham
Sixth Army Corps
Dawes Opens Maine Campaign With Brass Tacks Message
Charles G. Dawes campaigning as Republican vice presidential candidate travels toward Maine for a Saturday speech in Augusta. He vows a campaign of straightforward issue discussion, favors extemporaneous talks, and discards a prepared Lincoln address on agriculture.
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Associated Press
Albany
Na Y
Maine
Gen. Dawes
Charles G. Dawes
Evanston
Augusta
Dawes
Walng
Evainston
Lincoln
Nebr
Herriot Addresses French Assembly on Dawes Plan
Premier Herriot presents the Dawes reparation plan and the London agreement to the chamber, saying no final decision yet and parliament may choose. He cites evacuation of the Ruhr and the inter allied entente as dominant issues at the London conference and upholds arbitration as a key principle.
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Paris
Herriot
Dawes
London
Chamber of Deputies
Premier Herriot Faces Chamber on London Conference Findings
Paris observers saw Premier Herriot cheered by supporters and booed by communists and far right deputies as he opened his hour long declaration on the London conference results for the Dewes reparation program. The reading is expected to occupy the full hour with debate not starting before 5 30 p m.
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Associated Press
Paris
Herriot
Chamber
London
LaFollette Leaders Plan Washington Campaign Itinerary
Washington Aug 21 Leading strategists of the LaFollette Wheeler organization met to map itineraries for the two candidates and outline a campaign plan. Attorney General Ekern and David K Niles discussed national fund solidization while Nelson of Wisconsin may join. A Labor Day radio message is planned and Wheeler is expected to speak in Boston Common.
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Associated Press
Washington
LaFollette-Wheeler Organization
Wheeler
Ekern
Wisconsin
David K. Niles
Whiich
Nelson
LaFollete
Wheeler Isa
Boston Common
Sioux City Snowfall Report Sparks Police of Temperatures
Sioux City residents reported a light snowfall Wednesday evening as the thermometer read 7 degrees. The snow shower began at 6 19 and lasted a few moments, prompting inquiries at the weather bureau where the unusual event drew skepticism and inquiries.
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Sioux City
Associated Preas
Weather Bureau
Call Money and the Banker’s Edge in the Market
Richard Young analyzes the New York call money market and its link to time loans, commercial paper, and Federal Reserve rates. The piece explains call loans, broker usage, and the mechanics of long and short stock positions with emphasis on rate shifts and banking practices.
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American Bankera Association
American Bankers Association Journal
John R. Young
Creston
New York
United States Treasury
Treasury Savings
Federal Reserve
Wall Street
la Salle Street
Chicago
California Street
San Francisco
Stock Exchange
United States Steel Common
State Fair Friday Schedule A P A
State Fair program outlines events for Friday with openings at 7:00 and 8:00 contests in stock pavilion, 9:00 judging across agriculture culinary apiary fruit flowers textile china poultry and pigeon, 9:30 art and dramatic program, 10:00 opening of Boys and Girls club demonstration, 1:00 pig judging in swine pavilion, babies health contest scoring, auto races and grandstand program, 1:30 home economics in women's building, 2:00 home nursing demonstration and club demonstrations in club building.
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Associated Presa
Womand !Torium
Former Iowa Woman Found Dead In Omaha Hotel
Misa Ford, 51, of Santa Barbara California, jumped from an eighth floor window at the Fontenepe hotel in downtown Omaha. Private nurse Misa Rose Cavalleri says Ford was staying for months in a Santa Barbara hospital and was en route to Independence Iowa to her brother Eugene Ford. Police say autopsy and verification pending. death labeled a plain suicide case.
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Associated Press
Omaha
Misa Rose Cavalleri
Misa Catherine Ford
Santa Barbara
Calif
Misa Ford
Fontenepe Hotel
Miss Ford
Walter Licket
Independence
Sister of Catherine Ford Dies in Omaha Jumping Incident
Miss Catherine Ford, once a California resident, died by suicide after being moved from a Santa Barbara private sanitarium to an Independence Iowa state hospital. Her brother Eugene Ford confirmed the death but offered no details, saying only that she was his sister and had been coming to visit Fairbanks, Iowa. The body is expected to be shipped for burial.
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Associated Preas
Fairbanks
Catherine Ford
Calfornia
Miss Ford
Santa Barbara
Independence Iown
Associated Pree
Eugene Ford
Omaha
Girls Report Seeing Boy Fall In River
Cedar Rapids police search inlets along the river banks for a 12-year-old boy believed drowned after slipping from a Rock Island bridge plank yesterday. Two girls, playing near the bridge, described the boy’s age size and clothing and said he seemed dizzy before vanishing. The coroner interviewed the children and trusted their earnest account.
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Associated Press
Cedar Rapids
Rock Island
Verphal
Creston Band Plays for Brooks Homecoming Picnic
Chas. M. Hayden and his Creston Concert Band traveled to Brooks to provide music for the homecoming picnic set for this afternoon and evening. In New York, six armed men halted a silk truck on Madison Square today seizing the vehicle and milk worth $50,000, seen by scores of onlookers.
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Creston
Brooks
Chas. M. Hayden
New York
Madison Square
Leeston Wins First Clash at Clarinda Tournament
Creston defeats Lewis 4 to 3 in a fast Clarinda tournament game. Dick Speer pitched for Creston while Roy Saunders of the Pirates pitched for Lewis. Creston holds a late chance at the $750 purse with one win needed today and another Friday.
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Creston
Lewis
Clarinda
Dick Speer
Roy Saunders
Pittsburgh Pirates
Cleamont
Lovals
Bones Found On Creek Bank Near Marion Mystery
Cedar Rapids dated Aug 21 coroner Verphal reports no nearer solving the mystery of a pack of human bones found on the bank of Indian creek near Marion. Skeleton assembled in an undertaker’s parlor shows a grown man, flesh likely eaten away by chemical actions. date illegible. Coroner seeks publicity to identify remains and whether a cadaver was discarded by a physician.
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Associated Press
Cedar Rapids
Verphal
Indian Creek
Marion
Bank Robbed as Bandits Escape with 400 Dollars
Seven bandits robbed Farmers Savings Bank in Br Asoctated Preac Leland Aug 21 and took 400 dollars in cash. Wires into the village were cut and a carload fled toward Albert Lea while another headed toward Carpenter. Family above the bank heard the robbery but did not act. This marked the third county robbery in the past week.
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Leland
Farmers Savings Bank
Forest City
Albert Lea
Carpenter
Galth
Wright County
Corwith
Hamcock County
Atlantic Couple Dies Fifteen Minutes Apart
Atlantic Iowa August 21 Mr and Mrs W E Stewart died at their Griswold home this afternoon less than fifteen minutes apart. The couple were preparing to attend the Southwestern Iowa G A R annual reunion and it is believed the excitement of the occasion and the heat caused their deaths.
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Associated Press Atlantic
Iowa
W. E. Stewart
Griswold
Truck Driver Narrowly Escapes After Cow Crash on Afton Road
Walter Ohlschlager of Weaver Transfer narrowly escapes injury when his furniture laden truck collides with a cow on the road north of Afton. The cow, driven by farmer Thomas Detty, was badly injured and died soon after. Ohlschlager was en route from here to Des Moines with W B Kazbeer’s furniture and escaped unhurt.
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Walter Ohlschlager
Weaver Transfer Company
Afton
Mr. Ohlschlager
W. B. Kazbeer
Des Moines
Thomas Detty
Chischlager
Freight Car Derailed Delays Westbound Trains
A westbound extra freight train derailed a car at Red Oak this morning causing a two and a half hour delay for No. 10. No. 10 arrived at 8:10 instead of 5:25. The freight crew was from Creston. No. 3 westbound passenger train ran two hours late, departing at 1:49 instead of 11:40.
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Red Oak
Creston
Letters Postable by Air Promised in Aerial Transport
A new development in air travel promises a system of letters posted to airplanes and sorted en route. The concept envisions on board handling and mid flight routing to speed correspondence between cities.
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Judge Caverly
Mr. Darrow
Benjamin Bachrack
Mr. Franks
Franks
Bobby Franks
U. S. Army
East
Governor Bryan
Woodmen
United Sates
En. Dawes
Herriott
LaFollette
Richard Young
Credit Department of
N. Y. National City Bank
Irls
Leeston
Lewis Ball
Speer
Atlantic
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