Quash Motion Lights Up Scopes Trial Testimony
Dayton Tenn July 13. Attorney General A T Stewart opened the state’s closing in the motion to quash the indictment of John T Scopes for teaching evolution. Clarence Darrow for the defense to close. Large crowd fills the courtroom as arguments begin with Neal for the defense outlining 14 constitutional challenges to the act and its scope. The dispute over jury retirement sparks a brief clash between Stewart and Darrow before a continuation on page six.
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Associated Press
Dayton
Tenn
A. T. Stewart
John Thomas Scopes
Tennessee
Clarence Darrow
Stewart
Darrow
John T. Seapes
John R. Neal
United States
Tennessee General Assembly
Neal
Darrow At First Said ‘We Do Not Object.” Mr. Stewart
Bilbo Strikes Oil in Marshall County Oklahoma
Report from the Madil Okla Record notes George W Bilbo manager of eight combined trusts, once 800 shares of $100 par value, now reduced. He drilled a producer one mile north and a half mile east of the Arbuckle field, with a pump on in 24 hours and 59 barrels in the tank by Wednesday night.
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Madil
Okla
George W. Bilbo
Marshall County
Oklahoma
George W. Blibo
Arbuckle
Woman Burned When Oil In Stove Ignites
Davenport reports Mrs. Marke Williams 27 was severely burned and her husband Ross Williams and their 5-year-old son Ed were less hurt when a kerosene stove oil ignited trapping them upstairs before 3 AM. Neighbors helped rescue the children who were tossed from a window to safety.
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Associated Press
Davenport
Marke Williams
Ross Williams
Edund
Sisters Dead and Lover Sought in Mysterious Iowa Deaths
Sioux City reports police seek an unidentified man after the deaths of Mrs. Josephine Goodwin and her sister Mrs. Elizabeth Anthony. Investigators question a possible murder via gas fumes and note no local record of a Josephine Goodwin. a former husband, Elsworth Cross, appears in court records with a troubled history.
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Associated Press
Sioux City
Josephine Goodwin
Elizabeth Anthony
Goodwin
Anthony
Cedar Rapids
Elsworth Cross
Estate Hospital For the Insane
Independence
Anamosa Reformatory
Police Investigate Davenport Man Death
Davenport police probe the death of 81 year old Chris Schumacher who vanished Friday afternoon and was found semiconscious in a vacant lot Saturday night. Relatives suspect robbery and a slugging. a chin wound supports the claim. The coroner will decide on an inquest.
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Assoriated
Davenport
Chris Schumacher
Theodore Unsworth Dies After Illness at Local Hospital
Theodore Abner Unsworth, 24, of near Lorimer, died at 3 p m Sunday at Greater Community Hospital after illness while visiting Wintersreet. Born May 14 1901 in West Liberty Iowa he is survived by his mother Mrs Rose Unsworth. Body to be moved to Aleda Illinois for funeral and burial.
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Theodore Abner Unsworth
Lorimer
Greater Commun Ty Hospital
Wintereet
Mr. Unsworth
West Liberty
Rose Unsworth
Aleda
W A Snyder Injured After Hay Load Fall
W A Snyder a farmer north of Creston on Cherry street road sustained a broken collar bone when a hay load toppled and threw him to the ground about 9 this forenoon. He was brought to town for fracture reduction after horses stopped suddenly and unbalanced him.
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W. A. Snyder
Creston
Cherry Street
Mr. Snyder
Organist Tex Fraser Departs Crest Theater
Tex Fraser of Los Angeles, employed as organist at the Crest theater, left Saturday for home. Fraser has been in the city the past several weeks.
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Tex Fraser
Los Angeles
Crest Theater
Mr. Fraser
Weekend heat and accidents claim Iowa lives
Des Moines reports twelve Iowa deaths from heat drownings and other accidents over the weekend. Victims include Frank Gantz 39 Sioux City and Esther Chapmen 7 Des Moines. An Aurelia auto crash killed an 18 month-old child of C P Slater. Des Moines coroner cites extreme heat for George Hunt 60 Des Moines death. Chicago and national tallies cite dozens of drownings and motor crashes over the weekend.
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Associated Press
Des Moines
Iowa
Frank Gantz
Sioux City
William Wright
Stuart
George Hunt
H. G. Yost
Centerville
Emerson Bowman
Muscatine
T. N. Rude
Strawberry Point
Roy Davis
Esther Chapmen
Clarence V. Clark
Pella
C. P. Slater
West Liberty
Aurelia
William Marlow
Guthrie Center
M. FE. Royce
Chicago
Knepper Leads Western Classic Qualifying Round
Buddy Knepper of Chicago a multiple Iowa champion and Princeton golf star led the first qualifying round of the Western Amateur at Loch Moor Club with a 72 par. He posted 35 on the front nine and 37 on the back despite a fourteenth hole trap, with several strong players remaining in contention.
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Associated Press
Detroit
Buddy Knepper
Chicago
Iowa
Princetown
Lochmoor Club
Knepper
British Will Not Send Troops To Morocco
Foreign Secretary Chamberlin told the House of Commons that Britain does not plan to send troops to Tangier Morocco. London dispatches noted Britain would deprecate any action that could violate the Tangier zone neutrality in response to a Spanish suggestion for Franco British and Spanish cooperation in Morocco.
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Associated Press
London
Chamberlin
House of Commons
Tangier
Morocco
Fire at Ray Conrad home ends quickly with minimal damage
A flickering oil stove caused a fire at 8:25 this morning in the Ray Conrad residence at 310 Northeast Chestnut Street. The blaze was extinguished before the fire department arrived, leaving little damage.
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Ray Conrad
Chestnut Street
Chariton Men Admit Thefts Of Parcel Post Packages
Three Burlington railroad baggage handlers at Chariton pleaded guilty to stealing parcel post packages. Before U S Commissioner 8 A Plum they were ordered to await the next federal court term. Bond set at 500 dollars for each. Paschall posted bond, others in Union County jail. Post office inspectors arrested them.
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S. A. Plum
Charles Rywn
Paul Hill
Lloyd Paschal
Burlington Railroad
Chariton
United States
A. Plum
Paschall
Union County
Post Office
Pum
Treston Nine Falls as Shenandoah Wins In Exhibition
Creston semi pro team, once unbeaten in three defeats, loses 13 to 3 at Shenandoah in a lopsided display. Fred Kiisinger, released from the Phillies, joins Creston as a pitcher and is expected to face Ottumwa next. Cromwell’s team defeats Company K 13 to 5. Creston’s young squad loses 11 to 3 at Shannon City.
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Creston
Shenandoah Club
Shenandoah
Leo Kelly
Fred Kiisinger
Philadelphia Nationals
Ottumwa Blues
Ottumwa
Sippi
Blues
War Finance Corporation Names New Director
Swampscott Mass July 13 Floyd R Harrison was appointed today director of the War Finance Corporation succeeding Frank W Mondell who resigned Harrison had been assistant to Eugene Meyer Jr managing director of the corporation and served as secretary to former Secretaries Wallace and Houston of the department of agriculture
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Associated Press
Swampscott
Mass
Floyd R. Harrison
War Finance Corporation
Frank W. Mondell
Harrison
Eugene Meyer, Jr
Corporation
Wallace and Houston
Deparment of Agriculture
Mrs Lucretia Hill Dies At Home In Lorimor
Mrs Lucretia Hill died this afternoon at 12 35 at her home 404 North Birch Street. Funeral services will be held there at 2 o clock Wednesday with interment in Lorimor cemetery.
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Lucretia Hill
North Birch Street
Lorimor Cemetery
Creston Endures Record Heat With 100 Degree Fever
Creston baked Sunday as thermometers flirted with 100 degrees and records for long hot spells were discussed. The government observer logged 97 at one point and 115 in the sun, while McKinley Park drew thousands seeking relief in the lake. King Corn shows resilience with moisture aiding corn through more hot days.
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Agaresu
Mercury
Oberver
At & Am
Maple Street
Adver Neer
McKinley Park
Creston
King Corn
Mers
Totally Disabled Fisk Man Receives Check
Adolph Brezo of Fisk, injured in an auto accident and now totally disabled, received his first $75 disability check under a $5,000 life policy bought Sept 18, 1924. The policy guarantees $18,000 if disability lasts 20 years and $5,000 to a beneficiary at death. A. B. Creighton, Fisk store owner, helped arrange the policy.
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Adolph Brezo
Fisk
Greater Community Hospital
Brezo
Des Moines
A. B. Creighton
Fisk General
Small Change Predicted For Relief of Heat Wave
Des Moines reports slight relief from the heat wave in the western part of the state today while other sections should not expect a marked temperature drop. The weather bureau predicted 95 to 100 degrees again with some scattered thunderstorms but little overall effect.
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Creston
Mercury
Weather Bureau
Des Moines
Water Main Break Floods Grand Central Area in Manhattan
A ruptured 20 inch water main at Forty second Street and Fifth Avenue caused an underground river to flood three subway tubes near Grand Central for about a half mile. Water depths reached six feet and traffic was halted between Sixth and Madison Avenues and Fortieth and Forty fifth Streets while engineers assessed building safety.
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Associated Press
New York
Manhattan
Forty-second
Fifth Avenue
Grand Central Railroad
Sixth
Madison Avenues
Fortieth and
Forty-fifth
Unknown man aged tramp buried with unidentified inscription
An unknown tramp killed early Wednesday when struck by a Burlington freight train near Creston. Coroner MocKee said identification failed. Funeral service held at Roland's funeral home. burial in Graceland cemetery. A. O. Lillie on arm led to false leads from Sioux City and Farnam, Nebraska, and Cres ton connections did not confirm identity.
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Burlington
James MocKee
Roland
J. Hamilton Woodsum
The
Baptist Church
Graceland Cemetery
A. O. Lillie
Creston
Sioux City
Lillie
Farnam
Neb
Caspr Wgo
Casper
Grain Marketing Co to Close Business Today
Directors of the Grain Marketing Company met in Chicago on July 13 to consummate dissolution of the venture. They planned disposition of receipts from stock sales and debated nebulous plans to continue the effort on a smaller scale, but officers offered no definite future possibilities.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Grain Marketing Company
Giles
Witness Coached, Says Lawyer Alleges Prosecution Coaching
Rock Island Illinois July 13 charged that Lawrence Pedigo chief witness in the states attempt to convict John P Looney of conspiracy to protect gambling had been coached by the prosecution and that some of his answers were not his own claims W C Allen attorney for Looney made the charge in court today
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Associated Press
Rock Island, Ill
Lawrence Pedigo
John P. Looney
W. C. Allen
Looney
Black Rust Triggers Sharp Wheat Price Jump
Reports that a heat wave increased black rust spread in the northwest sent wheat prices higher today. September delivery jumped about six cents to around 1.545 a bushel, up from 1.48 a bushel on the previous Saturday.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Northwest
Indicted Pickwick Club Arraigned Over Boston Collapse
Seven men were arraigned before Superior Court Judge Lummus on secret indictments tied to the Pickwick club building collapse of July 4 that killed 44 people. Two indicted were Boston city building department employees.
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Associated Preas
Boston
Superior Court
Lummus
Grand
Pickwick Club
City of Boston Building
Inquest Planned Into Mrs Evans Death Near Creston
An inquest will be held tonight into the death of Mrs Besie C Evans of Afton who died in a Saturday forenoon auto crash on primary road No 8 west of Creston. Witnesses including car owner H M Nebo Polen and third occupant EC Baldwin face charges. Police report a grip with alleged liquor was found at the scene.
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Mra
Besie C. Evans
Afton
Reston
Roland
James McKees
H. M.nebo Polen
Diagonal
Fred Collings
Polen
Greater Community Hospital
Justice of the
Adam Pickett
Pouldwin
Jall
Justice Pickett
Three Unidentified Men Die In Railroad Wreck at Taylor
Taylor Texas July 13 three unidentified men believed trespassers died in a Missouri Kansas and Texas freight train wreck that burned near town last night. Eighteen gasoline tank cars and two box cars were still smoldering with property loss likely in the hundreds of thousands of dollars. Authorities speculated one trespasser smoking ignited gas on a tank car.
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Associated Press
Taylor
Tex
Missouri, Kansas and Texas Railway
Clarinda Editors Near Half Century Partnership Anniversary
John P. Kenea and Edwin C. Lane editors of the Clarinda Journal near the fiftieth anniversary of their continuous partnership in the newspaper and job printing business under Kenea & Jnne. They spent over 18 years with the La Cygne Kansas Journy and the rest of about 60 years at Clarinda.
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John P. Kenea
Edwin C. Lane
Clarinda Journal
Kenea & Jnne
Clarinda
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Wilma Knelier
Mildred Lininger
Alice Bell
Donald Green
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Lauria Hendrix
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