Spectacles Hint at Franks Kidnapping Case
Chicago authorities, after autopsy, say 13 year old Robert Franks was killed by suffocation during a ransom kidnapping. A pair of womanish spectacles found near the body in a swamp culvert are traced to an optician who says the wearer is nervous and sedentary. Father Jacob Franks pledges up to a million dollars to find the killers as police warn of further outrages amid a threatening letter and new ransom letter.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Science Today
Robert Franks
Science
Oscar Wolfe
Jacob Franks
Frank
Threatening letter prompts police guard at Franks home
In Chicago on May 24 a police guard was placed at the home of Jacob Franks after new threats surfaced. A letter allegedly from the kidnapers warned to stop the investigation or harm the Franks family, including a claim that Franks' daughter would be next, according to attorney Samuel A Ettelson.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Jacob Franks
Robert Franks
Ben
Robert E. Crowe
Samuel A Ettelson
Crowe
Franks
Nebraska Senator Frustrated By Witness Joke In Hearing
Washington reports Mrs. W B Edmundson of an Alabama farm accused Chairman Norris of breaking a promise to a Alabama school girl during a Muscle Shoals hearing. Norris questioned the intent and the session paused for clarification before resuming.
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Associated Press
Washington
W B. Edmundson
Alabama
Senate Agriculture
Muscle Shoals
Norris
Ford
Japs In Death Pact Die of Poison Shots
In Sacramento May 24 Dr T Karatsu a Japanese physician and Shizuo Mimawa his housekeeper died in a death pact by self injection of poison. Their bodies were found at the physician s home between Thursday night and today.
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Associated Press
Sacramento
Calif
T. Karatsu
Shizuo Mimawa
Mothers and Children Die in Burning Homes
Fire in Georgetown Idaho claims Mrs Isaac Kovene and her three sons aged 4 6 and 8. An infant girl found nearby. believed the mother saved the baby before perishing inside the home. Another AP report from Canton Massachusetts notes a separate fatal blaze killing Mrs Angenetta D Amateio and four children of Joseph Leclair.
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Associated Press
Pocatello
Idaho
Isaac Kovene
Kovene
Georgetown
Montpelier
Canton
Mass
Angenetta D’'Amateio
Joseph Leclair
D’amate’o
Kansan- NY Robbery Gang Nabbed Over Bond Loot
Three New York men arrested on a tip tied to a Walton Kansas bank heist. Police recovered 47500 in Liberty bonds, part of a $140000 haul from Walton State Bank. The gang, linked to Denver and St Louis robberies, faced violent fallout with two deaths in October 1923.
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Associated Press
New York
Walton
Kansas
Denver
St Louis
Frank Markey
John Elmkoff
Joseph Faber
Liberty
Walton State Bank
Federal Reserve Board
Washington
Walton Bank
St. Louis
Derby Winner Tries For Ohio Derby Laurels
Black Gold, winner of the Kentucky and Louisiana derbies, seeks a third straight victory in the inaugural $5,000 Ohio Derby at Maple Heights. Top weight 126 pounds again. jockey J. D. Mooney returns, with four other 3 year olds entered in the mile and an eighth race.
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Associated Press
Cleveland
Ohio
Black Gold
Kentucky
Louisiana
Maple Heights
Jocky J. D. Mooney
Atlantic Teacher Gone Bloodhounds Aid Search
Ernest P. Simmons, superintendent of Elliott Iowa schools for five years, disappeared yesterday from his office. Officials fear a mental breakdown from term closing duties and have called bloodhounds to assist in the search launched by local residents.
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Associated Preas
Atlanitic
Iowa
Ernest P. Simmons
Elliott
Former Iowa Eastern Star organist dies at Clinton home
Mrs. W. H. Bardwell a past grand organist of the Order of the Eastern Star in Iowa died unexpectedly at her Clinton home. Funeral services will be held here tomorrow with burial in Belle Plaine after transfer.
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Asserted Press
Clinton
Iowa
W. H. Bardwell
Order of the Eastern Star
Belle Plaine
Tokio Welcomes American Flyers With Banzai Cheers
Tokio greets the three globe circling aviators with a thunder of Banzais at the Kasumigaura arrival and at official calls. General Nagaoka, Ambassador Woods, and war and navy ministers host ceremonies and a lunch in their honor.
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Associated Presey
Tokio
Kasumigaura
Gashi Nagaoka
Imperial Aviation Association
Nagoaka
Lowell H. Smith
Cyrus E. Woods
Woods
Kasumigaur
War
Navy
Ugaki
General Ugako
Ambassador Woods
World Court Resolve Ahead of Senate Vote
The Senate Foreign Relations Committee endorsed adhesion of the United States to the permanent court of international justice. The Pepper plan won 10 to 6 with Republicans in favor and Democrats opposed. Swanson and Lodge proposals were rejected or withdrawn. The committee's backing conditions US voting parity and modified court structure before any formal Senate action.
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Associated Press
Washington
United States
Permanent Court of International Justice
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Pepper
Republican
Pennsylvania
Senate
Swanson
Democra Virginia
Congress
Harding
Coolidge
Johnson
California
Lodge
Tts
League of Nations
North Iowa Fruit Suffer Frost Damage In Northwest
Frost last night caused significant damage to fruit trees in northwestern Iowa with temperatures one to six degrees below freezing. Low readings occurred in north central districts but no damage is expected there. Inwood recorded 26 degrees.
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Associated Press
Des Moines
Iowa
Iowa Weather Bureau
Inwood
Weather Outlook for Upper Mississippi and Missouri Valleys
Weekly forecast from Associated Prensa notes a week starting Monday with considerable cloudiness and occasional showers in the first half. The latter part should be fair with normal temperatures across the region.
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Associated Prensa
Washington
Upper
Mississippi
Lower
Missouri
Senate Panel Aims to Dispose World Court Proposals
The senate foreign relations committee reached agreement to dispose tomorrow of the multiple measures on American adherence to the world court. Most members viewed the decision as paving the way for a favorable report on a composite plan. A later note reports a sugar price drop to new lows, with a sale of Porto Rican sugar bags at prompt shipment terms.
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Associated Press
Washington
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Associated Preas
New York
Empire Day Celebrations Echo Across Britain and Empire
May 24 marks Empire Day with patriotic displays as God Save the King and Rule Britannia resound across Britain and its empire, celebrating imperial power and national unity.
Italian Parliament Opens as King Victor Emmanuel III Speaks
In Rome on May 24 the newly elected Italian parliament convened and King Victor Emmanuel III delivered the throne speech marking the session's opening.
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Associated Press
Rome
Emanuel Vietor
Ten Thousand Rally at Lenin Tomb in Moscow
Associated Press reports on May 24 as ten thousand citizens gathered at Lenin’s tomb in Moscow to take an oath upholding the principles of Soviet Russia and its revolutionary leader.
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Associated Press
Moscow
Lenin
Soviet Russia
Spider silk display weaves 279 miles for one pound
Visitors in Berlin view a display of spider webs spun into stockings. The delicate threads are so fine that 279 miles of silk would be required to make a single pound of material.
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Associated
Berlin
Snowfall Hits Outlying Chicago Areas After Cold Spell
Snow fell in outlying sections of Chicago with temperatures 20 degrees lower than yesterday, as officials noted a sudden cold snap across the region.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Iowa Budget Plan Aims to Cut Local Taxes
Maytag says the local budget law, first of its kind in America, offers united effort to reduce taxes. He will oversee local taxes for school boards, counties, cities, and other districts, with contract provisions effective October 1 and pamphlets prepared to explain the law and interpretations.
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Associated Prena’ Des
Maytag
Arl County Boards of Supervisors
Business First Then Golf Says Champion Mars ton
Max Mars ton, national amateur golf champion from Philadelphia, notified the United States Golf Association that he cannot play in the eastern qualifying tournament for the national open championship at Worcester Massachusetts on May 27 and 28 due to business commitments.
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Associated Press
New York
Max Marston
Philadelphia
United States Golf Association
Worcester
Masa
Four Die When Train And Auto Collide
Louisville businessman Alvis N. Webb 55 his wife their daughter Josephine 26 and her husband Brent G. Webb 26 were killed when a Baltimore and Ohio train struck their automobile at a crossing near Holton Indiana. They were returning from a pleasure trip to Washington.
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Louisville
Alvis N. Webb
Josephine
Brent G. Webb
Baltimore and Ohio
Holton
Ind
Washington, D.C
Harding Highway route chosen for southern Iowa
The national Harding highway will route through southern Iowa via primary road No. 8 the Blue Grass Trail. Joe Goodsell secretary of Creston Chamber of Commerce announced the Chicago conference and funds pledged for local and state promotion. The route runs from Washington D C to Marion Ohio then through Indiana Iowa and beyond with towns including Ottumwa Albia Osceola Creston Corning and Red Oak and ends at Denver with connections to Chicago or Omaha.
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Ocean
Iowa
Creston
Joe Goodsell
Chamber of Commerce
C. W. Bond
Burlington
Iowa Association
Chicago
National Harding Highway Assoalitionl
Marion
Ohio
New Harding Road
Washington, D.C
Indiana
Galesburg
Ill
Ottumwa
Albia
Osceola
Corning
Red Oak
Shenando
Johnson Strikes Out Six in Row Ties Record
Johnson of the Washington Americans tied the American league record with six consecutive strikeouts against the Chicago White Sox. He also notched his 105th shutout victory as he fanned fourteen batters in the game, extending his 18-year career with the Senators.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Walter Johnson
Washington Americans
Chicago White Sox
Jim Scott
White Sox
St. Louis
T. J. O'Brien
Government Printing Office Rigged by Race Track Ring
George H. Carter public printer told the Third District Typothete Federation convention in Atlantic City that a ring of race track touts and handbook makers ran the Washington office. He alleged private wires, daily bets over $1,000, and participation by high officials in the gambling orgy before he disbanded the ring.
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Associated Preach
Atlantic City
N. J
Washington
Third District
Typotheate Federton
New Jersey
Pennsylvania
George H. Carter
Public Service
Soviet Releases Jap Prisoners In Russia
Vladivostok prisoners freed as foreign officers announce release of Cap Matsui of the Japanese general staff and Commander Minotsuma of the navy. Eighteen more Japanese, mostly students and interpreters, are freed as talks at Peking for Soviet recognition by Japan proceed.
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Tokio
Vladivostok
Foreign Office
Cap
Matsui
Minotsuma
Peking
Japan
Actress Sues for Property Quiet Title in Hollywood
Lila Lee, motion picture actress, files suit in Los Angeles Superior Court against her parents Charles and Augusta Appel to quiet title to eight Hollywood lots. The complaint says a clear title cannot be obtained because Charles Appel is missing.
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Associated Prew
Los Angeles
Lila Lee
Baa
Charles
Augusta Appel
Hollywood
Charles Appel
Big Ten Commissioner to Referee Midwest Track Meet
Major John L. Griffith, Big Ten athletic commissioner, selected as referee for the fourth annual Midwestern conference track and field meet to be held in Beloit on May 31. Charles Sidebotham of the University of Chicago will act as starter. The Midwest conference includes leading colleges from Wisconsin, Illinois, Iowa and Minnesota.
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Associated Press
Beloit
Mich
John L. Griffith
Charles Sidebotham
University of Chicago
Wisconsin
Ilinois
Iowa
Minnesota
Harding highway route battles in central Iowa
Cities along the White Way from Davenport to Council Bluffs pressed for the Harding highway. Primary No. 8 won out as the better year round road and shorter route. A state director of the association will be named soon and plans will move quickly to mark the route over the Blue Grass trail.
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Goodsell
Davenport
Iowa City
Des Moines
Atlantic
Council Bluffs
Iowa
Presbyterians Move to Pension Church Workers
The Presbyterian general assembly adopted a pension plan for ministers missionaries and other church workers effective April 1 1926 or sooner. A minority report from the Philadelphia Presbytery challenged an overture demanding alignment to a confession of faith, leading to a committee vote to retain the minority report and send it to the floor.
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Associated P. Grand Rapids
Mid
Presbyterian General Assembly
Will H. Hayes
Motion Picture Producers and Distributors of America
Associated Press
Grand Rapids
Mich
Committee On Judicial Business
Philadelphia Presbytery
Presbytery
Clarence Macartney
Assembly
Committee On
Judicial Committee
Presbyterian church proposes self sustaining ministerial pension plan
A committee of laymen submitted an adequate and scientific pension system to the United States Presbyterian General Assembly. The plan creates retirement annuities around one half of a minister’s average salary starting at age 65, funded by a $15 million revolving fund and combined church and minister contributions. Beneficiaries include widows and orphans, with minimum $600 annual pensions for those disabled before 65 and for those joining after passage.
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Grand Rapids
Mich
General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church In the
United States of America
Indianapolis
Will H. Hays
Indiana Synod
Board of Pensions
The
Presbyterian Church
Clinton Scouts to Demonstrate Work in Burlington
Sixteen Clinton boy scouts with scout masters J. W. Lee and James Shepard depart tomorrow for Burlington Iowa to present a demonstration of their scout work before the Iowa State Council of the Knights of Columbus which convenes May 26. A public demonstration is also planned Monday afternoon. The trip is arranged by S. T. Edgar's Assembly Fourth Degree Knights of Columbus of Clinton.
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Associated Press
Clinton
Ila
J. W. Lee
James Shepard
Burlington
Iowa
Iowa State Council
Knights of Columbus
S. T. Edgar
Knights of Columbus of
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