Chaplin Subpoenas in Utah Slaying Case
In Manti Utah May 29 Charlie Chaplin has been summoned as a witness in the Clark trial for the slaying of Don Solovich former butler to Lita Gray Chaplin wife of Chaplin A subpoena was issued for Mrs Chaplin and for Lloyd Wright Edward T McMurray and other associates Clark confessed slaying Solovich during a trip to Salt Lake City the state alleges robbery as motive A physician testified Solovich died from a fractured skull as state witnesses take the stand
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Manti
Utah
Charlie’ Chaplin
Clark
Don Solovich
Lita Gray Chaplin
Chaplin
Sumis
Lloyd ‘Wright
Attoreye Kono
Edward T. McMurray
Teapot Dome exposed as power and wealth corrupting politics
The editorial rails at Teapot Dome as a trail of political power and wealth influencing individuals and parties. It condemns despoilers who harmed democracy, noting brilliant careers crushed as the night was played upon by those involved.
Voters in 11th District Respond to Prohibition Report
A reader notes an Anti-Saloon League listing for the 11th Senate race shows the opponent as dry while the author’s name is published differently. The letter emphasizes stance on prohibition and questions amendatory references in delegate voting.
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Anti-Saloon League
House of Delegates
Acquittal Criticism Stirs Calls for Court Reform
The record quotes Senator Nye condemning Fall-Doheny and Fall-Sinclair verdicts as failures of justice favoring the wealthy. He urged procedural changes to ensure equal access to justice, predicting a general oil-industry house-cleaning and political reforms from the investigation. Davis testified about funds for his state committee, listing $1,000 bank deposits and $750 from J. H. Watson, plus $200 from a man named Flanders, with no detailed expense records.
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Doheny
Sinclair
Congress
Nye
Davis
State Committee
J. H. Watson
Georgia
Greer
Sié
Hoover
Bratton
New Mexico
Flanders
Watson
Convicts Face Death Penalty in Folsom Prison Riots
Six inmates charged with murdering George Baker during the Folsom Thanksgiving riot were found guilty and sentenced to death. Leaders named include Tony Brown and Walter B Burke with James Gregg James Leason and Albert M Stewart also implicated. Stewart had previously testified for life in a prior murder case.
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Sacramento
Cal
George Baker
Folsom Prison
Folsom
Tony Brown
San Francisco
Walter B. Burke
Roy Stokes
James Gregg
James (Leason
Albert M. Stewart
Stewart
Ray Shingleton
Pastor Is Arrested For Immoral Conduct In LA
Los Angeles on May 29 The Rev Frank Dyer pastor of the Wilshire Congregational church faced a superior court complaint alleging moral turpitude. An amended suit to oust him from the pulpit accuses him of conduct unbecoming a minister and of engaging with a married woman of his congregation. He was ordered to appear before a church tribunal June 7.
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Los Angeles
Frank Dyer
Wilshire
Church Corporation
Dyer
Action Urged by U S In Death of American
Washington May 29 An urgent note from American Charge D Affaires Scho enfeld in Mexico City to the Mexican foreign minister asks for prompt apprehension and punishment of the murderer of John F Noldine an American citizen killed near Tuxpan May 19.
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Washington
Schoenfeld
Mexico City
John F. Noldine
Tuspan
Japan In Statement On Taiwan Incident
Japan announces to the League of Nations that the Taiwan clash began when southern Chinese soldiers looted a Japanese resident’s house and fired on rescuing Japanese troops. The dispatch says current Japanese troop movements aim only to protect Japanese lives and property.
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Washington
Taiwan
Japan
China
League of Nations
Oaufmpern
Tax Reduction Measures Gain Net $222 Million
Continued discussion outlines tax relief from tickets and revenue gains from withholding, with increases in foreign built yachts and non-resident cases. Net reduction totals $222.495 million after offsets of $2.8 million, while publicity bans on income tax returns remain unchanged.
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Incre
Souven
Convict Gangster of Hold-up In Cleveland
Nate Weinzimmer a Cleveland plumber and alleged member of the Whittemore robber gang was convicted of robbery for the January 1926 hold-up of diamond dealer Albert Goodvais in which $179000 in unset diamonds were taken. Sentence will be imposed later.
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New York
Nate Weinzimmer
Cleveland
Whittemore Orbber
Orbbery
Albert Goodvais
Tear Gas Blowers Loot Creamery Safe
Five men blew a creamery safe in Chicago. They left with several hundred dollars but fled as a watchman joined them in tears. The blast released car gas stored for emergencies and the watchman was locked in a adjoining room.
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Chicago
House orders probe of federal penitentiary conditions
The House ordered a special committee to investigate conditions in federal penitentiaries during the summer recess of Congress. The move aims to assess living standards, safety, and administration within federal prisons and to report findings.
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Washington, May
House
Two Girls Die In Harrisonburg Auto Crash
In Harrisonburg Virginia two student sisters Miss Margaret Knott and Miss Pauline Baden died when their car collided with a Baltimore and Ohio train at a grade crossing. Two others Miss Flonnie Fedwick and Miss Lorraine Gentis were seriously injured while driver Thomas Armentrout 35, a college employee, survived. The victims would have graduated in June.
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Harrisonburg
Harrisonburg State Teachers’ College
Here
Margaret Knott
Portsmouth
Pauline Baden
Sutherland
Flonnie Fedwick
Shenandoah
Lorraine Gentis
Norfolk
Thomas Armentrout
Governor Gore Casts Vote In Home City
Governor Howard M. Gore cast his vote in Clarksburg West Virginia at a Salvation Army polling site. He later left by automobile for Clifton ton where he planned to receive the state primary returns at the executive mansion.
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Clarksburg
W. Va
Howard M. Gore
Hinen
U8 Eenator
Salvation Army
Cliwetonton
Want All Dry Agents Put Under Big Bonds
Washington May 29 A proposal to place all prohibition enforcement agents under 10 000 bonds was introduced by Representative Cochran Democrat Missouri Cochran said the bill aims to curb unlawful activities of prohibition agents and cited the Niagara Falls shooting and the Greeley Colorado incident as examples of the need for stronger oversight
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Washington
Cochran
Missouri
Niagara Palls
Greeley
Colorado
Chicago Prohibition Agents to Wear Uniforms
Prohibition agents patrolling Chicago will wear distinctive uniforms and a shield under an order by Administrator Yellowley. Previously agents operated in plain clothes, causing motorists to mistake their authority and create misunderstandings.
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Chicago
Prohibition
Yellowley
Man Who Never Heard Of Mayor Bill Thompson Met Norwegian President
Halvard Dragin of Skiolden Norway, visiting North America, sought a meeting with Chicago Mayor William Hale Thompson. The Norwegian president joked about the distance and politics, hoping to shake hands with Chicago’s leader and noting Skjolden’s remoteness.
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Chicnep
Willian Hale Thompson
Halvard Dragin
Skiolden
Norway
Dragin
Skjolden
Coolidge
Chicago
Thompson
English heiress marriage rumors denied in Nice
Gossip spreads about the Marquise de Maleissye, descendent of Commodore Vanderbilt, marrying Frederic Nash of England. Nash denies the report, stating he never contemplated marriage. Also noted is Frau Rasehe’s plan for a non-stop flight from New York to Berlin after June 10.
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Nice
France
Marquise’ de Maleissye
Commodore Vantesbilt
Frederic Nash
England
Predorie Nash
Carlton Club
London
Monte Carlo
Deats
Marquise de Maleissye
Frau Rasehe
New York
Berlin
Germany
Minter Wilson Makes Record As Candidate
Morgantown on May 29. Minter L Wilson, seeking the Democratic nomination for governor, logged about 55000 miles in his campaign that closed here last night. Senator Guy D Goff, Republican hopeful for president, ended his drive with a speech challenging Herbert Hoover's Republican sincerity.
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Morgantown
Minter L. Wilson
Guy D. Goff
Herbert Hoover
Profit by sanitation boosts Indiana pig growth
In Rushville Indiana a swine sanitation program attracts about 6000 farmers. A case study notes a farmer whose hogs now average 200 pounds at seven months, down from ten and a half months, illustrating gains from improved practices.
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Rushville
Ind
Indiana
Church Divor e Rules Revised by Methodist Conference
Kansas City May 29 The Methodist Episcopal Church today changed its divorce rules to allow ministers to judge grounds for divorce by their own assessment rather than court records. The amendment states ministers shall not solemnize a marriage of a divorced person except for the innocent party and only when adultery or its moral equivalent is clearly established in the minister’s mind. The board of education is to prepare marriage value courses for church schools.
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Kansas City
Methodist Episcopal Church
General Conference
Board of Education
Senate ends with two members not admitted
Washington May 29 The senate refused to administer the oath of office to two elected members leaving the chamber at 94. William S. Vare of Pennsylvania continued to press for admission while William B. Wilson and Frank J. Smith faced contests or resignations. The seat remains vacant for now with a new swearing in due next December.
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Washington
Senate
William 8.Vare
Pennaylvania
Republcan
Reed Slugh Fund Committee
Pennsylvania
Egg triplet eggs found in Maine pullet nest
A Maine farmer, C F Meservey of Union, discovered three eggs linked together in a pullet nest. The unusual string of eggs measured nearly five inches in total length, yet each egg was yolkless, a rare freak in egg laying.
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Orone
Maine
C.F. Meservey
Union
Fort Worth Boys Lived Saints of Sport Comeback Era
Fort Worth Texas born stars Rogers Hornsby Bo Melvin Donohue Matty Bell and Bil James grew up in the stockyards district. They played sandlot baseball and football together at North Side High School before starring at Centre College Texas Christian University and in major leagues. Their roots trace a shared path from Fort Worth to national fame across football and baseball.
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Fort Worth
Tex
St. Tobits
Cardinals
Donohue
Texas’ Christin University
Cincinnati
McMillin
Montgomery
Bill
James
North Side High School
Centre College
Praying Coloners
Il McMillin Way
Geneva College
Beaver Falls
Fox
University of Texas
Laurels
Matty Bell
Centre
Texas Christian
Dream of Married Peace Reflected by Friends
A fragment shows a bachelor sighing for the calm of married life while a married friend muses that such contentment may always seem out of reach. The exchange hints at longing and the contrast between single and married life.
English Girl to Walk From France to Const in Six Months
An English girl identified as Miss Jessie Reynal plans a six month trek from the French coast to Constantinople with less than 50 dollars. Her aim is to prove endurance and independence as she diaries the journey.
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Paris
Jessie Reynal
France
Chinese General Guards Ancestor Rites Against Bandits
In Foochow, Gen Lin Chung orders patrols around ancestral tombs to safeguard Ching Ming rites. Despite fears of bandit interference, troops secure the grounds and worshippers perform offerings without incident. April 5 marks the festival with large pilgrimages and paper offerings.
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Foochow
China
Lin Chung
Abogl
Ufev
Lin
Lds
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