Identify Man in Priests Mur der
San Francisco Aug 16 Illiam A Hightower was identified by Miss Marie Wendell as the man who called for Rev Patrick Heslin on Aug 2 the night the priest disappeared The identification was supported by neighbor Mrs Bilanchia Both women viewed Hightower in Redwood City DA Franklin Swarts office They said he called for the priest answered a sick call and drove away in a small car Hightower made a brief comment and refused to answer many questions about a tent found in his room and the Heslin case Preliminary exam planned for Aug 19 at Daly City
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
SAN FRANCISCO
Cal
Illiam A. Hightower
Marie ‘Wendel
Patrick BE. Heslin
Wendel
Bilanchi
Franklin Stuart
Redwood City
Hightower
Hestin
Polly Mason
Pacific ocean
Dorothy Fisher Giftora
Oakland
Dolly ‘Mason
J. J. Duffy
Swart
Mr. Swart
Father Heslin
Salada beach
Daly City
Weather Outlook and War Talk Preview in 1930s Dispatch
A weather forecast brief notes unsettled conditions across regions as officials urge calm. The collection also features a commentary by Jim Crow warning Spain that war is not its long suit, signaling cautious international sentiment amid rising tensions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Spain
Drug route book used like milk deliveries in narcotics ring
New York detectives arrested three men and seized a route book with eighty eight addresses from Yonkers to Lakewood North Carolina. An automobile and narcotics were taken, with addresses used as distribution points in affluent areas. The ring earned about two thousand five hundred dollars weekly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
NEW YORK
Yonkers
Lakewood
N. C
zaid
Pawnshop owner meets murder suspect Burch in L A
Los Angeles pawnshop proprietor L A Rosenthal who linked a shotgun stock to a July sale identified by authorities as part of a gun tied to the Kennedy homicide met with Arthur C Burch an indicted murder suspect. Rosenthal was taken to the deputy DA Asa Kayes office and later declined interviews.
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Los ANGELES
Cal
L. A
Rosenthal
Pretended Defense Wins Commutation of Death Sentence
Indiana Governor MacCray commuted Nick Dundovich of Gary's death sentence for murder to life imprisonment on the state board of pardons recommendation. The board said his defense at trial was only a shadow of a pretense and he was represented by a county pauper attorney. Dundovich, a Croatian, was convicted of killing a fellow countryman at a wedding in Gary.
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INDIANA STATE CAPITOL
MacCray
Nick Dundovich
Gary
Coe ie
state board of pardons
Dundevich
rabbit
King Peter of Servia Dies After Long Illness
King Peter of Servia, ill for years, was reported in early June to be in serious condition from pleurisy and later congestion of the lungs. He sank into unconsciousness Friday and gradually failed until his death, ending a 16 year reign. The report comes from Belgrade and notes his long illness and decline.
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Peter
Belgrade
King
Petersot servig
whitenbatheda ead
trogi
Jugo-Slavia
Associated Press
Peter of Servia
Clings 36 Hours to Crags in Stony Lake Shore Cave
K L Shiras a Canadian visiting Bayfield Wisconsin endured a 36 hour vigil clinging to a desolate cave at Squaw Bay point on Lake Superior during a heavy storm. He was found exhausted in a bathing suit fragment and bruised, then brought to a hospital. A farewell message was etched in rock: Water child Lost canoe Aug 0. K L Shiras Finis. Love to all at home.
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BAYFIELD
Wis
K. L. Shiras
Squaw Bay point
Lake, Superior
Shiras
Finis
Brown and Moon Lead Kokomo Mayoral Nominations
Omar F. Brown led the Republican ticket in Kokomo's special primary with 1,549 votes and a 304 plurality over John Shrock. B. C. Moon won the Democratic mayoral nomination with 499 votes to J. C. Davis's 275. Ben Havens was renominated for city clerk, Joe Cripe won city judge, and about 4,000 ballots were cast, mostly by women.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
KOKOMO
Ind
Omar F. Brown
John Shrock
or_Seane Wright
B.C. Moon
J.C. Davis
Ben Havens
Blind man admits killing woman and clubbing children
Ramon Ramirez, 20, a blind man, was arrested in El Paso after confessing to killing Mia Conrado Alazar, 32, and clubbing her children Conrado 4 Ophelia 7 Fandra 8, who were hurt in the attack. Deputy Sheriff John Boone quoted the suspect saying he wished to kill them all. The victim slept with an 18 month old baby as the incident occurred last night while her husband hunted for work in New Mexico.
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EL PASO
Tex
Ramon Ramirez
Mia
Conrado Alazar
Conrado
Ophelia
Fandra
Ramirez
John Boone
Balkans Dispute Tests League Covenant Crisis
A Balkan country requests League of Nations intervention under Clause 11 to calm tensions between Albania and Serbia after escalating unrest in northern Albania. Viscount Ishii, president of the league council, orders the issue on the September agenda.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
League of Nations
Albania
Servia
Viscount Ishii
Ute leagues council
Third set of twins born to 30 year old mother
In Columbus Indiana on August 16 twin sons George and Harley Glasgow were born to Mr. and Mrs. Melvin Glasgow of Hope. This is the couple's third set of twins and their family now includes eleven children. The mother is 30 years old.
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y COLUMBUS
Ind
George
Harley
Melvin Glasgow
Hope
Woman member of auto bandit trio in Rush County
Special to The Indianapolis Star. Rushville, Ind. Aug. 16. H. C. Magill of Anderson said he was held up last night by two highwaymen near a covered bridge four miles south of Rushville and robbed of 40 dollars at gunpoint. He was taken from the bridge to their car, searched, and forced to retrace his route as the trio fled toward the city in a brown touring car. A woman stood near the bandits' auto, part of a trio tied to several holdups in this Indiana region.
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Indianapolis Star
RUSHVILLE
Ind
H. C. Magill
Anderson
here
Magill
Indiana
McCray pledges law and order in coal regions
Governor McCray told Indiana mine operators that the state would use full power to preserve order in the coal mine districts if local officials fail to control disturbances in Sullivan county and surrounding areas. He said he would not intervene in disputes between miners and operators and pressed for no violence toward persons or property. He discussed the conference with Adjt. Gen. Harry B. Smith and spoke by long distance to Sheriff Ed Douthitt of Sullivan county.
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INDIANA STATE CAPITOL
McCray
indiana
Adjt
Harry B. Smith
Sullivan
Greene counties
Queen Local No 3 Charter Revoked At Jasonville
In Jasonville Indiana August 16 United Mine Workers of America district officials revoked the charter of Queen Local No 3. The mine’s workforce grew to five when one more man was added. An Armenian man, unnamed, was accosted by five men on the street and warned he would be killed if he returned to the mine. Police sought to identify the five assailants. About twenty men reported for work and roughly twenty-five members urged most to stay away.
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JASONVILLE
Ind
Queen local No
United Mine Workers America
DeValera
Dall Eireann
Ireland
John McNeill
De Vaiery
Lingh
ith Libba
Irish Republic
De Valera
Dublin
Sinn Fein
Race outbreak in Augusta leaves three dead eight hurt
In Augusta Georgia late today a clash between whites and blacks left three dead and eight wounded. Walter Smalley a colored chauffeur killed wagon works manager Ben T Hightower then fired on whites before being killed. Police say three whites died including W W Moore. two blacks reported dead and a white woman wounded. Police controlled the scene but tensions stood high as armed bands gathered.
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AUGUSTA
Ben T. Hightower
Walter Smalley
amuck
yeaa
W. W. Moore
Smakes
Bmalley
Mr. Hightower
China Ready to Say All Cards on Table at Confab
Washington August 16 The President designated Senator Henry Cabot Lodge to head the American delegation to the disarmament conference with Secretary Hughes as part of the core team. The White House signaled Senate voice will be heard and debated whether further Republican or Democratic members join. Negotiations and funding plans advance while Pan-American Building is named as meeting site pending final arrangements.
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China
Confab
WASHINGTON
Associated Presa
Senate
Harding
Henry Cabot Lodge
Massachusetts
White House
Senator Lodge
Hughes
American’ representatives
Senate Committee
Lodge
Underwood
Alabama
Knox
Pennsylvania
Congress
Senate appropriations committee
shipping board
State Department
Pan-American
Pan-American Union
No-Tobacco League Seeks Harding Quit Cigarettes
Special to The Indianapolis Star from Warsaw Indiana August 16 1921 No-Tobacco League of America opens its national convention at Winona Lake with a resolution by Charles M Filmore calling on President Harding to quit cigarettes to set an example for youth A second resolution seeks congressional inquiry into tobacco’s influence and Filmore notes rising use among women at a leading university where 42 of 50 sorority girls smoke cigarettes
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Indianapolis Star
WARSAW
Ind
Harding
No-Tobacco League of America
Winoham Lake
Charles M. Filmore
league
Filmore
United States
Eight Injured In Auto Crash Near Cumberland
A two-car collision on the National road one mile west of Cumberland left eight injured, two seriously. Carl Phrelkeld 38 Whiteland Ind neck broken and Rosie Franke 32 near skull fracture among the injured. others include Ernest Tudor, Henry Franke, Otto Sharp, Edgar Sharp, O. Goodman, and Charles Fowler. Phrelkeld operated with Otto Sharp’s car. Franke party included Miss Franke and family. Phrelkeld rushed to St Francis hospital. doctors performed neck surgery and monitored Franke’s skull injury. Other victims treated and released.
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Cumberland
HENRY FRANKE
Systematic Thrift Course to Be Installed in Schools
A citywide thrift program will be introduced this fall for all public school pupils from elementary through high school. Superintendent Graff plans daily ten minute savings lessons and weekly deposits from pupils, with local banks to manage and fairly distribute funds. The effort aims to standardize thrift instruction across schools and involve Trust institutions in fund handling.
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Graff
E.A. Graft
Graft
Riley C. Adams
the
Security Trust
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NO-TOBACCO LEAGUE
OTTO SHARP
Whiteland
EDGAR SHARP
GOODMAN
CHARLES . FOWLER
Phrelkeld
Misa Franke
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Sharp
Franke
St. Francis' hospital
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Young
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