Key Witness MacDonald Backed by New Evidence in Mooney Billings Case
John MacDonald, key Mooney Billings witness, travels west after New York affidavits allege funds from the California district attorney aided his testimony. Affidavits also recount a 1921 Trenton incident where MacDonald claimed the Mooney trial testimony was false. Mooney attorney Frank Walsh seeks a fair hearing to free the defendants.
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Erie
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Warren K. Billings
Tom Mooney
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Chicago
Frank Walsh
Mooney
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Los Angeles
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MacDonald
United Press
New York
Baltimore
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Washington, D. C
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Hilary Gans
Walsh
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Gans
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Chicago Federation of Labor
Max Kesselman
Trenton
N. J
Leon Josephson
Kesselman
Central House
Mooney-Billings
Josephson
Billings
Manhattan
Marathon Youth Embrace Tree Sitting Across Cities
Juvenile trend spreads from Racine to Huntington as boys and girls mount trees and flagpoles for endurance stunts. The movement features Jimmie Clemmons and Palmer McCloskey among others, with water-wing contests and nightly marathons topping the dramatic, era-defining craze.
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W. Va
Racine
Wis
Jimmie Clemmons
Ryu United Press
Acre W. Va
Ohio River
Senate Cloture Fight Over London Naval Treaty Sparks Clash
In Washington on July 17 Major James E. Watson pressed for a time limit on debate to force a vote on the London naval treaty. Senator Johnson of California rejected the move, insisting on continued discussion as cloture petitions surface and naval policy faces new reservations. Hoover reportedly supports Watson's approach amid delays.
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Washington
James E. Watson
Senate
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Rep
Cal
Watson
Johnson
MacDuff
California
Hale
Naval Affairs Committee
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Hoover
United States
Boots Paper Doll Cutouts Makeover for Boots character
The Times features Edgar Martin drawings with six sketches showing Boots in three outfits and nine dresses. Readers can cut out paper dolls and fasten dresses to Boots’s figure, with coloring possible. The first cut-out sketch will appear next.
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Edgar Martin
Times
Boots
Conway Tearle Sidelined by Minor Illness in London
London reports actor Conway Tearle is ill with a minor disturbance and may undergo a slight operation in the city. The development was disclosed today as he rests and weighs his next film engagement.
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Conway Tearle
United Press
London
Helen Wills Moody Rejects Tennis Shorts in White Attire
Chicago July 17 Helen Wills Moody declines shorts remaining in white dresses for tennis. She says the best costume is a short white plaited skirt, finding it more attractive and comfortable despite plans to win more titles.
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United Press
Chicago
Helen Wills Moody
Bullet Halts Death Threat In South State Avenue Incident
Frank Black living at 238 South State Avenue was shot and seriously wounded by John Vail who also lives there after Black allegedly tried to murder Vail, his wife Estelle, and their newborn. Vail says he fired a revolver as Black threatened to kill them and brandished a butcher knife. Black was hospitalized. Vail is detained for questioning.
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Frank Black
South State Avenue
John Vail
Black
Vail
Estelle
Ail
Vails
Baby
Showers on Way Across Indiana This Friday
The weather bureau in Indianapolis forecast showers and thunderstorms for Indiana Friday after a rise in temperature. Southern Indiana will see fair weather tonight and Friday, with rain expected in northern areas. Indianapolis and surrounding areas may have unsettled conditions Friday afternoon as temperatures moved from 68 degrees at 6 am to 81 degrees by 9 am.
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Indiana
United States Weather Bureau
Indianapolis
State Fair
Cellmate's Story Stuns Schroeder in Murder Case
Harold Schroeder, jailed on murder and arson charges after a body was found in a burning car on the High School road, grew pale and silent after a Mobile jail cellmate allegedly told of a stab with a screw driver and a possible insurance motive. Investigators pursue a double theory linking death to a payoff or insurance scheme.
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Harold Herbert Schroeder
George Winkler
Mobile
Ala
Schroeder
the Times
Winkler
R. L. Jones
Maryville
Tenn
Leah Schroeder
Oil scandal hits 3 state departments in Indiana
Three state departments face renewed probes into the northern Indiana bootleg gasoline plot. Former State Senator Bruce Cooper resigned as gasoline tax field auditor. Fate and Springate are linked to tax dodging schemes involving distillate labeling. Attorney General Ogden says oil inspector Springate active in the plan. Cooper’s resignation disclosed today as settlements halted and officials to be questioned.
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Bruce E. Cooper
Rep
Stewartsville
Archie Bobbitt
Clarence Fate
Securities Commission
Otto G. Fifield
James M. Ogden
R. S. Springate
Whiting
Ogden
Lake County
Cooper
Bobbitt
Solon Enloe
Appellate Court
South Bend
Oil Inspection Department
J. N. Miller
Food and Drug Division
State Health Department
William F. King
Hector Springate
Times
la Porte
State Department
Springate
Dr. King
Miller
Weather Readings Through the Morning and Day
A sequence of time stamps and temperatures appears, listing 6 a m 68 10 a m 82 8 a m 78 12 noon 86 9 a m 81 1 p m 87 indicating a pattern of morning and afternoon temperature readings.
Our Own Radio Stars No 1 Surefire On Radio
Dessa Byrd hosts organ programs on WFBM each Saturday morning and Sunday midnight. She notes audience tastes shift with age, from newborn dedications to teens seeking romance. Requests flood in during Saturday night shows, while Saturday morning relies on mailed requests.
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John T. Hawkins
Victor Herbert
WFBM
Herbert
Rockies
Miss Byrd
Mike
Not One Penny More, Nye Told
Ruth Hanna McCormick testified at a Senate campaign expenditure probe that she had no personal knowledge of spending beyond the $319,000 she reported and claimed a detailed accounting of every penny. Senator Nye said he might call J Hamilton Lewis to answer charges of a $1,000,000 primary spend. Robert Crowe testified he used $30,000 in his ward for McCormick’s campaign, with no personal funds involved.
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United Press
Chicago
Ruth- Hanna McCormick
Senate
Gerald P. Nye
J. Hamilton Lewis
Grace Defies Eaton In Steel Merger Suit Testimony
Eugene G. Grace president of Bethlehem Steel testified in the steel war court in Youngstown Ohio refused to disclose his salary after Judge David T. Jenkins sustained the refusal. Cyrus S. Eaton interests seek an injunction to block Bethlehem's merger with Youngstown Sheet and Tube Company arguing Grace salary is excessive.
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Eugene G. Grace
Bethlehem Steel Corporation
David T. Jenkins
Cyrus S. Eaton
Bethlehem
Youngstown Sheet and Tube Company
Grace
Funeral for Utah mail flier Maury Graham is held
Cedar City pays tribute as Maury Graham, the air mail pilot who sacrificed his life in a storm, is laid to rest. Major Richard McDonald, a relative, found the body in Zion canyon after months of searching. The corpse will be taken to Los Angeles for burial as the mail plane waits there.
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Utah
United Press
Cedar City
Maury Graham
Graham
Civilization
Richard McDonald
Los Angeles
McDonald
Zion Canyon
Air
Birthright serial by Kathleen Norris to begin in Times
The Times will publish the Kathleen Norris serial Birthright starting next Monday July 23. It follows Dan Palmer who seeks social ascent for money and tension with Patricia Cheseborough as she weighs comfort against pride in a small town.
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LD “Sensatone” Palmer
Deerbridge
Palmer
Times
Riley
Defense rests as poison trial hinges on last meal
In Hancock circuit court defense and state spar over Edna and Mattie Kolb deaths. Testimony questions whether strychnine was given via pills or capsules and whether a heavy prior meal delayed symptoms. Prosecution notes Edna's stomach contained strychnine while defense argues suicide theory and delayed action possible.
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Greenfield
Ind
George Kolb
Rushville Farmer
Hancock
Kolb
Mattie Laramore Kolb
Edna Dagler Kolb
Frederick C. Atkinson
Indianapolis
Edna
R. Harger
Mattie Kolb
George
Edna Kolb
Rushville
Henry R. Alberger
Virgil J. Fruth
Connersville
Oscar Heller
Grenfield
Charles Titus
Wilkinson
Paul Benson
Henry County
William
Raymond Kolb
Benson
Ash Can Challenge Ends With Teen’s Unlucky Fit
In Chicago on July 17 Lester Jacobson, 13, boasted of wrestling skill and accepted a dare from Irving Satler, 14. Satler toppled him into an ash can, trapping his body with only his head and limbs visible outside. Police attempted rescue with an acetylene torch, but the heat proved too intense to continue.
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N. J
United Press
Chicago
Lester Jacobson
Lester
Irving Satler
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