Evolution fight slated for Knoxville youth slays father
Warren Vandervoort, 17, confessed to shooting and killing Rev R J Vandervoort, a Methodist minister, in Parkersburg Iowa. He also admitted wounding his mother when she entered the doorway and later shot her in the bedroom. Authorities report a coroner's inquest is under way as residents note the boy spent much time studying and preparing for college. Mrs Vandervoort, found in bed, could only say Warren did it.
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Parkersburg
Iowa
Warren Vandervoort
R. J. Vandervoort
Vandervoort
Warren
Missing man in blast mystery is home alive
Martine California August 7 Joe Rodriquez Portuguese laborer disappeared from Walnut Creek after the Pacific Cellulose plant explosion. He reappeared in Walnut Creek reporting to authorities and denying his death. Police had expected his corpse and tracked a Berkley chemist Charles Henry Schwartz as the victim who held 180000 life insurance.
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Rodriquez
Oakland
Walnut Creek
Schwartz
Severe quake detected near Chicago in morning seismograph
Chicago August 7 a severe earthquake was recorded at 1 54 this morning by the University of Chicago seismograph about 1840 miles south of Chicago.
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Associated Press
Chicago
United States
University of Chicago
Wheat Prices Jump Amid Market Surge
Chicago August 7 wheat rose with September futures up six and five eighths cents to a dollar sixty and a half per bushel. Indications of large clearances in wheat expected next week contributed to the sharp upturn.
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Chicago
Youth Puzzle to Police in Louisville Missing Cash
Louisville police seek Louis Braddereck Jr. a 19 year old who was found dazed near a restaurant after claiming a stranger duped him at dinner and stole 2000 dollars and a gold watch. He was treated at a hospital and later discharged. His father says the son had been working in Detroit and was not in Louisville yesterday.
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Louisville
Louis Braddereck, Jr
Detroit
Markets Report from Louisville Cattle and Hogs Mixed
Louisville markets show cattle at two hundred steady unchanged. Hogs twelve hundred forty to seventy five lower eight to thirteen fifty. Sheep fifteen hundred quarter high er six down. Lambs fourteen quarter to half. Ewes wethers fourteen seventy five to fifteen.
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Louisville
Love Feast Brings Polish and Szechoslovak Boys Together
A two day international love feast under the YMCA banner gathered 70 Polish boys and an equal number from Szechoslovakia in Suchahora. Americans attended as officials and observers. National flags were exchanged and Polish youths visited Camp Orava in Czechoslovakia for four days. Fred W. Ramsey of Cleveland presided as national YMCA council president. E R Cummings and Walter W. Gotham coordinated the Polish and camp delegations.
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Warsaw
Young Men’s Christian Association
Suchahora
Szechoslovakia
Czechoslovakia
Camp Orava
Fred W. Ramsey
Cleveland, O
National Council of the American
E. R. Cummings
Walter W. Gotham
Camp
Orava
Russell Scott Declared Insane After Seven Ballots
Chicago news reports Russell Scott found sane by a Superior Court jury after seven ballots. He is committed to Chester Asylum yet still faces possible execution if later found sane. The verdict followed intense courtroom drama and prior reprieves saved him from the gallows.
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Chicago
Russell Scott
Court of Superior
Joseph B. David
Scott
Chester Asylum
Catherine Scott
Thomas Scott
Joseph Maurer
Small
David
Robbers Escape With Costly Furs
In New York on August 7 five robbers raided the Harry Bleiweis Company fur factory, menacing six workers in the basement, rifling 16 safes, and fleeing with furs valued at $100,000.
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New York
Harry Bleiweis Company
Portugal and Spain Exchange Science Ideas at Lisbon Congress
Lisbon August 6 The congress for the advancement of the sciences drew scientists from Spain and Portugal to exchange ideas and share recent investigations. The Portuguese president was ill and unable to preside. the cabinet president filled in. French and Belgian academies also participated in the event.
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Lisbon
Congress For the Advancement of the Sciences
Spain
Portugal
Adoption Battle in New York Over Browning Ward
Mrs Anna St John foster mother seeks cancelation of the adoption of Dorothy Sunshine Browning by Edward Browning a wealthy realtor. Mary Louise Spas faces scrutiny as officials investigate her claimed age and possible gifts from Browning amid public welfare inquiry and education records indicating she was six in 1910.
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New York
Sylvia Millen
Edward Browning
Browning
Millen
Mary
Mr. Browning
Mr. Coler
Spas
Queens County District Attorney
Coler
Anna St. John
Dorothy Sunshine Browning
Mary Louise Spas
Edward W. Browning
Bird 5
S. Coler
Public Welfare
Board of Education
United States
Wolves Cause Huge Loss
Destruction by wolves in the past year caused losses totaling 4 million gold rubles including 42 000 horses 50 000 cattle and 25 000 other animals eaten, according to Moscow statistics reported by the Associated Press.
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Associated Press
Moscow
Governor Peay Returns to Lead Evolution Fight in Tennessee
Governor Austin Peay arrives in Nashville from Battle Creek to direct Tennessee’s anti evolution efforts. He plans to engage special counsel for the Scopes case on appeal, vows to back the prosecution, and expresses displeasure at national criticism while noting Bryan’s death and inviting further talks with the noted educator.
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Associated Press
Nashville
Tenn
Austin Peay
Tennessee
Battle Creek
Mich
Dixie Flyer
Peay
Supreme Court
F. M. Thompson
Dayton
William Jennings Bryan
Bryan
Ryman Auditorium
Federal suit filed to test Tennessee anti evolution law
Dr John R Neal leading a taxpay er backed suit in Knoxville to challenge the state anti evolution statute. Gov Peay Attorney General Thompson and District Attorney Stewart named defendants. Neal warns broader state wide litigation could follow if the law is not declared unconstitutional.
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Knoxville
Tenn
John R. Neal
Scopes Defense Counsel
James Wilson
Peay
Thompson
Stewart
United States District Court
Dayton
Neal
Chattanooga
Xen Hicks
United States
Clinton, Tenn
Tennessee
Scopes
State Supreme Court
Dr. Neal
University of Tennessee
Austin Peay
Nashville
Fatally Burned While Smoking Bees Claim Indiana Farmer
Walter Hall 40, of Indiana, died in Louisville after a bee hunting accident. The sack he wore to protect his face caught fire from a torch used to smoke out the bees, causing fatal burns at midnight.
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Associated Press
Louisville
Burns
Walter Hall
Ohio River
Indiana
Hall
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