Browning Says Mary Louise Spas Deceived Him In Age
Edward Browning a wealthy New York realtor and foster father to Mary Louise Spas says he will seek to annul the adoption after declaring the 21 year old actress deceived him about her age. He demanded a physical exam and said he is finished with philanthropy amid the Cinderella romance affair.
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New York
Mary Louise Spas
Edward Browning
Mary
Browning
Philanthrophy
Edward W. Browning
Mary Louise Spns
Mr. Browning
Dorothy Sunshine Browning
Charleston Dance Step Draws Limited U S Notice
England’s latest American import, the Charleston, meets opposition from critics as to its appeal in ballrooms. It is seen as eccentric and spectacular while stage bans and censorship loom. Private Mayfair dances show some uptake but teachers criticize participants.
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Mo Amancated
Proax
London
England
America
Atlantic
Hyles
Eugene O'Neill
Mayfair
Governor Fields Welcomes New Grandson in August
Governor Fields has a new grandson born today to Mr. and Mrs. Forrest Fields in Frankfort Kentucky. The infant weighs 9 pounds 12 ounces and the baby’s father serves as secretary of the workers compensation board.
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Associated
Pross
Frankfort
Governor Fields
Forrest Fields
The
Workman's Compensation Board
Livestock Markets Report From Louisville on August 10
Cattle five hundred slow. prices from two fifty to nine hundred fifty. Hogs eleven hundred and a quarter higher. range eight to fourteen. Sheep twenty six hundred fifty and lower. Lambs fourteen. wethers fourteen.
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Louisville
Wethers
Post Office Department Reports 37 Million Cash Deficit
The Post Office Department announced a deficit of more than 37 million dollars for the fiscal year ending June 30 1925. Officials say previous deficits averaged higher but efforts to cut costs aim to make the postal service self supporting. Last year's deficit totaled about 24 million dollars.
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Associated Press
Washington
Post Office Department
New
Postal Service
Indian rulers holidaying in London in lavish display
The Maharajah of Jodhpur leads a vast entourage to London for the social season with polo team wives and hundreds of servants occupying a hotel floor. The Maharajah of Patiala followed, arriving by special train via Marseille, staying on another hotel floor and even converting two rooms into kitchens for Indian chefs. He plans to attend the League of Nations in Geneva.
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Frese
London
Maharajah of
Jodhpur
Europe
Patiaia
Marseilles
France
English Channel
Naharajah
India
Maharajah
Geneva
Potentates of India
League of Nations
Unidentified Youth Killed By Freight Train Near Newport
An unidentified about 18 year old youth stopped at Mentor near Newport seeking a country road to employment when he was killed by a Chesapeake and Ohio freight train. He is believed to have fallen asleep on the tracks.
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Newport
Mentor
Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad
Baking Takes Place Among Arts of Paris
Paris hosts a baking salon drawing more than 600 bakers and confectioners from eight countries. Attendees view ovens, dough mixers, and other appliances while discussing baking methods and the arts scene in Paris this week.
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Paris
War Flotsam Drifts Ashore in Wales
A brass plate washed ashore at Porthcawl in Glamorgan, Wales, once belonged to the American coast guard cutter Tampa. The Tampa was sunk by a German submarine in British waters in September 1913 with heavy loss of life.
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Porthcawl
Glamorgan
Wales
Coast Guard
Tampa
Mystery of Miss Stallman Death in Cistern Baffles Police
Miss Gera Stallman a 48 year old Cincinnati schoolteacher was found dead in a cistern near Mattoon Illinois with no water in lungs and signs not indicating violence. A diary and threatening letters are the main clues as authorities probe possible poisoning and suicide.
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Mattoon
Gera Stallman
Coles County
Thomas Seaman
Cincinnati
Tentative Budget Appropriation For 1925 Approved
President Coolidge approves tentative 1925 budget totaling 3.08 billion dollars with a 20 million dollar reduction from this year. Army and Navy expected to bear a large share. Hearings planned in fall. tax reductions of at least 200 million dollars anticipated, according to Budget Director Lord.
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Swampscott
Mass
Coolidge
Army
Navy
Congress
Lord
Voltaire Credited With Invention of Tanks by Historian
Paris reports a historian claim that Voltaire imagined armored warfare in 1756 calling it the Assyrian Chariot. He predicted victory over Frederick the Great and sought backing from Catherine the Great, who tested tanks as massed troops but found them limited.
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Associated Crown
Paris
Voltaire
Frederick the Great
Marshal de Richelieu
Czarina
Catherine of
Russia
Catherine
Voters Accused of Voting a Dead Man
In Corsica, heated elections led each side to charge the other with fraud. A dying elector was pulled from a hospital bed to cast a ballot for a party, impressing the widow with an accusation of murder.
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Paris
Corsica
Napoleon
Voters Register at Sullivan County City Hall
Twenty six residents of the 11th district registered during the countywide period at 3 p m today. Registration runs ten days with City Hall polls open 9 a m to 4 p m for seven days and 9 a m to 5 p m for the final three days amid county fair season.
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Sullivan County
Richmond Negroes Stage Melee with Police Shootings
In Richmond Virginia riot tense after a melee in the negro district leaves Polly Frances and Ruth Glenn critically wounded as Sgt Louis Bertucci is slain. Police guard St Phillips Hospital all night while two detective sergeants killed within two weeks heighten unrest.
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Assvtlatet
Richmond
St. Phillips Hospital
Polly Frances
Ruth Glenn
Louis Bertucci
Bertucci
Animals Terrified by Cars in Woodland Park Zoo
Seattle readers report deer elk and bears in Woodland Park Zoo reacting to traffic noise fumes and crowds this summer. Keepers plan to relocate them to deeper quarters within the 200 acre park forest to reduce stress amid a cheap carnival and noisy side shows nearby.
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Seattle
J Lewis declines arbitration with mining operators
Atlantic City dispute between United Mine Workers and anthracite operators neared a suspension of operations as John L. Lewis canceled further arbitration. Lewis informed Samuel Warriner that the operators would not concede wage recognition or the check off, signaling no more talks until positions changed. Raulston praises Bryan at Dayton in a memorial service, recalling the Scopes trial and Bryan’s humble, sincere character.
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Associated Prose
Atlantic City
N. J
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers of America
Samuel D. Werriner
Lewis
Warriner
Warringer
Pras Chiesgo
William Jennings Bryan
North Shore Congregational
John T. Raulston
Tennessean
Bryan
Ares
Jehovah
Raulston
John T. Scopes
Dayton
Mr. Bryan
Vandervoort Son Suspected in Parkersburg Fatal Shooting
Aug. 10 in Parkersburg Iowa Warren Vandervoort 17 is believed by his mother to have shot and killed his father Rev R J Vandervoort a Methodist Episcopal minister and seriously wounded his mother while they slept the youth does not admit fault in the original statement
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Parkersburg
Iowa
Warren Vandervoort
R. J. Vandervoort
Slayer Surrenders in Franksfort Garage Slaying
Frankfort, Ky August 10 Sam Colston 35 surrendered today after a Saturday slaying at a DuVall garage of Thorne Barton 29 Barton died from a shot fired through a garage window believed to hit the heart no witnesses Funeral services for Barton set for tomorrow
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Frankfort
Sam Colston
Thorne Barton
DuVall
Colston
Barton
Mayfield Churches Sit Silent Amid Vacations
Mayfield Kentucky clergy paused worship as half the pastors were on vacation and others away for illness, revival work, or county duties. Services were halted in all Protestant and white churches for the second time, a situation last seen during the influenza epidemic.
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Mayfield
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