Death House Shadows Lifted From Sacco And Vanzetti
Boston reports show Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti in higher spirits as their counsel nears final legal steps for a new trial. Celestino Madeiros also involved. guards watchfully maintain security after a tense period with no criminal incidents logged in 24 hours.
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Boston
Nicola Sacco
Bartolomeo Vanzetti
State Supreme Court
Celestino Madeiros
Supreme Court
Webster Thayer
Orginal
George A. Sanderson
Thayer
Sanderson
Sacco
Vanzetti
Political Callers Swarm to Dakota Summer White House
Rapid City SD August 12 The steady stream of officials arriving in the Black Hills intensified today with Secretary Davis of the Labor Department on the president s engagement list along with Director Lord of the budget and Eugene Meyer chairman of the farm loan board Davis Wilbur and Work already visited this week The president invited Davis earlier in the summer and Meyer tours the west with possible views on a contemplated farm bill A budget estimate for next year and potential tax relief were discussed plus relief efforts for Mississippi River flood victims and a proposed farm board with a 300000000 loan fund
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Rapid City
S. D
Black Hills
Davis
Labor Department
Coolidge
Lord
Eugene Meyer
Farm Loan Board
Wilbur
Work
Mooseheart
Ills
White House
Mr. Davis
St. Paul
Meyer
Federal Farm Loan Board
West
Policeman Killed in Dekalb County Chase
L. S. Henderson of the Dekalb County police was killed and L. H. Phillips was fatally injured when their car overturned on Briar Cliff Road during a chase of a rum runner who allegedly threw a smoke screen. The incident occurred near the city early today as officers pursued the suspect.
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Decatur
L. S. Henderson
Dekalb County
L. H. Phillips
Briar Cliff Road
Berlin
Surprised by Police Attack on Ansonia Rum Runner Steamer
The Ansonia, a single stacker steamer believed to carry half a million dollars in contraband liquor, was cornered off the Statue of Liberty after fleeing a surprise assault by Staten Island police. Thirty four men were arrested, seven 7-ton trucks and three luxury cars seized, as the coast guard moved in. The chase followed the capture of the British steamer Sebastopol, renamed Westmoreland, a day earlier in New York harbor with a liquor cargo valued at about 300,000 dollars.
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Ansonia
Statute of Liberty
Staten Island
Kill von Kull
Coast Guard
New York Harbor
Sebastopol
Westmoreland
Dauria
Arlington
Dakota educator urges proper aid for the farmers
Charlottesville Va Aug 12 A round table discussion at the Institute of Public Affairs featured President John Lee Coulter of North Dakota A and M College arguing for national legislation to aid farmers. He urged a federal marketing board to ensure producer and consumer representation and warned against price undercutting by foreign sales.
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John L. Coulter
North Dakota A. and M. College
Charlottesville
Institute of Public Affairs
John Lee Coulter
North Dakota A
M. College
Federal
Dr. Coulter
Coulter
Federal Marketing Board
Hunger Strike Standoff in Sacco Case At Prison
Boston Aug 12 AP William Hendry prison official says Nicola Sacco is not collapsing as he begins day 27 of hunger strike. Forcible feeding not considered while Sacco can walk. Bartolomeo Vanzetti resumes light meals under medical advice after intermittent fasts. Sacco sits with doctor, Vanzetti rests and eats beef tea and bread as respite looms for Aug 23 appeal.
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Boston
William Hendry
State Prison Today
Nicola Sacco
Sacco
Joseph MceLaughlin
Bartolomeo Vanzetti
McLaughlin
Vanzetti
Navy to test air mail delivery at sea on Leviathan
The Navy department will conduct a test flight of mail delivery at sea aboard the Leviathan on August 7. The event aims to demonstrate in sea conditions the feasibility of airborne mail service for naval operations.
Young couple found dead near Jackson Mississippi
Ella Taylor, 20, and her four month husband known as E L Maderis and Wade Smith of Mobile Oklahoma, were found shot near a highway in Jackson. A pistol lay near the man and a note in his car claimed he would die because she forsook him. Coroner ruled death as self-inflicted. A brother said the couple had quarreled and separated after four months of marriage.
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Jackson
Miss
Ella Taylor
E. L. Maderis
Lexington
Okla
Wade Smith
Mobile
Smith
Oklahoma
Julius W. Sirmon
Mail by air delivers to steamer at sea test planned
Washington Aug 12 plans by the shipping board post office and navy for air mail to a liner at sea after Lt Clarence Schildhauer’s run delivering mail ashore from the Leviathan. An 800 mile water flight from Squantum to intercept the vessel 500 miles from New York is set with mail sacks suspended below the plane to be dropped onto the deck. A practice test will precede the actual delivery scheduled for August 21.
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Washington
Shipping Board
Post Office Department
Navy Department
Chamberlin
Leviathan
New York
Clarence H. Schildhauer
Navy Flyer
Squantum
Mass
Trio airmen ready for Atlantic trip
Three trans oceanic flights were set to begin within two days if weather holds. The Blue Bird and Columbia were to depart from Paris to New York with Leon Givon leading. Other planned jumps include Junkers and Jules flights from Dessau and Southampton, while the Oakland to Hawaii derby was postponed to next Tuesday.
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Associated Press
Paris
New York
Leon Givon
Blue Bird
Columbia
Junnel
Dessau
Otto Koennecke
Junkers
Southampton
Courtney
Oakland
Calif
Hawaii
Weather summary for Virginia and Tennessee regions
Cloudy tonight and Saturday with showers in western areas and slight warming tonight in west. moderate east winds. Tennessee sees local thunderstorms tonight and Saturday after fair in the east tonight, with warmth in the far east Saturday. Data compiled at UU Weather station by C L Bunn, readings taken daily at 6 pm. Yesterday’s high 85, low 65. rainfall 0.00.
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Virginia
Tennessee
East
C. L. Bunn
Hundred Families Driven From Homes in Arkansas Flood
One hundred seven families driven from their homes by flood waters from the Arkansas River reported to Red Cross officials at McGehee for food and shelter. They described a strip eight miles wide and fifteen miles long in Desha and Chicot Counties completely inundated by the water as a result of the rising river.
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Dumas
Ark
Arkansas River
Red Cross
McGehee
Desha
Chicot
Honolulu flight to start Tuesday derby postponed
In Akland Gal August 12 a postponed start of the James Dole $35,000 prize aerial derby from Honolulu to Hawaii was agreed on by nine of eleven entrants. The start was delayed until next Tuesday noon after a day of muddled planning and after the original date was set.
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Akland
Gal
James Dole
Hawaii
Chaplin to Fight for Name in Divorce Case
Chicago Aug 12 Charles Chaplin en route to Los Angeles from New York to fight his divorce from Lita Grey Chaplin. He withdrew offers of settlement and set a court fight for August 22 insisting he will clear his name and prove the charges false for the sake of his two babies.
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Chicago
Charles Chaplin
Los Angeles
New York
Lita Grey Chaplin
Chaplin
Rumor Draws Crowd To Le Bourget For Trans Atlantic Air Start
A morning crowd gathered at Le Bourget hoping to glimpse one to three planes bound for New York but none appeared. Speculation swirled around Dieudonne Coste and the Nungesser Colt as weather over the Atlantic worsened. Tensions rose between Charles A. Levine and pilot Maurice Drouhin over the Columbia’s readiness after contact points were found removed.
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le Bourget
New York
Dieudonne Coste
Cilla Couglay Field
Levine
Columbia
Maurice Drouhin
Drouhin
King Purnell Admits No Divorce From Wife Bigamy Accusation
King Benjamin Purnell testified in the Michigan dissolution suit against the House of David that he never secured a legal divorce from his first wife. He said many attorneys advised him no divorce was needed. He testified from a cot on a stretcher as state witnesses described alleged mistreatment. his cross examination lasted about 47 minutes with a rest period of ten minutes.
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ST. Joseph, Mich
Benjamin Purnell
House of David
George Nichols
Purnell
Mary
Benjamin
Mary Purnell
Michael Mills
Detroit
Ruth Swanson
William Bernard
Kentucky
New York World Drops Broun Sacco Vanzetti Commentary
New York World editor Ralph Pulitzer announced Broun's features were discontinued after he pressed to discuss the Sacco Vanzetti case. His August 6 piece quoted harsh views about Cambridge and Harvard, with pickets outside the Massachusetts State House repeating a Broun line.
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New York
Ralph Pulitzer
New York World
Heywood Broun
Broun
Sacco-Vanzetti
Institution of Learning
Cambridge
Harvard
Hangman’s House
State House
Boston
Railroaders Killed in Milwaukee Train Crash
Two Milwaukee road employees, an engineer and a fireman, were killed when a baggage train between Minneapolis and Chicago struck an open switch near Sturtevant, west of Racine. Several others were injured in the early crash.
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Milwaukee
Wis
Milwaukee Road
Minneapolis
Chicago
Sturtevant
Racine
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