Reprieve Granted for Convicted Slayer Gerald Chapman
Hartford June 4 Governor Trumbull issued a reprieve for Gerald Chapman from June 25 to December 3 upon State's Attorney Alcorn's application. Chapman, convicted of killing a policeman, was sentenced to hang after a sensational trial. The appeal was delayed to the state supreme court.
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Associated Press
Hartford. Conn
Gerald Chapman
Trumbull
Alcorn
Chapman
Cansel
Ves
Supreme Court
Tennessee War Memorial Building Progress Nearing Completion
Views of the Tennessee War Memorial Building near completion detail a $3,000,000 annex to the state capitol in Grecian Indiana limestone. The memorial commission authorized interior fixtures, painting, and furniture bids totaling about $127,000 plus $100,000 for memorial park work. New appointees to the memorial commission include officers from Nashville and Memphis and Mrs Light Atlee of Chattanooga, with Mrs John A Hankinson succeeding Judge L D Smith.
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Memorial Park
Peay
Memorial Commission
Walter Stokes, Jr
Nashvil
Tom Henderson
Frank Jin
Desse Overton
Nashville
Alex Caldhgell
R. J. Foster
Memphis
American, Legion
Light Atlee
Chatanoopi
Legion Auxiliacy
John A. Hankinson
L D. Smith
Knoxville
Market Report Notes Steady Cattle Prices At Louisville
The Associated Press reports Louisville market activity on June 4. Hog prices show nine hundred head steady to seven twenty five, while sheep trade is light. Overall conditions described as slow, with limited movement in other livestock categories.
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Associated Press
Louisville
Indicted mother faces three murder counts in Indiana
Mrs. Annie Cunningham, 49, of Crowpoint, Indiana, was indicted by the Lake County grand jury on three first degree murder charges for allegedly poisoning and killing her three children Isabelle aged 18 Walter aged 13 and an unnamed third. Insurance policies were collected on the deceased children. The confession says she killed the children she toyed with most and attempted suicide to join her husband and children in heaven. Chemical analysis found poison in the bodies.
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Crowpoint
Ind
Annie Cunningham
Gary
Lake County
Grand Jury
Isabelle
Walter
Market Prices for Sheep and Lambs in The Times
Five hundred quarter lower top lambs priced at fourteen fifty with a higher fancy. Sheep range from three fifty to five. Bucks unchanged. Read The Times Want Ads for more listings.
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Times
the Times
Dayton prepares for Scopes trial entertainment plan
Dayton officials form a 5 000 plus guest entertainment program for the Scopes trial next month. The committee will house 1 500 in Dayton and up to 4 000 in nearby towns, with car lodging and extensive home canvassing. Prosecution counsel to meet Bryan in Nashville, with Attorney General Stewart joining the delegation.
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Dayton, Tenn
Dayton
Scopes
Dayton City ‘Hall
W. N. Morgan
Patten
C. EB
Taliaferro
Bob Wilbur
Morgantown
Hill City
Morgan Springs
Cumberland Springs
Graysville
William Jennings Bryan
Nashville
Bryan
Jacksonville
Ill
Florida
Birmingham
A. T. Stewart
W. C. Haggard
Sue K. Hicks
H. E. Wicks
Deaths From Heat Wave Rise In New York
New York on June 4 reports one death and six heat prostrations in the first hours of the fourth day of scorching conditions. Among visitors to the state capital was George Ellis, Alabama state treasurer, in Nashville to discuss the third block of a 25 million highway bond issue. He spoke of harmony with Governor Brandon and his own role as treasurer, noting a ten year absence from Nashville.
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New York
George Ellis
Alabama
Nashville
Ellis
Peay
Hil Mc‘Allister
M. W. Brandon
Governor Declares Evolution All bosh at rally
Governor Austin Peay visiting Clarkeburg Tenn said evolution is all bosh and predicted the Dayton trial of 7 Scoper on Tennessee evolution law would end in 30 minutes. He urged the case go to the country if pursued and warned against teaching ideals beyond state textbooks. He spoke while in town for the marriage of Marguerite Hodgson and Robert L. Miller.
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Clarkeburg
Tenn
Austin Peay
Scoper
Dayton
Tepa
Tennessee
Peay
Margverite Hodgson
Robert L. Miller
Weather counsels cooler spell as Midwest deaths rise
The forecast promises a cooler spell in the Middle West amid a wave of fatalities. In the past 36 hours seven deaths were attributed to stern conditions, while the Eastern United States reported fourteen deaths in three days.
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Middle West
Stern
United States
Floods Add Damage To Storm Section
Des Moines Iowa June 4 Flood damage joined wind storm destruction across western Iowa as communication lines failed. Dozens of houses toppled amid high winds while crops and railroad property suffered. Miniature tornadoes touched Yorkshire Missouri valley Portsmouth Persia and flood reports came from Sioux City Cherokee Barting Dedham and Portsmouth.
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Associated Cross
Des Moines
Iowa
Yorkshire
Missouri Valley
Portsmouth
Persia
Sioux City
Cherokee
Barting
Dedham
Special venire in Shepherd trial ordered by court
The fifth special venire of a hundred men was summoned today to examine as prospective jurors for the William Shepherd murder trial. The defendant is charged with killing William McClintock, a millionaire orphan.
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Associated Pre
Chicago
William Shepherd
William McClintock
President Urges Peace by Reason at Naval Academy
President Coolidge addressed 438 graduates at Annapolis urging peace through reason, faith in human rights, and sufficient military preparedness. He said the navy should be an instrument of righteousness and defense, not the sole guarantee of peace, and stressed citizens must be ready to serve in peril.
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Annapolis
Coolidge
United State Naval Academy
Harry E. Hubbard
Baltimore
Louis McC. Nulton
Noussayoad Yeyyur
Thomas Marshall Laid To Rest in Simple Obsequies
An Indianapolis observance marked the burial of Thomas Marshall, former vice president, conducted at the widow's request. The ceremony followed wartime service and honored the public figure with a modest, respectful funeral.
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Thomas Marshall
Indianaplis
Ind
P Dent
Widow in Ill Health After False Telegram Scam
Mrs H Short of Neon and Whitesburg is seriously ill from shock after a telegram claimed her husband died in a Virginia car crash. The message proved false as the husband was safe in Coeburn Virginia. The incident spurred an investigation revealing the hoax. Also noted is a four foot tall cherry tree on a Chester Pennsylvania courthouse annex chimney, reportedly planted by a bird with katalpa seeds.
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Associated Plan
Fleming
H. 5. Short
Neon and
Whitesburg
Short
Virginia
Coeburn
Chester
Pennsylvania
Court House
Insane Husband Fires Fifty Shots In Home Tragedy
Lloyd Russell, in Hamilton Ohio, shot and killed eight family members and wounded himself after going violently insane. He fired fifty shots using two guns, killing two brothers, five children, his mother, and her brother and sister in law as most victims slept. He told police, I made a poor job of myself, and referenced a mortgage before his arrest.
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Associated Press
Hamilton
Ohio
Lloyd Russell
Dorothy Russell
Russell
Condition of John Short Improves at Riverview Hospital
John Short, 15, who was severely burned in Highland Park last week, shows slow but steady improvement at Riverview Hospital. Doctors describe his condition as serious but improving, with recovery likely if complications do not arise. A Ku Klux Klan nurse recruited from Johnson City has worked on his care.
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John Short
Highland Park
Riverview Hospital
Johnson City
Ku Klux Klan
Formal Opening of the American Cafe on Broad Street
The formal opening of the American Cafe on Broad Street will run this afternoon and tonight from 4 30 p m to 2 a m A five course dinner will be served from 6 30 to 8 30 a m and dancing will continue to 2 a m Music by a dance orchestra The balcony will host dancing during dinner and later the dining tables will be removed for more space The dancing is free and the dinner price is 1 per plate
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Broad Street
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