Third Degree Torture Aims At Forced Confessions
Chicago reports on police third degree methods and the Harvard instructors linked to the Franks murder case. Details describe the so called goldfish room and hose beatings used to coerce confessions. Leopold and Loeb face murder and kidnapping indictments as grand jury work continues.
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Chicago
Robert Franks
Walter Wilson
Harvard
Franks
Wilson
Nathan Leopold, Jr
Richard Loeb
Harvard School
Robert E.crowe
Grand Jury
Crowe
Loeb
Leopold
Lodge Denied Posts at Republican National Convention
Senator Henry Cabot Lodge faced a stinging defeat as the Massachusetts delegation declined to appoint him to any convention post. The long time chairman and resolutions committee head was bypassed, with Frederick H. Gillet chosen instead, aligning with President Coolidge’s circle. Gillet also backs Coolidge and seeks the U S Senate seat.
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Cleveland
Ohio
Henry Cabot Lodge
President Coolidge
Massachusetts
Senator Lodge
Lodge
Theodore Roosevelt
Chicago
Frederick H. Gillett
Resolutions Committee
Gillett
Coolidge
Bay State
Stay of execution set for Harry Diamond on Nov 14
Indianapolis June 10 The supreme court granted another stay of execution for Harry Diamond Gary wife murderer who was to die in the electric chair June 20 The court fixed the new date November 14 Oral arguments on a new brief will be heard June 12
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International News
Servich
Indianapolis
Supreme Court Today
Harry Diamond
Gary
Tokyo theatre owners vote to boycott American films
In Tokyo, motion picture theatre owners meeting to address public demand resolved to halt buying renting or showing American films starting July 1. The boycott aims to pressure film distributors and audiences in Japan.
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Tokio
Autoist Drowned When Car Upset in Indiana Ditch
George Sisson aged 38 from Cleveland was drowned near Butler Indiana when an automobile he rode in overturned and pinned him in a water-filled ditch four feet deep. Brother Ilmer Sisson escaped with bruises and cuts.
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Kendallville
Ind
George Sisson
Cleveland
Butler
Ilmer Sisson
Dairymen clash ends in double tragedy in Dinburg
In Dinburg Indiana Elmer Pruitt a 55 year old dairyman shot rival Oscar Cutsinger 38 on the street and then killed himself walking to a nearby woods and firing three more bullets. The men had been in civil and criminal litigation for over two years.
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International News
Edinburg
Ind
Elmer T. Pruitt
Oscar Cutsinger
Pruitt
Cutsinger
Giant strawberry grown by J G Shute in Indiana
Washington Indiana June 10 J G Shute of Portersville road reports a strawberry plant cross produced a berry measuring five and three fourths inches in circumference The fruit was unusually large and solid for the locality and represents experimental work with strawberry varieties.
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Washington, Ind
J. G. Shute
Portersville Road
Lowden Declares No Vice Presidency Candidacy
Oxford Ohio June 10 Dell Lowden states firmly he does not want the vice presidency and is not a candidate for the office. He calls the declaration final and unalterable.
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Lowden
Oxford
Ohio
Governor Frank O. Lowden Cited as Convention Favorite
Former Illinois governor Frank O. Lowden was described at 8:30 last night as the leading figure being discussed for the Republican national convention nomination.
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Frank O. Lowden
Ilinois
Bond Issue Sought for Terre Haute Division Railways
The Chicagro Terre Haute and Southeastern Railway, a subsidiary of the Chicago Milwaukee and St. Paul system, asked the Interstate Commerce Commission for permission to issue 1,020,000 first and refunding mortgage 5 percent gold bonds. The bonds would be delivered to the Chicago Milwaukee and St. Paul in payment for additions and betterments by the St. Paul road, with the parent company guaranteeing the issue.
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Chicago
Chicagro, Terre Haute & Southeastern Railway Company
Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway
Interstate Commission
Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul
St. Paul
State Slide After Storm Kills Nine in W Virginia
Nine people were killed and a score of homes washed away in Mercer and McDowell counties after a heavy rainstorm. A seven person family perished when slate from a mine area buried their house at Pinnacle. Rail lines and bridges were destroyed cutting rail traffic between North Fork and Ennis. Keystone and Welch saw flooding from Elkhorn Creek.
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W. Virginia
Bluefield
W. Va
Mercer
McDowell
Norfolk & Western Railroad
Mercer County
American Coal Company
Crane Creek
Norfolk & Western Railway
North Fork
Ennis
Keystone
Welch
Elkhorn Creek
GOP Keynote Speech in Cleveland Honors Presidents and Deaths
Temporary Chairman Theo Burton of Ohio delivers a keynote at the Republican national convention in Cleveland. He recalls presidents Grant, Hayes, Garfield, Harrison, McKinley, Taft, and Harding, honors Garfield, McKinley, and Harding, and pays tribute to their legacies and sacrifices.
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Ohio
Theo. E. Burton
Adams
Buckeye Commonwealth
Grant
Hayes
Garfield
Harrison
McKinley
Taft
Harding
James A. Garfield
Republican Convention Opens With Coolidge Likely Nominee
The Cleveland gathering aims to nominate Calvin Coolidge for president with a running mate race unsettled. Delegates number 1 409 and while Coolidge’s nomination seems assured the vice presidential spot remains hotly contested among many contenders including Herbert Hoover and Frank O Lowden.
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Coolidge
Herbert Hoover
Frank O. Lowden
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