Story of Sacco and Vanzetti Crime Case Recalls Past Appeals
The article recounts attempts to spare Sacco and Vanzetti from the electric chair, citing new evidence during Governor Fuller's probe, including an American Express receipt for eel barrels tied to Vanzetti. It traces the 1920 South Raintree murder, their 1921 trial, and years of international advocacy by supporters claiming mistaken identity and radical affiliations.
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Vanzetti
Sacco
Fuller
American Express Company
Plymouth
South Raintree
Frederick A. Parmenter
Slater & Merrill Company
Mass
Alexander Berardelli
Parmenter
Nicola Sacco
Dedham
Sacco- Vanzelli Defence Committee
Hankow and Nanking Reach Cooperation Accord
A wireless dispatch from Hankow in Anhwei Province says the Hankow and Nanking armies have agreed to cooperate and that Chiang Kai Shek’s forces will return to Nanking soon. Chiang previously led the Hankow southern nationalist troops before breaking with Hankow over alleged communist influence and the opposition government in Nanking after Shangtu's capture.
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Shanghai
Aue
Wukha
Anhwed
Chiang Kai Shek
Nanking
Ching Kai Shek
Peking
Hankow
Hail Reported in Hilda and Schuler Districts
Word was received in the city yesterday of heavy damage from hail in the Hilda and Schuler districts. A fifty percent loss is reported on a number of farms. Local hail insurance agents are on the ground assessing damage and are not expected back in the canyon tomorrow.
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Hilda
Schuler
Ciegant
Naval conference on verge of immense achievement
London reports grim optimism on the Geneva naval conference despite a disappointing result for the British Empire. Officials say adjournment occurred in a good atmosphere and the conference did preparatory work that could prove useful for disarmament and possibly rival the Washington conference. Churchill and Balfour to speak tomorrow.
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London
Lord Ballfour
Winston Churchill
Geneva
T Hugh S. Gibson
United States
Great Britain
Jellicoe
Gibson
Swimming Gala Draws Big Crowd at Medicine Hat Pool
A large crowd attended the Medicine Hat Swimming Club gala last night. Young swimmers competed in races for 18 and under, 4 yards, and 34 yards, with Arnold Fulton, Kathleen Connor, and Josephine McCully among the winners. Diving contests favored technique, with Bruce and Vincent topping the first takeoffs.
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Medicine Hat Swimming Club
Gershaw
Bill Watson
J. O. Scott
W. BE. Truckvale
Warren Pingle
Walter Huckvale
Hector Duggan
Keeper Records
Meet
Arnold Fulton
John Grey
Lawrence Bruce
Kathleen Connor
Mary Dixon
Aileen Connor
Swin
Rene Mogridge
Ronald Vincent
Josephine McCully
Mary Becker
Phillis Nichol
Bruce
Vincent
Lawrence Robertson
Beth Robertson
Harry Meonard
Montreal Jewelry Robbery at Capitol Jewelry Store
Three men and a woman robbed the Capitol Jewelry Store at 27 St. Catharines St. West in Montreal. They looted about 30 000 dollars in diamonds after forcing the clerks to the rear, binding and gagging them, and escaped in a waiting car. Police and detectives searched for the bandits with no trace found.
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Lighten
Kershman
Horticultural Exhibits Invited for Calgary Show
Medicine Hat residents receive letters from the Calgary Horticultural Society inviting Walter Huckvale to enter exhibits in the annual show on August 23 to 25. pamphlets at the Board of Trade Rooms explain rules classes and prizes with a general Displays from Provincial Points class highlighted for provincial representation.
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Medicine Hat
Calgary Horticultural Society
Walter Huckvale
Board of Trade
Huckvale
Weekend Wheat Market Dull in Winnipeg
A characteristic weekend dullness marked the Winnipeg grain market with scattered buying mainly from Eastern seaboard houses. Prices closed about 3 8 cents below Friday, with coarse grains following broader commodity trends as carlot transactions.
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Winnipeg
Seaboard
French cabinet bars Sacco Vanzetti protest events
Paris authorities ban public demonstrations in support of Sacco and Vanzetti. The Labor Socialist and Communist rally and parade planned for tomorrow are forbidden by the cabinet.
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Paris
Sacco
Vanzetti
Former Swift Current Man Dies At Oshawa
Ira E Argue prominent Oshawa merchant died suddenly at his home aged 61 He came from Swift Current Sask in 1922 and served as a member of the Federal Parliament for Swift Current in 1917 as a Union government supporter He was born in Victoria County Ontario and leaves a widow three brothers William James Robert and a sister Mrs W W Cooper of Swift Current
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Oshawa
Ira E. Argue
Argue
Swift Current
Sask
Union
Victoria County
Ontario
Winnipeg
William
James
Robert
W. W. Cooper
Colin Burnell Former Resident of Medicine Hat
Colin Burnell once linked to Wheat Pool fame and internationally known in grain circles is recalled as a former Medicine Hat resident. He studied at the Toronto Street School under Mr Gee and lived with his mother at 359 Second Street SE.
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Coin Burnell
Wheat Pool Fame
Medicine Hat
Meek
Evans
Colin
Gee
Toronto Street
Alice
Munday
Second Street
S.E
Lorraine
Burnell
Medicine
Fr. Schmidt to serve term for Camrose arson charges
In Camrose district Edmonton August 6 Fr. W Schmidt of Camrose will serve three years with two concurrent shorter sentences for arson procuring another to commit arson and uttering a false document Peter Scheck a well known Camrose automobile man is committed for trial without bail on three arson charges
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Edmonton
Camrose
Fr. W. Schmidt
Peter Scheck
Graen Inspections Report Wheat Car Totals
Winnipeg data shows 92 wheat cars inspected including 40 contract grade last year 12 vehicles. Coarse grains total 45 cars this year versus 33 previously.
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Winnipeg
Bomb Explosions Hit Three U S Cities Injuries Reported
New York reports two subway explosions blamed on Succo Vanzetti sympathizers injuring about twenty. Rooms and storefronts were shattered as debris littered Broadway and nearby streets. Separate blasts in Baltimore and Philadelphia caused structural damage with no serious injuries. A dentist, Maurice Zigel, was held in New York on suspicion related to the 28th Street T R T bombing.
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New York
Brooklyn-Manhattan Transit Company
28Th Street
Broadway
Interborough Rapid Transit Company
Fourth Avenue
Breslin
20Th Street
Baltimore
M.D
W. F. Browning
Philadelphia
Empanuel Presbyterian Church
Edward
Bowman
Maurice Ju. Zigel
T.R.T
Hail Ravages Brandon Plains In Manitoba Crops
Winnipeg reports heavy hail damage in Southern Manitoba with the Brandon Plains hit badly. Golf ball sized hail battered fields along a zigzag path near Kemnay and south of Brandon, causing an estimated fifty to seventy five percent losses.
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Winnipeg
Canada
Prairie Provinces
Manitoba
Brandon Plains
Hall
Kemnay
Brandon
Princes Play Golf at Brockville and Toronto Royal Visit
The Prince of Wales and Prince George arrive in Toronto amid cheering crowds. In Brockville they join Premier Baldwin for golf at the Country Club before continuing to the Thousand Islands en route to Kingston.
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Toronto
Qan. Press
Prince of Wales
Prince George
Stanley Baldwin
Brockville
Ont
Canadian ‘Press
Baldwin
Smith’s Falls
Ottawa
Royal Brothers
G. T. Fulford
Thousand Islands
Kingston
Developments Grow Grave in Canton Unrest
Unrest worsens in Canton China with bomb and pistol attacks on officials and street clashes between Radicals and police. Longshoremen strike adds to difficulties as workers demanded payments from steamers and native boats and damaged offices and passenger vessels.
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Canton
China
Unyrest
Itinerary of Royal Party on Trip Through Western Canada
August 24 26 27 schedule shows Prince of Wales and Prince George traveling from Vancouver to Penticton Cranbrook Kimberley Moose Jaw Regina with brief stops at Midway Nelson Proctor Kootenay Landing Lethbridge and a return to Cranbrook. Eastward details from Regina pending.
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Toronto
Prince of Wales
Prince George
Canada
Vancouver
B.C
Penticton
Pentieton
Cranbrook
Midway
Nelson
Proctor and Kootenay
Kimberley
Lethbridge
Moose Jaw
Sask
Regina
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Thayer
Hilda and Schuler
Naval Conference
Hilary P. Jones
W. C. Brudgeman
League of Nations
League
Tenacion
Tripartite
Premier King
Quebec
Montreal
Calgary
Charles A. Freiberg
Niagara Frontier Commission
M.P
Colin Burnell
CITY
Emmanuel Presbyterian Church
Canadian West
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