Leopold and Loeb case drama shocks Chicago court
In a Chicago hearing on the Leopold Loeb plea, Dr Bernard Glueck testified Loeb admitted striking the fatal blow to Robert Franks. The prosecutor pressed the lack of emotional response noted in an intact intellect, while testimony shifted to uncover who delivered the death blow.
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Chicago
John I. Coverly
Nathan F. Leopold Jr
Richard Loeb
Robert Franks
Loeb
Franks
Bernard Gineck
New York
Benjamin Bachrach
Bachrach
Dr. Glueck
W. A. White
Washington
William Healy
Boston
Robert S. Crowe
Glueck
Knights of Columbus Elects Officers at New York Session
The 42nd annual Knights of Columbus convention in New York elected Daniel A. Tobin as supreme director and Fr W Fahey as supreme bystelan. New board members include Patrick Rice, John F. Martin, John A. O'Dwyer, Frank Matthews, and Charles McAlevy. California opened bids for next year’s meeting. January session to decide. Readings criticized major parties for not denouncing the Ku Klux Klan and included a blessing read by rape.
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New York
Ku Kinsistan
Knights of Columbus
Tomorow
Gan
Order
Daniel A. Tobin
Brooklyn Sa
William P. Larkin
Order of B'Rith Abrahim
Baby weighs 15 pounds 9 ounces at Windsor birth
Windsor reports the birth of a son to John Jackson of the Board of Works weighing 15 pounds 9 ounces. Mayor Frank J. Mitchell promised newborn clothing and dignitary recognition, initially offering rompers before city officials said more was due.
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Windsor
John Jackson
Calgary Population Grows in 1921 Directory Estimate
Based on Henderson's new 1921 directory, Greater Calgary is estimated to have 75 839 residents. The figure includes surrounding territory and reflects a survey of business names for directory coverage.
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Calgary
Aug
Henderson
Highly Organized Liquor Smuggling Across Ottawa Border
Ottawa reports that liquor is regularly smuggled from the United States into Canada for consumption, a finding from the border activity investigations by Canadian and United States governments. A high official says moonshine enters the dry provinces and a pipeline may be the next step in the organized traffic, with a return flow using land and water vehicles requiring substantial force to counter.
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Ottawa
United States
Canada
Son of Banker Gates Visits Banff Summer Resort
Thos. S. Gates Jr son of a wealthy banker and vice president of Baldwin Locomotive Works spends three weeks at Banff with Prof Hitchcock. They tour the Canadian Rockies by rail and hike widely. Gates, a UPenn freshman, plans to bring his family to Banff next summer.
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Banff
Thos. S. Gates, Jr
T. S Gates
Baldwin Locomotive Works
Philadelpia
Jake Louise
C.P.R
Canadian Rockies
Moan
Canadian Northwest
Gates
8S. B. Hitchcock
Chestnut Hill Academy
Philadelphia
Switzerland
University of Pennsylvania
Wilson Sees Good Prospects at Many Island Well
Interview with Sarnia Oil and Co president L R Wilson reports optimism about the Many Island well. He notes eight inch casing will be pulled in a few days, cleaning work to begin, and says Thompson manages operations well. He plans to stay until the well is fully assessed.
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L. R. Wilson
Sarnia OI
As Co
Wilson
Many Island
Thompson
Record Heat Reaches Six-Year High in Washington
Washington officials reported a 101.6 degree official high, the hottest in six years, with six heat prostration cases treated at hospitals. A downtown weather bureau read 104 degrees at 3 30 pm.
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Washington
Weather Bureau
Allies and Germans settle Dawes plan default rules
News from New York on August 8 reports that Allies and Germany reached a complete agreement on how defaults under the Dawes plan will be declared. The announcement sent sterling up by 6 percent in New York exchange to a new yearly high of 4.51.
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New York
Allied debt talks weigh Paris conference feasibility
London readers were told that today the Allied delegates at the International Conference discussed holding a Paris meeting soon to address the issue of inter allied war debts.
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London
Paris
Brazil Army Faces Revolution Spread in Sao Paulo
A map illustrates how the Brazilian army is coping with a revolutionary movement that began in Sao Paulo, the hub of the nation's coffee industry, highlighting regional tensions and security measures.
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Army of
Brazil
Sao Paulo
Vice-President D C Coleman Of Canadian Pacific Banqueted In Carleton Place
Carleton Place hosts Ot Hons Week events with thirty to seventy CPR railworkers from Quebec and Eastern Ontario attending a meeting. Mayor W Barclay welcomes CPR officials, a lunch at the new high school follows, with speeches by Norman Rankin Geo Soleman and others. D C Coleman western vice president received a banquet.
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D. C. Coleman
Canadian Pacific Railway
Carleton Place
Quebec
Ouebe
Ontario
W. Barclay
C.plr
Board of Trade
Beautiful New High School
President Hughes
Bosra of Trade
Barclay
Norman Rankin
Canadian Pacific Rail
Way Department of Colonization
Geo Soleman
Transporteation
Pr. Preston
M.P
An Vercon
Siniths Falls
W. Cribbe
Smith's Falls
A. M Ach Uson
Ottawa
Three Rivers
J.S. Bertrand
C.P.R. Aen
Init
J. . Kelly
Tre
Teton Place
Canadian Pacific Service
Western
Knights of Columbus Delegates Return to California via Canada
About two hundred delegates from the San Francisco Knights of Columbus return home from New York City by a special Canadian National Railways train. They depart Montreal for Toronto arriving Saturday morning and visit Niagara Falls before heading west through Minuki, Winnipeg, Jasper Park, and Vancouver, with escorts from various railway officials.
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Knights OF Columbus OF
San Francisco
California
Canada
Montreal
San Brondisco Kaleits
Columboers
New York City
Valifornia
Canadian National Railways
Toronto
Niagara Fill
Falls
Niagara
West
Minuki
Winnipeg
Jasper Park
Vancouver
Clor Smott
Conuictian National
Ma Clias
TJ Luffy
Santa Fe Railway
Record Fastest Mount Robson Climb by Ten Climbers
A party of ten climbers led by guide Alfred Streich set a new speed record for Mount Robson on a Wednesday ascent. They climbed in dense fog, descending the last four thousand feet, with Mrs. Shippam filming the feat on Robson for the first time. Participants include Dr. Cora Johnstone Ber, Mrs. Audrey Shippam, J. Johnson, G Hisgonson, L. Coolidge, Harvard students, and others from Jespor, Alberta and Minneapolis.
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MT. Robson
Wed
Winnipeg
Mount Robson
Canadian Rockies
Jasper
Roussou
Alfred Streich
Alpine
Jespor
Alberta
Shippam
Robson
Manwith a funny name forecasts Coolidge win in Missouri
Bank executive J. F. Hellaung of St. Louis, vacationing at Banff, predicts Calvin Coolidge will win the presidential race nationwide unless Lafollette stirs up trouble elsewhere. He leads a new American Voters movement that votes on individual merit. He says the Democratic party has lost its chance.
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Calvin Coolidge
Missouri
United States
Lafollette
J. F. Hellaung
Cash Avenue Bank of
St. Louis
Banff
Lake Louis
Hellsung
Mr. Hellsung
Demcratic
Treaty signs omit King as Soviet Russia lacks a sovereign
London reports the Anglo Soviet treaty signed without mention of King George as Russia has no titular head. Britain signs for the government. question arises whether future British governments remain bound without royal but the pact stands.
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London
Great Britain
Soviet Russia
George
Hilltont argues ape is cousin not ancestor of humans
Toronto reports Prof Hilltont of Vancouver argues modern man arose independently from primitive stock, claiming the anthropoid is a cousin rather than an ancestor. He challenges Heidelberg and Neanderthal as links and cites Piltdown skull as evidence of primitive traits.
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Prof
Hilltout
Toronto
Wm. Beveridge
London
England
British Association For the Advancement of Science
Hilltont
Vancouver
B.C
Royal ‘Bociety
Canada
Enke
Remanded for trial in dis orderly conduct case
Roy Hutchinson was remanded until Tuesday next after appearing before Magistrate Bilis on a charge of dis orderly conduct and resisting arrest. Defence was represented by Mr Short. Police say Hutchinson threatened sidewalk attacks near the American Hotel on South Railway Street and fled as officers arrived. He was recaptured after a struggle following a warrant issued Thursday morning.
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Roy Hutchinson
Bilis
Short
Hutchinson
South Railway St
Explosion at Midland Mine Kills Three in Drumheiler
Jury returns verdict blaming a local expansion caused by carelessness for the August 2 explosion at Midland Mine Drumheiler that killed Herman Dubbeckie James Nichol and Griffith Richards. Five new areas in Windsor Ontario are tied to a wire tarping scheme with a Cleveland man losing sixty thousand dollars.
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Windsor
Ont
Cleveland
World Flight of Airships May Be Called Off
Reykjavik Iceland Aug 8 The conference convened by Rear Admiral Magruder weighs canceling the world flight due to ice along the Greenland coast. U S fliers say they will stay until Sept 1 but refuse mid sea fueling from a cruiser. They will probes Greenland coast landing sites before deciding if the season ends. Major J A Rader says chips will come on even if navy withdraws warships guarding the flight path.
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Reykjavik
Iceland
Greenland
Thomas W W. Magruder
Nichmond
United States
Aagmasiulik
Pétf
Warrington
J. A. Rader
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W. J Humphries
United States Weather Bureau
Humphreys
British Association
Dr. Stumphreys
Charles M. Hatford
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