Slayers Sane Say Witnesses For The State
The prosecution in the Frank case placed two mental pathologists on the stand to testify that Richard Loeb and Nathan Leopold were sane at the time of the kidnapping and murder of Robert Franks. They said examinations showed no mental illness and that such personalities would be sane. The state sought to compel Miss Marion Doctor to appear after she ignored a subpoena.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Franks
Richard Loeb
Nathan Leopold
Robert Franks
Hugh Patrick
Archibald Church
Leeb
Leopold
Caverly
Marion Doctor
Illiteracy Definition Varies Across States
Frankfort Ky Aug 13 National Education Association official Cora Wilson Stewart returns from a five state tour on illiteracy standards. She notes the federal census defines literacy simply as writing ability, while Kentucky California and others use different grade-based thresholds.
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Associated Press
Frankfort
Cora Wilson Stewart
National Education Association
Oklahoma
Colorado
Wisconsin
North
South Dakota
Federal Census Bureau
Kerturky
Court of Appeals
California
Stewart
Livestock Market Report From Loulaville Slows Hogs Steady
Market data for Loulaville shows cattle at 200 mostly slow and unchanged while hogs at 1 000 remain steady with a fifteen cent drop and strong bids around 99 60 for 1 500 head in the latest quotes.
Good Fiddler Requisite For Corn Shucking In Kentucky
HARLAN Ky Aug 13 Without a good fiddler a log rolling corn shucking quilting or general good time is not to be thought of according to C G Mutzenberg a Kentucky mountaineer fiddler He said mountain music is the outpouring of native culture and noted the Calahan melody tied to a coffin on a cart before the Civil War to hang a man in Clay county He urged fiddlers to keep time or their fiddling would stop.
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Associated Press
Harlan, Ky
C. G. Mutzenberg
Calahan
Thal
Joe Calahan
Clay County
Middlesboro Kiwanis Host Sightseeing Trip Hit Cumberland Gap
Visitors from Kentucky gathered at Clear Creek Springs Baptist Encampment as twelve cars of Middlesboro and Pineville Kiwanis members led a sightseeing tour. They traveled to Pineville, Cumberland Gap, and nearby Virginia sites, with clubs arranging the excursion.
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Clear Creek Springs
Middlesboro
Pineville
Match Motor Company
Drowning of Cookeville Youth Ends River Camping Trip
Oriah McCormick, 20, son of Mr and Mrs James M McCormick of Cookeville, drowned last Sunday while bathing in the Cumberland River near Flynn's Lick in Jackson county. His body recovered Monday after volunteers searched the river. The camping party of Cookeville youths left Friday for a weeklong outing. a companion was rescued.
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Cookeville
Oriah McCormick
James M. McCormick
Cumberland River
Flynn's Lick
Jackson County
Orion McCormick
McCormick Home
Local tourist traffic rises in Middlesboro with 100 cars daily
Town merchants report a surge in visitor flow with at least 100 cars passing through Middlesboro each day. Many vacationers stay overnight, some camp or use hotels, while others carry camping gear and explore local attractions.
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Middlesboro
Ford to enter retail coal business in Duluth and Twin Cities
W B Mayo of Ford Motor announces plans to sell coal from Kentucky mines in Duluth and Minneapolis St Paul area. Benson Ford carries 12 000 tons of bituminous coal to fuel northwest plants with further shipments for public sale and new sales offices to be opened. The move frames Ford’s aim to free Lake region consumers from coal profiteers by supplying affordable bituminous coal.
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Duluth
Minn
Henry Ford
Twin Cities
W. B. Mayo
Ford Motor Company
Ben ‘Son Ford
Ford
Benson Ford
St. Paul
Minneapolis
Northwest
Mayo
Twin Citie
Lake Region
Kentucky
Fordson Coal Company
Afr
Peabody Syndicate
Bell
Cla
Hines to Succeed General Pershing as Chief of Staff
President Coolidge approved Major General John L. Hines promotion to chief of staff. Pershing will retire in one month and will not be recalled for defense policy work after retirement.
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Associated Pro
Washington
Aug
John L. Hines
Pershing
Coolidge
Hines
Negro I O O F member in South Dakota history
Arnold Moore, one of the few Black members, has long belonged to Canton Camp No. 101 of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows in Sioux Falls. He joined in 1888 for insurance, never active in social fraternal life, and the constitution previously allowed any male citizen of good character. The word white has since been inserted.
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Associated Press
Siowx Falls
Gail
Slonx Pass
Arnold
Moore
Canton
Order
Ma le
Circus Exhibits at Middlesboro Fair Grounds
Circus by Christy Bros. to perform at the fair grounds aviation field in West End Middlesboro. Parade routes hinted from railway car line to Cumberland Avenue and Petersboro Avenue for Kentucky National Defense Day events on September 12 with shows at noon and afternoon and evening seats available.
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Christy Bros
Middlesboro
Aviation Field
Fair Grounds
West End
W. G. Cason
Associated Press
Carx
Cumberland Avenue
High Frankfort
Petersboro Avenue
City Aviation Field
Kentucky
Confession Ties Choking Death to Rival Lover
At Exton Harbor Michigan Florence Mehinve confessed to choking her rival Miss Rader to death over a love triangle with Zupke. Sheriff George Tridgein said Mehinve aided in hiding the body but later turned himself in after also implicating Zupke. A warrant and pleas to join others were reported in the aftermath.
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Avacinten
Exton Harbor
Mich
Florence Mehinve
Kail
Cave Ryder
Dupkes
George Tridgein
Gopke
Miss Rader
Aupke
Kenton Harbor
Mixx McKinney
School Board Members Exempt from Jury Duty in Kentucky
Kentucky officials announce that city and county board of education members, along with executive officers, superintendents, principals, teachers, and other school employees, are exempt from grand or petit jury service during the school term. The exemption follows a state act approved by Governor Fiell and urged by Senator Simmons to avoid hindering public school operations.
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Cated Press
Frankfort
Melien Rhouls
Fiells
General Assembly
Robert C. Simmons
Covington
Rhoads
Simmons
Coal Creek to Have New Water System
Coal Creek will get a new water system bringing supply from a mountain spring about three miles away. The project, under city engineer N B Hoskins, is advancing with more workers and dug ditches, aiming for completion sooner than planned after long water shortages.
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Coal Creek
Te Hanies
N. B. Hoskins
Japan Germany and Russia urged to unite against Anglo Saxon powers
An Aug 1 editorial in the Yomiuri Shimbun argues that Japan Germany and Russia are the three orphans of the world and should unite for protection against Anglo Saxon domination. It predicts possible future alliances with Russia and Mussolini era tones.
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Pact Assiciated
Tukio
Japan
Germimiy
Rusa
Yorturi Shimtun
Elementa
Yomiuri
Tter
Germany
Bids Open for Perry County Road and Bridge Work
Kentucky bids opened August 20 for 76 miles of road, 30 miles of reconstruction, and four bridges in Perry County. State highway engineer Joek Boggs noted bids include projects across multiple counties and state projects, with prior awards totaling 1.7 million dollars for earlier contracts and 3.039 million for surfacing work.
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Perry County
Joek, Boggs
Sail Today
Highway Commission
Bulitt
Casey
Cumberland
Metcalfe
Estill
Grayson
Green
Hardin
Tee
Owsley
McLean
Warren
Boggs
Madison
Greenup
Lewis
Logan
Hazard Whitesburg
North Fork
Kentucky River
Concrete Base on Exter Avenue Completed
Concrete base on Exter Avenue from Twenty third to Twenty seventh street is finished and will be paved with asphalt after curing. Remaining sections from Twenty seventh Street westward will be milled and narrowed. Sewers are being dug along the sides to allow placing linings between sidewalk and curb. Residents welcome the new sewer system advantage.
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Exter Avenue
Twenty-third
Twenty-seventh Street
Westwand
Mines to Resume Work August 25
Report says western Kentucky coal mines with about 8 000 striking miners may restart on August 25 under a 1917 wage scale, 25 percent below the previous rate, cutting production costs by 38 cents per ton for operators. George Baker of the Operators Association declined to confirm.
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Kentucky
George Baker
Operators Association
Central City
Mrs Harding Funds Mission Boat For Alaska Venture
Mrs Harding and Mrs John Grier Hibben back a mission boat in Alaska. Dr Shill Young, superintendent of Presbyterian missions in Alaska, says 320000 is guaranteed to equip the vessel. The ship costs 10.40 and funds will cover the rest. First mission vessel was destroyed by fire.
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Ated Dress
Tchikan
Alaska
King Harting
Blanding
John Grier Hibben
Princeton University
Sandieastern Maska
Shill Young
Presbyterian Anions
Akaska
Young
Fite
Furding
Muska Sith
Aged Woman Dies as Funeral Plans Are Made
Aged colored woman Ann Woods died here Thursday at age 92. Born in Cook County Tent she moved to this city years ago. Funeral services will be held tomorrow with interment at Glenwood cemetery. Also Weinstein All Co buys two lots on Englewood road from Dr J T Evans and plans two modern bungalows beginning Monday.
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Ann Woods
Cook County
Glenwood Cemetery
Flood Disaster in China Leaves Millions Homeless
Reported floods across China cause widespread displacement with millions homeless and thousands dead. A judge in the south and a jury system are referenced in a stray passage with errors, mentioning a teacher and a woman candidate facing barriers to office.
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China
Thousands of Chinese Floods Submerge Villages Report
Tens of thousands of villages submerged as floods devastate large regions of China. Authorities estimate at least 50,000 people drowned with refugees flooding into Beijing. Fatalities uncertain. figures around 60,000 widely cited amid widespread property destruction and ongoing evacuations in several provinces.
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Chibli
Inman
Kwangstamt
Sinp
Picnic Draws Local People To Richmond Springs
Local residents prepare for a community picnic and banquet hosted by the Rose Hill Ladies and Kiwanis Merchants Association at Richmond Springs tomorrow evening. Cars meet at a designated corner at 6 o'clock for a parade, with a talk by WB Vernan and other speakers. Tickets are seventy five cents, proceeds benefit the Rose Hill church.
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Rose
Richmond Springs
Kiwanis
WB. Vernin
Verran
Secretary of State Tends Sick Mammy In Kentucky
Mrs Emma Guy Cromwell secretary of state sits by the bedside of her Aunt Winny in Frankfort Kentucky as Winny praises her campaign and the born lady from the South. The piece notes Cromwell in public life and her family ties amid political activity. A separate Berlin dispatch reports a decree banning child actors under three and restricting work hours for older children in movies.
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Associated Press
Frankfort
Emma Guy Cromwell
Aunt Winny
Winny
Cromwell Forlhy
Cromwell
Ares
Berlin
Nippon Rocked by Quakes Again Across Regions
Earthquakes struck western Handa and Shikoku, Tokyo dispatches report, dispersing residents from homes in several towns. No casualties or material damage indicated in initial messages from the capital.
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Nippon
Associated Press
Tokio
Hande
Shikoku
Latent hydroelectric power explored in Kentucky reports
Dr Willard Hilson leads Kentucky state inquiry with federal survey partners to map surface water flows for power. The study shows Kentucky lags in power development, estimates potential near 150 000 horsepower with storage, and notes average energy use around 22 600 000 kilowatt hours monthly amid coal dependence.
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Frankfurt
Kentucky
Willard Rouse Hilson
Ltson
Yeak Commission
Federal > Incorporated
Iran
Keumueky
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