Sudan Cadets Clash With British in Atbara Barracks Fight
British troops reinforced the Sudan garrison after Egyptian cadets at Atbara attacked with bricks to resist disarmament following a parade. The clash left 19 casualties as troops fired. The incident is seen influencing London talks over Sudan status with Egypt and Britain.
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London
Sudan
Atbara
Khartum
St Atbara
Said Zaglou Pasha
Egypt
Great Britain
Miriam Ferguson Secures Second Texas Democratic Runoff
Mrs Miriam Ferguson of Temple Texas clinched a spot in the August 23 second democratic primary facing Felix Robertson of Dallas after official returns from the July 25 primary. Ferguson led Lynch Davidson 514,216 to 141,208 with Robertson at 193,508 and other totals shown.
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Dallas
Tex
A. P
Miriam Ferguson
Temple, Tetes
Felix Robertson
Democratic Executive Committee
Fergusensity
Lynch Davidson
Ouston
Robertson
Ferguson
L. Davidson
W. Davidson
Barton
Burkett
Collins
Pope
Dixon
Davis praised by Underwood for tolerance stance in nomination
Senator Oscar W. Underwood commends John W. Davis for accepting the Democratic presidential nomination in New York. He notes Davis avoids naming the Ku Klux Klan, but his platform plank affirms constitutional religious freedom and opposes efforts to incite racial and religious discord, signaling clear aims toward unity.
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Birmingam
Ala
John W. Davis
Oscar W. Underwood
Davis
New York City
Underwood
Ku Klux Klan
Workers' Candidates Plan National Campaign Tours
Chicago August 12 National campaign tours have been arranged for William Z Foster and Benjamin Gitlow candidates for president and for the Workers party leadership Foster will tour two eastern and southern legs Gitlow will circuit the country starting Paterson New Jersey August 20 with a Chicago stop on November 2.
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Bhicago
Wm. Z. Foster
Benjamin W
The
Workers Party
Foster
Gitlow
Paterson
N. J
Chicago
August union service urges peace before Arkansas election
In Lena Arkansas a union service at the Methodist church drew hundreds who then walked to the polls for the state and county election. The speaker urged peace and sobriety and the election of good men.
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Lena, Ark
Methodist
Davis Opens Drive Plans After Ceremony in Clarksburg
Democratic presidential hopeful John W. Davis outlined key campaign issues after his ceremony in Clarksburg. He pledged honesty in government and attacked Mellon tax policies, denouncing current foreign policy as a creeping paralysis. He planned to speak in Columbus on August 26 and head to New York for talks with party leaders before Washington visits.
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Clarksburg
W .Va
John W. Davis
Columbes
Ohio
Davis
Mellon
New York
Washington
Believe Trail Hot in Big Search for Mississippi Killer
Summit Mississippi Aug 12 lawmen chase leads on George Mackie after he fatally shot Mrs Will Belian and mortally wounded Charles Tarver and Fannie Belien. Marshal Blount and Sheriff Guy say arrest likely before nightfall as Tarver dies from Saturday wounds. Mackie pursued after shooting Mrs Belian and attempting to take control in the chaotic aftermath.
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Summit
Miss
George Mackie
Will Beli
Charles Henry Tarver
Fannie Belien
B. E. Blount
D. W. Guy
Tarver
McComb
Mackie
Gunmen Wound Five Miners in Oklahoma War
Five non union workers were shot near Wilburton Oklahoma as they walked home from the Bull Hill coal mine. Everett Edwards 26 was the most seriously hurt with buckshot in the abdomen chest and face. The attack occurred as the men crossed a small bridge and bloodhounds failed to find a trail. The mine employs about 50 men and had been operating as a non union site.
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Wilburton
Okla
A. P
Bull Hill
Here
Saa
Meg
Austin Park
Everett Edwards
Buck
Owen McElyce
Canne Coffee
Ace Williams
Bill Wilson
Fort Smith
Police Jury Meets to Let Contract for New Foundation
Ouachita parish police jury to meet in temporary quarters at the old Central Bank building to receive bids for the piling of the foundation of a new 500000 dollar courthouse. The concrete foundation cost will run several thousand dollars and the session is expected to begin early. Other parish business will also be discussed.
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Ouachita Parish
Central Bank and Trust Company
Bank Closed After Cashier Shoots Self in Putnam
The First National Bank of Putnam closed its doors today following the cashier shooting himself last Thursday. A closing notice appeared an hour after opening, signed by N. E. Bean, chief national bank examiner.
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Putnam, Conn
First National Bank of
Putnam
N. E. Bean
National Bank Examiner
Arrest Enforces Livingston Parish Knicker Law
Two nurses from Mississippi were arrested in Denham Springs for wearing knickers under Livingston parish’s new moral statute. They pled guilty, paid $5 fines, and warned that the law will affect female motorists passing through the parish during winter travel.
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Livingston Parish
Hammond
Mississippi
Denham Springs
Mississippi Valley
Memphis
Mississippi Rivers
Baton Rouge
Louisiana Automobile Clubs
Escaping Ice Delays End as Gertrud Rask Reaches Greenland
Angmagalik Greenland August 12 The Gertrud Rask supply ship of the American around the world aviators arrived at Angmagalik at 7 AM after escaping a ice field held her prisoner since last Tuesday about 100 miles south of Angmagalik. The vessel moved north through heavy ice to near Tasiusarsik Fjord as Eskimos welcomed the ship and preparations began for American planes to land by tomorrow.
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Gertrud Rask
Angmagsalik
Greenland
Gerture Rask
Tasiusarsik Fjord
Angimagsalik
Kaykas
Cruiser Searching Ice Pack Break on Greenland Coast
The Gertrude Rask arrived at Angmagsalik on Greenland's east coast after breaking free from ice where it had been imprisoned. The Raleigh continued scout duty with two planes hunting a break in the ice near Angmagsalik to approach the coast.
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Greenland
Reyjavik
A. P
Gertrude Rask
Angmagsalik
C. E. Crumrine
L. H. Smith
E. H. Nelson
Raleigh
Reykjavik
Iceland
Cotton Prices Rise On Weevil Rumors And Drought
In New York on August 12 traders on the cotton exchange bought heavily as drought conditions in eastern Texas persisted. October contracts neared 28.17 and December reached 27.65 amid reports of weevils spreading in Alabama and Georgia, bolstering the market.
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New York
Texas
Cotton Exchange
Alabama
Georgia
Columbia professor tests value of personal questionnaires
Miss Ethel Goldsmith of Cincinnati, a Columbia University student, prepared a 111 question personal survey distributed to 2000 summer session students to gauge how much weight to give answers in questionnaires. Questions probe home life, relationships, theft, charity and flirtation.
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New York
Ethel Coldsmith
Cincinnati
Columbia University
Dancing Masters Plan to Eliminate Extreme Dances
Plans outlined at the annual convention of the international association of dancing masters aim to remove extreme dances. If adopted the Wild Cats Tiger Twaddle and Camel Canter would be replaced by the Whisper Waltz and Raggedy Ann fox trot. The association frowns on mail teaching and says it cannot be done.
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New York
International Association of Dancing Masters
Suspect Arrested in Axe Killing of Baby in Alabama
Albany Decatur Alabama August 12 An escaped convict believed to be John Milton linked to the axe attack that killed an infant and seriously wounded Mrs. Blaney Collins of Morris was captured near Flint Creek. Snapped by Tom South of Hartselle he was brought to Morgan county then identified by officers as Will Carr of Birmingham. He fled after an earlier capture in a section house and offered no motive for the flight.
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Ala
John Milton
Blaney Collins
Morris
Alabama
Jefferson County
McCoy
Milton
Will Carr
Birmingham
Carr
F. J. Tinson
Louisville and
Nashville
Tommy Gibbons Leaves England Minus 35000
Tommy Gibbons sails home after defeating Jack Bloomfield with claims of $35,000 still owed. He says he only received $3,000 of the $11,000 expected and cannot locate promoter Arnold Wilson who is said to be ill in Liverpool. Receipts from the bout are secured in the bank and will be disbursed soon. The boxers' lawyer handles Gibbons side.
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London
A. P
Tommy Gibbons
Jack Bloomfield
Gibbons
Arnold Wilson
Liverpool
Wilson
Letter clues motive in Long Island double tragedy
An unsealed stamped letter to Clark Wood of South Norfolk Va found on Frank Fayward points to a quarrel over his wife Mrs Clark Wood. Fayward killed the woman and himself in a car on Long Island after urging Wood to persuade her to return to Norfolk. There were no witnesses.
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Great Neck
L. I
Clark Wood
South Norfolk
Frank Fayward
New York
Fayward
Wood
Norfolk
Etter
Take Husband for Shooting Near Vidalia
Thomas Vagnus is jailed in Vidalia on murder charges for the double killing of his wife and Henry Hughes near Wildsville. The victims were walking to a water well when a shotgun blast ended their lives. Sheriff Campbell arrested Vagnus at his home and took him to jail.
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Vidalia
Thomas Vagnus
Henry Hughes
Wildsville
Vagnus
Hughes
Campbell
Labor foes pounce on Davis speech in West Virginia
The American Federation of Labor announced readiness to back the LaFollette Wheeler ticket and wrathfully criticized John W. Davis after his acceptance speech in Clarksburg West Virginia. Labor spokesmen called the address caustic and ineffective for defending the Democratic platform. They noted Chairman Walsh’s remarks about corporate employment as a bold attempt to justify a record Davis had praised.
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Washington
American Federation of Labor
LaFollette-Wheeler
Congress
Labor
John W. Davis
Clarksburg
West Virginia
Federation
T O
Walsh
Montana
Davis
Weather Prophet Is This Woman Tells Truth
The widow of Pierre Vidrine, first of Euzebe Vidrine's five murder victims, predicted no rain until justice was served. After Euzebe was hanged in Ville Platte, reports say heavy rain fell there Sunday, ending a weeks long drought.
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New Orleans
Pierre Vidrine
Euzebe Vidrine
Ville Platte
Euzebe
Robert Leo Wiggins
Pierre Vidvines
Old Hickory Assn Opens Fifth Meet in Charleston
Veterans of the Old Hickory Division Association gathered in Charleston South Carolina for their fifth annual convention. Fair but hot weather greeted attendees with expected five thousand visitors likely by night. Major General David Shanks U S A addressed the business session as Major G Heyward Mahon Jr presided and Mayor Thompson P Stone welcomed guests with Col Holmes B Springs offering closing remarks.
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Charleston
Old Hickory Division Association
David ©. Shanks
Fourth Army Corps
G. Heyward Mahon, Jr
Greenville
S. C
Thompson P. Stone
Col
Holmes B. Springs
Fisherman Hooks Nine Pound Trout in Gallon Jug
In Monroe a fisherman felt a tug on his line and pulled up a heavy catch. A trout with a hook through its mouth was found inside a smashed gallon jug. The fish had swum into the jug as a baby trout and grew large.
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Monroe
Mary Miles Minter Returns to New York Plump After Absence
After two years away from film work following the unsolved William Desmond Taylor murder in Hollywood she says she is engaged to him and has returned to New York plump and off gossip for life, leaving Hollywood behind.
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Hollywood
Cal
William Desmond Taylor
Mary Miles Minter
New York
Klan Endorsement Rocks Arkansas Governor Race
Arkansas voters faced a six candidate gubernatorial field as the Ku Klux Klan endorsement centered attention on Lee Cazort who claimed the Klan’s support in a paid newspaper ad. The race loomed amid a statewide primary with contests in four congressional districts.
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Little Rock
Arkansas Democracy
United States
J. T. Robinson
Senation
Abstuadahenena
Congressiona
Ku Klux Klan
Ise
T. C. McRae
Lee Cazort
Cazort
Klan and Prohibition Drive Ohio GOP Nominations
Ohio Republicans vote to nominate state and county candidates as Klan influence and prohibition enforcement dominate the campaign. J. B. Lieber of Akron seeks the governor’s seat with Klansman support in many areas while James A. White and C. H. Durand shape the anti prohibition stance. Some believe the Klan vote will not go as a bloc to Lieber.
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Columbus
Ohio
J. B. Lieber
Akron
James A. White
Ohio Anti-Saloon League
C. H. Durand
Coshocton
J. B. Sieber
Senator Ransdell Opens Local Campaign with Town Talk
U S Senator Joseph E Ransdell will speak at the high school auditorium Wednesday night August 13 at 8 PM as the first campaign event in the local national contest. Handbills circulated indicate vital issues to be discussed and invite all to attend. The senator has been touring the state from New Orleans in support of his bid for re election to the Senate.
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U. S
Joseph E. Ransdeil
Ransdell
New Orleans
Senate
Eight Thousand G. A. R. Veterans Parade in Boston
More than 5,000 G. A. R. veterans marched in the 58th annual national encampment parade in Boston starting at 9 o clock. An equal number followed by automobile transport along the route.
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Boston
Relatives of Young Slayer Go On Stand in Franks Hearing
The Franks murder case courtroom saw relatives of Richard Loeb and Nathan Leopold called as witnesses as the defense rested its case and the state began rebuttal with about fifty witnesses including five alienists. Jacob Loeb and Allan Loeb testified briefly, with Allen noting he handed writings by Richard to Dr. Healy.
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Chicago
A. P
Bobby Franks
Jacob M. Loeb
Chicago Public School Board
Richard Loeb
Allan Loeb
Richard
Nathan F. Lee Jr
Foreman Leopold
Nathan
Jacob Loeb
Allan
William Healy
Fess
State keeps up long examination in Franks hearing
Chicago August 12 The state resumes its lengthy examination of Dr H S Hulbert the defense psychiatrist in Franks hearing. The state plans to introduce Dr R T Woodyatts testimony on endocrine disorders linked to Nathan Leopold Jr and Richard Loeb case. Hulbert testifies about endocrine disease and life failures as part of the mitigation case while cross examining him continues with questions on X ray methods.
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Chicago
A. P
H. S. Hal
Franks
R.T. Woodyatt
Robert E.state
Hulbert
Nathan F. Leopold, Jr
Loeb
Bobby
Crowe
America
Philadelphia Manager Suspended for Battle
National League president Heidler suspended and fined Arthur Fletcher manager of the Philadelphia Nationals after a row with umpire Pfirman in the Pittsburgh game played in Philadelphia yesterday.
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New York
Heidler
National League Today
Arthur Fletcher
Philadelphia Nationals
Pfirman
Pittsburgh
Philadelphia
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