Be Eighth Wife Alibi Tale Repudiated In McCoy Case
Los Angeles August 22. The district attorney portrays Kid McCoy as facing a death of paralysis and dementia despite an apparent acquittal on murder charges. Alienists warn of rapid decline due to paresis from long alcohol use, while eighth wife Dagmar Dahlgren rejects an earlier alibi. A defense-aligned alienist contends McCoy may lose the fight to a progressive brain disease within three years. Day’s disclosures hinge on a report of a spy observation describing a thick set man seen in McCoy’s apartment prior to the shooting.
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Los Angeles
Kid McCoy
Eresa Mors
Dagmar Dahlgren
Yids
Howport
McCoy
Ision
Moran Hurt in Bout With Kid Kaplan
Pat Moran of New Orleans sustained a torn ligament and partial thumb dislocation after a nine round match with Kid Kaplan of Meridian in Hamden. X rays confirmed the injury. Kaplan was awarded the bout as Moran left for New York. A Connecticut boxing commission meeting is planned for September to investigate the affair. Purse money is being held by order of the commission.
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New Haven
Donn
Pat Moran
New Orleans
Kid Kaplan
Meriden
Hamden
Charles P. Defeo
Moran
Kaplan
New York
State Boxing Commission
Expect Too Much of Prize Winner Ruth Tells Hall
Washington reports the state department will receive a first hand briefing on conditions in Honduras and events tied to disturbances ahead of Minister Morales extended US leave. Morales had sought leave for months but waited for staff support before sailing yesterday for the United States.
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Ruth
Hall
Washington
State Department
Honduras
Morales
United States
Scientists scoff at Mars radio message plan
In Winnipeg Aug 22 Prof A B Eddington of Cambridge called attempts to talk with Mars "absolute nonsense" and said crossing interplanetary space is impossible. He argued Mars lacks Earthlike life and has been burned for thousands of years, making inhabited conditions unimaginable.
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Winnipeg
Mars
Eddington
Cambridge University
West
McCoy’s Sister Says Kid McCoy Confessed Killing
Mrs. F L Thomas of Los Angeles testified that Norman Selby known as Kid McCoy admitted to killing Theresa McCoy. Authorities report the suspect asserts the death was self inflicted.
Davis Opens Campaign Fight in Seagirt New Jersey
John W. Davis began his bid to win back control of the government by addressing New Jersey Democrats at Camp Silzer after a luncheon with Governor Silzer. He pledged a hard fought campaign and aimed to shape issues in his remarks to the New Jersey Democratic State committee.
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Seagirt
N. J
Woodrow Wilson
John W. Davis
Republican Party
New Jersey
Davis
President Coolidge
Democratic State Committee
Silzer
Camp
Prison sentences urged by Pinchot in bootlegging crackdown
Governor Pinchot urged Pennsylvania district attorneys to cooperate with state agencies to curb bootlegging and corrupt politics. He called for speedy trials, prison terms over fines, and full use of injunctions to shut down violators.
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Harrisburg
Pinchot
Pennsylvania
England
America
Autopsy Links Chorus Girl Death to Drug Use
The body of Mrs Mary Warnock Libermann a chorus girl formerly of Independence Missouri was sent to her hometown after authorities revised the death from heart disease to a narcotic overdose she died after being overcome while in a half filled bathtub and drowned in New York City.
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New York
Mary Warnock Libermann
Independence
Mary Warnock
Man Shot in Back Refuses to State Cause
Jackson Mississippi Aug 22 W A Dismuke Attala county farmer shot in the back with buckshot near Zama Miss brought to Jackson for surgical attention and placed in a local hospital He refuses to discuss the shooting Deputy Sheriff Schriev ner of Zama says no arrests have been made The shooting 15 miles from Zama is under sheriff investigation Officers believe the shooting was the result of a quarrel Dismuke is expected to survive
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Jackson
Miss
W. A. Dismuke
Attala County
Zama
Dismuke
Schrievner
Aorrow
Italians flier Locatelli missing after world flight
Rear Admiral Magruder orders search by Richmond Raleigh and Barry east of Cape Farewell for Lieutenant Locatelli the Italian aviator who accompanied the American world fliers on their Greenland leg. Locatelli flew from Pisa to Reykjavik to join the party and used a faster plane than the Americans.
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Richmond
Iceland
Greenland
A. P
T. P. Magruder
United States
Raleigh
Barry
Cape Farewell
Locatelli
Reykjavik
Fredericksdal
Reid
Billingsley
U. S
Cape
L. H. Smith
Nelson
Smith
Lieut
Pisa
Italy
Atlantic
U S Army Air Fliers Plan Greenland Hop Route
Wireless dispatches from the Lawrence at Indian Harbor Labrador report American world fliers will depart Frederiksdal for Ivigtut on Friday and then hop to Indian Harbor Sunday. Lieutenants Smith and Nelson arrived at Frederiksdal in fog. no word on Lieutenant Locatelli. The Islands Falk sighted a plane north of Frederiksdal.
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U. S
Lawrence
Indian Harbor
Labrador
A. P
Fredericksda
Ivigtut
Greenland
Smith
Nelson
Fredericksdal
Locatelli
Reykjavik
Falk
Body of mulatto woman found near Black River
In Jackson Mississippi on August 22 a deputy sheriff reported that vultures circling a site near Edwards led to the discovery of a partially decomposed body of a mulatto woman weighted with plowshares. The victim bore knife wounds and identity remained unestablished.
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Jackson
Miss
Black
Edwards
Wells
Japs Prepare Defense Day Plans Following U S
Japanese military reservists press an international drill day on October 22 at Yasukuni shrine in Tokio. Officials say no sanction granted and no link to the U S Defense Day plans. The American community debates holding Defense Day while missionaries protest to President Coolidge and others defend the government.
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TORIO
A. P
Yasukuni
Tokio
America
Coolidge
Davis Declares Klan Must Be Dealt With Fearlessly
Democratic nominee John W. Davis in Seagirt New Jersey denounces the Ku Klux Klan by name as a threat to American ideals and calls for Republican nominee Calvin Coolidge to explicitly join in removing the issue from campaign debate. He asserts bigotry under any name must be condemned and stresses unity on vital November questions.
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Davis
Seagirt
Ku Klux Klan
Clarksburg
Republican Party
N. J
John W. Davis
Coolidge
Veterans’ Bureau
Congress
Mars Near Earth Sparks Coastwide Curiosity Across 1924 Era
Scientists on Mount Hamilton and Mount Wilson monitor Mars as it nears Earth within 34 million miles the closest in a century. Astronomers plan months of plate observations while public interest grows with radio reports and astrology debates about the planet's belt and season. Mars is expected to recede and fade as it travels toward 2024 A D.
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San Francisco
Mars
Pacific Coast
Mount Hamilton
San Jose
Mount Wilson
Los Angeles
R. J. Trumpler
Lick Observatory
Mount Ham
Republican Vision of Honest Government and Open Deals
Mr. Davis outlines a contrast between Republicans and Democrats emphasizing honesty in public funds and open, nonsecret governance. He criticizes secrecy, favors equal treatment of all regions, and pledges candor, no invisible advisers, and immediate steps toward economic equality and an end to private influence in policy. He calls for a unified party with a harmonious leadership advancing common goals.
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Davis
Washington
United States
America
Court of International Justice
Congress
Greenwich Village Gang War Ends In Critical Wounding
Anthony Paretti, son of a Greenwich Village storekeeper, was critically wounded by two gunmen in an ongoing gang conflict. Police link the violence to gang dissention and bootlegger clashes, distancing it from drug-trafficking ties.
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New York
Anthony Paretti
Greenwich Village
Manhattan
Prospecting Pioneer Sells Mine For Big Profit
Still prospecting Esau's sale of his birthright pales beside Sandy McIntyre the Western prospector who discovered Porcupine's famed McIntyre gold mine. He sold it for 125 dollars. the buyer resold it for 300 thousand dollars and the mine has paid three million in dividends. Sandy remains active in prospecting.
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Esau
Sandy” McIntyre
McIntyre
Porcupine
Sandy
Great Flood Swamps Illinois Valley Cities
Floods sweep Spoon River Valley in Fulton county wrecking bridges and farms. Bernadotte and surrounding areas abandon homes as residents flee to high ground. Crops destroyed and livestock losses mount with levee breach fears and forecasted rain.
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Peoria
Spoon River Valley
Fulton County
Bernadotte
Canton
Narcotic records charge against Dr. Lee arraigned
In Jackson Mississippi on August 22 Dr. F E Lee Forrest county physician was arraigned for failing to keep proper narcotics records and released on bond pending federal grand jury action in November. Petal resident Dr Lee faces the case. rural carrier B S Howell also charged with embezzling about $40 from money orders. Both were arrested by Deputy R C Edwards of the marshal's office.
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Lee
Howell
R. C. Edwards
No Date Set for Meeting of Pink Boll Worm Commission
Baton Rouge August 22 The meeting date for Louisiana Pink Boll Worm Commission to probe charges of favoritism and movement restrictions on cotton will be fixed after Agriculture Commissioner Harry D. Wilson returns to his office. Governor Fudua will issue the call. The dispute pits Thurmond of Shreveport against Wilson over efforts to free the state cotton crop from the pink boll worm threat.
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Baton Rouge
Harry D. Wilson
Agriculture
T. H. Thurmond
Shreveport
Wilson
American Citizen Slain in Honduras District
American citizen George Gatewood Hamilton and British subject Charles Edward Rimmer were killed in Puerto Castilla Honduras on August 21. The state department was informed by vice consul Willard L. Beaulac.
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Washington
George Gatewood Hamilton
Charles Edward Rimmer
Puerto Castilla
Honduras
State Department
Willard L. Beaulac
Suspension Ends Hunter's 1924 Prospects in Jackson
Dee Hunter, suspended Jackson pitcher banished from organized baseball for the rest of the season, loses his 1924 status after a telegram from Cotton States League President Frank Scott to Jackson club president George Brannon. Scott reaffirmed no leniency, despite Brannon and Hattiesburg officials seeking reinstatement with club consent. Hunter, once a top pitcher, was suspended after a confrontation with Umpire Basil that was later settled.
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Jackson
Miss
Dee Hunter
Jackson Club
Frank Scott
Cotton States League
George Brannon
Scott
Brannon
Mr. Brannon
Hattiesburg
Hunter
Laurel
Basil
Prince of Wales Ready for Jaunt to America Soon
The Prince of Wales has packed and is set to sail aboard the Berengaria from Southampton tomorrow for a second U S visit. The liner’s 700 saloon seats are filled with debutantes delaying hundreds of Americans at shipping offices. A team redecorates the imperial suite for his royal highness.
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London
A. P
Prince of Wales
Southampton
United States
Wale
Port
Imperial
Royal
Negro slayer thought surrounded near Spring Ridge
Ed Carter, a black man accused of killing Paul Johnson, a white plantation manager, is believed trapped near Spring Ridge in Jefferson county Mississippi. A rifle tied to the crime was found on Mille plantation, jammed by a shell. the killing followed a quarrel over Carter’s cotton picking pace.
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Natchez
Miss
Carter
Paul Johnson
Spring Ridge
Jefferson County
Johnson
Mille
Johnson Plantation
Partly severed body found in Greenwich Village cellar
The partly dismembered body of Aaron A. Graff, 72, a New York radio cabinet manufacturer who vanished August 1, was located by police in a shel lac sealed tin box in a Greenwich Village cellar. Graff had told his wife he would visit carpenter John Logasy to pay him $800 before his disappearance.
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New York
Aaron A. Graff
Greenwichge
Graff
John Logasy
Reichstag Adjourns After Communists Disrupt Speech
Berlin crowds disrupt session as Chancellor Marx seeks comment on the London conference. The Reichstag is adjourned to 5 p m after Communist Schwars is suspended for twenty sittings.
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Berlin
Reichstag
Marx
London
Schwars
Court Rampage as Leopold and Loeb Case Draws Crowds
Chicago reports a crowd mobbing police at the courthouse as Judge Caverly delays Darrow and clears the building for the Leopold and Loeb trial. Deputies, women fainted, and several injured in the crush while reporters finally gained entry to cover the proceedings.
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Chicago
A. P.J
Nathan Leopold, Jr
Richard Loeb
J. R. Caverly
Walter Bachrach
Robert Franks
Darrow
Caverly
Seven Bandits Rob Bank For Five Thousand
Seven bandits waving revolvers robbed the Inseed Trust and Savings Banks on Milwaukee Avenue on the northwest side and escaped with 5000 dollars. They stopped two automobiles taking a man and his wife from one car and sped away in the getaway.
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Chicago
Inseed Trust and Savings Banks
Milwaukee Avenue
Babe Ruth Letter Cited By HallFamily In Camp McClellan
In Hattiesburg a letter from Babe Ruth is read to Stanton Hall son of Circuit Judge Hall. Ruth notes prize winners face slumps like in baseball and reflects on fame. Hall had been at Camp McClellan with 8,000 southern students and received a Ruth autograph baseball bat from the war department.
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Hattiesburg
Babe Ruth
Stanton Hall
Robert Hall
Citizens Military Training Camp
Camp McClellan
Young Hall
Ruth
War Department
Mexican President-elect Calles Arrives in Berlin
President elect Calles of Mexico arrived from Hamburg and was welcomed by German President Ebert Chancellor Marx and Foreign Minister Stresemann along with other government leaders.
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Berlin
Calles
Mexico
Hamburg
Ebert
Marx
Stresemann
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