Leopold and Loeb confessed to kidnapping and murder
State's Attorney Crowe announced that Nathan Leopold Jr. and Richard Loeb, Chicago postgraduates from wealthy families, confessed to abducting and killing 14 year old Robert Franks. They also admitted plans to kidnap Julius Rosenwald’s son, a misstatement since Rosenwald has no such son. The two, studying law, described the crime as an adventure for easy money.
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Chicago
Robert Franks
Associated Press
Robert E. Crowe
Nathan E. Leopold, Jr
Richard Loeb
Jacob Franks
Mr. Crowe
Leopold
Loeb
Julius Rosenwald
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Young Loeb
Albert H. Loeb
Sears, Roebuck & Co
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New Commercial State Bank Opens To Public
Hundreds visit the new Commercial State Bank as its doors open this morning. Floral decorations and bouquets from other financial institutions greet patrons. The bank features burglar proof vaults and modern backing equipment to handle expected high patronage.
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Commercial State Bank
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Showers Since Monday Mark Week in North Atlantic States
Weather outlook from The Associated Press notes local showers Monday and Tuesday and again late in the week in the North and Atlantic states. Temperatures near or slightly below normal. Brown hauling manure across tracks described in a separate line.
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Associated Press
Washington
Atlantic States
Unknown ransom note found in park tied to kidnap case
Relatives and friends of two families mourn a vanished child as authorities say a ransom letter may have been written before the kidnapping. A typewriter used by the ransom seller was left at a park, and the letter bore the salutation Dear Sir and could have been sent to anyone.
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What's Wrong
Weather forecasters describe a normal low pressure area off Greenland that has drifted southward, causing rain on the Atlantic seaboard and snow as far as the Dakotas. Major Edward H. Bowie explains how warming air creates low pressure, draws in colder air, and releases moisture as precipitation.
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LARRY BOARDMAN
NEA Service
Washington
Greenland
United States
Atlantic seaboard
forts
central states
Dakotas
Edward H. Bowie
U. S. Weather Bureau
Weather Pendulums Swing Toward Normal Conditions
The piece describes broad patterns where cold fronts sweep the country from the pole toward low pressure, reducing moisture and chilling air, while the Pacific coast remains warm and damp due to a low pressure system near Alaska. It says long-range forecasts are uncertain though normal conditions are expected to return as the pendulum swings.
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Rockies
Pacific
Alaska
Pacific coast
Bowie
Varied Positions For 113 Graduates Of High School
Frederick High School sent out 113 graduates this June with 4 diplomas. Forty four seek work in banking, stores, and offices while five girls become nurses. Ten will attend Hood College, six go to the University of Maryland, two to another college, and one to Peabody Institute. Welfare work, expression studies, and teaching train for several graduates as their future focus.
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Frederick High School
Hoot College
University of Maryland
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Peabody Institute
Lelend Powers School of Expression
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DOUBLE WEDDING AT UNITED BRETHREN PARSONAGE
A double wedding occurred at the United Brethren parsonage on West Third Street with John R. Dobson and Margaret T. Dorsey, and Marlin C. Bixter and Twendolyn C. Reed married by Rev. William R. Gles. Both couples came from Shamokin, Pa., and were joined by Mr. and Mrs. Leslie Baltort. The newlyweds then left for home. Later, William J. Wright and Etta T. Steinberg of Baltimore wed at the Evangelical Lutheran church parsonage officiated by Rev. Dr. U S G Rupp. They left for Baltimore with their escorts Arthur E. Gere and Elda Cunningham.
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United Brethren parsonage
West Third St
John R. Dobson
Margaret T. Dorsey
Marlin c. Bixter
Twendolyn C. Reed
Wm. R. Gles
Shamokin
Leslie Baltlort
Wright—Steinberg
William J. Wright
Etta T Steinberg
Baltimore
U.S. G. Rupp
Evangelical Lutheran church
Arthur E. Gere
Elda Cunningham
Baltimor
Annual Reunion Plans for Visitation Academy Alumnae
The Visitation Academy Alumnae Association outlines the annual reunion with a luncheon and officer elections. A June 1 meeting at Miss Pauline Diffendall's home set the schedule and a reception by the Maryland Chapter of the International Federation of Catholic Alumnae will honor 1924 graduates at Mt. Saint Marys. The Frederick Chapter will attend, and premiums will be distributed June 9 with six graduates earning academic honors.
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Visitation Academy Alumnae Association
Pauline Diffendall
Maryland
International Federation of Catholic Alumnae
Mt. Si
President Burton May Nominate Coolidge at Convention
Marion Le Roy Burton, president of the University of Michigan, is likely to nominate President Coolidge at the Republican national convention. The report notes Burton’s long friendship with Coolidge and cites his influence in the nomination process.
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COOLIDGE
associated Press
Washington
Mar
Marion Le Roy Burton
the
Univer of
Michigan
Burton
Weather Sets Stage for Carpentier Gibbons Fight
Michigan City Indiana May 31 ideal weather for a 10 round international boxing match between Georges Carpentier and Tommy Gibbons. Main event slated 3 to 4 pm CST with preliminaries at 2. First Chicago train brings boxing fans as town prepares for about 30 000 spectators. Carpentier guaranteed 279 000 from 25 percent of the take while Gibbons receives 39 percent.
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Associated Press
Michigan City
Ind
Georges Carpentier
Tommy Gibbons
Gibbons
Carpentier
Chicago
Market Street Paving to Start Monday Morning
Market street paving begins Monday at 2? intersections with South Street, one block at a time. About 6909 tons of crushed stone will be used. American Paving Company of Baltimore holds the contract. A special Aldermen meeting is scheduled for Monday at 1 50 o clock to discuss street work with State Roads Commission and Potomac Edison ready to proceed.
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Market streets
Robinson
American Paving Companys
Baltimore
Frederick
eet Board of Aldermen
State Roads Commission
city oficials
Potomac-Edison Company
Japanese ambassador delivers protest to U S over immigration act
Ambassador Hanihara delivered Tekfio’s protest to Secretary Hughes in Washington on the exclusion provision of the new immigration act. The act’s stance prompted the Japanese government to act on its instructions.
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Associated Press
Washington
Hanihara
Hughes
Tekfio
Howll- Jey rail board bill reported favorable
The Howell Jey bill proposing substitution of national arbitration boards for the Railroad Labor Board was reported favorable today by the Senate Interstate Commerce committee. Miss Mildred P. Motter of York is mentioned.
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Associated Press
Kinston
Railroad Labor Board
Senate Interstate Commerce committee
Clean-Up Not Preventive of Scarlet Fever In Frederick
Dr John S Fulton criticizes the Freder ick Ministerial Association demand for a city clean-up as useless against scarlet fever. He notes 25% of Frederick city cases in four months of 1924 and urges decency without panicking while opposing medieval quarantine rhetoric.
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Frederick
John S. Fulton
Baltimore
State Department of Health
Ira
McCurdy
Fulton
Freder County
Ministerial Association
Ls Fulton
Maryland
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S. FULTON
M.D. Kestor
Braddock Heights Park Opens To Record Memorial Day Crowd
A large crowd attended the official Memorial Day opening at Braddock Heights Park. The dancing pavilion drew about six hundred people who praised the expanded floor space and new arrangements. Despite chilly weather the hilltop venue buzzed like a mid season night, signaling a busy summer ahead.
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Braddock Heights Park
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