Polar Expedition Prep and Arctic Journey Plans
Enrich t, veteran polar expert from Seattle, Maurer, and Allan Craw from Toronto plan Arctic travel on the Kartuk and Victoria to Nome. The team forms guard for the latest polar expedition led by Stefansson clinicians. They expect a two year traverse with minimal equipment, wintering on fan islands, and aim to lecture in Seattle under Ellison-White Chautauqua.
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Enricht
Polar
Seattle
Ff. W. Maurer
Kartuk
Allan Craw
Toronto
Arctic
Victoria
Nome
Fan Islands
Stefansson
Jim
Ellison-White Chautauqua
Tacoma Groups Aid Seattle Childrens Hospital
Tacoma residents and several lodges and clubs pledge support for the Seattle Hospital for Children facing state aid cuts. Funds target infantile paralysis care and ongoing upkeep of young patients housed at 2107 War Memorial Avenue.
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Tacoma
Seattle
Gov- Hart
Beattie
Everybody His Own Moonshine Plant Latest
Portland report notes Dr. J. Gaddia of Oakland tells Western Homeopathic Association delegates that every citizen can have a personal still. He claims the body naturally distills alcohol from ingested food and that constitutional limits do not forbid it, suggesting a better constitution equals better distiller.
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Portland
Volstead de
J. Gaddia
Oakland
Cal
Dolegates
Western Homœopathic Association
Des Moines adapts as streetcar service ends
Des Moines, August 5, 36 hours after a federal order halted street cars, workers arrive on time and shoppers cope with trolleyless streets. City proposes a one year unrestricted bus franchise and 30 extra buses to reach 100 total. buses handle routes formerly served by cars with limited short hauls amid mild disruption. No traffic accidents reported.
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Des Moines
Iowa
John Budd
Pubic Safety
Altho
Postmistress Lena Clarke Admits Murder in Orlando
Lena Clarke, a West Palm Beach postmistress and poet, confessed to fatally shooting Miltmore in an Orlando hotel room after luring him there. Police say she had followed him from West Palm Beach to Orlando and claimed sole responsibility for the robbery and a $22,000 shortage.
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Palm Beach
Miltmore
Lena Clarke
Vestal
Orlando
W. M. Miltmore
Lena
Polles
Millmere
West Palm Beach
Hiad
Bankers Confessed Loss of Spurgin Loot in Mexico
CHICAGO Aug 3 Detectives said the rail in Spurgin former president of the Michigan Ave Trust Co has vanished in Mexico and traces of the ice alley embosler of nearly a million dollars are lost Prohibition agents raided private vaults in the Michigan Ave Trust Co and seized 10 000 worth of liquor believed to belong to Warren C Spurgin the fugitive bank president Authorities say Spurgin had access to the vaults and connections to a bootlegging ring.
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Chicago
Spurgin
Michigan Avenue Trust Company
Mexico
Alice
Another Arrest in Large Swindle Ring Faces Arraignment
Chicago reports police seizing Charlies W. French, linked to the John Worthington led swindle ring. French is to be arraigned before Federal Judge Sandia. Hackensack robbers held up guards and the Barrett Manufacturing paymaster, escaping with an estimated 40 000 to 50 000 dollars in currency.
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Chicago
John Worthington
Charlies W. French
Worthington
French
Sandia
Cayip
Hackensack
N. J
Barrett Manufacturing Company
Exhume Bodies in Park Death Mystery
Chicago August 5 More bodies are to be exhumed to aid the Schiller Park murder inquiry Coroner Hoffman said The discovery of a body in Colby Wisconsin eight years after burial followed earlier arsenic findings in the Demmer and Kole family deaths Undertakers deny arsenic use in embalming Authorities proceed to exhume two more family members to test embalming practices.
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Chicago
Schiller Park
Coronee Hoffman
John Demmer
Colby
Wis
Mr. and Mra
Fred Kolea
Demmer
Band
Kolees
Inter
Kolse
Elmer Kolse
Mra. Demmer
Fire Destroys Seattle Home on S 4th Avenue
Fire of unknown origin destroyed the home of Archie L. Pickering at 0641 S4th Ave SS at 1 a m. The family fled others escaped with slight injuries while the Record home nearby sustained minor damage. Loss estimated at 2600 dollars.
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Archie L. Pickering
S4th Ave
L. M. Record
54Th Ave
Pickering
Record
Pickerings
Flanner Beach
Bh. L. Talmadge
Four Children Die in Bronx Tenement Fire
A Bronx tenement blaze killed four children and burned two others fatally while injuring five more. Firefighters battled the flames as residents fled the burning building.
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New York
Bronx
Murder in a Small Town at Night on the Pacific Highway
Dr Brumfield lured Dennis Russell a bachelor sheep keeper to a highway point near town. Brumfield struck Russell then shot him twice as he lay on the road using a rifle and heavy instrument. The body was dumped in a car and taken toward town in a sensational tale.
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Dennis Raussell
Russell
Shack
Brumfield
Roesella
Birth control as path to disarmament argued in AAAS talk
Dr Ritter argues that population growth drives conflict and that birth control offers the only realistic way to reduce economic pressure and avert war. He notes Japanese expansion as a danger and says the American Association for the Advancement of Science may pursue a conference with President Hard. He mentions Dr George H.K. Hale as a potential proposer.
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Dr.Ritter
American Association For the Advancement of Science
Hard
Ting
Ritter
George HK. Hale
Third National Research Council
Population and Canal Revenue Figures Cited in 1492 Context
Experts estimate 846000 Indians inhabited the territory of what is now the United States in 1492. A Panama Canal report notes more than 8000000 dollars in tolls collected last year.
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United States
Panama Canal
Tenaha Klan attack on Mrs Johnson shocks Texas town
A mob of masked men abducted Beulah Johnson, tarred and hair hacked, then left her on the ground near Tenaha. She was later arrested for bicamy, while the town faced national scrutiny and calls for accountability. The piece notes local reactions and ongoing public debate about the Ku Klux Klan presence in Tenaha.
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Mrs. Johnson
Mia
Beulah Johnson
Tenaha
Texis
Knights of the Ku Klux Klan
Houston
Houston Papers
Bibles of
Texas
Texans
Tensha
Defenders of
Ku Klux Klan
Prepare to Invite to 1925 Exposition
President on return from Lancaster, N BL, is expected to sign a bill authorizing invitations to a world exposition at Portland, Oregon in 1925. The bill has passed Congress and will be sent to the White House within a few days.
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Washington
Lancaster
N BL
Portland
Ore
White House
Priest 8. Mill Arrested on Stock Fraud Charge
A stock salesman for Northern Fishing & Transportation Co. was arrested Thursday on fraud allegations. Hill allegedly promised Mrs. Hulda Aspenberg permanent work in his company if she bought stock. she purchased 200 dollars in shares, but the promise was not fulfilled.
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Priest
Mill
Northern Fishing & Transportation Co
Hill
Hulda Aspenberg
Aspenbtre
Chateau Thierry Grain Field Visited by Returning Veteran
Ellensburg August 5 Willis Ames overseas veteran reports Chateau Thierry battlefield now a mass of waving grain. He says at Ypres on the Belgian front the grain sown this spring is stunted only a few inches high due to German floods of salt and water. The 127,000 Yanks to the army of ...
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Chateau Thierry
Ellensburg
Willis Ames
Europe
Yprea
Army
Hope in Ship Board Wreck Turns Asset for Merchant Marine
Washington reports the Shipping Board can turn the wreck into a major asset by maintaining an American merchant fleet. Chairman Lasker told the House Appropriations Committee that the asset could be worth as much as the total war cost, 26 billion dollars, if careful work and patience prevail.
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Washington
Shipping Board
Lasker
House Appropriations Committee
Amercan
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Berry House
Dallas
Hagen
Pegg
Tendaye
Frederick & Nelson
Fifth Avenue
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Armour
Frank Cafaro
Cheasty
Hartmann
Second Avenue
Senel
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