Mrs Chaplin Granted Divorce From Charlie Chaplin
Lita Grey Chaplin was granted a decree of divorce from Charles Chaplin after brief testimony in Los Angeles Superior Court. An outside settlement provided $425000 and custody for their two children with a $200000 trust fund for future support. The final decree requires a one year wait.
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Angeles
Cal
Ave
Lita Grey Chaplin
Charles &. Chaplin
Edwin Ot. McMurray
Chaplin
Mellon obstacle to enforcement cited by Pinchot at Indy talk
Gifford Pinchot, former Pennsylvania governor, told the World League Against Alcoholism congress in Winona Lake that Andrew W Mellon is the chief obstacle to full Federal Prohibition enforcement. He tied Mellon to President Coolidge and said the administration talks dry while acting for war. Pinchot recalled his Pennsylvania dry struggle and urged rigid law enforcement.
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Ind
Gifford Pinchot
Pennsylvania
Congress of the World League Against Alcoholist
Andrew W. Mellon
President Coolidge
Melton
Coorder
Ft Ass
Drya
Pinchot
Washington
Andrew W. Mollon
Dutch Air Liner Crashes into English Countryside
A Dutch Air Liner bound from London to Amsterdam crashed near Seven Oaks England killing one mechanic and injuring seven passengers. No Americans were aboard.
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Oaks
England
London
Amsterdam
Boy Swept Through New York Sewers
Seven year old Anthony Agostino was swept through New York sewers for over half a mile by swirling water and washed into the East River. He fell into a sewer manhole while playing and survived with injuries.
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New York
East River
Anthony Agostino
Ashley Digs Himself Out Of New Cave Shell Mound
Ashley a geologist and explorer escaped from a newly found cave eight miles from the main entrance after being trapped by fallen rock from August 16. He described discovering a cavern larger than Mammoth Cave in Kentucky while eight miles from the entrance and in a semi-dazed condition as fifteen search parties failed to locate him. Major A B Ransom and wife departed on the Alameda for Seattle.
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Shell Mound
Tenn
Lawrence
Ashley
Jack Cave
Mammoth Cave
Kentucky
A. EB. Ransom
Alameida
Seattle
Gentle Juries Blamed For Many Love Crimes
Paris observers debate juries and passion crimes as sentimentality and sympathy for crimes of passion allegedly weaken punishment. J. H. Rosny calls for replacing juries with judges in murder cases and cites leniency toward killers over those who wound. Some argue juries acquit due to heavy penalties, preferring juries to fix sentences.
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Paris
Rosny
Mayor Landes Hints at Reelection Bid During Alaska Trip
Mayor Bertham Landes of Seattle said he will likely seek reelection next year during the Dorothy Alexander Good Fellowship Excursion to Skagway. Mrs Landes voiced support for qualified women in executive roles and praised Alaska and Juneau as close neighbors while the couple enjoyed the voyage and admired Hee kota flowers.
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Bertham Landes
Seattle
Dorothy Alexander
University Commercial Club
Good Fellowship
Skagway
Bex
Alaska
Wington
Mrs. Landes
Juneau
Drinkwater and Ervine Clash Over Criticism
London authorities report a public disagreement between John Drinkwater and St John Ervine regarding Drinkwater's claim that a living artist should not harshly judge rivals work. Ervine argues poets and dramatists are better qualified to critique than non poets or non dramatists.
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London
John Drinkwater
St. John Ervine
Locheir Harns
Drinkwater
Ervine
Ervin
Ready to Sail South in Small Open Skin Boat
NOME Alaska Aug 22 Frank Be Barden 24 Chicago newspaperman and Fred Yenney 22 merchant are ready to wait for Seattle in a 15 foot open walrus ski boat with an outboard motor. They plan to continue to San Francisco following the coast line and the inside passage south.
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Nome
Alaska
Frank BE. Barden
Chicago
Fred Yenney
Seattle
San Francisco
Prince Rupert Breaks Rudder After Rock Strike
The Prince Rupert, a Canadian National coastwise liner, struck an uncharted rock in Seymour Narrows and broke its rudder. Two hundred sixty passengers were transferred to the Cardena and brought south to Vancouver. A salvage tug is en route to repair the rudder and the Alaska voyage from Vancouver is cancelled while the Prince George may sail next Monday.
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Vancouver
B. C
Canadian National
Prince Rupert
Seymour Narrows
Union Steamship Company
Cardena
Mumpor Bay
Narrows
H. R. Shepard
Alaska
Hight
Prince George
Alaskan Sourdough Attacked in Gas Filled Room
Grand larceny charges filed against Anthony Morrison and Jo Grohman for an assault and robbery of BE N Fou, an Alaska sourdough, last Friday night. The attack left Fou in a dying condition until police rescued him from a gas filled room.
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Seattle
Anthony Morrison
Jo. Grohman
BE N. Fou
Alaska
London Population Shows Big Increase
The retirement of Miss Kemm, registrar of births and deaths for thirty years, highlights a drop in the City of London population from 50 000 to 13 000, as residents migrate to adjoining municipalities forming metropolitan London.
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Tondon
Kemm
London
Family tragedy ends in Oakland with double killings
Clyde Wilcox aged 49 shot and killed his two daughters Patricia three and Cleo ten then fatally shot his wife and killed himself at the family home in Oakland California on Saturday night according to reports.
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Oakland
Cal
Clyde Wilcox
Patricia
Cleo
Three Planes Still Missing in Pacific Ocean
The Navy and search forces cover Hawaiian waters for the missing Dole prize Might planes and the Spirit, Golden Eagle, and Miss Doran after five days without a trace. Air crews include Pilot Joan Pediar and Miss Mildred Doran aboard the Golden Eagle with five aboard. Spirit carries Captain William Erwin and navigator A H W Michwaldt. The search extended from Oakland to Honolulu as ships and planes scour the Pacific for the three missing craft.
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Navy Department
Hawaiian
Golden Eagle
Miss Doran
Gewrchers
Joan Pediar
Detroit Midh
Lieut
Vilan Re Lappe
Mildréd Doran
Flint
Mich
Pasinger
Jos
Olden Eagle
Jack Frost
San Francisco
Gordor Aibott
Dating Spirit
William P. Erwin
A. H W. Michwaldt
Dallas Spirit
Oakland
O Es Am
Mildred Doran
Mic Doran
Sue
Navy keeps search for lost Hawknn fliers through Thursday
The Navy Department says the search for the missing Hawknn fliers will continue to Thursday. The operation costs about 90 thousand dollars, on top of 20 million dollars of ships and 3,000 sailors tied up for eight days, delaying Pacific maneuvers. Admiral Eberle predicts Congress will pass a strict law banning long distance airplane stunt flights except under field conditions.
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Navy Department
Naval Atatinticlanse
Mierx
Navy
Congressional Action
Admiral Eberle
Secretary of the Navy
Congress
Bobs Change So Often Barbers Go to School
Paris report notes French hairdressers return to school as bob fashions change rapidly. The national group plans to expand apprenticeships and training beyond Paris to provincial barbers, with short postgraduate courses in the capital to stay current with new styles and techniques.
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Paris
Barbera
LOG BOOMS ARRIVE FOR JUNEAU MILLS
Two booms of spruce and iron deck logs arrived this morning for the Juneau Lumber Mills. The Chief and the Spray towed by HW Breer, delivered the shipments to the mill site, marking a step in the日 ongoing timber supply.
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Juneau
Chief
Breer
Senator Willis praises Alaska Road Commission on Alaska voyage
United States Senator Frank B. Willis of Ohio arrived in Seward en route to Seattle aboard the Yukon. He lauded Alaska’s agricultural potential and mineral wealth and praised the Alaska Road Commission for its service with federal funds. He credited bureau workers with bold trail work and road planning that could spur territorial growth and future Washington deliberations.
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Washington
Willi
Alaska
Old Royal Edict Bans Parisians From River
Paris authorities enforce a 1685 decree by Louis XIV barring open river bathing on the Seine while hundreds of bathhouses along the river remain busy. Police, unaware of the rule’s origin, cited the prohibition after a recent bathing incident involving a couple in swimwear. Laundry boats and riverfront laundries service many families.
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Paris
Seine
President Coolidge Begins Weeklong Yellowstone Visit
President Coolidge suffered a slight indisposition and stayed in bed until noon before leaving on a weeklong trip to Yellowstone Park. A long fishing trip in the sun on Saturday is thought to have caused the illness.
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Rapid City
Coolidge
Yellowstone Park
Woman Held for Shooting Husband in Wash Home
South Bend Washington August 22 Mrs James Boreano 45 is jailed pending inquiry into the shooting of her husband in the family home Saturday night. Four of the couple s six children and Mrs Boreano fired three shots into her husband after a quarrel.
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South Bend
Wash
James Boreano
Boreano Tre
Executie Clemency Sought to Save Sacco and Vanzetti
News from courts and lawmen tracing the Sacco Vanzetti case as petitions and refusals unfold. Taft Holmes Brandeis and Stone deny stays while clemency options loom. Prisoners Thorn at death row refuse church rites. patrols and protests rise nationwide.
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Taft
Holmes
Brandeis
Stone
Nicola Sacco
Bartolomed
Boston
Mass
Bartolomey Vanzetti
Calestino Madeiros
Income Tax Notices to Reach 3.6 Million Payers
In a new procedure the Internal Revenue Service will notify all 1926 return filers about whether they owe more money as soon as examinations begin. Most taxpayers will not owe additional tax and some already have notices mailed. Protests arose over implied errors but many taxpayers welcomed the clearer process.
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Washington
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