Grant dies after prison stabbing amid clemency fight
Bernard Grant, sentenced to be hanged for a 1922 murder, died from stab wounds inflicted by fellow inmate Walter Krauser at the House of Correction. Despite pleas and a governor’s reprieve, Grant refused blood transfusion and medical help, saying his life would be taken anyway. Krauser faced a retrial that week. both men were convicted of killing Policeman Ralph Souders.
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Chicago
Bernard Grant
Walter Krauser
Grant
Krauser
State Supreme Court
Small
Grants
Partry
Ralph Souders
Nooau
Graut
Gotystoians
House of Correction
Knapital
Martinsburg Nurse Dies After Ether Explosion
Washington June 22 Mrs Tals Bowers 25 a nurse of the Honico Cattle hospital died today from burns suffered in an ether explosion Her home was Martinsburg West Virginia An inquest was ordered by the district coroner as the accident was not reported to police until her condition grew serious.
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Washington
Tals Bowers
Honico Cattle Hospital
Martinsburg
West Virginia
Fire Spouts A Bullet Shower
Kingston Taylor of Williamsport was slightly hurt when burning debris in his yard spouted bullets. He fled as bullets pierced his shirt. police found him stirring the remains of the fire, with officials supposing the bullets were wrapped in paper and exploded.
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Kingston Taylor
Williamsport
Taylor
Hawbaker
Foreigners In Flight From Canton Threaten Stability
New York dispatches report foreigners fleeing Canton as a general strike begins in Shameen. Steamers to Hong Kong and Macao are crowded with missionaries and businesspeople, as the situation is described as extremely grave. National and local readers are cautioned by officials while the exodus continues.
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New York
Canton
Hong Kong
Macao
Shameen
Kidnapping Charge Filed In City Involving 2 Month Old
A warrant was sworn for Mrs. Upton Myers charging kidnapping of Myrtle Jenkins’s 2 month old daughter Geraldine. The child had been with Mr. and Mrs. Relshker on Fairground Avenue while adoption papers were being processed. Mrs. Myers allegedly took the child for a ride and failed to return it. The incident arose after she refused to hand the child back. Mercury report notes $3 per gallon today at Keedysville.
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Upton Myers
Geraldine
Myrtle Jenkins
Arthur Relshker
Fairground Avenue
Woo
Relsher
Coolidge to Press Tax Cuts in Final Address
President Coolidge plans to outline hopes for future tax reductions and government economy in a final address from the Summer White House in Swampscott Massachusetts. The speech will be broadcast by WCAP WEAF WIR WIAR WHEI WOO WSAI and Woo after Cabinet meetings. Regular business is wrapping up as the party travels by train and preparations for arrival at their home continue.
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Washington
White House
Swampacolt
Mass
Coolidge
WCAP
WEAF
WIAR
WHEI
WOO
WSAI
Accused Germ Slayer to Face Jury in Defense
Chicago June 22 The defense plans to call William D Shepherd as a witness in the trial of a man charged with killing Billy with typhoid germs. Defense counsel indicated Shepherd would testify late today or early Tuesday.
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Chicago
William D. Shepherd
Shepherd
Billy Me
William GC. Stewart
Senator Edwin Ladd Dies in Baltimore at 2 News
U S Senator Edwin Fremont Ladd of North Dakota died in Baltimore at 10 20 am after two weeks of kidney trouble linked to neuritis. Mrs Ladd and children Milton and Virginia were at his bedside as the end approached following a rapid decline despite earlier hope.
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Baltimore
Edwin Fremont Ladd
North Dakota
Ladd
Senator Ladd
Church
Four-Pound Bass Lead Williamsport Catch Record
Charles Murray and Bernice Spigler reported a notable bass haul on the Potomac below Williamsport with 16 fish landed, two weighing four pounds each. Other anglers also claimed smaller catches as dry weather improves fishing. A separate incident saw Clinton Rhodes’ son sustain a broken leg at Conomac Park that was reduced by Dr. Wardgon.
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Willamsport
Charles Murray
Bernice Spigler
Potomac River
Potomac
Clinton Rhodes
Wil Yamsport
Lee
Conomac Park
Rie Wardgon
Youth jailed in Williamsport assualt case investigation
Sheriff Duffey announced a warrant for a youth named Guy Rotz of Williamsport charged with criminal assault on Aurelia Pool a 16 year old girl. Rotz allegedly enticed her at a park and fled into Pennsylvania before authorities sought the warrant.
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Duffey
Guy Ratz
Williamsport
Aurelia Pool
Rotz
Pennsylvania
Sheri Duffey
Rolz
Itzy
Consolidation Sought for Two City Banks
Authorities report a plan to merge two Hagerstown banks. A federal agency is purchasing stock of the smaller bank and intends to combine it with the larger, potentially creating a banking house comparable to Cumberland's Liberty Trust Co, which already consolidates three banks there.
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Hagerstown
Cumderland
Liberty Trust Co
Forest Fire Still Burns Near Warren Pa June 23
Forest fire described by Federal Forestry officers as the most destructive in years roared across Elk County, burning over 1.5 miles of woodland in Bear Creek district and threatening adjacent timberlands. Pennsylvania Lumber Co operations cited as center of activity with several timber camps destroyed and logs damaged. Also reports a baseball injury in Williamsport and a divorce filing between Virginia Farduths and Peter Farduths.
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Warren
Federal Forestry Office
Bear Creek
Elk County
Pennsylvania Lumber Co
Aid Aad
Com Bay
Our Weather Governed by Sun's Changes
In a discussion on weather origins, Leslie C. Beard argues that solar heat largely drives climate changes while debunking moon and planet influence. He notes the sun's warmth vastly exceeds reflected light from the moon and other celestial bodies, dismissing superstition about astral effects.
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Leslie C. Beard
AL HL Palmer
United States
Earth
Four Held in $1000 Each in Liquor Cases
Prohibition officers arrest four sleep at a Bear Pond Hollow still near Indian Springs and detain them on charges of Manufacture and Possession of intoxicating liquor. They post $1,000 bonds and await hearing in Baltimore Federal Court before U S Commissioner Alex R Wagner. Matthew Tracey near Smithsburg posted $1,000 bond. Raids yielded mash and whiskey in multiple kegs. Residents of Richmond, Virginia, and other details appear in the morning raid.
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Lynn Leistra
John West
Ljoyrd Willias
Baltimore
U. S
Alex. R. Wagner
Matthew Tracey
Smithsburg
Bear Pond Hollow
Indian Springs
Vor
Beall
Glen
Chipman
W. M. Railroad
Raiton
Randezvous
Williams
Haguer
Leistia
Richauand
Paris Dispatch Reports Loyalists Die Rather Than Surrender
Second Lieutenant Lapeyre and six Senegalese soldiers were the sole survivors of their garrison on the Franco Morroccan front on June 14. After eight days of defense against Abd El Krim’s forces, his cannons were silenced and no rescue party came. He signaled by heliograph and detonated the blockhouse powder magazine to avoid capture.
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Paris
Fez
Morocco
Lapeyre
Garrid
Abd- El-Krim
Heliograph
Woman Burned by Paraffin Fire at Home
An 88 year old woman, Mrs Edward Smith, was severely burned while trying to extinguish a paraffin fire in her kitchen on Winter Street this morning. Her dress ignited after she rushed from the yard into the house. bystanders and a Brethren Church worker aided, Dr Warren Miller treated burns, and fire companies responded.
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Winter Street
Edward Smith
Warren Miller
Smith
Entorprise
Antietam
Ruth Heading to Florida for Winter
A New York story says Ruth plans to migrate to St. Petersburg, Florida for the winter, abandoning life in Sudbury Mass. The Sudbury farm has been put up for sale as part of the change.
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New York
Babeith
Florida
Sudbury
Mass
St. Petersburg
Lead Poisoning in New Jersey Lead Plant Kills and Sicks Workers
Deaths from lead poisoning in a New Jersey plant are linked to delirium and butterfly visions. Eight killed in 18 months and 100 others seriously ill as investigations tie exposure to radium paint and a compound used in gasoline. Authorities probe five related deaths at Call States Rails out Corp orange and other firms as a federal inquiry expands.
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New York
New Jersey
Addiion
Railsout Corporation
Orage
Bok Davont de Neo Moura Company
Tha Man
J Federal
Daywalt Freed After Hearing on Arson Charge
John Daywalt was freed at a morning hearing on a charge of arson tied to a fire at 91 Carbei Street Saturday, June 3. Testimony from Talay Beck and Abie Clee said Daywalt often visited the home and frequent arguments occurred. The house damage was not large and Elias B. Hurtle represented Daywalt.
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John Daywalt
Jin the
OL Vo Middlekautt
Thomas Tice
Carbei Street
Satuday
Talay Beck
Abie Clee
Daywall
Elias B.hurtle
Daywalt
Meat industry of country scored for unsanitariness
Washington report from the Department of Agriculture criticizes sanitary lapses in meat processing and exposes misleading ads. It cites New Orleans Birmingham Oklahoma City Baltimore Washington Chicago and Detroit as examples of weak enforcement and industry deception targeting consumers.
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Washington
Department of Agriculture Today Bn
New Orleans
Birmingham
Oklahoma City
Baltimore
Chicago
Detroit
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Edward Tally
Poliee
J. Scott Bower
Mercury
Keedysvilla
U.S
Pennsy
Iwajanin Garrish
Williamsport Piviles
Aue
Virginia Fardutis
Peter Farduths
I. C. Beard
Quartet
Travey
Ofivers
Winter St
Ruth
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