Scopes Trial Preparations Spur Legal Conference Plans
Lawyers for both sides announced conferences for the looming Scopes trial to be held Thursday in Dayton. Prosecution and defense teams, including Walter White and others, prepared for expected crowds as John T. Scopes declined to comment amid rumors of testimony.
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Tion
Dayton Oe
Anmt
Austin H
Wtorneys J. G
M. Kenzie
Sue K
H. B. Hicks
W. C. Hay
Walter White
Atlanta
William J. Bryan
Notable Artist Faces Shifting Plans Over Free Speech
He had received offers around 150000 for moving picture and syndicate work, while his summer plan to sell automobiles was derailed by his sudden plunge into the fight for freedom of thought and speech.
Train of gasoline is burning near Cheyenne
A Chicago, Burlington & Quin cy Railroad freight train of 28 cars loaded with gasoline and oil caught fire north of Glenda. Ten cars are burning with several explosions reported. The fire has disabled communications between Cheyenne and Gasper. No fatalities reported.
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Cheyenne
Wyo
Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad
Glenda
Gasper
Reward for Flyers Over Afghanistan
London reports a reward policy for British aviators in Afghanistan. A letter carried by each flyer promises rescuers 10 000 rupees or about 3500 dollars if the pilot returns unharmed to British lines.
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London
Afghanistan
Brazil Natives Train Parrots by Feather Clipping
Native Brazilians capture parrots when young and clip one wing feather to ease catching them as adults. The practice uses restrained mobility to allow easier capture in the wild.
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Rio DE Janeiro
Brazil
Gertrude Vaile Elected President of National Conference of Social Work
Miss Gertrude Vaile of Denver was elected president of the National Conference of Social Work in Denver. Porter R. Lee of New York was named first vice president. Frederick Starr, University of Chicago emeritus, said the U S is shifting to commercial growth and populated cities, and urged immigration policy to favor workers suited to factory labor.
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Denver
Colo
Gertrude Vaile
National Conference of Social Work
Porter R. Lee
New York
United States
Frederick Starr
University of Chicago
Starr
America
Honduran Town Reported Captured Reclaimed by Troops
Honduran immigrants in Managua say rebels captured Santa Rosa de Cepan but were driven out by General Tosca with 800 soldiers. They claim forced loans are being levied on Tegucigalpa merchants to pay Honduran troops.
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Managua
Nicaragua
Honduras
Santa Rosa de Cepan
Tosca
Tegucigalpa
Injunction Issued To Stop Love Affair In Atlanta
In Atlanta on June 16 Harry W. Duncan was ordered to stop contacting Mrs Jessie Thompkins by any means and to refrain from gifts or presents. The suit filed by Thomas Thompkins claims Duncan’s frequent flowers candy theater tickets and courtship endangered his marriage. A temporary restraining order also bars Duncan from sending messages to Mrs Thompkins or presenting gifts.
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Atlanta
Harry W. Duncan
Jessie Thomkins
Duncan
Power merger expanded service to Arkansas Mississippi and Louisiana
H C Couch president of Southern Power and Light Company announced a merger with Electric Power and Light Corporation after board approval. The new group serves more than 350000 communities across nine states with property valued over 250 million dollars. Official personnel and policies will not change.
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Pine Bluff
Ark
A.P
Arkansas
Mississippi
Louisiana
H. C. Couch
Theuthern Power and Light Company
Electric Power and Light Corporation
Couch
Racing Star Not To Compete In Belgium
Peter de Paolo, winner of Saturday’s race in Altoona and Memorial Day’sIndy 500, will not enter the Grand Prix at Vernair Belgium to defend the American championship. A driver must compete in all sanctioned races in the U.S. to win the title, and he would miss the Laurel meet on July 11 if he went to Belgium. De Paolo holds 2,000 points, securing the championship.
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Altoona
Peter de Paolo
Vernair
Belgium
de Paolo
Laurel
McMillan Flight To Start Tomorrow
Captain Donald MacMillan, preparing for his ninth Arctic expedition, will depart tomorrow from Charlestown navy yard in one of three amphibian planes. The Boston City Club hosts a farewell luncheon as he heads to Wiscasset before the northward start on Saturday.
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Boston
Donald MacMillan
Arctic
Boston City Club
Charlestown Navy Yard
Wiscasset
Mrs Mortimer Seeks Final Divorce Decree
Philadelphia June 16. Mrs Katherine Mortimer seeks the final divorce from Elias Mortimer. She charges cruel and barbarous treatment. Mortimer does not contest. The couple married in 1920, separated three months later, and Katherine is the daughter of the late Dr George B Tullidge of Philadelphia.
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Philadelphia
A.P
Katherine Tortimer
Elias H. Mortimer
Charles R. Forbes
United States Veterans’ Bureau
Mortimer
George B. Tullidge
French Cabinet Backs Painleve Plan for Morocco War End
Paris June 16 The French cabinet approved Premier Painleve's plan for a rapid end to the Rif war in Morocco. French warships were stationed off the coast while Painleve left Morocco after touring the front. A Genoa archive discovery estimated 13 000 lira about 2400 dollars.
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Paris
Premier Painleve
Morocco
M. Painleve
Genoa
Tate
Riffians Attack Spanish Sectors Near Tetuan
Riffians in Morocco shift from French targets to strike Primo de Rivera's block houses near Tetuan as of June 16 reports United Press.
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Tangier
United Press
Morocco
Primo de Rivera
Tetuan
Trio Must Face Murder Charges in Tennessee Collision
W B Croley Frank Crutciey of Johnson City and W B Cobble of Knoxville Tenn will go on trial in Carter county circuit court at Elizabethton on a murder charge tied to a highway crash that killed Nat Range and the McKinney brothers and injured Natney on the Elizabethton Johnson City route last April.
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Johnson City
Tenn
United Press
W. B. Croley
Frank Crutciey
W. B. Cobble
Knoxville
Carter County
Elizabethton
Nat ‘Range
McKinney
Ham Aebacieney
Natney
McKinney Brothers
Adams Drug Firm Acquired by A. and W. Adams
Le-high Wood and E. Roy Albright announce the acquisition of stock and fixtures of the Sie Drug Company on Western Geconan streets by the A. and W. Adams firm. The deal secures a new western city store for the grocers of Wood, Mo. Also contains an advertisement for Grove's Tasteless Chill Tonic claiming tonic benefits.
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I Sie Drug Company
Geconan
Aise We
Mgr En En
Wood
Adams
W. Wood
E. Roy Albright
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Albright & Wood Drug Stores
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Good Drugworp Drug Corp
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G and Department Stores
Ethel
Adams Drug Co
Dauphin and
Ann Streets
Racing Star
M’millan
Painleve
By Ran En En
GROVE
New Orleans Import Co., Ltd
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