Water Guard Placed At Dayton Water Source During Scopes Trial
Dayton Tennessee on June 27 plans to post guards at the town spring source as theScopes trial unfolds. Health officials will inspect vendors and ensure water safety while the case draws national attention. Local leaders discuss resolutions from Memphis criticizing trial publicity and defend scientific inquiry amid tensions.
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Dayton
Tenn
John T. Scopes
Tennessee
James 8. Frazier
Public Works
Memphis
Tennessee Bar Association
Scopes
Dudley Field Malone
Chattanooga
New York
South
Malone
Henry Higgins Lane
University of Kansas
Lane
Deaths and Funerals: Sprague Rosson Eas ton cases
Ezra Sprague 63 longtime Marine Junk Company president died at home after collapse. Funeral pending with time to be announced. survived by wife, daughter Mary Collins Sprague, and brother C S Sprague. He belonged to Masons, Scottish Rite, and Shriners. Freddie Rosson 26 ex service man funeral held at Government Street Presbyterian Church. Buried in National Cemetery. William Cooper Easton ashes interred at Magnolia Cemetery in Mobile.
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Ezra Sprague
Marine Junk Company
Theatre Street
Bis City
Mr. Sprague
Florence
Ohio
Mary Collins Sprague
C. S. Sprague
Mobile
The
Sprague
Gibson Blue Lodge of Masons
Wakeman, O
Scottish Rite of
Freddie Rosson
Cedar Point Road
H. V. Lofquist
Government Street Presbyterian Church
National Cemetery
Rosson
Silverine Roson
Henry Andary
William Cooper Easton
William Cooper -Easton
East Orange
New Jersey
Magnolia Cemetery
Roche Undertaking Company
J. McAlpin
Death notices for Robert E. Diamond and Mrs Marnie Seawell
Robert E. Diamond aged 55 died last night at a local infirmary and leaves a brother William Diamond and sister Mrs Jennie Christian. Funeral at Roche mortuary this afternoon at 2 with Magnolia cemetery interment. Mrs Marnie Whitaker Seawell widow of Joseph H. Seawell funeral Sunday at 3 from Alexander J Wildman's home and Trinity Episcopal church at 3 30 with Magnolia cemetery burial.
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Robert E. Diamond
Mobile
William Diamond
Jennie Christian
New Orleans
Roche Mortuary
Magnolia Cemetery
Marnie W. Seawell
Marnie Whitaker Seawell
Joseph H. Seawell
Alexander J. Wildman
Trinity Episcopal Church
Chinese Expulsions Ordered by Paris After Raid
Paris authorities ordered another batch of Chinese nationals expelled from France following Sunday raid activity. The move adds to mass expulsions amid ongoing tensions and law enforcement actions.
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Paris
A.P
France
Coolidge plans a stroll through his old haunts
Swampscott Mass June 27 A P President Coolidge outlines a day trip by motor from White Court toward Boston and Cambridge to revisit places from his governorship. He will speak July 3 in Cambridge at George Washington command anniversary ceremonies and may cruise on the Mayflower. He opposes foreign tariff cuts to aid Germany and pay debts and may skip the Poland Spring governor's conference. Friends in Swampscott pledge 125000 to buy White Court for him, he replies might not like it.
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Swainscott
Mass
A.P
Boston
Coolidge
White Court
Cambridge
George Washington
United States
Germany
Poland Spring
Maine
Plymouth
New York
Swampscott
New York Times
Deaths Listed in Vital Statistics Section Names Numerous Individuals
The public records section enumerates many deceased individuals by name, including both colored and white entries, with scattered initials and partial names. Notable clusters show varied origins and ages, indicating a broad community-wide roll call published in the obituary-like listing.
Army flier makes progress to West
Elko Nev June 27 United States army aviator Sweeley pursuing a round trip between San Francisco and Salt Lake City reached Elko at 8 18 Pacific time from Reno and left at 8 23 for the east. He is slated to reach Salt Lake about noon and begin the return trip shortly after.
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Elko, Nev
Sweeley
San Francisco
Salt Lake City
Reno
Nev
Pacific
Salt Lake
Arrrest on Saukee as Coast Guard halts liquor vessel load
The Saukee halted unloading near Mobile after a coast guard cutter intervened while 3100 cases of liquor and 2500 cases of alcohol were aboard the Havana bound schooner. Seven small boats attempted escape as gunfire flashed. The crew was jailed and a small brown marked mascot dog remained aboard.
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Havana
Truxillo
Honduras
Mobile
Emergency crews rush ships as refugees sail to Hong Kong
Canadian Pacific lines rushes a hundred Russian refugees to Hong Kong to serve as emergency crew on the Empress of Asia to break a shipping tie up. Empress of Canada sails for Hong Kong and British cargo loaded. strike mood keeps shops open but business at standstill amid panicky call. The American chamber in Hankow protests Senator Borah’s China stance as aiding disruptive elements.
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Shanghai
International News Service
Canadian Pacific Line
Hong Kong
Empress of Asia
Empress of Canada
Hankow
American Chamber of Commerce
Borah
China
New Rebel Offensive Dominant Move in Taza Region
Abd-el-Krim's force of 5 000 to 6 000, with some Riffian detachments, pressed across the Taza area from Tuesday to Thursday. French machine gunners and aviators aided the defense, and tribes friendly to France helped repulse the attack, returning to base after heavy counterattacks.
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Fez
Morocco
Abd-el-Krim
Taza
Coolidge Opposes Tariff Cuts Aiding German Reparations
President Coolidge declares against foreign proposals to cut tariff duties and curb production to help Germany meet reparations. He notes U.S. import gains since the war, argues Americans will not bear extra burdens, and favors plans that do not shift costs onto the United States.
France Moves Toward Gold Standard With Fiscal Bill Passed
Paris June 27 The chamber of deputies voted Caillaux’s fiscal bill 330 to 34 after an all night session sending the measure to the senate. Only 364 deputies voted with 200 abstentions mainly from the socialist party amid a split in the left coalition. Article two lifting paper circulation and article three authorizing a gold basis loan passed by solid margins.
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Paris
Chamber of Deputies
France
Caillaux
Senate
Socialist Party
Deportation Bid for American Writer Fails in London
Police failed to deport Miss Edna Beasley an American newspaper woman from Texas held on charges of writing an indecent book on American life. Her attorney argued the work portrays life and is not obscene. Beasley was fined 265 dollars for failing to register as an alien.
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London
Edna Beasley
Texas
Beasley
Mrs. Jones Awaits Trip to Big Prison
Mary Jones sits in Jefferson Market Prison awaiting transfer to Auburn to begin a 25 year sentence for kidnapping 3 year old Raymond von Maluski. She refuses to explain what happened to the child, giving only negative responses. She remains the sole person who may know the child’s fate.
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New York
International News Service
Mary Jones
Jefferson Market Prison
Auburn Penitentiary
Raymond von Maluski
Senators Swap With St Louis For Catcher Severeid
After a telephone talk with Commissioner Landis, Clark Griffith announced official approval of a deal sending Mogridge and Red Hargraves of the Senators to St. Louis in exchange for Browns catcher Severeid. The trade was delayed past June 15 due to scheduling and communication issues.
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Philadelphia
Landis
Clark Griffith
Mogridge
Red Hargraves
Senators
St. Louis
Catcher Severeid
Browns
Thirty Missing in Gale Off England Yacht Race
A hurricane force gale off Riga during yacht races left thirty men missing and fourteen yachts lost with one craft totally wrecked. The event was reported by Central News via International News Service from London.
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England
London
International News Service
Riga
Passengers injured in Paris train accident
Paris June 27 Forty passengers were seriously injured when a train entering the Lyon station crashed into a bumper. No Americans were among the injured.
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Paris
Lyon
Disabled Eagle boat towed toward Norfolk
The disabled U S navy Eagle boat number 9 with a crew of nine officers and 50 or 60 men is being towed into Norfolk by the coast guard cutter Carrabassett after four days of heavy seas. Engines failed about two hundred miles off the Virginia capes causing the vessel to drift. Two Norfolk tugs could not locate it. the cutter found and tows at three and a half knots. Arrival expected late tomorrow.
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Washington
U. S. Navy
Norfolk
Coast Guard
Carrabassett
Naval Headquarters
Virginia Capes
Four Alabama men Held in Florida Kidnapping Case
Four men using aliases from Troy Alabama are detained in Quincy Florida at Sheriff Gregory's request. They allegedly abducted Dewey McCollough near Marianna after forcing him into a car at his father's home for gasoline and cigarettes. One suspect is said to be the brother of McCollough’s estranged wife.
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Quincy, Fla
J. I. Gillis
J. D. Brown
Aubrey Enzor
Gerbis Barden
Troy
Ala
Sherif Gregory
Jackson County
Mariana
Dewey McCollough
McCollough
McCullough
Ray of Hope Seen for Entombed Men
Wallace Idaho June 27 Some hope for the rescue alive of four men trapped in the Ajax mine cave in near Burke was seen today as rescue teams augmented efforts. Equipment used by the four was found in last night’s excavations and the absence of bodies plus other favorable signs prompted foreman Arthur Anderson to express high hopes of reaching the men today.
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Wallace
Idaho
Ajax
Burke
Arthur Anderson
Armed Prisoners Escape From Governor's Island
Three military prisoners armed with rifles escaped from Governor's Island in New York Harbor. Police headquarters were notified today.
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New York
A.P
Governor's Island
Prohibition seizure links New Orleans car to St Louis rum ring
In New Orleans authorities seized a refrigerator car in St Louis containing whiskey gin and wine shipped from New Orleans by B L Flanigan now in Parish custody Bond set at 25000 Officials term the case part of a larger rum syndicate investigation J B Mathews and St Louis agents helped with the seizure Flanigan alleged to represent English and Scotch distillers in the trade Tennessee anti evolution act sparks constitutional critique in Memphis by Robert S Keebler highlighting religious and scientific tensions.
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New Orleans
International News Service
St. Louis
B. L. Flanigan
Parish
O. D. Jackson
Prohibition
Flanigan
William A. Pahl & Company
Jackson
Lane
Memphis
Tenn
Tennessee
Van
Robert 8. Keebler
Keebler
Institution of
the of Tennessee
Tennesse
United States
Chapman payment is held lawful in murder case
In New Haven June 27 a U S district judge in Hartford ruled that a payment of 4560 by Gerald Chapman to his New York counsel Frederick J Groehl was a valid assignment and not proceeds of a mall robbery. The charge related to the killing of Policeman James Skelly of New Britain.
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New Haven
Conn
Frederick J. Groehl
New York
Gerald Chapman
Chapman
Edwins. Thomas
United States District Court
James Skelly
New Britain
Groehl
New York Mall
Thomas
Hartford
MacMillan Vessels Push North From Bowdoin Voyage
Commander Donald B. MacMillan’s American Arctic expedition continues northward aboard the Bowdoin after refueling at MacMillan’s base. The schooner Bowdoin, with supplies, resumes the voyage from Battle Harbor, Labrador, following a first lap from Wiscasset, Maine.
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Sydney
Donald B. Macmillan
Bowdoin
Fue
Wiscasset
Maine
Battle Harbor
Labrador
Censorship Declared in Hong Kong Forbids Code Messages
London reports United Press says cable firms announce official censorship in Hong Kong and prohibit code messages. Earlier hints of a Hong Kong censorship reached this country days ago as officials assess the impact of the move.
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London
United Press
Hong Kong
Failure Predicted in Senate Reforms
Memphis Tennessee June 27 A P reports Vice President Dawes reform efforts to shorten debate in the Senate are collapsing. Senator Kenneth D McKellar at a banquet condemns Day changes and says only a few still support cloture. he cites historical attempts by Henry Clay and W Underwood as failed precedents.
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Memphis
Tenn
A.P
Vice- Dawes
Senate
Kenneth D. McKellar
Tennessee Bar Association
Dawes
Tennessee
W. Underwood
Alabam
McKellar
Day
Peaney
Man Freed From Locked Box Car After Three Days
Alton switch yards officer Nelson of the C and A rail road released a man trapped in a box car for three days. Hogan, a Pennsylvania mechanic, was locked inside when the car was sealed. He crawled to a feeble cry and was nourished before recounting his ordeal.
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Joliet
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