Cinderella Adoption Angers Queens DA Over Age Claim
In New York a district attorney investigates the adoption of Mary Louise Spas by real estate operator Edward W. Browning amid claims she is 21, which would void the agreement. Mary and her foster family consider her return, while Browning seeks verification of age and possible legal steps. Dor othy Browning also figures in ongoing appeals by Dorothy St. John for return of the girl, who is said to be 24% years old in a separate case.
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Mary Louise Boas
Edward. W. Browning
Newcombe
Queens County
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Mary Spas
Iam
Francia C Dale
Browning
Ellis Island
Spas
Bohemia
Prague
Nutween
Louise Spas
Crystal Lake
Vermont
Dorothy
Crooks Robbed Two Families In Tampa Case
Police in Tampa report two Portuguese families from Taunton Massachusetts were held for twelve days by confidence men. They say more than 2000 dollars was stolen and one 700 dollar money order seized after being forced to write to relatives. The victims include Mrs Germano Becera Mr Alfredo Santos and Mary Tony and Edward Santos. An interpreter assisted and a dawn raid found suspects in a Latin quarter house.
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Fla
Portugal
Ten
Mass
Massachusetts
Germano Becera
Alfredo Santos
Mary
Tony
Edward Santos
Taunton
Angle
Dring
Renee Aie
Airaal
Scott Taken To The Asylum For Criminal Insane Sentence
Scott was taken to the Chester state hospital for the criminal insane to begin serving a sentence that spared him from the gallows after a jury found him insane. In a separate item, Rock Springs sheep raisers sold seventy thousand lambs valued at about 600000 dollars in recent days.
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Recey
Rus
Sell Scott
Ches +ter
Rock Springs
Wyo
Hoover Reports Good Economic Conditions and Labor Views
President Coolidge favors industry solving its own labor issues and expects no federal wage interference. Secretary Hoover, after discussing anthracite with Coolidge, cites strong U S economic condition and rising living standards while noting textile and anthracite strains. He highlights western waterway development interest and the need for interstate river project consensus before federal action. Moran and Jervis review details as Hoover plans to join Coolidge on the Mayflower cruise.
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Mass
Aug
Coolidge
Hoover
Washington
United States
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Middlewest
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San Francisco
William F. Moran
Secret Service
White Court
Richard Jervis
Mooran
President Coolidge
Tor
Boston Navy Yard
Vandals topple graves in Kasota cemetery shock town
Kasota Minnesota August 8 ap reports twenty eight monuments in the Kasota cemetery were pushed down last night or early today. One or more stones broken several thousand dollars in losses. A Bertillon expert from Minneapolis police was dispatched to take fingerprints from the stones to identify the culprits. Many monuments were toppled and uprooted from their sockets, some up to five feet high, with hours likely spent by the vandals.
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Kasota
Minn
Fred McIntyre
Minneapolis
Aix
Double Deck Planes to Link London and New York
British aircraft designer Joseph N Navarro announced a trans Atlantic service using double decker planes for 150 passengers with 35 hour flights between London and New York. Fares estimated at 55 pounds per passenger. nine 450 horsepower engines and 185 foot wing span. Navarro said plans were shown to President Coolidge and U S Navy authorities pledged aid.
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London
New York
Joseph N.varro
J. Navarro
Coolidge
Pumed States Navy
Veiled threat in the prayers at Henryetta mining field
Sixty two national guardsmen and Okmulgee deputy sheriffs kept watch in Henryetta as a habeas corpus hearing proceeded for Ed Jordan and Henry Baker, two miners accused of disturbing the peace during a prayer gathering at White Head mine No 2. Officials say the daily prayers by miners and wives, with hymns, imply a veiled threat to public peace and prompted the sheriff to ban outdoor prayer meetings in the fields.
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Henryetta
Okla
National
Jordan
Baker
John Russell
Trapp
Okmuskee
Ford starts air service for freight network
Ford plans to buy Stout Metal Airplane to build a fleet for delivering Ford Motor Company freight nationwide. Henry Ford envisions regular air deliveries linking major cities such as New York Buffalo Minneapolis Chicago Cleveland St Louis and others. He likens aviation to the motor car and says public need now differs from thirty years ago though he offers no prediction on airplanes replacing current transport.
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Detroit
Mich
Ford Motor Company
United States
Ford
Stout Metal Airplane Company
Henry Ford
New York
Buffalo
Minneapolis
Chicago
Cleveland
St. Louis
Central Pacific Rail Bond Issuance Approved
The Interstate Commerce Commission authorized the Central Pacific to issue and sell 40 million dollars in five year five percent gold bonds. The Southern Pacific, controlling Central Pacific, may form part of the issue to fund new construction costs undertaken or completed by the Central Pacific.
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Central Pacific Railway
Interstate Commerce Commission
Southern Pacific Company
Central Pacific
Contra] Pacific
Local Businessman Joseph Cole Dies in Indianapolis
Joseph J. Cole dent and general officer of the Gala Motor Company died in Indianapolis last night. He was born in Connersville, Indiana, in 1869.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Joseph J. Cole
Dent
Gala Motor Company
Connersville
First Snowfall in Wind River Mountains Reaches Temple Peak
Temple Peak in the southern Wind River mountains near Pinedale reports its first snowfall of the season this week. The event marks an early winter milestone for Rock Springs region observers and weather records.
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Rock Springs
Wyo
Temple Peak
Wind River Mountains
Pinedale
Young Slayer Claims Alibi of Half Asleep
Warren Vandervoort, 17, is held in Allison, Iowa, on a first degree murder charge for the killing of his minister father BR. Vandervoort and wounding his mother. In a written confession he admits planning with his father, hiding rifle parts, and firing on both parents after entering the bedroom late Thursday night.
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Parkersburg
Parkersbury
Vandervoort
Warren
Reinbeck
Mother Will Recover
Mrs. in Parkersburg Iowa remains hopeful as doctors report improving condition after illness. Continued updates expected on page fight.
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Parkersburg
Banks face bankruptcy risk over Stinnes liquidation plan
The Rheinisch Westfalen Zeitung of Essen says the Stinnes group may seek bankruptcy or court supervision unless methods of the allied banks led by the Reichsbank adjust their approach to the liquidation program begun in June. The piece notes the banks backed the liquidation effort and warns of potential collapse if changes are not made.
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Rheinisch Westfachsche Zeitung
Essen
Stinnes
Thereichsbank
Hugo Stinnes
Today s Games American and National League Scores
Scores from New York Boston Philadelphia Pittsburgh St Louis and Chicago games list runs hits and errors. Complete details of today s games will appear in Sunday s issue.
Miss Ryan Withdraws From NYS Tennis Semifinal
Elizabeth Ryan of California, who defeated Helen Wills in Seabright finals last week, defaulted in the New York State women's championships semifinal at West Chester Biltmore club due to illness. Mrs. Molla B. Mallory advances. Wills is not in this match.
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Rye
N. Y
Elizabeth Ryan
California
Helen Wills
Seabright
N. J
Molla B. Mallory
New York
Klan Parade Draws Throng As Washington Braces
In Washington Aug. AP reports a mass Ku Klux Klan parade with an estimated fifty thousand expected from the Capitol to the White House. Pennsylvania Avenue was cleared ahead of a three PM start as robed marchers, led by leaders, gathered amid police precautions and planned fiery cross burning at night.
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Washington
National Capital
Pennsylvania Avenue
Grant
Sylvian
Washington Monument
Poe
Thomas L. Avaunt
Thea
Five Hall Family Burned in Central Valley Fire
Five members of the Hall family were killed when their farm home burned near Central Valley New York soon after 6 AM. Harry Hall and his son Russell, 20, escaped. The victims were Clara Hall, 39, Harold 17, Gledys 19, Viola 2, Evelyn months old. The cause was undetermined.
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Central Valley
N. Y
Harry Hall
Russell
Clara Hall
Harold Hall
Gledys Hall
Viola Hall
Evelyn Hall
Montha
Hall Farm
Undertaker Identifies Charred Body in California Murder Case
In Martinez California the charred body found at Pacific Cellulose plant is identified as G W Barbe a wandering laborer and missionary rather than Charles Henry Schwartz the chemist sought for murder The identification was aided by Cecil Barker an undertaker from Placerville who referenced Barbes letters and clothing pieces and tied the evidence to the victim authorities say the missing chemist is still sought on a murder warrant
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San Francisco
Schwartz
Cecil Barker
Placerville
Barbe
Barker
John Barbe
Jimore
Bar
Heinrich
Berkeley
Welters Dave Shade and Frankie Schoell Set to Box Tonight
In San Francisco on August 8 AP report says welterweights Dave Shade of Concord and Frankie Schoell of Buffalo meet for a ten round decision bout at the ballpark. Shade contends for Mickey Walker's world title. Card starts 8 45 with a ten round semi windup Paluso of Salt Lake vs Frankie Farrén of San Francisco.
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San Francisco
Dave Shade
Concord
Calif
Frankie Schoell
Buffalo
Shade
Mickey Walker
Paluso
Salt Lake
Frankie Farrén
Lynching Not to Be Probed in Excelsior Springs
Officials in Clay county voted that no inquiry would be made into the lynching of Walter Mitchell, a 43 year old Negro taken from jail and hanged. Coroner Hill signed the death certificate citing strangulation as the cause, and county prosecutors said justice was done though they would have preferred legal process. Witnesses recalled Mitchell’s admission, saying the mob swung him to a tree as the girl’s assailant story unfolded.
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Excelsior Springs
Clay County
Walter Mitchell
Leonard Utt
Utt
Mitchell
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