Evolution Bill for Virginia Signals White Suppression
A Richmond committee named the patriotic welfare committee forms to oppose any future Virginia assembly bill banning the teaching of evolution conflicting with the Bible. The group, meeting August 29, includes Ku Klux Klan affiliates and several allied organizations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond
Virginianeval Assembly
Patriotic Welfare Committee
Ku Klux Klan
Junior Order of United American Mechanics
Sons and Daughters of Liberty
Patriotic Bons of America
Washouts halt Union Pacific freight and passenger service
Washouts on the Union Pacific main line between Rawlins and Rock Springs Wyoming paralyze freight traffic and delay all passenger trains. No freight trains are moving and passenger service is lagging four to nine hours.
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Laramie
Wyo
Union Pacific Railroad
Rawlins
Rock Springs
Miss Vanderbilt to wed next winter in New York
Consuelo Vanderbilt daughter of Mrs. William K. Vanderbilt II will marry Earle T. Smith in New York next winter, official announcement says made at Beach Mound Vanderbilt summer residence where she is convalescing from an appendicitis operation.
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Newport
R. IL
Consuelo Vanderbilt
William K. Vanderbilt
New York
Earle T. Smith
Beach Mound
Supreme Court May Rule In Navy Pay Disputes
The case centers on government overpayments to navy officers and delays in their pay. Comptroller General McCarl lost initial rulings, prompting involvement from government departments as the dispute advances through the courts.
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Washington
Supreme Court of the United States
McCarl
Memorial idea for Bryan sparks confusion over approval
Miss Dionessa Bryan Evans of Minnesota says she initiated a Bryan memorial at Clewiston Florida and has not heard from Mrs Bryan nor received her approval. Evans says she hopes schoolchildren fund the project and will form a New York committee to handle funds and duties. She pleads not to appear seeking personal notoriety and seeks family approval.
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New York
Dionessa Bryan Evans
Minnesota
Wm. Jennings Bryan
Clewiston
Fla
Bryan
Miss Evans
Underprivileged Children Drive Crime Warns Speaker
Rodney H. Brandon of Mooseheart Illinois told the National Fraternal Congress in Duluth that eighty percent of criminals come from underprivileged backgrounds and that a small share of American children are deprived. He urged shelters clothing organized play and parental inspiration to provide education worship and nourishment to prevent future crime and higher taxes to fund institutions.
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Duluth
Minn
Rodney H. Brandon
Mooseheart
National Fraternal Congress
Brandon
America
No Argument on Belgian War Debt Settlement
Washington reports that the Americans for the settlement of the Belgian war debt had their counter proposal rejected by the Belgian commission. Negotiations resume to find an intermediate ground as differences focus on Belgium's current capacity and a moratorium barrier has been passed.
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Washington
Belgium
United States
Record Price For Prime Fed Steers Set In Kansas City
A five year high price for prime fed steers was set on the Kansas City market today. One load of Angus cattle weighed 31,054 pounds and sold at a high price per hundred pounds, marking the highest level here since October 1920.
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Kansas City
Fed
Former lieutenant of police held on robbery charge
Chicago Aug. 12 AP federal officials disclosed a springtime scheme involving mail express and box car robberies. Jack Shapiro, former sanitary district police lieutenant, is indicted in Indiana while four alleged confederates in federal cases were sentenced to seven years. Shapiro's case led to demands for high bail as seven others were arraigned on express robbery charges tied to a March 28 heist aboard a New York Central train between Chicago and La Porte Indiana.
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Chicago
Federal
Jack Shapiro
Sanitary District Police
Shapiro
Indiana
U. S
Paris Cabinet Backs Compulsory Arbitration Plan
The cabinet approved the principle of compulsory arbitration in labor disputes, largely due to the bank employees strike. A government bill to enact the plan will be introduced next parliament to provide representation of organized labor on arbitration boards.
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Paris
Tragic Poison Death Of Oakland Boy Glen Woodside
In Oakland California on August 12 a 15 year old student Glen Woodside died after ingesting poison. Earlier the boy’s mother scolded him for not finishing a chores task, and he vanished for an hour before being found dying in the family bathroom.
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Oakland
Calif
Glen Woodside
Browning Produces Letters Denying Improper Acts
Edward W. Browning released photostatic copies of two unsigned letters from Mary Louis Spas after her claimed suicide attempt and Browning’s adoption was annulled. The notes defend him as honorable and plead against public slander, stating she cared for education in music, not wealth.
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New York
Edward W. Browning
Mary Louis Spas
Cinderella
Browning
Signa
Ture
Death Claims Family in Detroit Auto Tragedy
Peter Hallick and his seven year old daughter Florence died in a crash that followed a window injury to Hallick while he sent three children to the store for supplies. Helen Hallick is seriously hurt and a third daughter is the sole survivor of the six in the family.
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Detroit
Mich
Peter Hallick
Hallick
Helen
French suffer 800 casualties in Syria clashes
Premier Painleve announced after a cabinet meeting that France bore 800 total casualties including killed wounded and missing in fighting with Druse tribesmen in the Jebel Druse district of Syria. The figures came from a despatch of General Sarrail the French high commissioner in Syria received by the ministry of war.
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Paris
Jebel Druse
Syria
Painleve
Sarrail
Ministry of War
Foreman Acquitted in Appalling Pwick Club Collapse Case
A Suffolk superior court jury acquitted James J. Hendrick city building inspector and Lawrence Perkins foreman of a construction firm in the July 4 Pwick club building collapse that killed 44 people. The trial centered on manslaughter charges tied to the disaster.
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Boston
Suffolk Superior Court
James J. Hendrick
Lawrence Perkins
P Wick Club
Local names listed for docket or notice in Crow area
Abbe Bt Marie J Hilderbrant Anaconda Mont P H Hegan Butte Mont J Braman Butte Mont C I Martin Salt Lake City Jack Shannon Bancroft A M Smith Salt Lake City A W Stevenson Ogden Art Roger Bancroft J W Coperly Montana Wyo Billie Parker Elko Nex Frank Glander Idaho Falls P B Hines Salmon City Idaho At the Crow AWrigley San Patricia Tex J W Jones Payette B C Hemphill Twin Falls A F De Land Sheridan Wyo A W Rae Nampa H Je Bruce Shoshone A J Strange Idaho Falls J C Kennedy Tacoma Wash
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Abbe Bt. Marie
J. Hilderbrant
Anaconda
Mont
P. H. Hegan
Butte
J. Braman
C. I. Martin
Salt Lake City
Jack Shannon
Bancroft
A. M. Smith
A. W. Stevenson
Ogden
Art Roger
J. W. Coperly
Eatland
Wyo
Billie Parker
Elko
Nex
Frank Glander
Idaho Falls
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Tribune
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East
Sitread
Chicay
Rue Care Ranke
Crepe de Chine
Crepe
Charmeuse
Raphael
Admiral
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