No Change in Views Toward Life and Death
Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti faced the final forty eight hours before execution at Charlestown State Prison Boston as their views on life death and religion remained unchanged. Vanzetti spoke with his sister Luigia for about an hour in Italian and she arrived hoping to rekindle their childhood faith. Sacco and Vanzetti had long renounced religion and the prison chaplain provided limited solace.
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Charlestown State Prison
Boston
Nicola Sacco
Bartolomeo Vanzetti
Vanzetti
Luigia Vanzetti
America
Idaho Board of Equalization Reports Large Valuation Increase
An advance report shows Idaho's equalized real property valuation at 344,108,651 up from 343,009,973 last year. The board increased lands and farm land values and raised livestock rates, with 186 changes overall and county totals around 37,348,650.
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Roise
Idaho
Board of Equalization
Dahoans to Dine With Lindbergh at Boise Banquet
Boise announces a Sept. 4 dinner with Col. Charles A. Lindbergh at the Owyhee hotel. Five hundred Idahoans will attend. 200 seats reserved for out-of-town guests, 300 Boise tickets go on sale soon, with Lindbergh speaking on The Flight to Paris and Commercial Aviation at the public school field.
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Boise
Charles A. Lindbergh
Owyhee
Boise Chamber of Commerce
Lindbergh
Colonel Lindbergh
Paris
Public School Field
Coolidge Heads West for Yellowstone Pleasure Trip
President Coolidge prepares a rest and recreation journey to Yellowstone National Park leaving Rapid City tonight. The party includes Mrs Coolidge and their son John with Secretary Sanders, aide Blanton Winship, and Major James F. It's a six day visit featuring fishing horseback riding and walking with plans to keep a quiet schedule.
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Rapid City
Custer
Bneat
Nature
Coolidge
John
Yellowstone
Everett Sanders
Blanton Winship
James F
Judge Morton declines habeas corpus statement in Sacco case
Refusal of writ of habeas corpus for Sacco and Vanzetti confirmed by Elias Field and Arthur D. Hill. Judge James J. Morton Jr. of the federal district court in Fall River issues the initial statement on the denial.
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Fall River
Mass
James J. Morton Jr
Federal District Court
Sacco
Vanzetti
Elias Field
Arthur D. Hill
Boston
Ohio corn borer study faults federal cleanup effort
Doctors L L Huber and Cc R Neiswander entomologists at the Ohio agricultural experiment station Wooster said there are now many more European corn borers in Ohio than before the federal government spent ten million dollars to fight them. They called the campaign a practical failure.
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Columbus
Ohio
L. L. Huber
Cc. R. Neiswander
Ohio Agricultural Experiment Station
Wooster
Bootleg Feud Victims Scarred by Fire in Baltimore
In Baltimore on August 20 two men, John C. Harrahy and Chester Hugh, were beaten and chained to a deserted cottage where their clothes were doused with kerosene and the building set ablaze. They escaped the flames but died hours later from burns and wounds after dragging themselves outside and to a road for help.
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Baltimore
John C. Harrahy
Chester Hugh
Ous
Harrahy
Ables Pugh
Alleged Bunco Man Identified in Canadian Murder Case
Denver police identified Harry Carter as George C. McDonald, the Canadian subject accused of killing a Huntington Quebec taxi driver. Carter McDonald faces murder charges and a $200000 swindle tally, with prior arrests for grand larceny and passing counterfeit checks across multiple cities. Frances Clark Allen aka Marjorie Anderson is said to have acted as his lure.
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Denver
Colo
Harry Carter
Guite
Moni
George C. McDonald
Huntington
Quebec
Reed
Carter
McDonald
Portland
Boston
Richard Newman
Wayton
Butte
Mont
Seattle
Canada
Frances Clark Allen
Julia Palmer
Oklahoma City
Los Angeles
Marjorie Anderson
Banco
Chicago
St. Louis
Kansas City
Philadelphia
Newark
N. J
Butte Mont
Ore
United States
Newman
Dayton
Seismic Shake Strikes Eureka California
A severe quake hit Eureka California at 12 10 p m lasting about a minute shaking courts houses and stores. Windows shattered walls cracked and a building shifted but no injuries or serious damage were reported. Residents were advised not to light stoves.
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Eureka
Cal
MacNider In Spill Danbury
San ford MacNider assistant secretary of war witnessed a plane overturning near Danbury. Maxwell Raelfour of Mirabel Teg sustained injuries, with four reported contusions.
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Mac Nider
Danbury
Mazz
Sanford MacNider
Ais
Maxwell Raelfour
Mirabel Teg
Tae
Last Word of Lost Men Heard by KSEI
Radio operator Lawrence Haight relayed a chilling SOS from the Plane Dallas Spirit piloted by Kir wins and navigator Eichwaldt after a tail spin. The crew reported dark instruments and a close call, then vanished. The KSEI station and Tribune Bulletins monitor for updates and AP dispatches at the office windows.
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KSEI
Lawrence Haight
Kirwins
Eichwaldt
Dallas Spirit
Pocatello
Haight
Tribune
Associated Press
Temblor Rocks California Towns Across Humboldt County
A severe earthquake near Eureka and nearby towns in Humboldt County caused 15 seconds of shaking shortly after noon. Fire alarm systems were impaired, windows rattled, plaster fell, and two dozen people reported minor injuries while merchandise toppled from shelves and chimneys cracked.
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Eureka
Calif
Humboldt County
Cr. C. Fiske
Humboldt Standard
Scotia
Fortuna
Aracate
Ferndale
Shell Oil Company
Aracata
Dole Race Called A Big Mistake By Pilot
In San Francisco on August 20 AP reports Ernest L. Smith, civilian flyer who planned the Dole race of planes from the mainland to Hawaii, calling the entire event a big mistake amid concerns that Captain William Zevin and A H Eichwaldt might face issues or delays.
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San Francisco
America
Hawaii
Ernest L. Smith
William . Zevin
A. H. Eichwaldt
Old Glory Prepares For New York Rome Air Mail Flight
At Curtiss Field New York Old Glory the Fokker monoplane is groomed for a probable 5 PM takeoff. Pilots Lloyd Bertaud and James D Hill plan a modified great circle route to Bordeaux France with a 2500 mile water jump. Weather risks include cloudiness and northeast moving low pressure but winds are favorable.
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Curtis Field
New York
Rome
Roosevelt Field
Weather Bureau
New Foundland
Lloyd Bertaud
James D. Hill
Old Glory
Europe
Bordeaux
France
Ireland
Great Circle
Lindbergh Enjoys Day Amid Milwaukee Crowds
Colonel Charles A. Lindbergh arrives in Milwaukee to a throng of about 200000 as the Spirit of St Louis lands. He speaks at Juneau Park while crowds fill streets. A rest day is planned at Clarence Falk's estate before a flight to Madison on Monday.
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Milwaukee
Wis
Charles A. Lindbergh
8St
Louis
Juneau Park
Lindbergh
Clarence Falk
Green Bay Road
Madison
National amateur golf tour details at Minikahda course
Minneapolis report outlines facts about the thirty first national amateur golf tournament held at Minikahda link course near the city. The piece notes course layout and preparation ahead of play dating from August.
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Minneapolis
Minikahda &l Green
Dallas Spirit Crash Traced From Radio Wave Data
Radio expert J O Watkins concludes the missing Dallas Spirit plummeted from 2000 feet in a tail spin and hit the ocean at 200 miles an hour after departing Oakland at 2 15 p m on Tuesday. The ship was about 600 miles west of San Francisco when contact was lost at 8 02 p m.
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San Francisco
Dallas Spirit
J. O. Watkins
Federal Telegraph Ship Station
Daly City
Here
Watkins
William Erwin
A. H. Eschwaldt
Demented man shoots family in Oakland tragedy
Clyde Willcox, 49, shot his daughters Patricia 3 and Cleo 10 in their Oakland home after dinner. He wounded his wife, who likely will die, then killed himself. A third child fled to a neighbor. Willcox was an accountant for an Oakland auto firm.
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Oakland
Calf
Clyde Willcox
Patricia
Cleo
Willcox
Majority Soldier Dead Identified in War Losses
Washington reports that 99.9 percent of World War casualties have been identified and buried in registered graves. Total U.S. deaths in the A E F reach 77,771 with 77,701 graves registered as of June 30. Of European graves 20,880 are in France and 431 in Great Britain.
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Washington
War Department
France
United States
Europe
Great Britain
Belgium
Seven Missing Pacific Fliers Face Silent Night
Fragments and prayers drive rescue efforts along the west coast Hawaii and on the sea to save seven aviators from Honolulu in the Dole race. No word has come from Miss Doran or the Golden Eagle since last Tuesday after they departed Oakland for prizes totaling £25,000. The Dallas Spirit with two aboard sent an SOS after 9 PM last night amid prior tail spins and repeated messages.
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San Francisco
Hawaii
Honolulu
Miss Doran
Golden Eagle
Oakland
Dallas Spirit
Youth to Aid Church Unity at World Conference
At the World Conference on Faith and Order in Lausanne on August 20, delegates urged Christian unity with a preamble calling on youth and women to share leadership. Rt Rev Charles H Brent drafted the call, unanimously adopted despite some eastern Orthodox delegation withdrawal.
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Lausanne
Switzerland
World Conference On Faith and Order
Charles H. Brent
Western
New York
Missing aviator ranks high among war aces
Washington reports Captain William P F Erwin, added with the Dallas Spirit to missing aviators in the Pacific, holds a reserve commission. He began service in 1917, destroyed nine enemy aircraft, earned the Distinguished Service Cross, and trained as an aviator at Fort Logan and Little Rock. His Dallas to Hongkong flight aims to win a $25,000 prize from William Easterwood Jr.
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Washington
William PF. Erwin
Dallas Spirit
Pacific
Air Corps Reserve
Army
Austin
Tex
Chateau Thierry
Fort Logan
Little Rock
Honolulu
Dallas
Erwin
Hongkong
William E Easterwood
Easterwood
Withfran
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