Fifteen-year-old acquitted in father murder case
Floyd Sandusky sixteen faced trial in district court for killing his father Charles Sandusky. The jury acquitted on the first ballot after brief deliberation. Testimony from Floyd and his mother James Lacey detailed alleged brutal abuse, including beatings and threats, that shaped the defense. The case drew wide attention as the defendant described a lifelong pattern of fear and violence culminating in the fatal confrontation.
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Robert M. Terrell
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Mc Cammon
Lacey
Nebraska
Pocatello
Elmore County
Flood
Poplin
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Labor Temple
German Chief Schlageter Executed by French Troops
Albert Schlageter, a former Prussian officer and alleged chief of the murder gangs in the Ruhr, was executed by French troops in a stone quarry near a cemetery after a French court martial convicted him of sabotage and espionage. Ten shots ended his life, witnessed by two priests.
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Schlageter
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Communist strike to widen in Westphalia and Rhine bank
Berlin reports the communist workers council will extend the strike to all Westphalia and the right bank of the Rhine. Dortmund police have arrested three Russian agitators suspected of acting as bicycle couriers amid rumors communists are organizing military companies.
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Communist Workers Council
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Rhine
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Achtubr Abendlatt
Ruhr
Dortmund
Communists clash with firemen in Bochum riot
May 26 Bochum reports communist discord similar to Dortmund and Gelsenkirchen. During an assault on bourgeois newspapers, firemen acting as police clashed with the communists. Several wounded. shops pillaged as occupation authorities remained neutral.
Smoot Urges Normalcy and Self Help in Global Trade
United States Senator Smoot of Utah, visiting Ocean Park, says the world is bad and must return to normal conditions. He praises Czecho Slovakia, supports tariffs, regrets the failed shipping bill, notes rising imports and exports, and plans to visit England and France in July.
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Smoot
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Czecho-Slovakia
Great Britain
Stanley Baldwin
Congress
England
France
Gompers Critiques Twelve Hour Day Proposal
Samuel Gompers, president of the AFL, condemned the American Iron and Steel Institute report supporting a twelve hour day in steel. He called it a ploy to aid prices and profits, argued supplies could sustain an eight hour program, and urged higher wages to hire all workers.
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American Iron and Steel Institute
Samuel Gompers
American Federation of Labor
Nineteenth Hen Regatta Draws Large Philadelphia Crowd
The Schuylkill banks hosted the 19th annual American Hen regatta with about 5,000 spectators on a clear day. The event began around 3:30 PM amid ideal weather and festive atmosphere.
California Is Track Victor At Franklin Field
California won the intercollegiate track and field championship at Franklin Field for the third straight year with 38.5 points. Princeton was second with 33, Yale third with 23, Penn fourth with 22.5, Cornell fifth with 15, and others including Penn State Syracuse Johns Hopkins Dartmouth Georgetown Harvard Bowdoin Lafayette Rutgers New York University Pittsburgh Boston College and Boston College among the scoring teams.
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National interscholastic track meet opens at Stagg Field
Chicago hosts the national interscholastic track and field championship with 750 athletes from California to Maine under University of Chicago auspices. A cold north wind hindered runs while Vincent of Iowa won the 880 yards and Burt of Brigham, Utah placed.
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Utah
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Iowa
Britain Breaks With Russia While Seeking Smooth Start
London reports that Britain will break with Russia while aiming to start its new government with as few problems as possible. The Foreign Office seeks withdrawal of Russian political agents abroad and plans a conference in London to discuss Anglo Russian relations.
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Strike Spreads Through Ruhr District
Ruhr workers and communist supporters extended a general strike, with German officials estimating about 100,000 men out. The stoppage spread from the Dortmund area to metal works, halting several mines and leaving 76,000 idle.
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Essen
Communista
Rhur
Ortmund
Coce
Ho Hum
Rum Runner Details Vast Smuggling Through Ecorse Shacks
A Chicago rum runner testified to the Associated Press that whiskey moved from Ecorse shacks to Chicago for two years without police interference. He described long lines of shacks along the river, claimed higher than four miles, and cited cross-border sourcing from Canada and the Bahamas. He asserted widespread activity with boats, sleds, and carloads, and said authorities rarely acted. Continued on page seven.
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Bandit Clans Distrustful of Government
In Tientsin on May 26 AP reports one soldier killed and two captured in clashes with Shantung train bandits. Farmers aided by the guards deter marauders while captives including Rowlatt briefed British officials. Negotiations hinge on diplomatic guarantees and internal bandit splits stall release talks.
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Shantung
Tsaochwang
Liencheng
R. H. Rowlatt
London
Paotzuku
Rowlatt
Bandita
J. B. Powell
Shanghai
Regents Army
Foreign troops in North China face Shan tung bandits
In Tientsin on May 26 AP reports only about 3000 foreign troops, excluding Japanese, could respond to a Shan tung province mutiny threat. Among them 1000 are American, 500 British, 1000 French, with small detachments. Reinforcement calls grow as action remains a last resort. Hongkong also notes a 500-man British battalion in south China and another at Tientsin for emergencies.
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Hongkong
South China
Cigarette cases dismissed in Salt Lake City court
Thirteen prominent Salt Lake residents charged with violating the state anticigarette law for smoking in public places had their cases dismissed by City Judge Noel Pratt on the Salt Lake county attorney's motion. The charges were dropped after the law was amended by the last Utah legislature. Among those arrested were A. N. Mackay, general manager of the Salt Lake Tribune, and Ernest Ramberger, Republican national committeeman for Utah.
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Weather Outlook for the Week Across Regions
The outlook covers the Rocky Mountain region with broadly fair conditions and scattered showers. Pacific states expect generally fair weather with occasional rains along the Oregon Washington coasts and temperatures near normal.
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Rocky Mountain Region
Pacific States
Oregon- Washington
Hostilities in Near East Averted Through Turkish Greek Pact
Lausanne May 26 AP The Turkey Greece agreement settles a reparations dispute that threatened breach and war. Greece admits in principle to indemnity, while Turkey waives enforcement. Boundary rectification between eastern and western Thrace and mutual return of seized ships. Turkey waives indemnity due to Greece’s finances. Greece cedes Karaghatch and the Karaghatch railroad to the Bulgarian frontier.
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Settlement confirms Turke-Gr dispute end
London May 26 AP Reuters Lausanne confirmed a settlement of the Turke Gr dispute after a three hour conference. Premier Venizelos of Greece told reporters he emerged from Lausanne with the word Peace.
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Allies urged to deter Turco Greek clash in Dardanelles
Paris May 26 report says France asked Britain and Italy to join in urgent representations to Athens to prevent a Turco Greek conflict. Allies would not allow Turkish forces into Thrace nor Greek ships into the Dardanelles. French delegation pressed the view with Premier Venizelos via General Pelle in Lausanne.
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Greece
Wage dispute at Southern Pacific before labor board
The Southern Pacific system faced a wage dispute filed with the U S railroad labor board by 19 372 maintenance of way employees led by union representatives seeking pay hikes costing an estimated 1 536 504 dollars. Management proposed monthly increases of 310 for foremen and assistants in bridge and building, 5 a month for foremen in track, 3c an hour for assistants, 5c for mechanics, 3c for helpers and 3c for track laborers drawbridge tenders and crossing watchmen.
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Southern Pacific System
United States Railroad Labor Board
McAdoo backs Henry plan on Muscle Shoals scheme
In Chattanooga on May 26 AP reports former Treasury Secretary William G. McAdoo endorses Ford to develop Muscle Shoals and says government development there has stalled. He argues Democratic prospects for 1924 depend on liberalism and progress in party leadership and policy.
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Turko-Grecian factors grow and threaten war reparations dispute
London May 26 AP A Reuters dispatch from Constantinople says the Turkey Greece dispute over war reparations is very critical. It notes the Turkish government maintains an irreconcilable position and all information points to an unresolved standoff.
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Reuter
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Greece
Frazee Transfers Boston Club Interests
Application was filed at Boston city hall to transfer ownership of the Boston American League club from H. H. Frazee and associates to Palmer Winslow Dr. Robert B. Drury and E. M. Shoenbern of Columbus Ohio.
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Road project approved links Utah Wendover to Nevada interstates
Washington May 26 AP notes approval of Utah Wendover project designation as a federal interstate highway connecting Salt Lake with Nevada's northern route into California.
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