Darrow Objects to Daily Court Prayer in Scopes Trial
Dayton Tennessee July 14 Objection by Clarence Darrow to daily prayer in the courtroom during the Scopes trial caused a brief disruption. Judge John T Raulston overruled the objection and recessed to complete his opinion on the motion to quash the indictment.
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Darrow
Prater
Dayton
Raulston
Clarence Darrow
John T. Scopes
John T. Raulston
Dudley Malone
Dirigible Shenandoah Towing Targets for AA Practice
Lakehurst New Jersey July 14 The Shenandoah left the naval air station for Newport Rhode Island where she will tow aerial targets for the battleship Texas in anti air craft practice Targets will be suspended from one thousand to two thousand feet below the airship Naval officers call the towing of targets an innovation in aerial maneuvers.
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Dirigible
Shenandoah
Texas
Newport
R. I
Scopes Case Goes To Judge For Quash Motion
Dayton Tenn July 14 Judge John T Raunston presiding in the trial of John Thomas Scopes on charges relating to teaching evolution in public schools retires to study whether the indictment against the 24 year old teacher should be summarily quashed The jury found a brief service and heard early arguments on the motion amid a day devoted to legal wrangling and discussion of the quash request Continued on Page Four.
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Dayton, Tenn
John T. Raunston
John Thomas Scopes
Tennessee
R -L
Gentry
Alto
Scopes
Argu
Ford Motor Company denies rumors of model changes
Detroit July 14. Ford officials in Dearborn said no cessation of production is planned and only model changes are in the car lines. Reports that Ford would introduce a six cylinder gear shift model were dismissed as unfounded.
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Associated Press
Detroit
Mich
Ford Motor Company
Dearborn
Thomas County Bonds Auction Yields Premium Bid
Thomas County bonds sold this afternoon for a total price of 216 630 on a 200 000 issue to fund work on the Boston road and the Dixie Highway from Meigs south. Highest bid 216 340. bids ranged down to 215 805 from several firms. Commissioners rejected the entire offer after executive session and planned an auction to maximize proceeds.
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Thomas County
Boston Road
Dixie Highway
Meigs South
Trust Company of Georgia
Hibernia Securities Co
National City Company
J. H. Hilsman & Co
Bell, Speas Co
Citizens and Southern Co
Robison-Humphrey Company
Mr. Bickley
Libby Faces Two Out of Control Forest Fires
Libby Montana lies between two fierce fires as 160 men battle to contain them. One blaze five miles north has consumed four hundred acres, while another six miles south has broken control lines set Friday.
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Associated Press
Missoula
Mont
Libby
Montana
Prince of Wales Helps Firefighters at Rhodesia Show
In Katue Rhodesia July 14 the Prince of Wales aided settlers and fire crews to save children during a blaze at the native wood and grass children's house at the Kafue agricultural show. The building burned in five minutes but all children were rescued. Wales helped prevent spread of the fire during the luncheon honoring him.
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Katue Agricultural
Say
Associated Press
Katue
Rhodesia
Prince of Wales
Kafue
Wales
London Hatter Claims Discovery Of Cancer Virus
A London hatter who works by day and studies microscopes by night helped Dr J E Barnard and Dr William H Gye photograph what the Lancet says may be a living cancer virus. New York authorities and scientists question the significance of the claim amid ongoing research in this field.
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Evans
Hibernia Securities Company
Harris, Forbes Co
Norris
Trust Company of Georgia
London Hatter
New York
Ion Barnaras
Lancet
New Federal Push Aims at High Power Beer Brews
Washington July 14 federal authorities plan a tighter campaign against illicit high power beer under revised rules. Owners of potential breweries must obtain federal permits before operations count as legal. A national intelligence system will track brewers and speed U S attorney actions.
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Associated Press
Washington, D. C
Treasury
Department of Justice
Prohibition
Winston
United States
National Dry Law
United States Attorney
Standard Oil Grants 8 Hour Day for Mid Continent Fields
New York July 14 The Standard Oil Company of New Jersey announces an eight hour day effective tomorrow for its mid continent oil fields. Since the first oil well was drilled in this country in 1859 the twelve hour day has been in effect.
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Associated Press
New York
Standard Oil Company of
New Jersey
Fall of the Bastille Celebrated in France
Paris dispatch reports President Doumergue and officials paying respects at the tomb of the Unknown Soldier as thousands of troops parade past the Arc de Triomphe marking France’s Bastille Day celebration. National festivities began with widespread shutdowns extending into tomorrow.
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Associated Presa
Paris
Doumergue
France
Arc de Triomphe
Bastille
Georgia Weather Update Tonight and Wednesday
Partly cloudy conditions in Georgia with periods of local thundershowers tonight and Wednesday. Includes overnight cooling and risk of brief showers across coastal and inland regions.
Favorable U S Trade Balance for Year Ended June 30
Washington reports a favorable trade balance of 1 042 681 000 dollars for the year ending June 30. Exports reached 4 857 654 000 dollars while imports totaled 3 824 972 000 dollars.
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U. S
Associated Press
Washington, D. C
United States
Pink boll worm fears spur tighter cotton regulation
Washington July 14 fear ing spread of the pink boll worm the Department of Agriculture plans to revise quarantine rules to ban interstate shipments of infested cotton seed and lint unless vacuum fumigated. It seeks state cooperation to enforce limits to prevent the insect from getting out of control and undoing five million dollars in eradication effort.
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Agriculture Department
Associated Press
Washington, D .C
Department of Agriculture
Thrill Slayer 1a Still a Fugitive
New York dispatch says Philip Knox Knapp an army air corps deserter known as the thrill slayer remains at large after searches in New York cities and Alexandria Bay. A Mitchell Field plane failed to find clues while heat across the nation pushes to 112 in Phoenix and 104 at North Platte amid rising death tolls from heat lightning and drownings.
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Philip Knox Knapp
New York
Associated Press
Army Air Corps
New York Cities
Alexandria Bay
Thousand Islands
Mitchell Field
Plattsburg
Knapp Deserter Sought After Hit On Taxicab Driver
Syracuse police with state troopers traced tips to Long Island in the hunt for Philip K. Knapp a Remy air service deserter and suspected slayer. A pay phone call from a Thousand Islands area led detectives toward a Syracuse youth once close to Knapp and visiting Wellesley Island.
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Syracuse
N. Y
Philip K. Knapp
Remy Air Service
Long Island
Knapp
King
Alexandria Bay
Thousand Islands
Garden City
L. I
Wellesly Island
Morris
Deaths From Heat Wave Mount Higher
The Associated Press reports a severe national heat wave with blistering temperatures in the middle west and Rocky Mountain region pushing toward the century mark. A brief snow flurry occurred in Blacksburg Virginia followed by a short thunderstorm, offering no relief to afflicted areas.
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Associated
Preas
Chicago
Ill
Blacksburg
Virginia
Middle West
Rocky Mountain
Relatives contest William McClintock will in Chicago
In Chicago on July 14 relatives of the late William McClintock challenged the will offered for probate by the principal beneficiary William D. Shepherd. Shepherd, recently acquitted of McClintock's murder, would receive the bulk of the $1.5 million estate. During cross examination witness Marie Guerny suggested a page may have been added after signing and witnessing.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Ill
William McClintock
McClintock
William D. Shepherd
Shaherd
Shepherd
Marie Guerney
Hearings Ordered on Freight Rate Increases
The Interstate Commerce Commission ordered a special inquiry into agricultural transport in the West. Hearings will begin September 1 in Chicago before Chairman Atchison, following petitions by Western railroads.
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Associated Press
Washington, D. C
Western Railroada
Interstate Commerce Commission
West
Chicago
Atchison
Commission
Suicide epidemic hits Havana province with three dead
In Havana province a suicide epidemic over the past day has killed three people four more cases unclear. Two girls aged fourteen to eighteen and one man died while another girl is dying and a second is seriously burned. Motives remain mysterious.
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Associated Press
Havana
Cuba
GOOLIDGE TACT CONFERENCE ON CHINESE SITUATION
President Coolidge seeks a near term conference on extra territorial rights in China and customs. The effort aims to persuade nine signatory nations under the Washington treaty to participate, with no US agreement yet with Great Britain and Japan.
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China
Dent Coolidge
Fummer White House
United States
Great Britain
Japan
Kellogg Reports From Vacation On China Policy Talks
Secretary Kellogg, back from leave, awaits results of conferences in Pekin and other capitals on China policy. He stressed Washington’s aim to honor commitments from the Washington arms conference, including a commission to study relinquishing extraterritorial rights and a revision of Chinese customs duties.
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Coolidge
White House
Washington
China F
China
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