Soviet Cabinet Reelects All Members. Trotzky Denied Post
Moscow May 21 All members of the council of the people's commissars of the Soviet cabinet were reelected today by the central executive committee of the USSR. A surprise marked the day as Leon Trotzky failed to win a cabinet post.
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Council of Peoples
Central Executive Committee
Associated Press
Moscow
Council of the People’s Commisssioners
Alexis Rykoff
Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
Leon Trotzky
Dorothy Ellingson to Stand Trial for Matricide
Dorothy Ellingson, 17, declared sane after an insanity finding, will face a murder trial for killing her mother in San Francisco. The court suspended the prior proceedings after hysterical outbursts and an insanity hearing. Assistant DA Skillen said readiness to proceed on Monday.
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Dorothy Ellingson
Ellingson
San Francisco
Napa State Hospital
J. M. Scanland
Superior Court
Brady
Napa
Ita
Harmon D. Skillen
Peary Named Airplane Carrier On Arctic Voyage
The MacMillan airplane carrier Peary is christened with spring water by Snow Baby, daughter of the late Rear Admiral Robert Peary. The ship heads from New York toward Boston on its first leg toward the Arctic.
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Associated Proas
New York
Lyons Death Penalty for Burleigh Phillips Murder
Lyons Ga May 21 Lee Curry, the slayer of Burleigh Phillips near here in February 1920, paid the death penalty for the murder with his life on the gallows today. The trap was sprung at 1 45 pm.
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Associated Press
Lyons, Ga
Lee Curry
Burleigh Phillips
Here
Mrs Geisen Volk Indicted For First Degree Manslaughter
New York May 21 Mrs Helen Geisen Volk owner of a baby farm was indicted for first degree manslaughter after a grand jury found that William Winters six months old died from a fractured skull while in her care.
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N. Y
Associated Press
New York
Helen Geisen-Volk
William Winters
Change Name of Saddle Horse Owned by Jardine
Washington May 21. The saddle horse owned by Secretary Jardine has been renamed from Cal to Glittering Glory. The change aims to reflect the dignity expected of a chief executive as the horse exhibited rambunctious behavior on the bridle path.
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Jardine
Associated Press
Washington, D. C
Girl Exonerated in Slaying Linked to Father’s Courtship
Lucille Wunsch a 16 year old girl was exonerated by a coroner s jury in Chicago after shooting and fatally wounding Miss Agnes Simnick. The incident also injured the girl s father and mother who were tied to the victim by the father s attentions.
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Chicago
The
Associated Press
Ill
Lucille Wunsch
Agnes Simnick
William Wunsch
Former Governor Davis Cleared by Jury in One Case
Former Governor Jonathan Davis was declared not guilty by a jury in a case tied to his last days in office. He faces potential trial on a separate bribery charge arising from actions near the end of his administration.
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Kansas
Associated Press
Topeka
Kan
Jonathan Davis
Fight for Moderator Roils Presbyterians at Assembly
At the 137th general assembly in Columbus Ohio militant fundamentalists clash with conservatives over moderator choice. William J Bryan backs Dr W O Thompson president of Ohio State University while fundamentalists support Dr Lapsley MacFee of Berkeley California. The moderator election is expected this afternoon.
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W. J. Bryan
Thompson
Ohio
Columbus
137Th
General Assembly
The
Presbyterian Church of the United States
William J. Bryan
Bryan
W. O. Thompson
Ohio State University
Lapsley MacFee
Berkeley
Cal
Albany Wins Prize For Prevention Of Waste By Fire
Washington May 21 Albany Ga Indianapolis Fresno California and Findlay Ohio were awarded prizes for their districts in the Chamber of Commerce of the United States contest to determine the cities most successful in preventing waste by fire.
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Indianapolis
Fresno
Cal
Findlay
Ohio
U. S. Chamber of Commerce
Associated Press
Washington, D. C
Albany
California
Chamber of Commerce of the
United States
Women Delegates Return Home From Welfare Conference
Delegates to the National Child Welfare conference headed home agitated by Governor Hartley of Washington who called the gathering altruistic twaddle for women who leave their homes to the cats and canaries and neglect their children.
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Gov. Hartley
Washington
Associated Press
New York
Hartley
Real beer on sale in Ontario marks eight year pause end
Ottawa reports beer on sale legally today in Ontario for the first time in eight years, with thirsty American shoppers in border cities taking advantage of the change.
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Ontario
Ottawa
Associated Press
Canada
French Forces Brace for Ruffian Attack on Fez-Cudja Line
The French Army with about fifty thousand men along a 126 mile front in the northern zone prepares for a likely early assault by Ruffians aiming to sever the Fez to Cudja railway. The deployment signals heightened wartime tension in Morocco as authorities monitor rebel movements.
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Associated Press
Rabat
Morocco
Fez
Cudja
Georgia Supreme Court rules governor lacks power to remove state official
The Georgia Supreme Court reverses Bibb county Superior Court, holding Governor Clifford Walker has no legal authority to remove John N. Holder from the State Highway Department chairmanship. The decision was announced in Atlanta on May 21.
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Georgia Supreme Court
John N. Holder
Associated Press
Atlanta, Ga
Clifford Walker
Statehouse
Bibb County
Twelfth Norman sinking victim recovered in Arkansas
The body of W. O. Walker aged 34, the twelfth victim recovered from the Norman disaster, was found at Park's Landing Arkansas near thirty miles south of the wreck site and is held for instructions from Barneaville Georgia, Walker's former home.
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W. O. Walker
Barnesville
Esterday
Polk’s Landing
Arkansas
Assocated Press
Memphis, Tenn
Norman
Barneaville
Georgia
Park's Landing
Attempt to Tamper with Juror in Shepherd Trial
Chicago May 21 An alleged attempt to tamper with a prospective juror clouds the trial of William D Shepherd charged with killing William N McClintock a mill ionaire ward with typhoid germs State's attorney Crowe leads a grand jury probe to force statements from figures linked to Shepherd Subpoenas issued for John B Jones head of a detective agency as White's disappearance raised suspicions and courtroom questions persisted about juror selection
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the Associated Press
Chicago
William D. Shepherd
William McClintock
William Darling Shepherd
Iliam N. McClintock
Robert White
C .C. Farman
National University of Sciences
Shepherd
Robert C.crowe
John B. Jones
Jones
Crowe
Wiliams
Scott Stewart
W. W. O'Brien
Mob Clash at Dallas County Jail Over Murder Suspects
In Dallas on May 21 a mob of about three hundred tried to seize Frank and Lorenzo Noel, indicted for murder and criminal assault. Officers guarding the jail fired about thirty shots, wounding five in the crowd as the mob was driven back.
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Dallas County
Associated Press
Dallas
Tex
Frank
Lorenzo Noel
Collier resigns from Georgia Public Service Commission
Albert Collier resigns as secretary of the Georgia Public Service Commission effective June 1 after nine years with the agency to take a position with the Stone Mountain Memorial Association. The commission has named a successor, subject to acceptance.
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Stone Mountain Memorial Association
Associated Press
Atlanta
Albert Collier
Georgia Public Service Commission
Commission
Collier
Mexican Bandits Attack American Ranch in Saltillo Area
A Saltillo dispatch reports bandits attacked the Samantlla ranch injuring no Americans but killing Mexican manager Jose Perez. The American consulate protested and troops were dispatched to pursue the attackers.
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Saltilla Province
Jose Perez
Associated Presa
Mexico City
Saltillo
Samantlla Ranch
Texas Honored At Southern Exposition In 1926 Preparations
New York May 21 Texas was accorded a place of honor at the Southern Exposition today and girls for the Lone Star state served tea in the Dixie tea room during the afternoon. As the Exposition nears its close promises for bigger and better displays in 1926 are heard on every side. The committee of judges began a study of the exhibits to determine the winner of competition among the states which will be announced tonight.
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Texas
Lone Star State
Associated Press
New York
Dixie Tea
Committee of Judges
Minneapolis Youth Collapses in Federal Court ID Trial
In Minneapolis on May 21, Arthur Lopez Frazier collapsed during his identification trial after his mother Hannah Frazier testified he was her son. He was rushed to a hospital.
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Hannah Frazier
Arthur Lopez Frazier
The
Associated Press
Minneapolis
Minn
Tech professor heads Georgia disabled veterans commander
J H Lica a professor at Georgia Tech was elected commander of the Georgia division of the Disabled Veterans of the World War at the convention held yesterday in Atlanta Georgia The election followed the state convention announced today by the Associated Press
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Associated Era
Atlanta, Ga
J. H. Lica
Georgia Tech
Georgia Division of the
Bloodworth and Jones To Hang On June 26
Columbia Ga May 21 Willie Jones and Gervis Bloodworth two Taylor County youths found guilty of murder of H F Underwood near Pottersville Ga in December 1923 were sentenced to hang in Columbus on June 26 A motion for a new trial was heard.
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Taylor County
Howard Underwood
Columbis
Willie Jone
Gervis Bloodworth
H. F. Underwood
Pottersville
Columbus
New York Woman Buys Baby to Please Husband
Nat Bass, a wealthy clothing maker, believed he was father to a baby boy for nine months. Mrs. Bass admitted to paying 9375 to a baby home and posing the child as her own to satisfy her husband’s wish for an offspring. The confession followed publicity around the Helen Gelsen Volk infantarium probe where forty four children died since 1918.
Southern Presbyterian Assembly Plans Great Work
The 65th General Assembly of the Southern Presbyterian Church met in Lexington Kentucky with aims for future growth in the United States South. Retiring moderator Dr Thornton Whaling of Louisville delivered the keynote sermon as the assembly opened and the election and induction of a new moderator were set for the afternoon.
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Southern Presbyterian Assembly
South
65Th General Assembly
Lexington
Thornton Whaling
Louiisville
Rum runners shift farther south off Virginia Capes
Rum runners who appeared off the Virginia Capes last week have moved farther south, masters of incoming ships reported today. The coast guard fleet remains on watch over the Capes and division headquarters said it has no plan to relax its vigilance.
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Virginia Capes
Coast Guard
Disabled World War I Veterans Invited to White House Lawn Fete
In Washington on May 21, disabled veterans confined to local hospitals were invited to be guests of the President and Mrs. Coolidge at a White House lawn fete. President Coolidge planned to receive each of the more than a thousand veterans assembled here.
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Washington
White House Lawn
White House
President Coolidge
Confiscated Vehicles Boost Border Rum Runner Patrols
Thirty seized cars from bootleggers were turned over to the customs service border patrol at Ogdensburg New York. They will enter service as the annual movement of Americans into Canada begins, marking the first step toward motorizing border patrols on both sides.
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Ogdenburg
New York
Customs Service
Border Patrol
Canada
The
Treasury
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