Seattle Police Probe Self Proclaimed Serial Killer
Tom Smith a middle aged man also known as Thomas Johnson and Kelly claimed to have killed 14 people and committed 100 robberies in cities across the United States and Canada. Investigators stress his tale may reflect a disturbed mind, with several details already questioned by Mankato Hazelton police and BC authorities.
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Associated Press
Seattle
Wash
Seattle Police Today
Tom Smith
Thomas Johnson and
Kelly
Smith
San Francisco
Hazelton
B. C
Sioux City
Wichita
Kansas
Peoria
Mankato
Minn
Minneapolis
Kansas City
Missouri
Forbes Cruikshanks
British Columbia
Barry Smith
Salmon Arm
8. C
Summit Avenue
Leonard Erndahl
Minnesota
Lake of the Isle
Bell
Johnson
Thomas Kelly
Fulton
Missouri State Penitentiary
Jefferson City
Asylum
Renton
Forest Fires Rampage Through Glacier National Park
The Associated Press reports fires racing out of control in northern Idaho and Montana. Volunteers are joining firefighters as Blackfoot Forest burns in the park district and Stryker suffers extensive damage with fifty buildings destroyed. Turah foreman Nels Nelson dies in the flames near Turah. Western park entrance closed as Apgar cottages are consumed.
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Associated Presse
Missoula
Mont
Idaho
Montana
Glacier National Park
Blackfoot Forest
Park District
Stryker
Nels Nelson
Turah
Glacier Park
Apgar
Chautauqua Man Undergoes Appendectomy in Washington
Hugh H. Fuller of Delaware Ohio an impersonator with the Redpath Vawters circuit fell ill with acute appendicitis in Washington. He was rushed to the county hospital where surgeons removed his appendix Sunday at 3 30 PM before rupture. He is recovering and expected to return to Ohio within ten days.
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Hugh H. Fuller
Delaware
Ohio
Washington
Mr. Fuller
Redpath-Vawters
Brighton
Washington High School Class of 1921 Reunion Planned
The 1921 Washington high school senior class reunion is set for Friday night at the high school cafeteria with a 6 30 dinner, toast program, and a plan to form a permanent class organization. Gwendolyn Long leads the committee with Jessie Kerr and Sara Grimes. about 20 members live in town, with others nearby.
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Washington High School
Theigh School
Gwendolyn Long
Jessie Kerr
Sara Grimes
Republicans Meet Agate Next Friday
Des Moines Iowa Aug 2 The Republican state convention will reconvene Friday August 6 to nominate a candidate for the unexpired term of Senator Albert B Cummins. Willis Stern Logan is drafting the call while Democrats weigh their options and Nathaniel F Kendall's name surfaces in talks.
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Associated Pres
Des Moines
Iowa
Albert B Cummins
Willis Stern
Logan
Republican State Central Committee
Cummins
State Central Committee
Claude R. Porter
Nathan F. Kendall
Smith W. Brookhart
Jowans
Albert Lb. Cummins
Commonwealth
Hollis Rawson
Charles S Medbury
University Church of Christ
Senate
Congress
Rawson
Senator Cummin
Capitol
Smith W Brookhart
Brookhart
Lunds Return From Vacation Across Pittsburgh and Detroit
Mr and Mrs H R Lund returned home Saturday from a vacation in Pittsburgh and Detroit. In Pittsburgh they visited Mrs Lunds parents Mr and Mrs J Has ley and with her brother in Detroit.
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H. R. Lund
Pittsburgh
Detroit
Pearl Hamill
J. ©. Penney
Mrs
John Hamill
Crawfordsville
YMCA Camp Trip Heads East To Cone Lake
A Milwaukee freight train carried a group of Washington boys heading east for a week at Cone Lake. The expedition was led by BE W. Detrick, the YMCA physical director, and the party included a group of boys listed in the report.
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Milwaukee
Washington
Cone Lake
BE. W. Detrick
Trading in Futures Open Today at New York Produce Market
Futures trading opened at the New York produce market after a dedicatory ceremony with over 1000 members. September contracts opened at 1.47 a bushel and December at 1.52. H B Wander said the exchange fills a needed hedging market for the country and foreign buyers. Delivery is based on Wheat in Buffalo.
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New York
Associated Press
H. B. Wander
Produce Exchange
Buffalo
Miss Mauthe Home From East After Six Week Motor Trip
Mies Katherine Mauthe returns from a six week tour through seventeen states and six days in Canada. She covered 500 miles by car with no dirt roads until the final stretch, praised Illinois roads, and visited New York Washington Philadelphia Boston and Salem.
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Mies
Katherine Mauthe
Canada
Towa
Pinois
New York
Washington
Philadelphia
Boston
Valley Forge
Washington Memorial Chapel
Lexington
Concord
Paul Revere
Old North Bridge
Miss Mauthe
Orchard House
Louisa Alcott
Salem
Mass
Hawthorne
Scituate
Plymouth
Samuel Woodsworth
James Whitcomb Riley
Greenfield
Ind
Henry Longfellow
Cambridge
Marblehead Mass
Mauthe
Longfellow
Littice
St. Louis
San Francisco
Utica
Truce Offered by Mexican Catholic Episcopate to Gov’t
The Mexican Catholic episcopate announced it would seek a truce with the government until plebiscite on the religious controversy and the assassination plot against President Calles could be resolved. The move pauses religious regulations and anti religious persecutions while mediation offers were noted. Police detain Dolores Lemuses and others tied to the defense society amid reported conspiracy claims.
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Associated Press
Mexico City
Presiden Calles
Mexico
Oreur
Republic
Episcopate
Cals
Calles
Dolores Lemuses
Miss Lemuses
Defense Society
New York
Boston
William Cardinal O'Connell
United States
Philippine inde pendence urged before Institute of Politics
Pedro Guevara resident commissioner from the Philippines urged independence or, failing that, the right to draft a domestic constitution and govern internal affairs. He argued such a policy would ease distrust and align with U S pledges. The remarks were delivered at Williams College in Williamstown Massachusetts on August 2.
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Associated Press
Williamstown
Mass
Institute of Politics
Pedro Guevara
Islands
United States
Philippine Islands
Talks of Paving Washington Streets Next Summer
Washington property owners press for a paving program for next summer with petitions to council. Residents along South Third and South Fourth Avenues push for concrete streets to escape mud while other blocks near McCleery calendar factory and Heights school are eyed for paving. Mayor Maxwell urges early action to secure a bid and suggests a district of at least thirty blocks could be planned, noting last paving occurred four years ago and costs may be lower now.
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Washington
South Third
South Kourth Avenues
Maxwell
Ford Tests Air Flivver After Auto Success
Detroit August 2 Henry Ford showcased a tiny Mono plane built in his laboratories amid rumors of new aviation projects. The experimental craft, designed by Otto Kappen, features a mid fuselage pilot seat and a 22 foot wing span with a top speed potential. Frederick Von Krupp witnessed the trial.
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Associated Prensa
Detroit
Henry Ford
Ford
Otto Kappen
Frederick von Krupp
Holland Funeral Held Here Today
William Allen Slolland died Saturday afternoon. Funeral service held at 3 p.m. at the Holland home with Dr. W. W. Bowers presiding. Burial in Elm Grove cemetery. Survived by widow Josephine Casten Holland and six children, plus siblings and extended relatives. Slolland was long active in grain work and local clubs in Morning Sun and Washington.
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Holland
South
Marion Avenue
William Allen Slolland
W. W. Bowers
Methodist Church
Elm Grove Cemetery
Republic County
Kansas
Thomas D
Mary (Borman) Holland
Morning Sun
Josephine Casten
Wyman
Frem
Washington
County Farm Bureau
Washington National Bank
Knights of Pythias Lodge
Thomas 1
Lesie Dale
Lois K. Holland
St. Louis
Lee A
William L
Faye Lorene
Sam Holland
West Branch
Lowa
Ruth Clawson
Fort Dodge
Joe Bates
Charles Bates
Wapello
Nora Holland
Port Dodge
Washington boys head to Cone Lake camp trip
Seven Washington boys under Physical Director E. W. Detrick leave by freight train to Cone Lake for a week at a boys camp. Participants include Bob Shannon John Maney Paul Maney Tommy Stewart Joe Brookhart Homer Richardson and Donald Franklin. Dick Edgington and Chester Anderson return from last week’s session. About fifty boys are expected, mainly from Ottumwa and Muscatine with others from Columbus Junction and eastern Iowa towns.
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Washington
E. W. Detrick
Cone Lake
Bob Shannon
John and Paul Maney
Tommy Stewart
Joe Brookhart
Homer Richardson
Donald Franklin
Dick Edgington
Chester Anderson
Detrick
Milwaukee
Ottumwa
Muscatine
Columbus Junction
Lowa Lowns
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Siegel
Phacis
Confederation of Labor
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Y. M. C. A. Camp
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