Bryan cites new constitutional move in Scopes case
Dayton Tenn July 8 defense counsel say Bryan's Dayton speech foreshadows push for a new constitutional amendment to combat evolution in schools. They stress the core issue is whether Tennessee exceeded its authority by enacting the anti evolution law and sought to control the mind in its pursuit of truth. Clarence Darrow and others respond with notes from Colby Malone and Bryan Jr traveling to Dayton.
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Associated Press
Dayton, Tenn
William Jennings Bryan
Progressive Dayton Club
John R. Neal
Bryan
Tennessee
United States
Supreme Court of Tennessee
Supreme Court of the United States
Aed
Dayton
Tenn
John T. Scopes
William Jennings Bryan, Jr
Los Angeles
Calif
Arizona
Chicago
Clarence Darrow
Bainbridge Colby
Colby
New York Supreme Court
New York
City
Scopes
Malone
Arthur Garfield Hays
Dudley Field Malone
Bain
Early Unscrambling of Grain Marketing Company Planned
CHICAGO July 8 The early un unscrambling of the 26 million grain marketing company into the four grain companies formed a year ago has been announced to bankers and denied by Farmers' Cooperative Concern officials. Gray Silver said no breakup will be considered before July 28 as stock sales faltered and lenders assure advances are covered. The plan involved the J Rosenbaum Grain Co Armour Grain Co and Davis No land Merrill Co with Illinois Indiana and Ohio stock sale hurdles. Rosenbaum firms moved to resume trading under old names on the Chicago Board of Trade.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Farmers’ Cooperative Concern
Gray Silver
Silver
Grain Company
Mr. Silver
Emanuel F. Rosenbaum
John W. Coverdale
J. Rosenbaum Grain Company
Rosenbaum Brothers
Armour Grain Company of Chicago
Davis-No
Ilinois
Merced Companies
Indiana Securities Committee
Indiana
Ohio
Cooperative Company
Armour Grain Company
Grain Marketing Company
Chicago Board of Trade
Comps
Rosenbaum Brothers Grain Company
Dean Onalmia and Company
Exchange Clearing House
Street Car Men Refuse Return After Offer
Des Moines workers reject a return-to-work proposal from the car company president pending a court ruling on disputed contract sections. The dispute centers on discharge of a non union employee and union official check off payments. City approves emergency bus regulation and will not seriously consider new franchise offers until a strike settlement is resolved.
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Associated Reas
Des Moines
Kf.cc
Chamber
Migs Helen Schultz
Mason City
Mrs. Walter Ayres of Chicago Visits Relatives Here
Mrs. Walter Ayres of Chicago is visiting relatives in town and staying with family during her visit.
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Mrs
Walter Ayres
Chicago
Railways Seek Higher Rates Across Midwest
About 70 railroads in the Midwest petitioned the state railroad commission for freight rate increases to yield at least a 5 percent net return. They argue current schedules, after federal control ended, fail to cover rising labor and material costs and lag behind other regions. Iowa Farm Bureau President Hearst vows to oppose any railroad rate hikes, warning farmers cannot bear more freight costs.
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Wrenay
Des Moines
Midfle West
Town Railroad Commission
Charles F. Hearst
Iowa Farm Bureau Federation
Farm Bureau
Hearst
Interstate Commerce Commission
Congress Buys Time for Income Tax Fight in 69th Congress
The 69th Congress, to convene in December, plans to reexamine income tax policy as returns rise and net incomes grow. Lawmakers debate reducing the normal tax rate or the surtax amid strong voter support for tax cuts and a potential bipartisan compromise. The Treasury expects over 8,000,000 filers and total net income above $20 billion this year.
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NBA
Washington
Congress of
United States
Treasury Department
Congress
Secretary of the Treasury
Mellon
Murderer Saved in Jail Suicide Attempt
Walter Krauser killed his accomplice Bernard Grant in the county jail two weeks ago and, a few days later, attempted death by setting bedding on fire. He was saved from a second hanging when guards overpowered him in a solitary confinement cell as he prepared to hang himself with a rope made from clothing.
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Chicago
Walter Krauser
Bernard Grant
Muscatine County Prisoners to Work Roads and Grounds
Muscatine county measures bring prisoners to labor on county roads and public grounds. They will be supervised by the sheriff under board of supervisors directives.
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Muscatine County
Muscatine
Board of Supervisors
Notes and Papers Recovered From Shullsburg Bank Robbery
A farmer, William Kruse, recovered notes and papers stolen from the First National Bank of Shullsburg Wisconsin. He found them soaked in a sugar sack beside a road near Lanark Illinois while picking raspberries. Bank officers identified the belongings but said they have no negotiable value and the loss is insured.
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Lanark
Til
First National Bank of Shullsburg
Wisgune
William Kruse
J. B. Simpson
J. J. Jamison
Shullsbury Bank
Kruse
Pearl City
Baroness Helen Zor Muehion Dies in Fall at Ritz Carlton
Baroness Helen Zor Muehion of Java and Dutch Indies died after falling from a seven story Ritz Carlton window in New York. She was about 28, formerly Helen Carruthers of San Antonio, married to a Dutch diplomat.
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Associated Preast
New York
Helen Zor Muehion
Java
Farmers Warn Against Rate Hikes In Iowa
The piece argues farmers can no longer absorb added costs and compares the doctor to a railroad engineer, urging a change of physicians before danger. It warns that if rate increases are pursued, farmers will resist and fight back in Iowa.
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Soren
Lowa
Genna gangster shot in street amid Chicago gang feud
Ton Genna, third Genna brother shot in six weeks as gunfire erupts in Chicago rivalries over bootleg beer. He was wounded while walking. Genna had appeared in criminal court on a concealed weapons charge and refused to name his attacker.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Ton Fienna
Genna Brothers
Genna
Joseph Lamorelli
Michael
Hhe
French Ratify the Labor Agreement
The French chamber of deputies ratified the Washington eight hour convention by unanimous vote. The eight hour day and 48 hour week agreement was among the draft conventions adopted by the International Labour Conference at its first meeting in Washington in November 1919.
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Associated Press
Paris
French Chamber of Deputies
Washington
International Labor Conference
Earthquake Unearths Ancient Burial Grounds on Pacific Island
Off Santa Catalina Island a quake cracked cliffs on Santa Cruz and San Miguel, exposing Indian burial sites. Archaeologists aboard the Dreamer report five skulls and numerous ornaments found after tidal upheaval revealed the sites previously unknown to researchers.
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Avalon
Santa Catalina Island
Calif
Santa Barbara
Santa Cruz
San Miguel Islands
Mission City
Arthur Sanger
Dreamer
Anchorage
Santa Cruz Island
Los Angeles Museum of History, Science and Art
Sanger
Santa Cruz Toland
Cliffe
San Miuel Island
Corn Progress Report From Des Moines Weather Bulleting
Des Moines Iowa reports corn continues to progress and is in better condition than last year at this date. Southern fields are laid by with some northern counties reaching similar stages. Heat drought harms some upland corn while oats and winter wheat show uneven yields. Potatoes suffer from spring droughts. truck crops generally do well. Average weekly temperature 5.4 degrees above normal with rainfall above normal but uneven distribution.
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Des Moines
Republic Forgotten in Celebration of a German Holiday
In Potsdam Germany the 100th anniversary of the noncommissioned officers school was marked with military pomp and a monument to war dead. Former Crown Prince Frederick William and his son attended in guards uniforms while Prince Estel Frederick wore field dress. A parade honored the Hohenzollerns and sparked comment over the former prince wearing a uniform and the republican flag’s absence.
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Associated Press
Potsdam
Germany
Republic
Hohnzollerns
Frederick William
Guards Regiment
Estel Frederick
Hohenzollerns
Itlag
Heat Claims Nine Lives in New York Area Weather Woes
A heat wave across the east and midwest caused at least nine deaths and many prostrations. Temperatures reached 90 in New York as violent storms struck, with lightning disabling lights at White Court and a motorcyclist killed in Medford.
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New York
Middle West
White Court
Business methods urged for farmers in Omaha luncheon
Secretary of Agriculture William M Jardine urged grain men and farmers in Omaha to apply business methods, secure markets, and stop relying on government for prosperity. He contrasted with California raisin growers and said farmers should create their own demand. He denied criticizing farmers for hoarding grain.
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Associated Press
Omaha
Secretary of Agriculture
Wm. M. Jardine
Towa
Jardine
California
J. J. Ryan
Fort Dodge
France and Spain Sign Pact Against Rif War Opposition
Madrid July 8 The Associated Press reports France and Spain signed a cooperation agreement to combat Abd el Krim's Rif tribes resisting colonial authority in Morocco, pledging joint action and coordination.
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Associated Press
Madrid
France
Spain
Morocco
Abd- El-Krim
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