Education under the Summers rider split over evolution suit
Washington July 25 A government employee and former Illinois candidate Loren H Wittner sues to test a provision of the DC appropriation bill barring salaries of officials who teach or permit teaching of disrespect for the Bible. He argues Congress aims to stifle education and broaden court testing of evolution in schools. Prominent figures like William J Bryan and Clarence Darrow comment on the case while the American Association of Teachers notes the Summers amendment intimidates liberal teaching.
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Washington
Loren H. Wittner
District of Columbia
Dayton, Tenn
Dayton
Wittner
Congress
Ilinois
White
Representative Summers
Francis
F. Stevens
Bryan
American Association of Teachers
Chicago
F. G. Stecker
Association
Darrow States Disbelief in the Christian Religion
Dayton Tenn July 23 Clarence Darrow answered nine questions from William Jennings Bryan after the scopes trial. Darrow said he did not believe in a personal God or a supernatural Christ and that the Bible is valuable but not divinely inspired. Bryan condemned Darrow as hostile to the Bible and Christian values.
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Dayton, Tenn
Clarence Darrow
William Jennings Ryan
Scopes
Darrow
Chicago
Bryan
Mr. Bryan
Mr. Darrow
God
Mr. Bryan Devon
Derrow
W. J Liryan
Dudley Field Malone
United States
William Jennings Bryan
Gas price cut on in Des Moines sparks fuel war
Des Moines police and gasoline dealers react as major firms slash prices by two cents a gallon to 19.5 cents at Standard Oil stations with other companies following suit. Cut rate stations vow to cut further to survive while a state probe looms elsewhere.
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Des Moines
de Moines
Standard Oil
Frank Belt
Hammill
Three Die After Black Damp Tragedy At Unionville Mine
Three men were killed by black damp in a Unionville Missouri mine. Alonzo Minear aged 50 Pearl Minear 35 and Ted Baugher died before rescue workers reached them.
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Associated
Shenandoah Heads Out for Navy Maneuvers Off Virginia
The Shenandoah dirigible sailed today with Atlantic fleet ships off Virginia. It will be moored to the cruiser Patoka at Newport News tonight and remain away from the station for several days.
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Lakefhurst
N. J
Atlantic Fleet
Virginia
Patoka
Newport News
Despondent barber shoots family in Chicago tragedy
Paw Orlando, a barber in Chicago, despondent over ill health and domestic troubles, killed his wife and two daughters aged 14 and 10 before killing himself. Three other children slept in another room as the tragedy unfolded.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Paw Orlando
Barber
Mary
Louise
Conciliatory German Reply Attracts Mixed Praise
Germany’s reply to France on security pact proposals is studied by Britain France and Belgium. Paris assesses the conclusions after foreign office review. Reports indicate the response is broadly conciliatory with favorable to hopeful prospects for settlement. In Britain reactions praise Germany’s desire for progress and non obstruction of talks.
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London
Germany
France
Foreign Department
Great Britain
Belgium
Briand
Foreign Office
England
Gustav Stresemann
Burlington Fire Destroys Large Fuel Tanks in City Blaze
A morning fire in Burlington destroyed two storage tanks holding 8,000 gallons of gasoline and 7,000 gallons of kerosene at the Iowa Oil Refining company warehouse. The blaze endangered more than 200,000 gallons of passoline in storage and was described as the hottest fire in the city’s history.
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Associated Vaesn
Burlington
Iowa Oil Refining Company
Juan Fernandez not basis for Crusoe tale say experts
Charles Po Stewart notes National Geographic Society backlash over labeling Juan Fernandez as Robinson Crusoe’s island. He recalls Daniel Defoe’s novel describes a tropic setting, fauna, and climate, but facts tie Selkirk’s 1704 exile to Juan Fernandez Island near Chile, while Defoe’s fiction remains unanchored to a single real isle.
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Juan Fernandez
Washington D. C
National Geographic Society
Sixteenth Street
Robinson Crusoe
Island
Defoe
Tropics
Juan Fernandez Waslexander Selkirk
Cinque Ports
Selkirk
the Crusoe
Selkirk Islands
Central American
Caribbean
Robinson
Negro leper to face trial in glass cage in New Orleans
George Deaurepaire, indicted for wife murder, would be tried before judge and jury in a glass cage with speaking tubes if prosecutors approve. Dr. Dowling, head of Louisiana board of health, seeks the trial while linking concerns that the proceedings could spread leprosy.
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Associatedress
New Orleans
Dr. Dowling
Louisiana Board of Health
George Deaurepaire
der. Dowling
Clews Run Low in Murder Hunt
The Associated Press reports dwindling leads in the July 15 fatal shooting of Harry Overturf. Police question a man linked to the scene while reporters remain barred from the investigation room. details of J L Ferguson's account and coroner's inquest testimony are unclear.
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Ott Mwa
Harry Overturf
Overturf
J. L. Ferguson
Wall Street Opens Firmer as Leads Rally
Wall Street shows renewed buying and momentum as market leaders rebound from a setback. National Biscuit and United Industrial Alcohol rise more than 2 points, while United States Steel General Electric and American Can gain.
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Associated Press
New York
Wall Street
National Biscuit
United Industrial Alcohol
United States Steel
General Electric
American Can
Fire destroys Iowa refinery warehouse and tanks
Tony Pilgrim, local agent for the Iowa Oil Refining Company, had just filled his tank wagon when flames engulfed the rear of the truck and he escaped. The blast destroyed the warehouse and spilled fire to gas and kerosene tanks. firefighters worked from about 9:30 to after 11 o'clock to control the blaze.
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Standard Oil Company
Tony Pilgrim
Iowa Oil Refining Company
Many Entries in Iowa State Corn Exhibit
Four hundred seventy nine entries have been made in the 1925 state corn yield test conducted by the Iowa Corn and Small Grain Growers Association with the Iowa Experiment Station and the U S Department of Agriculture. Seed corn is planted in twelve fields statewide and each entry bears a number with the producer's name kept confidential until season's end.
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Ames
Ija
Iowa Corn and
Iowa Experimental Station
United States Department of Agriculture
Dorothy Holmes Shot Father in Defense of Mother
Dorothy Holmes a 15 year old high school student shot and seriously wounded her father Burton Holmes a 50 year old pharmacist at their St Louis County residence near here in defense of his wife. The girl said her father came home intoxicated and began beating her mother. she claimed she grabbed a revolver from a dresser drawer after the mother struck the man with a club.
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Presse
ST. Louis
Dorothy Holmes
Burton, Holmes
Here
Holmes
Daugher
Dorothy
Officers Chosen For Farm Mortgage Assn Late Yesterday
Des Moines July 23 H J Foskett Shenandoah was elected president of the Iowa Farm Mortgage Association Fred Fisher Cedar Rapids was chosen vice president Igram Bixler Cedar Rapids secretary and Raymond Titus Muscatine treasurer R A Pearson president of Iowa State College spoke urging lower production costs and farm cooperation for higher profits and smaller losses through proper legislation
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Associated Presse
Des Moines
H. J. Foskett
Shenandoah
Iowa Farm Mortgage Association
Fred Fisher
Cedar Rapids
Igram Bixler
Cedar Rapide
Raymond Titus
Muscatine
R. A. Pearson
Iowa State College
Sea Lords Win In British Naval Row
London July 28 The threat of a resignation by the sea lords of the admiralty is averted as the economy group headed by Winston Churchill agrees to four cruisers this year and three next. Churchill insists the treasury cannot fund more. Baldwin will announce the admiralty victory in the House of Commons. The admiralty may offset costs by cutting other naval expenditures and closing Chatham Pembroke and possibly Gibraltar dockyards.
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Associated Press
London
Admiralty
Winston Churchill
Exchequer
W. O Bridgeman
Sea Lords
Churchill
Treasury
Baldwin
House of Commons
Chatham-Pembroke
Gibralter
Perfects Machine to Cut Railroad Weeds
Cherokee Iowa July 22 Koes Johnson supervisor for the Illinois Central railroad has perfected a weed cutting machine for tracks. It costs 14 to 18 dollars per mile compared with hand scythe. The device uses two five foot disc sections on a push car attached to a gasoline hand car. A crew of two operates it and it can cover 100 miles daily. Illinois Central will send the machine to other divisions.
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Associated Press
Cherokee
Ihowa
Koes Johnson
Sinois Central Railroad
Ilinois Central
Luther Anniversary Observed in Berlin Cathedral
A special vesper service marked the 400th anniversary of Martin Luther's wedding in Berlin Cathedral with an outdoor celebration in the neighboring square. A large crowd joined in singing old German carols and attending the commemorative events.
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Berlin
Martin Luther
Luther Monument
Bandits Kill Rockefeller Physician in Manchuria
A U.S. engineer and Red Cross field worker Morgan Palmer was killed at his ranch near Harbin, Manchuria, by bandits who also captured Dr. Howard of Rockefeller Hospital. Washington officials condemned the act while seeking Howard’s release and urging swift punishment for the attackers. Palmer, formerly of Plattsburgh New York, had aided Chinese railways and famine relief.
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Associated Prem
Peking
Morgan Palmer
Sungard River
Harbin
Howard
Rockefeller
New York
Manchuria
Plattsburgh
N. Y
American Red Cross
Siberia
China
Mr. Palmer
Washington
Palmer Ranch
Dr. Howard
Rockefeller Foundation
Amur
Sungari
Roger S. Green
China Medical Board
Churchville
University of Michigan
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Harvard
James
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