Probating Will Stirs New Interest In McClintock Estate
Chicago May 2 Interest in the fate of the orphans million dollar estate of Wm N McClintock rises with Northern Trust inventory showing 1 000 000 value. Trustees hold probate awaiting Shepherd murder trial outcome with three possible heirs discussed Isabel le Pope and California and Iowa cousins. Police search for missing state witness and four others continues as a poison book from Houston is investigated for handwriting clues.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Wm. N. McClintock
Northern Trust Company
Wm D. Shepherd
McClintock
Shepherd
California
Iowa
Isabelle Pope
Miss Pope
Trust Company
Robert White
White
Harry Olson
Houston
Texas
Herbert Nichols
Olson
Nurmi Ends U S Tour Returns to Finland
Paavo Nurmi the Finnish runner flies home from New York aboard the Stockholm after a six month U S tour. He accepted 1190 for living expenses and declined offers amounting to tens of thousands for endorsements and appearances while a club financed his passage and travel.
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Associated Press
New York
United States
Paavo Nurmi
Finland
Paavo
Stockholm
Frederick W. Rubien
Nurmi
Rubien
Cirenus
Signa
Precious Stones Stolen From Detroit Institute of Arts
Detroit detectives work on a case involving more than thirty emeralds diamonds rubies and oriental sapphires missing from the children's collection of the late Frank B Stearns at the Detroit Institute of Arts The jewels were replaced with pastel replicas and curator Gertrude Gilmore was tending the section at the time.
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Associated Arena
Detroit
Mich
Detroit Institute of Arts
Frank B. Stearns
Acting Governor Ramsay Holds Iowa Post As Leaders Travel
Walter C Ramsay secretary of state serves as acting governor while Governor Hammill and Lt Governor Kimball are away Hammill attends Olivia Minnesota high school graduation where his niece Velma Patrick of Britt graduates Kimball remains in Excelsior Springs Missouri for treatment and is expected to return soon with plans to avoid immediate hospital transfer upon return
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Associated Views
Des Moines
Walter C. Ramsay
Iowa
John Hammill
Kimball
Olivia
Minnesota
Velma Patrick
Britt
Excelsior Springs
Council Bluffs
Clem L. Kimball
Lewis and Munn Ready for Wannabe Ring Clash
Ed Strangler Lewis, weighing 218 pounds, faces Wayne Big Munn who will weigh about 266 pounds in a high profile bout set for Saturday afternoon in Michigan City. Referee Walter Bates, who officiated the disputed Kansas City match, returns for this bout as both wrestlers complete their final preparations.
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Associated Press
Michigan City
Ed “Strangler
Lewis
Wayne
Munn
Walter Bates
Kansas City
Bates
Strangler
Hemp Mill at Osage Destroyed by Fire
Osage Iowa May 29 The only hemp mill west of the Mississippi burned Thursday in the second fire at the plant within months. Owner W G Mee estimates the loss at 4000 dollars. He plans to move to Otranto to rebuild on a larger hemp acreage there.
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Associated Press
Osage
Mississippi
W. G. Mee
Otranto
Presbyterian General Assembly Adjourns After Peace Resolutions
Lexington Ky May 29 The sixty fifth general assembly of the Presbyterian church in the United States adjourned after adopting resolutions favoring every worthy effort to secure the peace of the world.
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Associated Press
Lexington, Ky
General Assembly of the
Presbyterian Church In the
United States
Records Fall as Nurmi Sets Dozen Track Marks
The text notes Paavo Nurmi breaking 38 world records across distances from the quarter mile to 16,000 metres, competing in 48 track meets and traveling over 15,000 miles. A testimonial offer to a manufacturer is mentioned amid the achievements.
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Ture
Nurmi
Indictments Drawn Against Refrigerator and Furniture Makers
A U S grand jury in Chicago returns 269 indictments charging manufacturers and individuals in the refrigeration furniture and case goods sectors with restraint of trade. The cases cover firms in Burlington Iowa Grand Rapids Michigan Janesville Wisconsin and New York among others with annual business totals reaching tens of millions. The actions date from 1913 to recent years and involve multiple categories including case goods furniture and refrigerators.
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The
Associated Press
Chicago
United States District Court
Federal Grand Jury
Burlington
Northwestern Cabinet Company
Showers Brothers Company
Anderson-Winter Company
Clinton
Cabinet Makers
Union of
Indianapolis
Grand Rapids
Mich
Janesville
Wis
Rockford
Lil
New York
Indiana
Pennylvania
Ilinois
Arkansas
Michigan
Ohio
Kentucky
Maryland
West
Train Crash in Texas Kills Seven On Sunshine Special
In Longview Texas on May 29 the Sunshine Special No 2 derailed southwest of the city. Two trainmen and at least five passengers were killed and nearly twenty injured as the engine and three coaches plunged down a steep embankment after leaving the rails.
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Texas
Associated Seas
Longview
International
Great Northern
Here
Exodus of Teachers Begins in Washington Schools
Teachers in Washington schools who live outside the city depart by train and automobile for home. Report cards are distributed today marking the year’s end. Most plan summer at home or study trips. many will return in the fall, with a few not seeking reelection. The board has 3 or 4 vacancies to fill and aims to complete staffing soon.
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Washington
Wishart Elected Moderator of General Assembly
Topeka dispatch reports Dr. W. J. Wishart of Pittsboro elected moderator of the United Presbyterian general assembly now in session. He is brother of Dr. C. F. Wishart who led the assembly two years ago and cousin of Dr. J. M. Wishart, former pastor here. He preached here during the re dedication week of the remodeled First Church.
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Topeka
Kansas
W. J. Wishart
Pittsboroh
United Presbyterian General Assembly
Dr. Wishart
C. F. Wishart
Presbyterian General Assembly
First Church
J. M. Wishart
Riff tribesmen hinder Franco Moroccan air campaign study
U S Army Air Service reports the Riffs avoid fixed bases and use caves in the mountains making planes less effective. Night attacks and rifle fire down low aid their resistance while France seeks gains and Spain doubts French motives amid a broader North African clash.
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Washington, D. C
France
United States Army Air Service
North Africa
Spain
American Army Air Service
Ritts
Wheat crop outlook turns bleak as drought and cold bite
Washington reports a poor May wheat condition with a likely smaller 1942 crop than last year. Nearly a quarter of winter wheat acreage across Washington, Montana, Oregon, New Mexico and Texas is abandoned, with wetter foreign crops anticipated and hog supplies also shrinking versus prewar years.
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Associated Press
Washington
Department of Agriculture
Montana
Oregon
New Mexico
Tex
Thaw Moves to Winchester Virginia to Enforce Law
Harry K Thaw heads to Winchester Virginia to take up a quiet life as a constable and deputy sheriff. He boasts of arrest powers, cites town pride and baseball league support, while lingering rumors about cabarets and a diamond brace let with dancer Fawn Gray continue to follow him. Thaw dined in Newark with a companion identified as Miss Gray.
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Associated Press
New York
Harry K Thaw
Broadway
Winchester
Fawn Gray
Tam
Newark
Court adjourns to fifteenth of June
Judge Charles A. Dewey adjourned court until Monday June 15 to hear miscellan eos court business. In DPD H Tipton v Joe A Limerman the court ordered a decree that the Washington National Bank has a prior lien on sale proceeds and the trustee must pay its judgment with the balance to the plaintiff.
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Charles A. Dewey
DPD. H
Witness Vern Sigler testifies in Denison bank forgery trial
Vern Sigler an officer in a Des Moines loan company and former Washington man testified yesterday in the trial of L. Voss a Denison banker on forgery charges. Sigler had earlier served as a bank official in Wellman and Washington and as district court clerk.
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V. U. Sigler
Des Moines Loan Company
Washington
L. Voss
Denison
Mr. Sigler
Wellman
Soviet Embassy in London Granted Armed Guard
The Daily Mail reports the Soviet Embassy in London now has armed guard protection day and night after a threat letter targeting officials. Scotland Yard officers found a staff member guarding the entrance with a loaded cane when they arrived.
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London
The
Daily Mail
Scotland Yard
John W Davis Loath to Join Scopes Case
A Chicago dispatch says John W Davis would be sought as constitutional counsel for J T Scopes in the evolution trial with lawyers from Chicago Detroit Savannah and other regions offering aid Neal in Nashville spoke of the proposed move Davis denies being contacted saying he has not heard from Scopes or his lawyers and will not comment further
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Chicago
Chicago Tribune
Dayton, Tenn
John R Neal
J. T. Scopes
John W. Davis
Supreme Court
Detroit
Savannah
Washington, D. C
Pacific Coast
Neal
Nashville
New York
Chicare ‘Tribune
J. T. Seapes
Dayton Tenn
Copenhagen riot reports shown as untrue
Copenhagen May 29 reports of a serious fight between fascists and communists proved unfounded. The incident stemmed from a street brawl between fascist weekly vendors and a man selling communist paper with several fascists arrested.
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Associated Press
Copenhagen
Faseieti
Secretary Weeks Recovers Comfortably After Gallstone Surgery
John W. Weeks, Secretary of War, underwent gallstone surgery at Massachusetts General Hospital yesterday. A medical bulletin said he passed a comfortable night and his condition this morning was satisfactory.
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Associated Press
Boston
Mass
John W. Weeks
Massachusetts General Hospital
Change Numbers of Rock Island Trains
The Rock Island will retire trains Nos. 29 and 30 after May 31 and renumber them 33 and 32. The trains remain on the same schedule while Washington riders must adjust to the new numbers. No. 3 California train departs Washington at 2 26 p m under the new timetable instead of 2 40 p m.
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Rock Island
Washington
California
Washington High Glee Club Cup Displayed at Penney Store
Washington high school boys glee club won a lov ing cup at the state Ames contest and it is now on display in the North window of the Penney store on the west side of the square drawing many local viewers.
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Washington
Washington High School Boys’ Glee Club
Ames
Penney
Oil magnate loss in U S court opinion
Federal court in Los Angeles voids Doheny leases and Pearl Harbor storage contracts on grounds of fraud and excess presidential authority. The ruling orders Doheny to pay court costs but credits actual construction expenditures, with a master to audit all accounts. Navy plans to administer reserves announced in Newport by Secretary Wilbur.
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Associated Press
Los Angeles
Calif
United States
Doheny
Paul J. McCormick
Naval Oil Reserve No. 1
Caliornia
Pearl Harbor
Hawaii
Sk Hills
McCormick
KE. L. Doheny
Albert B. Mall
Secretary of the Interior
President Harding
Naval Oil Reserve Control
Navy
Interior Department
Pall
Fall
United States of America
Pan- American Petroleum and Transport Companies
Pan-American Petroleum Company
Edwin Denby
Secretary of the Navy
Harry H. Rousseau
Corps
Bureau of Navy Yards and Docks
Wilbur
Newport
Naval War College
Testimony to Truth and the Strength of Lying Quote
A fragment quoting William Hazlitt on truth and deception asserts that lying is the strongest proof of force, suggesting a philosophical stance on honesty and power within a brief reflective snippet.
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Toutl
William Yazlitt
World loves a good loser who loses money
The Louisville Courier Journal notes public appetite for spectacle when a failed competitor still pays costs. The commentary reflects on money and misfortune in competitive defeat.
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Louisville Courier-Journal
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