Life terms given to Leopold Jr and Loeb for Franks murder
Chicago justice with Justice Caverly imposes life imprisonment for Nathan Leopold Jr and Richard Loeb and 99 years for the kidnapping of Robert Franks. The sentencing follows their guilty pleas and ends a sensational murder case that drew national attention. The judge notes no death penalty due to youth. The youths are to be taken to Joliet for confinement, with police mobilized for the transfer.
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Edward Derr
United Press
Chicago
Ill
Justice Caverly
Nathan Leopold, Jr
Richard Feb
Robert Franks
Gee
Natan
Leopold, Sr
Deb
Richard Loeb
Joliet
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Robert Fran
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Prisoners Leopold and Loeb await sentence and meal
Chicago September 10 Nathan Leopold and Richard Loeb told Sheriff Hoffman they felt fine after learning their sentence for murder. They requested two thick steaks with onions and side dishes and chocolate eclairs, claiming it might be their last good meal. The judge imposed life imprisonment, noting calculated cruelty and considering parole denial due to the nature of the crime.
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Chicago
Nathan Leopold
Richard Loeb
Hoffman
Fire alarm delay costs minutes at blaze
Fire chief Emanuel Gatesej urged residents to wait at the alarm box after triggering a fire alert to guide firefighters. An alarm from box 14 reached after a fire two and a half blocks away spread undetected as bystanders did not wait, costing several minutes before firefighters located the blaze.
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Emanuel Gatesej
Three Year Old Injured by Crescent Disinfectant Poison
The three year old son of Mr and Mrs Lon Yegdin living at Tillmar Ragsdale on South Meridian swallowed cresoline a caustic disinfectant. Mrs Yocum left him asleep while she went to the store and he drank from a case containing cresoline. He was found at the top of the stairs unconscious with burning in his mouth and on his body doctors treated him and he showed improvement. The family planned to move the next day and had packed part of their belongings including the cresoline in two cases.
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Lon Yegdin
Tillmar Ragsdale
South Meridian
Shoals Boy Hurt in Carbide Blast
Shoals, Sept 10 Claude Clifton aged thirteen son of James Clifton who owns Jug Rock farm suffered a broken nose and upper lip when carbide exploded in a closed can during experimentation with Cour ier Anchlin both boys from the West Side were injured. Clifton required stitches and faces disfigurement while Anchlin sustained facial bruises and burns. Many volunteers named followed as part of a local day defense list and Hindher Mfg Co employees also offered service.
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Clifton
Anchlin
Defense Day Volunteers Named for Cresgy County
A list of county reserve officers is announced with names including Charlie Gutedall Geo Greenwell George Crome and Alvin Clark. Each is commissioned for five years by the U S president and assigned to organized reserves to serve in emergencies without pay.
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For Cresgy
Charlie Gutedall
Geo Greenwell
George Crome
Dbay Ledecoher
Alvin Clark
ieors + Catshalk
Joseph Humble
Alfred Clark
Joseph Carroll
Earl Fegan
Charles Emmick
United States
Organized Reserves
Congress
Woman governor hopeful daughter of Daviss county man
A Daviess county woman stands a chance of becoming vice president as the wife of Senator Wheeler, LaFollette's running mate. Mrs. Wheeler, daughter of John White of Odon, has supported her husband and traveled with him, with the Whites long tied to Republican circles. White's injury and family ties in Odon anchor the local pride behind Wheeler's ticket.
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Wheeler
John White
Odon
Illinois
The
LaFollette
White
Montana
Ulvary
Daviess County
Washington
Wirt
Neon
Daviess County Hospital
Mr. White
Fannile Crooke
Harry Crooke
Warrant sought for arrest of Luis Angel Firpo in Newark
Federal court asked for a bench warrant to arrest Argentine fighter Luis Angel Firpo on Mann Act charges tied to the visit of Seniorita Picart to the United States. The judge reserved decision until tomorrow morning as religious and civic groups oppose the bout in Jersey City. L. W. Barber, county auditor, also filed suit to stop William F Wage from cutting timber on a mortgaged farm.
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Tion
Luis Angel Firpo
Harry Wills
Jersey City
Seniorita Picart
L. W. Barber
William F. Wage
Armies Await Better Weather Around Shanghai
Shanghai September 10 Two thousand international troops guard the boundary while rival Chinese warlords rest on rain soaked battlefields awaiting improved weather to resume hostilities. Americans and other foreigners near Shanghai believe General Yuan will spare their quarter even if he takes the city. Worries focus on potential influx of defeated Lu forces into the settlement.
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Shanghai
Yuan
Frost Widespread Across Indiana Causes School Closures
Frost covered Indiana last night with heavy damage in the north according to weather reports. A read 12 degrees in Cass County. fuel shortages forced 77 city schoolchildren home. Legal notices show libel and account suits, a court judgment against Wm. Cy Bennington for 91.906 percent interest and costs, and a divorce dismissal.
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Indianapolis
Weather Bureau
Cass County
Actua Life Ins
Cs Wm
Cy Bennington
Telat
Jedgiment 9
Alling White
Cellas Fb
Woman Dies at 102 in Indiana Hospital
Princeton Indiana Sept 10 Mrs Susan Hyneman who would have been 103 on October 18 died today at the hospital here from diseases incident to old age.
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Susan Hyneman
Multiple Minor Accidents Reported at Baltimore and Ohio Shops
A string of minor to serious injuries occurred at the Baltimore and Ohio shops and Green Mound coal mine. Notable cases include H. L. Gendenberger losing a toe and injuring the foot, Grant Petts breaking a rib, D. G. Wolf sustaining a broken bone in the foot, James A. Harris suffering a broken bone and sprain, and Ernest Murray breaking and tearing tissue of a finger thumb injury.
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Baltimore & Ohio
Green Mound
H. L. Gendenberger
Ths South East Second Street
Grant Petts
D. G. Wolf
James A. Harris
Mr. Haccia
Ernest Murray
Gillette Named In Massachusetts Senate Nomination
Boston on September 10 reported Frederick Gillette longtime speaker and congressman won the Republican primary in Massachusetts receiving 2300 votes across 191 towns while Louis Coolidge led with 123300 as his nearest challenger in incomplete returns from yesterday's primary.
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Boston
Frederick Gillette
House of Representatives
Congress
United States
Massachusetts
Gillette
Louis Coolidge
Missing 15 year old Laura Mundy sights in Jasper area
Jasper Indiana September search widens to other cities for Laura Mundy age fourteen or fifteen. A note left for her father says she is leaving home by car and that he should not follow. Described as four feet eleven inches tall with black hair and eyes and a fair complexion. Mundy resides at 409 West Seventh Street, Jasper.
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Laura Mundy
Philip Mundy
Mundy
West Seventh Street
Jasper
Ind
Clerks Named for Registration Day October 6
The county board of commissioners adjourned naming 34 precinct clerks for the October 6 registration day. Democratic and Republican clerks are assigned per precinct with lists covering Washington, Barr, Bogard, Elmore, Harrison, Madison, Reeve, Steele, and Van Buren townships. Eligible voters are those voting their first time this fall or new to a precinct. registration sites to be designated later.
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Board of County Commissioners
Intagh
Heep
Washington Township
William C. Rainey
Ace O'Neill
Zed McCafferty
Wiig Heddinott
Cary M. Gordon
Lawson H. Stucky
Wm. W. Wykoff
Evelyn Treadway
Elsie McLemore
Fle Lemasters
Mark Chandier
August Ingram
Barr
É& M. Ledgerwood
J. M. Scot
Reeve Townstop
John T. Hughes
Dean Hedrick
Steele Township
Harvey T. Walls
Walter Harbstreit
van Buren
Veale
O B. Wallace
Jogeth D. Franklin
Glerks
Charley Cosby
Ethel Salt
Ralph A. Hastings
Robert Burton
Fledig Allison
Harry van Trees
Joseph Bailey
E. 8. Vance
Job Smoot
Mr. Smith
Agnestadlon
W. B. Wallace
Barr Township
Karl L. Ellis
Perenaene
Radcliffe
Cecil Price
Earl Wilson
Bogard Towan
William Hughes
Frank Hardy
Elmore Towship
Roland Pershing
Charles Adams
Chas, Holngan
Harrison Township
Martha Meade
Walter, Smoot
Madison
Ray Laughlin
Edna Sumners
Nobie Callahan
Reeve Township
James A. Howard
Secon
Jonathan Allen
Steele Towngrip
Joe Dyzan
Ralpht Risley
Jesse W. Trurblood
William T. Falch
Charles Stuckey
Seco
Edith White
Unidentified Man Buried After Sudden West Broadway Wedding
The body of a man who wed suddenly at the Chance room next house on West Broadway last week, with his identity not revealed, was buried in Potter's Field on Wednesday after efforts to identify him failed.
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Princeton
Chance Room
West Broadway
Las
Potter’s Field
State to Give Cannon For Co B Memorial
Indiana will donate a cannon for a memorial in the grove near Raglesville to honor Company B 27th Infantry recruited in Daviess County. The note names William Fesler son of John Fesler and Gen. Casey, whose father served in Company B, who called on Guserper Branch. The governor promised a cannon for the grove.
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Indinapolis
State of
Indiana
Raglesville
Daviess County
William Febler
John Fr. Fesler
da Casey
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