Leopold and Loeubard Leob to Not Testify in Murder Trial
In Chicago on July 6, defense counsel Edward Deer reports Nathan Leopold and Richard Loeb will be kept off the witness stand. Clarence Darrow leads the defense as prosecutors press toward a verdict. Over three score witnesses have testified, with the state pursuing a swift conclusion to the murder case of Robert Franks.
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Edward
Deer
United Press
Criminal Court Room
Chicago
Nathan Leopold
Richard Loeh
le Mourder
Robert Franks
Clarence Darrow
Leopold
Leeh
Tie
Jie
Darrow
Closty
Bors
Aave
Sitine
Robert
Crowe
Leopard
Losb
Loeb
Jacob Weinstein
Franks
Weinstein
Toom
Darrow Attacks Friendly Judge In Leopold Loeb Hearing
Chicago July 26 Dr William J Healy and Dr Benjamin Gineck alienists joined the defense in the Leopold Loeb murder trial, signaling a tough contest ahead. They say the boys are sane but show unusual mental twists that may explain their acts and lack of emotion as the trial proceeds. Queen Mary has taken a liking to Misthel Macdronald, daughter of the Labor prime minister.
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Adda
Chicago
William J. Healy
Boston
Benjamin Gineck
New York
Nathan Leopold, Jr
Richart Loeb
Robert Franks
Clarence S. Darrow
Dr. Healy
Baker Foundation
Fee
Dr. Glueck
Sing Sing
International News Wire
Richard Loeb
Queen Mary
Misthel Macdronald
Labor
Dempsey Injured In Auto Crash On Way To New York
World heavyweight champion Jack Dempsey suffered elbow dislocation back strain and cuts after his auto collided with another car at San Juan Capistrano. He reached New York to face Harry Wills but was briefly detained on Ellis Island due to passport irregularities before clearance. Blanca Lourdes, a blonde acquaintance, was deported to Havana. Mrs Charles H. Senit offered her 35 room Long Island estate of 600 acres for the Prince of Wales polo matches in September.
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Jack Dempsey
San Juan
Gapistrano
Lula Angel Firpo
Pampas
New York
Harry Wills
Ellis Island
Blanca Lourdes
Firpo
United States
Havana
Charlies H. Senit
Prince of Wales
Long Island
Widow of slain consul awaits US action in Tehran
Washington officials prepared to ask Persia to protect Americans after the killing of Maj. Robert Imbrie and an insult to his widow. A Persian youth reportedly grabbed Mrs. Imbrie's veil and spat on her as a policeman nearby did not intervene, the minister's dispatch said.
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Associated Press
Washington, D. C
State Department
Maj
Robert Imbrie
Witow
Joseph HH. Korfeld
BEC
Abs
Imbrio
Imbria
Teheran
Imbrie J
Senate Rejects Second Nomination of Budget Director
Gov. Kendall voiced sharp disappointment at the Senate failure to confirm his budget director pick Glenn C. Haynes and associate director George W. Clarke. He warned the move against the budget law and executive appointments could signal the opposition’s true stance toward the administration and the budget system.
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Senate
House
Kenidall
Maytag
Flaynes
Clarke
Glenn C. Haynes
George W. Clarke
Oskaloosa Gas Rate Cut to 1.85 Per Thousand
Oskaloosa Ja July 26 a voluntary reduction from 2 to 1.85 per 1000 cubic feet in gas rates was announced by J H Porter manager of the Oskaloosa Light and Fuel Co. The cut takes effect with July bills following a conference of company officials and the city council. A 25 cent reduction was earlier made about a year and a half ago.
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Oskaloosa, Ja
J. H. Porter
Oskaloosa Light & Fuel Co
Presbyterians to Send a Christmas Ship to Germany
Philadelphia July 26 A proposal by the Presbyterian general assembly plans a Christmas ship to Germany with practical gifts for impoverished civilians including clothing un bleached muslin sheets layettes milk and end over of The ship is to arrive in Germany The last day for receiving goods in the United States is November 10 A committee of American churchwomen will accompany the ship and meet a German women's church committee.
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Philadelphia
Germany
Presbyterian General Assembly
Mother Finds Dead Babe in Locker at Railroad Station
Oklahoma City July 21 Miss Cecilia Miller’s baby was found dead after being swathed in cotton and placed in a suitcase at Santa Fe station. The 25-year-old woman was arrested in Oakland and will face a misdemeanor charge. Dr. J A Coley said the infant showed no signs of breathing. The mother, a Capitol clerk, had no medical attention after the birth Sunday afternoon.
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Oklahoma City
Okla
Cecilia Miller
Oakland
Cal
J. A. Coley
Santa Fe
Tinley Named for Commander of 34th Division of Infantry
Des Moines July 26 Brig Gen Matt Tinley Council Bluffs has been nominated major general in command of the Thirty fourth division of infantry a national guard unit with headquarters at Des Moines and commission now pending before the war department Adj Gen Lasher announced the division includes national guard organizations of Iowa Minnesota North and South Dakota Gen Tinley s nomination as commander has been approved by the governors of the states concerned and will become effective upon ratification of the war department
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Des Moines
Matt Tinley
Council Bluffs
Infantry
War Department
Adj
Lasher
National ‘Guard
Iowa
Minnesota
North
South Dakota
Tinley
Son Saves Foolish Father From Gas Trench Peril
Cedar Rapids Iowa today reports Frank Tenley foreman of the Cedar Rapids Gas company was overcome by gas in a trench under First Avenue. His son and fellow workers dragged him out unconscious and he was revived. Tenley entered to make a connection and turned on the gas believing he could finish before danger rose, but gas flow was too heavy and he collapsed in five minutes. Prompt action by his son saved his life.
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Cedar Rapids
Frank Tenley
Cedar Rapids Gas Company
First Avenue
Tenley
County Advised of Budget Law Changes
A telegram from the auditor of state to F W Fisher county auditor advised of a legislative change in the budget law. The change restricts coverage to consolidated and municipal corporation schools while township boards special assessments and drainage districts are exempt.
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Auditor of State
F. W. Fisher
Nine Held Under Bond For Tarrings Of Young Woman
Frederick Md July 26 Nine men and women were bound over on serious charges after a mob tarred and feathered Dorothy Grandon a 20 year old at Middletown. Mrs Mary Shank led the mob and admitted involvement. The group faces up to ten years in prison with possible fines if convicted.
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Frederick
Dorothy Grandon
James Whipp
Middletown
Whipp
Mick Grandon
Mary Shank
Deaton Miss Grandon
Maryland
Clinton Paper Says Judge Ineligible to Run for Congress
Clinton paper contends Judge F D Letts of Davenport cannot run for Congress due to Iowa Constitution article five section five prohibiting district court judges from seeking other offices during their term. Attorney General Gibson counters the clause applies to state officers only and not to federal races, citing Wade and Boies as precedents.
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Clinton
Congress
G. O. P. Joutcal
F. D
Davennort
Lowa
Letis
Consgressman Hall
Clinton Advertiser
Des Moines
F. D. Ketts
Davenport
Gibson
Martin J. Wade
W. B. Boies
Coolidge Rebukes Critics of Defense Day
President Coolidge rebuked pacifist groups opposing Defense Day set for Sept 12 to test the nation’s military resources. He calls critics unfair and says the goal is to foster citizen readiness with minimal professional force while maintaining safeguards and police protection. He notes past rapid demobilization after WWI and urges public awareness of defense plans.
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United Press
Washington, D. C
Coolidge
Frederick J. Libby
National Council For Prevention of
Bic
Stalinetl
United States
Atak Dee Pty Tee
Pours Oil in Stove. Wife Dies of Burns in Oto
Winnie Mores, 41, farmer's wife of Oto, died in a local hospital from burns suffered Friday when she poured kerosene into a cook stove and the can exploded. Survived by husband and 10 children, including a 53-year-old man and three daughters. Sioux City ta, July 26.
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Sioux City
Winnie Mores
Oto
Lear
Webster City Editor Dies at Des Moines
Des Moines dispatch reports D Juniter president of Freeman Journal Publishing Co Webster City Ia died in a local hospital after an operation last week He was 70 years old.
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Webster City
Des Moines
D. Juniter
Freeman- Journal Publishing Company
Burlington Buys Gas From Wagons At 9 Cents A Gallon
Burlington Iowa July 26 a local oil company sold gasoline from wagons at 9 cents per gallon. Reports said prices at filling stations could drop to 11 cents but most stations stayed at 23 cents yesterday morning. The 13 cent price had held for over six weeks.
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Burlington
Brazil President Ready for Flight From Rebel
Buenos Aires July 26 United Press reports say President Bernardes of Brazil is keeping a launch ready day and night to flee if needed. Official reports deny extreme gravity. fighting around Sao Paulo continues with censorship. Rebel sources claim disaffection grows among troops and federal artillery damages rise in Sao Paulo as rebels extend lines northward.
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United Press
Buenos Aires
Bernardes
Brazil
Rio de Janeiro
Sao Paulo
Couzens Eyes Prohibition Record Probe by Senate Committee
Senator Couzens and two Democrats on a special Senate committee pressed to proceed with hearings on September 1 into the prohibition enforcement record of Secretary Melson and the internal revenue bureau. The coalition, including Senators King and Jones, voted to prosecute the hearings and employ Francis Heney as counsel, following friction over Couzens personal employment and at the suggestion of Senator Pinchot.
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Washington, D. C
Melson
Internal Revenue Bureau
Couzens
Michigan
Senate Committee
Committee
King
Utah
Jones
New Mexico
la J Follette
Senate
Francis 4. Heney
San Francisco
Gratt
Soy. Pinchot
Pennsylvania
Oelwein Woman Shot Through Window Dead. Husband Jailed
Oelwein Ia July 26 Mrs Lotie McQuinn May 20 was instantly killed at 11 last night when two pistol shots were fired through a glass door at the home of Fred Goldsmith where she was employed as a nurse. Her husband Austin May a section hand was arrested at midnight. Charges will be filed by the county attorney later today. The couple wed June 2 and had been separated three weeks.
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Oelwain
Lottie McQuinn May
Fred Goldsmith
Austin May
Woolwine Illness Reported Critical
Paris July 26 Thomas Lee Woolwine former Los Angeles district attorney remained in critical condition today though holding his own according to his physician unchanged from yesterday after his fourth blood transfusion since being stricken a week ago doctors feared undetected internal hemorrhages may be present and checked.
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Paris
Thomas Lee’ Woolwine
Los Angeles
Fire destroys Morton business area in Washington
Fire swept Morton in eastern Lewis county destroying the entire business section. The Milwaukee railroad terminus report loss estimated at over 400000 dollars. Two small business buildings survived, and the cause remains undetermined as of this morning.
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Morton
Wash
Milwaukee Railroad
Lewis County
Mortuary Say Farnsworth Dies After Portland Visit
Longtime Bremer county resident GUE Farnsworth died in Portland Oregon at 88. His body to be sent home to Janesville for burial after brief services on the morrow. Local Waverly Grand Army post comrades were unable to attend due to age, planning overland transport and services at the grate. Wife Mrs Cadwallader linked to Civil War veteran’s funeral plans. Sixteen words?
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Gue Farnsworth
Uy Farnsworth
Denver
Bremer County
Portland
Ore
Hileman & Gindt
Janesville
M. W. Cadwallader
Farnsworth
Hijackers blamed for San Francisco murder attempt and attack
In San Francisco Bay Area a gang of alleged hijackers is blamed for a murder attempt and an assault on an elderly winery owner and a young woman. J Ferris, a San Francisco merchant and suspected bootlegger, lies wounded. a bullet riddled auto was found nearby. Mrs Mary Granau, 86, owner of Drum Tanch winery in Livermore, and Christine Jung, 18, were attacked and frightened away, leaving Granau injured.
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San Francisco
Cal
San Francisco Bay Region
J. Ferris
Half Moon Bay Region
Ferris
Mary] Granau
Drum Tanch Winery
Livermore
Christine Jung
Black man confesses killing girl in store robbery
Cairo dated July 26 authorities announced a Black man confessed fatally shooting Daisy Wilson 18 during an attempted robbery of her father J Wilson in a store near Villa Ridge Monday night. The suspect Connors is moved from Pulaski county amid fears of mob violence. Two Memphis Black men arrested earlier Tuesday were nearly killed by a mob and will be freed.
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Cairo
Hess Conjners
Fred Hail
Daisy Wilson
J. Wilson
Villa Ridge
Connors
Pulaski County
Memphis
Eucharist Congress to Meet on Chicago in 1923
Amsterdam July 26 The city of Chicago chosen as seat of the Eucharist congress of Girls' Camp Close. Girls of Yeaz club Young Women's Christian association resided at C T Wilson cottage Sherwood Park for health education program closing cabin for the year. About 40 girls enrolled. Hiking boating and bathing featured in activities of the camp girls.
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Amsterdam
Chicago
Girls of Yeaz Club
Young Women's Christian Association
C. T. Wilson
Sherwood Park
Ty Airs
WH. Howtey
Health Education
Cint
Soviet envoy returns from Anglo Russian talks in London
London Radovsky, the Soviet representative to the Anglo Russian financial conference, has gone back to Moscow to brief the government on negotiation progress. Deportation of 56,000 Armenians from Greece to make room for Greek refugees is under way, with Armenians protesting being forced to yield land before harvest.
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London
Radovsky
Moscow
Greece
Athens
Wheat crop falls 46 million bushels from last year
The Department of Agriculture projects this year’s wheat production at 740,060,000 bushels, down 46,000,000 from last year, with a 102,000,000 bushel carryover. Interior mills hold 34,000,000 bushels, vs 37,000,000 last year, and imports are uncertain though higher duties may curb milling imports.
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Washington, D. C
America
Department of Agriculture
Department
Defense test on Sept 12 aims to mobilize citizens
Chicago July 26 The defense test or mobilization demonstration set for Sept 12 marks the sixth anniversary of St Mihiel. The plan calls for a parade of Army units near Chicago with civilian participation, public speeches on national defense, and a practical look at mobilization plans under Maj Gen Harry C. Hale.
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International News Wire
Chicago
Ill
Battle of
St. Mihiel
War Department
United States
Ward
Harry C. Hale
Sixth Corps
Army of the United States
United States Army
Illinois National Board
Reserve Officers’ Training Corps
Boy Scouts
Coolidge
Josal
Regular Army
National Guard
Organized Reserve
Hale
Fourth World Flier Takes Off Follows Trail of MacLaren
Paris July 26 Argentine flier Pedro Zau ni left Amsterdam this morning bound for Le Bourget Paris following the route of Stuart MacLaren. Aviation experts doubt he will sustain a high altitude reach beyond Le Bourget today. Meanwhile in Sioux City Iowa the Missouri River is being dragged for 13 year old Eugene Moore who drowned yesterday afternoon while swimming on the Nebraska side.
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MacLaren
Paris
Pedro Zauni
Fiier
Amsterdam
Rotterdam
Lea Bourget
le Bourget
Stuart MacLaren
Sioux City
Missouri
Eugene Moore
Nebraska
America leads in chemistry research says report
New York July 26 America leads the world in chemical research officials of the American Chemical Society say in a Crane report from Ohio State University The center of chemistry moved to America with 6 014 abstracts or 32 1 percent of the world total in the last year Germany 5 064 27 percent Great Britain 2 890 15 4 France 2 214 11 2 The study notes postwar recoveries and praises Belgium and Japan as rising researchers while Czecho Slovakia Poland Romania and China show activity.
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International News Wire
New York
America
SUI
Germany
American Chemical Society
E. J. Crane
Ohio State University
J. C. Irvine
Scotland
J. D. Crane
Chemical Abstracts
U. G
Denmark
Douot
Crane
United States
Great Britain
France
Belgium
Austria
Russia
Japan
Czecho-Slovakia
Poland
Roumania
China
Rumord
Weekend Weather Promises Favorable Outing in Iowa
The state weather bureau forecasts fair and warmer conditions for the weekend in Iowa. Picnics and auto trips are favored as roads remain in good condition despite heavy rains last week. Today, skies are partly cloudy with little chance of precipitation. Temperatures run around 0 degrees with a cool breeze, and yesterday reached 84 degrees high with a low near 5 above.
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State Weather Bureau
Contempt Case to Parallel Hearings by Rail Wage Board
Chicago July 25 United States railroad labor board will hear next week the wage dispute between western railroads and the brotherhoods. The board will conduct contempt proceedings in the district court against employees who refuse to testify in the case.
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Rail
Chicago
United States Railroad Labor Board
Western Railroads
Brotherhoods
United States District Court
Dawes Opens Campaign in Lincoln Nebraska
Brig. Gen. Charles G. Dawes the Republican nominee for vice president will begin his national campaign with an address in Lincoln Nebraska on August 29 according to an announcement from Republican headquarters today. He plans a series of speeches across key states to outline his platform and bolster the GOP ticket ahead of the election.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Charles G. Dawes
Lincoln
Indictments Hit Municipal Savings & Loan Officials
Cleveland July 26 seven officials of the Municipal Savings and Loan Co and allied realty firms were indicted by a special grand jury on charges of embezzlement false financial statements and perjury. The report also notes Ralph J Kies of Dunkerton Ta has been accepted for reenlistment in the U S Navy and assigned to the Marblehead cruiser in Philadelphia.
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Cleveland, C
Municipal Savings & Loan Co
Representative Realty Company
NAVY
Ralph J. Kies
Dunkerton
U. S. Navy
Philadelphia
Marblehead
HW. 5
Watton
Searan
Echares
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Libby
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Oelwein
Woolwine
Morton, Wash
Wintfred
Ethel Edwards
Ethel
James M. Edwards
Cedar Heights
Traer
Barry Wata
J. P.aul
Logan Grenue
Wadnesening
Henry Mueller
Slmwood
Negro
Kelling
Cable Briefs
Dawes
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