Hostile Paris reception on Dempsey tour noted in Spotlight
In Paris Jack Dempsey reports a cold hostile reception amid critique from the French press. Ontario votes on beer sale at 4.4 percent weight. Canadian crowds show little rush. Public figures include former Gov. Jonathan Davis acquitted of bribery conspiracy. others face trials and political drama. Siouxt City boy Jack Moe, 12, injured after a fall chasing a pigeon.
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Jack Dempsey
Gay Paree
Jack
American Legionnaires
Trench
Sioux City
Jack Moe
Trade Commission clashes over trust probes and presidential role
The article reports a bitter split in the federal trade commission between Republican and Democratic members over investigations into General Electric and the tobacco trust. It notes President Coolidge and Attorney General Sargent face questions about whether the commission must follow Senate orders, against a Democratic view that the FTC is independent and answerable to Congress.
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Borah
Federal Trade Commission
Sanatar Borah
Mr. Borah
Trade Commission
Shipstead
LaFollette
Norris
Mark Sullivan
Washington, D. C
Commission
Coolidge
Sargent, Electric Co. and Tobacco Trust
Congress
Susele Shoals
Nebraska
Senate
General Electric Company
Ernst
Kentucky
Tobacco Trust
Coalidge
William EB. Humphrey
West
Nes
Sargent
la Follette
Ake
Interstate Commerce Commission
Davis Cleared and Faces New Charge in Pardons Scandal
Former Kansas governor Jonathan M. Davis was found not guilty of conspiring with Carl J. Peterson to solicit a pardon bribe for Walter Grundy. He now faces a separate bribery charge connected to pardons in the Pullman case as his son Russell Davis and Peterson are also tied to the investigations. Davis plans to return to his Bourbon City farm after the verdict.
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Jonathan Davis
Kansas
Davis
Associated Press
Topeka
Kan
Jonathan M. Davis
Carl J. Peterson
United Press
Tformere
State Bank
Bourbon City
Darvis
Kansas City
Frad
Pollman
Peterson
Russell Davis
Pollmat
Young Davis
Walter Grundy
Altho Davis
Three Nominated for Presbyterian Assembly Leader
Associated Press reports three candidates for moderator of the general assembly of the Presbyterian churches in the United States. Dr Harry C Rogers from Princeton Dr Lmapsley A McAfee of Berkeley California and Dr Charles R Erdeman of Princeton were nominated for the role.
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Associated Press
Columbus
Lmapsley A. McAfee
Berkeley
Cal
Charles R. Erdeman
Princeton
Harry C. Rogers
General Assembly
Presbyterian Ehures
United States
Americn
Cumberland Church Seeks Moderator for Assembly
Nashville May 21 The Cumberland Presbyterian general assembly convened with almost no applicants for the moderatorship as D M McAnulty of Bolivar Tenn presided. The opening address highlighted the ninety fifth convention while topics include missions college athletics and biblical fundamentalism.
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Nashville
Tenn
General Assembly
The
Cumberland Presbyterian Church
D. M. McAnulty
Bolivar
Arrest Egyptian in Sirdar Death Probe
Cairo reports Ahmed Pasha Maher former minister of education in Zagloul Pasha government was arrested in connection with the murder of Sir Lee Olver Starck the Egyptian army sirdar killed last November. Shafika Mansour, co-owner with Maher, is said to have provided disclosures about the ex-minister.
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Associated Press
Cairo
Ahmed Pasha Maher
Zagloul Pasha
Sir Lee Olver Starck
Sirdar
Egyatian
Shafika Mansour
Ahmed
Dorothy Ellingson Lane Faces Trial in San Francisco
Arrangements were underway for the re opening of the trial of Dorothy Ellingson Lane a 16 year old girl charged with the murder of her mother at their home on January 13. She was adjudged insane about two months ago and is to be returned to the county jail tomorrow after a 30 day Napa state hospital observation deemed her sane.
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San Francisco
Gal
Dorothy Ellingson
Napa State Hospital
Bandits assault Sabanilla ranch in Mexico
A Sauilln dispatch reports bandits attacked the American owned Sabanilla ranch near Mexico, killing the Mexican manager Jose Perez. The American consulate protested as military authority dispatches troops to pursue the assailants.
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Associated Press
Mexico Ity
Mex
Sauilln
Sabanilla Ranch
Jose Perez
Papa Refuses to Keep Child Amid Hoax by Mother
Nat Bass, a wealthy clothing maker, discovers the infant he believed to be his son was bought for 78 dollars by Mrs. Bass who admitted the hoax to avoid the ongoing infanticide investigation. Mrs Geissen Volk faces a grand jury for first degree manslaughter after infant William Winter died from a fractured skull following alleged care.
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Associated Press
New York
Nat Bass
Geissen-Volk
Bass
William Winter
Courier Delivery Cutoff and Missed Paper Policy
The courier should deliver the Courier at your home before 5 30 oclock. If you do not receive the paper by that time due to carrier error or other cause, call 5100 and a copy will be sent. Phone calls must reach the office before 6 30 p m.
Jury Deliberates in Harry Bell Murder Trial in Waterloo
Jurors in the Harry W. Bell case, charged with killing Ellsworth Kern in Waterloo on November 23, consider three verdicts not guilty second degree murder or manslaughter. Judge G W Woods lengthy instructions totaled 145 minutes as seven women and five men await a decision.
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G. W. Wood
Harry Bell
Ellsworth Kern
Waterloo
Kern
Scopes Case Brought to Rhea Grand Jury
Dayton Tenn May 21 A special session of the Rhea county grand jury was summoned for Monday to indict J T Scopes a high school teacher for violating the state law prohibiting the teaching of evolution Following his plea of not guilty in a local justice court Scopes was bound over for grand jury action.
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International News Wire
Dayton, Tenn
Rhea County
J. T. Scopes
Tocal High School
Scopes
Grand
Exoneration for Girl Who Shot in Riverdale Inquest
Lucille Wunsch, 16, was exonerated by a coroner's jury in Riverdale after testifying that she fired to scare Miss Simneck during a scuffle between her mother and the slain woman. Simneck died in a hospital. Wunsch said she did not intend to kill.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Lucille Wunsch
Agnes Imneck
William Wunsch
Miss Simneck
Lucille
Miss Simneck White
Riverdale
Two Town Cities Cited for Fire Prevention Prize Winners
Washington May 21 Indianapolis Fresno Findlay Albany win prizes in Chamber of Commerce contest for cities most successful in preventing waste by fire. Honorable mentions go to Portland Cedar Rapids Great Falls Dubuque Billings Oceanside.
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Washington, D.C
Youth May Not Live Through Identity Trial
Minneapolis May 21 Arthur Lopez-Frazier collapsed in federal court during his identification trial. He was rushed to a hospital with physicians reporting his condition critical and fearing he may not survive to see the case concluded.
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Minneapolis
Minn
Hannah Frazier
Arthur Lopez-Frazier
Four by four beer sales begin at Ontario border towns
Ontario and border cities welcomed the new 4.4 percent beer as it went on sale at 7 a.m. Across Windsor Fort Erie and Niagara Falls crowds formed but early reports showed modest volumes with reservations quickly filled. Officials predicted a busy day as Detroiters crossed the border for the first legal taste despite a slow start.
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Fort Erie
Niagara Falls
United States
Associated Press
Ottawa
Dominion
Quebec
Manitoba
British Columbia
Alberta
Saskatchewan
Maritime
Nova Scotia
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Prince Edward Island
Aere
Ontario
Volsteadland
Niagara Palls
Buffalo
Detroit
Mich
Ont
Arkansas
Fergie's
Ferguson
Detroit Jets
Nagara Falls
Wheels Mangle Boy Beating Way on Train
A Rockford Illinois dispatch reports George Steffan aged 19 of Cedar Rapids died after being crushed by a freight train while riding the rails toward home. He and companion Charles Dvorak were making their way from the east when the accident occurred. Steffan died on the way to hospital. remains to be brought to Cedar Rapids.
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Cedar Rapids
Rockford
Ill
Mornaiig
George Steffan
Charles Dvorak
Steffan
Complete Jury For D. J. Murphy Trial
The jury to decide if Dennis J. Murphy the Waukon lawyer can be tried on the forgery indictment was completed in the district court at noon today. It includes a housewife ten farmers and a merchant with H Estey West Union defense attorney and John San eff Mason City assisting the prosecution. They will open arguments this afternoon.
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Gresco
Dennis J. Murphy
Waukon
H. Estey
West Union
John Saneff
Mason City
Woman Loses Bid for Bulk Alimony in Des Moines
Mrs. Marcy Packard, 64, ex-wife of Morris A. Packard, a Clear Lake farmer, lost in district court over a $30,900 estate division. She sought $15,000 in cash instead of $40 monthly alimony she currently receives, alleging he tricked her into divorce after taking a younger, more attractive lover.
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Des Moines
Marcy Packard
Morris A. Packard
Clear Lake
Packard
Island possession dispute over Iowa patent upheld
Keokuk Iowa May 21 Claims of possession of an island in the Mississippi River opposite the Des Moines river mouth were upheld in district court. A decree fixed the boundary line between Missouri and Iowa though attorneys expect further action in federal court or a boundary commission before final settlement.
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Keokuk
Mississippi River
Des Moines
Iowa
Missouri
Boundary Commission
Kimballton Pupils to Exhibit Gymnastics at Grand View
Des Moines reports that school children from Kimballton Indiana will present a gymnastic exhibition under instructor Miss Marie Midtgaard at Grand View college. Midtgaard, a pupil of Bok the renowned Danish gymnast, faced two court fights when Kimballton parents opposed broomers in her class work.
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Des Moines
Kimballton
Marie Midtgaard
Grand View College
Full Dinner Pail Stay Promised by U S Chamber Leaders
Washington May 21 The full dinner pail is in America to stay, leaders told the U S Chamber of Commerce convention. Francois de St Phalle Baldwin Locomotive vice president said America can produce quickly in large volume and compete, while George E Anderson former consul general agreed American manufacturers need fear rivals in the east, Britain, Germany and Australia.
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America
U. S. Commerce Chamber
International News Wire
Washington, D.C
United States
Chamber of Commerce
Europe
Francois de St. Phalle
Baldwin Locomotsive Works
da St'Phalle
George E. Anderson
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