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August 4, 1927

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Crowds Awaited the Governor's Decision; Fuller's Homes and Other Buildings Guarded

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Full Text of Gov. Fuller's Decision, Ending Long Fight of Prisoners; He Sketches the Crime of Which Sacco and Vanzetti Were Accused, Reviews the Trial in Detail and Concludes by Declaring the Verdict Right and the Men Guilty as Charged. TEXT OF GOVERNOR'S FINAL DECISION

By From a Staff Correspondent of The New York Times

Gov Fuller decides trial was fair and that men must die; text of decision; execution set for Aug 10; statement by defense com; opinions; Vanzetti's sister on way to U S; outline of case; pors of Sacco, Vanzetti, Gov Fuller and Judge Thayer; U S Minister to Uruguay refuses to transmit protest to U S Govt; sympathizers in Phila demand impeachment of Judge Thayer; N Y C activities; French intellectuals send new plea; Paris demonstrations

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Berlin Talks to Buenos Aires By 7,000-Mile Radio Telephone

By Copyright, 1927. by the New York Times Co

Communication between Berlin and Buenos Aires

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DECISION LATE AT NIGHT; State Executive Backs the Original Verdict in Famous Case.

By From a Staff Correspondent of The New York Times

BOSTON, Aug. 3. -- That Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti were guilty of the payroll murders and robbery at South Braintree on April 15, 1920, for which they have been condemned to die during the week of Aug. 10, was the decision of Governor Alvan T. Fuller, made public at 11:30 o'clock tonight at the State House.

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NAVAL PARLEY FAILS; FINAL MEETING SET FOR THIS AFTERNOON; Cruiser Difficulty, the Crux of Geneva Conference, Brings Break-Down.

By the Associated Press

comment by Eur press, delegates to Geneva Naval Armament Conf and others

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NEWS STUNS THE DEFENSE; Decision Is 'Unbelievably Brutal,' Says Statement by the Committee. WILL CONTINUE THE FIGHT. Asks Millions Throughout the World to Join in Last Desperate Protest. PATROLS PUT NEAR PRISON Guard Is Thrown Around the Hotel Where Governor Fuller Spends the Night. DECISION STUNS DEFENSE COUNSEL

By From a Staff Correspondent of The New York Times

BOSTON, Thursday, Aug. 4. -Gardner Jackson, Chairman of the Sacco-Vanzetti Defense Committee, issued the following statement at 1:15 o'clock this morning.

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BULL MARKET JARRED BY COOLIDGE STAND; Fifty Representative Stocks Decline -- Most of Losses Are Regained in Buying Rally. 2,767,170 SHARES SOLD Trading Next to Heaviest of the Year -- Clamor From Exchange Reaches the Street. MARKET JARRED BY COOLIDGE STAND

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Wall Street's "Coolidge bull market" was jarred to its foundations yesterday morning by the President's cryptic announcement that he does not choose to be a candidate for re-election in 1928. There was a pellmell scramble to sell stocks and opening prices were from 2 to 15 3/4 points lower than the previous day's close.

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