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Show OFFICER MUST DIE, VERDICT OF PRESIDENT YVASIITNOTOX, Feb. (U. P.) President Coolidgo today approved approv-ed the death sentence iiniKiscd upon Lieutenant. John S. Thompson by nil army court mnrtinl in tlio l'hil-Jipiues. l'hil-Jipiues. The execution will tnko place In (be Philippines when nnil where ,tlie commanding officer of Thompson's Thomp-son's garrison designates. Mr. Cool-idge Cool-idge made no comment in announcing announc-ing tlio decision. Thompson was convicted ot murdering mur-dering bis lS-your-old sweetheart, Audrey Burleigh, Inst fall in a quarrel. After the trial Thompson's Thomp-son's father and Senator Wads-wortb, Wads-wortb, New Torlc Itepublicnn, asked ask-ed executive clemency be exercised by the president, on the ground Thompson was Insane. |