Langley Pardoned Christmas Gift Restores Citizenship
President Coolidge granted former Representative John W. Langley of Kentucky a full restoration of citizenship rights after his 1924 conviction for conspiracy to illegally withdraw whiskey from government storage. Langley, who served nine terms and chaired the public buildings and grounds committee, began a two year sentence in Atlanta in 1926 and was paroled after one year.
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Washington
Coolidge
John W. Langley
Kentucky
Katherine Langley
Congress
Covington
Supreme Court
Save Our Home
Langley
Atlattia Penitentiary
Sam Collins
Sargent
House Public Buildings and Serounds
House
Public Buildings and Grounds
Atlanta
Lansley
Wink Texas Feud Triggers Federal State Sweep
Federal and state officers raided Wink after a private feud between ruffians and hijackers sparked turmoil. About 30 alleged resorts were raided and closed, with residents and transients questioned. Narcotics and prohibition agents plus dyer act experts led a broad probe into violations while Texas Rangers enforced gaming laws. The oil boom town, small but notorious, aims to cleanse long-standing trouble.
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Texas
Rufn
Texas Rangers
Wink
Rangery
West Texas
Fromm
Dyer Act
Restoring Citizenship Rights for 1500 War Era Convicts
Representative Berger introduces a plan to restore civil rights and grant amnesty to about 1,500 individuals convicted under the wartime espionage act for nonviolent utterances. He notes no acts of violence and compares it to Civil War amnesty, while discussing treasury deficits and tax settlement figures.
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Washington
Representative Berger
Wisconsin
Berger
Kenesaw M. Landis
Chicago
Supreme Court
Two New Residences Started This Week Ada Building Boom
Building permits in Ada for the week before Christmas add six thousand five hundred dollars to the yearly total. W K Duan and T H Moore are the only new listings while progress continues on multiple projects including a South Broadway auto garage and the Prince Chevrolet agency on East Main Street. The South Broadway structure nears completion and interior work proceeds. Frank Meaders house on South Broadway nears finish, and Frank Fleet name home on East Seventeenth Street rises with walls up. Total residential construction is set to push Ada’s yearly value above one million dollars.
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W. K. Duan
T. H. Moore
Auto Garage
South Broadway
Prince-Chevrolet
East Main Street
Prinze- Chevrolet
Ada
Frank Meaders
Frank Fleet
East Seventeenth Street
Garner Charges Mellon Behind Large Steel Tax Refunds
Representative Garner and Democratic Ways and Means member alleges Secretary Mellon approved more than 65 million dollars in tax refunds to United States Steel subsidiaries this fiscal year. He cites 15.5 million for the company in recent estimates and 31 million already refunded since 1917, urging repeal of the consolidated return provision. He criticizes Mellon for alleged misleading statements on the economy.
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Washington
Garner
Texas
House
Mellon
United States Steel Corporation
Ways and Means Committee
Congress
Treasury
Steel Corporation
Secretary of the Treasury
Narcotics Haul Tied to Rothstein Case Separates 5 Packing Cases
New York December reports a treasury agents seizure of about one ton of narcotics valued at five million dollars found at the Rochambeau pier bound for Philadelphia. The cache links to the Rothstein investigation via Joseph Unger and Unger’s arrest near Buffalo with two million in narcotics. Federal officials promise grand jury action to identify manufacturers and smugglers and pursue extradition as needed.
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Mexico
Juarez
Wink
P. C. Burcham
Denver
Pecos
Bill” Priest
Winkler County
Burcham
New York
Treasury Department
Arnold Rothstein
Rochambeau
Philadelphia
Joseph Unger
Charles H. Tuttle
United States
Klein
Unger
Buffalo
Chicago
Indian Takes Ancient Form of Atonement
St. Peters bu g Fla Dec 19 Seminole medicine man Josie Billie charged with stabbing a squaw begins a four day ceremonial penance. The community participates in ritual purgation as Billie faces Seminole tribal justice and possible execution after a green corn dance in June.
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ST. Petersburg
Fla
Josie Billie
Blind Pass
Everglades
Everglades To Appear Before Cram Billie
W. Stanley Hanson
Fort Myers
Miami
Hoover Christmas aboard Utah ends with open air feast
President elect Herbert Hoover and Mrs Hoover on the Utah celebrate a tropical Christmas with Cap tain Train and officers. A fire lit fireplace scene, Brazilian flowers, and gifts from Rio de Janeiro set a festive mood as Hoover plans a ten day Washington visit and possible trips to Mexico and Cuba.
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U. Ss. S. Utah
Train
Utah
Herbert Hoover
United States
Rio de Janeiro
Washington
Hoover
Florida
Hampton Roads
Miami
Mexico
Cuba
White House
Riio de Janeiro
Santa Claus
Ruth Fessler
Mrs. Hoover
Rio
Captain Train
Mr. H
Hoovers
Maryland
Brookhart Backs Cooperative Marketing Plan in Senate
Senator Brookhart of Iowa argued in Washington that cooperative marketing offers a remedy to the failures of competitive marketing. He cited that over 80 percent of new businesses fail and said cooperative economies would curb international competition and reduce war likelihood by addressing economic causes.
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Washington
Senate
Brookhart
Iowa
Dallas Man Faces Forgery Charge In Adams Mathews Case
Ben C. Richards Jr a local businessman faces two felony forgery counts related to forged credentials used in a stake on Senator Earle B Mayfield versus Tom Connally. The charges involve writing Clyde R Vest on back of two $1 000 cashier checks. Richards was arrested and posted 7500 bond.
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Dallas
Texas
Ben C. Richards Jr
W. Ray Adams
Orville Mathews
Richards
Adams
Earle B. Mayfield
Tom Connally
Marlin
United States
Clyde R. West
Waco
Mathews
Rich
Clyde R. Vest
Vest
Rescue of Two Disabled Vessels Off Alaska Ends Safely
Wireless reports say two distressed ships in the north Pacific were saved after a tow line to the Roosevelt broke. The Starr with 23 aboard and the Roosevelt with 39 aboard were hauled to safety near Seward and Cape St Elias, with the Attu guiding the Roosevelt to safety.
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Seattle
Coast Guard
Unalga
North Pacific
Roosevelt
Robert E. Peary
North Pole
Cape St. Elias
Starr
Wessels Reef
Alaska
Northwestern
Seward
Alameda
Attu
Firemen die as wagon plunges in Heidelberg refinery blaze
Two volunteer firemen, Adol Sonnett aged 30 and Joseph Be Petro 45, were killed when their apparatus plunged down an embankment during efforts to battle a fire at the Carnegie Refining Company plant in Heidelberg. Eight others injured, five seriously, as explosions and dense fog hampered rescue in a 20 acre site.
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Pittsburgh
Theapres
Carnegie Refining Company
Heidelberg
Adol Sonnett
Joseph Be Petro
Washington Back in Everyday Talks After Christmas Cheer
Christmas activities yield to workaday routine in Washington and sister cities as government departments operate normally and Congress adjourns for vacation until January 3. President Coolidge and future President Hoover plan Washington arrivals as Hoover party returns from a goodwill tour aboard the battleship Utah. The Coolidges head to Georgia for turkey dinner after lighting the White House Christmas tree and carol revels.
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Washington
Congress
Coolidge
Georgia
Ate
Utah
Hoover
Coolidges
Capital
University Student Killed in Fair Burglary Case
A 21 year old University of Redlands sophomore Thomas Donald Hall was shot by a policeman during a burglary at a flower shop in Del Rosa California. Hall died after being wounded while three Redlands students involved faced arraignment on charges of burglary.
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Berkley
Cal
Thomas Donald Hall
University of Redlands
Hall
William Cornnwell Cooney
George S. Keller
del Rosa
T. S. Hall
Young Hall
Thaddeus Ornes
Ornes
Keller
Cooney
Kelley
Redlands
W. L. Duke
University
Unmasked men hold up Texas bank in Richland Springs
Two unmasked men robbed the First State Bank of Richland Springs in Brownwood Texas this afternoon. They forced Clyde Kates and a customer into the vault and escaped in an automobile with about $1,200. Officers across surrounding counties launched a dragnet.
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Brownwood
Tex
First State Bank of
Richland Springs
Clyde Kates
Ada Celebrates Christmas Peacefully Amid Aide From Volunteers
Ada observes a quiet Christmas with few arrests for intoxication. Many families received clothing and food from churches and organizations, while influenza deaths remain rare. Residents enjoyed sunshine and drives through the country as spinning production data show November activity and capacity usage.
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Ada
Pontotog Tax Payments Held Up By Court Review
Tax payments in Pontotec county are suspended until a new tax review court rules. Railroads and other large payers protested levies delaying final assessments. The assessor must wait for court decisions before finalizing books for the county treasurer. The delay pushes semiannual payments closer together.
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Tax Review Court
Pontotec
Dr D B Johnson Dies At Winthrop College President
Dr D B Johnson, 72, longtime southern educator and president of Winthrop College for Women at Rock Hill South Carolina, died early today after a lengthy illness.
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Rock Hill
D. B. Johnson
Winthrop College For
Census Bureau Reports Active Spinning in November
The Census Bureau reports cotton spinning activity for November shows total spindle hours reaching 8,524,399,588, indicating an overall rise in production activity for the month. The figure reflects industry-wide output across surveyed mills.
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Census Bureau
Washington
GUNNERS GATHER FOR GUNNING TEST AT PLEASANT HILL
Gunners from Pennsylvania Maryland Virginia West Virginia New Jersey Massachusetts and Canada gather in Lebanon Pennsylvania for the annual Yuletide wing shoot at the Pleasant Hill gun club with the Millard trophy. The field includes three state champions Charles Strupenhauer Lebanon wing shot champion A J Moore Trenton New Jersey and Richard Lamb Atlantic City Maryland champion.
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Lebanon
Pennsylvania
Maryland
Virginia
West Virginia
New Jersey
Massachusetts
Canada
Pleasant Hill
Fire damages Ambassador Hotel in Chicago
Fire in the Ambassador East hotel on Chicago near north side drives prominent residents from their apartments. The blaze climbs 16 stories before crews tear out partitions to ensure containment. Residents include Mr and Mrs John Herrz, owners of Kentucky Derby winner Reigh Count.
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Chicago
Ambassador East
Near North Side
Lewis Heads Commerce Commission Body for 1929
E. I. Lewis has been elected chairman of the Interstate Commerce Commission to serve in 1929. He succeeds J. B. Campbell under the rotation among the nine members. Lewis previously chaired the Indiana Public Service Commission when appointed to the ICC by President Wilson.
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Washington
E. I. Lewis
Interstate Commercce Commission
J. B. Campbell
Lewis
Indiana Public Service Commission
Commerce Commission
Wilson
Lawton Cites Police Suspensions Over Jail Abuse Reports
Lawton chief Joe Clark and officers Pete Newman and Jim Hacker were suspended at the city council meeting upon Mrs. E J Shelly's request pending an investigation into jail mistreatment claims by Walter Isom. Isom said he was struck and sprayed with ammonia in the city jail. a formal hearing is set for December 28.
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Lawton
Joe Clark
Pete Newman
Jim Hacker
E. J. Shelly
Walter Isom
Mabel Bassett
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Solon
France
Switzerland
Dovers
North
South
Gallas
Meen
Emerge University
Ambassador Hotel
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