Insull Jr and six others indicted for larceny and embezzlement
Warrants charging Samuel Insull Jr and six others with conspiracy to commit a felony and embezzlement in the Northern Indiana Public Service Company case were seized for service. The indictments accuse looting the utility to bolster financing firms in the Insull system. Bond set at 18000 for each defendant. extradition unlikely. Dell Plain linked to the plot. Duncan admitted larger embezzlement.
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Crown Point
Ind
Samuel Insull, Jr
Northern Indiana Public Service Company
Insull
William J. Murray
Lake County
Edward W. Lloyd
Chicago
Morse del Plain
Hammond
Charles W. Chase
Indianapolis Street Railway Company
Bernard P. Shearon
Thomas G. Hamilton
Gary, Ind
Murray
Fred Crumpacker
Texas CWA payroll rises with 47,934 gain in a week
In Texas and the drought counties, the Civil Works Administration shows a December 14 total of 160,633 employed and payroll of 1,630,750 dollars. The week ended December 14 added 47,934 workers while 22,302 were in drought counties, with 6,399 on road projects funded by the Texas Relief Commission and material funded by the Texas Highway Commission through federal advances.
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Austin
Texas Civil Works Administration
CWA
Civil Works Administration
Civil Works Service
Drouth
Flood
Texas Relief Commission
Texas Highway Commission
United States Bureau
Convicted in Death of His Baby Son in Wagoner
Jasper Ingram was found guilty of murdering his 2 year old son after 13 hours of jury deliberation in Wagoner Oklahoma. He received a life sentence and claimed insanity blaming wartime hospital and morgue scenes for his mental state.
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Wagoner
Okla
Jasper Ingram
Ingram
Fire at Hotel Claims Two Lives in Lone Oak
A fire caused by an oil stove blaze at the Mc Bride Hotel in Lone Oak killed two men Clem Wilburn and Dr F Roberts and injured four others. Guests escaped as the hotel burned, with a barber shop, shoe shop and beauty parlor destroyed. Fire officials said the blaze started when oil dripped from an unfed burner.
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Greenville
Lone Oak
Clem Wilburn
Dr. F. Roberts
Howard Hicks
Arch Rabb
Jimmie Wallace
Bob Shurlock
Claudie Thompson
Thompson
Mrs. Wilburn
C. A. Wilburn
Italian premier honors nations greatest families
Premier Mussolini welcomed 92 mothers whose combined children total 1,288 an average of 14. Italy will celebrate mothers and children on Sunday as winners of countrywide contests to identify the nation's greatest families.
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Rome
Mussolini
Italy
Evangelist Aimee Hutton Answers Hutton Divorce
Aimee Semple McPherson Hutton files a nine page cross complaint in Los Angeles denying all charges in David L. Hutton's divorce suit. She accuses him of mental cruelty and demanded a property settlement while denying interference with her evangelist work.
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Los Angeles
Aimee Semple McPherson Hutton
David L. Hutton
E. E. Adams
Adams
Hutton
Cleveland
Myrtle St. Pierre
Pasadena
Snipers Fire Upon Soldiers in Havana
Widespread shooting rocked Havana as snipers on roofs and gunmen in cars opened fire on soldiers near the presidential residence. Soldiers returned fire while pedestrians fled, as plans for a demonstration against the Platt amendment loomed. The attack prompted Egypt— wait, stop.
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Havana
Germany Puts 400000 for Sterilization Under Law
A semiofficial report says 400000 persons, split by sex, will be sterilized within a short time under the January 1 sterilization law. Courts will issue orders. 1700 eugenic courts and 27 supreme tribunals will begin duties. Nine congenital disease classes targeted. cost estimated at 14 million marks, viewed as worthwhile compared with annual 350 million for hereditary diseases.
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Berlin
Broker Avers Memory Lost While Absent
A speculative report states a broker claims memory loss during a period of absence. Details remain unclear regarding the implications for the market or any affected transactions. Further information from involved parties is awaited.
Kidnaping Fear In New York Ends With Livermore Return
Jesse L. Livermore, noted stock operator, reappeared at his Park Avenue home after a night missing. Police and federal agents investigated but found no crime, reporting his memory blank from 6:30 P M yesterday until awakening in his hotel room.
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New York
Jesse L. Livermore
Park Avenue
Louis Hyams
Livermore
Lower Broadway
Escaped Prisoner Captured as State Policeman Is Killed
Edward Shouse, among ten who escaped the Michigan City penitentiary on September 26, was apprehended in Paris Illinois but a state officer, Patrolman Fugene Teague, died from a bullet wound. Capt. Matt Leach attributed the shot to a fellow officer, Lieut. Chester Butler. Authorities had information Shouse would arrive in the city, with twenty officers from Indiana state police Edgar County Illinois deputies and Paris police ready.
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Paris
Trl
Edward Shouse
Michigan City
Ind
Indiana
Fugene Teague
Matt Leach
State Police
Chester Butler
Shouse
John Dillinger
Edgar County
Illinois
New Orleans Political Uprising Against Huey Long Grows
In Louisiana the anti Long uprising gains momentum as New Orleans Mayor T Semmes Walmsley breaks with Huey P Long and his Louisiana Democratic Association over the upcoming city election. Walmsley vows a new deal and cleaner background. Long expresses strong dismay.
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New Orleans
Huey P. Long
Louisiana
T. Semmes Walmsley
Senator Long
Walmsley
Floods From West Coast Rains Hit Pacific Northwest
Terrific winds that battered the Pacific Northwest for four days eased this day. Rain flooded streets in several cities and turned thousands of acres into lakes and marshes. Gales damaged homes ships and marine structures with three deaths attributed to the storm.
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Seattle
Pacific Northwest
Clyde Barrow Eludes Police in Texas Pursuit
A man believed to be Clyde Barrow escaped capture after crossing the Red River into Texas from Oklahoma, pursued by Ardmore police and a Santa Fe detective. Officers later reported losing the trail near a side road in Cocke County, Texas, with Barrow wanted for multiple murders robberies and kidnappings.
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Gainesville
Clyde Barrow
Oklahoma
Red River Bridge
Raymond Schumacher
Ardmore Okla
Santa Fe Railroad
Barrow
Ardmore
Cocke County
Tex
Bert
Browning
Marietta
Okla
Texas
Michigan
Red River
170000 Veterans to Get Presents This Christmas
Washington report says about 170000 World War veterans will receive monetary gifts after an interpretation by J O Roberts. The total benefit is unofficially estimated at 20 to 30 million dollars, covering veterans receiving disability compensation as of March 20, 1922 under the independent offices appropriation act.
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Washington
Frank T. Hines
J. O Roberts
Veterans’ Administration
Independent Offices
Congress
Haste and Handbags and Hunt
Congressman Marvin Jones stops in Oklahoma City for breakfast at the Skirvin Hotel leaving his baggage in the lobby. An insurance man from Chicago also leaves a briefcase with papers for a conference. both bags are loaded into a car and later missing.
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Mr. Jones
Washington
Oklahoma City
Skirvin Hotel
Chicago
Kansas City
Ennis Negro Sentenced to Ninety-Year Term
William Rankin Jackson of Ennis was convicted of assault with intent to commit a crime against Mrs. Prestidge. He received a 90 year sentence after a four percent-convict raid verdict and requested immediate start. Large crowds gathered.Jackson was moved to the penitentiary with guards in place.
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Waxahachie
William Rankin Jackson
Ennis
Tom Pressridge
Jackson
Lown
Sheriff's Department
Dallas
Amarillo Area Thursday Forecast and Temp Notes
Forecast for Amarillo and vicinity calls for fair weather on Thursday. West Texas west of the 106th meridian also stays fair. New Mexico sees fair conditions with a slight temperature change. Hourly temperatures at Amarillo are listed with unclear entries and yesterday’s high around 48 and low around 45.
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Amarillo
West Texas
New Mexico
French Probe Ties Military Tipsters to Wide Network
French authorities investigate a broad tipster network tied to military sources. A husband and wife are among those jailed amid inquiries into leaked information and insider tips. The probe targets multiple suspects across several cells and regions.
American Espionage Ring Aided by Wife Arrested in Paris
Paris police busted a wide espionage network tied to Soviet Russia. Robert Switz, 29, of Orange New Jersey, and his wife Marjor Tilley were held as officials pursued eight others across nationalities. The group allegedly trafficked in clandestine radio gear and military documents for a Soviet-backed spy ring.
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Paris
Robert Switz
Orange
N. J
Marjor Tilley
York
Ministry Marine
Russia
Switz
France
Ali Sinaton
Gianvetti
Benjamin Bercowitz
Iasi
Rumania
Clara Bercowitz
Bendery
Romania
Molise Salmon
Chana
Mme
Lidia Tchekaloff Stahl
Mile
Madeleine Mermet
Louis Martin
Marine Ministry
Doacham Narandisch
Th American University Union
Himsel
United States
Yale University
England
Germany
Bard
Calkins
Broad Street
New York
University U
Yule Concert Tonight Presents Double Program by Amarillo Orchestra
The Amarillo Philharmonic Orchestra offers a Yuletide program at Municipal Auditorium starting 8:30 p.m. under Conductor Ellis B. Hall. Guest soprano Cacile Mitchell of Plainview performs two sets of holiday numbers after six weeks of practice. tickets cost 15 or 25 cents with a 25 cent marquee section.
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Yuletide
Amarillo
Plainview
Opera Comique
Paris
Europe
City Drug Store
Polk Street
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