Farm Relief Legislation Not Pressed This Session
Washington January 12 The door was closed against farm relief legislation this session as Senator McNary of Oregon chairing the Senate Agriculture Committee said he would not press the measure now and would await an extra session to consider tariff revisions and farm relief plans.
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Washington
U.P
Congress
Senator McNary
Oregon
Senate Agriculture Committee
Red Hoover
McNary
Agriculture
Hoover
Federal Farm Board
Curtis Sees Early Week Vote On Peace Pact
Vice President elect Curtis said a vote on the Kellogg Anti-War Treaty would occur early next week after talks with President Coolidge. Senate action on farm relief and tariff revision is planned for mid-April with adjournment by July, as McNary and Hoover discuss farm policy revisions.
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Curtis
Washington
Coolidge
Borah
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
White House
Prohibition Debate Prompts Independent Plan Support
A Today discussion argues for a self directed approach to prohibition not controlled by Wels or Drys. The text notes Mr Hoover's investigations into control in other countries where laws match the people rather than forcing people to fit a law. It cites European nations making whisky hard to obtain while beer wine and safer stimulants remain accessible for temperate use.
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Wels
Drys
Hgoyla
Hoover
Europe
Cooper names Dr Neal from Cincinnati to be State Health Director
Columbus dispatch reports governor-elect Cooper completes his cabinet naming Dr Neal of Cincinnati to head the Health department. The lineup includes Republican appointees: Agriculture director Perry L Clifton over from Donahey era. director-mix features Edward D. Kahn, Otte H Mortimer, Robert N Ward. Health director designated Dr Charles A Neal.
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Cooper
Dr. Neal
Cincinnati
State Health
Columbus
Arthur W
Wall Street
Myers Y
Dr. Charles
Colemhns
Iseshire Neal
Cinnaddl
C. Barreices
Mitchell
City Bank
Harry D. Silcome
Fromean
Otte H
Edward D. Kahn
Mortimer
Clifton
Donahey
Eight Army Fliers Die As Plane Crashes Near Royalton
Harrisburg dispatch reports Sergeant Patrick Conroy the eighth crew member died after an Army transport plane crashed near Royalton Pennsylvania The seven other crewmen were killed or died soon after Lieut Robert Angell near-fatally mangled was rescued and died later at a hospital The crew included Rudolph Le Hutta Henry Cronan Mike Kelly Joseph McCarty Samuel Jones Buckle and Clarence Birch Investigations by Capt Merritt P Stabrook and Lieuts Harry Mills M McGregor will determine if deaths were in the line of duty Officials suspect a motor failure or engine trouble contributed to the crash
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Harrisburg
U.P
Patrick Conroy
Grueh
Royalton
Anetiel
Royalton Borough
Robert Angell
Angell
Conroy
Rudolph le Hutta
Washington, D. C
Henry Cronan
Takoma Park
Mike Kelly
Minersville
Joseph B. McCarty
Washngton
D. C
Samuel P. Jones
Bert Buckle
Tenn
Clarence Birch
Chicago
Merritt P
Stabrook
Middletown Air Station
Harry Mills
M. McGregor
J Hn. Belcher
Bolling Field
Washington, D
Free Heldman In Canton After Murder-Suicide Case
Wilbur O Heldman, former Lorain furnace salesman, is released after the county grand jury finds no moral responsibility for his wife Margaret Heldman s death by suicide. The case stems from a December 6 incident involving Vernard Fearn and a note by Mrs Heldman linking him to threats of exposure.
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Canton
UPL
Margaret
Wilbur O Heldman
Lorain
Heldman
Vernard Fearn
Waco
Missing finger clue links taxi driver to Chicago murder
A taxi cab driver loses a finger and helps solve the murder of war veteran Bernard J. Kurtz in Chicago. The discovery shifts blame away from an innocent man and points investigators toward the killer.
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Chicago
Ark
Bernard J. Kurtz
Hoover plans to return to capital early in 1929?
Kurtz was slain in his room a week ago and two days later James Gahagan told police he might have killed Kurtz during an all night drinking party. Detectives traced a route tied to conferences on legislation and a possible early session as Hoover plans a return from Florida and a proposed trip to the West Indies faltered.
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Kurtz
James Washington
Gahagan
Hoover
Florida
Kurts
Joseph Michaelson
West Indies
Grove City youth confesses to double murder for car ride
Edward Keltenbaugh a 25 year old from Grove City Pl admitted killing his employer Mr John Oser and his wife Mrs Oser of Canal Fulton Ohio to steal their auto so he could give his girlfriend a ride. He later claimed he drove to New Castle Pennsylvania with his sweetheart. Canton officials planned murder charges after a sanity hearing.
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Edward Keltenbaugh
Grove City Pl
John Oser
Canal Fulton
New Castle
Canton, O
Red Cross 10 Hold Campaign Enters Weeklong Roll Call
Athens County chapter prepares for the annual Red Cross roll call with five men and four women divisions to canvass the city for memberships and donations. Ministers, merchants, and department stores assist with church services and shop windows displaying Red Cross work. Final reports due next Sunday. salaries capped at 675 dollars, 50 percent of memberships remits to national HQ, local funds retained for the year.
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Athens County
American Red Cross
Red Cross
Alma
LW. Pinsterwald
Gven
Thelma Grubb
Finsterwald
Miss Grubb
Hfe
Chamber of Commerce
Reapportionment Bill Shifts House Seats
Census based reapportionment reshapes state representation in the House. Seventeen states lose seats while eleven gain. Missouri stands to lose three members. California adds the most seats. Ohio gains three. Kentucky and Pennsylvania gain two and one respectively.
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Missouri
Ohio
Washington
Senate
California
Kentucky
Pennsylvania
Pneumonia Causes Death of Marietta Youth at Industrial School
Autopsy indicates pneumonia as the cause of death for a 17 year old Marietta youth at the Industrial School. Marks found suggested a beating though details remain unclear. The report notes no interference with prior custody decisions or ensuing legal actions.
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Marietta
Expel Student Who Wed Her Expel Student Who Wed Her
In Los Angeles an 11 AUR A barber tells of Catherine Wing a 25 year old male impersonator who wed Stella Harper after posing as a husband. They lived in Utah and California before a neighbor’s suspicion led to their arrest. authorities said likely no action.
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Los Angeles
Unas
Catherine Wing
Jaeluxe
Miss Wing
Kenneth Lisenbee
Stella Harper
Catherine
Stella
Tintic
Utah
Cath Jéring
Mias
Marjorie Jaga
Misa Wing
Miss
Garnet
Stela
Milas Garnet
Riot in Holmesburg Prison Ended by Tear Bombs
Fifteen hundred inmates at Holmesburg County Prison were controlled after 21 hours of rioting. Tear gas bombs were used by Philadelphia police reinforcements led by Public Safety Director Lemuel B. Schofield and Detective Patrick J McKewen to push prisoners back to their cells.
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UWP
Holmesburg County Prison
Philadelphia
Lemuel B. Schofield
Patrick J McKewen
Murder Trail Lights Doctor’s Suspect Amid Search
Cranes ton Rhode Island January 12 Two hot suspects in the murder of Dr Rawson Sartwell superintendent of the state hospital are sought after a double shotgun blast ended his life as he wrote a telegram. Edward Gorman a former insane patient at the institution had threatened to harm Sartwell and Dr Coon. Police say hours of searching failed to locate Gorman near the woods outside Cranston.
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Craneston
Edward Gorman
Rawson H. Sartwell
State Hospital
Sartwell
James E. Cuff
Gorman
de, Sartwell
George B. Coon
Cold weather blamed for railroad accidents and fatalities
Subzero temperatures and heavy snow cripple Midwestern rail travel causing two deaths and several injuries. The New Orleans Limited derailed near Belleville Illinois due to spreading rails with crews fired and passengers injured. In Langworthy Iowa five railroad workers hurt, one possibly fatally, as a Milwaukee passenger train veered into a ditch. Chicago charities overwhelmed by relief calls as temperatures hit 40 degrees below zero.
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Chicago
New Orleans
Belleville
Langworthy
Iowa
Auto Thieves Get Prison Sentences
Petroit Michigan January 12 Grace Wood 39 alleged death plot conspirator pleaded not guilty to assault with intent to kill. William Thompson 22 Taymari Pierce 22 accused of stealing Ohio cars and selling in West Virginia were held on $50 000 bonds. Marietta judge sentences federal case in Parkersburg W V. Morgan gang leaders Harley Morgan six years Alexander Bayless three years. Bayless and Alma Righter face reformatory time. Navy dirigible Los Angeles aborted Miami flight return to Lakehurst due to bad weather. Fort Wayne killing case lone suspects Theodore Lewis 35 Carroll Cooper 26 confessed involvement in killing a Fort Wayne butcher.
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West Virginia
Marietta
Parkersburg
W. Va
Harley O. Morgan
Atlanta
Alexander Bayless
Port ST. Joe
Fla
Mre Bayless
Alma Righter
Navy
Los An
Lakehurst
N. J
Miami
Lient
Rosendahl
Week’s Weather Mix for Ohio Valley and Tennessee
Weather Bureau forecast notes generally fair start and finish to the week with rain in Tennessee and rain or snow in the Ohio Valley middle of the week. Cold Monday, warmer Tuesday, colder by Wednesday night, then trend to rising temperatures by Saturday.
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Washington
Ohio Valley
Tennessee
Weather Bureau
Marks of Bruises and Abrasions Found in Jett Case
Autopsy on Hamilton Jett 17 died of pneumonitis at Lancaster Boys Industrial School. Doctors found bruises abrasions and puncture wounds suggesting external force but not the cause of death. State officials call for inquiry amid abuse accusations by Jett's mother and Marietta residents.
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Hamilton Jett
Marietta
Lancaster
Dracy
Ballard
McGee
Rs Sloan
Jett
Henry Jet
Nervons
Columbus
U.D
Creighton
Lancaster Wednesay
Vic Donahey
John E. Harper
Juarda
Fred C. Myers
Washington County
Donahey
Harper
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