Senate Approves Penalty Hike for Prohibition Offenses
The Senate approved a bill to raise penalties for first offenders aiding hardened violators of the prohibition law. Maximums would reach $10,000 fines or five years in prison, or both, with judges urged to distinguish casual from habitual offenses. The measure passed 45 to 18 after debate involving Borah and Reed.
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Radio Commission
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Senate
Genster Jones
Idaho
Reed
Missouri
Bingham
Connecticut
Two Men and Woman Convicted of Robbery in Fort Worth
In Fort Worth Texas a federal court convicted Travis H Wilson Meningh Pruett and Ottie Bridges on robbery and conspiracy charges for the November 9 mail car holdup that yielded 54060. Wilson admitted leading the robbery and testified the mail clerk helped scheme the crime while the woman was named as an accomplice. Sentencing will follow.
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Wilson
Scores Injured As Short Circuit Sets Fire to Tube Train
A short circuit ignited the second car of a Hudson tube train near Manhattan under the river. About 100 people were overcome and two women were seriously injured as passengers walked back to Christopher Street station in Manhattan.
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New York
Christopher Street
Manhattan
Operators Hit Lake Injunction in Supreme Court
The U S Supreme Court heard arguments from northern railroad operators and the railroads over a West Virginia district court injunction. The dispute centers on whether southern railroads may reduce coal freight rates below the Interstate Commerce Commission tariff. Northern counsel argued for limited review of the ICC order, while southern attorneys urged preserving the commission’s rate making powers and minimum-rate authority.
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Washington Bureau
Washington, D. C
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High Court
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Wise
Commission
Luther M. Walter
Chicago
Attorder
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Congress
Bickel
Ernest Ballard
Ohio
Bullard
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Wee
Western Pennsylvania
Police Seek Mysterious Kidnapper In Doris Smith Case
San Francisco detectives pursue writer of letters signed K K claiming Doris Smith will be returned March 5. Rewards total 5500. Foster parents Edward Murphy and Doris Smith’s mother seek clues as officers search northern California. Berkeley lead about a man with a girl resembling Doris sparks a stir. Doris’ father Ulysses Edward Smith may be involved.
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Edward J. Murphy
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K. EK
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Tate
K. K
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California
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Berkeley
Whoa
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Follies
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Rolantyes
Smith
Mary
Missing Girl Found in Hotel After Days of Worry
A twelve year old girl found safe in a lower Kanawha street hotel after her father reported her missing from Summers Street. The brother had tracked her movements with a hot dog stand stop and the hotel visit. Police questioned the proprietor but took no action until the report reached Desk Sergeant L R Williams. Detectives Clendenin Thaxton and Officer Sturgear investigated at the hotel.
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Wight
Nothi
Delbert Thaxton
O. BR. Sturgear
Coolidge Holds Off on Post Presidency Plans Until After March 4
president Coolidge continues to receive offers for post retirement work including syndicated article writing. He has not decided and will reply after March 4. He may write occasional pieces about his public service but desires freedom from outside commitments while in office.
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Washington
Coolidge
White House
Tong
President Elect Returns to Capital Plans Early Conference With Coolidge
The president elect returns to the capital pledging to carry on the predecessor’s policies and setting up an early conference with Coolidge. The note hints at continued publican administration aims and references an acceptance speech with praise, though details are limited and page guidance directs continuation to another column.
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Tyee
Rules Body Is B and O Seeks Granted Power Huge Expansion
The House rules committee, led by Speaker J Williams Cummins, gains complete control over legislation through end of the session. The assembly approved rules to arrange the daily calendar by importance, with unanimous consent needed to take up any bill the committee does not wish to enact. Several measures, including education bills and the luxury tax, were sent to committees, while debates over two thirds withdrawal votes continue.
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Tennessee
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Kanawha
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Pocahontas
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Webster
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Ralph Hiner
Pendleton County
House Committee On Education
E. Leslie Long
Harrison County
Mathews
Kailawha
Hallawan
Marion County
Sixteenth Judicial Circuit
Loxau
Philippi
Morgan County Court
Doddridge County
Welch
Taylor County
Ten Days in Jail for Hunting Rabbits Near Wheeling
Alfred Morrigan of near Wheeling received ten days in jail and an 810 fine after being convicted of hunting rabbits out of season. The sentence was reported by the state game commission.
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Alfred Morrigan
Wheeling
Badly Beaten Body Of Man Found In Home
STEUBENVILLE Ohio February 19 The badly beaten body of Pete Bedick 45 was found in his shack near Toronto and neighbor John Hudak 60 was held for questioning He reported hearing sounds of a fight and was told to leave The victim had a bloody hatchet and pick handle nearby Pockets contained 75 cent death assumed after a fatal beating near New Brighton four years ago remains under investigation
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Ohio
Pete Bexdick
Toronto
John Hudak
Tudak
Kit
Hedick
New Brighton
Pasbous
Bedick
Huty
Eine
Snorlete
Convicts Escape Ohio Penitentiary In Snowbound Break
Five inmates led by Pat McDermott cut bars and used a mattress ladder to reach a ventilator shaft and roof during a heavy snowstorm. They fled the Ohio penitentiary hours before being traced, with two heading north and two west toward Pennsylvania. Authorities pursued across Ohio and neighboring states as sightings and tracks proved elusive.
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Don BR. Mellett
Canton
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Walden
Cleveland
W. Young
Washington County
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Ohio
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Prom
Confederate Pensions Approved by West Virginia Senate
The West Virginia Senate passed a bill proposed by Senator A. B. White granting a $20 monthly pension to Confederate veterans in the state, sending it to the House. Only Senator M. T. Miller voted against, while Senator Ben Hiner urged economy in explaining his abstention. The session included memorials for the late Senator John T. Harris and saw various bills moved to committee, with investigations announced into state penitentiary conditions and reapportionment proposals for the six congressional districts.
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Logan County
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Morgan County Library
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Union Soldier, Who Told the Penste
Benozet Hiner
Hugua
Ohio County
Heaviest Snowfall Of Season Reported In West Virginia
West Virginia reported its heaviest snowfall of the season as a cold front moved through. Erimont logged over six inches with the northern panhandle around Wheeling seeing three to five inches. Huntington noted several inches as the storm persisted.
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West Virginia
Enirmont
Panhandle
Wheeling
Whitmore Sees Valley Future In Chemistry Drive
Dr Frank Whitmore of Pennsylvania State College urged Kanawha Valley chemists to plan for the long range noting that future gains depend on funding and forward looking research. He cited Germany’s early coal chemistry leading to later petroleum substitutes and warned labs to pursue decade ahead goals. He spoke at a Kanawha Valley American Chemical Society meeting at Hotel Ruffner.
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United States
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Whtemore
Germany
Impeachment Favor for Judge Carlos Hardy by Committees
Sacramento reports the legislature's investigative committees recommend impeachment of Judge Carlos S. Hardy of Los Angeles over accepting a $2,900 check from evangelist Aimee Semple McPherson. Walter J. Little serves as committee chairman announcing the decision.
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Carlos S. Hardy
Los Angeles
Aimee Semple B MecPherson
Evangelist
Walter J. Little
Lindbergh Mother Distracted By Engagement Rumor
New York report recounts Evangeline Lindbergh distressed by rumors of an engagement to Captain Anderson. Lindbergh and son Col. Lindbergh respond aboard the President Wilson, amid family tensions and talk of Miss Anne Morrow as a prospective match. The scene includes Curtailed details of the ship landing and a lighthearted bet about Paris flight goals.
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Son
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New York
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Wilson
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Lindy
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Cunningham
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Hoover's Cabinet Cabinet Uncertainty Ahead of Inauguration
New York dispatch laments the looming Hoover administration and Coolidge plans with ten days to inauguration. The piece notes Charles Lindbergh is the only public figure from the trio willing to name a cabinet early, arguing anticipation of cabinet picks attracts more attention than later action.
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Foo
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Mr. Coolidge
Lindbergh
Joey
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