Town Boy From Florence Supports Free Mail in Crisis
Ben Minturn, Chicago broker and Florence native, saves the town's free mail delivery by sending a $1,000 check to cover postage needs. Postal receipts had fallen, threatening salary cuts for postal workers and a lower office classification. Minturn offered $900 in two cent stamps and $100 in five cent stamps to boost funds and stabilize the Post Office.
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Florence
Kas
Ben Minturn
Chicago
Santa Claus
Minturn
Shamus O’brien
O’brien
Shamus
Escapes Cold in Jail Fugitives Picks Winter at Police Station
Oliver P. Schultz 24 of Bath County Kentucky fled into Covington police headquarters early yesterday seeking a bed for the night. He admitted to officers he was a fugitive from his home county on a liquor charge and must now serve sixty days in the Bath County iron boarding house in Olympia.
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Oliver P. Schultz
Bath County
Covington
Warth
Oliver
Eme County
Iron
Olympia
Kier Wild Over Perfect Pinochle Hand Then Leaves
Chicago December 21 Gene Kier fainted after seeing a perfect 1500 hand in pinochle then recovered and angrily left the scene. John Wesley hosted and dealt the game. Police were summoned but Kier calmed in time to prevent Wesley’s arrest as he stormed out leaving the hand on the floor.
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Chicago
Gene Kier
John Wesley
Kier
Wesley
Lake Erie Islanders Fly Home From Sandusky
Twenty seven residents of Kelley’s Island on Lake Erie rode to their homes today by airplane after a failed Thursday attempt by steamboat. Three planes operated despite imperfect landings and more island residents stranded by ice expect to join them for Christmas.
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Sandusky, CO
Kelley’s Island
Lake Erie
Sandusky
Mystery Murder of William Desmond Taylor Still Unsolved
District Attorney Burton Fitts reveals a secret Hollywood murder inquiry into director William Desmond Taylor. He states one linking clue remains to indict the killer and notes a nationwide hunt for a crucial suspect.
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Los Angeles
William Desmond Taylor
Burton Fitts
San Francisco
W. Richardson
Richardson
Kelson Penitentiary
Mexico
Fitts
Clayton Rochester
cleWs
Hollywood
Edward Sands
Taylor
Richarson
Asa Keyes
Keyes
Julian
Hollywood Court
Plea Declined as Judge Flags Death Penalty in Kidnapping Case
Russell Arnold, 58, accused of abducting and torturing 14 year old Dorothy Van Camp for over a day faced possible death penalty at trial. Judge A S Lyon warned a guilty plea would bring execution. a furious father tried to shoot the attacker but was disarmed as police hunted for other possible victims. Dorothy Van Camp was rescued.
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Kansas City
Russell
Arnold
Dorothyuu
Mies
A. S. Lyon
Lyon
Jerry van Camp
van Camp
Dorothy van Camp
Split Up of U S Rail Systems Angers Democrats In Senate
The Interstate Commerce Commission outlined a plan to consolidate steam railroads into nineteen competing units aimed at reshaping national rails with major East and West cores. Senators attack the plan for lacking Pacific Atlantic through lines and debate needed legislation to empower consolidation. Senator Eastman urges slow, incremental unification while others push for early action.
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Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
Congress
New England
Pennsylvania
Baltimore & Ohio
Chesapeake & Ohio
New York Central
Wabash
Boston & Maine
New Haven
Atlantic Coast Line
Southern
Illinois Central
Chicago
Milwaukee
St. Paul & Pacific
Burlington
Union Pacific
Southern Pacific
Santa Fe
Missouri Pacific
Rock Island
Chicago & Northwestern
Senate
Pacific
Atlantic
Capitol
Commission
I*ess
Ohio
Senate Interstate Commerce Committee
Pittman
Nevada
Wheeler
Montana
Interstate Commerce Committee
Northwest
Fess
Watson
L Eastman
United States backs possible capital ship reductions at London naval talks
Secretary Stimson indicated the United States may reduce battleships if other powers agree while preferring to keep capital ships as the fleet’s backbone. He noted a Japanese request to postpone replacements, with Japan backing a 1936 extension, as discussions with American officials continued.
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Washington
Stimson
United States
Great Britain
Japan
France
Italy
Fifth Street Condemnation Delayed as Supreme Court Ruling Expected
City Solicitor reports the United States Supreme Court will not decide the Fifth street excess condemnation case in January as hoped. A March decision is anticipated. Since May 1928 the council urged continuing condemnation suits despite property owner offers, with Mayor Seasongood and City Manager Col Sherrill backing the city plan to widen streets via excess condemnation.
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Fifth Street
John D. Ellis
United States Supreme Court
Supreme Tribunal
Supreme Court
Seasongood
Col. Sherrill
City Planning Commission
Plum Street
Paintsville Shootout Claims Patrolman and Ex Constable
In Paintsville Kentucky a downtown pistol duel leaves Patrolman Jess Dills dead and Joe Castle, ex- Johnson County Constable, fatally wounded. The clash occurred as Dills arrested John Marshall for drunkenness and Marshall urged him not to jail. Castle exchanged fire with Dills as bystanders watched. Marshall fled during the gunfight.
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Paintsville
Jess Dills
Joe Castle
Johnson County
Kentucky
Castle
Dills
John Marshall
Marshall
Wadh
Dilly
Boar War Breaks Out Between Redwood City Brothers
Rudolph Mitchell charged his brother Henry Mitchell with assault with a deadly weapon after a dispute over their hogs. Henry jailed in $5,000 bail as the case goes before Justice Edward Farrell. The hogs, oddly, have made up.
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Redwood City
Cal
Ots (P
Jraddah Mitchell
Henry
Rudolph
Justice of the Peace
Edward Farrell
Scotch Martyr at Beatification in Vatican City
John Ogilvie the Scotch Jesuit will be proclaimed blessed in St Peter's tomorrow as part of this year's final beatification ceremonies. Scottish pilgrims travel to Rome for Masses at national churches and Capite. Ogilvie, born 1580 near Keith, became a Jesuit and priest in 1612 after studying at Louvain, then preached in Edinburgh and Glasgow before arrest.
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Glasgow
John Ogilvie
Rome
Sant’ Andrea Delle Fratte
San Silvestro
Capite
Congregation of Rites
Pope Pius
St. Peter’s
Father Ogilvie
Drum
Keith
Louvainniversity
Scotland
Highead
Edinburgh
170th Autovictim Listed In Death Of Local Woman
The Hamilton County auto death toll for 1929 rose to 170 yesterday after Mrs. Amanda Nuselkable died at General Hospital from internal injuries suffered December 14 when struck near Central Parkway and Findlay. The driver, Ralph Moeller, 19, swerved to avoid the crash, hit a fire plug, and flooded the street. his passenger Miss Lillian Harding, 15, sustained minor cuts and bruises.
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Hamilton County
Amanda . Nnserable
Cor Race
Liberty Streets
Elea
General Hospital
Nuselkable
Central Parkway
Findlay Street
Coroneh
Fred C. Swing
Ralph Moeller
Agnes Street
Lillian Harding
Boudinot Avenue
Watchleggers Arrested in Madison Road Bootlegging Scheme
Daniel Allen and Foster Butler were arrested on Madison road and Hackberry street for a counterfeit bootlegging scheme selling watches to hilltop station attendants. They claimed the idea came from bootlegger lore and said the watches were bought downtown. Allen previously served time in the County Jail for swindling pawnbrokers.
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Daniel Allen
Foster Butler
Newland Hotel
Madison Road
Hackberry Street
Bernhardt
Katfman
Detroit
Allen
Byrd Raised to Rear Admiral by Hoover Signatures
Richard Evelyn Byrd was promoted to Rear Admiral by a 41 year old explorer becoming the youngest living navy officer to hold the rank in peacetime. Senator Swanson sponsored the bill, noting the promotion honors the entire South Pole expedition rather than the solo pole flight.
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Washington
Richard Evelyn Byrd
Hoover
Antarctic
Byrd
Navy
Senator Swanson
Virginia
White House
House
South Pole
Pole
Quezon Relapses. Philippine Senate Leader in Grave Danger
Manuel Quezon president of the Philippine Senate relapsed today in tuberculosis at Baguio. Family members fear grave danger as physicians rush two Manila doctors to the summer capital to join the attending team.
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Manila
Manuel Quezon
Philippine Senate
Baguio
Congress Goes Home To Stay Until January
Congress adjourned for the holidays after a flurry of activity in three weeks. Legislation included a 160 million dollar income tax cut and a 16 million dollar hospital bill. The Senate and House only held brief sessions before recess, with Byrd’s promotion and a condolence resolution for Rep Raynor of Massachusetts noted.
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Washington
Congress
Santa Claus
Senate
House
Capitol
Richard Byrd
South Pole
Raynor
Massachusetts
Brookhart
Rep
Sinbad
Snow Possible For Christmas Says Local Weather Man
Toledo and Cleveland faced heavy snow as a low pressure system moves south toward Cincinnati. Officials warned of gusty winds and drifting, while temperatures hover near 10 to 15 degrees with a slight midday rise.
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W. C. Deye
Cincinnati
Toledo
Cleveland
Ohio
Peggy Joyce Aims To Publish Memoir On Men And Marriage
Peggy Joyce, famed as America’s most married woman, plans a candid book “Men, Marriage and Me” detailing her diary like truths about husbands. She says she is not cynic but a matrimonial idealist, asserting men often fail and that you only know a man after marriage.
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Peggy Joyce
U. S
New York
Wcld News Service
Peggy Upton-Archer- Hopkins-Joycé-Morner
America
Gom
Peggy
Joyce
Chicago Weather Expect Cold Week With Snow Ahead
Chicago records a cold spell with snow likely next week as officials forecast clear to cloudy skies over the Great Lakes region. Tonight the low in Chicago should near four degrees above zero while the Northwest warms despite overall cold conditions.
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Chicago
Old St. Nick
Great Lakes
Wil
Skippy and Just Kids Debut in Local Comic Section
The Commercial Tribune adds two leading strips Skippy by Percy L. Crosby and Just Kids by Ad Carter to its comic pages this week. Both strips promise humor and a mirror of American boy life, with Skippy praised by Charles Dana Gibson as a deeply sympathetic character.
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Skippy
Just Kids
Commercial Tribune
Percy L. Crosby
Ad Carter
Charles Dana Gibson
Life
Mush
Finnegan
Fatso
Reich Finange Ghi ee HiesIbNo Crisis Deepens German Cabinet
Berlin reports the Christmas crisis in the German Cabinet as Finance Minister Hilferding and State Secretary Johannes Popitz resign amid criticism over the Reich finances. Interim finance chief Dr Paul Moldenhauer takes over. President Hindenburg favored no midstream changes, but urgent financial strain demanded action.
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Berlin
Hilferding
Johannes Popitz
Reich
Popitz
Paul Moldenhauer
von Hindenburg
Hjalmar ‘Schacht
Reichsbank
Mueller
Corpse as Unwanted but Immovable Guest in Indiana
Harry Golden of six miles west of Lafayette endures a buried funeral after Warren Trickey, 69, dies in a blizzard. Trickey’s corpse was escorted by twenty friends in a hearse and six cars toward Painesville but snow blocked the journey. The body rests in Golden’s parlor after seventy two hours of snowbound delay as undertakers remain unresponsive.
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New York World News Service
Lafayette
Ind
Harry Golden
Here
Golden
Warren Trickey
Warren
Painesville
Mr. Golden
Mr. Trickey
Thrill-Seeking Woman Fires in Credit Fraud Attempt at Store
A 22 year old woman from Fairview Avenue attempted to steal by using another’s credit and fired a pistol in Shillito Store after being confronted by Detective Chief Emmett Kirgan. Bullets grazed a detective and a wall near Mrs. Maxwell Malin’s account. Shoppers blocked her escape as detectives Spur Ryan and Ora Slater intervened.
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Nna Schuck
Fairview Avenue
Shillito
Emmett Kirgan
J. Menefee
Maxwell Malin
Wesley Avenue
Menefee
Miss. Schuck
Ora Slater
Paw Ryan
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U.S. Supreme Court
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Claude Braxton
John B. Meiners
Cosmopolitan Bank and Trust Company
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