Smith's Senate Seat Declared Vacant Amid Fraud Findings
The Senate voted 61 to 23 to declare Illinois Senator-elect Frank L. Smith’s seat vacant after ruling his credentials tainted by fraud and corruption from his 1926 primary campaign. Oath of office denied 56 to 27, establishing a historic quo...
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Frank L. Smith
Illinois Commerce Commission
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Fiery Please
South Carolina
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Stock
Iowa
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Kansas
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Shipstead
Minnesota
A Follette
McMaster
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Nye. Robinson
Ind
Steiner Willis
Rugger Gang Sweep Hits West End Hold Ups
A posseled chase led to three negro suspects after a night of street robberies in the West End. Bandits in stolen cars robbed Herman Fallen, William Woods, Jacob Glasser, M C Thompson, Ralph and Max Baron, and Max Cohen, stealing cash and valuables before a passerby freed a trapped meat market owner. One robber was pinned by bystanders. the group fled as Cohen shouted for help. The pattern of violence included a pistol strike and a near-knife incident. The trap was set at 645 Richmond Street.
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Cutter Streets
William ‘Woods
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Jacob Glasser
People’s Packing Company
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Livingston Street
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Max Baron
Cutter Street
George Kirsting
Wade Street
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Cohen
Motorists Urge County Court System Change in Ohio
Columbus January 19 motorists urge replacing inferior courts with a county wide system paid from the county treasury and feeding fees, abolish township constables, and grant final county jurisdiction except in municipalities with their own courts. The Ohio State Automobile Association backs elected at large judges, four year terms, and a unified criminal jurisdiction.
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Heflin Pushes Fight On Rome After Senate Confidence Vote
In Washington on January 19, Senate Democrats voted 34 to 1 to express confidence in Senate leader Robinson of Arkansas and on the Mexican Committee. Heflin of Alabama criticized the move and pledged continued attacks on the Catholic Church and Gov. Alfred E. Smith, while others urged restraint and cautioned the vote should not settle the broader dispute.
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Texas and California Oil Firms to Merge in Stock Deal
Merger between the Texas Corporation and California Petroleum Corporation approved in New York with a two for one stock exchange. Conditions require at least 51 percent California stockholder approval and future deposit dates and depository names to be announced. The combined firms boast large asset bases and extensive refining and pipeline operations.
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Ex-GOP Whip in Congress Dies at 69 in New York
John Wilbur Dwight, 69, former Republican whip of the House, died at the Hotel Biltmore in New York. A key ally of Speaker Joseph Cannon, he retired in 1919 after three terms and led the Virginia Blue Ridge Railway. Born in Dryden New York he had large land holdings in Minnesota and South Dakota and was known as a leading farmer politician. He rose to whip in the Sixty second Congress.
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Minnesota
South Dakota
H C Blackwell Elected AEAU of the Chamber
Hugh C. Blackwell, president of Union Gas and Electric, was elected President of the Cincinnati Chamber of Commerce. He succeeds J. M. Hutton. officers include William Licht, Howard W. Edwards, George M. Kearns, Louise J. Pochat, and W. C. Culkins as Executive Vice President. Blackwell, 46, resigned KC power and light post to join Cincinnati firm in 1924. He graduated Purdue 1902 and led large utility projects. Kansas City wire system ran automatically under his direction.
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Union Gas and Electric Company
Cincinnati Chamber of Commerce
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Board of Directors
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Howard W. Edwards
George M. Kearns
Louise J. Pochat
W. C. Culkins
Mr. Blackwell
Kansas City Power and Light Company
Purdue University
J. G. White & Co
New York
Davenport
Kansas City
Tornado tears through home cluster in Cumminsville area
A miniature tornado ripped through Cumminsville injuring twenty and causing $275,000 total damage across the area, with Hamilton and Washington D H also struck. Rescue crews and welfare officials set up shelter for refugees as police and fire departments assisted in restoring services and aid distribution.
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Stockton Avenue
Dayton
Harry Lauder’s penny gift challenges Scotch thrift lore
London reports Sir Harry Lauder, en route to America, giving a penny to a London boy at Waterloo station and telling the boy to tell his mother that miracles aren’t past. The gesture counters tales that Scots are unusually thrifty.
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Seven Die as Shell Falls at Florida City Bridge
Seven steel workers died when a steel shell being positioned for cement piers at the Dupont bridge in East Bay collapsed and sank to fifty feet. The shell capsized trapping men inside as scaffolding above reached the water. Several identified victims and a rescuer were named. bodies not recovered by nightfall.
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Aitken
Minn
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Royalton
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Restore the Death Penalty Echoes in Michigan Prison
Marquette Mich January 19 Adolph Hotelling the slayer of Dorothy Schneider enters Marquette state prison to begin life of confinement He is quarantined for thirty days then placed in a regular cell with standard privileges and routine work and meals follows the prison schedule under guard supervision.
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Fiend
Marquette
Mich
Marquette State Prison
Adolph Hotelling
Dorothy Schneider
Hotelling
Brennan
Flint
Wernicke Firm Loses Suit Over Patent Infringement
In Chicago a federal court granted an injunction and accounting against Globe Wernicke Office Equipment Company for infringing Acme Card System patents. The case covers several hundred thousand dollars with five years of alleged infringement. Acme said funds will be accounted for during that period, and Wernicke called the Chicago story exaggerated as the suit centers on a trifling sum.
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Globe Wernicke Office Equipment Company
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Montgomery Mayor asks Senator Robinson to visit to heal Alabama insult
W A Gunter Jr mayor of Montgomery telegrams Senator Joseph T Robinson asking him to visit Montgomery soon as guest of city and people of Alabama to help restore the state s good name after Heflin Robinson clash on Senate floor yesterday.
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United States Senate
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Senate
Bank Hold-Up Ends in Double Fatalities at Mt. Scott
Portland report says Mt. Scott State Bank cashier A J Demorest used a rifle to resist robbers returning three weeks after a prior heist. Two robbers, including John R Benton age 22, were killed. another wounded Fred Williams 32 was shot as he fled toward the door and the band escaped in a car.
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A. J. Demorest
Mt. Scott State Bank
Explosion and Fire Kill Ten on Sandwich Island Port Vila
Ten people died and fifty seven were injured in a fire and explosion that destroyed two large stores and timber yards in Port Vila Efate, New Hebrides. Loss is estimated at one million dollars. The dead include six French, one British, and three Chinese and native residents. Seven French natives were among the seriously injured. Port Vila is a harbor on Efate also known as Vate or Sandwich Island.
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Bridegroom in Ohio slays father-in-law after wedding clash
In Portsmouth Ohio a 20 year old groom Charles Sprose is held for second degree murder after two shots killed Calloway Ostron 41, who rushed to defend his daughter. The bridegroom claimed self defense saying Ostron threatened him with a spark plug wrench. The mother had confronted the daughter over the marriage and the wife refused to return home. Sprose surrendered to authorities.
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Butterfly's Wing Torn In Vaudeville Pursuit
Alma Straub of Dayton files suit in Campbell Circuit Court seeking 5000 damages from Olive Vail of Bellevue alleging negligence during Apache dance coaching led to a shoulder injury. Straub had trained as a seamstress earning 35 dollars weekly and pursued stage work since 1927.
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Bank official arrested in $73,000 falsification case
Findlay Ohio January 19 Clyde Wheland assistant cashier of the defunct Arcadia Bank and Savings Company was arrested today on charges of falsifying accounts to the extent of 73000. He waived examination in Mayor's court and was released on a 15000 bond supplied by relatives.
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Clyde Wheland
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Dansant owner swindled out of 1000 in fake bet scheme
Jack Widmeyer, owner of the Jack and Jill Dansant in Covington, loses 1000 to a trio of swindlers posing as betting officials. A so-called betting commissioner and his uncle lure him with a private bet, claiming large winnings, before authorities arrest one suspect at Central Police Station.
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Madison Streets
Covington
Central Police Station
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Thomas Clark
Gibson
Gray
Plank Drops on Car as Storm Fears Surge Downtown
Crowds buy papers around downtown corners as a six foot plank falls from a roof at Fourth and Vine, hitting an automobile owned by John L. Horgan, Lin ton managing director. The plank vanished into the bustle before any investigation.
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