Political scandal and postmaster graft investigations unfold
The account details cabinet dismissals over Whisky Ring probes, prosecutions led by John B. Henderson, and later impediments from Attorneys General Williams and Pierrepont. It notes O B Babcock’s implicating role, and Arthur era moves against Star Route grafts with Dorsey and Selinge among indicted figures.
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Marshall Jewell
John B. Henderson
Missouri
Grub
O. B. Babcock
Babcock
Gratt
George A. Williams
Bristow
Babenck
Edwards Pierrepont
House of Representatives
Amocratic
Pierrepont
Arthur
Yugoslavia Plans Dinar Devaluation Hit Jan 1
Belgrade December 28 Yugoslav Finance Minister Milen Welopovic announced to Parliament that the dinar will be drastically devalued effective January 1 with a new rate of 300 dinars to the dollar from 60. The reform aims to realign foreign economic relations and boost trade.
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Belgrade
Yugoslavia
Milen Welopovic
Pope
le Sutde
Ghance
Yugostvna
West
Kensinger Murder Case Reopened by Incoming District Attorney
Malone elect says he will reopen the 1948 murder of 12 year old Carole Kensinger in Allegheny County when he takes office on January 7. He will review all unsolved killings and convene detectives who worked the Kensinger case to gather records from City Police. The victim was found on the dining room floor with 38 stab wounds. her brother Joseph was arrested three times but exonerated each time.
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Piresusen
Wee
Yams
Malone
Carole Kensinger
Witer
Allegheny County
Kensinger
Joseph
Truman Heads Back To Capital
President Truman ended his Christmas visit at home in Independence Missouri and headed to Washington with budget issues on his mind. He flew from Fairfax airport after driving there, leaving wife Bess and daughter Margaret behind.
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Kansas City
Kas
Truman
Washington
White House
Independence
Fairfax
Tnidependence
Margaret
New Year Faith and Community Help Planned at Rex Theatre
Twenty years ago the Rex Theatre under manager Blatt planned a New Year matinee to aid unemployed and poor families. Free admission was to be offered, with complimentary cards distributed via the Us Gorry Relief Fund, as the First Methodist Hospital hosted a large Sunday evening service led by boys and girls.
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First Methodist Spistopal Church
Blatt
Rex Theatre
West South Street
Us Gorry Relief Fund
Ex editor of Pitt Panther sentenced for armed robbery
Jer. 26a Perkinson, a 29 year old former Pitt Panther editor and University of Pillsburh student, received four to 42 years in prison after pleading guilty to 13 counts. The Lakewood Ohio arrest last month led to the sentence as Perkinson's wife Matian fainted and then embraced him.
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Pit TserlCser
A. Perkinson
Pitt Panther
University of Pillsbureh
Mayelry
Robery
Lakewood
Ohio
Perkinson
Matian
Who Does the Prosecution? Oil probes and high profile cases
The text surveys prosecutorial powers under past administrations from Harding to Coolidge, noting the appointment of special counsels in oil lease cases, the testing of Justice Department control, and trials of Doheny, Fall, and related officials, with references to Roberts, Pomerene, and Bristow. It emphasizes political scandal, Senate actions, and efforts to pursue criminal and civil prosecutions.
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Murphy
Truman
Coolidge
Congress
Daugherty
Harlan F. Slone
Senate
Coirivel
Gener
New York
Onehee Mote
Arle Pomerene
Owen J. Roberts
Doheney
Justice Department
Roberts
Pomerene
Titerior
Fall
Doheny
Sinclair
Miernsl Revenue Bureau
Answers to a Ten Question IQ Style Quiz Page
A playful quiz asks ten factual questions covering U S history geography language and geology. It includes identities such as a U S senator from a given state a bachelor president a male seal term, the singular of dice, the Mississippi River tributary, poker hand values, Lincoln era presidency, capital of Argentina, stalactite vs stalagmite, and a sentence correction about suspicion and a meteorite event in Chubb Crater Quebec with ancient dates.
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U. S. Senate
United States
Mississippi River
Abraham Lincoln
Astineion
South
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