Six Bandit gang members sentenced in Wheeling case
Six Bandit gang operatives in Wheeling were sentenced to terms of five to ten years in the West Virginia penitentiary by Judge John B. Ritz. Roy Boggs Harley Dawson each got ten years for Robbery at the Glenswood Standard Oil station. Others received seven to ten year terms for related hold ups and ferry toll robbery. George Siegel remained at large as indictments on pleaded guilty defendants proceed.
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Wheeling
John B. Ritz
Ohio County
West Virginia
Roy Boggs
Harley Dawson
Standard Oil
Glenswood
Lester Hoblitzer
Joseph Boyd
Stetbenville
Fred Brinkman
Aetnaville Bridge
Roy Roger
Brinkman
Mount Pleasant
Ohio
Fred Facemeyer
James Grogan
Bessie Murphy
Marian Burke
Main Street
Karl E. Golden
Ray Cannon
Builders Supply and Fuel Company
George Siegel
Aebeville
A.C Shiftle
Eclipse Will Test Radio Wave Behavior Across Nation
Washington January 10 The moon will pass between earth and sun on January 24 allowing radio operators laboratory specialists and broadcasters to measure effects on other waves. Bureau of Standards announces cooperation with G W Bickard Boston radio engineer Scientific American and others to note changes in direction reflection and strength as broadcasting stations in Buffalo New York and Springfield Massachusetts report signals throughout the eclipse.
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Washington
Earth
Bureau of Standards
Bureau Today
G. W .Bickard
Boston
Scientific American
Buttato
Springfield
Mass
Angl0-Americ an talks on reparation claims reach acute stage
Paris dispatch reports Anglo American negotiations over German reparation claims have entered an acute phase. The British delegation notes the U S representative appears indifferent to alliance consensus as American interests focus on Dawes plan receipts. American delegates miss a Finance Ministers meeting, signaling detachment from allied difficulties. Washington sees no deadlock in Paris talks despite cautious official notes.
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Paris
United States
America
Great Britain
France
Italy
Belgium
Washington
Germany
Weather outlook for Ohio Valley and Tennessee
Periods of rain Monday and Tuesday followed by showers in the second half of the week. Temperatures average normal in the first half and fall as the week progresses.
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Washington
Ohio Valley
Tennessee
Budget bill seeks 405 million for Veterans Bureau
The House Appropriations Committee reports a bill totaling 452,249,617 dollars for various federal agencies. Veterans Bureau is funded at 405,700,000 dollars with 24,330,000 for the Shipping Board, and includes 75,000 for President Coolidge’s salary, 25,000 for travel, and 110,000 for the executive mansion.
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Washington
Veterans’ Bureau
Shipping Board
House Appropriations Committee
Coolidge
Executive
White House
Board of Tax Appeals
Bureau Ceiency
Civil Service Commission
Feedral Board of Vocational Education
Federal Trade Commission
General Accounting
Housling Corporation
Interstate Commerce Commission
National Advisory Commission For Aeronatics
Railroad Labor Board
Smithsonian Institute
Tariff Commission
Aged Thornton Woman Sarah Thorn Dies at 87
Mrs. Sarah Catherine Thorn, aged 87, died at her Thornton home after a three month paralysis illness. Funeral at 2:30 Monday at Thorn ton Methodist church with Rev. Z Annon officiating. Burial in Payne Cemetery. Survived by six children D B De Moss A J Poe W E DeMons W D Thorn Frank T Thorn and George M Thorn and one brother C W Gower.
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Taylor County
Sarah Catherine Thorn
Thornton
Thorn
Methodist Church of
Z. Annon
Brethern Church
Brethern Church, Officiating. Mrs. Thorn
Payne Cemetery
Moses and
Hannah Gower
Virginia
William L. Thorn
Mra
D. B. DeMoss
Fairmont
A. J. Poe
W. E. DeMons
Blueville
W. D. Thorn
Grafton
Frank T. Thorn
Philippi
George M. Thorn
C. W. Gower
Elkins
Glade Run School Teacher Mariel Posten Noted
Mariel Posten of Grand Street identified as a teacher at Glade Run. Further details unclear from the fragment.
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Mariel Posten
Grand Street
Glade
Padting Scam Targets State Compensation Chief
Charleston reports an indictment charging former State Compensation Department secretary Frank J. M. Andrews with obtaining about two thousand dollars by padding a workman’s compensation claim. Prosecutors seek McAndrews, whose resignation earlier in 1924 preceded his term ending March 1.
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McAndrews
Secretary of State Compensation Dept
Charleston
State Compensation Department
Frank J. M.andrews
Kanawna County
Frank ©. Burdette
Grand Jury
Ler Ott
Gev Rgnor Morgan
Fot McAndrews
Wife shoots business associate in home bathroom
Huntington Jan 10 Mrs T E B Cobb 19 wife of a contractor shot and killed C L Rice in her home bathroom after claiming Rice attacked her. She fled with her baby, fired five times, then was bound over on murder charge. Rice survived by wife and two children.
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Huntington
Jan
T. EB. Cobb
C. L. Rice
Rice
Floyd
Chapman
L. R. Via
H.C. Clay Worth
Common Pleas Court
Cobb
Sheaid
Burglaries In Chicago Cost City Huge Loss In 1924
Chicago crime figures show burglaries and non automobile thefts cost the city 2,931,956 in 1924, topping 1923 by over 400,000. Stolen autos rose to 5,313 from 2,843, while total thefts and related losses reflect shifts in crime and morale concerns cited by police leadership.
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Chicago
Chicago Crime Commission
Morgan A. Collins
Blackmail Letters Reach Cambridge Woman in Threat Case
Two letters demanding 5009 dollars or death were sent to Mrs. Mary F. Bright wife of Boston banker Elmer H. Bright within a month. The missives signed the red Teague and urged payment on ten days notice. Edith D. Fuller ex librarian of the Episcopal school also received threats signed Brotherhood of death.
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Cambridge, Masa
Mary F. Bright
Elmer H. Bright
Boston
Edith D. Fuller
The
Episcopal School
Brotherhood of Death
Barboursville Chamber Opposes Morris Harvey Closure
Barboursville chamber of commerce registers opposition to the movement to remove Morris Harvey college from Barboursville, announcing local resistance to the plan.
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Barboursville
Morris Harvey College
Plunges 14 Stories to Tragic Death in City
Philadelphia January 10 Frederick H Ford 45 plunged 14 stories from a building ledge after struggling with a physician seeking to restrain him. His body fell onto car tracks as a taxicab swerved to avoid the impact, killing him instantly.
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Philadelphia
Frederick H. Selford
Woman Judge Not Desi red
Washington reports indicate Mrs Mabel W Wildebrandt an assistant attorney general may be nominated to the Federal Court for Northern California to become the first woman federal judge President Coolidge is considering her for the vacancy. California Republicans show varied support and Senator Shorteridge left the Capitol after the news.
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Washington
Mabel Waller Wildebrandt
California
President Coolidge
Wildebrandt
Department of Justice
Coolidge
Capitol
Congress
Shorteridge
Moonshine Confiscated and Dumped Down City Sewer
Moonshine seized by Deputy Sheriff Bolyard and others was poured into a city sewer at McGraw and Main. About ten to twelve pints emptied as crowds gathered to catch a whiff. Officers noted vile odor and unsanitary bottles, with more evidence held for upcoming circuit court cases.
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McGraw
W. BH. Leach
C. Z. Pitzer
Bolyard
Roach and
Alkire
Pitzer
Coffsman
Shine
Squire Leach
Hanor
California judges back Wildebrandt promotion at White House
Senator Shorterlige renewed urging to appoint Judge A F St. Zure to the vacancy and carried endorsements from Chief Justice Meyer plus other California judges. Mrs Wildebrandt declined to discuss a possible appointment but said such a promotion would be gratifying.
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White House
Shorterlige
A. F. St. Zure
Meyer
Supreme Court of California
Calfornia
Wildebrandt
Local Stalwarts and Visitors Highlight West Virginia Trip News
Mrs J W Hostler and sister Mrs A L Garretson return from Bar Tow West Virginia after visiting their mother. Clarence Silimian starts a new two story home on West Washington Street. Various locals travel for visits, illnesses, and social events, including Miss Sarah Devney's bridge party and Zelda Rita Poling birth news.
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J. W. Hostler
Weat Main Street
A L. Garretson
Breckenridge
Texas
Bar‘tow
W. Va
Clarence Silimian
West Washington Street
Thomas Currey
Des Mones
West Virgina
Gratton
Currey
West Virginia
Claude Fleming
Flemington
Sarah ~Devney
Fairmont
Clyde Turner
Yates Avenue
Devney
W. T. Hooke
Maple Avenue
Miss Devney
R. C. Poling
Moran Apartments
Zelda Rita
Poling
Hazel Shaffer
Belle Moran
Pittsburgh
Youngstown
N. Harmon
Latrobe
West Main Street
Gil
Grand Street
Walker Selvey
Clarksburg
Claude Haddix
Pearl Street
Walter L. Moore
Simpson
al Fury
Roscoe Marple
Valley Head
Marple
G. L. Malcolm
L. L. Loar
Clarksburr
Jared Mayle
Moatsville
J. Mc
Bar Association endorses settlement in LOEB LEOPOLD case
The Chicago Bar Association endorsed the settlement as fair today but gave no details on fee division between Darrow and Bachrach brothers or whether the fee was a compromise. Earlier it had been announced that no fee was agreed upon and the Bar Association would decide. The defense focused on urging guilty pleas to save lives.
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Chicago Bar, Association
Mr. Darrow
Bachrach Brothers
Darrow
Loeb
Leo[pola
Chicago Bar Association
Loeb Defense Attorneys Agree to 180000 for Services
Clarence Darrow and fellow lawyers who defended Richard Loeb and Nathan Leopold Jr. for the kidnapping and slaying of Robert Franks have reached an agreement with the families to accept 180000 in fees for their services, with payment terms to be set. The announcement concludes a dispute over compensation and outlines the final settlement following trials.
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Chicago
Clarence
Darrow
Richard Loeb
Nathan F. Leopold, Jr
Robert Franks
Americans In Mexico Raid Kills German Merchant and Son
Mexico City dispatches report that William Hinzpeter a German merchant and farmer and his 12 year old son were killed by 60 armed bandits at the San Bartolo ranch near Puebla City on Thursday night. Four military columns pursue the attackers who plundered the ranch and fled with horses sheep and cattle. Mrs Hinzpeter hid during the raid and alerted authorities in Puebla City.
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Mexico City
William Hinzpeter
San Bartolo Ranch
Puebla City
Hinzpeter
Presa
Wm. Hinzpeter
Pueblo City
Clente Barrels
All-Woman Texas Supreme Court Sworn In
Austin January 9 The first state supreme court in the United States composed of women was sworn in to hear a case on Woodmen of the World property in El Paso. Three women were appointed: Hortense Ward chief justice Ruth Brazill and Hattie L. Heneberg associate justices.
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Austin
Texas
Hortense Ward
Houston
Ruth Brazill
Galveston
Hattie L. Heneberg
Dallas
Woman Charged With Trying to Scald Child in ER Case
ER N Kite faced assault charges after a hearing before Squire Haymond. Kite was fined five dollars plus costs and released. A second warrant, sworn by Kite, accuses Mrs Perronne of attempting to scald one of his children. The case will be tried in Haymond's justice court soon.
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ER. N. Kite
Forenzo Perronne
Squire L. C. Haymond
Kite
Perronne
L. C. Haymond
Coal Loadings On An Upgrade On Chesapeake and Ohio Line
Huntington Jan 10 22 Coal loadings for the Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad for six days ending January totalled 16779 cars, an average of 2797 cars per day. Loadings by fields include Logan 6404.9 New River 4469.1 Kanawha 2606.8 Coal River 1450.4 Kentucky 2162 Long Fork 633.2 Millers Creek 256 and A. C. 838 cars.
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Huntington
Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad
Cara
Long Fork
Millers Creek
A. C
Strangler Lewin Improves After Ring Injury
Kansas City Jan 10 Ed Stringler Lewin who lost his heavyweight wrestling cap to Wayne Bunn is resting comfortably in hospital today. Lewin sprained a joint at the base of the spine when teased out of the ring. Rev Murray of Bridgeport preached two sermons at the First Baptist Church in Grafton.
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Kansas City
Stringler Lewin
Wayne
Big) Bunn
Nebraska
Cearly
Lewin
Rev. Murray
Bridgeport
Grafton
First Baptist Church
Pitewater lesson on the Lord's Supper and the Passover
This January 18 lesson outlines Luke 22 7 20 The Passover prepared the Disciples inquiry Masters directions and obedience The Passover eaten by the Twelve Christ words and symbols The new covenant instituted The wicked behavior Judas betrayal and disciples selfish ambition The Apostles place in the kingdom and attitudes versus deeds. The piece notes Christ as omnipotent and invites personal acceptance of atonement via his blood.
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Jesus
Christ
Tie
Judas
Tarael
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House of Representatives
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Galesburg
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