Drift into crime drags former teacher toward criminal court
Dr Patterson a Perry county native once educator in Landisburg and Dauphin county, linked to theft charges after alcohol and drugs mire his life. Former judge and two lawyers urged probation and reform as Patterson faced custody and possible release to army and work at a railway warehouse.
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Landisburg
Pleasant View
United States Army
American Railway Xpress Company
4. Patterson
Dauphin County Bar Association
Patterson
Perry County
James W. Shull
George Kunkel
J. M. McCarrell
Dauphin County
Charles (. Stroh
Shull
Scott
Leiby
Kunkel
James Thompson
Thompson
William Harris
Jervick
Lou Baum
Eastern Penitentiary
Jury Selected For Prohibition Inspector Murder Trial
Manassas Virginia December 29 Difficulties in obtaining a satisfactory jury were expected to delay proceedings as William G Hall prohibition inspector faces murder charges He will plead self defense claiming the first shots came from the car of Hudson and Shackleford Hall previously failed to reach a verdict on the same charge Deputies Sweet Sullivan and Dunleavy associated with Hall await outcome of the current trial amid public agitation over whisky traffic
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Manassas
William G. Hall
Prohibition
Hall
Winchester
Lawrence D. Hudson
Raymond Shackleford
Hudson
Shackleford
Harry 8. Sweet, Sr
J. J. Sullivan
William B. Dunleavy
Public Opinion Sought on Price Decline Guarantee Plan
The Federal Trade Commission says it has mailed thousands of letters to business, labor, and the public to gauge sentiment on a price decline guarantee system. The plan promises buyers a price drop if the market falls before delivery, but places the loss on manufacturers or wholesalers if prices rise. Critics claim it may hinder living cost reductions.
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Washington
Federal Trade Commission
The
Commission
Gov Sproul Open House New Year Day at 4 to 6
Governor and Mrs Sproul announce open house at the Executive Mansion on New Year’s Day from 4 to 6 o’clock. The first at home will invite all citizens to call on the chief executive and his wife, with many guests expected.
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Gov
Mrs. Sproul
Big Roundup of Bootleggers to Follow Deaths
New York December 29. A major roundup of bootleggers and liquor makers is planned amid a wave of poison liquor deaths and blindness. Three men Adolph Panarelli John Romanelli and Samuel K Salesby are held on first degree murder charges as evidence is gathered. Bail for Panarelli was refused and the government seeks $50 000 bail for each defendant. Federal agents searched Panarelli’s Bleeker Street premises and seized items.
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Associated Press
New York
Daniel T. Porter
Porter
Adolph Panarelli
Manhattan
John Romanelli
Brooklyn
Samuel K. Salesby
New England
United States
Panarelli
Prelude of Terror to Red World Rule Shown by Bolsheviki Papers
New York reports reveal documentary evidence of a Bolshevist conspiracy to seize governments and crush industry. Officials plan action against Trotsky, Lenin, and agents, with possible military tribunal and summary execution. Couriers from Soviet Russia were captured abroad, delivering proof.
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New York
Trotzky and
Lenine
Trotsky and Lenine
Petrograd
Secret Service
Soviet Russia
United States
Clergy Urged to Warn Congregations on New Year Poison
Worth Amboy New Jersey December 29 192? officials ask clergymen to warn worshippers not to drink any alcoholic beverage on New Year’s Day to prevent wood alcohol poisonings among a large foreign population. No cases reported locally.
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Associated Press
Worth Amboy
N. J
War Messages From Dead Are Branded Fakes
Dr Hannen of Drew Seminary denounces spiritualists and mediums as fame seekers and social opportunists. He cites wartime exploitation of grief, argues prophets show unbalanced minds, and says true communication would be direct rather than via unreliable mediums. He visits Harrisburg for Bible study at Stevens Memorial Church.
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W. Hannen
Drew’ Seminary
Madison
N. J
Hannen
Harrisburg
Commission to Investigate Pay of Miners Meets
Washington dec 29 ministers of the presidential commission on the coal strike conferred with secretary Tumulty at the white house to map its program. the panel empowered to grant wage raises will report within sixty days with rembrandt peale and john p white representing operators and miners respectively.
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Associated Press
Washington
Wilson
Tumulty
White House
Palmer
Henry M. Robinson
Pasadena
Cal
Rembrandt Peale
John P. White
Bituminous Operators Debate Commission Action Attitude
Coal operators in the bituminous fields met in Chicago to decide how to respond to the Wilson commission findings on miners' wages. Most mine owners oppose any raise beyond the initial fourteen percent set by Dr. Garfield and worry higher wages would raise production costs and coal prices.
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Chicago
Wilson
H. A. Garfield
Federal Net
Indianapolis
Palmer
Pershing to Visit Harrisburg as Spring Inspection Guest
General John J. Pershing commander of the American Expeditionary Forces plans a spring visit to Harrisburg to inspect aviation ordnance and quartermasters depots near Middletown and New Cumberland He will be a luncheon guest of the Harrisburg Chamber of Commerce the invitation dated December 13 and accepted in principle pending definite dates and arrangements by Pershing.
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John J. Pershing
France
Harrisburg
Washington
Stackpole
Chamber of Commerce
Aviation and Ordnance
Quartermasters
New Cumberland
Pershing
Life saved by banning rubber tubing for gas pipes
New York, Dec 29. City authorities consider an ordinance forcing metal tubing for gas heaters after medical examiners linked most accidental winter asphyxiations to worn rubber tubing. November saw 46 gas deaths, up from 43 a year earlier, with tubing the cause in about three quarters of cases.
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Associated Press
New York
Board of Aldermen
New York City
State Warns Against Use of Wood Alcohol
State officials outline a Pennsylvania campaign to warn the public about dangers from wood alcohol and other liquor substitutes. Colonel John D. McLean chairs the conference with James Voust, (. F. Kramer, Dr. Thomas Blair, and federal and local agency representatives attending.
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Pennsylvania
John D. McLean
Health
James Voust
Bureau of Foods
F. Kramer
State Board of Pharmacy
Thomas 8. Blair
Bureau of Drug Control
Internal Revenue
Federal
Oves Names Three Clerks For Treasurer's Office
City Treasurer-elect Harry F. Oves announced plans to appoint Joseph A. Minnaugh as chief clerk and Charles A. Madden and George Dunkle as deputy clerks. Minnaugh has long served in the treasurer's office, Madden comes from Central Trust Company, and Dunkle has tax experience as county tax collector in the Thirteenth ward.
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Harry F. Oves
Joseph A. Minnaugh
Charles A. Madden
North Fifth Street
George ©. Dunkle
Derry Street
Minnaugh
Madden
Central Trust Company
Central Trust Company and Mr. Dunkle
Mrs Vermilye Confronts Husband Over Tragic Love Affair
Miss Ruth M. Keeney Bucknell University Spanish professor was left waiting at a Monson church for Dr. William Grey Vermilye of New York who did not appear for their wedding. Keeney and her father returned home after attempts to intervene at a New York hospital. The father said the ring was given by Vermilye and that he had asked for her hand in marriage during a September visit.
Five Hundred Children Attend Harrisburg Rotary Dinner
Fifty years after feast planning the Harrisburg Rotary Club hosted a Big Brother dinner for 500 children from less prosperous homes. The event filled the hall with Christmas decorations, provided by Rotarians, and included meals, gifts, and entertainment from Davenport, the Y M C A, the Orpheum orchestra, and magician Costa. The cost neared 800 dollars, covered by club members and Zembo Temple donation at a reduced rate.
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Arthur H. Holman
Rank Davenport
Samuel H. Hughes
Rutherford
Bowman
Zembo Temple
Charles KE. Covert
Daniel PF. Miller
William S. Essick
C. Floyd Hopkins
Charley Chaplin
C. W. Miller
Orpheum
Weather outlook for eastern Pennsylvania and Susquehanna River
Tonight and Tuesday remain cold with lows near 22 degrees and a warming trend by Tuesday. Increasing cloudiness with a chance of snow late tonight into Tuesday. light variable to south winds. Susquehanna River and its tributaries stay nearly stationary around Harrisburg at about sixty five feet, with changing conditions ahead.
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Pennsylvania
Susquehanna
Harrisburg
Wife Prostrated at News of Alleged Romance
Mrs. William Grey Vermilye packs at her daughter's home to rush to New York and confront her husband. The former Navy surgeon is accused by Miss Fruth M Keeney of deserting her at the altar on Christmas Eve. Relatives say Mrs. Vermilye is shocked by the dispatch and will travel to Brooklyn to face the matter.
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William Grey Vermilye
North Third Street
New York
Brooklyn
E. J. Baines
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Middletown
Oves
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Majestic Theater
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G. M. Steinmetz
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John S. Musser
Arthur TH. Holman
J. William Bowman
W. Grant Ferrer
Frank B. Musser
Rudolph K. Spicer
Norris
Longaker
Richard C. Jobe
Vermilyes
Dr. Vermilye
Cleveland
Ohio
James Hodus
Obbers
Toledo
People
Ottawa Lake
Mich
Herman Rothfuss
Brown Mount Clemens, Mich
Beatrice Workman
Cecelie Vester
J. Stanley Brown
Joint Congressional Conference Committee
Cummins and Ecch Railroad Organization
Cummins
Lemuel Gompers
Senate
Halifax
Anton van Drie
Cape Race
Paul J. Bucher
Penbrook
Helen LL. Hassler
Mervin
Messinger
Hogextown
Ida M. Hale
Henry F
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Mary A. Baker
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