Lame Ducks Prepare Sad Swan Songs In Congress
United Press reports the final session will feature many lame ducks: Vice President Dawes and six Democratic senators plus forty one representatives retiring next March. Several notable figures and party shifts define the closing days before Hoover takes office.
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Should a stenographer allow her boss to make love
The Indianapolis Times invites readers to comment on the question in the Orchid story. Hart a millionaire employer pursues stenographer Ashtoreth in a plot about modern moon goddess. Readers are asked to mail ideas, with cash prizes for top letters andcknowledgments.
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Curtis Job Issue In Hoover Kansas Branch
Washington reports a behind the scenes battle within the Hoover organization in Kansas over when Charles Curtis will resign as senator and Republican floor leader and whether Henry J. Allen will succeed him Allen and Curtis have had tensions and Curtis may resist Allen’s Senate appointment if he resigns early, or Allen could gain the seat if Curtis stays until the new governor takes office.
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Autos group pushes grade crossing abolition plan
The American Automobile Association urged abolition of grade crossings to save money on train control devices, citing ICC support and fatality stats from 1923 to 1927 including 11 485 deaths and 32 998 injuries at grade crossings and rail incidents.
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Hoosier Buys Circus to Winter Quarters in Bloomington
Frank S. Stout of Bloomington has purchased the Eldridge and Bentum circus and will move it to winter quarters in Bloomington from Circleville Ohio. The announcement states the sale was completed recently.
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U K Required to Set Up Rural Power Lines
The public service commission adopts a rule requiring a formal commission order before any rural electric lines are built. The service department, led by William A. Edwards, will investigate all aspects of a project prior to issuing the order.
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Shaeffer Seen As Possible Successor To City Judge
Rumor places William H. Shaeffer as likely successor to Judge Dan V. White on the city bench. Shaeffer, deputy grand jury to Prosecutor William H. Remy, may take over January 1 as delegations urged Governor Ed Jackson for the appointment while supporting White’s possible reappointment.
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Former Lawmaker Dies
Friends in New Albany report Edward Henry 78 died in Los Angeles California. Henry served as a member of the Indiana legislature in 1890.
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