Denial Resolution Foreshadows Grundy Senate Seat Fight
Senate debate looms as North Dakota senator Nye moves to deny Joseph R. Grundy his Pennsylvania seat. The Nye measure cites prior Pennsylvania campaigns and $1.8 million in expenditures, mirroring the Ware case, with Grundy awaiting oath while credentials are reviewed by the Privileges and Elections Committee.
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NYE
Senate
Grundy
Keystone Solon
United Press
Washington
Joseph R. Grundy
Pennsylvania
Gerald P. Nye
Rep
N. D
Republican
North Dakota
John Fisher
William S. Ware
Vare
Ware
Fisher
Joseph Grundy
United States
Senate Privileges and Elections Committee
Committee
Miner Calmly Awaits Rescue From Croft Mine Cave‑In
Jack Snyder a 48 year old miner trapped by a cave in at the Croft mines near Crosby Minnesota calmly smoked cigarettes as rescue crews labored for ~48 hours. He said he could see lamps and hear voices and expected release soon though his legs were pinned under timber. Food had been lowered through a crevice and crews held to avoid triggering another cave in.
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Crosby
Minn
Jack Snyder
Croft Mines
Here
Snyder
Mt Etna Erupts Again With Smoke and Quakes
Mt Etna in Sicily shows renewed activity with a smoke and sulphur eruption not long after devastating Mascati and nearly destroying Nunziati, causing structural tremors felt at Bronti Randazzo and nearby villages. Professor Ponte of the observatory urged calm while noting no alarm.
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Catania
Sicily
Mt. Etna
Europe
Mascati
Nunziati
Bronti
Randazzo
Ponte
Lawyer Arrested in New York for Estate Misappropriation
Howard E. White a New York lawyer was arrested and charged with misappropriating 150000 from the estate of Mrs Catherine Mairs of Irvington New York. He allegedly withdrew funds as executor and sold 150 Bankers Trust Company shares valued at 24000 as part of the alleged scheme.
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Bu United Press
New York
Howard E. White
Catherine Mairs
Irvington
N. Y
Mairs
White
Bankers’ Trust Company
Death Plot Admitted Accused Sentenced in East Chicago
Fred Brenman an East Chicago liquor baron pleaded guilty to conspiracy to murder in Lake criminal court and was sentenced to two to fourteen years. He admitted plotting to kill Aron Marovich, a rival in the liquor trade, after previously being acquitted of murder and after two associates Nick Sudovich and Al Armstrong were convicted in connection with the case.
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Nick Sudovich
al Armstrong
Hourly Temperatures Reported Across Morning Hours
A brief weather update lists temperatures at several morning times with readings from 6 a.m. to 12 noon showing 42, 51, 42, 55, 57 degrees. The entry includes stray garbled text and a partial line that appears to be misread.
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BD & Dwaeses
Indianapolis Attorney Nominated for U S Attorney Post
Orbison, a young Indianapolis attorney, is recommended by District Attorney George R. Jeffrey for appointment as assistant United States district attorney, to succeed the late Frank Strayer. Jeffrey cites backing from many city lawyers and officials. Orbison studied at Butler, Ohio State, and Columbia Law School, and has practiced locally since 1924.
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Telford B. Orbison
Indianapolis
George R. Jeffrey
United States District Attorney
Frank Strayer
Jeffrey
United States Attorney-General
Orbison
Butler University
Ohio State University
Columbia University
Guns Searched In Auburn Prison After Mutiny
Prison guards and state troopers combed Auburn prison cell by cell for weapons after Wednesday’s mutiny that left eight prisoners and one guard shot and fifteen injured. About 300 inmates remained locked with no cell space, national guardsmen withdrew, and 75 troopers stayed on with searchlights and tear gas as supplies of automatic rifles were readied.
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Auburn Prison
New York
Big
Gray
Rochester
Syracuse
Auburn
Oneida Barracks
Stephen McGrath
Death Takes Gen Aultman
Brigadier General Dwight E. Aultman, senior brigadier general of the army, died at Walter Reed hospital. He commanded Ft. Benjamin Harrison from 1921 to 1927 and was popular with officers and men. He last visited the Indiana post in 1927 before moving to Ft. Sill, Oklahoma.
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United Prea
Washington
Dwight E. Aultman
Walter Reed Hospital
Aultman
Ft. Benjamin Harrison
Indiana
Ft. Sill
Oklahoma
Rhodes Appeals Stay Request in Dreyfus Rhodes Case
Attorneys for Dreyfus Rhodes, twice sentenced to death for the Vincennes police murder, ask a 30 day stay to file briefs in appeal to the supreme court. They also seek writ of certification of trial records, noting alleged errors. Rhodes, who escaped Gib son county jail but was recaptured, faces execution set for Feb 28.
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Dreyfus Rhodes
Vincennes
Supreme Court
Rhodes
Gibson County
Union Jack Lowered In Rhine as British Occupation Ends
The Union Jack was lowered at 2 p.m. in Weisbaden Germany signaling the end of eleven years of British occupation of the Rhineland. The flag over the Hohenzollern hotel was lowered as the occupation concluded today.
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United Press
New Names Tied to Miss Gummersheimer Death
A New York radio operator and a Chicago seed company manager were added to the list of people connected to the death of Cordelia E. Gummersheimer, a 35 year old language teacher. Authorities said Roy Scribner, a Mackay Radio Company operator, met her in Chicago on November 22 and traveled to her apartment the next day. A letter from Ralph B. Howe was found among her effects. The murder is now thought to have occurred about 8 Sunday morning, not shortly after midnight as previously believed.
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United Press
Ill
New York
Chicago
Cordelia E. Gummersheimer
Roy Scribner
Mackay Radio Company
Scribner
Ment
Ralph B. Howe
W. W. Barnard Seed Company
Indianapolis School Board Seeks Acting Superintendent
Special meeting called to name an acting Indianapolis superintendent after Charles F. Miller’s dismissal. Donald DuShane declined the post saying he cannot accept without formal notice. legality questions delayed the appointment and next meeting set for December 31.
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Lowell B. Nussbaum
Indianapolis
Charles W. Kern
Charles F. Miller
Donald DuShane
Columbus
Ind
Tegal
DuShane
Kern
C. C. Underwood
CBD
Theodore Vonnegut
Noted Italian Leader Nears Death at 74
Rome dispatch reports Senator Tommaso Tittoni, 74, president of the Academy of Italy, critically ill with bronchitis after a week of decline. Physicians said no hope for recovery as his condition worsened Tuesday night.
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United Press
Rome
Tommaso Tittoni
The
Academy of Italy
Tittoni
Oldest Soldier Dies in Sheridan After 58 Years in Army
Samuel W. Service aged 103, one of the nation’s oldest Civil War veterans, died at Sheridan after a long illness. He served 58 years in the U.S. Army, fought under General Sherman, and saw action in the Indian Wars, per United Press dispatch.
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Wyoming
United States Army
United Preas Sheridan
Wyo
Samuel W. Service
Sherman
Tragedy at Puppy Love Wake Ends in Knife Fight
Carl Cupp, 17, is hospitalized in critical condition after a stabbing by Edgar Ruff, 16, over a 14 year old girl named Pearl. The confrontation occurred Wednesday night behind the Gaiety theater after a quarrel in the lobby led to a back lot fight and a pocketknife wound. Edgar is held at police headquarters on an assault with intent to kill charge as Pearl gave a statement to police.
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Carl Cupp
Marlowe Avenue
City
Edgar Ruff
le Grande Avenue
Arsenal Technical High School
Cupp
Edgar
Est
Washington
Carl
Pearl
Oklahoma
Houston firm blamed for cotton market manipulation
Washington December 12 charges that the Anderson and Clayton Company of Houston acted as the dominating influence in manipulating the southern cotton market were made to day at a senate agriculture subcommittee hearing. Gardiner H. Miller, president of the New York cotton exchange, testified that investors hesitated to invest in the Houston firm due to suspected manipulations and that the exchange’s recent actions averted a possible spot cotton panic rivaling a stock exchange scare.
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United Press
Washington
Anderson & Clayton Co
Houston
Tex
South
Senate Agriculture Subcommittee
Senator Heffin
Gardiner H. Miller
New York Cotton Exchange
Aged Couple Slugged and Slain on Farm Near Muncie
In Muncie Indiana on December 12 authorities investigated the brutal deaths of George F Heath 80 and his wife 70 found in their second floor home three miles south of town. A heavy maple club and a pearl handled knife were found in Mrs Heaths room. fingerprints were taken. Police seek motive and suspect links to recent thefts including auto and poultry.
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United P
Muncie
Ind
George F. Heath
Daisy Ross
Ralph Whitney
J. C. Reese
Mrs. Heath
Heath
Iowa Athletes Freed on Eligibility List
Thirteen University of Iowa athletes were declared eligible after review by the board in control of athletics. The report lists players from football basketball track and swimming with loan amounts ranging from 25 to 45 dollars from a trust fund at an Iowa City bank. Names include Mike Farrah Pete Affre Maurice Benson Doyle Plunkitt Francis Wilcox Dale Boyer Oran Pape Seward Leeka Charles M. Stewart I. L. Nelson Boyd Liddle and Homer Musgrove with varying loan totals.
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United Press
Iowa City
University of Iowa
Dean C. C. Williams
Mike Farrah
Michigan City
Ind
Maurice Benson
Gary Ind
Floyd Mitchell
Highmore
S. D
Doyle Plunkitt
Frankfort
Francis Wilcox
Ft. Madison
Dale Boyer
Cedar Rapids
Oran Pape
Dubuque
Seward Leeka
St. Louis
Three Die In Fire At Antlers Hotel In Wichita Falls
Three people die and ten are seriously injured when a hotel blaze at the Antlers collapses its west wall. Two firemen and a taxi driver perish as steel beams and bricks crush victims. occupants leap to escape the flames.
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United Presa
Wichita Falls
Tex
Antlers
Floods spread across England threaten homes near Thames
The rising rivers across England cause widespread flooding and confusion as the Thames swells to three miles across, undermining foundations and leaving hundreds of families homeless near Windsor.
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United Preas
London
England
Thames
Windsor
County Schools Head Is Mandated Salary Hire
Circuit Judge Harry O. Chamberlain ordered Marion County to raise school superintendent Fred T. Gladden’s salary to 4800 dollars annually. The mandate requires county council and commissioners to grant the pay raise within ten days, upholding Gladden’s suit under a 1927 statute.
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Harry O. Chamberlain
Fred T. Gladden
Marion County
Gladden
Judge Chamberlain
Clinton L. Givens
Iodent Plant Burns in Detroit Fire
Explosions and fire today destroyed the Iodent Chemical Company toothpaste plant in Detroit. Caretakers A. E. Watts and Vera Watts were the only occupants. a fireman was injured but not seriously. No loss estimates available.
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Bu United Preas
Detroit
Iodent Chemical Company
A. E. Watts
Vera
Man Kills Man On Downtown Hamilton Street
Albert Bowling, 45, shot and killed Fred Philpot, 38, on a downtown Hamilton, Ohio, street today as Christmas shoppers passed. Bowling told police he killed Philpot because Philpot induced his wife to leave him. He said it was the first time he had seen Philpot in two years.
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Indianapolis
Miller
Lillian G. Sedwick
Kern
Vonnegut
Lewis F. Whiteman
Fred Kepner
United Press
Hamilton
Albert Bowling
Fred Philpot
Bowling
Philpot
Stolen Tires Recovered After Bicycle Theft Incident
A 14 year old boy fled on foot from two pursuing officers after leaving a stolen bicycle behind. Police recovered the bicycle and five tires at a vacant house next to the boy's home and found five more tires at the shop. The Harry Roberson bicycle shop at 940 Massachusetts avenue reported a break in through a transom with a $100 tire theft.
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Harry Roberson
Massachusetts Avenue
Prisoners Escape Tehuacan Jail in Mexico City
Twenty six inmates overpowered guards and fled Tehuacan jail at night as federal soldiers pursue the fugitives in Mexico City on December 12 according to a News dispatch.
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Mexico
United Press
Mexico City
Tehuacan
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