Congress Nearing Christmas Adjournment Reports on Bills
Congress prepares to adjourn for Christmas with two major measures disposed of the deficiency and naval reconditioning bills. The Senate faces a backlog of thirteen appropriation bills and debate on the Underwood Muscle Shoals and postal salary raises. Hearings on the Boulder dam project begin Monday with limited committee sessions through the holidays. Congress to reconvene December 29.
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United Press
Washington
Congress
Senate
House
House Post Office Committee
Big California Boulder Dam
Senate Irrigation Committee
Appeal Over Public Nuisance Ruling In Liquor Case
The appeal targets Special Superior Judge William P. Evans ruling that a locality's reputation may be used in a civil suit to close it as a public nuisance under liquor laws. The Supreme Court has ruled such evidence inadmissible in criminal cases on the same charge. Defendants Morris Assael and son-in-law Isaac Levy own the property at 1025 S Capitol Ave.
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William P. Evans
Supreme Court
Morris Assael
S. Capitol Ave
Isaac Levy
Fifty Ninth Wedding Anniversary Noted in Noblesville
Noblesville Indiana December 20 Mr and Mrs Willis Mutchler celebrate their fifty ninth wedding anniversary. The couple started housekeeping with their first dishes and now have thirteen grandchildren and twenty five great grandchildren.
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Buy Times
Noblesville
Ind
Willis Mutchler
Christmas Cheer Assured at City Fire Stations
Firemen and the Firemen's Auxiliary prepare to distribute candy and gifts from wholesale donations for municipal Christmas celebrations at city fire stations next Tuesday night. Fire Chief O'Brien presented a bar pin to Auxiliary president Mrs. Fulmer in appreciation.
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Fulmer
O'Brien
Colored Bandit Suspects Held In String Of Robberies
Hugh Heston 21 of 19th Street and Tuskie Warner 21 of Ogden Street are held for questioning regarding at least fifty recent robberies. Heston was shot in the knee fleeing detectives at a Bright Street house. a trunk of stolen items valued over 400 dollars was found at his sister’s home. They are indicted for robbing a Standard Grocery on Agnes and Michigan and Mendell Bros. Grocery on Indiana Avenue.
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Hugh Heston
Nineteenth St
Tuskie Warner
Ogden St
Heston
Sneed, Trae, White and
Hopson
Bright St
Douglas St
Warner
Agnes
Michigan St
Mendell Bros
Indiana Ave
Price on Howard Conrad head sparks police alert
Bulletin from Memphis says 24 year old Howard Conrad left there Sept 26 after a breakdown. He is walking, begging rides and food and may seek work. He has blue eyes, brown hair, fair complexion, and wore gray clothing and cap with black shoes.
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Howard Conrad
Memphis
Tenn
Women Lose Purses In Local Shopping Incidents
Mrs. Mary Freas reported $26 taken from her purse during shopping. N Wallace Sr. said $4 stolen from his purse. Mrs. Jessie Webber of 736 Ft Warne Ave. had $12 taken from her purse at a five and ten store. Mrs. Mary Wright from R R M Box 223 left two rings valued at $35 on a wash stall in Terminal Station rest room. both rings disappeared.
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Mary Freas
N. Wallace Sr
Jessie Webber
Warne Ave
Mary Wright
Terminal Station
Wabash Students Make Good Loss
Twenty Wabash College students faced charges of malicious trespass after smearing DePauw University buildings with red paint the night before the big football game. They paid one third of about 4000 dollars in damages to DePauw, and Circuit Judge James P. Hughes dismissed the case while chastising the youths for not realizing the seriousness of their act.
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United Press
Greencastle
Ind
de Pauw University
James P. Hughes
Hughes
Willoughby Takes Oath For Six More Years On High Court
Supreme Court judge Benjamin M. Willoughby took the oath to serve another six years after a Friday commission issued by Governor Emmett F. tranch. His election win by one vote over George K. Denton of Evansville prompted Denton to sue to overturn hundreds of votes omitted from Howard and Sullivan County totals. Zech T. Dungan, Supreme Court clerk, administered the oath.
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Emmett F.tranch
Willoughby
George K. Denton
Evansville
Howard and
Sullivan Counties
Zech T. Dungan
Supreme Court
Tables Are Changed By Vimes Hunt Ends Tragically
In La Porte Indiana three hunters, all unaware of each other, fired at a rabbit. A hunter named Ward Daw son, 25, was shot and slightly injured by stray shots while the rabbit escaped. The incident ended with no fatality.
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Vimes
LA Porte
Ind
Ward Dawson
Gyp Game Nets $300 In Knox Store Heist
Two men carried out a gyp scheme in Knox Indiana by distracting clerks as they shoplifted cash from two stores. The plan netted about $300 before the pair escaped.
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Knox
Ind
Traffic Club to Vote on Constitution Amendment at Luncheon
The Traffic Club luncheon is set for Tuesday at Severin. An amendment to the club constitution will be voted on. S. A. Farrington, secretary, announced today. Hi- Binders are in charge of arrangements.
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Traffic Club
the Severin
S. A. Farrington
Hi- Binders
Mercator Club Plans Christmas Party and Dance
The Mercator Club will hold its annual Christmas party and dance at the Spink Arms on Tuesday. W. G. Ulrich, secretary, announced the event. A Christmas tree will be featured and each member is to bring two gifts.
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Mercator Club
Spink-Arms
W. G. Ulrich
Christmas Party For Children Planned By Service Club
The Service Club will hold its annual Christmas party for children Monday in Bon Vliet with the secretary noting the committee in charge has arranged for the youngsters.
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Service Club
Bon Vliet
Evans to Speak at English's Theater Big Meeting
Arthur Walwyn Evans nephew of David Lloyd George will address the Mens' Big Meeting at English's Theater Sunday at 8 p.m. His talk titled This World of Ours the Men in It Six Years After the World War covers postwar life. The Big Meeting Orchestra directed by L A Von Staden will perform a thirty minute concert.
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Arthur Walwyn Evans
David Lloyd George
England
Evans
America
Scotland
Wales
Llord George
Empire
L. A. von Staden
John E Johnston
E. (. Atkins
James M. Ogden
Banking scare ends in fire at home with money lost
Larry Miratrino withdrew 1009 dollars, gave it to his wife for safekeeping, then toppled a lamp and burned the mattress where the money lay, leaving all the cash gone. In Philadelphia Christopher Eginox is jailed for impersonating Santa Claus and collecting money in a tin pan.
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United Press
Ong Island City
N. Y
Larry Miratrino
Larry
United Press Hiladelphia
Christopher Eginox
Santa Claus
Committee Appointed by Indiana Township Trustees President
President Alva D. Swope named a legislative committee before adjournment. Members include Ralph Stevens Evansville, George Adams Bloomington, Samuel Kendall Jefferson, Walter Farmer Franklin, John Masselink Vigo, T. J. Passwater Carthage, Charles M. Dawson Indianapolis, Fred Cobburn Bluffton, Perry Rule Bringhurst, William Payne Lafayette, John Roush Huntington, and Frank P. Gordon South Bend.
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Tee
Alva D. Swope
Indiana State Association of Township Trustees
Claypool
Ralph Stevens
Evansville
George T. Adams
Bloomington
Samuel Kendall
Jefferson
Walter Farmer
Franklin
John Masselink
Vigo
T. J. Passwater
Carthage
Charles M. Dawson
Indianapolis
Wighth
Fred Cobburn
Bluffton
Perry Rule
Bringhurst
William Payne
Lafayete
John Roush
Huntington
Frank FP. Gordon
South Bend
Duckwall Booze Saved Affair Heads to Indiana Supreme Court
Criminal Judge James A. Collins will appear before the Indiana Supreme Court on January 6 for a hearing on a writ of prohibition. The high court restrained Collins Sheriff George Snider and Sheriff-Elect Orner Hawkins from destroying $15,000 worth of liquor seized at H. D. Duckwall’s home. The Criminal Court has not yet decided the case. Collins prepared to grant a petition for destruction of the liquor filed by prosecutor William H. Remy.
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James A. Collins
Indiana State Supreme Court
Supreme Court
Collins
George Snider
Orner Hawkins
H. D. Duckwall
Delaware St
William H. Remy
Hydrophobia Fear Looms After Bite in Henryville
Dr Ed McCloskey veterinarian John Burke and R C Hardesty farmers are in serious condition after being bitten by a hydrophobic horse. Stockmen in the area fear an outbreak and possible epidemic in this part of Indiana.
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Specia
Henryville
Ind
Ed McCloskey
John Burke
R. C. Hardesty
Scientech Club to Elect Officers at Monday Meeting
J. A. Wayne, secretary, announced today the Scientech Club will hold an officers election at its upcoming Monday meeting. Members will assist in distributing Christmas charity.
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Scientech Club
J. A. Wayne
Dialogue excerpt from Boston Transcript
A brief exchange shows one speaker requesting five dollars for next week while the other refuses, stating they cannot promise to lend then. The citation attributes the line to the Boston Transcript.
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Boston Transcript
Bandits Enter Three Local Stores In Friday Night Robberies
Police report two grocery stores and a gas station were robbed Friday night. A Kroger manager and clerk were threatened, $25 stolen. another store took $14 from three customers. a Western Oil station attendant lost $9.98. a man and an associate assaulted Edward Willis and took $34. Suspects described as masked whites and a gun at large.
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George Morris
Holmes Ave
Kroger
Indiana Ave
Harold Pery
Graceland Ave
Roy Mitchell
California
Jim
C. M.thompson
Grocer
North St
Avin St Clair
St. Clair St
Ophelia Rosa
Pine St
St. Clair
John McClain
Prospect St
Western
Spruce and
Prospect Sts
Edward Willis
Michigan St
Vermont
Puzzle about prices of ball glove bat and tires
A boy buys a baseball and glove with glove costing five times ball. A second boy buys ball and glove costing four times ball with ball twice the first ball. He also buys a bat for a dollar and ends with twice as much money as the other boy. Additional ages puzzle about an automobile and its tires follows with age equations and conclusions.
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Sporting-Ioods
Auto Driver Sought After Injury to Boy
Police search for John Davis, 45, on Central Ave for assault and battery after his auto struck Jack Stearns, 10, at Sixteenth and Pennsylvania Sts injuring his ankle. Davis allegedly took Stearns home and claimed the car belonged to Isaac Horn, near E Sixteenth St before officers arrived.
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John Davis
Central Ave
Jack Stearns
Meridian St
Sixteenth
Pennsylvania Sts
Isaac Horn
Death by own action at hospital in Princeton
John Berer, 45, a Princeton tailor, died after strangling himself in a local hospital. He tied a noose to a bed post and rolled from bed, his face found just inches from the floor.
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Times
Princeton
Ind
Sheath
John Berer
Judgment in Federal Case Against Multiple Defendants
Superior Judge T. J. Moll renders a 1613 dollar judgment on a note. Defendants include Morton 5. Llawkine fugitive from justice Geneva Hawkins Edward V. Fitzpatrick and Wiliam Fitzpatrick. Plaintiff is Charles W. Smalley.
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T. J. Moll
Morton
Llawkine
Geneva Hawkins
Edward V. Fitzpatrick
Wiliam Fitzpatrick
Charles W. Smalley
Asphalt Case Settled in Indiana Court
In Noblesville on December 20 the Headley Good Roads Company and the Esmulsified Asphalt Company settled for 8750 dollars. The suit claimed material furnished for a Bedford street construction.
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Buy Times
Noblesville
Headley Good Roads Company
Esmulsified Asphalt Company
Indianapolis
Bedford
Ind
Pickett Couple Celebrate Sixty Sixth Wedding Anniversary
Winchester Indiana December 20 Mr and Mrs John W Pickett observed their sixty sixth wedding anniversary Friday He is 89 and she is 83 both in good health.
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Winchester
Ind
John W. Pickett
New Year Outlook By Banker Sisson
Francis H. Sisson of Guaranty Trust Company assesses the 1925 business outlook. He cites favorable factors including food harvests, farm and industrial price relations, sound banks, low money rates, fiscal restraint, and the Lawes plan’s Europe trade expansion. He warns against excessive credit inflation and overoptimism risking a future slowdown, urging sober collective business restraint.
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Francis H. Sisson
Guaranty Trust Company of
New York
York
Puzzle Fads Stir Talk Amid Bootleg Mystery
A verbose column riffs on cross word puzzles and trends in a playful Chicago era voice. It ties crossword mania to bootlegging lore and social scenes, highlighting people solving puzzles in public and mock headlines about future attire.
Splinter Causes Fatal Lockjaw Death of Farmer
In Logansport Indiana on December 20 46 year old Jesse Swin a Deer Creek Township farmer died from lockjaw after a splinter in his finger. Medical help arrived too late and the case is recorded as a fatal accident.
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Logansport
Ind
Jesse Swin
Deer Creek Township
Body bookkeeping urged by Indiana doctor in La Porte
Dr. William N. Wishard of Indianapolis urged the La Porte Chamber of Commerce to adopt a body bookkeeping system of regular physical examinations to improve public health and work readiness. He advocated standardized health checks for workers and citizens alike to detect ailments early.
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Times
LA Porte
Ind
Chamber of Commerce Today
William N. Wishard
Indianapolis
State Seizes Subpelts From Off Season Trappers
State game wardens confiscated 318 pelts this fall from trappers trapping out of season. Pelts sent to the northwest city hatchery where staffer William Bordenbecher cures them as evidence for prosecution and later sale. Average price per hide is about $1, with mink and fox most valuable. muskrat pelts near opossum in quality. Open season begins November 10. September and October yield arrests and pelts.
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George N. Mannfeld
Fish and Game Division
State Conservation Commission
William Bordenbecher
Mannfeld
Sheet Metal Contractors Convene Jan 28 29 at Severin
Sheet metal contractors will meet in an annual convention at the Severin on January 28 and 29 replacing Lafayette. 4S announced. Joseph Gardner of 37 Kentucky Ave said dealers affiliated with the trade are invited to attend. Retail hardware dealers’ convention will be held at the same time.
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Severin
Lafayette
Joseph Gardner
Kentucky Ave
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