Senate Excludes Vare and Vacates 1926 Seat
The Senate voted 56 to 22 to exclude Senator-elect William S. Vare of Pennsylvania over expenses and fraud charges from his 1926 bid. Wilson, defeated in the same contest, was deemed not to have a plurality and remains unseated as a vacancy persists awaiting Governor Fisher’s appointment. Vare, present with a cane, was accompanied by his wife and two daughters in the gallery.
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Round the town round the town
A mass of short notes lists residents and visitors in town from Chamois Russellville and other places. It mentions several people traveling to St Louis Little Rock Chicago and Springfield for business and shopping along with local church coffee and club activities.
Woman found half frozen in Kansas barn tortured, left to die
Mrs. Margaret Wolfe, 32, of Kansas City, MO, was found partly frozen in a Meriden area barn after reportedly being tortured for a week. Authorities say she told of captors and begged not to be sent back to Kansas City. Her condition improves but investigation continues.
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Topeka
Shawnee County
Here
Margaret Wolfe
Tracy Avenue
Kansas City
E. I. Brubaker
Meriden
Wayne Horning
J. D. Stern
Sterns
New Directors Appointed as Federal Reserve Insurance Scrutiny Shrinks
Kansas City December report shows the Federal Reserve Insurance Company under a new board amid a fraud suit alleging over 1.06 million dollars misappropriated by officials. County attorney Fred S. White leads the suit and seeks appointment of a trustee and temporary receiver.
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Kansas City
Kas
Dec
Federal Reserve Life Inst
Fred S. White
State Insurance
Joni G. Eagan
E. D. Sloan
Holton
J. H. Snadell
Kansas
GE Splits 4 for 1 and Lifts Market Amid Rally
The unexpected four for one stock split by General Electric spurred a broad market advance. Most leaders gained from 1 to nearly 20 points as investors priced in the dividend hike and new stock. Utilities, radio and film shares climbed while short covering and purchases pushed respiration higher in New York trading.
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Stanley W. Prengsil
Associated Press Financial Editor
New York
Dec
General Electric Company
America
Federal Reserve
Call Money
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Fox Film
New York Traction
Allied Chemical
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Eastman Kodak
Erie Railroad
American & Foreign Power
Columbian Carbon
Standard Gas & Electric
International Harvester
Western Union
Markebo
Kansas official takes control of beleaguered firm
Governor Clyde M. Reed intervened and halted receivership assigning William A. Smith attorney general to run the firm. Smith ordered the state insurance department to take over its cash while the department continues a probe begun last April into the company's affairs.
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Clyde M. Reed
Kansas
William A. Smith
Smith
State Insurance Department
Alabama Supreme Court expands Bone Dry act interpretation
Alabama's high court holds liquor buyers and possessors liable for prohibition violations, including possession by manufacture or gifts. The ruling, in Jim Jinright’s case from Pike County, signals harsher enforcement and possible jail time for defendants. Ralph Prenger elected president of Epsilon Delta Chapter of Beta Phi Sigma. officers named and plans discussed for Christmas event.
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Ala
Alabama
Supreme Court
Alabama’ High Tribunal
Virgil Boudin
Jim Jinright
Pike County
Ralph Prenger
Epsilon Delta
Beta Phi Sigma Fraternity
Ralph
Jefferson Cleaners
William White
Cecil Schulte
Joe Mayer
Ben Porter
Sargeant-At-Arms
Leroy Hackman
Christe
Intensive athletics challenged as harmful to students
A New York health official reports in Teachers College survey that intensive school and intercollegiate sport often harms athletes. He cites increased blood pressure, strain on hearts, torn ligaments, and permanent damage and notes strychnine use among coaching leaders. Proposes limits and physician oversight to protect players and prevent field removal. In Missouri, Virgil Painter, 45, awaiting trial for murder, attempts suicide in jail by poison, sparking fears of lynching in Stone County.
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New York
Frederick Rand Rogers
Health Education of
Teachers’ College
Columbia University
Rogers Condems
Springfield
Virgil Painter
Stone County
William Beard
Galena
Beard
Painter
Ventriloquist Trick Causes Detectives to Uncover Dummy
Newark police stop a man with a suspicious suitcase only to find a murdered boy in the bag. The prisoner yells that his dummy is inside, exposing a ventriloquist ruse as detectives detain him. The case unfolds with humor and danger.
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Newark
N. J
James Aldi
Joseph Corrigan
Aldi
Corrigan
Phil Schaefer
Jerry
Sherlock Holmes
S. S van Dyne
Friede Sues for Divorce Over Monsewer Pronunciation
In Chicago Evelyn Friede files for divorce claiming marital strife sparked by her husband Donald mispronouncing Mon sieur, a dispute noted in a brief society item. The column records family tensions and public curiosity about the couple.
Court Signals Decree After Domestic Dispute
Mrs Friede claimed her husband struck her during a dispute but Judge Williams suggested he should sign the decree. The exchange revealed tensions as the decree was contemplated.
Danger Lurks in Reducing Diets and All-Bran Remedy
An article warns that drastic dieting causes headaches constipation and poor skin due to lack of roughage. It promotes Kellogg’s All-Bran as a safe aid that cleanses the intestines without adding fat, advising two tablespoonfuls daily with meals and various serving ideas.
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Mads
Kellogg
Battle Creek
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Chicago
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Eugene Stephens
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Vista Place
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Marguerite Jones
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