Langley Sentenced to Two Years in Federal Prison
Congressman Langley was convicted of conspiracy to violate prohibition laws and sentenced to two years in the federal prison at Atlanta. Langley will not resign his seat and plans to remain in office unless the Washington house committee removes him, a decision unlikely before his court case concludes. He had testified about a primary bid to win the Republican nomination for the U S Senate in August.
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Langley
Associated Press
Covington
Atlanta
Congress
House Committee
Washington
United States Senate
Langley Case Probed by House Committee
The Langley case, tried in Covington Kentucky and found guilty last night, was taken up today by the house committee to investigate the charges. Chairman Burton declined to forecast action pending Langley’s appeal to higher courts and said Langley would likely not perform his duties as a member while a temporary chairmanship of the public buildings committee was handed to Representative Elliott of Indiana.
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Washington
Langley
Covington
House Committee
Burton
House
Representative Elliott
Indiana
Public Buildings Committee
Langley Aide Will Appeal Case In Federal Court
Attorneys for Congressman Langley, found guilty by a jury in the federal court on a liquor conspiracy charge, appeared before Judge Cochran and announced plans to appeal. They were given until 1 oclock today to file the motion. Counsel for Millon Lipschutz of Philadelphia, also convicted with Langley, said they would appeal.
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Covington
Langley
Cochran
Millon
Langley Guilty in 1921 Whiskey Conspiracy Case
A jury in Covington, Kentucky, found John W. Langley guilty in federal court of conspiracy related to a 1921 whiskey transaction. The verdict centered on Langley using influence to secure permits from Prohibition Director Sam Collins to transport whiskey by truck, with Huth and Carey also charged in the case.
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Associated Press
Covington
John W. Langley
Kentucky
Langley
Sam Collins
Huth and Carey
Immediate steps to organize pool bank ordered
Lexington Kentucky board of directors of the Barley Tobacco Growers' Cooperative Association on motion of U S District Attorney Elliott Northcott directed Secretary and Treasurer H Lee Barley and the executive committee to establish an agricultural bank to lend money to tobacco growers with their participation certificate as collateral. Ralph M Barker concluded his warehouse and re-dryer report noting costs and stocks. A Walton Kentucky delegation urged a re-dryer as 4,500,000 pounds of tobacco were involved.
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Lexington
United States
Elliott Northcott
West Virinia
Barley Tobacco Growers’ Cooperative Association
H. Lee Barley
Burley
Ralph M. Barker
Mr. Barker
Walton, Ky
Walton
Dawson Chambers
Mayor to Pitch in First Ball Thursday at Opens
Mayor J. W. Harrison of Kingsport will throw the first ball in Thursday's opener against Johnson City. Dr. E. W. Tipton said the mayor may stay if he gets it over the plate, depending on hits. Harrison said he wished to pitch the whole game.
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J. W. Harrison
Kingsport
Johnson City
E. W. Tipton
Harrison
Crowd veteran Dickey leads Cleveland GOP convention prep
Lincoln G. Dickey, manager of Cleveland's public hall, drives preparations for housing the Republican national convention in June. A veteran crowd handler, he grew up with the Winona Chautauqua, led the Redpath organization, and directed war exposition programs for the United States and Allied governments, achieving record attendance in 1918.
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Cleveland
Lincoln G. Dickey
Dickey
Winona
Ind
Coit-Alber Chautauqua
Redpath
United States
Department of Public Information
Pittsburgh
Germany shows six per cent population decline since 1918
Berlin reports Germany’s population at 63,500,000 at the start of 1924, six per cent smaller than 1918. Manpower drops are sharper, with 7% fewer men aged 11–61 and 13% fewer ages 20–45. Children under ten fall from 33% to 18%. Emigration erodes the workforce. Dr. Berger urges better living conditions to retain workers without banning emigration.
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Berlin
Germany
German Statistical Office
Berger
New World
Prisoners Escape From State Pen Raleigh Sensation
Two inmates at the state penitentiary in Raleigh North Carolina staged a sensational escape triggering a manhunt. Authorities say the pair fled under cover of darkness after breaking from their cells, prompting tightened security and ongoing investigations.
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Raleigh, North Carolina
Navy Chaplain Urges Methodist Delegates to Back War Support
Springfield observers report Chaplain W. W. Edel of the U.S. Navy told Methodist general conference delegates to take a common sense patriotic stand on war. He warned that withdrawing church support from military service would leave 150,000 sailors without pastoral ministry. He also endorsed a report opposing marriage of divorced persons except the innocent party in a divorce for infidelity.
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Springfield
Mass
W. W. Edel
United States Navy Today
Methodist General Conference
John A Schwab Dies at 85 in Lorreta Penn
John A. Schwab, 85, manufacturer and banker, father of Charles M. Schwab, died here today after a long illness.
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Lorreta
Penn
John A. Schwab
Charles M. Schwab
Favorable Report Ordered On Hoch Resolution
Washington. The house committee ordered a favorable report on the Hoch resolution directing the Interstate Commerce Commission to investigate railroad structure for a general readjustment. The measure says injustices inequalities and discriminations hinder national development and impose burdens on commodities while directing the commission to consider general market levels of various goods.
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Washington
House Committee
Hoch
Interstate Commerce Commission
Plans for Kentucky Democratic Convention Battle Lines Form
Democratic leaders from across Kentucky began laying plans in Lexington for the state convention to be held tomorrow. Supporters of presidential hopefuls William G. McAdoo and Senator Oscar Underwood arrived early, shaping their strategies for a solidly instructed delegation by McAdoo and an uninstructed delegation by Underwood.
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Lexington
William G. McAdoo
Oscar Underwood
McAdoo
Underwood
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