Farmer Lad Baltzell Nominated U S District Judge
A Gibson County Indiana judge, Robert C Baltzell, once a farming lad who cooked on a wagon while finishing high school, is nominated by the president to be United States district judge for Indiana. Confirmation by the Senate expected mid next week.
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United States
United States District
Indiana
Robert C. Baltzell
Gibson County
A. B. Anderson
United States Circuit Court of Appeals
Baltzell
Anderson
Senate
Judiciary Committee
U S Death Rate Drops to 1.25 per 10,000 in 1924
The United States death rate fell to 1.25 per 10,000 people in 1924, a decrease reported by the Census Bureau.
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Linternational News Service
Washington
United States
Census Bureau
Nine Die in Montreal Fires Killing Eight Children
International News Service reports two early morning fires in Montreal killed nine people, eight of them children. A boy and two girls died in the first blaze while a woman and five children perished in the second.
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International News Service
Montreal
Street car crash injures many women and children
In Syracuse on January 3 an ISN report states about fifteen women and children were injured when a street car rushed a turn and tipped over. The accident occurred during the morning rush, with rescuers assisting injured passengers.
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International News Service
Syracuse
N. Y
Linton Coach Schanlaub Accepts Salem High Post
Paul Schanlaub left Linton High School where he taught mathematics and coached basketball to join Salem High School in Indiana as chemistry and mathematics instructor and athletic director. Superintendent Hutchinson hired him on the recommendation of Slater Bartlow Jr. Schanlaub led his basketball team to last year’s Wabash Valley championship, earning the trophy cup. He starts his duties Monday amid well wishes from Linton friends.
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Paul Schanlaub
Linton High School
Thch
Salem
Ind
Hutchinson
Schanlaub
Slater Bartlow, Jr
Indiana
Wabash Valley Association
Linton
Professor Johonnott Killed in Crossings Crash Near Terre Haute
Dr Edwin S Johonnott a 56 year old physics professor at Rose Polytechnical Institute was killed when his closed model automobile was struck by a car on the T H I E traction line along the drive to the school from the National Road. His body was hurled fifteen feet onto a loading platform beside the track. He had driven to the school from Terre Haute and turned north into the drive.
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Terre Haute
Edwin S. Johonnott
Rose Poly Technic Institute
Johannett
Morton Hawkins Held in Dayton Jail Ahead of Jan 12 Plea
Morton S. Hawkins, central figure in a $7,000,000 loan fraud case, is jailed in Dayton and will remain there until January 12 when he will enter a not guilty plea.
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Uinternational News Serviceh
Dayton
Morton S. Hawkins
County Taxes Bring In 1924 Half-Year Total
Taxes aid in the last half of 1924 by counties to the state treasury totaled 6,299,842.55 dollars, announced by the state auditor. The amount falls nearly a million dollars short of last year's final settlement of 7,245,583 dollars.
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Indianapolis
Toda
Swift Justice for Two Young Years Confess Robbery
Greene county youths Earl Hord and Kelsie Cobb pleaded guilty to robbing the C. J. Page store in Park. Judge Van Buskirk sentenced them to the Pendleton reformatory for two to fourteen years. loot located in Hord’s room and a farm barn. Cobb implicated by Hord, but O Flynn case dropped. Other local civil actions and judgments listed.
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Bloomfield
Greene County
C. J. Page
Park
Earl Hord
Kelsie Cobb
Worthington
Page
van Buskirk
Pendleton Reformatory
Hord
Cobb
Rufus O’flynn
O'Flynn
William Funk
American No 1 Mine Breaks Record Again
American Mine No 1 at Bicknell set a new coal haul record for an eight hour shift, producing 6 733 tons despite a 20 minute shutdown. The gain exceeds the prior high of 6 652 tons, with Ted Coonrod as superintendent and Oscar Brown as pit boss guiding 1 200 workers toward a 7 000 ton goal.
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Ted Coonrod
Oscar Brown
Tax ruling makes utility workers liable for federal income tax
Washington Jan 3 employees of states and municipalities working on public utilities who were previously exempt must pay federal income taxes starting in 1918 the Internal Revenue Department ruled.
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Linternational News Service
Washington
Internal Revenue Department
Federal suit seeks union records by subpoena in Maryland
The Federal Trade Commission announced a suit filed in Maryland to establish the right to obtain labor union records by subpoena. The action marks FTC effort to compel unions to disclose records as part of antitrust and labor policy enforcement.
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International News Service
Washington
Federal Trade Commission
Maryland
Primary Election Law Attack Draws Both Parties In Indiana
Indiana leaders from major parties launch a statewide effort to abolish the direct primary and restore the convention system. Maurice Tennant and W. W. Spencer draft the bill while a letter invites hundreds to a meeting in Indianapolis. Signers include former governors Durbin Marshall and Goodrich, and other prominent figures.
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Maurice Tennant
W. W. Spencer
State Election Board
Winfield T. Durbin
Thomas R. Marshall
James P. Goodrich
Taggart
Emmett F. Branch
Samuel Lewis Shank
Emma A. White
Supreme Court
John W. Kern
Charles A. Greathouse
Democratic National Committee
Joseph B. Kealing
Coolidge OKs amended postal rate bill for newspapers
President Coolidge approved a compromise postal rate measure drafted by a joint committee. The bill includes the lower rate set for newspapers, marking a concession in the long debated postal reform.
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Coolidge
International News Service
Washington
Joint Congressional Committee
Prisoners Break Jail Bloodhounds On Trail
Seven inmates escaped from the Moundsville county jail by sawing cell bars last night. Bloodhounds are tracking the fugitives as authorities search the area for the escapees.
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Moundsville
W. Va
Portugal Recognizes Russian Soviet United
Lisbon reports Portugal formally recognizes the Russian Soviet today. The move confirms diplomatic ties with the Soviet state and follows earlier discussions at the government level.
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International News Service
Lisbon
Portugal
Man shoots self to prove revolver not loaded
Reginald Mosier, 20, of Ontario near Lagrange, Ind, remains in serious condition after shooting himself in the head to prove a pistol was unloaded. The bullet entered his right ear and exited the top of his head. he remains unconscious.
Fascist Black Shirts Raid Masonic Lodge in Pisa
In Pisa Italy on January 3 internal dissension surged as fascist Black Shirts raided a Masonic lodge torching printing paper. Several prominent politicians were manhandled during the incident marking a new flare in the ongoing unrest.
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International News Service
Pisa
Italy
Women Messengers Robbed in Dayton
Pap roll bandits robbed two women bank messengers of two thousand dollars in downtown Dayton today. One of the women was struck but not seriously hurt.
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International News Service
Columbus
Mine Inspector Dally Named Chief in Indiana
Albert Dally of Knightsville, a deputy mine inspector for five years, was appointed chief inspector of the Indiana Department of Mines to fill the vacancy caused by Carry Littlejohn's death. Governor Branch announced the appointment, effective for the unexpired portion of Littlejohn's term.
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Ind
Albert Dally
Knightsville
State Department of Mines
Carry Littlejohn
Hymera
Sullivan County
Branch
Dally
Mgr
Clay County
Littlejohn
Legislation Aims to Shield Ex Presidents from Defamation
Representative Reid of Illinois proposes a law to protect the memory of U.S. Presidents from malicious defamation. The measure seeks investigations into allegations featured in a weekly magazine series about Woodrow Wilson written by a woman friend.
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International News Service
Washington
United States
Representative Reid
Sinois
Republican
Nvestgaton
Allegatons
Woodrow Wilson
Rhode Island Exiled Senators Return Home
Rhode Island's twenty one Republican state senators returned from Massachusetts where they had lived since last June after fleeing an explosion of a gas bomb in the senate chamber to escape arrest.
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International News Service
Providence
R. I
Rhode Island
Towa
Massachusetts
Senate
Switchman Killed in Indianapolis Railroad Accident
James R. Alhand, 35, a switchman on the Indianapolis Belt Line, was killed when he slipped while setting a switch. The engineer faces an involuntary manslaughter charge.
Bank Calls on National and State Banks Dec 31
Comptroller of the Currency issues a call for the condition of national banks as of the close of business December 31. Indiana State Bank Commissioner Walcott issues a similar call for state banks at the close of business December 31 in Indianapolis.
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Linternational News Service
Washington
Jan
Comptroller
International News Service
Indianapolis
Walcott
Vincennes Man Found Dead In Car Near Edwardsport
Frank Johnson of Vincennes and superintendent for the Indiana Power company Edwardsport plant was found dead in his Ford coupe on a highway near Edwardsport. Heart trouble is suspected as the cause. The body was taken to Edwardsport and later prepared for burial in Vincennes, with a Chicago coroner’s inquest to follow.
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Frank Johnson
Vincennes
Edwardsport
Ind
Indiana Power Company
Clint French
Reeve
Lemon & McClure Undertaking Establishment
Bicknell
Johnson Weer
Gardner
Johnson
Mr. French
Heiny
Mr. Johnson
Chicago
Rosa Hill
Britain stands firm on war debt payments policy
Britain will require France to pay England amounts equal to those paid to the United States in settling war debts. The stance was informally conveyed to the U S foreign office in London on January 3, according to International News Service.
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International
Nhdws Service
London
Britain
France
England
United States
Foreign Office
Klan Imperial Wizard Undergoes Operation
Dyersburg Tennessee reports Dr. H. W. Evans imperial wizard of the Ku Klux Klan underwent an operation for acute appendicitis at a local hospital. His condition was stated as very satisfactory after the procedure.
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Dyersburg
Tenn
H. W. Evans
The
Knights of the Ku Klux Klan
Boy Killed Coasting on Icy Bedford Hill
Cecil Hill age 13 son of William Hill was killed when he crashed into a building while coasting on a steep hill just north of Bedford’s public square on Thursday night. Van Bridewell a companion on the sled with Hill was severely injured as Hill lost control on the icy street.
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Ind
Cecil Hill
William Hill
van Bridewell
Hill
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