Coolidge Urges Strict Economy to Preserve Budget
President Coolidge presents a 4.26 billion dollar next year budget to Congress, warns against tax cuts that threaten a balanced budget, notes deficits require further appropriations, and stresses continued prosperity and disciplined federal spending.
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Aunt Het by Robert Quillen
A short item notes the publication details for Aunt Het by Robert Quillen, listing publisher Syncopyright and a year near 192.
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Robert Quillen
Blizzard Grips Midwest As Nations Eye 1920 Ballots
Blizzard across the Midwest forces sub zero travel disruptions and school closures while political maneuvering continues. Chicago area reports show Pat Somerset pleads guilty in a Los Angeles court and anti saloon league pressure grows in Washington.
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Midwest
Minnesota
Washington
League
Lilliendahl jury remains deadlocked after long deliberation
The Lilliendahl murder trial jury at Mays Landing New Jersey has been deadlocked after more than 20 hours of deliberation. If no agreement is reached, jurors may be dismissed and the case retried.
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Margaret Lilliendahl
Willis Beach
Confessed Wife Slays Husband Then Drives to Cleveland
Velma West 21 signed a confession admitting she killed Thomas West 26 with a claw hammer during a Perry home quarrel over a bridge party. She washed blood, fled to Cleveland with her mother, attended a bridge party, shopped, and was arrested next day after detectives found them at Miss Mabel Young’s Cleveland home.
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Painesville
Velma West
Cleveland
Catherine van Woert
Mabel Young
Perry
Miss Young
Remus Reopens Murder Trial Amid Nervous Condition
George Remus, still nervous and shaky, resumes his murder trial with support from Clarence Darrow who testifies to his good character. Chicago official Michael Igoe and others testify on Remus's behalf, along with promoter John S. Berger and friend witness notes from prior days.
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Cincinnati
George Remus
Clarence Darrow
Chicago
Remus
Darrow
Michael Igoe
South Park
Imogene
Investigator Gorman Sued for $100000 over Chicago school war
Former Congressman John J. Gorman appointed to probe pro British taint in Chicago school histories faces a $100000 damage suit from Prof. David Saville Muzzey of Columbia University. The suit accuses Gorman of wickedly aiming to ruin Muzzey while he testified in the McAndrew trial. The case pauses as the mayor faces further political pressure from foreign born citizen groups and Polish community leaders.
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John J. Gorman
Thompson
David Saville Muzzey
Columbia University
New York
United States District Court
Gorman
William McAndrew
Muzzey
Revolutionary Times
McAndrew
Italo- American National Union
America
Central
South America
Frank Peska
Walter J. Raymer
Peska
Raymer
John F. McKeon
House Committee Finishes Work on New Revenue Bill
Washington dispatch reports the House committee completed work on a revenue bill with an estimated total near 7.7 million above the Mellon recommended maximum of 225 million dollars. The chairman said reductions totaling over 500 million had been proposed but impossible to implement in full.
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Washington
Mellon
Leaders Plan Convention in Kansas City Open June 12
Charles Evans Hughes is under consideration by the Republican National Committee for temporary chairman of the Kansas City convention opening June 12. The party reorganization follows a late vote, with shifts in state representation affecting twelve states. Kansas City hosts a major party gathering for the first time since 1900.
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Hotel bombed in Gangland War in Chicago South Side
An American hotel on Chicago's south side was struck by bomb No 14 in a gang war over gambling and vice syndicates. The blast caused heavy damage to a building reportedly abandoned by one fighting faction. Paris Bennett J Doty, recently released from the French Foreign Legion, arrived from Marseilles and plans to sail to America aboard the Columbus on Saturday.
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Bennett J. Doty
French Foreign Legion
Marseilles
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Columbus
Weather Outlook From Iowa to Illinois
Iowa fair later tonight with continued cold conditions, Friday fair east and increasing cloudiness west and slightly warmer. Illinois mostly fair tonight and Friday, with colder readings central portions.
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Golden State Limited
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South Muscatine
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Smith and Ware Facing Senate Exclusion Hearings
Washington plans hearings for Frank L. Smith of Illinois and William S. Ware of Pennsylvania as the campaign funds committee weighs seating doubts. Smith maintains a senate office and staff but cannot take his seat until defense is heard. reports implicate Illinois utilities campaign financing.
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United States Senate
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William Ware
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Vare
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William S. Ware
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Missouri
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Rotary club and Red Paint store organize toy drive
A Rotary club and the Red Paint store plan to recondition donated toys and distribute them to children on Christmas Eve or morning. People can call the Journal or the store to donate toys, which will be picked up and repaired to first class condition.
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Actor Arrested for Drunken Wedding Celebration
English actor Pat Somerset and his bride Shelby Benson Worrall were jailed after a wild Hollywood wedding party. Somerset pleaded guilty and received a suspended $30 fine. two friends paid $20 each. Mrs Somerset was released after pleading not guilty with a trial set for December 14.
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Los Angeles
Hollywood
Pat Somerset
Shelby Benson Worrall
Somerset
Ruling Expected on 1927 Primary Act in Illinois
Springfield December 8. The Illinois supreme court term may issue a ruling on the constitutionality of the 1927 primary act. Attorney General Oscar E. Carlstrom was granted leave to file a petition for a writ of mandamus to bring the matter to an issue.
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Springfield
Ill
Supreme Court
Oscar E. Carlstrom
Notorious Southern Desperado Fails Prison Escape at Parchman
Rennie Wagner serving a life sentence for deputy sheriff murder attempted to shoot his way to freedom at the Mississippi State Prison Farm. He was disarmed after wounding a guard. fellow convict James Carter escaped wounded in the leg. Wagner, blamed for five slayings, had a long criminal history including jail breaks and killings in Mississippi Tennessee and Arkansas.
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Rennie Wagner
Wagner
James Carter
Greene County
Mississippi
Tennessee Hills
Knoxville
Texarkana
Ark
Tennessee
Bitter Cold Grips Muscatine and Three States
A 44 degree drop and arctic wind sweep Muscatine and surrounding areas while Montana and Idaho report subzero temperatures. A 10 year old boy narrowly escaped freezing near a packing house. welfare groups distribute clothing and coal as trains and services face delays and frozen pipes strain utilities.
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Russell Barton
Oregon Street
Harry Hidelbaugh
Letts
J. M. Brockway
Hidelbaugh
Garfield School
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