Oklahoma Governor Johnston faces impeachment charges in dawn session
The Oklahoma House voted six impeachment charges against Governor Henry S Johnston and named Chief Justice Fred Branson and Harry Cordell in related bills. Charges allege replacing civil authority with military power and other misdeeds as national guardsmen guarded the capitol. The board of managers will present the charges to the Senate.
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Oklahoma City
Okla
Henry S. Johnston
Oklahoma
House
Johnston
Fred Branson
State Supreme Court
Harry Cordell
State Board of Agriculture
Board of Managers
Senate
Representative Moon
Harry B. Cordell
Robert C. Graham
Graham
Moon
H. Tom Kight
National Guard
Capitol
Knight
Jose Alvarado
Alvarado
Texas
Gunmen in Auto Shoot Up Herrin No Motive Known
Gunmen in a car opened fire in Herrin wounding two police officers, Patrolman Elmer McCormick and Chief John Stamm. Authorities could not determine a motive, though a Ku Klux Klan flare up was suspected. deputies were posted on roads leaving Williamson County.
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Herrin
Til
Elmer McCormick
Marshall McCormick
John Stamm
Cunmen
Cien
Jackson County
Williamson County
McCormick
Stamm
Clemency Marked Governor Fields Departure
Kentucky retiring Governor J Fields issued 67 pardons and commutations, including a full pardon for Turner Harrod who was mentally deranged at the time of a killing. A total of 129 pardons had been granted since November. Flem D Sampson, a Republican, inaugurated as governor, defeating Democrat J C W Beckham.
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Frankfort
J. Fields
Turner Harrod
Lonsville
State Court of Appeals
Fields
Harrod
Rose Nolan
Kentucky
Flem D. Sampson
Sampson
J. C. W. Beckham
Lincoln Theater War Ends with Playhouse Group Move
A Lincoln theater war between rival stock companies ends after The Playhouse Incorporated agrees to move its company to the rival group’s venue. Lawsuits pending in district court will be dismissed as part of the agreement. The Playhouse operates groups at Sioux City and Cedar Rapids, Iowa.
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Lincoln, Neb
Metropolitan
Lincoln
The
Playhouse, Incorporated
Sioux City
Cedar Rapids
Playhouse
Reception Leads to 100000 Breach of Promise Suit
Pittsburgh millionaire Harry K. Thaw arrives in Los Angeles amid a breach of promise suit filed by Forest Hope Wall and her mother through Mrs. Louise Wall. The complaint alleges past California affairs and Thaw's alleged promises and payments, with Thaw denying a 1925 Laguna Beach visit.
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Los Angeles
Harry K. Thaw
Pittsburgh
California
Forest Hope Wall
Culver City
Calif
Thaw
Louise Wall
Miss Wall
Pennsylvania State Hospital
Stephenson
Miss
Laguna Beach
Labor Racketeers Bomb Repair Shop in Hyde Park Fight
An explosion hit the De Luxe repair shop in the Cooper Carleton hotel area injuring no one but destroying equipment. Gust Chetas claimed warnings from Gust Sthakas of the Bootblacks Protective Association against opening the De Luxe shop. Police sought Ike Sandler and other officers of the United Shoe Repairers' union for questioning.
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Chicago
Wildcat
Hyde Park
Cooper-Carleton
Gust Chetas
Gust Sthakas
Bootblacks’ Protective Association
Che
Ike Sandler
United Shoe Repairers’ Union
Fifteen Bandits Hold Up Silk Train in Pennsylvania
Fifteen armed robbers held up a Reading company freight train near Neshaminy Falls Langhorne Pa.valued silk worth 50000 was stolen. The bandits wounded one man, concealed inside the train, then loaded silk onto awaiting autos. Conductor George Dancy fired back as crew fought back. Police were called as investigators found only tire marks in nearby woods.
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Pennsylvania
Langhorne
Reading Company
Neshaminy Falls
Here
Jersey City
Chester
George Dancy
PLAYING SANTA TOYS DONATION DRIVE CELEBRATED
The Rotary Club and the Red Paint store coordinate a toy reconditioning drive for Christmas. Donors call the Journal or Red Paint to donate toys no longer wanted. Toys are collected, repaired, repainted, and distributed to children on Christmas Eve or morning.
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Rotary Club
Red Paint Store
the Journal
Foreigners Evacuated as Canton Tensions Rise
Reports say United States gunboats landed field guns in Canton to shield foreigners amid Communist and local clashes. Evacuations were aided by armed launches from the Pampanga and Standard Oil vessels while refugees flood Tangshan and Shameen districts.
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Shanghai
United States
Sacramento
Canton
Shameen
Chang Fak-Wei
Pampanga
Tungshan
Standard Oil Company
Shameen Island
Honam
Hong Kong
Kwantung Soviet
Tangshan
Weather Roundup For Iowa Illinois
Forecasts indicate generally fair conditions in Iowa tonight and Wednesday with cloud cover in the extreme east and a sharp drop in temperatures. In Illinois rain tonight with colder conditions, Wednesday turning generally fair after rain in the extreme southeast.
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Iowa
Illinois
Santa's Corner and Toy Hospital Herald Year End Care
Santa's Corner in the Journal promotes care at the Toy Hospital during the year’s busiest season. The feature invites families to engage with holiday help services and seasonal assistance for children and parents alike.
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Santa’s Corner
Srl
Teprtine
Santa's Corner
Toy Hospital
Lindbergh Launches Nonstop Mexico City Flight
Colonel Charles A. Lindbergh departed in the Spirit of St. Louis for a non stop flight to Mexico City. Officials anticipated a 26 hour journey over mountains plains and valleys amid poor weather. An escort from the army navy and commerce departments followed as he taxied to takeoff in a murky sky.
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Washington
Charles L. Lindbergh
St. Louis
Mexico City
New York
Paris
Lindbergh
France
War Department
World
Army
Navy
Commerce Departments
Richmond
Spirit of St. Louis
Death ends career of Reginald Owen
Maj Reginald Owen 44 son in law of the late William Jennings Bryan died in Miami Florida from illness contracted during the Dardanelles campaign in the world war. He married Ruth Bryan in Lincoln Nebraska May 3 1910. The couple served in world war and spent much time in Egypt where Mrs Owen served as a nurse with the volunteers and he with the British army. They came to Florida from Egypt after he was granted sick leave for trench nephritis.
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Miami
Fla
Reginald Owen
William Jennings Bryan
Ruth Bryan
Lincoln
Neb
Egypt
Owen
Volunteer Aid
Keokuk Dry Raids Yield Much Booze and Many Arrests
Keokuk on December 18 AP reports four alleged liquor law violators released on bond eight others awaiting arraignment and 14 more facing federal warrants. First day raids on soft drink parlors rooming houses and small businesses netted nearly 1300 bottles of beer 10 gallons of whiskey 80 gallons of mash and brewing gear along with twelve arrests.
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Keokuk
Nariggey “i & Gr
Escaped Outlaw Killed in Texas Ends Notorious Career
Roy Harmon, member of the Terrill gang, was killed by a Texas marshal after a store robbery spree. He had escaped the Iowa jail, aided by a car theft, and confessed to gang crimes including a Mankato jewelry robbery and Ames clothing store heists. His case tied to Terrill gang charges across Iowa Minnesota and Illinois.
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Charles City
Roy Harmon
Terrill
Iowa
Wildorado
Texas
Harmon
Amarillo
Terrill Bank
Rudd
State
Ray Terrill
Rudd Bank
Minnesota
Marshalltown
Mankato
Minn
Ames
Being Good-Fellow Loses College Boy Motor Car and $350
Robert Cox, a college youth, was robbed of his automobile and $350 by an elderly man he had befriended for a ride. Cox, en route from Philadelphia to Idaho after news of his father, stopped near Grand Mound for a ride when he was struck and left by the road.
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Grand Mount
Robert Cox
Cox
Philadelphia
Idaho
de Witt
Land Prosperity at Risk Warns economist on city farm clash
Dr. Henry C. Taylor of Northwestern University warns that wealth distribution creates a danger of conflict between city and farm. He cites agricultural depressions eroding farmer independence and criticizes administration moves to urge businessmen to buy farm land as investment. He urges wiser agricultural leadership to restore prosperity.
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Cedar Rapids
Henry C. Taylor
Institute For Research In Land Economics
Northwestern University
Taylor
United States Bureau of Agriculture Economics
R. W. Dunlap
Coolidge
England
Hammill pledges $100 million road bond plan in new statement
Governor Hammill issued a supplementary statement pledging not to approve any road bond bill beyond a total of 100 million dollars. He said current county bonds total 64.4 million and a new state bond of 100 million would cap at 35.6 million additional, ensuring a balanced statewide road program.
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Hammill
Iowa
Muscatine Journal
Davenport Times
Davenport Democrat
Des Moines
Wayne County Iowa adopts 800000 road bond issue
Wayne County voters approve a road bond plan totaling 800000 by 2097 to 1929 in a special election. The funds will pave primary highway No 3 across 24.5 miles and surface 14 more miles north from Corydon with any remainder.
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Corydon
Wayne County
Iowa
Coryon
Hammill hints at statewide highway bond plan
Gov John Hammill’s statement endorses a state bond program for highways moving from county issues to a statewide plan. He ties a possible special session to a pledged majority in both chambers to submit the question to voters within a limited number of days with no other business. Proponents expect the issue to pass legislature and then voters in fall 1928, with early voting urged.
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John Hammill
John F. D. Aue
Burlington
Iowa Good Roads Association
Hammill
Oldest son shows sympathy after marriage critique
A fragment notes a father praising his oldest son who once criticized him before marriage. The son now expresses considerable sympathy toward his father, indicating a changed, supportive relationship.
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Kirby Fitzpatrick
Ardmore
State Banking Department
Banking Department
House Investigating Committee
C. O. Hammonds
Robert Quillen
William J. Fields
United States Gunboat Lands Field
Ers
Hankow
China
Lachokow
Hupeh
Han River
Lone Eagle
Charles A. Lindbergh
Mexico
Journal-Times-Democrat
Lished Hammill
BY Claude Callan
Publishers Syndicate
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