2-Cent Gas Tax Bill Advances in Illinois House
A proposed 2 cent per gallon gas tax on motor vehicle fuel seeks to raise 10 to 15 million dollars annually for the state. Revenue would fund hard road programs, with 5 200 dollars monthly diverted to general funds. Refunds of 2 cents per gallon would be issued for non motorcar gas purchases, backed by a 120 000 dollar appropriation. The measure targets wholesalers for monthly statements and adds a 1 cent per gallon penalty for violations. Governor Small supports the plan. it awaits Judiciary Committee action as lawmakers warn of a lengthy session given abundant bills.
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Springfield
H. V. Tell
Rushville
Small
Judiciary Committee
Tom Reilly
Chicago
Appropriations Committees
Assembly
Legislative Reference Bureau
Illinois State News Highlights Crime Health and Culture
Robbers loot the Alsey State bank near Whitehill for cash and negotiable papers. Sheriff and state police debates surface as Illinois weighs a state hangman bill and a statewide police proposal. Dysentery and typhoid outbreaks prompt health warnings over faulty water systems in Greenville Sterling and Rock Falls. Prairie City band nears its 54th season begun in 1871. Tampico farmer Jesse Shore kills a 14 pound bald eagle weighing seven foot wingspan.
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Illinois
Greenville
Bond County
Sterling and
Rock Falls
Isaac D. Rawlings
Springfield
Illinois Boy Scouts To See Lincoln Tomb
Scouts from most Illinois councils plan a February pilgrimage to Lincoln’s Tomb in Springfield as part of anniversary week events. About 600 from Springfield and nearby cities will march to the tomb, visiting Lincoln’s home and the centennial building. wreaths will be placed on the sarcophagus.
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Boy Scouts
A. J. Davis
Springfield
Lincoln
Davis
Jacksonville
Peoria
Pekin
Champaign-Urbana
Kankakee
Ottawa
Waukegan
Wheaton
Princeton
Bloomington
Decatur
Bullard
John 4. Thomas
Moline-Rock Island
William
Buffalo Bill) Cody
le Clair
Iowa
Hannibal
Samuel Clemens
Mark Twain
Oysters Ban Likely to Lift Pending Health Endorsement
The ban on raw oysters tied to a typhoid outbreak may be lifted soon if the state health department in Springfield agrees with Health Commissioner Bundesen of Chicago.
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State Health Department
Springfield
Bundesen
Chicago
Prohibition Official Appointed In Illinois
Leo Niedzwiecki is named group chief of the Illinois prohibition department by Prohibition Director Percy Owen in Chicago. He has served in the department for two years. In Vermont, over 80,000 dollars in bonds and securities stolen from the People's State Bank by two masked bandits on November 24 were found hidden in a corn field near Bushnell. Sheriff J. K. Kennedy said the total loot is now about 150,000 dollars. Two suspects are being held.
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Leo Niedzwiecki
Illinois Prohibition Department
Prohibition
Percy Owen
Chicago
Department
People's State Bank of Vermont
Bushnell
J. K. Kennedy
Canton
Theatre marriage and local crime report from Danville area
After the regular performance Guilford Du Quense and Jacqueline Bee La Rue wed on stage with Mayor T F Shouse officiating. In Champaign tests confirm positive results for the non-carrier wave broadcasting system by H A Brown and C A Keener. An inquest at Pana probes a triple shooting death involving Bert Nordine and his family. A Zeigler raid on Sam Frantico’s restaurant ends with two bandits killed and one wounded.
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Danville Theater
Guilford du Quense
Jacqueline Bee la Rue
T. F. Shouse
H. A. Brown
C. A. Keener
University of Illinois
Champaign
Pana
Bert Nordine
Leone
D. M. Jacobs
Nordine
Zeigler
Sam Frantico
Duquoin
Richard L. Smith
Orval McKissick
Galesburg Man Sentenced to 25 Years for Narcotic Violations
William John son a 56 year old Galesburg resident was convicted on 42 narcotic counts. Federal Judge Louis Fitzhenry in Peoria sentenced him to five years on each count with 37 concurrent, reducing total to 25 years. The sentence likely ends before his death.
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Leavenworth
William Johnson
Galesburg
Louis Fitzhenry
Peoria
Jobn
Opposition to Government Run Railroads by Hale Holden
Hale Holden, president of the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy, argues against federal control of railroads as a dangerous political experiment and wasteful of public funds. He cites a $1.6 billion wartime deficit and cites rate reductions since 1920 while praising private operation and urging intelligent legislation on railroad direction.
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Omaha
Neb
Hale Holden
Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad
Omaha Chamber of Commerce
Holden
Director General of Railroads
War Department
World growing better says Judge Gary at banquet
Pittsburgh officials praise progress and education while Judge Elbert H. Gary of United States Steel declares the world is growing better and predicts peace. separately Henry Dissler confesses to murdering Edward Arntzen in Liberty Indiana after a quarrel.
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Gary
Pittsburgh
Elbert H. Gary
United States Steel Corporation
William Penn
Cathedral of Learning
University of Pittsburgh
Quincy
Henry Dissler
Edward Arntzen
Liberty
Arntzen
Choate School Receives $200,000 Library Building
Secretary Andrew W. Mellon presented Choate School of Wallingford in New Haven with a new $200,000 combined library reading room and office building for the school faculty.
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New Haven
Conn
Andrew W. Mellon
Secretary of the Treasury
Choate School of
Wallingford
One Killed and Twenty Hurt in Railroad Wreck Near Winfield
A Frisco Memphis Atlanta Express train derailed north of Winfield Alabama causing one death and about twenty injuries. A broken rail near a trestle is blamed as the cause. survivors were treated in Amory Mississippi and Memphis hospitals. The deceased is Mrs. Elizabeth Northcutt of Lexington Ohio. W. W. Miller of Kansas City Missouri is among the injured.
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Memphis- Tenn
Frisco
Winfield
Ala
Amory
Miss
Memphis
Elizabeth Northcutt
Lexington
Ohio
W. W. Miller
Kansas City
Senate votes to cap congressional campaign spending
The Senate attached a corrupt practices act to a postal salaries bill, capping House campaigns at 2500 and Senate races at 10000. It requires periodic reports from political committees and some contributors. Support from Senator Walsh and Senator Butler contrasted with objections from Moses and a few Republicans.
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Washington
Senate
House
Walsh
Massachusetts
Moses
New Hampshire
Spencer
Missouri
Warren
Wyoming
Butler
Republican National Committee
Coolidge Says Material Debts Should Be Paid
President Coolidge, receiving French Ambassador Emile Daeschner, declares that America has discharged its debt of gratitude to France and adds that material debts between nations should also be paid, signaling France’s intent to settle war and postwar indebtedness to the United States.
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Washington
Coolidge
Emile Daeschner
France
Daeschner
America
United States
Bank Robbery at Fideli ty Bank Branch in Memphis
Three men robbed the Cooper street branch of the Fidelity Bank and Trust Company in East End Memphis. They forced employees into a vault and collected about $38,000 before fleeing in a waiting car.
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Memphis
Tenn
Cooper Street
Fidelity Bank and Trust Company
East End
Two Killed in Religious Frenzy In Pottstown
Police say Walter Bingaman eighty in Coventry killed his ten month old daughter Anna and his five year old son Walter Jr in a religious frenzy. Bingaman's father Christopher Bingaman seventy two died of heart disease while grappling with his son.
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Pottstown
Walter Bingaman
Coventry
Anna
Walter
Bingaman
Christopher
Egyptian Interior Minister Warns of Student Disharmony
The Egyptian Minister of the Interior says he has learned underground influences are trying to incite disaffection among law students. He vows to frustrate any attempt at further trouble.
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Caro
Egypt
Radio Artists Organize in New York
The Radio Artists Association of America announces formation in New York to protect entertainers and develop programs. Leaders and key participants are named as organizers seeking industry unity and advocacy.
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New York
The
Radio Artists’ Association of America
Senate Passes Postal Pay Bill Amid Constitutional Challenge
The Senate approved a postal pay and rate bill by 70 to 8, aiming to raise about 49 million dollars to meet wage increases. Debate attacked White House influence and questioned House prerogatives to initiate revenue legislation. House leaders warned courts may strike the measure as unconstitutional, prompting possible moves to place a parallel bill in the House.
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Washington
Senate
Borah
Brookhart
Norbeck
Norris
Glass
Harrison
Swanson
Underwood
Dem
Mississippi
Norris Rep
Nebraska
White House
Ways and Means Committee
House
Alabama
Administration House
Thompson and Forbes Convicted of Fraud in Vet Hospitals
Chicago fed court jurors find Charles R Forbes former Veterans Bureau director and John W Thompson contractor guilty of conspiring to defraud the government in veterans hospital contracts after nearly five hours of deliberation. Jury’s votes shifted from 9 to 8 to 10 to 2 before verdict. Defendants and lawyers prepared for appeal as they faced sentencing.
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Chicago
Charles R. Forbes
United States Veterans’ Bureau
John
Jack) W. Thompson
St. Louis
George A. Carpenter
Frank W. Hadlock
Elgin
Thompson
Forbes
White House
Gary steel worker electrocuted for murder of 10 year old girl
Peter Vergolini a Gary Indiana steel worker was executed at the State prison for the murder and strangling of Annie Tomicik a Serbian girl aged 10 in Gary last September.
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Michigan City
Ind
Peter Vergolini
Gary
Annie Tomicik
Taxi Driver Wounds Passenger After Disputed Fare
Dennis J. Kenny, son of a real estate dealer, refused to pay a taxi fare of seven dollars after agreeing to four dollars. The driver fired three shots, two hitting his passenger, then fled the scene in New York.
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New York
Dennis J. Kenny
Credit woes for farmers spark ag commission critique
The Presidents Agricultural Commission in its third report criticizes the administration of the Department of Agriculture the Interstate Commerce Commission the Federal Tariff Commission and the Internal Revenue Bureau. It cites interdepartmental jealousies and calls for unified credit systems enhanced cooperation and a separate regulatory/service divide.
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Washington
President
Interstate Commerce Commission
Tariff Commission
Congress
Federal Co-operative Marketing Board
Herrin Mystery Man Killed by Night Policeman
In Herrin a man linked to Sheriff Galligan was killed in a Ly Mar Hotel restaurant after a scuffle with officers. Night Policeman Rufus Whitson fired, killing the stranger. Officer Sims was wounded but not seriously. Six die in Chicago apartment fire.
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Herrin
John Meeker
Ora Thomas
Thomas
Glenn Young
Young
George Galligan
Springefild
Galligan
Ly- Mar
Joseph Phillips
Rufus Whitson
Sims “Stephens
Chicago
Oklahoma A. and M. Ex-Head Dies in Accident at Home
George Wiispen, former head of the Oklahoma A. and M. College under Gov. Walton, shot and killed himself at his Oklahoma City home. Police say the fatal shot was accidental.
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Oklahoma City
George Wiispen
Oklahoma A. and M. College
Gov
Walton
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Prairie City
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Tampico
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