Ford plans $6 million plant expansion to boost jobs nationwide
Detroit December 22 Henry Ford announced a $6,000,000 plant near Chicago for car bodies and assembly as part of a vast Ford Motor Company program aimed at creating widespread jobs. Ford said reinvesting profits into industry would raise national prosperity, with additional plants projected near New Orleans and St. Louis.
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Detroit
Mich
Henry Ford
Chicago
Ford Motormpany
Ford
New Orleans
St. Louis
Ford To Buy Pike County Coal Lands
Henry Ford negotiating for purchase of the Pond Creek Coal Company assets in Pike City Kentucky. T. B. Davis, company president, announced negotiations would be completed before year end and denied rumors while noting all lands and equipment in Pike county are involved.
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New York
Henry Ford
Pond Creek Coal Company
Pike City
T. B. Davis
AC Mavis
Pike County
Normas Pardons for War Prisoners
Washington reports that federal prisoners sentenced for war time law violations may receive Christmas clemency. The president has been urged to extend pardons to those still in penitentiaries.
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Washington
Missing Men Found in Lake in Morehouse Mob Case
The decomposed bodies of Watt Daniels and Thomas Richards, missing since August, were found in Lake La Fourche in Morehouse parish. Bodies were nude with belts, a portion of trousers, and limbs tied with wire. one head was missing. The discovery followed a dynamite blast by unknown assailants, who likely did not know the corpses surfaced.
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Shreveport
Watt Daniels
Thomas Richards
Morehouse Parish
Lake la Fourche
Memorial services for slain officers in Kentucky
News from Lexington reports a memorial service will be held Sunday afternoon at Owingsville churches for Robt Toutf David Treadway and Guy Cole three prohibition age men killed in a patrol with moonshiners in Nieorieg county last week.
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Lexington
Owingsville
Robt Toutf
David Treadway
Guy Cole
Patele
Nieorieg County
Brew Kicking Out Four Professors at N C College
Four instructors at North Carolina State College of Agriculture and Engineering were asked to resign on charges related to making home brew in their rooms. President Dr W C Riddick confirmed the action after an investigation by students and declined to provide further details.
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Leigh
N.C
7Th Carolina State College Ofriculture and Engineering
W. C. Riddick
Dan Cupid Busy at Joyous Yuletide
Thirteen marriage licenses issued this week by County Clerk W B Turley, far above the usual three or four. Couples include Bance Lawson and Lucy Belle Lear. H Bennett Farris and Mrs R O Lackey. Marion C Hagan and Adda Jo Wagers. Arthur Pursifull and Jane Fox. McKinley Brock and Nancy Thomas. Shirley Richmond and Anna Wathen. Earl H Doyle and Willie Maye Deatherage. Harry Sebastian and Beulah Prewitt. Eldon Taylor and Lula Fortune. W S Bowman and Amanda Burrus. John Peele and Delvora Hiatt. Charles Baker and Edna Bowles. Luther S Powell and Marietta Hackett.
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Dan Cupid
W. B. Turley
Bance Lawson
Kirksville
Lark Lawson
Lucy Belle Lear
J. M. Lear
H. Bennett Farris
E. C Farris
Bath Brock
Nancy Thomas
Red House
J. C. Thomas
Shirley Richmond
Berea
Sam Richmond
Anna Wathen
Lige Wathen
Earl H. Doyle
Paris
Alfred Doyle
Willie Maye Deatherage
Joan Deatherage
Harry Sebastian
Richmond
J. W. Sebastian
Beulah Prewitt
Elzie Prewitt
Eldon Taylor
Newby
H. L. Taylor
Lula Fortune
Alex Panane
W. S. Bowman
Kingston
J. T. Bowman
Amanda Burrus
W. N. Burris
John Peele
Robert Peele
Delvora Hiatt
G. C. Hiatt
Charles Baker
Brassield
Samuel Baker
Edna Bowles
Brassfield
Harvey Bowles
Luther S . Powell
E. J. Powell
Marietta Hackett
Jacob Hackett
Madison Alumni Basketball Doubleheader Results
Madison Hi teams beat the Alumni 4 to 1 in the girls game and 19 to 11 in the boys game. Madison’s Terrill led the girls with a field goal, while Clouse and Gentry paced the boys with multiple baskets as both games showcased rough play and strong Madison defense.
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Madison Hi
Madison
Madison Boys
Higgins
Gentry
Talton Stone
Earle Jones
Clouse
Gumbert
Stone
Hurst
Terrill
Huguely
Jonés
Alumni
H. Stone
T. Stone
Kunkle
Ma‘lison
Marion Terrill
Madison Girls
Winchester
Josephine Yates
Sincia Bennett
Dorothy
Kentuckians Named in Booze Conspiracy Indictments
Louisville reports a roundup from Indianapolis detailing Kentucky and Indiana men indicted for conspiring to violate prohibition by stealing 18 barrels of whisky from the Krogman distillery warehouse at Tell City, Ind. The whisky was siphoned out via a ruby toe and the building was burned after oil was poured inside. Indicted are Ivory Phillips Thomas A Owens and Jesse Walliams of Owensboro.
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Louisville
The
Post Today
Indianapolis
Kentucky
Indiana
Grard
Krogman
Tell City
Ind
Ivory Phillips
Thomas A. Ownes
Jesse Walliams
Owensboro
Notre Dame Catholic Church Destroyed by Fire in Quebec
A fire in Quebec destroys the Notre Dame Catholic church valued at about a million dollars. Authorities believe the blaze was incendiary. It marks the ninth Catholic edifice to suffer serious fire this year.
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Quebec
First Baptist Church Sunday Schedule Highlighted
The Sunday program includes a 9:30 Sunday school with a children’s special, a 10:45 morning service on the topic God With Us, and a splendid musical program for the morning service.
Methodist S. S. Notice for Christmas Treat
All members of the M. E. Sunday School including pupils teachers and officers are urged to attend at 9 30 a m on Sunday the 24th A Christmas treat will be distributed and a free will offering taken for the Orphans Home I H Locthe Superintendent
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M. E. Sunday
I. H. Locthe
A Business Man for Governor From Wilmore Enterprise
The editorial argues Judge W. R. Shackelford of Richmond is a capable, impartial circuit judge whose disciplined, businesslike approach would suit gubernatorial duties. It asserts his integrity and record inspire public confidence and contemplates possible party support if he pursued the office.
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Wilmore Enterprise
W. R. Shackelford
Richmond
Shickelford
Miike
Shackelford
Kentucky
Judge Chenault urges new approach to moonshine crisis
A Lexington Herald letter from Judge John C. Chenault argues enforcement should target whisky consumers as well as moonshiners. He cites prohibition aims, proposes harsher punishment for moonshine buyers, and suggests legislation to deter consumption to end raids quickly.
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Lexington Herald
John C. Chenault
Richmond
Commonwealth
City Santa distribution set for Sunday at 2 PM
The Welfare League Rotary Exchange and Community Club supply baskets of substantial items toys fruits and cards for neighbors. Distribution will be from First Presbyterian church Sunday afternoon at 2 00 with Exchange and Rotary representatives providing cars to deliver to homes. Report promptly at 2.
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Rotary
Exchange Clubs
Community Club
First Presbyterian Church
Exchange
Rotary Clubs
Peremptory Refuted Defense In Herrin Riots Trial
In Marion Illinois five men charged in the Herrin riots faced defense motions for excluding all State evidence and for directed verdicts of not guilty. The court denied those motions amid ongoing proceedings.
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Herrin
Marion
Ill
Weather forecast for tonight and Saturday
Fair conditions predicted with a slightly warmer night in the northern and extreme western portions. Saturday is expected to remain dry with light winds and mild temperatures across the area.
Friday Livestock Markets Report Cincinnati and Louisville
Cincinnati market reports hogs at 8.73 for heavies to pigs, sows at 7, stags 5,700 cattle steady with calves 6 to 13.50, sheep 4 to 6, lambs 5 to 9.14. Chicago volume 34,000 hogs at 8.16 and 4,500 cattle. Louisville cattle 155 active hogs 1,200 steady sheep 100 steady. all unchanged.
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Cincinnati
Chicago
Louisville
Claude Minor Held on Bank Fraud and False Entries
Claude D. Minor faced an examining trial in Danville with bond set at 4500 for alleged false entries in Peoples Bank and Trust Co books and wrongful conversion. Witnesses included J M Smith Jordan Mays and Gilbert White as bank affairs were wound up and misstatements aimed at boosting reserves and July dividend readiness.
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Danville
Claude D. Minor
Peoples Bank and Trust Co
State Banking Department
George W. Coulter
Commonwealth
J. M. Smith
Jordan Mays
Gilbert White
George A. Hughes
Smith
Citizens National Bank
A‘ Mann
Jordon Mays
Minor
Million Narrow Escape After Wagon Tragedy
B L Million of Newby had a narrow escape when a partially loaded wagon ran over him during tobacco stalk loading. His foot entangled, he fell, wheels passed over his body, breaking a rib. Doctors anticipate several days confinement but favorable prognosis.
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Newby
Ballard moonshine trial set for January in Lexington
Six defendants including Charles, Jeff, Albert Ballard and others face multiple charges tied to Menifee county moonshine raids in which Prohibition Agent Guy Cole and Bob Ballard were killed. The January 2 examining trial will be held in the county seat courthouse. Charles Ballard remains jailed due to wounds. Jeff Ballard admits some involvement and recalls aiding the still on two occasions.
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Lexington
Charles Ballard
Jeff Ballard
Albert Ballard
Joe Clem
Will Ferguson
Menifee County
Bob. Ballard
Ben Wells
Guy Cole
3Eb Ballard
Federal
United States
W. H. Wood
Mt. Sterling
Bob
Charles
Jeff
Montgomery County
R. E. Duff
Still House
Bogie Purchases Home on Broadway in City
B Bogie moved into his new city residence on Broadway purchased from C A Taylor. The former occupant was J N Hendren. The price paid was near $5,000.
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B. Bogie
Broadway
C. A. Taylor
J. N. Hendren
Trial of Chiropractor W S Mory for Practicing Without License
Dr W S Mory a well known chiropractor of this city faced trial on a writ charging him with practicing without a license. The case was brought by the State Board of Health before Judge Sam J Bell with a jury. Mory was defended by K S Al corn Morrison and Green. County Attorney Francis Weak led the prosecution but the verdict was a victory for Dr Mory.
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W.S. Mary
State Board of Health
Sam J. Bell
Mory
K. S. Alcorn
Morrison
la Cross
Wis
Green
Louisville
Francis Weak
Dr. Mory
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