Plotters Heard Rumor Probe Started In Fire An Apartment Block
A firebug believed responsible for a large story apartment blaze at Neibert corner McDowell and Salem avenues earlier today. Police began an inquiry after a woman overheard talk of harming Neibert and robbing him en route home. The building housed a store on the first floor and a residence above. flames started in the hallway and stairwell, causing about 12600 in damage. No injuries reported as investigators work with firefighters.
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Victor
Neibert
McDowell
Salem Avenues
Amenay
Netbert
Wallen
Net
Atiae
Elim
Court Finds Drunk Driving Key Cause of Fatalities
Sylva Albert A. Don told Alleghany county grand jury reckless motor vehicle operation by intoxicated drivers is a major cause of fatalities. He urged harsher action, faulting unsafe roadways and excessive speed and alcohol. Gambling and prohibition enforcement were also discussed as court concerns.
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Mqnor
Sylva Albert A. Don
Alleghany County Grand Jury
Uily Cauae
Jig
Divorce Petition Alleges Bribe Attempt by Professor
Mrs Journey files for divorce from Professor Tt Cranep of North Carolina State Agricultural College alleging a forcible back slap incident at Dale Park and accusing him of attempting to bribe a student to take her away. The petition cites a heated marital dispute and claims of unfaithfulness and intimidation.
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Cranep
Journey
North Carolina State Agricultural College
Pennsylvania group defeats Pinchot in Warisburg race
In Warisburg Pennsylvania, a local organization claims victory over Pinchot. The event precedes the formal setup of the 126th Pennsylvania General Assembly with officials including Governor Plachol and Senators expected to attend. Thames Bluatt of Philadelphia is slated for speaker of the house after preliminary proceedings.
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Warisburg
Jan
Plachol
126Th General Assembly of Pennsylvania
Cor Tenter
Otha
Thames Bluatt
Philadelphta
Aponkor
Big Fairmont Mills Burned in Fiery Blaze
Fire at Barteskia Manufacturing wagon mill near Fairmont Wisconsin destroyed the facility today. Estimated damage exceeds $300,000. County Commissioners met in session handling routine business with emphasis on board activities.
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Fairmont
Barteskia Manufacturing Company
Waglon
Cross
Wife Who Poisoned Husband In Grim Mood
In St Louis a 36 year old woman, Mrs Fiala, was convicted for poisoning her husband Whitford. She was taken to the penitentiary in custody of Sheriff Grant Yolcotmb of Mount Vernon after a 20 minute stop in St Louis. She wore a Sunday best and laughed with reporters as a reception committee greeted her.
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ST. Louis
Jon
Tollot
Grey Walla
Fiala Sweatin
Witford
Grant Yolcotmb
Mount Vernon
Dragnoil
Auto Jacks Steal Machine And Five Typewriters Near The Y
Bandits stole a 1924 car with Washington DC plates No O-6431 near the Y at Potomac Street, taking a machine and five typewriters valued up to 70 dollars each. The vehicle contained a typist at 16 North Jonathan and involved Barry Paton Motor Company and Lluenke Inge in a summer scheme. The incident was reported to police headquarters as a guard began pursuit.
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Autosicks
Dunca
Raeburn
Washington
Wea
Jonathan
M.C
Tie
Potomac Street
Pollea
District of Columbia
Barry Pata Motor Company
First Soldier Bonus Payment to Mrs Irene Crisp
Washington reports the first cash payment under the soldiers bonus act was issued by Director Frank Hines of the Veterans Bureau. Mrs Irene C Crisp of Washington received a check for 1653 dollars, beneficiary of Lt Fred W Crisp of the 64th Coast Artillery who died after a car accident on August 22, 1924 in Brown Cay, Hawaii.
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Washington
Frank T. Hines
United States Veterans Bureau
Mra
Irene C. Crisp
Crisp
Fred W. Crisp
64Th Coast Artillery
Brown Carp
Ielanda
Supreme Court Hears Fight Over 5 Cent Streetcar Fare
Washington January 6 The certiorari of Hubbard and Welleville Illinois to maintain ordinances restricting street car fares within certain limits to five cents a passenger was argued today in the Supreme Court of the United States.
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Washington
Hubbard and Welleville
Lilo
Suprema Court
United States
Washington Veto Fight Over Postal Pay Raise
The administration seeks to sustain a veto halting a postal salary increase. Senate debate centers on overriding President Crombie and tying raises to revenue plans. A decisive veto vote was due at 4 PM with House action likely if overridden.
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Washington
Jan
Conldge
Isaua
Senate
Crombein
Ita
House
Warren Likely to Succeed Stone as Attorney General
Washington, Jan. 6. President Coolidge prepares to fill the fourth cabinet vacancy since taking office with the attorney general post in focus. Rumored candidates include Charles Beecher Warren of Detroit, James M. Beck, Robert Prentice Nage, Frank Dietrich, and Wilbur, with a Senate decision awaited on Stone’s Supreme Court nomination.
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Warren
Stone
Washington
Coolidge
Cabinnt
White House
Harlan Meko Stone
Bhe Soenato
Jit Fe
Hog
Charles Beecher Warren
Detroit
Japan
Mexico
James Mr. Beck
Pregent Aeting
Robert Prentice Nage
Massuchusetts Supreme Court
Frank
Dietrict
United States
District of Idaho
Borah
Navy
Wilbur
Justice
California Supreme Court
Would Probe Boycotts of Farm Co-ops
Aaron Bhapiro, pioneer in cooperative marketing, told the National Council of Farmers Cooperative Marketing Associations that new federal legislation is needed to aid the movement. He urged FTC investigation into alleged boycotts of cooperative agencies by American Tobacco and Imperial Tobacco, noting the British firm’s role.
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Washington
Aaron Bhapiro
National Council of Farmora
Federal Trade Commission
American Tobacco Company
Imperil Tobacco Company
Train wreck in Indian Ocean kills eight, injures thirty
Eight people died and thirty were injured in a train wreck near Heaulasala in Maurits territory. Dispatches from Port Louis report the incident in the Indian Ocean region.
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London
Heaulasala
Maurits
Indian Ocean
Port Louis
Prapital
Manel Tis
Smallpox Quarantine Ordered in Kensington Philadelphia
Philadelphia health chief orders quarantine for part of Kensington after tenth smallpox death this month. Also notes a new general store and a generator opening at Woodpoint on the Caerfons pila.
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Philadelphia
A. A. Caleng
Afedient Bureau
Health Department
Kensington
Toba Th. Mitchell
Woodpoint
Cear Fons Pila
No Discipline If Rod Spared In Maryland Schools
Waynesboro teachers dispute Maryland officials over corporal punishment. They argue teachers lose 90 percent of classroom discipline when whipping is banned. Maryland officials say flogging is evidence of an ineffective teacher. Waynesboro authorities oppose full ban but favor limited use only for serious cases. Whipping for recitation failures is no longer tolerated in any school.
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Waynesboro
Maryland
Hatta
Maryland Schole
Wayneshora
Educate Congressmen To Obey Law Proposal Sparks Debate
Washington January 6 Captain W H Stayton of the Association Against the Prohibition Amendment urged adding a clause to the Treasury Appropriation bill for the education of dry Congressmen to respect the law they enforce. He condemned alleged violations of the Volstead act by Senators and Congressmen, arguing it would deepen contempt for the law among law-abiding citizens.
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Washington
Treasury
W. H. Stayton
Association Against the Prohibition Amendment
Daring youth foils bandits in Pittsburg bank raid
A bold robbery attempt aimed at Lawrence Sage, president of the Ket National Bank, failed when robbers shot Sandy Bow as he telephoned for twenty thousand dollars to his home. The bandits fled after the shooting, leaving without loot. Sage’s son was wounded.
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Pittshurgh
Lawrence Sage
Ket National Clali
Sandy Bow
Lig
Young Sits
Huh
First National Bank
Sands
Dence
Fred
Young Sande
Fofka
Rumored B&O Chance to Acquire Western Maryland System
Rumors circulate that the Baltimore & Ohio Railway may acquire the Western Maryland system, potentially eliminating its main coal region competitor. Circulation of the deal remained unconfirmed, with financial circles weighing the implications of control over the terminal at Baltimore and access to West Virginia and Maryland coal regions.
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Halumnore & Ohio
Western Alarylanis
Maryland
Baltimore & Ohio
New York Central Erstensis
Baltimore
Virginia
B&o
McCormick Attacks Sale of Affection Rights Claims
Cyrus K. McCormick, head of the International Harvester Company, defends a $300000 sale of affection claims. McCormick’s attorneys deny any basis for action.
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MacCormick
Acwe
Cyrus K. McCormick
Silt Milonaire
Intern Harvester Company
Falwin Cayahs
New Yuk Jnears
Communist leader to appeal Supreme Court after conviction
Ruthenberg, secretary of the Communist party, and 30 radicals were arrested in a 1922 San Dunes meeting. He received 8 to 10 years in Jackson Prison and a $5000 fine. A chauffeur, Richard Casovar, was injured in a separate pre noon car crash near Williamsport and taken to the Y M C A for medical care. injuries not believed serious.
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BT. Joseph
Mich
Jan
Chas
EB Ruthenberg
Chicago
United States Supreme Court
Charles E. White
Jackson
Truthenberg
San Dunes
Bridgeman
Hart Richard Casoyver
Jamison, Jr
Casovar
Jamitson
Williansport
Bho
River and Harbor Appropriation Fixed in House Pact
Washington report says an agreement was reached between waterways advocates and House leaders to provide about 78 million dollars for rivers and harbor improvements in the current session. The deal aligns funding for dredging navigation channels and related river works, shaping the administration’s infrastructure agenda.
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Washington
Wit Ferways
House
Monarch fears war as appeals urge Italian liberty return
London reports private advices note King Victor Emmanuel I urged to act as guardian of constitutional rights to restore civil liberties in Italy. Chevaliers named threaten upheaval. Mussolini’s removal deemed risky, potentially sparking civil war. Northern factions mobilize and attack opposition press and clubs amid tensions.
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London
Victor Emmanuel 1
Italy
Chevalites
St. Annuagiata
Hivanp
Mussolini
Republian
Supreme Court Won't Halt Tax Return Publication
Washington January 6 The United States Supreme Court refused to intervene in publication of income tax returns by the Wisconsin tax commission. The appeal by William J Juneau of Milwaukee was dismissed after the Wisconsin Supreme Court refused an injunction against the commission preventing disclosure of the returns.
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High Court
Washington
United States Supreme Court
Wisconsin
William J. Juneau
Milwakeg
Wicconan Supreme Court
Union Chief Is Murdered in Pennsylvania Strike
Samy Pace, 31, secretary of the local miners union for the Pennsylvania Coal Company, was shot dead this morning as he returned home from a meeting in Muston. Police report two men fled the scene after shots rang out. Pace lay in the snow with fourteen wallets found on him. A World War veteran and longtime strike participant, Pace had been active for four weeks.
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Muston
Poonsytyvania Coal Company
Samy Pace
Minta Union
Failets
Pace
Noro Wan
Germany Faces War Prep Revealed In Allied Note
London reports reveal the Allies’ note to Germany explaining why Cologne area evacuation claims failed. The document shows service volunteers recruited and factories not transformed for war materiel as required by the Versailles treaty, with January 10 as the Cologne bridgehead evacuation date.
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London, Jain
Uin
Germany
Cologne
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