Sanford Slated For Vacancy Left By Justice Pitney
Judge Edward T. Sanford of Knotville Tenn will be appointed to the supreme bench in place of Justice Mahion Pitney who resigned Endorsement comes from Chief Justice Taft Sanford 58 a Republican has served as federal district judge for Tennessee since 1908 and was an assistant attorney general Previously President Harding is expected to nominate D N Crissinger of Marion Ohio to be governor of the federal reserve board in a related move announced earlier.
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Edward T. Sanford
Knotville
Tenn
Supreme Bench
Mahion Pitney
Sanford
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Ford
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Harding
D. N. Crissinger
Marion
Ohio
Federal Reserve Board
The
International News Service
Bomb Planted at G M N Frascati Yards Shocks City
Officials search for three or four men after a bomb was thrown into the G M N railroad yard at Frascati. A car with no license sped away after the blast. No injuries or major damage reported. guards kept watch as investigators and agents cooperate to identify suspects.
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Frascati
Bastombe
Cottrell
Jeutside
Riff’s
de Ae
Coma
P. E. Odell
Odell
Hopmen
Public Service Commission to audit Mobile Gas books
Alabama Public Service Commission plans immediate action after Mobile Gas refused to allow an audit of its books. Engineer Alton Adams demanded access to records under January 4 order, while company officials and manager R. I. Speer resisted the inspection.
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Alabama Public Service Commission
Mobile Gas Company
Adams
Mobile
State Commission
R. I. Speer
Alaair
Alton OD. Adams
Negro shoots woman then kills himself
Rosalie James, a Negro woman living on St Meadow Street, was shot and likely fatally harmed before noon. Joe Reed, 35, a Negro man, shot himself and died. He left a note directing friends on handling his property. Coroner Dr. S. F. Hale reported the case to police headquarters. The wounded woman was taken to City Hospital by ambulance. Reed shot himself through the heart.
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Rosalie James
St. Meadow Street
Monday Street
Joe Eed
Abert Parker
Carrie Avery
S. F. Hale
Reed
Trolleymoter man case continued after collision injures Bush
The trolly motorman case involving H. J. McMichael and collision with Curtis Bush and William Van Antwerp was called in the records' court today and reset for January 12. Bush remained unable to leave his home for several days due to injuries.
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H. J. McMichael
Moiterman
Government Street
Curtis Bush
Willam van Antwerp
Government and
George Streets
Bush
Terrill Home Suffered Minor Fire Damage
Dr EB C Terrill residence at 327 Spinghill Avenue sustained a small fire loss about 100 dollars from sparks landing on the roof. The fire originated shortly before noon per Department report and insurance coverage is noted. A second two story dwelling at Broad and Augusta streets also incurred damage from smoke and soot.
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EB. C. Terrill
Spinghill Avenue
Surance
Peter Smith
Broad
Augusta Streets
Wrong Man Arrested On Police Warrant Mixup
A long distance message indicates a wrongful arrest under a police warrant. Detectives had pursued a brother of the wanted man and halted the operation once the mixup was found. The incident involves De move One Hubbard of the police department and Chief P. I. at U-Drive-It Co.
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Onie Hubbard
Police Department
Police
P. I
U-Drive- It Co
Columbus Police
Grand Ny
Weather outlook for Alabama and gulf states
Partly cloudy tonight and Sunday across Alabama West Florida and Mississippi with cooler interiors Tonight through Sunday. Week outlook shows cloudiness and occasional showers along the Gulf states with variable temperatures.
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Washington
Alabama
West Florida
Mississippi
Gulf States
Seaman Robbed at Gunpoint Near Church Street
E. H. Fox of the Meanticat crew was robbed of eight dollars and tobacco at gunpoint by two men on St Emanuel street near Church while docked at Turner Terminals. Detectives later recovered his watch and papers. Fox, unable to identify suspects, offered a description to police.
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Turner Terminals
St. Emanuel Street
Church
Fox
Church Street
Sheep Kidney Transplant Performed At Bellevue Hospital
A pioneering operation transplanted a sheep's kidney into a human patient, Mrs. Adele Robertson, on December 30 at Bellevue Hospital. She died on Thursday from complications including pneumonia linked to the procedure. Dr. Harold Neuhoff declined comment for ethics but planned to write on the case for JAMA. Medical observers called the attempt a success.
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New York
Bellevue Hospital
Adele Robertson
Man Charged Under Federal Prohibition Law
Alfred Williams was served with a government warrant and charged with violating the national prohibition law. Officers alleged he possessed a quantity of liquor in an automobile. He waived examination and was released on bond.
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Alfred Williams
Wild engine hits train injuring many near Dublin
A Great Northern line collision near Dublin caused a freight engine stolen by armed men to crash into a passenger train. The impact derailed the passenger train and two injured were hospitalized in Dublin.
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Dublin
Associated Press
Harding to Go to Boston Bank
William P G Harding former governor of the Federal Reserve Board to become governor of the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston replacing Charles A Moras who had served five years and will step down within weeks directors announced.
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Boston
William P. G. Harding
Federal Reserve Board
Federal Reserve Bank of Boston
Charles A. Moras
2300 Volt Shock Injures Gainesville Boy
For rest Nicholson, 15, son of E T Nicholson, superintendent of the High Springs electric plant, was critically shocked while switching to light street lamps. A 2300 volt current created a hole in his abdomen and burns on his hand and body. he walked to a car to go home. He remained in serious condition.
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Gainesville
Fla
Forrest Nicholson
E. T. Nicholson
Municipal Electric
High Springs
Nicholson
Pint of liquor not enough for guilt
Haywood Mitchell of North Reservoir avenue was found not guilty by a five man jury in Norfolk corporation court after admitting the liquor in evidence was his and that he possessed and transported it. Judge Shackleford discharged the jury as unfit for service, and Mitchell was discharged.
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Norfolk
Haywood Mitchell
North Reservoir Avenue
Corporation
Shackleford
Mitchell
Unemployed Britons Wed To Share Burdens
London reports that England’s jobless are marrying to cut costs as two can live more cheaply than one. Unemployed men wed to gain support while brides may work to add to the family income, affecting the servant market as maids quit good jobs to marry unemployed men.
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London
England
Gas Line Parts Damage Kills Three at Breckenridge Plant
An explosion at the Central Gasoline Producing Company plant ten miles northeast of Breckenridge Texas fatally injures three men and seriously injures eight others. A pipe carrying three million cubic feet of gas parted and the building was blown to pieces.
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Breckenridge
Texas
Central Gasoline Producing Company
French Planes Escort Flights In Rhineland Action
French airplanes operate over the Rhine land as troops move through the region. The report notes continued military activity and mentions Berlin and ongoing Franco German tensions during the period.
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Rhineland
Berlin
Fee
Mer Rouge Mob Killings Examined by Pathologists
Court hearing in Bastrop Louisiana reveals post mortem findings on Watt Daniels and Thomas H Richards who died during mob violence in Mer Rouge Morehouse Parish. Doctors Duval and Sanford describe brutal injuries and suggest a device used to inflict punishment.
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Richards
Nmtan
Men of Science
Charles W. Duval
John A. Lanford
Watt Daniels
Thomas IF. Richards
Mer Rouge
Morehouse Parish
Hoover declines new cabinet post to Interior
Joe Washington reports Secretary of Commerce Hoover turned down President Harding’s offer to become secretary of the interior. Hoover said he wished to stay in his current role to finish the large scale program begun on entering the Harding administration. He has been building an organization in the Commerce Department to expand American commerce.
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Washington
Secretary of Commerce
Hoover
Harding
Secretary of the Interior
Albert B. Fall
White House
Department of Commerce
America
Eye Witnesses Called in Herrin Riot Murder Trial
More than fifty witnesses were ordered to attend Marion Court to testify for the defense of five men charged with murder. The defense entered its second day of alibi testimony after witnesses testified they saw six prisoners marched toward the cemetery but did not identify any defendants in the crowd.
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Marion
Associated Press
Herrin
Lester Strip
Elks Launch Nationwide Narcotics Campaign
The Chicago Elks lodge, sanctioned by Grand Exalted Ruler J. B. Masters, begins a nation wide drive across 1 409 Elks chapters to eliminate the drug traffic. Each chapter is urged to pass a resolution of support and request President Hardin to proclaim a national anti narcotic campaign.
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Chicago
J. B. Masters
the Elks
German Liners To Use English Ports Again
London January dispatch reports German lines will resume Southampton service in spring. Hamburg American Line will restart Southampton routes, Woermann Line will send South and East African steamers to the port, and its West African service from Southampton has already begun.
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London
Timea
Southampton
Woermann
Hanged Greeks and Turks in Asia Minor crackdown
A Smyrna dispatch reports Kemalist court maritals executing many Greeks and Turks for aiding Greek operations in Asia Minor. A brother of Smyrna’s late bishop and two Greeks were hanged at Nympheon. Nine Turks and several Greeks were hanged at Affium Karahissar.
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Athens
Asia Minor
Smyrna
Nympheon
Affium Karahissar
Beer Line Leads to Bowling Alley Scare
Prohibition agents reported a beer pipeline from a bar to the Yorkville Women's Bowling Club. During raids on both venues, bowlers allegedly menaced agents with pins and balls as they pursued the alleged illicit beverage flow.
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New York
Yorkville Women's Bowling Club
Turks leave Lausanne pact talks amid peace conference standoff
At Lausanne the final draft treaty to replace capitulations was handed to Turkish delegates. Allies threaten to halt negotiations if Turkey rejects the pact as February peace talks move toward a signing set for January 12. French and British delegates report unity despite Paris reparations rupture.
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Turkey
Franch
Paris
Missing Persons List Shrinks After Bridge Collapse Recovery
Kelso Wash Jan 6 lists reduced by four named victims located from the suspension bridge disaster. Two more men remain unaccounted for, making twenty one missing. Police chief Jenkins of Portland with eight officers aided in recovery and river bed searches.
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Kelso
Wash
Jenkins
Portland
Crippled Wire Lines Blamed For Deaths
Victoria B C January six stranded telegraph service blamed for deaths from the wreck of the steamer Alaskan near Pachena Point on Vancouver Island. Three bodies washed ashore and search parties in Bush island failed to locate other missing men while Arthur Gordon reports seeing a distress flare.
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Victoria
B. C
Vancouver Island
Pachena Point
Bush Island
Arthur Gordon
Laundryman Held On Arson Charge
Philip Elson president of the Wet Wash Laundry men's Protective Association was arrested with two others on arson in the first degree charges. Police link the case to a feud between rival laundries and a spate of mysterious fires across Greater New York. Morris Ehrmann of the Bronx and Borris Aimia of Seagate are the other two arrestees with seven prior arrests in the arson ring investigation.
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New York
Philip Elson
Wet Wash Laundrymen’s Protective Association
Greater
Morris Ehrmann
Th Bronx
Borris Aimia
Seagate
Fifth of Bandit Gang Captured in Iowa Robbery
Sioux City Iowa January 6 fifth member of the bandit gang that fought a gun battle with officers at Maurice early today was found seriously wounded hiding near Teetonry three miles north of sheriff s posse. Three members captured earlier today two remain at large. Elmer Dingman and John Lavery named among those arrested or identified. Frank Olson and Guy E Brooke suspected from Sioux County, with local authorities believing Sioux City men involved. The gang robbed Sioux County, Iowa.
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Sioux City
Iowa
Cers
Maurice
Bag Stack
Teetonry
Elmer Dingman
John
Fort Madison
Lavery
Tion
Oes
Frank Olson
Guy E. Brooke
Oilisuil
Sioux County
Satice
Towa
Explosion at junk dealer’s yard kills dozen in Sofia
A blast at a junk dealer’s yard in Sofia on January 6 injured forty and killed twelve people. Four houses were wrecked and about 500 pounds of explosives were involved. Several persons remained missing as the blast shattered doors and windows.
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Bulgaria
Associated Press
Auta
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