Circuit Court Upholds Forbes Thompson Fraud Convictions
The U S circuit court affirms the conspiracy convictions of Colonel Charles R Forbes and John W Thompson for defrauding the government in veterans hospitals. Each man is sentenced to two years in prison and fined $10,000. The decision notes disputed jury tactics but finds the trial fair and accurate.
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Chicago
Charles R. Forbes
United States Veterans’ Bureau
John W. Thompson
St. Louis
Veterans’ Hospitals
United States Circuit Court of Feederal
George A. Carpenter
Supreme Court
Evan A. Evans
A. B. Anderson
George T. Page
Thompson
Elias H. Mortimer
Forbes
Mortimer
Republic of Colombia
South America
Carpenter
Narrative of Last Days for Former Czar and Family
Krasnaya Gugotta in Ekaterinburg publishes a new account of the former emperor and kin. A letter purporting to be from rescuers describes an attempted escape via house windows, narcotics for the Czarevitch, and plans to remove the imperial family from the Tsar’s prison.
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Oscow
Krasnaya Gugotta
Nich
P. Yurvitz
Terinburg
Ekaterinburg
Czarevitch
Didreigh
Siberia
Eng
Romanoff
Karolyi Case In DC Courts Over Visa For Countess
The Karolyi immigration visa dispute moves to the District of Columbia supreme court. Countess Catherine Karolyi seeks an order directing Secretary Kellogg to have the Paris consul issue her visa to visit friends and plan a lecture tour. Officials expect the petition next week.
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Washington
Karolyi
Catherine Karolyi
Hungary
District of Columbia Supreme Court
Kellogg
Paris
Hermesport
Department
State Department
Glid
Utah accident costs in seven years total five million three hundred thousand
Salt Lake City Jan 2 AP industrial accidents in Utah over seven years cost 5 300 000 in compensation adjustments alone according to F McShane chairman of the industrial commission in a letter to metal mine operators The figures exclude lost wages McShane seeks suggestions to reduce accidents and these replies will be printed for the benefit of interested parties
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Salt Lake City
Utah
F. McShane
Industrial Commission
McShane
Northwestern Pioneer Celebrates Fort Hall Monument Effort
Mr. Meeker, well known in Pocatello, travels east with the Oregon Trail Memorial association to raise funds for a monument at the Fort Hall site near Pocatello.
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Meeker
Pocatello
Oregon Trail Memorial Association
Old Fort Hall
Plane to Pursue Sun Across Pole
Detroit AP reports Arctic airplane expedition planned by the Detroit Aviation Society. Captain George H. Wilkins will lead the flight from Point Barrow toward the geographic pole aiming to reach mid night sun conditions. Ben Eielson oversees other planes in the expedition.
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Detroit
Detroit Aviation Society
Point Harrow
Alaska
Point Barrow
George H. Wilkins
North Pole
Wilkins
Ice Pole
Spitzbergen
Ben Eielson
Pasadena Grandstand Collapse Prompts Police Action
Pasadena officials report police warned two grandstands unsafe before New Year. Chief Kelley says preventive measures limited seats as one stand collapsed during the Tournament of Roses parade, killing three and injuring over 200. Contractor Mahoney questioned. multiple investigations ordered. A hospital list tallies about 200 injured, many local residents.
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Pasadena
Calif
Charles H. Kelley
Roy Worrell
Engaree
Trsafe
Kelley
Paul F. Mahoney
Olice
Borich
Dallas
Texas
Mahoney
Shaver
Asa Keyes
Tournament of Roses Association
California
Third Skeleton Unearthed In Ancient Canal Builders Discovery
Phoenix archaeologists from the American Museum of Natural History have uncovered a third skeleton at the La Ciudad site near Phoenix. The finds indicate the Gila Culture linked to Casa Grande may have lived 2,000 years ago, with multiple skeletons in upper chambers beneath mound dwellings.
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Phoenix, Ariz
American Museum of Natural History
la Ciudad
Erich Schmidt
Gila
Casa Grande
Schmidt
Taquidad
Heads Cut Off to Aid Poor Memories
Commodore George Miller Dyott reports on the Jibaro tribe in Peru who cut off enemies’ heads after a kill and shrink them to the size of a fist to ensure the principal foe is slain. He argues primitive practices persist among so called advanced races. Dyott and Commodore Pyott discuss future expeditions to Borneo and Peru.
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New York
Jen
Peru
George Miller Dyott
Commodore Dyott
Pyott
Royal Geographical Society
Borneo
Boise Banks Show Sharp Growth in 1925 Deposits
Boise Idaho January 2 AP deposits in the three Boise banks at year end 1925 rose by 1 639 951 49 from 1924 and by 3 504 391 21 from 1922 totals. 1922 deposits were 12 002 475 42 and 1928 were 12 834 537 22, with year end 1925 deposits at 15 506 866 63.
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Boise, Idaho
Boise
Idaho crops valued at 115 million dollars in 1925
United States grain crops valued at 3.81 billion with total crop value at 9.62 billion. Idaho listed at 115.1 million, Washington at 171.7 million, Texas leading with 799.3 million, California 169.4 million, Iowa 477.0 million.
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Washington
United States
Department of Agriculture
Texas
Iowa
California
Montana
Wyoming
Colorado
Utah
Nevada
Idaho
Oregon
Tunney to Box in Milwaukee this Month
Milwaukee report says Gene Tunney has signed to box in the city late this month with an opponent to be announced later. Promoter Fran Mulkern floated Jack Remault as a possible challenger but signing him was deemed unlikely.
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Milwaukee
Wis
Gene Tunney
Franulkern
Mulkern
Jack Remault
World Wide Prayer Week Observance Promoted Worldwide
Washington reports a world wide week of prayer begining tomorrow with Christians globally joining in meditation confession and prayer. The Universal observance is issued by the World Evangelical alliance and coordinated in the United States by the Federal Council of Churches.
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Washington
Evangelical Alliance
Federal Council of Churches
Congress weighs Weeks letter in Mitchell case dispute
Representative Garrett of Tennessee to push a House resolution requesting Weeks letter to President Coolidge. The letter, read at Mitchell court martial, may reveal grounds for not reappointing Colonel Mitchell and could trigger changes to shield witnesses before Congress.
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Washington
House
Weeks
William Mitchell
Army Air Service
Representative Ee
Tennessee
Coolidge
Mitchell
Davis
Garrett
Seme
Congress
Air Service
Army
Houve
Navy Department
Althe
Stockholders in Utah mines get dividend checks
East Lake City Utah Jan 2 AP stockholders in three of Utahs leading silver and lead mines start the New Year nearly 1 000 000 richer Regular quarterly dividends are being distributed in Silver King coalition Park Utah and Tintic standard These were declared late in December Silver King paid checks aggregating 304 Utah and Tintic at orderd one Silver King coalition paid an extra Christmas dividend at 121 615 and Tintic sent stockholders 230
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East Lake City
Utah
Silver King Coalition
Park-Uta
Tintic Standard
Silver King Pa
Ark
Fire destroys Newport Tar and Turpentine plant
A deadly blast at the Newport Tar and Turpentine company in Pensacola Pa kills twelve workers and injures ten with five missing. Firefighters fight flames as damage tops $200000 and the cause remains undetermined. The explosion hit a unit with twenty two workers and debris and resin spread through adjacent buildings.
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Pensacola
Newport Tar and Turpentine Company
Nevers Signs With Browns In Winter Baseball Deal
The St. Louis Browns announce the signing of Ernie Nevers of Stanford by manager George Sisler after a game in Jacksonville Florida. Nevers, a versatile star, agreed to a contract following the football appearance with Red Grange.
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St. Louis
St. Louis Browns
Ernie Nevers
Leland Stanford University
William Friel
Friel
George Sisler
Browns
Florida
Never
Jacksonville
Fla
Nevers
Red Grange
Mevers
Idaho tops nation in acre yields across crops in 1925 report
Idaho's 1925 crop valuation shows a 41 percent gain over 1924 with exceptionally strong acre yields. The state leads per acre yields in winter wheat oats beans and clover seed, ranks high in rye and barley, and records high value per acre for onions potatoes and lettuce.
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Boise
Idaho
Julius H. Jacob
Gem State
Trotzky Victory Shifts Soviet Communist Bureau Membership
Moscow reports say Leon Trotzky won a decisive victory in elections for the Soviet Union's ruling Communist Party political bureau. Authorities note the defeat of L. Kameneff and G. Sokolnikov, with Kameneff securing an alternate seat and Sokolnikov leaving the bureau. The body expands from seven to nine members, and Svoroshiloff rises as head of the Red Army.
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Moscow
Leon Trotzky
L. B. Kameneff
G. Sokolnikov
Communist Party
Soviet Russia
Kameneff
Djerpinsky
Ruzznak
Petrovsky
Uglanov
Svoroshiloff
Red Army
Council of Labor and Defense
Sokolnikov
Anak
Ola Guard
aTre
Politex Bureau
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Nicholas
Tiends
Itter
Emer
U. S
Northwestern Pioneer
Ezra Meeker
Daniel Kennard
New York City
Louis Maurer
Ross Cady
Harry Allen
South
Boise Bank
Utah Mines
Acre
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