Bossy Gillis Wins Post in Newburyport Mayoral Move
Newburyport Mass January dispatch says Andrew J. Bossy Gillis, newly elected mayor, quickly reorganized the street department and fired several workers. He named John I. Nevins street superintendent and outlined a hard line on snow removal with a plan to rely on horses for plowing except in an emergency involving Cashman.
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Newburyport
Mass
Andrew J
Gold Tooth
Donne Shea
Dane Finnigan
Jack Kelleher
Red Hogan
Mr. Jones Fairbanks
John I. Nevins
Michael Cashman
Cashman
Plagiarism Charge Ties Zane Grey to The Thundering Herd
An injunction suit in federal court seeks to stop Zane Grey from selling further copies of The Thundering Herd and claims resemblance to The Border and the Buffalo by John R. Cook. Charles A. Maddux of Los Angeles alleges copyright infringement and asks for profits accounting.
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Los Angeles
Zane Grey
Charles A. Maddux
Grey
John R. Cook
Cook
Maddux
McNary Forest Bill Favored By Senate Committee
Senator McNary’s bill to authorize 40 million dollars for acquisition and preservation of forest lands along navigable streams was notably reported to the senate agricultural Committee. Forestry groups urged prompt action to secure the lands for forestry and navigation, with funds to be spent over ten years.
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Washington
McNary
Oregon
Senate
Agricultural Committee
Three Bodies Identified From Submarine S-4 Disaster
Fingerprint experts confirm the identities of the three men pulled from the submarine S-4. They are Lieutenant Commander R. K. Jones, Lieutenant Joseph McGinley, and Chief Machinists Mate Aron Albert Hodges Jones. The victims hailed from Halethrope Maryland Norristown Pennsylvania and Riverside California with official notices sent to next of kin.
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Washington
Bureau of Navigation
R. K. Jones
Joseph McGinley
Aron Albert Hodges Jones
Halethrope
Maryland
Hennessey
Oklo
McGinley
Norristown
Hodges
Riverside
Calif
Navy Department
Senate committee issues subpoenas for remainder of 2026 PA ballots
Washington January 5 2026 the senate privileges and elections committee issued subpoenas commanding the removal to Washington of the remaining ballots cast in the Vare Wilson senatorial contest in Pennsylvania in 2026.
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Washington
Jan
Pennsylvania
Senate Privileges and Elections Committee
Teapot Dome Restored Under Navy Control
Casper January 5 The Teapot Dome returned to naval petroleum reserve status with wells shut in and production halted Admiral H H Rousseau director of United States petroleum reserves announced He inspected the field and said future handling will be as a naval reserve Production has ended and no development is planned Royalty agreements may cover drainage as with Elk Hills reserve Discredited theories claimed Salt Creek field drainage would affect Teapot Dome
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Casper
Wyo
Teapot Dome
H. H Rousseau
United States Petroleum Reserves
Admiral Rousseau
Navy Department
Naval Reserve
Elk Yills Reserve
H. A. Stuart
Ad- Salt Creek
Lindy Plans Haiti Visit Amid Flags and Festivities
Managua reports a welcome for Colonel Charles A. Lindbergh with flower carpets and school choirs practicing his homeland anthem. The Managua club decor features hundreds of miniature planes and balloons as General Emiliano Chamorro hosts a dinner. Washington says Lindbergh accepted a Haiti visit invitation with timing undecided.
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Managua
Nicaragua
Lone Eagle
Charles A. Lindbergh
Emiliano Chamorro
United States
Washington
Haiti
State Department
Tegucigalpa
Lindbergh
Havana
Colombia
Venezuela
Young Ohio killer Floyd Hewitt to die in electric chair
Ohio to execute Floyd Hewitt, 17, Friday night for the murder of Mrs. Fred Brown and her five year old son at Conneaut. The state clemency board and Governor Donahey rejected commutation despite pleas Hewitt is feeble minded. Hewitt confessed to beating Mrs. Brown and clubbing the boy during a drunken assault while radio music played.
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Columbus
Ohio
Floyd Hewitt
Fred Brown
Conneaut
State Board of Clemency
Vic Donahey
F. H. McKestroth
Hewitt
Hickman Kidnapping Case Sparks Shooting in Chillicothe
In Chillicothe Ohio Mrs Frances Jenkins 22 was shot and seriously wounded at her home following an alleged quarrel over the Hickman kidnapping and murder case. Her husband Ernest Jenkins 32 is being held.
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Hickman
Chillicothe, D
Frances Jenkins
Ernest Jenkins
Snyder Gray clemency bid seeks 30 day stay of execution
Edgar F. Hazelton announces he will ask Governor Smith for a 30 day delay for Ruth Snyder to allow psychiatrists to assess her claimed emotional disease. Henry Judd Gray’s lawyer Samuel Miller plans the same, with possible commutation if denied. Executions were to be set for January 12, with governor to decide after today’s clemency hearing.
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Albany
N. Y
Edgar F. Hazelton
Ruth Snyder
Smith
Samuel Miller
Henry Judd Gray
Snyder
Court of Appeals
Sing Sing
Hazleton
Third Issue Liberties to Be Retired
The treasury department works on retiring the third Liberty bond issue maturing September 15. Plans include exchanging the third Liberties for the March 15 and June 15 quarterly treasury bonds or certificates, aiming to retire 2,147,150 dollars of 444 issues without disturbing monetary systems.
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Washington
Treasury Department
Treasury
Apa
Father Is Geld on Arson Count in Arkansas Tragedy
W G Dendy, railroad shop worker, held on arson suspicion after five of his children died in a fire at the Dendy farm near Little Rock. Coroner Samuel Boyce reported bodies on one bed with possible crush injuries. Dendy claims he tried to save them. Two other children were away at the time. 14 deaths in Arkansas fires since the cold snap.
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Little Rock
Ark
W. G. Dendy
Dendy
Ophelia
J. D
Lorenez
Ruth
Ravis
Boyd Cypert
Samuel Boyce
Boyce
el Dorado
Arkansas
O Leary accused in affidavit alteration case
Mary Pearl Kidwell testified that James O Leary assistant district attorney altered an affidavit to imply her son Edward J Kidwell Jr believed Fall Sinclair wanted a mistrial. She said she and her son told O Leary they had no such knowledge and denied being followed.
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Washington
James O'Leary
Mary Pearl Kidwell
Edward J. Kidwell, Jr
Harry F. Sinclair
Albert B. Fall
Farm Bill Aims for March Action in Senate
Senate Agriculture Committee Chairman McNary said the revised McNary Haugen bill will be taken up by February 1 and enacted by March 1 with hopes it will be signed by the president. The statement was made in Washington on January 5.
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Washington
Senate
McNary
Agriculture Committee
Hickman Indicted Again in Parker Kidnapping Case
Los Angeles January 5 AP William E Hickman confessed kidnapper and killer of Marian Parker was indicted for murder in the slaying of C Ivy Thoms druggist in Rose Hill Calif during a Christmas Eve 1926 holdup Hickman refused to testify before the grand jury and a second murder indictment was ordered as the case moves through questions of sanity and additional depositions from mid western witnesses are planned to aid the defense and prosecution A. Keyes district attorney outlined deposition plans as the grand jury considers further indictments
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Los Angeles
Jen. 5
William E Hickman
Marian Perker
C_ Ivy Thoms
Wiliam Fiward Hickman
Los Angeles County
Greta
Kidnpker
Marian Parker
Hickman
Welby Flint
C. Ivy Thoms
Rose Hill
Calif
Hunt
California
Thoms
Welby Hunt
Wilby Hunt
Kansas City
Jerome Walsh
Hickmen
Missouri
Kansas
Arkansas
Oklahoma
Mid-West
Asa Keyes
Sandino Forms New Republic In Nicaragua
In Nueva Segovia a republic was proclaimed by rebel leader Augusto Sandino. US Marines report four wounded, one killed, and a detachment commanded by Lt Col Merton Richal. the rebel regime enforces liquor prohibition and burns property of convicted women. Sandino seized mines and levied taxes amid shifting alliances after promises of an August election.
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Thomas G. Bruce
National Guard
Merton T. Richal
Managua
Nicaragua
Nueva Segovia
Augustino Sandino
United States
San Fernando
Sandino
Fberal
Jose Maria Moncada
Diaz
Henry L. Stimson
Coolidge
G. D. Hatfield
United States Marine Corps
Moncada
Confessions Author Sees Confession as Business Proposition
Netley Lucas a 26 year old British author who published five volumes of confessions says his badness was a myth and plans to marry Chicago May Churchill a 51 year old ex blackmailer. He calls her a gold mine of crime material and cites publishers offers and a business like partnership in crime themed works. He admits past reform school terms but denies jail time and says he will keep confessing.
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New York
Netley Lucas
Lucas
Chicago
May” Churchill
Blackmaier
CTAH Weather Fair in South and East
The weather forecast says fair conditions in the south and east with unsettled skies in the northwest tonight and Friday. Temperatures will be slightly cooler in the southwest tonight.
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Southwest
State Board Urges Assessors to Attend Sessions
Governor Baldridge urged county assessors to attend all sessions of the state board to address tax inequalities. He said assessors can provide essential information on valuations and help the board complete its work, improving equity and understanding of local assessments.
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H. C. Baldridge
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