Senate committee probes Hearst editorial on Underwood Muscle Shoals
The Senate Judiciary Committee in executive session appointed a sub committee to investigate the Washington Herald editorial attacking Senator Underwood and his Muscle Shoals bill. The panel will seek the editor and may subpoena the writer to identify publication responsibility.
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Associated Press
Washington
Senate Judiciary Committee
Washington Herald
Underwood
Cummings
Senate Judiciary
Under
Senate
Judiciary Committee
Alabama
Muscle Shoals
Smith
Premier Heppict improves Paris condition
Paris December 15 Premier Herriot who had been ill for about a week rested better last night though he suffered pain during the night from inflammation in one leg. His temperature lowered this morning and his condition is described as more favorable by doctors.
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Associated Press
Paris
Reneh
Harriot
M Herriot
Officer Curtiss Catches Lady Driving Fast Car
A visiting woman in the city was stopped after his speedometer read seventy five miles per hour. She was brought to headquarters and required to post a ten dollar cash bond or face Recorder Tuesday morning on a charge of going sixty miles an hour in the city limits.
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Curtiss
Clyde Byfield granted new trial in $100,000 suit
Mrs Clyde Byfield was granted a new trial in the $100,000 suit against Walter Candler. The case stems from an alleged attack by Candler on Byfield two years ago en route to Paris aboard the Berengaria. The original verdict for Candler was reversed on appeal due to claimed favorable jury instructions. The retrial was ordered as the appeal court found error in instruction interpretation.
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Associaated
Atlanta
Clyde Byfield
Walter Candler
Walter
Candler
Byfield
Paris
Berengaria
DeKalb County
Two Thousand Year Old Divorce Decree Said Found
Berlin dispatch reports Zeitschrift Fuer Kulturgeschichte Und Biologische Familienkunde that an Egyptian tomb document, claimed to be two thousand years old, is the first authenticated divorce decree in history. The Demotic decree bears a notary named Thut and lacks listed grounds or witness signatures on the reverse.
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Berlin
Thebes
Reno
Zeitschrift
Thut
Man Fatally Injured As Auto OvertURNS
Augusta December 15 Brighan Goodbee of Waynesboro was killed in a Sunday automobile crash several miles from Augusta. He lost control while passing another car and was pinned beneath his vehicle, dying shortly after being removed. Several other young men were in the car at the time of the accident.
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Augusta
Brighan Goodbee
Waynesboro
Goodbee
Burns to death one day before 95th birthday
Mrs Isabella Garrett, near Greensboro, died in a fire at her son John Garrett’s home just before noon Thursday. The house and six rooms were consumed. only a few bones remained. An invalid, she was placed near an open fire by her daughter in law, and clothes catching fire from the fireplace is believed to have caused the blaze.
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Greensboro
N. C
Isabella Garrett
John Garrett
Glynn of New York Dies Former Governor Succumbs
Former Governor Martin H. Glynn died at his Albany home after a hospital stay for spinal trouble. The Times-Union editor and prominent advocate for Ireland, Glynn was born September 27, 1871, in Kinderhook. He helped bring Ireland’s cause to the forefront and influenced U S policy including the Wilson 1916 convention speech and Lloyd George's London invitation to De Valera.
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Albany
Martin H. Glynn
Glynn
Buoston
Times-Unnion
Ireland
David Lloyd George
England
de Valera
London
Mr. Glyn
Kinderhook
No Police Court Session Held Today
There was no police court this morning because Recorder Fort had business with Judge Littlejohn in the Superior court. All cases due for trial today were postponed until Tuesday morning. No session of the stockade court since last Monday, though the docket lists only a few offenders slated for trial.
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Recorder Fort
Littlejohn
Plane Propeller Slays Man In Indianola Exhibition
Joseph Uzelle, 30, a passenger on a plane making exhibition flights, stepped into the propeller as it was whirling after alighting on Sunday. He was instantly decapitated. Uzelle, a former Memphis salesman, had been in Indianola for the show.
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Indianola
Smg
Joseph Uzelle
Uzelle
Memphis
Huge loan to power company negotiated in Georgia
A $2,560,000 loan by Georgia Light, Power and Railways Co of Macon will boost power resources across Central Georgia. The Public Service Commission enabled Macon growth toward a city of 100,000, anticipating industrial expansion in several communities and industries. The loan follows a 19 percent rate increase approved in September 1923.
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Atlanta
Georgia Light, Power, and Railways Company
Macon
Georgia
Georgia Public Service Commission
Wilson-Lawrenson
Atlanta Georgian
Georgia Light, Power and Raways Company
Public Service Commission
Roark kills operator to save wife in Atlanta telegraph office
In Atlanta Pec 1b5 C A Roark shot four times at Vera Moore 20 a multiplex operator killing her instantly. Roark 32 Center Hill Ga claimed he killed to save his wife from ruin. He tried to indict others while in custody and friends defended the victim’s character as over good. Police doubt insanity.
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Atlanta
Pec
Western Union Telegraph Company
Hherey C. A. Roark
Center Hill
Vera Moore
Roark
Occasrion
G. W. Phillins
Automatic Department
Western Union
Help Them Now Christmas Stocking Fund Appeal
Rapidly slow contributions to the Empty Stocking Fund prompt a last rush of giving with ten days until Christmas. Associated Charities reports new needy families daily for food and clothing despite several donors including Mrs. Joe L Sutton Catherine Johnson Joel Thomas Edward Ethridge Miles De Peetin and others contributing amounts ranging around two to five dollars, with continuing calls for support.
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Associated Charities
Joe 'L, Sutton
Catherine Johnson
Joel Thomas
Edward Ethridge
Miles de Pe Eetin
Martin Soo
Aron Euetiakeds
S. Iagezissekss Gan
Henry
Clay of Io
Evelyn Horton
Gordon Anderson
Ry Monghan
Peo Sam Coney
Central Baptist Calls Rev H H Shirley to Pastorate
The Centraal Baptist church endorsed Rev. H. H. Shirley as pastor candidate at noon services after a pulpit committee recommendation. Shirley, about thirty, currently leads Fort Gaines Baptist Church. If he accepts, he will bring wife, a noted vocalist and organist, to Americus to fill the pulpit left vacant by Milo Massey who left December 1 for Cedartown.
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Centraal Baptist Church
H. H. Shirley
Shirley
Jackson County
Baptist Church of
Fort Gaines
Central Baptist Church
Avericus
Ainister
Milo Massey
Americus
Baptist Church
Cedartown
Red Flag Raised at Soviet Embassy in Paris
The red flag of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics was hoisted at the Soviet embassy in Paris on Sunday in the presence of staff and many in the city. Ambassador Leonid Krassin read a note, the crowd sang the Internationale, and four communists waved red banners on the roof before police dispersed the onlookers.
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Associated Press
Paris
Union of the Socialist Soviet Republics
Leonid Krassin
Krassin
France
Local taxes burden farmer, not mortgages as crisis
Washington reports that U S farmers carried about four billion dollars in mortgage debt in 1920, while farm property valued at nearly 78 billion. Tax burdens from state, country and township taxes rise sharply, costing roughly 462 dollars annually for a typical mortgage farmer at 4 percent tax rates, versus 205 dollars in interest.
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Washington
President Coolidge
Commission On Legislation In Agriculture
Treasury Department
Census Bureau
Congress
United States
Treasury
Hylan Says He’ll Be Mayor Till Sixty
New York December 15 John Hylan told the New York board of estimates he will serve another term as mayor. He declared no retirement plan, saying he will stay on the job until he is sixty years old.
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Hylan
New York
John
Hilan
New York Board of Estimates
Ammonia Solution for Cleaning Hair Brushes
A tablespoonful of ammonia added to hot water will remove grease from hair brushes and combs. This simple remedy helps restore cleanliness and bristle effectiveness for grooming tools.
Congress Pauses to Honor Woodrow Wilson Memorial
Congress paused to honor the memory of Woodrow Wilson with a joint session in the House. Dr Edwin Alderman of the University of Virginia delivered the eulogy as President Coolidge, cabinet members, Supreme Court justices, and Wilson family members attended the memorial.
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Associated Press
Washington
Congress
Woodrow Wilson
United States
Chamber
House of Representatives
Edwin Anderson Aldermit
Uma
University of Virginia
Wilson
Peake Ferr
Coolidge
Supreme Court
Brady Admits Burning Yacht in Lagoon Fire
John H. Brady of Muncie Indiana confessed to setting fire to the yacht Reo Nar 2nd in a lagoon near Toledo on June 27 causing about 100000 dollars in damage. He claimed the act was a Ku Klux Klan revenge gesture against D G Stephenson of Indianapolis.
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Associated Press
Toledo
Ohio
John H. Brady
Muncie
Ind
Hey
Here
D. G Stephenson
Indiananolis
Ku Klux Klan
November Trade Balance Favors US by 198 Million
Ex ports from the United States in November totaled 494 million dollars while imports reached 296 million. The resulting trade balance favored the United States by 198 million dollars.
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Associated Press
Washington
United States
Brazilian rebels lay down arms near Montevideo
Dispatches say 600 rebels in Rio Grande do Sul Brazil abandoned their arms and crossed into Uruguay. Led by Generals Honorio Lemos and Zeccannetto they were dispersed after a Uruguayan authorities request.
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Montevido
Uruguay
Rio Grande Do Sul
Brazil
Honorio Lemos
Zeccannetto
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