French debt proposal for US war debt rejected by Coolidge
The French offer to settle four billion dollar debt would total about 5.63 billion over fifty years with payments starting at forty million annually for five years then escalating. President Coolidge, Mellon, Hoover, Smoot, and Crisp reviewed the plan. many American commissioners doubted a near-term agreement. France pressed to continue talks within a five-year window.
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Washington
United States
Coolidge
Mellon
Hoover
Smoot
Utah
Crisp
Georgia
American Debt Commission
France
Bandit Robs Passengers On Missouri Pacific Train
In Omaha a masked bandit robbed 25 day coach passengers on Missouri Pacific train 107 as it neared yards late last night. He fled with about 100 dollars after exchanging shots with a railroad detective. The bandit forced a negro porter to search travelers and warned not to take rockets or jewels, only money.
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Omaha
Neb
Missouri Pacific
Andrews Approves Dismuke Appointment in Treasury Unit
Washington Oct. 1. Assistant Secretary of the Treasury Andrews announced approval of appointments for the prohibition office. Fred D. Dismuke is named deputy prohibition administrator at Savannah. Percy M. Cagle and Hal Shaffer are appointed for Greenville and Charleston respectively.
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Washington
Treasury
Andrews
Fred D. Dismuke
Prohibition Administration
Savannah
Percy M. Candle
Hal Shaffer
Greenville
Charleston
Living Heroes Are Honored In Hungary Knights of Heroes Order
In Budapest on October 1 300 officers and 1300 privates were knighted by Admiral Harty as part of Hungarys Order of Heroes. Each knight receives a small plot of land for valor shown in World War I. A young boy among the honorees honored his late father. The badge features the Hungarian coat of arms.
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Budapest
Monumens
Order of Heroes
Admiral Harty
Order
Student Sues Atlanta Ball Club For $25 000
Hiner Thomas a dental student filed a suit against the Atlanta baseball company for 25000 dollars alleging his eyesight was lost when he was struck by a batted ball on October 1 in Atlanta.
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Atlanta Ball Club
Atlanta
Hiner Thomas
Atlanta Baseball Company
Air Service Designated Auxiliary Arm by Army Chief
Major John L. Hines prepared address read by Brigadier Dennis E. Nolen at the reserve officers convention in Kansas City on October 1. He reaffirmed that the air service is and always will be an auxiliary arm of the army and navy.
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Kansas City
Air Service
Army
Navy
John L. Hines
Dennis E.nolen
United States
Sewer dweller Paycock tied to past arrest records
Albert Paycock, a sewer-dweller found living in a Passaic sewer, admitted ties to a Jan 26 arrest of Albert Prynuk for attempting to break into a freight car and walking from county jail on trust to duty. Police identified him during routine checks and handed him to county authorities with disdain for his crime and living conditions.
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Albert Paycock
Bruce Bairnefather
Ole
Paycock
Albert Prynuk
Prink
Zober
Passaic
Zobel
Fprynuk
San
Boys Walk 175 Miles to School at Howard College
Two Florala youths Samuel Hart and Edwin Doster walked 175 miles from home to enter Howard College Alabama at its new term. They left six days before opening with little money and funded food and lodging by working along the route. Both are Covington County High School graduates pursuing ministry and pre medical study respectively.
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Birmingham
Ala
Howard College
Florala
Alabama
Samuel Hart
Edwin Doster
Fine Fettle
Covington
Aluminum Company Sued for 15 Million Dollars
Boston Oct 1 suit for 15 million dollars was filed in federal court naming Aluminum Company of America with Secretary Mellon as principal owner and director. George H Haskell of Springfield president of Bausch Machine Tool Company accuses conspiracy.
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Boston
Mass
Aluminum Company of America
Secretary of the Treasury
Mellon
George H. Haskell
Springfield
Bausch Machine Tool Company
British to Maintain Forces in Near East
London Oct 1 Strong British naval forces will stay in Near East waters for the next weeks under orders to the Mediterranean fleet. A Constantinople report that Turkish troops were being sent to the corridor was dismissed by officials as a coincidence with no significance.
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London
Near East
Constantinople
City taxes kept at twenty mills with school levy cut
City council fixed the coming year's tax rate at 20 mills, same as last year. School levy reduced from 8 to 7 mills while bond levy raised to 3 mills from 2. A $10,000 surplus from a $60,000 street paving bond issue was given to the bond commission to back $15,000 bonds due Sept 27 1927.
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Steve Pace
City Bond Commission
Council
Pace
Allison
Poole
Brunswick Youth Not Guilty Slaying Greek
Brunswick Georgia October 1 After about five hours the jury found Baker Mallon 16 not guilty of murder in the case involving the slaying of Nick Portulous Greek merchant who died after an attack at his business soon after midnight on Sunday August 25 at a local hospital last night the verdict was delivered.
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Brunswick
Baker Mallon
Nick Portulous
Bowles Wins in Massachusetts Gaining a Wet in Congress
Springfield, Oct 1 Henry L Bowles Republican of Springfield wins over Roland D Lawyer of Ware in Coolidge’s home district adding to wets in the national house. Bowles pledges the 18th amendment has no constitutional place and will seek changes in prohibition enforcement to improve temperance conduct and respect for law.
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Springfield
Mass
Henry L. Bowles
Roland D
Ware
Coolidge
House of Representatives
Bowles
Continued Search For Sub Victims In New London Tragedy
Efforts renewed in New London on October 1 to determine if any of the men trapped when the submarine 5-51 sank last Friday by the City of Rome are still alive.
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New London
Rome
Woman Meets Death at Hands Of Former New Jersey Insane Patient
New York dispatch reports George Cox 39, once at Christ Hospital Jersey City and later at City Hospital, killed his mother in law Frances Arabelle Tilden 66 and then fatally shot himself in the Tilden home kitchen after a failed reconciliation. He had been freed by family guardians and previously escaped custody from a Jersey City hospital. Cox, son of ex police captain William Cox, had a history of threats against his wife and her mother and a pattern of jealous, violent behavior.
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New Jersey
New York
Harrison Noel
Montclair
George Cox
Christ Hospital
Jersey City
Frances Arabelle Tilden
Cox
William Cox
Mercer St
Tilden
Coxes
Mrs. Tilden
Lost girl Teresa Servello Believed Slain
New York reports indicate Teresa Servello a 14 year old Jersey City student may have been abducted by a man older than her and possibly killed. Neighbors recall sightings in Bergen Point and Bayonne where amusements exist. The mother describes a sudden change in her daughter before her disappearance.
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New York
Teresa Servello
Jersey City
Teresa
Coroner Fails to Name Suspect in Cook Slaying
In Vinton Iowa October 1 the coroner’s jury could not name anyone responsible for the death of Mrs Myrtle Cook a temperance worker slain at her home but urged continued investigation into her husband Clifford Cook.
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Vinton, In
Myrtle Cook
Clifford Cook
Two Killed at Grade Crossing in Cordele
George M Leigh 55 and Florence 19 died when their car was struck by a switch engine at a grade crossing in Cordele. The wreck left a father and daughter dead on the scene while a widow Edith 22 and son George 8, plus another daughter, were hospitalized. The party traveled from Williamsburg Kentucky to Florida and rescuers, working about thirty minutes, freed all five from under a freight car. The automobile was wrecked beyond recognition.
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Cordele
George M. Leigh
Florence
Daugter
Edith
George, Jr
Atlanta, Birmingham and Atlantic Railway
Williamsburg
Florida
Two Capital Charges Against Texas Man
Max Fink, former New Orleans and Houston orchestra leader, faced a second capital charge of criminal attack on a 14 year old girl in Houston as a jury debated his fate on a prior capital case. A new jury had been chosen and testimony was about to begin.
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Houston
Texas
Max Fink
New Orleans and
Death of Aged Woman Reveals Large Fortune in Brooklyn
The estate of Miss Mary Croxton, 75, revealed after her sudden death at Mansion House Brooklyn, totals $3,823,138 including $1,999,554 cash in one bank and $2,024 in another. Securities include 12,800 Fidelity and Casualty Co. shares valued at $1,369,600. A legal battle over the estate is underway in Manhattan among nephews and nieces.
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New York
Mansion House
Brooklyn
Mary Croxton
Wingate
Manhattan
Cole Pleads Self Defense In North Carolina Courthouse
W B Cole a wealthy cotton manufacturer pleads self defense and temporary insanity after shooting and killing former suitor W W Ormond. State rested. four witnesses testified including Frank Steele an eyewitness. Trial proceeding at Rockingham Courthouse with witnesses scheduled for today and state’s evidence expected within hours.
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Rockingham Courthouse
N. C
W. B. Cole
W. W. Ormond
Frank Steele
Cole
Ormond
Steele
W. B. Hulon
Kramlet
Isaac S. London
C. 0. Bristow
Don Phillips
Finley
Underwood Seeks Southern Voice on Interstate Commerce Panel
Senator Oscar Underwood urged representation from the South on the Interstate Commerce Commission in a prepared address to the American Bankers association’s state bank division in Atlantic City. He framed the call as essential to balanced national policy and regional interests.
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Underwood
Atlantic City
Interstate Commerce Commission
Oscar Underwood
State Bank
American Bankers Association
Tallest hotel to rise on Fifth Avenue in New York
The New York Evening Post reports a 56 story hotel to be built on the Cornelius Vanderbilt chateau site at 57th Street and Fifth Avenue. The chateau will move to Long Island as a club. The transient and apartment hotel is expected to cost about 25 million dollars.
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New York
New York Evening Post
57Th Street
Fifth Avenue
Long Island
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