Wireless moving pictures demo from England to United States
A RCA Ranger moving pictures system is demonstrated at Radio house in London with no receiving unit. Sixteen photographs were sent in eight hours showing Kellogg, the Prince of Wales, Baldwin and other figures. A New York message said pictures were coming beautifully and that radio could send moving images.
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Associated Press
London
England
United States
Radio House
R. H. Ranger
Engineering Department
Radio Corporation of America
Ranger
G. 8. Whitmore
Marconi Communication Bureau
R. G. Ward
Radio Corporation
Ambassador Kellogg
Prince of Wales
Baldwin
Austen Chamberlain
Queen Mary
Alexandria
New York
Whitmore
Huge Increase in Savings Deposits
The American Bankers Association reports a 148 percent rise in U.S. savings deposits over 12 years. From 1912 to the present the total grew from 8.43 billion to 20.87 billion across mutual savings banks and various banks, with depositors increasing from 12.58 million to 38.87 million and per capita savings rising from 3.89 to 18.6 dollars.
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Associated Press
New York
United States
American Bankers Association
Association
Hope to Recover Half Million of Dwindler's Funds
Leo Koretz, sought in Chicago for alleged stock swindles totaling about $2,000,000, left New York with two Illinois assistant state attorneys for Chicago this afternoon after arriving from Halifax. He was being taken to continued proceedings.
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Chicago
United States
Koretz
Associated Press
New York
Leo Koretz
Illinois
Halifax
Freedom of women civilization's doom
Dr. Stanton Coit of the Ethical church London told the Ethical society of St. Louis that freedom of women marks civilization's downfall. He argued past women were wealth spenders and child carers, now the flow gates are up worldwide and questions whether women will remain plastic in the hands of strong men.
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Associated Frees
Louis
Stanton Coit
Ethical Church
London
England
Ethical Society of
Republicans Spend $3,063,952 in Campaign, Butler Reports
Washington reports the Republican National Committee spent $3,063,952 for the campaign with a $335,264 surplus after expenses. Chairman William M. Butler tallied $4,359,478.82 in total receipts, noting $956,525.11 moved only as agent for state committees and returned to them. Hodges, RNC treasurer, will file a final receipts and expenditures report with the House clerk.
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Associated Press
Washington
Republican National Committee
Wiliam M
Treasury
Butler
National Committee
William V. Hodges
Will Fle
House
Congress to Reconvene for Final Session Early Action Sought
The Sixty-eighth congress will reconvene for a short final session with early action on annual supply measures and farm relief plans. Insurgent La Follette faction tensions persist as leaders plan tentative action and await the president's second annual message.
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Associated Press
Washington
la Follette
Wisconsin
Senate
House
Congress
Coolidge
Interior Department
Madden
Farm Commission
Slayer Confesses Poisoning Wife in Neb Break
Frank Bruner aged 47 confessed to murdering his wife by lacing her tea with poison and named 47 year old Mrs Arcesta Northy as an accomplice. State chemists found poison traces in the victim's stomach and Bruner was charged with first degree murder. Mrs Northy was arrested and held without bond.
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Associated Press
Broken Bow
Neb
Frank Bruner
Arcesta Northy
Bruner
Calles Takes Oath as Mexico's President in Peaceful Ceremony
Mexico City November 30 Gen Plutarco Elias Calles sworn in as president before 25 000 in the national stadium with cadets from San Jacinto guarding the platform. Obregon completes a four year term in a peaceful transfer noted as a historic event in Mexican politics.
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Plutarco Calles
Mexico
Associated Press
Mexico City
Plutarco Elias Calles
Republic of Mexico
National Stadium
San Jacinto Military Academy
General Calles
Congress
Supreme Court
General Obregon
Congress Opens Under Old Members in Pivotal Session
Washington, Nov. 30. The current session is the old congress, not the newly elected one. The new congress does not meet regularly until December 1925, leaving a nine month gap after March 4, unless President Coolidge calls a special session. The main task is passing the routine appropriation bills, though amendments and extra debates could extend work beyond March.
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Washington
Congress
President Coolidge
Ouape Effort of Dakota Convicts Ends in Disaster
North Dakota state prison guards and officials thwarted a mass escape attempt by convicts Arthur Smith and Joseph Bell. A deputy warden fired on fleeing inmates as guards protected cell blocks. One guard was struck with a blackjack and another cut with a knife during the melee as authorities recaptured most attackers.
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I'rese
Bibmarck
N. DD
North Dakota State Prison
Arthur Smith
Joseph Bell
Woman wins libel suit against Klan
In Minnville Oregon a circuit court jury awarded Mrs Edna Cummins 5060 damages in a 66000 libel case against 11 Newberg Ku Klux Klan members. The national Klan was dropped. Cummins plans to appeal to the Oregon Supreme Court arguing the Klan as a whole is responsible for members acts.
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Associated Press
Minnville
Ore
Edna Cummings
Cummins
Newberg Ku Klux Klan
Cumming
Newberg Klan
National Klan
Mre. Cummins
State Supreme Court
Durand Seeks Presidency of Engineers Society
Dr. William Durand, professor of mechanical engineering at Leland Stanford since 1904, won the ASME presidential election by mall ballot. The society's annual meeting opens in New York, and Durand will retire from Stanford to direct the society's administration.
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Associated P’ress
New York
William
Durand
Leland-Stanford University
American Society of Mechanical Engineers
Society
Banker Mistakes Police For Holdups In Chicago Shootout
Four men, including a police officer, were killed and two patrolmen wounded in Chicago within 24 hours. Cashier Hugh Stewart of the Weerta State bank shot at detectives who he thought were holdup men, killing Detective William Perrin and wounding others. Stewart claimed he acted to protect his wife and fled but was caught. no charges yet. Separately, Charles Hendricks was killed by Luke Reeson during an attempted hold up at a western elevator station. Reeson was detained for questioning.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Hugh Stewart
Weert Ae State Bank
William Perrin
Stewart
David van Booren
Frank Warburton
Far South
William Shoemaker
Peter Carney
Perrin
Charles Hendricks
Luke Reeson
Western
Reeson
Hendricks
Wreckage Found After Coastal Storm Near Cuttyhunk
Wreckage washing ashore near the Cuttyhunk coast guard station points to a possible vessel loss after a New England storm. Debris includes parts of a pilot house and deck house, a chart box marked S. 8 Camden, and a log book showing underway at 6 39 a m on Nov 36, with medical stores from the submarine shelter at New London among the finds.
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Associated Press
Cuttyhunk
Mass
New England Ecoast
Cuttyhunk Coast
United States
New London
Coenn
Fire at Santa Fe Springs oil field claims one life
A blaze at the Santa Fe Springs oil field southeast of Los Angeles caused one death and damage near 1 million dollars. Thirteen derricks with pump houses and tanks burned as fuel oil fed the flames from the Bellevue Oil syndicate derrick. Fire crews limited spread by nightfall, while other firms suffered losses. The deceased, J. Mills, 66, died of heart failure amid the shock.
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Los Angeles
Associated Press
Santa Fe Springs
Here
Bellevue Oil Syndicate
Oil Company
Bellevue
Bellevue Syndicate
Mohawk Oil Company
United States Royalties Company
McIntyre and Cox Properties
J. Mills
Sedro-Woolley Veneer Plant Burns in Fire Disaster
An explosion from sparks into a mechanical dryer started a fire that destroyed the Sedro-Woolley Veneer company plant. The blaze caused about $250,000 in losses and left 200 workers unemployed. The fire threatened nearby sections of the city for a time.
Federal agent charged with giving liquor to minor in Helena
F Creasey a federal prohibition enforcement officer was arrested in Helena by Deputy Sheriff Lester Lightbody on complaint in Justice of the Peace Joe George Major's court accusing him of supplying intoxicating liquor to a minor girl. John Gillespie filed the complaint and another unnamed agent faces charges. affidavits filed in the county attorney's office describe a several weeks old alleged offense. Creasey posted bond of 250 dollars and was released.
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Associated Press
Helena
Mont
F. Creasey
Lester Lightbody
Joe George
John Gillespie
Creasey
British Report Egypt in Good Order Despite Kharium Mutiny
Dispatches from Viscount Allenby in Cairo state Egypt is in good order as British troops reinforce the region. Mutineers in Khartoum remain under control with arrests and searches continuing. A fourth Egyptian infantry battalion arrives from Khartum while political protests prompt prosecutor interrogations.
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London
Egypt
Foreign Office
Viscount Allenby
Budan
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