Coolidge Pledges Continued Aid to Agriculture at Chicago Visit
President Coolidge promised ongoing government aid to farmers and urged business and farm sectors to cooperate. He spoke to 600 livestock men at the International Livestock Exposition dinner and to 800 Chicago business leaders at a Commercial club luncheon. He urged nations to work together for peace and prosperity as part of a broader partnership between agriculture and industry.
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Associated Press
Chicago
President Coolidge
Washington
Coolidge
Commercial Club
Mr. Coolidge
Dexter Pavilion
Mrs. Coolidge
Senators battle on Muscle Shoals issue in Senate debate
In Washington on December 4 the Senate debated Muscle Shoals with Norris and Underwood arguing their plans. Norris urged government ownership and operation, while Underwood presented a substitute bill. The session lasted over four hours and recessed with no admin stance disclosed.
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Associated Press
Washington
Muscle Shoals
Senate
Norris
Underwood
Senate Agriculture Committee
Alabama
Across Atlantic By Radio Two Pictures Of Baldwin
A dramatic news item notes two radio pictures of Premier Stanley Baldwin. One image arrived in America by mail, the other via a new radio process, with the London to United States transmission taking about 20 minutes.
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Stanley Baldwin
América
London
United States
Award by appraisers in Rowe Road condemnation case
Compensation totaling 300 dollars was awarded to Mrs. Hannah O Leary for property taken for highway construction on Rowe road. Her husband Mike O Leary had been offered the same amount. Dan Hastie, whose lots were also affected, received 275 dollars. The memos note Mrs. O Leary was absent when the award was made.
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Hannah O'Leary
Rowe Road
Dan Hastie
O'Leary
Mike O'Leary
Band of Robbers Execute Big Heist at PG&E Office
Four hold up men robbed two PG&E messengers outside the San Francisco main office on Sutter Street. They escaped with 46000 in currency and bonds, 23000 of which were recovered after being dropped by the band.
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Associated Press
San Francisco
Pacific Gas and Electric Company
Sutter Street
Railroads Fight Express Rate Reductions in Court
Fifty three railroads filed a suit in U S district court in St Paul seeking to bar enforcement of the May 17 express rate reduction order. The action targets zones 2 3 4 and 5 and asks for temporary and permanent injunctions pending hearings. B W Seandrett represents the railroads, claiming the ICC findings were incorrect and that western mountain pacific and southern roads face a $5 000 000 deficit under a 6 percent return.
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Associated Press
ST. Paul
Interstate Commerce Commission
United States District Court
American Railway Express
Western
Mountain, Pacific and Southern
Interstate Commerce Act
B. W. Seandrett
Great Northern Railway
Prohibition Violators Targeted by Stronger Deterrents
The Justice Department report to Congress urges remedial legislation as federal courts strain under prohibition and tax cases. Attorney General Stone highlights rising case loads with 46,609 liquor and tax law cases and 7.487 million dollars in fines. He favors harsher jail terms as a real deterrent, noting averages rising from 21 to 44 days, while authorities also rely on internal revenue and tariff laws where needed.
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Associated Press
Washington
Department of Justice Daily
Stone
Congress
United States
Mabel Walker Willebrandt
Internal Revenue
Internal Revenue, Customs and Tariff
British Ministers Marked for Death
The Daily Mail reports British cabinet ministers placed under special police protection after a plot to assassinate prominent government members is uncovered. The security move follows information from Viscount Allenby in Egypt and indicates nationalist agitation spread across Europe. More detectives guarded officials at Albert Hall for a cabinet meeting.
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London
Saya
Daily Mail
Viscount Allensby
Egypt
Home Secretary
Watdh
Egyptian Nationalists Organization
Euro
England
Albert Hall
Six Die and Dozen Injured in Oakland Train Wreck
Six persons were killed and seven fatally injured with more than 30 others bruised after a rear end collision between two electric trains near the Oakland pier. Motorman may have ignored a stop signal. a drizzling rain may have reduced visibility. University of California students aided the injured and mourners as ambulances and medical staff rushed to scene.
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Associated Press
Oakland
Cal
San Francisco Bay Region
Sacramento
San Francisco
State Railroad Commission
W. KR. Alberger
Key Route
Short Line
Wv. C. Brubaker
University of California
O. O'Loughlin
San
Frank Frederick J. Gibson
Frank B. Hoppe
Hitlan Johnson
Charles M. Doty
Treasure state publicity campaign gains momentum in Anaconda
Frank Venable treasurer of the Treasure state publicity campaign and Butte Chamber of Commerce secretary spoke before the Anaconda Kiwanis about Montana resources and Northwest cooperation. He noted the drive has been underway for over a year and aims to reach at least 116 million readers through railroad and publication promotions.
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Montana
Treasure State
Northwest
United States
Commonwealth
Frank Venable
Butte Chamber of Commerce
Anaconda Kiwanis Club
Butteman
Venable
E. A. Barnard
W L. Beal
HK. T. Asbury
Dan Kelly
Average US life expectancy rises to 56 years
Surgeon General Cummings announced in the annual report to Congress that the average life span in the United States is 56 years, up 15 years since 1876. The report notes declines in tuberculosis and typhoid fever, a dip in diphtheria, a measles spike with 725,529 cases and 16,282 deaths, and a 60 percent rise in whooping cough with higher child mortality.
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Associated Press
Washington
United States
Cummings
Public Health Service
Congress
America
Surgeon General
Tremendous Debt of States Likely to Bring Trouble
Washington taking note of President Coolidge budget speech argues federal aid to states fosters higher taxes and inefficient governance. Critics call subsidies bribes, urging curtailment as state and federal finances grow interdependent. The piece cites Maine maternity care funds and notes ongoing debate.
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Mark Sullivan
Washington, D. C
Coolidge
Washington
Rome
Maine
Five Lions and Three Leopards Land in California Zoo
The Weat Carmona brought five lions and three leopards to San Pedro after years of trying to ship them from oriental jungles. Herman Zigier faced immigration limits as a German, forcing his animals to be sent back to the Orient, while a permit finally allowed landing before an inspector ordered Zigier detained.
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Associated Prensa
San Fpedro
Cal
Herman Zigier
Pacific
Oriental
Hongkong
Orient
United States
Zigier
Washington
Zigler
Long Beach Zoological Gardens
Montana Recovery Highlighted By State Campaign Leader
Harry R. Cunningham of Helena told the Butte Rotary club that Montana farmers produced a 90 percent crop on 90 percent of cultivated acres in 1924 and yielded 55 million bushels of wheat with 74 percent graded A. He urged a statewide Montana spirit and noted railroads would fund promotion, urging Montanans to support the Montana month campaign. He spoke after a long statewide tour and praised Butte and its people.
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Montana
Harry R. Cunningham
Helena
Butte Rotary Club
Cunningham
Montana Life Insurance Company
Butte
D. J. Charles
Chamber of Commerce
New U S Bond Issue Oversubscribed
Subscriptions to the new treasury long term bond issue of 200 million dollars opened yesterday exceeded 500 million dollars today. Secretary Washington announced that the offering for further cash sale will be withdrawn at the close of business tonight.
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Associated Press
Washington
Treasury
Winston
Snowstorm cripples Colorado rail and telegraph lines
A major early winter snowstorm swept Colorado and neighboring states causing rail delays from Denver routes and widespread telegraph and telephone outages. Walsenburg saw 12 inches of snow with rescue parties sent to aid stranded motorists as western areas reported lighter totals and communications gradually improved.
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Associated Press
Denver
Col
Colorado
Commercial and Press Association
Walsenberg
Grand Junction
Federal Weather Bureau
Rocky Mountain Plateau
Plains States
Town
Louisiana
New Omaha
Kansas City
Storms Halt Reno to San Francisco Air Mail Flights
Heavy Sierra Nevada storms disrupt daily air mail between Reno and San Francisco. Mail planes heading east departed on schedule despite the weather.
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Associated Press
Reno
Sierra-Nevada Mountains
San Francisco
East
Eno
Winter sleet damages wire systems reach west and plains
A sweeping sleet storm moving from the southwest and Rocky Mountains into the west, plains states, and Ohio valley caused the winter's first extensive damage to wire communications. Northern Utah reported the impact as the system stretched across the region.
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Chicago
Rocky Mountain
Plains States
Ohio Valley
Utah
Britain Denies Seeking Protectorate Over Egypt
London premier Baldwin stated no British move to seize a protectorate in Egypt. He said reservations at independence remain open but foreign interests and Sudanese rights must be safeguarded while upholding pledges to Sudan. He urged a mutual settlement that respects all concerned.
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Associated Prose
London
Baldwin
Liberty Hall
Lee Black
Egypt
Pilan
Sudan
Britain Seeks Hands Off Egypt in League Note
Geneva dispatches report Britain pressing for nonintervention in Egypt under the Geneva protocol. The note urges Egypt and powers to refrain from intervention while the United States acknowledges the protocol. League officials await Washington’s fuller views as Rome prepares to open council sessions.
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Egypt
Britain
Geneva
Great Britain
United States
England
Washington
League
League of Nations
Cone
League Council
Rome
Land
The
Sudan
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