Navy secretary outlines program to reset battleships and build auxiliary craft
Secretary Wilbur told the House naval appropriations subcommittee that reconditioning older battleships and launching a continuing construction program for auxiliary craft is needed to restore the fleet to the Ashington treaty ratio of 55 to 3. He urged modernization of six battleships with new boilers and emphasized speed, deck protection, and blister armor, while deferring gun elevation proposals.
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Associated Press
Washington
Wilbur
House
Naval Appropriations
French
General Board
R. Wilbur
Herriot Receives Confidence Vote Amid Paris Debate
In Paris a chamber debate on communism ended with 319 voting confidence in Herriot's government to curb violence. The motion carried 319 to 29 as communists opposed it and about 150 opposition members abstained. Socialist deputy Compere-Morel warned against arming the fight.
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Associated Press
Paris
Chamber
Herriot
Minis
Socialist Party
M. Compere-Morel
Butler Receives Year Extension as Philadelphia Public Safety Chief
Brig. Gen. Smethey D. Butler is granted a one year extension of his Marine Corps leave to serve as Philadelphia director of public safety. President Coolidge informs Mayor Kendrick the extra year is the federal limit for lending his services.
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Associated Press
Washington
Smethey D. Butler
Coolidge
Marine Corps
Britain Delays Geneva Pact Review in Council Action
Rome reports Great Britain asked for time to study the Geneva peace protocol and the League of Nations council postponed discussion until March in Geneva. Observers see the adjournment as tacit acceptance of Britain consulting its dominions and the United States on protocol aspects including the Japanese amendment and bond questions.
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Associated Press
Rome
Great Britain
Council of the E of Nations
Council
Geneve
League
England
United States
Mother Kills Daughter and Then Herself in Fresno Ranch
Martha, five, choked to death by mother Martha Toulsen 42, then the woman hanged herself in a barn on the Selma ranch. Beth died instantly. husband Sevend Touben found them when he returned home.
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Associated Press
Fresno
Cal
Martha
Freda Toulsen
Selma
Beth
Sevend Touben
School Board Controls Clark Park Skating Rink
The Clark park skating rink is under the school board control with city participation disputed. Trustees said the district would pay half the cost of city machinery used and would handle purchases. The note cited a 1924 lumber and coal bill of 99.80, half billed to the district.
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Clark Ve
Flames Reach Water Edge Of 130 Ton Boat In Chesapeake
Nine crewmen of the A. Woodall are believed lost after the vessel burned to the waterline off Bellerton Chesapeake Bay. The charred hull lay grounded near Turkey Point light with a crew member dead and others missing or burned. Captain Samuel Charles led the 150 ton craft from Baltimore to Philadelphia with alcohol.
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Associated Press
Baltimore
A. Woodall
Bellerton
Chesapeake Bay
Woodall
Marine Transport
Adelphia
Betterton
Turkey Point Light
Samuel Charles of
Balmore
Five Die In Storm Across Arkansas
Related reports today from isolated sections increased the death toll as wind and rain storms swept the state Sunday. Five people are confirmed dead with more injuries and damage reported in scattered areas across Arkansas.
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Associated Press
Little Rock
Ark
Arkansas
Blaze destroys block of saloons in Mexican town
In Bisbee Arizona fire started by an overheated stove at the Eighteenth Amendment saloon spread to an eight block of saloons and cabarets in Naco Sonora nine miles south total loss under $10,000. Fire consumed five ramshackle buildings with liquor losses. officials deny gunfire, attributing noise to breaking bottles.
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Associated Press
Bisbee
aAriz
Buldings
Naco
Sonora
Mexico
Here
German election fails of purpose in Berlin parliament impasse
Post election appraisals in Berlin say Sundays vote for the new Reichstag serves no clear purpose in breaking the parliamentary deadlock that led President Ebert to dissolve the Reichstag last October. Chancellor Marx faces cabinet discussions followed by talks with Ebert on the next steps.
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Associated Press
Erlin
Reichstag
Ebert
Reichetag
Marx
Marx Wll
Chicago Bank Looted for Large Sum in Robbery
Four robbers held up officials at a Chicago bank on Eryn Mawr Street, looting about $16,000, with other reports noting larger totals of up to $50,000 and $610,000 referenced in the same incident.
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Chicago Bank
Associated Press
Chicago
Dec
Billings Police Find No Clue on 10 Murderer
Billings police and the sheriff center on possible suspects including criminals and drug addicts after the double axe murders of Nels Anderson and his wife at their Minnesota avenue barber shop. Three suspicious individuals were detained and fingerprinted as inquiries continue. Relatives of the victims arrived but offered no solid clues, and inquest ruled the killings were committed with an axe by an unknown person.
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Preas
Billings
Nels Anderson
Minnesota Avenue
Sherifs
Miles City
Anderson
Anitta Erickson
M. PP. Pilkum
Nine Women to Hear Evidence in McCoy Case
Prose cutors say former boxer Norman Selby known as Kid McCoy murdered Theresa Mars over jealousy and theft of her $30,000 jewelry. Opening statements describe drinking, a raid on a Hollywood art shop, and McCoy’s plan to accuse Mars after killing her.
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Associated Press
Los Angeles
Norman Selby
Kid McCoy
Theresa Mars
the Hempen Square
B. J. Dennison
Dennison
McCoy
Seventh Street
Mors
Theresa Mors
Tor
Muscle Shoals Bill Progress Amid Senate Amendments
The Muscle Shoals question advances slowly toward final settlement as the senate disposes of amendments to the Underwood bill. All amendments opposed by Senator Underwood were defeated while those he favored passed with a record vote amid intense debate.
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Dée
Senate
Underwood
Eure
Witness testifies Mortimer paid Forbes 5000 in Chicago hotel
Elias H. Mortimer, first government witness in the Forbes Thompson fraud trial, says he delivered $5,000 in cash to Col. Forbes in a Chicago hotel on June 20, 1922. He testified Forbes was veterans bureau director and Mortimer acted as an agent for Thompson & Black bidding on hospital contracts.
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Veterans’ Bureau
Chicago
Associated Press
Elias H. Mortimer
Charles R. Forbes
J. W. Thompson
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Thompson
Thompson & Black
James 8. Kasby-Smith
Senate Committee
Veterans' Bureau
Frank A. Vanderlip
New York
Veterans’ Ag Administration
Washington
Vanderlip
Wheeler
Senate
Coast Authorities to Launch Inquiry Into Ince's Death
San Diego county opens inquiry into the death of Thomas H. Ince, a motion picture producer, who died in Los Angeles after returning from a yacht party in San Diego Bay. Doctors cite acute indigestion leading to heart failure, with nurses noting a claim of ill health from bad liquor.
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Ince
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Los Angeles Times
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World powers pledge support to Peking government
Diplomatic representatives of the United States Great Britain Japan France Belgium Italy and The Netherlands advised the Peking provisional government that they would give full support provided it fulfills all treaty conventions and engagements entered into by its predecessors.
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Japan
France
Belgium
Italy
Netherlands
Peking Provisional Government
Duke Endows Major Education Trust in Carolinas
Charlotte, Dec. 9. James B. Duke, noted power magnate, has committed forty six million dollars of his fortune to establish a trust fund. The money will support educational charitable and religious purposes, primarily in North and South Carolina.
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James B. Duke
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Caro
Montana Debaters Defeat Oxford Team in Local Debate
University of Montana defeated the University of Oxford in Montanas debate last night on the referendum as an essential part of representative government. An audience vote favored Montana: 541 to 186.
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Missoula
Dec
University of Montana
University of Oxford
England
Montana
Former U S Supreme Court Justice Mahlon Pitney Dies
Former Justice Mahlon Pitney, retired due to paralysis after two strokes, died today at his home in Washington. He had left the bench 18 months ago and remained conscious until the end despite a long illness. The death came as a shock to colleagues on the Supreme Court.
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Associated Prete
Washington
Supreme Court
Mahlon Pitney
Justice Pitney
Umea
Motorman Blamed For Fatal Crash
The coroner's inquest found the motorman negligent in the death of Gene Stratton Porter, novelist and naturalist, after a street car struck her automobile in Los Angeles. No district attorney representative attended the inquest, so no official statement on charges was released.
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Associated Press
Los Angeles
Gene Stratton Porter
District Attorney
Britain’s new parliament poised for long session and debts debate
London: After the king opened Parliament, Prime Minister Baldwin outlined government aims with Labour and Liberal leaders signaling their views. The session will mostly be talks before a Christmas recess, with upcoming debates on inter allied debts and Britain’s tax burden as Lloyd George criticizes omissions in the royal address.
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Associated Press
London
Stanley Baldwin
Commons
House of Commons
Westminster
Winston Rea Cer Churchill
Lloyd George
Great Britain
United States
France
New York Tribune Wins Income Tax Case
A federal jury acquitted the New York Tribune company in an income tax case after a brief trial. District Attorney Hayward said he would seek a new indictment with plans to take the case to the Supreme Court, as four witnesses testified for the prosecution and none for the defense.
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Associated Press
New York
New York Tribune Company
Hayward
United States Supreme Court
Knox
Herald
Hays Urges Fair Pay for Clergy at Presbyterian Conference
Chicago reports former Postmaster General Will Hays addressing 1,590 delegates at the National Presbyterian conference. He condemns underpaid preachers as an economic and moral crime and backs a fifteen million dollar service pension plan to sustain church leadership and influence amid rising civilization.
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Chicago
Dec
Will H. Hays
National Presbyterian Conference
Presbyterian Church
United States of America
Hays
Church of Christ
General Assembly
America
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