President Coolidge backs Wilkins Arctic expedition plan
President Coolidge endorses the Detroit Arctic expedition sponsored by the American Geographical Society and Detroit groups. In a White House letter to William Mayo, he expresses keen interest and highlights potential aviation benefits. Wilkins will command the flight from Point Barrow on March 21.
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North American Newspaper Alliance
Detroit
Coolidge
American Geographical Society
Detroit Aviation Society
William B. Mayo
Ford Motor Company
White House
Mr. Mayo
Fritsche
North Pole
America
Arctic
Calvin Coolidge
Polar Sea
George H. Wilkins
Point
Barrow
Wilkins
Governor Erickson Foresees Prosperity for Montana in 1925
Helena December 23 Governor Erickson delivers a Christmas message to Montanans saying 1925 will bring one of the merriest holidays and a prosperous new year. He urges citizens to share in better times ahead as the Treasure State recovers economically.
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Associated Press
Helena
Erickson
Montana
Butler dismissed as Philadelphia public safety chief in clash over Prohibition
Brig. Gen. Smedley D. Butler is removed as Philadelphia director of public safety after releasing correspondence with Mayor W Freeland Kendrick. Butler accuses Kendrick of moral cowardice in enforcing Prohibition, saying the mayor ordered him to lay off big places. Kendrick offers no comment and appeals for support in enforcing the law. Assistant Director George W. Elliott succeeds Butler.
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Associated Press
Philadelphia
Smedley D. Butler
Public Safety of
Butler
Kendrick
George W. Elliott
General Butler
Pope decries lack of religion and pest of government
Pope Pius XI denounces secular governments without church input and urges Christ the King devotion to end the pest. He says Christ's empire has been denied and church rights to teach and govern fallen to civil power, with some states denying God and reducing religion to contempt.
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Associated Press
Rome
Pius XI
Christ
Church
God
Christmas Livestock Big Item of Express Co
The Butte office reports a record Christmas season with 15 to 20 percent more trade than 1924. Daily but heavy tonnage, 190 to 175 tons during Christmas week, included wild buffaloes, a rugged Montana range horse, dogs and pianos, plus large valuable gifts shipped to California and beyond.
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Montana
American Express Company
Butte
Express
B. A. Benton
Mr. Benton
Gardner
California
No One in Butte Will Be Without a Holiday Dinner
The article reports that over 500 families received a week’s supplies from the Joshers, the Salvation Army will feed 166 families and provide 400 toys, and crippled children in Butte received 1006 toys plus candy and nuts. details continue on Page 9.
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Butte
Joshers
Galvation Army
Tidal wave devastates Yap in speculative report
A Hochi Sha Tokyo Honolulu report claims Yap Island in the North Pacific was wiped out by a tidal wave with all houses gone and fears of further damage to nearby islands. No independent confirmation has emerged and Yap’s strategic ties to the Yap Guam cable add geopolitical note.
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Associated Press
San Francisco
Carolina
North Pacific
Hochi Sha
Honolulu
Japan
Germany
United States
America
Reindeer Killings Spark Childs Christmas Fear on Montana Street
A sawed off car with two tied vehicles sped past Ketks temple while a Christmas tree blaze lit the ground floor. A mother and child watch in terror as the little girl sobs that Santa will not bring gifts after she believes reindeer were killed by the crash.
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Montana Street
Mama
Santa
Navy awards contract for 24 single engine bombing planes
Glenn L. Martin announces that the United States Navy has awarded his Cleveland based company a contract to build 24 single engine bombing planes at a total cost of 803 006 dollars. The announcement was made in Santa Ana California on December 23.
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Associated Press
Santa Ana
Cal
Glenn Ll. Martin
Cleveland
Ohio
United States Navy
Farm bloc seeks direct surplus disposal plan opposed by administration
Washington dispatch says western farm leaders will push for direct surplus disposal through an export corporation beyond the cooperative marketing measure favored by the administration. They seek government action to buy and sell surplus crops despite Coolidge and Jardine opposition to price fixing or a government agency. Continued on Page 9.
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Associated Press
Washington
Congressional Farm Bloc
Western Farm Belt
Coolidge
Jardine
Padlock Parade Opens in Gotham to Close 41 Venues
United States Attorney Buckner leads a holiday padlock drive in New York City with four deputy marshals and prohibition agents to seal 41 cabarets night clubs and restaurants. The campaign builds on prior actions against 14 and 30 alleged violators.
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Associated Press
New York
White Hight
United States
Buckner
Clergy urge resumption of anthracite talks
Sixteen Catholic clergymen representing 85 percent of the coal miners in Luzerne and Lackawanna counties urged W. W. Inglis and John L. Lewis to resume negotiations. They warned that failure to agree should go to impartial arbitration and cited economic losses from the strike as a key impact on workers and operators.
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Associated Prose Scranton
W. W. Inglis
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
Luzerne
Lackawanna
Wilkes-Barre
Texas Governor Frees 13 Convicts in Christmas Clemency
Governor Miriam A. Ferguson granted two full and 41 conditional pardons in a Christmas clemency move, increasing her total to 1,196 since taking office. The action sets a Texas record for clemency and follows prior furloughs paroles and remissions. the surprise decision came after earlier indications that 40 pardons would end the year.
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Associated
Crees
Austin
Miriam A. Ferguson
Texas
Coolidge Considers League Invitation for Disarmament Talks
President Coolidge weighs congressional views on whether to sanction participation in a preliminary Geneva meeting to draft an agenda for a global disarmament conference. Senate leaders Borah Moses Lenroot divide over preparticipation approval and funding as Lenroot signals majority favor acceptance.
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Associated P
Washington
Coolidge
League
Borah
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Moses
New Hampshire
Lenroot
Wisconsin
Geneva
League of Nations
White House
Mrs Coolidge Soothes Crying Child At Hospital Visit
Mrs Coolidge on a pre Christmas trip to children’s hospitals calmed a frightened crippled boy by kissing away his tears and smiling, while Santa hosted a party for the youngsters. She comforted a red haired girl as photographers lined up, and reassured a wary boy with a lap request before the flash.
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Associated Press
Washington
Christmas Gift for Heir of Longtime Miner Miss Burns
Miss Mildred Burne, a San Francisco student nurse, is named heir to about 2360 dollars from the estate of Mike Earley. A judge ordered the funds turned over to her, with the money having resided in a Butte bank for six years. Earley, once a prospector, deposited 300 and 300 and 2000 in 1918, later died in a Butte lodging house. The next Christmas Eve will reveal the gift.
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Mildred Burne
San Francisco
Butte
William W. Carroll
Mike Earley
Miss Burns
Miss Burne
Farley
Butte Y. M. Co. A
W. A. Clark and Brother Bank
Earley
Madge B. Duggan
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