America Was Fooled On Navy Curtailment, Butler Says
Washington December 23 The Associated Press reports Chairman Butler of the house naval affairs committee declares America was fooled into scrapping ships while treaty signatories built more vessels He chairs legislation to authorize ten light cruisers and criticizes international arms talks as driven by fear with quotes on Geneva conference failures and allied nations’ naval expansion and the failure of America to gain enforceable limits He admits he erred in supporting the bill and vows not to repeat the mistake.
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Associated Press
Washington
America
Butler
House
Naval Affairs Committee
Army and Navy Journal
House Naval Affairs Committee
League of Nations
Europe
Ambassador Jay Resigns His Post
Peter Augustus Jay, ambassador to Argentina, has tendered his resignation to President Coolidge. He has been in Buenos Aires less than a year and may be persuaded to remain. His 11 year old daughter died recently, and grief for the loss is said to drive his desire to quit the foreign service. He has been granted leave and is expected to return to Washington in January.
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Associated Press
Washington
Peter Augustus Jay
Argentina
Coolidge
Kellogg
Jay
Buenos Aires
Roumania
State Department
Foreign Service
Romanian King Gets Pay Raise In Parliament Fortunes
Bucharest December 23 King Ferdinand received a salary raise as parliament increased his evil list from 140000 to 200000 dollars a year. Crown Prince Michael’s allowance also rose to 30000 dollars. The king faces medical bills and Queen Marie's American tour expenses.
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Bucharest
Ferdinand
Marie
Michael
Carol
Two Deaths From Baldwin Tavern Explosion
The Baldwin tavern exploded sending debris skyward then collapsing. Salva tore was buried 190 feet away and later died at the hospital. His wife and son were trapped in the wreckage and later found charred among the flames.
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Tage 1
Baldwin
Salvatore
Butte Shatters All Records For Christmas Mail
Parcel post volume soars as thousands of sacks arrive. Christmas day deliveries run all day with carriers making one round each. Substation A closes. post office hours adjusted. some workers given noon break. C O D and special deliveries continue. packing firms provide hot meals.
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Butte
Parc i
Swift Packing Company
Hansen Packing Company
Two Army Flyers Reach Vera Cruz
Captain Foaker said four of five airplanes had taken off from Tampico with one failing to rise. Baker's flight reached Vera Cruz after a difficult takeoff. Sidar, the Mexican guide, reported the Americans were attempting to leave Tampico but provided little detail.
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Foaker
Tampico
Baker
Sidar
Vera Cruz
Chicago opens juvenile institute for treatment of wayward children
Chicago launches the Institute for Juvenile Research to examine every juvenile court case for physical and mental defects. Doctors aim to treat illnesses to reintegrate children into society as assets, not liabilities. The program will card-index youths like Little Johnnie to uncover scientific reasons for delinquency and build a data mass on child mental reactions.
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Fred J. Walker
Chicago
Institute For Juvenile Research
Dr. Adler
Johnnie
Institute
Giant and Midget Partners Take Up Farming Life
Exclusive dispatch from Hornersville Missouri details Captain Shade Shields six feet six and Major William Ray forty one inch former circus giants who became farming partners on a 400 acre farm. Once part of the Sella Brothers troupe they married in 1898 and left show business to till the soil. Now aging they cut acreage but enjoy open sky, a fishing boat and a tiny Ford coupe, reflecting on their circus past and enduring friendship.
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Central Press
Standard
Hornersville
United States
Shade Shields
William Ray
Hornersvile
Knights of the
Sella Brothers
Ray
Mary Anders
Captain Shields
Major Ray
Major Kay
St. Louis
Buster Brown
Tige
Tiges
Major May
Shields
Boulder Teens and Townsfolk Travel in Holiday Visits
Boulder and nearby towns record a flood of holiday trips and social calls. Paul Smith and Alice Smith journeyed to Cardwell to visit classmates, while Charles Steel returns from Bozeman. Many residents—Nugents, Wegrens, Janssen, and Paradise family members—took cars to Butte Basin Helena and Whitehall for visits, business, or church services as December holidays approach.
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Boulder
Paul Smith
Cardwell
Alice Smith
Ruth Glenn
Hoseman
Charles Steel
This City
Bozeman
Servno
James Harr
Salt Lace City
Doris Taylor
Butte
R Se Taylor
Joe Nugent
Missoula
Esther Wegren
Margaret Janssen
Jefferson County
Peoria
W. W. Wahl
Marion
Merial
Kutte
Howard A. Johnson
Ernie Sumner
Whitehall
Joe
Arthur Nurent
Basin
Harold Sumner
Marie
Marie Paradise
R. F. Olsen
Kansas
Sam Goza
Helena
Ned Paradise
Wileen
Clare McCauley
Ben Wahle Sr
San Francisco
Lee Dennis
John G. Brown
Harry Parsons
P. Wilson
Deer Lode
W. D. Rankin
Ella Wallace
Clifford Powell
Jim Kelley
Dillon
Taare Lyman Bennett
Virginia City
Charles Benson
Catherine
Alhambra
W. EF. Jackson
Prew
Truman Hopkins
Carrie Parr
Earl] Williams
Ed Karri
Mayme
Corbin
Arthur
Ethel Kilburne
Tratte Paradise
Veteran Mail Carrier Travels 121000 Miles Without Leaving City
Otis, a 27 year veteran carrier in Butte, has delivered mail on main routes without leaving city. He averages 4500 miles yearly, works every Christmas, and upholds strict duties while declining to mind children or delivery invitations. Postmaster praises him as an excellent carrier with a quarter century service star.
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Oda
Butte
Otis
Dick Brimacombe
Cry of Woman Is Main Murder Clue
Washington Court House Ohio, Dec. 23. A woman's agonized cry of Oh, Sam, don't. was the main clue tonight as officials hunted to find the thieves who early today murdered Mr and Mrs Charles Halterman at their Fayette county farm. The cry preceded Mrs Halterman being killed with a hatchet after her husband was shot with his own shotgun. Sam Satterfield, a farm laborer, was arrested on suspicion and held while threats against Halterman are investigated.
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Associated Press
Washington Court House
Ohio
Sam
Charles Halterman
Fayette County
Sam Satterfield
Halterman
Hairpins Through Half a Century In Kansas Actress
Mrs. Alex Phillip of Hays Kansas reports using ten hairpins daily for fifty years in response to the hairpin mystery. Mrs. Prit preserves a set given in Scotland by her mother when she first tied her hair, still in use after many decades.
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Hays
Kan
Alex Phillip
Tragic Rockmart Train Wreck Claims 30 Lives
The Ponce de Leon and Royal Palm trains collided head on near Rockmart after the southbound Royal Palm waited to pass. A dining car and the adjacent coach were obliterated in a driving rain. At least 30 people killed, with many more injured. victims include women and children. Rescue teams from Rome and Cedartown aided amid darkness and flood conditions. An inquest will follow as officials investigate why siding orders were not followed.
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Rockmart
Rome
Atlanta
Ponce de Leon
Miami
Finn
Moss
Tt. Moss
R. T. Hale
Louisville
W. T. Dines
Pores de Leon
J. Wisenhunt
Aragon
R. J. Dowie Jr
Jacksonville
B. Evans
Kansas City
J. Keith
R. M. Pierce
Keith
Williams
Asmal
Detroit
W. H. Brewer
Associated Press
L. Atwood
S. J. Keith
Southern Railway
Fashionable Girls School Burns Down in Connecticut
Dec 23 report from New London shows Fly Court, a fashionable girls school in Greenwich, Conn, burned to the ground. The holiday closure left about 100 students at home. property losses are estimated above 500000. Fire officials investigate the blaze.
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Fashionable School
Peece
Vwich
Conn
Fly Court
Third former House of David member testifies against Purnell
Lenton Harbor Dec 23 The third former woman member of the House of David accuses colony leader Benjamin Purnell of assault. Mrs Gladys Bamford Rubel testifies that she was mistreated at age 13 as sisters Bamford Reed and Bessie Woodworth recount similar attacks. State police raided the colony earlier. other suits seek property recovery and receivership. Clara Retan joins county prosecutor in advisory role.
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Associated Press
Lenton Harbor
House of David
Benjamin Purnell
Colony
Justice Court
Gladys Bamford Rubel
Ruth Bamford Reed
Parnell
Purnell
Bamford Sisters
Bessie Woodworth
Purnen
Clara Retan
George H. Bookwalter
Hearings Set for February in Teapot Dome Case
The last maneuver to overturn indictments against Albert B. Fall and Starry F. Snelair over the Teapot Dome oil lease to Sinclair’s Mammoth Oil failed. Trial set for February 2 in the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia. Prosecution seeks January start. defense requests March. The Walsh act may compel testimony from Blackmer and ONeill abroad with heavy penalties for noncompliance.
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Associated Presse
Washington
Albert B. .All
Secretary of the Interior
Starry F. Snelair
Teapot Dome
Naval of Reserve
Sinclair
Mammoth Otil Company
Supreme Court of
District of Columbia
Jennings Hailey
Owen J. Roberts
Justice Bailey
United States Supreme Court
Oie
Harry M. Blackmer
James HK. O'Neill
Continental Trading Company
Canada
France
United States District Court
Cheyenne
Wyo
Continental Company
Oll
Congress
Senator Walsh
Montana
Senate
Blackmer
O'Neill
America
Roberts
William E. Lerby
Fall
New Mexico
Elk Hills
Northwest heat high pressure spans region. Irene Kelly commits suicide
An extensive area of high pressure covers the Northwest from the west coast to Minnesota. The crest runs from Central Washington and Oregon through Northern Montana into Eastern Montana. Temperatures stay mostly below freezing, with subzero readings in North Central Montana, North Dakota, and northern provinces by 6 p m. Irene Kelly, 18, a student at Perv.
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Associated Press
Opie
Teoigne
Kalispell
Eare Mikes
Cnc
Tiecies
Calgary
Chigaso
Los Angeles
New York
Portland
Ce St. Paul
C.e
San Francisco
Cae Beattie Cans
Spokane
Wirhetor
Yellowstone
Northwest
Minnesota
Washington
Oregon
Montana
Alberta
Mississippi Valley
North Dakota
Death on Burlington tracks baffled physicians at State Teachers College
A student from State Teachers College was found dead on the Burlington tracks in the early hours, suspected to be suicide. The girl had a history of long sleep spells, with multiple episodes of deep coma lasting 24, 60, and 72 hours over the prior weeks.
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State Teachers’ College
Burlington Tracks
Shop men get increase in Chicago railway crafts
Chicago December 23 A wage increase of three cents an hour for the 12 000 members of the mechanical crafts employed by the Chicago Milwaukee Paul railway was announced today by TM Gillick assistant general manager the new scale becomes effective December 17
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NAVY
Sulon
Geneva
Boulder News
Crack Southern Railroad
B. F. Leonard
Polk County
Mrs. Rubel
David
Golony
Sociated Press
Salem, Neb
Irene Kelly
Perv
His
Wein
Hart Schaffner & Marz Clothes
Wein 'S
Fast
Lntarat Crecesens Shoe
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