France Denies War Debt Repudiation Amid Budget Row
Washington reports an embassy denial of debt repudiation after a French budget sheet omitted US debt references. Paris insists obligations will be met and the omission reflects French law not intent. Administration disputes any cancellation while Congress debates the issue.
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Associated Press
Washington
France
United States
Ministry of Finance
Congress
Senate
House
Hughes
Trinity College to Be Duke University
Trinity College announces it will change its name to Duke University reflecting James B. Duke's plans for expansion. The move grants Trinity an immediate 6 million dollars for building and ongoing 32 percent of 80 percent of the Duke trust income, with a 40 million dollar fund to support education and religious work in the Americas.
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Durham
N. C
James B. Duke
Charlotte
New York
Duke University
Trinity College
Trinity
Duke
North
South America
Butte Youth Sentenced for Murder in Renova Store Crime
From Deer Lodge to the penitentiary for 18 to 30 years the Butte youth faced sentence for taking part in the murder of Renova storekeeper Al Johnson. Roy Walsh, slated for hanging, saw last minute clemency hopes and Hughes claimed to fire the fatal shot. Johnson’s appeal denial by the state supreme court left only executive clemency as a possible lifeline.
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Butte
Deer Lodge
al Johnson
Renova
Roy Walsh
Hughes
Walsh
State Supreme Court
Butte Youth Takes Blame in Johnson Killing
Arthur Hughes a Butte youth serving 18 to 80 years for murder of Al Johnson says he fired the shot that killed the Renova storekeeper to save partner Roy Walsh from the gallows. Walsh, sentenced to death for the shooting during an attempted Renova holdup, will have his death time fixed in January as reports say Hughes confessed. County officials collected statements from both men in Deer Lodge.
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Arthur Hughes
Butte
al Johnson
Renova
Roy Walsh
Deer Lodge
Walsh
Supreme Court
Jefferson County
Johnson
Hughes
Howard Johnson
Jack Mountjoy
Deer
Murderer of Five Sentenced to Hang in Illinois
WHEATON Ill Dec 29 John Kammerer 48 was sentenced to hang Feb 13 for the slaying of Mrs Otto Eder of Villa Park He has admitted killing her husband and their three small children in the same crime spree.
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Associated Press
Wheaton
Ill
John Kammerer
Otto Eder
Villa Park
Three Babies Survive Deep Cold In Anaconda Home
City Health Officer and Fire Chief report three toddlers aged 2 4 and 5 found in sub zero home on Elm Street Anaconda lacking warmth with one year old exposed on floor Father recently released from hospital attempted to light a fire mother said to be demented Deputy Humane Officer to take charge of the children Condemnation order expected and further mental health evaluations planned for parents Food and fuel reportedly provided despite scarce usage amid filthy conditions and risk of disease
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McKenzie
Collins
Elm Street
Anaconda
Paul Ozanne
Butte
Stems
Theen
Testimony Controverted in Northampton Veterans Bureau Trial
Eight defense witnesses testified that Elias H. Mortimer, principal government witness, had a bad reputation for truth and would not be believed under oath. The defense questioned Mortimer's credibility amid details of the Forbes Thompson conspiracy case and the Northampton hospital contract awarded to the Pontiac Construction Company.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Forbes-Thompson Veterans’ Bureau
Elias H. Mortimer
Veterans’ Bureau
Charles R. Forbes
Mortimer
Bureau
J. W. Thompson
St. Louis
Pontiac Construction Company of
Detroit
Veterans’ Hospital
Northampton
Mass
Forbes
John H. McGibbon
White House
Washington
MacGibbon
Thompson
Black
New York City
Jack
Great Lakes
Woodstock
New York
Sherman
Alte
Harold W. Brienine
Northampton Foundation
Pontiac Company
Northeastern Construction Company
Briening
Pontiac
Edwin EB. Green
American Bridge Company
Minneapolis
Herzog
Minneapolis Tool and Machine Company
Davis Denies He Intends To Resign
Secretary of labor James J. Davis, returning to New York from South America, denied a published report that he planned to resign. He said resignation is a matter between the president and him and refused to discuss it. Davis also voiced continued support for selective immigration and higher salaries for immigration and public health services.
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Associated Press
New York
James J. Davis
Santa Teresa
Davin
Tellez Named Mexico Ambassador to United States
Manuel C. Tellez, former charge d affaires at the Mexican embassy in Washington, is appointed ambassador to the United States. The foreign office announced the decision this evening in Mexico City.
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Mexico City
Manuel C. Tellez
Mexicanmbassy
Washington
United States
Foreign Office
Chinese Looters Executed in Kalgan Mutiny Case
Four hundred eighty nine looters and incendiaries were tried and shot at Kalgan railway station for looting in the Kalgan mutiny. Officers admitted taking part. others, including Kalgan’s staff, face future disposition by the national court. Outside troops restored order. foreigners’ properties were robbed.
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Associated Press
Peking
Kalgan
Chahar
Rossi memorandum widens rift in Italian fascist ranks
From Rome December 29 the Rossi memorandum deepens the split in Italian politics. Mussolini receives a strong ovation from fascist editors while opposition circles push for new charges and possible successors. The government shows no sign of resignation despite calls for change.
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Associated Press
Rome
Rossi
Matteotti
Mussolini
Giolitti-Orlando
Cattle Industry First for Aid Under New Plan
Minneapolis Dec 29 The agricultural commissioner by President Coolidge will focus first on cattle aid calling it the sickest industry in agriculture Dean W C Coffey of the University of Minnesota said He noted a bill proposing 7500000 to establish government machinery for cooperative marketing and added land policy questions for 181000000 acres of domain and a shift from liberal land distribution to curb overproduction.
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Associated Press
Minneapolis
Agricultural Commissionee
Cooldge
W. C. Coffey
University of Minnesota Agricultural Department
Dean Coffey
Wheat Reaches $2 on St Louis Market
Wheat sold today for 2.90 a bushel in St Louis, the highest since government price controls ended in 1921. A car of No 2 red topped the market with the day’s peak price.
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ST. Louis
Associated Press
Livingston Charged With Jagkoon Murder in 1923 Case
An information charging first degree murder was filed against Albert O. Livingston before Judge Jeremiah J. Lynch. Livingston, found beside Mrs. Margaret Jackson’s body on East Park Street, faced Sanity hearings and is expected to plead insanity at trial set for the January jury term.
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Jeremiah J. Lynch
Albert O. Livingston
Margaret Jackson
East Park Street
Livingston
State Hospital
Warm Springs
Kieven
J. M. Dixon
R. L. Hathaway
Butte
J. la Tremblay
Bertha McClernan
Frost damage to orange crops across five counties
Los Angeles December 29 Great damage to orange crops in Los Angeles San Bernardino Riverside Ventura and Orange counties from the recent cold snap is about 25 percent the heaviest in years H J Ryan horticultural commissioner said after a border meeting of county commissioners They will meet with the California Fruit Growers exchange to plan shipping solutions.
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Associated Press
Los Angeles
San Bernardino
Riverside
Ventura
Orange
H. J. Ryan
Ryan
California
Meeker Celebrates 94th Birthday in Beattle
Ezra Meeker of Beattle marked his ninety fourth birthday with more than 660 Washington and Oregon pioneers as guests at a theater. Films shown covered his 1962 ox team journey from Indianapolis to Olympia and an October flight with Lieut. Oakley G. lly.
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Associated Press
Beattle
Ezra Meeker
Indianapolis
Olympia
Wash
Washington and
Oregon
Verdict on 241h Ballot After 78 Hours Reaches Court
Kid McCoy, once a celebrated pugilist, is convicted in Los Angeles Superior Court of manslaughter in the August 12 shooting of Theresa Mars. The jury, after 78 hours in deliberation, calls the verdict a compromise. McCoy vows appeal as sentence is set for Friday at 10 a.m.
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Associated Press
Los Angeles
Kid McCoy
Theresa Mars
McCoy
Balliffe
F. W. Coulther
Los Angeles County
Third Cold Wave Ends Across Middle West
Chicago reports the third severe cold wave breaking as temperatures rise from minus readings to two figures. While moderating across the Northwest and Middle West, the region remains below normal with unsettled weather and a chance of snow or rain. The cold spell extends to the Atlantic seaboard and eastern states with near zero readings easing tonight.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Middle West
Mercury
Rocky Mountains
Northwest
Atlantic Seaboard
Growth of intolerance blamed for social ills says experts
Dr. Charles A. Ellwood of the University of Missouri told a joint meeting of the American Sociological Society the American Statistical Association and the American Economies Association that intolerance is rising worldwide across religion education economics science and government. He cited a secret order expanding on racial religious and political intolerance as evidence. Dr. Louis T. Dublin of Metropolitan Life Insurance warned the population problem is the era’s most vital issue and fuels many prejudices, noting Europe’s war ten years ago reflected such pressures and Japan seeks room to grow.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Charles A. Ellwood
University of Missouri
American Sociological Society
American Statistical Association
American Economies Association
Ellwood
Louis T. Dublin
Metropolitan Life Insurance Company
The
Statistical Association
Europe
Japan
Four Murdered Family Woman Is Prisoner In Logansport
Emma Hobough 24 or 30 is jailed in Logansport Indiana after a mass killing at a Bassler home four relatives including her mother father brother and a three year old daughter were found shot. She refused to answer questions about the deaths and claimed ill treatment.
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Associated Press
Logansport
Ind
Emma Hobough
Ae Achdeen
Walteree
Thomas
Bassler
Henry Bassler
Catherine Bassler
John Bassler
Viola Hobough
Sheets
Judge O F Goddard recalls Montana constitutional era
Judge O F Goddard of Billings, one of 20 survivors of the 76 delegates who drafted Montana’s constitution begun July 4, 1889, reenters the bench to hear a water rights case. He notes Billings’ growth from a tent town to a first class city and recalls political battles, including the 1896 Republican convention split.
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Goddard
Butte
O. F. Goddard
Billings
Montana
Carroll
Lynch
Jackson
Winston
Judge Goddard
Bryan
A. C. Spencer
Thirteenth
Yellowstone
Carbon
Horn
Spencer
Finlen
W. A. Clark
Portland
Loud
Miles City
C.ath Or
Minnesota
William Gow
J. BE. Richard
San Ene
W. R. Ramedell
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