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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jan 25, 1926
Page
1
Chicago reports 21 000 automobile deaths in 1925, up 5 percent from 1924, from over 90 cities. Some cities like Los Angeles show decreases, New York state also declines in smaller towns, while overall trend remains uneven nationwide.
Harbin dispatches indicate a rising threat along the Chinese Eastern railroad with telegraph offices down and the Russian trade union building closed by Marshal Chang. Moscow warns of possible emergency measures as Chang Tao Lin seizes communications while urging peace through Japan and Beijing.
New York Jan 24 reports the successful transformation of elements by physicists led by Doctors A Smits and A Karasen of the faculty of the Self Claiming. The achievement marks a milestone in chemistry and physics as theory becomes practice.
Capt Roald Amundsen, the South Pole discoverer, denied attributing support to Dr Frederick Cook’s polar discovery claims. He said he could not form an opinion without studying Cook and Peary observations and noted that his Fort Worth remarks were miscontrued. He stressed only that evidence he judged as unreliable warranted no weight.
A heavy snowstorm sweeps the Southwest, with San Antonio noting the heaviest in 41 years and Del Rio reporting six inches, while Oklahoma and western Texas towns endure icy streets and freezing temperatures. Kansas City reports ongoing snowfall tonight.
A Montana survey shows 46 000 cattle on feed for market on January 1 1926 up from 40 000 year earlier signaling a 16 percent rise. The Billings area accounts for about 36 500 head a drop from 51 000. Sidney and Chinook regions rise with mixed changes elsewhere. Sheep and lambs on feed total about 110 000 head statewide, down from 125 000 a year ago.
Senate leaders square off in a dispute over the court adhesion resolution with a cloture vote possible today unless an agreement is reached. Swanton substitute seen as peeling away opposition while key Republicans and Democrats weigh two thirds support. The House moves to farm relief and naval spending as talks unfold.
Taps will be sounded for Gen John C Greenway a prominent Arizona mining figure buried in Ajo Tuesday at 9 a.m. His body is coming by special car from New York City where he died. People from across the state will travel to pay last tribute to the former soldier and pioneer.
A Swedish royal party led by Gustavus Adel will tour Yellowstone and major cities in the country starting in May. They plan to stay in the United States until August 1 before sailing on the new liner to Europe. The itinerary includes stops across continents and ends with a return voyage to Europe.
Will Hays announces a major cleanup of filmdom. A central casting bureau will be the sole entry to film work, emphasizing good character and acting ability. The Motion Picture Producers and Distributors of America will channel all screen employment through this bureau, ending private agencies and ads.
The American Federation of Labor and other groups plan a campaign from a Washington headquarters to modify the national prohibition amendment. They will urge stronger enforcement and present witnesses to hearings arguing the Volstead Act fuels corruption, crime, and disrespects law and authority nationwide.
Martin Durkin, a Chicago gunman held on murder charges for killing two officers, attended Sunday religious services in a St Louis jail for the first time. He joined other prisoners in a Salvation Army service but at noon went out for a burglar cellmate.
The Solvang crew of the Norwegian steamer were saved tonight after the ship collided with the oil tanker Vacuum near Winter Quarters Lightship. Three were believed drowned. The Vacuum, en route to New York from Texas City, was later located by a radio message.
House Ways and Means Chairman Green denounces the senate finance committee bill as unacceptable citing inheritance tax repeal and a $340 million discrepancy. The passage faces House opposition as Smoot aims to push the measure before March 1 and reopens debate on the estate tax and related provisions.
MacReady aims to soar to 40 000 feet next week to break the existing height record held by M Callizo. A previous trial was postponed for plane alterations but successful tests have now been completed.
In New York on January 24, a Solvang sinking emergency disrupted three quarters of the planned test time of the third international broadcasting tests. North America briefly led the air with music and messages as Europe South America and the rest of the world tuned in. Walter Damrosch delivered a tribute broadcast before the tests continued into the night.
After questioning, David the Marshal was arrested and charged with murder in connection with the slaying of Miss Anna Say, whose head was found near Blea Dietrich. Detectives reported a bloody stump and floor covered with evidence at the scene.
Cardinal Mercier who led Belgian resistance during German occupation lies in state at the archiepiscopal palace as crowds and wounded soldiers pay tribute. Messages from rulers including Kellogg for President Coolidge arrive as Belgium prepares a state funeral likely to be a national tribute of grand pomp.
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