Hoover scales back radio legislation push
Secretary Hoover withdraws support for new radio laws, urging the Marine and Fisheries Committee to slow down until industry growth stabilizes. White and department officials clash over licensing powers and the scope of regulation as Congress weighs a revised bill.
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Washington
Secretary of Commerce
Hoover
Congress
Representative White
Maine
Marine and Fisheries Committee
Rom
House
White
Department of Commerce
Mary Miles Minter Seen in Norfolk With Naval Officer
Mary Miles Minter, once a film star, arrived in Norfolk with Lieutenant Commander H H Ridder, commander of the Collier Jason. Crowds watched them as they strolled the streets, with Minter lodging in a local hotel for several days while Ridder prepares to sail to Southern waters next week.
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Norfolk
Mary Miles Minter
H. H. Rider
U. N
Jason
Naval Base
Missie
Ridder
Miss Minter
McClellan Found Guilty of Murder in Simms Stabbing
Fred A. McClellan, 22, was found guilty of murder in Rockville circuit court for stabbing Thomas A. Simms, a wealthy contractor, to death in a quarrel over Simms’ wife. Defense quickly filed a motion for a new trial.
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Rockville
Dee
Fred A. McClellan
Thomas A. Simms
Simms
U S Vice Consul Shot in Belgrade
U S vice consul Harry Dayton was shot three times by a Lithuanian woman who then killed herself. Dayton was severely wounded and the woman's motive remained unclear as the case developed.
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London
Harry Dayton
U. S
Belgrade
Marines to Withdraw From Nicaragua on January 1
Washington reports that after a century of civil conflict Nicaragua has settled into peace and American Marines who have guarded Americans and interests since 1912 will be withdrawn on January 1, as learned at the State Department.
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Washington
Nicaragua
State Department
Toda
Threats Move Guards To Heightened Vigilance For Parliament
Scotland Yard plans tight protection for the King and Queen at Parliament’s opening after Lord Allenby warned Egyptian extremists plot violence in England. The British High Commission in Cairo says Cabinet members and high officials may be targeted. A close guard surrounds the threatened officials.
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London
Scotland Yard
Lord Allenby
England
British High Commission
Cairo
Air Service Gets Funds For New Planes In War Budget
Secretary Weeks and War Department heads press for stronger air service funding as the 338.6 million dollar War Department budget allows a one million dollar increase for new planes engines and accessories. Cuts threaten National Guard strength and reserve officer training while housing expansion gains support at army posts. In Key West the Steamship New Toronto ran aground near the American Shoals and the tug Warbler is en route to assist.
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Lloyd Lehreas
I. N
Washington
War Weeks
War Department
Army
Warbraint
National Guard
Weeks
Congress
Keywest
Fla
New Toronto
American Shoals
Warbler
Steamer Cigale Missing with 12 Crew and 40 Passengers
London dispatch reports the steamer Cigale missing in the Indian Ocean with a crew of twelve and forty passengers aboard.
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London
Central News Dispatch Today
India Ocean
Fatty Arbuckle May Marry Again
Roscoe Arbuckle plans to wed screen actress Doris Deane after a Paris divorce decree for Mrs Minta Durfee Arbuckle. Deane, once rumored engaged to Jack Dempsey, is linked to Arbuckle as he stays at Gouveneur Morris’s Monterey home while denying the reports.
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Los Angeles
Cal
Minta Durfee Arbuckle
Paris
Roscoe Arbuckle
Doris Deane
San Francisco
Easy Money Wings Through Detroit Justice Case
Cameron Moore of Detroit confessed to police he drove the getaway car in a Cleveland Trust Co robbery last Friday. He said he received $1,000, spent $800 in a crap game, and used much of the rest on food and lawyers. About $17,000 in stolen cash vanished.
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Cleveland
Cameron Moore
Detroit
Cleveland Trust Co
Athens County Community Chest funds climb past six thousand
Progress report shows Athens city contributors already surpassing $6,000 for the Community Chest with workers from multiple sectors still to report. University faculty pledges and Athens State hospital contributions push totals, as business leaders join in this charity drive driven by the Golden Rule.
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Athens
Ohio University
Athens State Hospital
Heavy train guts way through trolley at Oakland wreck
Five people are known dead and many others injured after a Sacramento-San Francisco Railway electric train plowed into a crowded Key Route Ferry train in dense fog and rain. Co. N. O'Loughlin of San Francisco is named among the dead with four others unidentified.
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Oakland
Calif
Co. N. O'Loughlin
San Francisco
State Refuses 10 Abandon Efforts in Woman's Passing
Columbus, Dec. 5. Coroner Murphy says Mrs Addie Sheatsley died by her own action. Pathologist Brundage and chemist Long say she was dead before entering the furnace. County Prosecutor King will continue the furnace case investigation and hand a threatening letter to postal authorities.
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Columbus, CO
J. A. Murphy
Addie Sheatsley
C. V. Sheatsley
H. M. Brundage
Dc. F. Long
John R. King
Tuffalo
N. Y
Sheatsley
King
Murphy
Brundage
Long
West in grip of severe winter blizzards and outages
Chicago reports one of the worst storms of the year as blizzards sweep Utah Idaho Montana the Dakotas and Nebraska with ten inches of snow at Sioux City and widespread wire outages. Air service struggles as eastward flights face delays while Chicago sees sleet turn to rain amid high winds threatening Lake shipping.
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Chicago
Utah
Idaho
Montana
Dakotas
Nebraska
Sioux City
Iowa
Omaha
Air Mil
Lake Shippim
Mexico's Oil Fields Promise Vast Future Growth
Mexico projects a strong petroleum future with vast unexploited fields. Government figures show 1924 saw 247 new wells and 11,655 barrels daily output, while total state production nears 150 million barrels despite rebel disruptions near Tampico and Vera Cruz.
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Mexico City
Mexico
Wella
Republic
de la Huerta
Tampico
Vera Cruz
Death by electric chair for James Avant in Columbus
James Avant, 41, of Youngstown, colored, was executed in the Columbus penitentiary for the April 9 killing of Mrs. Elizabeth Stittle. He prayed for forgiveness as one electric shock ended the crime by crushing her skull with a piece of iron.
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Columbus
James Avant
Youngstown
Elizabeth Stittle
Avant
Belmont County Fair Board elects Hoddinott farm agent
St Clairsville Ohio J 8. Hoddinott Belmont County farm agent elected to Belmont County Fair Board. He is credited with organizing the largest display of farm products at the county fair’s seventh annual event last September.
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ST. Clairsville
O.—J
Hoddinott
Belmont County
Belmont County Fair Board
Murderer Haarmann Keeps Courage in German Trial
Hanover reports Fritz Haarmann the so called vampire killer in court today joked through the proceedings. He boasted of his killings and mocked the crowd as spectators fill the tiny court room with cards needed for entry to witness the grisly tale.
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Hanover
Germany
Fritz Haarmann
Fritz
Japan Ready to Consider Disarmament Conference
Tokyo officials told International News Service that Japan would sympathetically consider any U S proposal for a disarmament conference. Officials said Japan opposes limits on auxiliary craft are unofficial, and reports by the press misstate the official view.
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Tokio
Japan
United States
Foreign Office
Indicted Leaders Named in Steubenville Narcotics Ring
Seven teens suspected of leading a narcotics ring based in Steubenville were indicted by a federal grand jury. Named as alleged leaders are John Swan of Steubenville James Johnson of Pittsburgh and Earl Artis of Brooklyn New York on charges of conspiracy illegal possession and illegal sale of drugs. Co defendants Adkins Greg William Rogers Ralph May Bosto Robert Lee B Bradley Albert Brooks James Gibbons and Sam Roga also charged with illegal purchase and sale of narcotics. Rents reportedly will be paid next week.
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Columbus
Eseventeen
Steubenville
John Swan
James Johnson
Pittsburgh
Earl Artis
Brooklyn
N. Y
Adkins
Greg William Rogers
Ralph and
May Bosto
Robert Lee
B. Bradley
Albert Brooks
James Gibbons
Sam Roga
Ma Ferguson Sets House Rent Sign in Temple
Temple Texas December 5 Governor elect Ma Ferguson posted a house for rent sign with a children barred clause. She explained the clause symbolic and said children are dear but furniture had no room for them in the home she will move into at Austin.
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Temple
Tex
Ma” Ferguson
Austin
Senate acts on Muscle Shoals debate amendments
The Senate resumes Muscle Shoals discussion with two amendments to the Underwood bill. One by McKellag bars transfer to foreign citizens or corporations if not disposed by July. The other by McNary proposes FTC control if dam properties are leased.
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Washington
Senate
Alabama
McKellag
Tennessee
McNary
Oregon
Federal Trade Commission
Washington reports no official word on Day ton shooting
The State department has received no information about the reported shooting of Harry Almond Dayton American vice consul at Belgrade. Dayton age 27 was born in Atlanta Georgia. EXPAND BUSINESS
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Washington
State Department
Harry Almond Dayton
Belgrade
Dayton
Atlanta
Lima Defiance railroad plans four development projects
R C May vice president of Defiance announced four development projects for the Lima Defiance railroad company. The electric spur line between Lima and Defiance has operated since its reorganization a year ago.
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Defiance, C
Lima-Defiance Railroad Company
Lima
Defiance
R. C. May
Schooner Rachel W Stevens Found Derelict Seventy Miles Off Hatteras
The Rachel W Stevens from New York is a derelict with decks awash about sixty miles southeast of Cape Hatteras. Its crew of ten men is missing, Coast Guard officials reported today.
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New York
Rachel W. Stevens
Cape Hatteras
UN States Coast Guard
Four R s in Education Radio Returns to Class
Arthur Brisbane notes school children embrace four R s reading writing arithmetic and radio guiding their grasp of new discoveries. He suggests teenagers intuitively handle automobiles and youngsters tune radios to receive music over static, hinting at changing teacher control.
Miners to Vote on Union Leaders Across Nation
About 600,000 United Mine Workers members will cast ballots December 9 for international district and sub-district officers. International slate includes President John S. Lewis and George Voyzer, Vice President Philip Murray and Arley Staples, and William Green for Secretary-Treasurer. Delegates to the AFL Convention also elected, with many nominees from Ohio Indiana Illinois Pennsylvania and beyond.
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Bridgeport. O
United Mine Workers of America
John S. Lewis
Springfeld
George Voyzer
Verona
Philip Murray
Pittsburgh
andsArley Staples
Christopher
William Green
Coshocton
Joseph Nearing
Reserve Mines
Nova Scotia
Canada
Albert Neutaling
Glen Carbon
Inl
John J. Mossop
Bowdil
Ohio
T. G. Morgan
Linton
Ind
James Murphy
Cherry
Iil
William Gillen
Bicknell
George Temperley
Roslyn
Wash
Thomas Paskell
Shawnee
Springfield
Samuel Pascoe
Farmington
Til
John J. Watts
Mil
William J. Sneed
Herrin
George Mercer
Canton
Frank Ledvinka
Bridgeport
T. J. Roberts
Terre Haute
Robert Farmer
Bellaire
John Young
Adam Getto
Bentleyville
James Morgan
Cheyenne
Wyo
Anton Koch
Muskogee
Okla
Gus Fritz
Belleville
William Hartness
Joe Bosone
Billings
Mont
Toll collector abducted and robbed on bridge route
Bridgeport report says William Brinkmann, toll collector on the Bridgeport to Cadiz route, was robbed of 12 dollars and his watch and then kidnapped to Cadiz, Ohio, released by two armed men near 4 AM. The thieves headed toward Cleveland. two Wheeling Traction Co workers found the missing keeper is absent.
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Bridgeport
William Brinkmann
Wheeling
Cadiz
Cleveland
Wheeling Traction Company
The Day Offers Free Peace Issues on Streets
London weekly The Day will distribute free copies when possible to press without war news. So far every issue has been sold at a price, reflecting a public demand for wartime restraint.
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London
Chafin Trial Postponed to April Term in Federal Case
In Charleston West Virginia December 6 the trial of Sheriff Don Chafin Circuit Judge Brand and Prosecutor John Chafin all of Logan county will be continued to the April term of Federal court when the case is called December 11 Officials said Judge McClintic plans to request a second judge to sit but none may be available before April The indictment charges them with intimidating witnesses
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Charleston
W. Va
Don Chafin
Brand
John Chafin
Logan County
McClintic
One Lump of Sugar Contains Concentrated Sweetness
A single lump of sugar is described as offering the sweetness of roughly two feet of sugar cane, illustrating its strong flavor and compact form.
Kidnap Report From Covington Convent Involving 15-Year-Old
Cincinnati police were asked to aid Covington Kentucky authorities in locating Hattie Glass a 15 year old kidnapped from the Good Shepherd convent. She had been placed there by Juvenile Court authorities in Fayette County Kentucky. Five women and a man dressed as a sailor abducted the girl after late yesterday.
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Cincinnati
Covington
Hattie Glass
Good Shepherd
Fayette County
Death by own action at county infirmary described
Rodney Hamilton 74 died Thursday night after leaping from a window at the county infirmary near Chaunicey Ohio. Coroner ruled death self inflicted amid senescence anxieties. Body found Friday morning after ward mates noted his absence. Funeral plans delayed pending family contact.
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Chauncey
Rodney Hamilton
Here
Hamilton
L. W Sanders
Millfield
Dougherty
Weevarde
Athens County Fair Board to Elect Officers Saturday
The annual meeting and officer election of the Athens County Fair board will be held in the jury room of the courthouse at 12:30 Saturday. The session will cover plans for the 1925 fair and related arrangements.
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Athens County Fair Board
Mysterious Scissor Thief Strikes Liverpool Shops
Police focus on a masked thief who enters reading shops in Liverpool, robs the clerk, and escapes with a bag full of scissors. The burglaries have caused concern among local shopkeepers and readers alike.
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Liverpool
Murder claim surrounds Cleveland officer death
A mystery anonymous message declares that the death of former Cleveland police officer Edward Dvorak, found hanged in his Euclid village home cellar, was murder. Cleveland and Euclid village police investigate, following Dvorak’s 1921 dismissal for robbing a whiskey runner.
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Cleveland
Edward Dvorak
Cleveland and Euclild Village
Dvorak
Eucil Village
Republican leaders oust Senator Ladd from steering committee
Washington dispatch reports that in line with party caucus edict opposing insurgents in new assignments, Republican leaders decide to remove Senator Ladd of North Dakota from the Republican steering committee.
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Washington
Senator Ladd
North Dakota
Republican Steering Committee
Street Robbery Suspect Nabbed in Cincinnati
Edward Neubauer was arrested on a robbery charge in Cincinnati. Police found in his pocket a schedule of payroll deliveries to pine firms. He is a chauffeur.
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Cincinnati
Edward Neubauer
Iic
Coolidge Travels Through Chicago En Route to Washington
President Coolidge and Mrs Coolidge endured a crowded 13 hour stay in Chicago with speeches at the Chamber of Commerce and Stock Show. The train carried the president eastward in a public car as he pledges continued agricultural support and reform. The itinerary includes J F Coupal physician Captain Andrews naval aide and press corps for the journey via Cumberland.
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George FP. Durno
I. N
Washington
Coolidger
Chicago
Coolidyge
Coolidge
Cumberland
J. F. Coupal
Nace Andrewsa
Annual Memorial Service for Elks Held Sunday
The Elks lodge plans a memorial service at two o'clock Sunday in the Bike with a program including music, anthems, vocal and piano solos, and a memorial address by Brother J. Patterson. Officers and members anticipate heavy attendance and a solemn, non ritualistic ceremony led by Chaplain Brother John Gross.
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Elks
America
Lodge
John Gross
Wesley
Woolson
Messers
Officers Lodge
Rodo
Lois Cecil
J. Patterson
Christ
Flanders
Ward Stephson
Lee Tom
Joebn
J. L. Pickering
Buck
Senate approves eight major generals for National Guard units
Washington December 5 Senate military affairs committee approved eight major generals in the reserve corps to command National Guard units in as many states.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate Military Affairs Today
Free United States Map for Schoolchildren
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