Coolidge Approves Building Ten US Cruisers
President Coolidge, after pleas from the naval affairs committee, approves a plan to construct ten new cruisers for the U S Navy. The White House and committee chairmen announce the move, amid whispers it may influence the upcoming disarmament talks.
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Coolidge
House Naval Committee
Washington
Naval Affairs
Tatler
Naval Committee
White House
United States
Abe Young Awaits Sentence in Manslaughter Case
MARTHUR December 18 Abe Young Hamden marshal awaited sentence today on a manslaughter charge. He was found guilty yesterday by the jury of killing Charles KR Bickley. Witnesses showed Bickley deaf and perhaps mistook Young for a robber, and Young shot him six times when he resisted.
Dope Cure Promises Narcotic and Alcohol Addiction Fix
A. B. Horovitz, a Russian biochemist, claims 15 years of work yield Narcogan a non drug cure neutralizing toxins in the body. Only 1 of 866 treated under neurologists failed. Nargesan is water soluble vitamins with non-specific ingredients. Experiments conducted on Welfare Island in New York City.
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Horovitz
Aussian
Nargesan
Welfare Island
New York City
Ormiston Surrenders, Seeks Bond Reduction in Major Case
Kenneth G. Ormiston, a phantom defendant linked to the Ames Semple matter, walked into the Los Angeles district attorney’s office and asked for his $1,000 bond to be reduced to $2,500. He received arraignment date set for December 27 and faces a conspiracy to obstruct justice charge. He may stand trial with Mrs. McPherson and her mother, Minnie Kennedy, at an undetermined date.
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Lincoln Quarberg
Liam Weiler
Los Angeles
Kenneth G. Ormiston
Atmes Semple NM
Ormiston
Justier
McPherson
Minnie Kennedy
John H Berry Elected President Of Officers Association
Columbus December 18 1940 state hospital and welfare officials met to discuss administration issues. Dr John H Berry of Athens was elected president of the Managing Officers association and Dr W H Pritchard of Columbus state hospital was named secretary. Laborer William Colvin died suddenly in England weighing 244 pounds 2 ounces heart weight reported.
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Columbus
State Department of Welfare
John H. Berry
Athens
Managing Officers’ Association
W. H. Pritchard
Columbus State Hospital
Hull
Eng
William Colvin
Unseasonal Cold Wave Strains Eastern Cities
Washington dispatch reports an unexpected Atlantic coast cold wave that caught many unprepared. Weather forecaster Weightman said a storm system moved from Madison Bay and reached U S shores without warning. Hundreds of families in poorer districts were left short of fuel, and municipal lodging houses quickly filled to shelter the cold.
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Washington
United Pressy
Atlantic
Balimanyx
Weightman
U. S. Weather Bureau
Atlantic States
Madson Bay
United States
Weather Bureau
Simitar
Defense Begins Efforts To Batter Pat McDermott Trial
Canton December report on Val McDermott murder trial shows defense calling nine witnesses to refute prosecution testimony about the killing of militant editor Donny Melrett. State rests after testimony from a police chief candidate and associate, while defense plans to have McDermott testify in his own defense next week.
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Canton
United Press
Val McDermott
Donny Melrett
McDermertt
William Mrumme
Seranna Lengel
Ben Fradner
McDermott
Radner
Ben Rudner
Scher
Teday
Lewis Is Leading In National Race Of Union Miners
Early returns from across the nation show John L. Lewis re-elected president of the United Mine Workers of America with a sweeping win on December 14. Incumbents Phillip Murray and Thomas Kennedy hold their posts as vice president and secretary treasurer, facing Pennsylvanian John Brophy and Michigan’s William Stevenson and Pennsylvania’s William Brennan in the opposition.
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Indianapolis
Ind
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers of America
International
National
Phillip Murray
Thomas Kennedy
John Brophy
Pennsylvania
William Stevennson
Michigan
William Brennan
Charred body of girl found as sixth birthday nears
In Washington a charred birthday cake for two children lay in a ruined home. One girl died, the other, Sylvia Solomon, was badly burned. The family, including parents Alexander Solomon and Mrs Solomon and grandparents Mr and Mrs Gabriel Rosenlat, were injured while a pet cat aided in waking Meyer Rosenblatt.
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Washington
U.ri
Meyer Rosenblatt
Rosenblatt
Alexander Solomon
Gabriel Rosenlat
Blanche Solomon
Sylvia Solomon
Blanche
Syly
Millionaire David Schulte Declines To Explain Separation
New York December 18 David A Schulte a multi millionaire tobacco dealer said he and his wife who were married twenty two years and have three children had agreed to separate but he would not reveal any reasons or details to the public. He insisted there would be no unpleasantness or information of public interest in the case.
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New York
jDavid A. Schulte
Lie
German Army Believed Source Of the Overthrow
BERLIN December 18 The German army long central to the 1914 disturbance is generally seen as the source of trouble that toppled the Marx cabinet. Socialists accuse Otto Gessler of secret militarist aims as nationalist officers influence morale against the republic. Cincinnati Patrolman Thomas Cameron, 32, dies from a bullet wound suffered August 1 in a clash with Gus Sanders, 9, a black man.
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Berling
Marx
Reichstag
Otto Gesslar
Democratic Party
Germany
Des
Cincinnati
Thomas Cameron
Gus Sanders
Weather record for Amesville cold spell and light snow
The mercury fell to one degree above zero at Amesville Saturday morning, based on federal records. A light snow occurred overnight but did not last. Saturday milder, with temperatures rising to above 3 degrees during the day and around 19 degrees by Saturday afternoon.
Man Found Under Railroad Bridge With Fractured Skull
John Wright aged 65 a well known resident of a Perry County town was found beneath a railroad bridge nearly frozen with a fractured skull. He may have fallen or been thrown from the bridge. His boots were frozen to his feet and one arm was frozen to the ground.
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Jiunchion City
John Wright
Perry County
Jer
Ohio Briefs: Five Injured In Akron Car Skid Incident
Akron reports five people injured when a motor skidded into a crowd waiting for a car lit a safety zone. Dr Hamilton Fisk Biggar gave 100000 to Cleveland foundation and 55000 to other institutions. Harding elected president of Great Lakes St. Laurens Tidewater association. John Barker and Juli Marher, both 24 and 33, killed at a grade crossing by an Erie train. Mary Helen Smith dies from burns in Columbus after a gasoline can explosion while furnace started. School superintendent Morton Collen held on $200 bond for whipping Joe Mondray. Richard Ken convicted of embezzling 33775 from three local Molders' unions.
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Warren
John Barker
Juli Marher
Prade
Erle
Farm Relief Measure Reworked for Senate Vote
Senate steering committee shelves farm relief for short session placing focus on a modified McNary-Haugen bill. A cotton state representative will carry the measure to win Southern Democratic support while a $250 million revolving fund would back farm loans. Senators doubt passage this year, delaying action until 1927 ahead of 1928 elections.
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Alfred P. Beck
United Press Star
Washington
Congress
s|Senate
Senate
Senate Agriculture Committee
Pian
Mulmer
Haugen
Iowa
House Agriculture Committee
Bette Chance
Widow of Garret Awarded Six Thousand Dollars
The State Industrial Commission awarded Mrs. Rose Carrett widow of Daniel J. Garret Chillicothe policeman six thousand dollars for his death caused by the Hickman brothers last August.
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Garrett
Columbus
Dec
PUR
State Industrial Commission
Rose Carrett
Daniel J. Garret
Chillicothe
Hickman Brothers
Jingle Bells Gene Packs Toys in New York
Gene Tunney aided in packing toys for poor children at Salvation Army headquarters without boxing gloves. Santa Claus question settled as Ellsworth and Byrd confirm Kris Kringle’s presence in the far North to the Aerial League. Over 1100 affiliated women’s clubs across Protestant Catholic and Jewish groups plan a Christmas service at the Chapel of the Intercession.
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Gene
Santa Claus
New York
Lincoln C. Ellsworth
R. E. Byrd
Kris Kringle
North Pole
Aerial League
Chapel of the Intercession
Virginie Laroze Wins Reinstatement After School Sketch Case
In Lausanne Virginie Laroze drew her teacher and faced punitive after two hours detention. Her parents sued, prompting a court ruling that ordered her reinstatement. The judge described the caricature as not a good likeness but a good caricature.
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Virginie Laroze
Lausanne
Virginie
Justice court system condemned by judge after dry raid
On December 18 three Cleveland men Cowles Harley Douglas and Vincent Jacobs were convicted of blackmail after a store robbery during a dry raid. Cowles received four years while Douglas got an indefinite term and Jacobs was sent to Mansfiled reformatory. Judge Weygandt denounced the justice court system as un-American and damned the practice of fee bias in trials.
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Cleveland
W.athree
Justice of the Peace
Rank Cowles
Harley Douglas
Vincent Jacobs
Cowles
Douglas
Janeh
Mansfela
Weygandt
Rain Expectation for Ohio Valley to Start Week
Weather outlook for December 20 to 26 predicts rain in the Ohio Valley and Tennessee at the start and again midweek. Temperatures will be moderate most of the week with no severe cold expected. The Great Lakes region will see typical temperature swings and occasional precipitation.
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Washington
United Press
Ohio Valley
Tennessee
Great Lakes
Congressmen to press freight differential on lake coal
Representatives from coal regions in Ohio Western Pennsylvania and Illinois may form a delegation to the Interstate Commerce Commission to seek a wider freight differential for lake coal from the South. The move follows hearings where the amount of the differential remains undecided. The American Federation of Labor is organizing northern field members to join the delegation and press public interest concerns. Three Ohio congressmen Thomas A. Jenkins Ellis Moore and Byrne Murphy have been approached and signaled assent to joining the congressional group.
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Washington
Congress
Ohio
Pennsylvania
Illinois
Pennsylxlvania
Ilinois
American Federattat of Labor
Cormidsd
American Federation
Lailbor de Prinsily
Thomas A. Jenkins
Ellis
Moore
Weank Murphy
American Federation of Labor
Plana
Coast Guardsmen Die At Sea In Ship Fire Off North Carolina
Six coast guardsmen perish when the supply ship Lincoln burns and sinks off the Cape Lookout area. The British steamer Defender helped in rescue efforts, carrying survivors to shore as authorities note the perilous winter coast. A radio message locates the Lincoln several miles southwest of the Cape Lookout lightship. Troops also report withdrawals on the Polish Lithuanian border to ease tensions.
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Washington
Lincoln
North’ Carolina
Defender
Cape Lockout
Cape Lockout Lightship. Thinda ‘Ie
Typhoid Carrier Blamed for Wellington Epidemic
United Press reports state health director Dr John E Monger says the Wellington typhoid outbreak this fall was caused by a carrier who carried the germ without illness. The epidemic saw 98 cases and 14 deaths, linked to milk supply experiments and dairy worker R E B Meade in a two month study.
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Wellington
Columbus
United Press
John E. Monger
T Nouheed
Wallington
Monger
R. E B. Meade
State Department of Health
Manda
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