President Hiks Assumed Full Blame For Latest Action
President Coolidge, defending his authority, retained Denby as Secretary of the Navy amid a Senate demand for his removal. The Democrat progressive majority vows to pursue impeachment only if needed, while the White House confirms a full public interest defense and plans further probes into naval oil leases.
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Kenneth Clark
al. N. S
Washington
Coolidge
Senate
Robinson
Denby
House
White House
Administration
Public Lands Committee
Lincoln
Albert B. Fall
McGee
New Mexico
Newsa
Taya
A. Buary
Whitauerque
N. M
George Creel
Miners and Operators Open Wage Scale Talks in Jacksonville
Representatives from the central competitive district convene for a wage scale conference as miners demand a not less than current pay and a four year contract. The meeting hears opposition to extending the contract and to changing the eight hour day, with no formal action taken.
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Jacksonville
Via
John W. Lewis
United Mine Workers of America
Lewis
Michael Gallagher
International News Service Today
Light Em Up: Police Officer Father Tags Son’s Car
Elva Maple faced a $5 fine in Mayor Koons' court after his car was ticketed for lacking lights by his father, Officer Charles Maple of the Athens police. The incident highlights the mixed fortunes of having a cop in the family.
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Elva
Charles Maple
Athens
Koons
Panic Breaks Out In Pittsburg Prison Laundry Fire
In Riverside near Pittsburgh a small panic occurred at the Western Pennsylvania penitentiary when a laundry fire started and smoke filled cells. Warden John Eagen supervised. prison officials blamed crossed electrical wires and denied an escape plot similar to yesterday’s attempt. No inmates were released as the fire broke out.
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Pittsburgh
Western Pennsylvania
Riverside
Here
John Eagen
Nations to Convene March 5 Meeting on Opium Congress
Geneva reports the League of Nations calling representatives from England France Holland and the United States to meet March 5 to outline a program for the international opium congress to be held in the United States next November.
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Geneva
League of Nations
England
France
Holland
United States
British Reds Demand More Radical Steps Open Parliament
In London the House of Commons heard that Britain is negotiating with Germany over reparations as the first Labour government session opened. Prime Minister Ramsay MacDonald prepared to outline policy amid Communist protests and expectations of a bitter debate, with early seat rushes by Lady Astor and others.
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David M. Church
M. S
London
House of Commons
Great Britain
Germany
Philip Snowden
Ramsay MacDonald
Tabor
Russia
Rhineland Palatinate
Commons
Lady Astor
Lady Terrington
Thomas Wintringham
Russian Grand Duke’s Niece Becomes London Mannequin
Mrs Val H Gielgud, stepdaughter of Grand Duke Michael of Russia and sister of the late czar, takes a position as a mannequin in a fashionable Berkeley Street modiste shop in London.
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London
Val H. Gielgud
Grand Duke
Michael of
Russia
Berkley Street
British propose world conference to aid European reconstruction
Premier Ramsay MacDonald announced in the house of commons that Britain is studying a memorandum seeking a world conference to help rebuild Europe. He said the prospects look promising and that Britain welcomes support from all quarters for the movement.
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London
Great Britain
Europe
Ramsay MacDonald
House of Commons
Hopkins Charged After Parking on Wrong Side of Street
Athens auto dealer George Hopkins told how a holiday lemon pie led to arrest after his car was parked on the wrong side of Fast State street near Athens Saturday night during a basketball gathering at Mrs. Harvey C. Baker's home. He and companions returned to find a fatal tag on their vehicle.
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George Hopkins
Athens
Hopkins
Koons
Fast State Street
Harvey C. Baker
Klan Leader Departs Herrin as Military Takes Over
In Herrin Williamson County armed citizens back militia as General Foreman sends troops to enforce order. S Glenn Young the Klan leader resigns as acting police chief and flees with his family toward Washington seeking injunctions against bootlegging operations. Ford is reinstated as police chief and all deputized citizens are told to disarm. A $10,000 bounty reportedly hangs over Young.
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Hearin
Jib
Williamson County
Milton J. Foreman
Foreman
S. Glenn Young
Herrin
John Ford
Washington
General Foreman
Ford
Young
Marion
Hicks
Court Refuses Mandamus to Force Recall Elections
Charleston W Va February 12 The West Virginia Supreme Court refused writs of mandamus to compel Parkersburg city council to hold recall elections for mayor and one councilman.
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Charleston
W. Va
Parkersburg
Supreme Court
Roberts enters GOP bid for Sixth District Congress
Wightman PD Charles ton announced today that Roberts will seek the Republican nomination for congress in the Sixth District. Roberts is connected with a coal trade publication.
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Charleston
W. Va
Wightman PD
Roberts
Mystery of the man in the green car in Louise Lawson case
Detectives seek the elusive “man in the green car” in the Louise Lawson murder case. A green sedan and a midwestern physician with a long crime record are being chased as police interview Broadway social figures and pursue a last lead from the Times Square area.
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Jack Carberry
New York
John D. Coughlin
Louise Lanson
West Texan
Louise Lawson
Louise
Louisac
Louise l Lawson
Miss Lawson
Girls
Broadway
Chorus
Times Square
Thomas Kane
Kane
Youngstown
Ohio
Japan relies on foreign machines to print money
Tokio reports the Japanese government lacking printing machinery after the earthquake and fire. It plans to import currency printing machines by April and establish a paper money repair department to serve its departments. The yen and sen remain the main paper currency and new ten yen pieces are rarely issued.
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Tokio
Japan
Cowles Trial Set for January Over Child Death Case
The first degree murder trial of Lewis Cowles of Wellington and his neighbor Mrs. Alice Hall will begin January 25. Prosecutors accuse Cowles of using chloroform on an illegitimate child and burying the body behind a box near the Comes barn.
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Elyria
Lewis Cowles
Wellington
Alice Hall
Jeruary
Cowles
Comes
Sign painters of air cannot add
Aerial sign painters paste ads on blue boards overhead and prove a common arithmetic flaw. Witnesses cite a pilot near New York City who claims Four and One Make Six, a sum shown in the sky. The mockery suggests sign writers lack basic addition skills.
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Mother Earth
New York City
Atlanta Coca Cola heiress pleads case in dive arrest
Mrs. Asa G. Candler wife of Coca Cola magnate was to appear in Atlanta court for occupancy of a dive after alleged drinking party with W. J. Stoddard and G. W. Keeling. Chief Beavers illness postponed proceedings indefinitely. Neighbors called it a love tragedy as fashionable society and city elites observed.
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Atlanta
Asa G. Candler
L Coca Cola King
James L. Beavers
Chief Beavers
Beavers
W. J. Stoddard
G. W. Keeling
Stoddard
Iselect
President Coolidge to Speak on Radio From New York Trip
President Coolidge makes a political swing to New York to outline tax, cultural, and foreign policy views in a high profile radio address at the Waldorf Astoria. The trip, brief in duration, includes visits with party leaders and a major speech at 8 p.m. and is expected to boost his candidacy amid Dome scandal and tax fights.
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Iy Georges KR Holmes
Washington
Udge
Ting
Hig Fret
New York
Adva
Oleb
Coolidge
Vostidge
White House
Pelle Ciea
Ington
Hia
Getic
Naval Oif Leasing
X Dals
Waldorf
Woman's National Republican
East 37Th Street
Waldo
Coolldes
Hi New
Snell
Secretarion
C. Bascom Slemp
B.T
J. T. Boone
Newsp
Budget strains threaten Martins Ferry schools
Some here may close May 1 due to funds shortage. Officials discuss trenchment and abandoning manual training rooms as costs rise. Proposals include enlarging the school plant and teaching aid expenses, amid heavy expenditures.
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Martins Ferry
Bey
Fire destroys two buildings in wholesale district
A fire in Cincinnati today damaged two buildings and several others in the wholesale district. Damage is estimated at $200,000. No names or exact causes are provided in the readable text.
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Cincinnati
Unclear OCR Summary of 1926 Morroco and Oil Leasing Context
Fragmentary report references Sinclair millionaire producer and Teapot Dome oil leasing in Washington, with mentions of Madrid, soldiers of the class of 1926, Morocco service, and possible discharge soon. Names and details are obscured in the garbled text.
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London
Sinclair
Washington
Tog
Madrid
United States
Morocco
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