Feminine Bloc in Congress Opposes Volstead Act
Three women lawmakers form a feminine bloc in the sixtyninth Congress. Mrs. John Jacob Rogers of Massachusetts leans toward light wine and beer. Mrs. Florence Kahn of San Francisco favors modification but not repeal. Mrs. Mary Norton of New Jersey supports amending the Volstead Act. Norton and Kahn join Representative Hill’s beer bloc. Rogers remains open minded. They argue law enforcement damages morale and call for public referendum to settle prohibition.
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Congress
Washington
John Jacob Rogers
Massachusetts
Florence Kahn
San Francisco
Mary T. Norton
New Jersey
Norton
Kahn
John Philip Hill
Rogers
Hill
Mrs. Norton
Striking miners and operators stalemated over arbitration
In New York on January 6, 1927, 158000 anthracite miners and operators remain firm on arbitration terms as negotiations continue behind closed doors. Both sides boast they have not budged, with only ongoing talks offering any hope while observers note reduced dialogue signals stalemate.
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New York
New York City
W. W. Inglis
Atlantic City
Christ J. Golden
Cocaine Found Hidden in Ship Mast by Narcotics Agents
Narcotic agents find a large quantity of cocaine concealed in the mast of a ship after removing a large man-hole cover. Authorities say the discovery exposed an illicit cargo operation at sea.
Women’s lot in Russia gets mixed report says author
Arthur BgquirisBane notes that Russian women may fare better than in the past yet questions remain about marriage life. He cites histories by Walisewski on Ivan the Terrible and Peter the Great and recalls a grim wedding night example to illustrate oppression.
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Trotky
Russia
Walisewski
Ivan the Terrible
Peter the Great
Gore Asked to Protect Union
W J Dadisman of the United Mine Workers urged Governor Gore to act to shield union miners in Grafton West Virginia after state police fired on Pasquale Floria reportedly fatally wounding the Galloway miner. He asked the governor to reply to his telegram with protective steps.
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Grafton
W. Va
W. J. Dadisman
United Mine Workers
Howard M. Gore
Pasquale Floria
Dadisman
New Mexican Trouble Threatens U S Mexican Relations
Washington reports a new Mexican crisis with alien land and oil laws heightening U S Mexico strain. Officials note hundreds of millions in holdings of American and other foreign investors in Mexico may be jeopardized, while Mexican Minister Manuel Tellez defends the moves as rightful to curb foreign capital influence.
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Washington
Mexico
United States
Calles
Manuel Tellez
Tellez
Woodstock Officials Refuse To Take City Posts
Woodstock, a small town near Urbana, has no mayor or full council as three elected leaders refuse installation. Mayor-elect K. Lincoln, marshal-elect Tom Morrissey, and councilman-elect William Kimball all declined to assume office, creating an unusual governance vacuum.
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Urbana
Woodstock
K. Lincoln
Tom Morrissey
William Kimball
Earthquake Felt in Namur with No Damage
An earthquake lasting three seconds was felt in Namur today near Brussels. No damage was reported.
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Brussels
Namur
Court foes gain ground in world court fight
In Washington on January 6 the irreconcilables led by Senator Borah and Senator Reed gained early momentum against American adherence to the world court. Senator Fernald broke from administration support and signaled a vote against adherence. A clash over foreign propaganda was defeated as the foreign relations committee rejected Reed's resolution.
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Washington
Senate
Borah
Idaho
Reed
Missouri
Fernald
Maine
Foreign Relations Committee
Ruby Price Fatally Shot as Man Fires on West Long Street
On West Long street Columbus Ohio, four gunshots fired by son ny Cook, a Black man, fatally killed Ruby Price, 22, as she reached the steps of a paint company where she worked. Witnesses say Cook had threatened to kill Ruby after a quarrel at Mrs Martha Cook's home, where they had lived since Christmas.
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Columbus
West Long Street
Sonny” Cook
Ruby Price
Martha Cook
Cook
Ruby
Jefferson Receives 160-Pound New Year Cheese at White House
On his first New Year’s Day in the White House, Thomas Jefferson is presented with a colossal 160 pound cheese. The event marks a festive start to his presidency with a display reflecting early American hospitality.
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Thomas Jefferson
White House
Friends of Irving Berlin’s Irish Bride See Only Success
New York Jan 6 Friends of Mrs Ellin MacKay Berlin say her elopement with Irving Berlin will merit reconciliation from Clarence H MacKay once he weighs the romance against the Baline family. They argue racial or religious barriers won’t permanently block the lives of these two historic houses.
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Irving Berlin
New York
Ellin MacKay Berlin
Clarence MacKay
House of Baline
America
House of MacKay
Comstock Lode
Katherine Duer
Dissolution of New Haven Klan Chapter Claimed by Former Secretary
Arthur J. Menn, once secretary of provisional Klan No. 1 New Haven, announces the local chapter’s end calling the Ku Klux Klan a national menace that can never be redeemed. About 600 members were affected as New Haven Klansmen voted December 22 to disband citing anti Protestant, un-American goals.
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New Haven
Nate
Ku Klux Klan
Arthur J. Menn
Kligraph
Provisional Klan No. 1
Walter F. Bossert
Indianapolis
Imperial Klentiff
Knights of the Ku Klux Klan of
Georgia
Klan
Knights of the Ku Klux Klan of Georgia, Inc
Mann
Bossert
Hiram Wesley Evans
Tammany Hall
Dense Atlantic Fog Delays Trans-Atlantic Shipping
A heavy impenetrable fog across 200 miles to sea disrupts New York area shipping for the fifth day. Liners carrying 2,500 passengers were overdue at Quarantine. the Berengaria with 1,000 aboard is not due until later today or tomorrow.
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New York
Nantucket
Delaware Capes
Berengaria
Kroonland
Iroquois
City of Chattanooga
Long Island
Hell Gate
Gangster Prefers Electric Chair Over Street Death
Tony Augistano, awaiting transfer from Chicago to White Plains for the killing of Fenimore Country club employee John Ciczinino, asks to die in the electric chair. Police say he signed a confession that breaks the gangster code, potentially exposing others who allegedly paid him to kill Ciczinino.
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Chicago
New York
Tony Augistano
White Plains
N. Y
John J. Joyce
John Cicznino
Fenimore Country Club
Augistano
Ciczinino
Sucker list disclosed in Akron counterfeit case
Detroit January 6 authorities exposed a sucker list of over 1550 persons in Ohio West Virginia and Michigan who might buy counterfeit money during the trial of John Hughes 35 and Robert Hall 36 of Akron on charges of using the mails to defraud.
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Detroit
Ohio
West Virginia
Michigan
John Hughes
Robert Hall
Akron
Motorists lag as license tag extension ends
Athens county motorists have issued only 341 1926 license tags in three days after an extension granted by officials. Some 6000 drivers must obtain tags in three days or be unable to drive next Sunday. Sheriff McKinley Mayor Moore and Chief Parker agreed no 1925 tags will be honored after January 10 and no further extension will be granted.
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Athens County
Athens County Automobile Club
The
Automobile Club
P. H. McKinley
Alex Moore
Herbert Parker
Oak Grove School House Destroyed by Fire
The Oak Grove school in Green township burned Monday night causing about 5000 dollars in loss. Fire gained headway before discovery and nothing could be saved. A condemned stove is blamed for allowing live coals to fall to the floor.
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Clinton Webb Logan
Oak Grove
Green Township
House Foreign Affairs panel backs Geneva disarmament plan
The House Foreign Affairs committee approved participation by the United States in a preliminary Geneva conference to draft an agenda for a League of Nations disarmament meeting. It unanimously endorsed $50,000 in expenses for American delegates as requested by President Coolidge.
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Washington
United States
Geneva
League of Nations
House Foreign Affairs Committee
Coolidge
Congress
Bounty Paid for Triplets in London
The king's bounty has been issued to Mrs. Larkins wife of a customs house boatman who recently gave birth to triplets in London.
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London
Hoover Pleads for Radio Bill Before House Committee
Washington Jan. 6 Secretary of Commerce Hoover warned that approval of all radio station applications on file would destroy broadcasting service in America. He urged passage of the White bill to correct conditions threatening the public value of radio.
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Washington
Department of Commerce
America
Secretary of Commerce
Hoover
House Committee On Merchant Marine and Fisheries
Alien traffic alarm grows. Cuba key smuggling route
Washington reports a widespread surge in international human smuggling via Cuba and western Florida. An underground system outfits Chinese Russians Poles and Southern Europeans with American clothes and ferries them from Cuban shores to Florida with prices from 50 to 250 dollars.
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Washington
Atlantic Seaboard
United States
Cuba
Florida
International
South
Havana
Gallia Woman Leaps Into River
In Gallipolis Ohio January 6 Mrs Oris Mink wife of a Gallia county farmer drowned herself by jumping into the Ohio river after leaving a note to her husband saying she could not live any longer. Witnesses could not reach her in time.
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Gallipolis
Ohio River
Oris Mink
Gallia County
Newark Board elects first woman president
The Newark township board of education elected Mrs. Margaret Long as president, making her the first woman to hold the office.
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Pick
Long
Newark
Newark Township Board of Education
Margaret Long
Famous pioneer Dittman dies at 76 companion of Buffalo Bill
Louis W. Dittman 76 pioneer of the western frontier and close friend of Frank and Jesse James has died. He once ran a Wichita saloon and opera house with partners and recalled the James boys as respected patrons who shared revolvers with him. Their legend lingered in Kansas towns amid vigilante era fear.
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Buffalo Bill
James Boys
A. H. Martin Reno
Louis W. Dittman
Western Frontier
Frank
Jesse James
Dittman
Jackson Park
Chicago
Douglas
Lincoln
Wichita
Kansas
Illinois
Western States
Public study urges cost cuts to save Hocking Valley coal
The Civic Association of Southeastern Ohio led by president James Ginnan releases findings from a yearlong study of the Hocking valley coal industry. It calls for lower freight rates and overhead, improved mine management, and efficiency gains while avoiding wage cuts, noting employment must stay stable to keep wages high and coal production viable. The group pledges to continue reporting and urges public action and informed cooperation among workers, loaders, and operators.
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The
Civic Association of
Southeastern Ohio
James Ginnan
Hocking Valley
Ginnan
Hocking
K. Ginnan
Civic Association
Cle&y
Legion Meets Post to Hold Evening Session
The American Legion K. T. Crogsen post will conduct a meeting tonight at 7 30 at the home, 73 South Court Street, Athens. This is the first meeting of the season.
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Gallia
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