Hoover urges private merchant marine shift policy
Secretary Hoover attacks theShipping Board for resisting Coolidge and calls for government exit from shipping. He proposes transferring vessels to the Emergency Fleet Corporation, creating a presidentially named board, and enabling private lines via subsidiary firms with stock offers. He also urges an Under Secretary of Merchant Marine and private ownership for a sound system. The Ohio mine situation meanwhile shows daily improvement after a severe strike.
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Robert 8S
Thornburgh
Washington
United States Shipping Board
Coolidge
Hoover
Representative White
Republican
Maine
United States Chamber of Commerce
Emergency Fleet Corporation
United States
Treasury, War, Navy, Commerce
Shipping Board
Emergency Seet Corporation
Enfog
New York Arrests Highlight Drug Trade and Mining Revival
Andres Huez Mexican sailor was arrested after quantities of hashish were found on a 20 acre farm within the city limits of New York. John reghioea aided investigations. G W Savage reports a rebound in mining, with about 60 percent of union miners working on the Jacksonville scale, up from 80? percent last summer. Several thousand miners operate in Sunday Creek within the Hocking district as Cambridge mines reopen and others in Columbiana and Jefferson counties begin work. Financial support to non working miners is being reduced as employment rises.
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New York
Andres Huez
John Reghioea
G. W. Savage
Jacksonville
Sunday Creek
Hocking
Savage
Cambridge
Columbiana
Jefferson
Time Wipes All Out Let Stabler Do It
Arthur Brisbane discusses market caution and investment risk in 1925, warning against short selling in the United States and comparing financial peril to moral peril, urging prudence amid volatile conditions.
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Italy
Stabler
Arthur Brisbane
Star Company
United States
General Motors Posts Strong Nine Month Profit and Dividend
General Motors reported net profits over 80 million dollars for the first nine months. On Thursday the board approved an extra five dollars per share to stockholders, adding more than 25 million dollars, and a total dividend exceeding 61 thousand dollars. We are up in the buttons.
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General Motors
Company reports 155 million in cash and securities
Directors announce the firm holds 155000000 in cash and negotiable securities and is free of debt. The piece warns readers to manage business carefully and notes a caution on General Motors with no buying or selling advice.
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United States
General Motors
Debt settlement with Italy praised by Coolidge and nation
President Coolidge and Mr Melton arrange a debt settlement with Italy. The United States accepts terms and expects congressional ratification. Italy will pay 2 407 000 000 dollars over 62 years, in what is described as the most lenient settlement yet. The piece notes Italy’s heavy financial strain from immigration laws.
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Coolidge
Melton
Italian Governaent
United States
Italy
Congress
Pharaoh Murder Suggestion Surfaces In Old Text Clue
A fragment hints at a murder theory tied to Tutankhamen as a 15 year old pharaoh. The piece notes time limits and X ray ideas to probe who may have orchestrated the death, referencing page four for further details.
Prominent Coat Dealer Dies at Home in Columbus
Ed A Moore 65 a prominent local coal operator died at his Columbus home Sunday Funeral plans were set Survivors include widow a son Walter R Moore of Wheeling W V and daughter Mrs Sylvia Moore Farson of Columbus He formerly lived in Charleston W V and was an owner of the Ifian Coal company He served as president of Coal Valley Mining Charleston Hocking Valley Mining Athens and Orange Gas Coal Athens Ohio He lived in Athens for several years
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Columbus
Ed. A. Moore
Charleston
W. Va
Ifian Coal Company
Walter R. Moore
Wheeling
Sylvia Moore Farson
Moore
Waiter Lawrence Buchert Found Dead From Gas In Room
Lawrence F. Buchert aged 61, a waiter, was found dead in his East Third Street room. Gas escaped from an open jet in the wall and the coroner ruled death by his own action.
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Cincinnati
Lawrence F. Buchert
East Thirdstreet
German divers search depth 480 feet for sunken M-1 submarine
London reports German deep sea divers using new apparatus to reach 480 foot depths in the Channel to locate the British submarine M-1 sunk near Star Point. The operation, first open sea dive at such depth, involves hulks believed to be the M-1. No crew alive is feared. Lord Lee pushes abolition of submarines, recalling Washington disarmament talks.
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London
Star Point
England
Wilhelmshaven
Lord Lee
Fareham
Great Britain
Washington
Rabbits Feasting Prep Near Athens Christian Church
Higley class marksmen of Athens Christian church survey fields for rabbit game or polish guns ahead of the annual rabbit feast set for next Thursday evening in the dining room of the First Christian church.
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Higley
Athens Christian Church
First Christian Church
Colonel Mitchell Is Hero in Washington
Colonel Billy Mitchell is feted in Washington amid public demonstrations and adoring crowds. The piece notes mixed official disapproval from high military leaders while society and women guests crown him a local hero, with ongoing entertainments for him and his wife despite his court martial duties.
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Mitchell
Washington
Army
Navy
Debtors Sell Assets to Meet 3 050 000 Debt with 1 Million Realized
Gale of Warner's estate sells assets to cover debts totaling 3 050 000. Assets already realized exceed 1 000 000 and he has returned all his 59 000 shares of common stock. The Tiffany Studios of New York furnished the home.
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Gale
Warner
Tiffany Studios
New York
America Liked: Italy Game to Debt Table 2 Fold Benefit
The report notes that America favors a twofold benefit from Italy’s game to debt table and asserts France must show willingness to pay if it hopes for any consideration here.
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America
Italy
France
Italy Debt Settlement Signals Wider US Friction With France
The United States favors substantial debt relief for Italy, indicating about 80 percent cancellation over 62 years based on capacity to pay. Experts argue France could seek similar terms if willing to show repayment, while critics note limited French willingness to pay. The Italy deal boosts hoped improvement in US Italy relations and broader European finance.
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David Lawrence
Washington
Italy
France
America
United States
American Debt Funding Commission
Mellon
Hoover
Armitage Boy Dies After Truck Wheel Runs Over Him
Claude Earl Ball aged 12 dies after a Dodge truck wheel crushed his left shoulder while riding with brothers behind the Ball rental house. Emerson 14, Everette 19, Claire 10 were on the fender. Claude slipped and fell under the wheel. Funeral at Athena Christian church with burial at Greenlawn cemetery Nelsonville.
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Benjamin Ball
Hear
Claude
Everette Ball
Emerson
Claire
Ball
Everette
Harold
Virgil
Eldon
Angie
Berniece
Athena Christian Church
Greenlaws
Nelsonville
Hunter Drops Dead While Rabbit Hunting Near Shreve
Wal ter Lecky a 40 year old hunter from Barberton collapsed and died of heart failure while climbing a steep hill during a rabbit hunting trip near Shreve Ohio. His companion said the man joked about being tired before the sudden collapse.
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Wooster, CO
Walter Lecky
Barberton
Shreve
Dell Fellows Escapes After Guard Cordons In Meredith
Dell Fellows the Tennessee convict broke through a cordon of two National Guard companies led by Gov. John G. Winant and a citizen posse after hours of pursuit in snow covered woods in Meredith New Hampshire.
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Dell, Fellows
Ashland
N. H
Dell
Fellows
Tennessee
National Guardsmen
John G. Winant
Meredith
ND GIRL IN SOUTH
Isabel Bennett reports a North Dakota girl safe in the South as President Harding visits Norfolk under Traveler's Aid care. The message, addressed to the girl's mother in New, confirms the search progress and safety status.
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Normole
Isabel Bennett
Harding
Norfolk
Traveler's Aid Society
New
Elks Club in New York Wins Peace Padlock
The New York headquarters Lodge No. 1 approved a six month peace padlock and secured a permanent injunction against manager Albert Wallace to restrain violations of the Volstead act.
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Lock Elka Club
New York
The
Elks Club
Albert Wallace
Two acquitted men surrender to sheriff in Oberholtzer case
In Noblesville Indiana on November 16 two men previously acquitted of murder charges in the Madge Oberholtzer case surrendered to Sheriff Gooding at noon and were placed in the Hamilton county jail while facing assault and battery and mayhem charges.
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Noblesville
Ind
Madge Oberholtzer
Gooding
Hamilton County
Jury Selections Made For December Term in Federal Court
In Columbus Ohio on November 16, the federal court announced the selection of grand and petit jurors for the December term. Grand jurors named include Andrew Murphy and Charles L. Baird from Athens County.
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Columbus
Andrew Murphy
Chas. L. Baird
Athens County
Inter allied debt talks tied to European arrangements
Gress approves of the Italian agreement and opens the way for reductions to France. This paves the path for real progress on the inter allied debt issue once American arrangements with Europe are completed.
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Gress
France
Europe
Week end mishaps claim four in or near Cincinnati
Cincinnati headlines report four fatalities and several serious injuries from weekend accidents in Hamilton county. Among the dead are John Siehman, 66, and 8 month old William Bias of Glendale. Arthur Mason, 14, Harrison, dies after a bus crash that also claimed two dozen pupils.
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Cincinnati
Hamilton County
John Siehman
Crystal Fountain Springs
Wooster Pike
William Bias
Emmit Biase
Glendale
Arthur Mason
Harrison
West Fork
General Hospital
Siehman
Bias
Pennsylvania Railroad
Reading
Failure to Obey Signals Causes Death at Grade Crossing
Mrs. Mary Hurd of Akron dies in Alexis hospital after a Pennsylvania flyer crashes into the coupe carrying her husband Emil Hurd and their son. The accident at White House crossing, Ohio, near Cleveland, followed warnings ignored by the driver who crossed the tracks as a train approached. the car spun, struck another vehicle, and injuries to the Hurds were reported serious.
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Cleveland
Mary Hurd
Rhodes Avenue
Akron
Alexis Hospital
Emil Hurd
White House
Hurd
Pennsylvania
G. L. McKane
Congressman Reed Run Down by Car Near Capitol
Representative Stuart F. Reed of West Virginia was hospitalized in Providence with concussions and internal injuries after being struck by an automobile in the rain near the Capitol. Leo J. Sheehy, a 20 year old government clerk, was held by police as the driver of the car.
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Washington
Btuart F. Reed
West Virginia
Providence Hospital
Capitol
Leo J. Sheehy
Coolidge Leaves Government Hands In Coal Strike Policy
Washington, Nov. 16. The twelfth week of the hard coal strike opens with no shift in the government stance of staying out of the dispute. President Coolidge pursues a new federal policy toward industry, aiming to avoid pampering operators or miners. Advisers Hoover and Hammond say enough anthracite and substitutes exist to prevent actual hardship, signaling a potential shift for future labor disputes.
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George R. Holmes
Washington
Coolidge
Distress Call From British Steamer Sea Gull
An 808 call from the British steamer Sea Gull near the Virginia Capes was picked up in New York. The message pleaded for quick assistance as the vessel drifted in shallow water.
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New York
Virginia Capes
Shea
Logan Gas plans higher rates across 13 communities
Columbus November reports Logan Gas filed a new rate schedule with the state utilities commission, proposing 1.00 for the first 600 cubic feet and 0.60 per additional 1000 cubic feet, to take effect December 16. The current rate is 0.96 and 0.46, already under bond and not yet approved. Athens and Chauncey in Athens County are among affected towns.
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Columbus
Logan Gas Company
Estate Utilities Commission
Bend
The
Utilities Commission
Cas
Commission
Ohio
Legan Company
Athénsoey
Athens
Easteern
Carta
Ingite
Simons to Die on Gallows for 1924 West Liberty Slaying
Harland Gabe Simons an orphaned 16 year old youth is to be executed at Fort Madison Iowa at 7 30 a m for the 1924 slaying of Michigan tourist Orton Ferguson in a West Liberty campsite. His last words were Tell them all to go to hell and he died without relatives or friends to bid him farewell.
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State Prison
Fort Madison
Iowa
Harland
Gabe” Simons
Orton Ferguson
Michigan
West Liberty
Severe quake rattles St. Louis campus
A strong earthquake struck the St Louis area today shaking the university campus. The tremor began around 6 04 and peaked shortly after 6 07 with ongoing aftershocks reported as the event continued.
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ST. Louis
Beegan
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