Finance Committee OKs pay raises for police and firemen
The finance committee approved raises of 10 a month for all police, with 12.50 for officers who gained only 7.50 last year and 15 for those with only 5 in 1923, while firemen would receive 10 and lieutenants 12.50 and captains 12.50. Tax Assessor J. C. Little said next year's revenues cannot yet be estimated. Aldermen Armistead and Couch opposed the committee's recommendation. A prior resolution canceling 74 430.57 in Realty Sales sewer-connection bills was vetoed, Realty Sales contending sidewalks and utilities were turned over at no cost. Mayor Sims noted similar past sewer work and asked for council signature on the ruling. Also vetoed were pay recoveries for Patrolman I. H. Lingsay and Patrolman Max Denton.
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Don Financal
Police ‘Department
Finance Committee
J. C. Little
Jesse W. Armistead
J. Alien Couch
Council
Realty Sales Corporation
Sylvan Hills
Sims
I. H. Lingsay
Max Denton
Old-time dentifrices fail to remove tooth film
A dingy film forms on teeth that dulls color and luster. It remains even with care, making teeth look off color and unattractive until you remove it with a better dentifrice that absorbs discolorations.
Steps for Refunding French Debt Denied
Washington reports that the French government may seek to refund its debt to the United States but the move was denied. Secretary Mellon said he believes Paris could take the step, though no definite proposition is expected until after the New Year. Some indication suggested Paris might present ideas before the current commission ends in February.
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Washington
United States
Debt Commission
Paris
Mellon
Treasury
Big Guns Not Used Against Battleship Washington
Navy officials said no gunfire has been used against the battleship Washington off Virginia Capes. Tests so far are bombing and underwater explosive experiments to gauge hull and deck armor, with 14 inch shells slated for long range deck testing but not against side armor. Reuters telegraphed reports sparked inquiries to Admiral Hughes as data remains confidential.
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Washington
Navy Department
Washington J
Virginia Capes
C. F P. Hughes
Wilbur
Navy
Texas
Hughes
Cairo Bainbridge Highway Routing To Be Discussed
A public hearing will be held in Cairo this morning to decide the final routing of the new Cairo to Bainbridge highway. State and federal highway authorities have not yet fixed the exact route, and the meeting allows all interested parties to be heard.
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Cairo
Bainbridge
John M. Holder
State Highway Board
Joint Committee Plans Draining of River Basin
A committee of Aldermen Carpenter and J. B. Bachman and Councilman J. A. Heall was named to work with state and federal officials on draining the South River basin. Alderman W. B. Duvall announced the action as acting chairman of the city council’s finance committee. Health authorities have condemned the basin as a breeding place for disease carrying mosquitoes.
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Carpenter
J. BR. Bachman
J. A. Heall
South River
Aldermarr W._B. Duvall
City
Tor
Moa Witoen
Muscle Shoals Issue Drives Southern Senate Bid
Southern senators press to keep Muscle Shoals on the senate calendar and demand a deadline for committee reporting. Senator Harris says the issue should not return to committee without a set timetable. Senator Underwood plans a new disposition bill, with a southern bloc ready to back it. some Republicans push for full committee referral. Senator McKinley supported any reasonable bid under the federal waterpower act, noting Dam No 2 would produce 200000 horsepower. Final legislation expected in the short session to start operation with the dam completion.
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Washington
Senate
Senate Committee On Agriculture
Harris
Georgia
Underwood
Alabama
Muscle Shoals
McKinley
Illinois
Ilinois Manufacturers Association
Union Carbide Company
Aides in Escape Lose in Supreme Court
Washington November 24. The appeals of Dominick Didato and Abe Silverstein, arrested in New York on indictments charging aiding Gerald Chapman to escape from the Atlanta penitentiary, were dismissed today by the supreme court and referred back to the circuit court of appeals in New York. The pair claimed the indictment was defective and sought habeas corpus relief. Chapman, convicted of moon robbery, escaped from Atlanta. recaptured later and wounded, then treated at St. Mary's hospital Athens Ga. He escaped again and has not been recaptured. Didato and Silverstein allegedly aided the escape by befriending a hospital nurse used as a go-between.
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Washington
Dominick Didato
Abe Silverstein
New York City
Gerald Chapman
Atlanta
Supreme Court
Circuit Court of Appeals
Didate
Silverstein
United States
New York
Georgia
Federal District Court of
Apreme
Chapman
St. Mary's Hospital
Athens
Didato
Atlanta Federal Penitentiary
St. Mary’s Hospital
Two Die in Fire in Keokuk Bank President Home
Keokuk Iowa November 24 Eugene Baker bank president and his wife were fatally burned when their residence burned today.
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Keokuk
Iowa
Eugene Baker
Dr Blosser’s Remedy Claimed For Colds And Catarrh
A promotional item touts Dr Blosser as a long time catarrh specialist who offers a herbal remedy inhaled as a vapor through a pipe or cigarette. It claims relief for colds, catarrh, asthma, headaches and ear trouble, says it reaches air passages inaccessible to sprays. Available in rocket size packages from drug stores.
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Blosser
Bilosser
Dr. Blesser
Charlie Chaplin Rumored to Marry Lita Grey in Mexico
Hollywood gossip centers on Charlie Chaplin and his leading lady Lita Grey with reports of an engagement. Chaplin denied plans while heading toward Guaymas Mexico and fans debate the couple’s supposed nuptials amid a flood of earlier romances and denials.
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B. H. C. Thompson
Hollywood
Cal
Charlie Chaplin
Chaplin
Lita Gray
Guaymas
Mexico
Nofales
Aziz
Miss Gray
Charlie
Jove
Milfred Harris
May Collins
Claire Windsor
Hollywood Hills
Lila Lee
Pola Nesrt
Estile Taylor
Peggy Joyce
Liza Gray
Indy
Roca
Ariz
Lita Grey
Guayamas
Nogales
Santa Fe
N. M
Treasury Secretary of Cleveland Dead
Charles S Fairchild 82 former secretary of the treasury under President Cleveland died at his home in Cazenovia New York. He had been inactive for months from old age infirmity and earlier served as assistant secretary 1885 1887 and as treasury secretary 1889 1893. He also led the Atlanta Charlotte Airline Railroad and directed the Erie Pittsburg Railroad with records scarce after many years.
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Cazenovia
Charles Stebbins Fairchild
the Treasury
Cleveland
Wge
Harvard
Albany
National Capital
Treasury
Atlanta
Charles S. Fairchild
N. Y
Southern Railroad
Southyer
Opium Conference Revived in League Palace
Geneva November 24 The Far East opium conference reopened at the League of Nations with sharp exchanges among Japanese British and Indian delegates. An agreement in principle was reached granting recognition of Japanese opium certificates upon transshipment via Hong Kong, a victory for Japan but the conference is seen as failing to halt opium smoking. The British insistence and Indian push for equity sparked heated debate, and delegates agreed to reconvene in five years to reexamine the issue.
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Geneva
Associated Press
League of Nations
Japan
Hong Kong
Far East
Sugimund
Malcolm Delevign
Britissh
Great Britain
D&etates
New Mexico Vote Totals Shift Democratic Edge
Led by John W. Davis, the Democratic ticket won New Mexico by nearly 6,000 votes. Key offices shifted or stayed with limited Republican support, including ex officio appointments and vacancies. Sam G. Bratton and T. Sannett secured major seats, while Manuel Otero lost by 109 votes for governor.
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John W. Davis
New Mexico
Coolidge
Red Sargent
James ©. Watson
Supreme Court
Holms. Bursum
Jesa Unan
Sam G. Bratton
T. Sannett
Manuel B. Otero
Thomas W. Morrow
Felipe Hubbell
Fear of Plague in Chicago Sparks West Coast Tour
Los Angeles defense tour by 20 stalwart Californians announces via lectures and radio that alarmist propaganda misstates the pneumonic plague cases. Hotelman H. M. Nickerson of Pasadena says the outbreak was merely bad luck while Californians in exile blame eastern tenements for outbreaks.
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Chicago
Swift
Los Angeles
Sons
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Walter A. Sims
Seth
Papsadent
Pullman
Larimer
Healey
Pullmans
Capon National Park
Jacobs’ Pharmacy
Frontier
Fornia
Cheney
Oka
Usco
United States Rubber Company
Royal Cords
Usco Cords
U.S
United
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