Mitchell Court Martial Rounds Out Sixth Week
The Mitchell court martial ends its sixth week as the prosecution presses its case. Naval officers testify that the U S is ahead in aviation and that a ship hull can withstand bombs, while concerns are raised about mooring practices for airships.
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Mitchell
Washington
Robert Howie
Frank R. Reid
Illneis
Howe
Kenneth Whiting
United States
Washin
R. D Weyerbacher
Shenandoah
M.j‘s Jmeneen
Nel Mitchell
Board Opposes National Defense Dept in Aviation Report
A nine member board for President Coolidge recommends no creation of a national defense department or unified air service. It urges three new assistant secretaryships, more aviation representation in the army and navy offices, designation of the army air service as the army air corps, and policies to boost commercial aviation and airways while limiting government competition with civil industry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Coolidge
Department of National Defense
Air Service
Sam Mitchell
War and Navy Department Administration of Aviation
Army General Staf
Chief of Naval Operations
Bureau of Navigation
Army Air Service
Army Air Corps
Air Post
United States
D. H
Army Airways
Mitchel
Army
Navy
Lassiter Board
Air Board
Sons of Air
Hamilton elected grand master of Pennsylvania Masons
William M. Hamilton of Pittsburg was elected grand master at the Pennsylvania grand lodge convocation held at the Masonic temple in Philadelphia. He will succeed Samuel M. Goodyear of Carlisle as grand master.
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Philadelphia
William M. Hamilton
Pittsburg
Pennsylvania Grand Lodge of Masons
Grand Lodge
Masonic Temple
Hamilton
Samuel M. Goodyear
Carlisle
Young Shaefer Loses Billiard World Title
Chicago December 2. After a record run of 482, Edouard Horemans dethroned Young Shaefer at 182 balk line shots finishing 100 to rr Nohaefer led early but Shaefer’s title bid ended in a seventy four point deficit.
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Chicago
Young _ Shaefer
Edouard Horemans
Nohaefer
Most Perfect Boy and Girl Picked at International Exposition
Alice Burkhart fifteen of Audubon Iowa named most perfect girl and George Cuskaden fourteen of St Paul Indiana chosen as country’s most perfect boy after exams of over 600000 farm youths. Burkhart scored 95.7 percent and Cuskaden 97.7 percent with flaws noted. Cattle swine and sheep prize winners sold at auction after exposition events.
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Chicago
America
Alice Burkhart
Audubon County
Iowa
George Cuskaden
St. Paul
Ind
Mrs Hood Dies From Poisoned Shoe Polish in Chicago
Coroners jury rules Mrs Florence Raymond Hood a Birmingham society woman died from sling shoe polish containing a poison at a Chicago hotel on November 15. Her husband and John Cashen, present earlier, were absent when the inquest concluded and offered no light on the act.
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Chicago
Florence Raymond Hood
Birmingham
Ala
Examination of Byron Temporarily Suspended
In Wwon Wisconsin the Interstate Commerce Commission paused the cross examination of H E Byram former president and current receiver of the Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul railway. Wisconsin attorney general H L Ekern asked to delay proceedings until later hearings in Chicago as E L Fisher a road director described attempts to lift the line from receivership amid weak earnings and maturing debt. Other railway officials are expected to testify tomorrow.
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Wwon
H. E. Byram
Chicago
Milwaukee
St. Paul
Interstate Commerce
H. L. Ekern
Wisconsin
Byram
E. L. Fisher
Road
La Follette Fight tests GOP conference open session
Washington reports Republican leaders rallying to bar any question of Senator-elect La Follette's GOP faith while awaiting Saturday conference. Curtis Edge and others weigh strategy as Watson studies La Follette speeches amid pressure on party unity. Briand wins confidence in Paris as inflation bill faces open debate.
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Washington
Senate
New Hampshire
Smoot
Dek
Spinter
Conte
Washa
Teaster Butler
la Follette
Watson
Indiana
la Pollette
Republican Party
Curtis
Edge
New Jersey
Wisconsin
Paris
Aristide Briand
Chamber
Briand
Chamber of Deputies
M. Locheur
Finance Committee
Locarno
M. Briand
London
M. Loucheur
Rail consolidation faces cross examination before ICC
Opponents of a Norfolk and Western Virginian railroad consolidation pressed witnesses to show potential loss of competition. Testimony covered traffic, finances, and lease terms. Norfolk and Western executives argued the deal risks little competitive impact while detailing long term lease finance and ownership implications.
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Norfolk and Western Lease
Virginian
Commerce Commission
Washington
Norfolk and Western Railroad
Interstate Commerce Commission
J. E. Crawford
Norfolk and Western System
W. C. Brongon
Chesapeake and Ohio
B. W. Herrman
Norfolk and Western
Bronson
H. J. Wagner
Norfolk Port Commission
Fierman
Norfolk
Wagner
F. H. Alden
Virginia
Alden
Aoe
Norfolk and Tern
Tax Work On Address Bill Next Monday Of Gen Pershing
Washington dispatch reports the House Ways and Means Committee sent the tax reduction bill to printers with provisions to cut the federal tax burden by about 330 million dollars. It also repeals deeds and certain stamp taxes while restoring key rates and defers inheritance tax changes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gen. Pershing
Washington
House
Ways and Means
Green
Sesson
Treasury
Bis
Letter to Santa Claus Penetrates Jail Walls
In Williamsport a radio letter to Santa broadcast by WCAB Pittsburgh reached Lycoming County jail and delivered to inmate Dennis G. Lewis the itemized wishes of his six and a half year old son Ralph Hamilton Lewis whom he has never met. Lewis, a jail trusty and fugitive who jumped bail when the boy was born, has a photo of the child in his cell.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Williamsport
Santa Claus
WCAB
Pittsburg
Lycoming County
Dennis G. Lewis
Lewis
Jall
Santa
Ralph Hamilton Lewis
Ram sey Street Junior High School excavation to resume
Excavation work on the Ram sey Street Junior High School walls and foundation will resume Monday after a brief weather suspension. Lawrence & Webb, contractors, report a steam shovel will remove dirt in stages, followed by a concrete reinforced retaining wall by Keim, Pemberton & Cruise.
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Ramsey Steet
Lawrence & Webb
Keim
Pemberton & Cruise
Brighter Prospects for Real Estate Activity
Real estate activity shows improvement in the last three weeks with Easley-Wilson noting brighter market conditions. Lawrence Layne reports three homes sold in the Union Street area within the past fifteen days.
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Lawrence Layne
Easley- Wilson Company
Union Street
Excavations Hint at Ancient City in Missouri Site
In Pike county Missouri near the Mississippi River an archaeologist and partners claim to have traced walls of forty three underground rooms and seven passageways using a divining rod like instrument. They report a subterranean chamber at the sixty five foot level and view a buried city theory as a major discovery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Quincy
Ill
Pike County
Missouri
Mississippi River
R. D. Burchard
St. Louis
Burchard
John Nolan
J. A. Jameson
George Thompson
F. D. Tucker, Sr
No Trace of Poison in Birkeland's Stomach
Knute B Birkeland retired clergyman and businessman found dead in an unoccupied Minneapolis house. Coroner says death is a homicide with undetermined cause after University of Minnesota tests found no poison. Police seek Rae Reynolds who rented the apartment and vanished after Birkeland disappeared November 24.
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Minneapolis
Minn
Knute B. Birkeland
Gilbert Seashore
University of Minnesota
Rae Reynolds
Birkeland
Pittsburg Coal Company resigns from producers group
Pittsburg coal firm announces it has resigned its membership in the Pittsburg Coal Producers' Association citing the general condition of the coal industry. The statement says the move has no bearing on the lake freight coal rate cases.
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Pittsburg
Pittsburg Coal Company
Pittsburg Coal Producers’ Association
Census recount continues in Bluefield amid drizzle
Despite steady rain the Bluefield census recount progresses with strong cooperation from residents. Notices urge reporting absent residents and those living in disputed territories, as Virginia and West Virginia sides proceed. officials plan further checks and extended field work.
Chapman Fate Hinges on Connecticut Judge
In Hartford, Gerald Chapman, convicted for murder and mail robbery, awaits a judge’s decision on his writ of habeas corpus to challenge a 25 year federal sentence. If denied, Connecticut could pursue execution for the policeman’s death. Chapman’s lawyers plan immediate appeals.
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Hartford
Conn
Gerald Chapman
Edwin 8
Thomas
Norwalk
Chapman
Atlanta
United States
Connecticut
New Britain
UN States Circuit Court of Appeals
Frederick J. Groeh
United States Supreme Court
Kipling Stricken by Double Pneumonia in England
London reports Rudyard Kipling has double pneumonia at Borwash in Essex. Doctors including Lord Dawson, the king's physician, say condition is anxious but not dangerous as the illness progresses, described initially as a recurrence of bronchitis with pneumonia symptoms.
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London
Rudyard Kipling
Borwash
Lord Dawson
Associated Press
Kipling
Barwash
Two Army Fliers Killed In Crash Near San Diego
San Diego December 2. Captain Harry H. Shepherd and Lieutenant John D. Christian of Marine Corps Aviation No 1 died when their Voight ship collided midair above San Diego Bay at speeds over 100 mph. Both planes plunged into the sea four miles south of Coronado tent city. Christian died en route after extraction. Shepherd remained in wreckage until recovered. They had opened parachutes but perished. Shepherd, married three months, commanded a machine gun company in World War I and graduated Pensacola in 1921. Christian, born February 12 1900 in Halethorpe Maryland, was married.
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San Diego
Cal
San Diego Bay
Harry H. Shepherd
John D. Christian
Marine Corps Aviation Squadron No 1
North Island
Coronado
Tent City
Christian
Naval Air Station Dispensary
Shepherd
Marine Corps
Fifth Marine Battalion
Pensacola Naval Air Station
Halthorpe
Hershey Confesses Embezzlement Ties to Cleveland Gamble Hubs
Harry H. Hershey of Lancaster Pennsylvania confessed a $40000 embezzlement from a Lancaster traction firm and then swore in an affidavit that he lost the entire sum in Cleveland gambling houses. Police plan to pursue the gamblers named and Lancaster police will hold Hershey in Cleveland another day.
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Cleveland
Harry H. Hershey
Lancaster
Lancaster Traction Company
Hershey
Battle of Words in Texas Renewed
A Texas political clash between James E Ferguson and Attorney General Moody centers on the American Road Company highway contract. Ferguson claims Moody's pursuit cost the state up to $1.8 million, while Moody says court findings refute Ferguson's misstatements and assert the state should recover $600,000 in excess profits and cancel the company’s Texas permit.
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Austin
Tex
James E Ferguson
Miriam A. Ferguson
Moody
American Road Company
Texas Highwy Commission
Ferguson
Texas
Fifty-Third
Governor Pinchot to Decide on Anthracite Settlement
The Pennsylvania governor returns to Harrisburg next week to decide actions to promote a prompt anthracite strike settlement. He weighs submitting the issue to the legislature if an extra session is called and reviews paths to protect miners and operators amid scarce supplies.
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Philadelphia
Pinchot
Harrisburg
Philip Murray
United Mine Workers
John L. Lewis
Lewis
Springfield
Ill
Ol City
Pennsylvania
Interstate Commerce Commission
Woodruff
John F. Hylan
New York City
City of
New
Endeauree
New York
American Fair Trade League
League
No Nobel Peace Prize Awarded for 1925
Oslo reports the Norwegian Storthing decided there would be no Nobel peace prize for 1925 and also no prize for 1924. The Nobel bel institute had already ruled out the other four 1925 prizes. Possible candidates mentioned include Vice-President Dawes of the United States and Prince Charles of Sweden.
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Oslo
Norway
Storthing
Bel Institute
Dawes
United States
Prince Charles
Sweden
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