Prohibition Fight Heads to Congress as Reformers Split
As Congress nears its session wets and dries sharpen lines for action on the Volstead Act. Dyer pushes outright repeal while prohibition enforcement groups appeal to Pope Pius XI. A sharp Catholic stance from the National Catholic Welfare Conference and dissent within the United Committee fuel the clash.
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Washington
Congress
Dyer
Wissouri
House
White House
Pope Pius XI
United Committee
Coolidge
Methodist Board of Temperance, Prohibition and Public Morals
Clarence True Wilson
Methodist Board
Oliver W. Stewart
Indianapolis
Flying Squadron Foundation
Edwin C. Dinwiddle
International Order of Good Templars
Clinton N. Howard
Rochester
N. Y
Re House
Woman's Christian Temperance Union
Enti- Saloon League
Chicago
United Committee For Prohibition Enforcement
Pius
America
Howard
United States
Risk life on a tube the size of a lead pencil
Dayton Ohio December 4 Lieutenant John A Macready a Mc Cook field flier will attempt to break altitude records. He will rely on a tiny oxygen tube about the size of a lead pencil to reach the stratosphere in a specially built altitude plane aiming to climb above 40 000 feet. If the tube fails he could lose consciousness or wake only if the plane descends to 20 000 feet and time is running out before flight tests within two weeks at McCook Field.
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Dayton
Ohio
John A. Macready
McCook’ Field Flier
Macready
Tornado Kills Two and Injures Eighteen in Yazoo
A Yazoo City tornado left two Black women dead and eighteen people injured, with property damage near half a million dollars. Twenty residents were made homeless as a National Guard detachment was deployed to deter looting. Governor Henry L. White ordered police and storm duty in place while heavy rains continued.
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Yazoo Og
National Gamed
Henry L
Record Smashing Prices At International Livestock Expo
A nine year old girl from Aledo Illinois Pauline Brown burst into tears as her Aberdeen Angus calf won junior champion stock feeder at the International Livestock Exhibition. The calf sold for 231 dollars to Eitel Brothers for the Chicago and Northwestern Railway restaurants at twenty cents a pound. Other top prices included a seven dollar per pound champion beef carcass bought for Hotel Sherman Chicago a Grand champion lamb on the hoof owned by University of California sold for 456.50 and the senior yearling steer shown by the University of Kentucky brought 589.60. The grand champion lamb carcass from the University of Wisconsin and the grand champion swine from Blue Bank Farm Ridgeley Tennessee also drew top bids. Prices set records for cattle sheep and hogs at the exposition.
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Chicago
Pauline Brown
Aledo
Ill
Eitel Brothers
Chicago and Northwestern Railway
W. W. Wilson & Sons
Muncie
Ind
Sherman
University of California
University of Kentucky
Universe of
Wisconsin
Blue Bank Farm
Ridgeley
Tenn
London Fog Shuts Down City and Delays Transport
London experiences a thick pea souper fog lasting all day. Pigeons atop St Pauls slept, roosters failed to crow, river traffic suspended, streets congested, collisions reported, and many cross channel schedules canceled. The fog blankets southern England and even dimmed theatre lighting.
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London
St Paul's Cathedral
Thames
England
Sramek Fails to Form Cabinet in Czecho Slovakia
Prague dispatch reports M Sramek, leader of the Catholic Peoples Party, failed to form a cabinet. It is believed M Bechine, head of the Social Democrats, or former Premier Svehla, may be asked to form a mixed government.
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Prague
Czecho-Slovakia
M. Sramek
Catholic Peoples Party
M. Bechine
Social Democrats
Svehla
Drops Dead While Making a Speech
New York December 4 Judge Thomas Burke former Washington state supreme court justice died of apoplexy while addressing a Carnegie Endowment for International Peace meeting in New York. He collapsed after urging justice courtesy and kind treatment for Japan. Dr Butler presided and notified Mrs Burke.
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New York
Thomas Burke
Supreme Court of
State of Washington
Carnegie Endowment For International Peace
Seattle
Dr. Butler
Roosevelt Hotel
Burke
Conferees Plan Opening of Sixty Ninth Congress
Republican leaders prepare for the 69th Congress with Senate and House conferences to finalize slate and rules on Monday. Democrats aim to choose officers and assign committee posts in the House while Senate organization stands near completion. The fate of Senator La Follette and Nye looms as insurgents seek return or exclusion from key committees.
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Washington
House
Senate
la Follette
Wisconsin
Lesignate Nye
North Dakota
Republican Committee On Committees
Yoan
Old Guard
Brookhart
Iowa
Frazier
Ladd
Robert M. la Follette
Frear
John M. Nelson
Vezina Ordered Out Of Game By Physicians
Montreal December 4 veteran goaltender Georges Vezina of the Montreal Canadian Club in the National Hockey League has been ordered out of the game permanently by his physicians. At forty four he has been one of Canada's leading hockey men for eighteen years and is the father of seventeen children.
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Montreal
Georges Vezina
Vezina
Canada
Disarmament Talks May Invite US and Russia
Geneva December 4. The League of Nations council may invite the United States and Russia to join in preparatory work for a world disarmament conference. An Associated Press report said cooperation of both nations is deemed essential for any success, as Russia’s adherence remains a key issue from arms control talks. An official communique was not released.
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Geneva
United States
Russia
Council of the
League of Nations
Associated Press
Coolidge to Study League Disarmament Invite
President Coolidge will delay considering the League of Nations disarmament council invitation until he reviews its text. He supports armament reduction in principle but must assess statutory limits on sending delegations and the commission’s exact role with the league.
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League of Nations
Washington
Dec
Coolidge
League
Disarmament Council
Special Commission
Disarmament Division
United States
Congress
Germany
Commission
Fessenden Sues Radio Giants for 60 Million
Prof Reginald A Fessenden of Newton sues eight major radio firms in U S district court seeking 60 million dollars plus triple damages under Sherman and Clayton acts. defendants include RCA General Electric Westinghouse AT&T United Fruit Wireless Specialties International Radio Telegraph. suit cites alleged price restraints and noncompetitive patent practices dating back to 1904. Fessenden, known for submarine signaling, previously won 406 175 in 1912 against National Electric Signaling in Boston.
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Boston
United
Radio Corporation of America
General Electric Company
Westinghouse Electric and Manufacturing Company
American Telephone and Telegraph Company
United Fruit Company
Wireless Specialties Apparatus Ny
International Radio Telegraph Company
Fessenden
Espamed
Edison
Edison Laboratories
Westinghouse
Purdue University
University of Pittsburg
United States Weather Bureau
National Electric Signaling Company
Suit to padlock Ritz Carlton over liquor violations
Philadelphia government officials announced a suit to padlock the Ritz Carlton Hotel for alleged illegal liquor activity. General Smedley D. Butler condemned the hotel’s handling of wine and punch for young guests as a disgrace and vowed to pursue the case, while Ritz Carlton manager David B. Provan denied any sales or service by employees.
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Ritz-Carlton
Philadelphia
Ritz Carlton
Smedley D. Butler
Public Safety
General Butler
David B. Provan
Workman Smothered in Sawdust at Pennsylvania Lumber Plant
Herman Dorman aged 32 died as a large pile of sawdust caved in at the A. L. Carlisle Lumber Company plant in Union City. A bystander team of horses stood nearby for hours before workers dug him free and authorities began an investigation.
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Brie
Herman Dorman
A. L. Carlisce Lumber Company
Union City
Peru Rules Out Direct Settlement of Tacna Arica by Chile
Washington reports Peru will not consider direct diplomacy with Chile to settle the Tacna Arica dispute. The Peruvian foreign office insists only Coolidge’s plebiscite award will be honored, and no修改 outside settlement will be entertained. Observers say diplomacy outside the plebiscite is unlikely to succeed.
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Washington
Foreign Office
Tacna-Arica
Chile
Coolidge
Peru
President Coolidge
General Pershing
Plottecitary Commission
Mr. Coolidge
Details of Kirby party and large loans at Cleveland trial
Witnesses testified at federal court in Cleveland about a 45000 party for Josiah Kirby and a 912000 loan to Sharon Pressed Steel, with no security. Details covered a 600000 mortgage and 300000 second loan, of which only 190000 was repaid. A Lake Placid party for salesmen was also described as the company neared receivership.
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Cleveland
Josiah Kirby
Cleveland Discount Company
Sharon Pressed Steel Company
Kirby
Ray L. Poland
Sharon Joan
Steel Company
Poland
W. ©. Malin
Discount Compen
Lake Placid
N. Y
Charles J. Forbes
Discount Company
Motors stolen at Mitchell Field spark arrest in Miami
Edmund Emerson of New York City was arrested in Miami charged with stealing three Wright airplane motors from Mitchell Field. The case ties to four others and the Sixty-fire service squadron members who were arrested earlier for the theft, with recovered motors found near Astoria weeks later.
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Miami
Fila
Edmund Emerson
New York City
Department of Justice
Mitchell Field
Astoria
American participates in credit to Belgium banks
American participation in credit arranged by British American, Dutch and Swiss banks to support the monetary position of Belgium was announced by J. P. Morgan & Company and the Guaranty Trust Company of New York. The credits supplement earlier advances by the same group.
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New York
Giam
J. P. Morgan & Company
Guaranty Trust Company of
Dawes Seeks Rule Change as Senate Filibuster Debate Heats Up
Vice President Charles G. Dawes presses to reform Senate rules limiting one man filibusters. Curtis and Underwood back change, but lawmakers say overwhelming sentiment opposes curbs on the right to debate. Dawes argues facts may sway public pressure, while opponents warn of risk to legislative rights.
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Curtis
Underwood
Washington
Senate
Charles G. Dawes
Congress
Dawes
Uule
Sinee
Supreme Court
Wes
Kansas
Jaderwood
Alabama
Finance Minister Count Volpi Receives Welcome in Turin
Turin reports a large public reception for Finance Minister Count Volpi on his return from Washington where he led a debt funding mission. He later departed for Rome.
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Turin
Italy
Count Volpi
Washington
Rome
Arguments in Oil Case Ended in DC Court
Washington December four. De murrers to the Fall Doheny Sinclair naval oil lease indictments were argued and taken under advisement by the District of Columbia supreme court after defense and government counsel presented their positions. The indictments against Albert B. Fall Harry F Sinclair and Edward L Doheny were previously scuttled over grand jury room irregularities and were then revived by the government. The court ordered printed briefs outlining cited authorities. Martin W Little for Sinclair stressed the apparent absence of the attorney general’s special assistant in the grand jury room.
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Washington
District of Columbia Supreme Court
Albert B. Fall
Harry F. Sinclair
New York
Edward L. Doheny
Los Angeles
Owen J. Roberts
Philadelphia
Atlee Pomerene
Cleveland
Martin W. Little
Sinclair
Attempt to Defraud Hens of Extra Eggs
Pittsburg reports a complaint alleging cruelty to chickens at an Indiana breeder. A supply of chicken feed and an electrically lit poultry door forces hens to work twenty four hours daily. The complaint names A L Alyn of the Western Pennsylvania Humane Society and seeks investigation into an apparent attempt to defraud hens of extra eggs amid high prices.
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Pittsburg
Indiana
A. L. Alyn
Westernnsylvania Humane Society
Abn
Western Conference Bars Movie Scouting for Football
Western Conference athletic directors approved a rule barring motion picture scouting of football practices while allowing on field drills under coach direction. Practices will be shortened to two hours daily though individual players may punt and pass. Movies may capture games but cannot be used to analyze opponents. The measure signals renewed Midwest college sports planning ahead of next season.
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Chicago
Pene Footr
Wisconsin
Illinois
Minnesota
Indiana
Henee
Ohio
Pennsylvania
Ohio State
Columbus
Kansas
Purdue University
Cowboy shoots at plant in Rockford dynamite attempt
Frank Letz a Montana cowboy tried to dynamite the Chappell Brothers packing plant in Rockford Illinois after learning horses were slaughtered for dog food. He was detected and shot his condition was serious. Four fires were set causing $50000 damage and several injuries were reported.
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Rockford
Ill
Chappell Brothers Packing
Frank Letz
Letz
Pinchot to Confer With Mellon on Prohibition Laws
Bradford Pa December 4 Governor Pinchot on a state tour said he will confer with Treasury Secretary Mellon on prohibition enforcement laws as soon as his other pressing work permits. Close aides expect plans for an extra legislative session and settling the anthracite coal production suspension to be considered upon his return to Harrisburg.
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Bradford
Pinchot
Treasury
Mellon
Harrisburg
Coolidge Favors Report Of Board On Air Defense
President Coolidge backs the air board report while opposing a unified air service. Senate and House leaders in both parties move to implement the board recommendations as the aviation defense issue dominates early congressional action. Senator Robinson pushes for comprehensive unification of aviation control, signaling a major policy fight ahead.
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Washington
National Defense Organization
Congress
Coolidge
Unified Air Service
Air Board
House
Senate
Robinson
Arkansas
MITCHELL COURT HEARS PROSECUTION WITNESSES ON NAVY POLICY
The court martial of Coronel Wwil lam Mitchell heard numerous prosecution witnesses and heard Navy opposition to a unified air service. Rear Admiral Pratt defended Newport training and cited successful officers who did not attend the college. Commander Stapler described propaganda films and warned unified service would harm fleet efficiency and national defense. Witnesses included Hall, Lincoln, Kline, Davia, and others discussing aviation policy and Shenandoah flight context.
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Washington
Coronel Wwillam Mitchell
Navy
William V. Pratt
Newport
R. I
War College
William 8. Sima
Wafit
Edward Werle
Havoy
Robinson
United States Fleet
Robert B. Coonta
Norfolk
Va.) Navy Yard
John Stapler
Information Bureau
Navy Department
Army
Ostfries
Frankfort
Virginia
New Jersey
Alabama
Army Air
Army Air Service
Stapler
Naval Cers
Cty
National Defense
C. G. Hall
Shenandoah
S. Lincoln
J. H. Kline
Lakehurst
N.J
Naval Air Station
Noel Davia
Squantum
Mass
John F
Aeronau
Rhinelander Suit Heads to Jury After Four Weeks
The annulment case brought by Leonard Kip Rhinelander against his Negro wife reached the jury after long testimony and dramatic summations. Justice Marschaus instructed the jurors to return for reading tomorrow morning of any verdict on the seven questions in the suit.
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White Plains
N. Y
Leonard Kip Rhinelander
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