Grundy Approved for Vacant Senate Seat After Debate
Joseph R. Grundy of Pennsylvania won the Senate seat after three hours of debate over his right to the position. The chamber, with leaders from both parties, moved to refer the Nye resolution to the elections committee and to administer the oath without a roll call.
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Washington
Joseph R. Grundy
Pennsylvania
Senate
William S. Ware
Philadelphia
Fisher
Nye
North Dakota
Grundy
Johnson
California
Elections Committee
New Mexico
Grandy
Vare
Machado Letters Read By Senate Lobby Committee
Washington December session treats a Cuba protest against a high sugar tariff as read from a March letter by President Machado to H C Lakin of a Cuban company. Lakin testified and said he organized an $85,000 fund to sway policy while lobbying congresspeople and Hoover allies.
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Washington
Machado
Cuba
Senate Lobby Committee
H. C. Lakin
Lakin
Havana
Col. J. M. Tarafa
Shattuck
Hoover
Smoot
Senate Finance Committee
Philippines
Stimson
County Assessors Endorse Townsend Taxation Plan
West Virginia county assessors endorsed Governor Townsend’s plan to classify property for taxation and urged a special legislative session. A new assessors association formed with Ira L. Swiger as president and T. Newcomer as secretary, aiming to reform property deeds to require true value disclosure.
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Townsend
Charleston
W. Va
West Virginia
Cony
Ira L. Swiger
Clarksburg
Harrison County
T. Newcomer
Kanawha
Rebels Repulsed On Three Fronts In China War
Nationalist forces repulsed rebel armies on three fronts including the Ironsides division after three days of heavy fighting near Canton. Kwangsi rebels and Pukow mutineers were checked, thousands captured, while Tang Seng-Chi’s march toward Hankow was halted. American missionaries near Kanchow are missing.
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Shanghai
China
Chiang Kai- Shek
Canton
Ironsides
Kwangsi Province
Tironsides
Pukow
Chuchow
Nanking
Tang Seng-Chi
Yangtse
Hankow
Hunan
Kanchow
Kiange
Lazarus Catholic Mission
Germantown
Battered Bodies of Farmer and Wife Found in Indiana
In Muncie Indiana on December 12 the battered bodies of George F Heath 70 and his wife Elizabeth 60 were found in separate bedrooms at their home four miles south of town. They appear to have been clubbed to death Tuesday night authorities suspect revenge as the motive and have obtained a circuit court warrant while deputies seek a former Heath dairy farm employee now in Kentucky.
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Muncle
Ind
George F. Heath
Elizabeth
Kentucky
Heath
Lam bie Named Institute Chief at Coal Mining Meet
R M Lambie chief of the West Virginia department of mines was elected president of the Coal Mining Institute of America at its 43rd annual meeting in Pittsburgh. Delegates from 46 states and foreign countries attended. Lindholm of Bergen Norway spoke on Spitzbergen coal mining. other officers and chiefs from Maryland Ohio and Pennsylvania were named.
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Pittsburgh
Coal Mining Institute of America
R. M. Lambie
Department of Mines of
West Virginia
Lambie
William Nisbet
Greensburg
Joakim N. K. Lindholm
Bergen
Norway
Spitzbergen
Mining Department
J. J. Rutledge
Maryland
C. O. Smith
Ohio
W. H. Glasgow
Pennsylvania
Institute
Oscar Cartlidge
Charleston
W. Va
D. L. Brown
Granttown
W.va
British troops depart Rhineland raise cheers in Wiesbaden
In Wiesbaden Germany on December 12 the interallied Rhineland high commission said the evacuated British zone would fall under French command along with areas vacated by Belgium on November 30. Residents celebrated as British troops marched to the station and entrained at 3 30. William Leeds remains as high commissioner until occupation ends.
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Wiesbaden
Germany
Rhineland
Hohenzollern
William Leeds
Henderson assures France on naval arms accord at five power talks
Foreign Secretary Henderson told France via the French ambassador that the London five power conference in January will not impose a fait accompli. He said Britain will seek negotiated steps to reduce arms and aims to complete agreed disarmament plans through League processes and a future world treaty.
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London
Henderson
France
MacDonald
Hoover
United Associated
Great Britain
United States
League of Nations
League
Preparatory Commission
Geneva
Missing Guns At Auburn Prison Amid Mutiny Toll
Auburn New York December 12 state and county officials search for ten missing guns from Auburn prison after a riot left eight convicts and the principal keeper dead. Three convicts hospitalized. 1,564 convicts answered roll call before outbreak. Warden Jennings and Keeper Durnford among dead. Reform methods urged by Sanford Bates on public radio.
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Auburn
N. Y
Auburn State Prison
State Department of Correction
Edgar
Jennings
George A. Sulliva
George A. Durnford
Joseph Bravata
Washington
Sanford Bates
New York
Bates
German cabinet faces confidence vote amid finance dispute
Berlin reports the German cabinet faces a confidence vote on the Finance Ministry program as Chancellor Mueller warns reforms hinge on implementing the Young plan. President von Hindenburg authorized dissolution if non support occurs, while Schacht reenters the political spotlight in Paris talks.
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Berlin
Reichstag
Hilferding
Mueller
Hjalmar Schacht
Reichbank
von Hindenburg
Freezing Wave Grips East plunging rivers and chilling deaths
A fierce cold wave swept from the west driving temperatures to 30 below in parts of New England. Rivers froze, rail service slowed, and autos struggled as a Worcester woman was found frozen to death. Air lines paused as freezing fog and ice halted flights from Chicago to Cleveland.
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Massachusetts
Vermont
New York
Weather Bureau
Worcester
Mass
Duck Islands
Portsmouth
Quebec
Que
Orleans
Connecticut River
Turners Falls
Deerfield River
South Merrimack
N. H
Londonderry
St. Johnsbury
Boston Weather Bureau
New England
Northfield Vt
Mt West
Chicago
Cincinnati
Nashville
Kansas City
Cleveland
Mississippi Valley
Washington parley experiences discussed for naval talks
A Washington session reviewed the Washington arms conference and the 1927 tri partite conference as prep for the upcoming London naval parley. Secretary Stimson met with delegates bound for England next month to brief them on preliminary American work.
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Washington
London
Stimeon
England
State Department
Stimson
William Vare Ill at Chelsea Home
William S. Vare former senator elect from Pennsylvania is ill at his Chelsea home after a relapse from recent illness. His wife and daughter also fall ill and Dr Elwood H Kirby was called as he recovers from overexertion and stress from his senate bid.
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Atlantic City
N. J
William 8. Vare
Pennsylvania
South Berkley Square
Chelsea
United States Senate
Ware
William Kipp
Beatrice Vare
Elwood H. Kirby
Philadelphia
Vare
William
Elwood HU H. Kirby
Business Council Chairman Names Executive Committee
Washington names a 20 member executive group from major American firms to carry out stabilization projects from the national business survey conference led by Julius H. Barnes. The list includes Owen D. Young Myron C. Taylor Thomas W. Lamont and others with a plan to meet soon and possibly add a larger panel. Barnes says no emergency rush is needed and confidence in early stabilization is warranted.
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Washington
Hoover
Julius H. Barnes
Owen D. Young
General Electric Company
Myron C. Taylor
United States Steel Corporation
Thomas W. Lamont
J. P Morgan & Co
Paul Shoup
Southern Pacific Company
Clarence M. Woolley
American Radiator Corporation
Henry M. Robinson
Los Angeles First National Trust and Savings Bank
Walter C. Teagle
Stan
Dard Oil Company
New Jersey
James Simpson
Marshall Field & Co
Chicago
C. F. Kelley
Anaconda Copper Mining Company
KB. L. Carpenteron
National Lumber Manufacturers’ Association
Minneapolis
Pierre 8. du Pont
Wilmington
Del
Lewis E Plersom
Irving Trust Company
New York City
George Horace Lorimer
Philadelphia
Walter 8. Gifford
American Telephone and Telegraph Company
Alvan McCauley
National Automobile Chamber of Commerce
Detroit
John G. Lonsdale
American Bankers’ Association
St. Louis
Stewart C. Cramer
Cotton, Textile Institute
Cramerton
N. C
Charles Cheney
National Industrial Conerence Board
Manchester
Conn
Silas H. Strawn
Montgomery Ward & Co
Harry Chandler
Los Angeles
Barnes
National Business Conference
Strikes Spreads As Deputies Break Picket Lines
Taylorville Ill Dec 12 Deputies used tear bombs to disperse picket lines as miners from the National Miners union push operations in southern Illinois. About 200 Penweil mine workers at Pana voted to join the union and a mass miners meeting led to calls to picket Bullpit and Nokomis mines. Frank Davis organizer for Johan Lewis was ousted. state president St George Voyzey remained jailed in Benton.
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Taylorville
Illinois
National Miners Union
Christian County
Penweil Company
Pana
Pan
Bullpit
Nokomis
Public
Frank Davis
Johan L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
Coello Field
West Frankfort
Benton
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Professor Falk isolates influenza germ at Chicago lab
Prof I 8 Falk of the University of Chicago says he has isolated the influenza germ after a year of work. He described a cultured form of streptococcus causing influenza and said one virulent clump type could drive the disease, with vaccine prospects noted by Dr Jordan and colleagues. The discovery is hailed as a major medical advance.
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Chicago
I. 8. Falk
University of Chicago
Bacteriology Club
University Today
Falk
Gideon Wells
Olin West
Edwin O. Jordan
Jordan
Falkie
Yale
New York Republican Calls Wet Bloc Meeting Urged
Representative in Guardia of New York invites members of the wet bloc in the House to meet on Saturday to discuss possible action on the prohibition question during this session.
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Washington
D. C
Guardia
Republican
New York
WV Delegation Draws Key House Committee Assignments
Washington reports West Virginia members receive strong placements. Hugh Ike Shott, fifth district, earns Mines and Mining with high rank, plus Civil Service and Accounts. Joe L. Smith, sixth district, joins Mines and Mining. Bachmann takes Judiciary. Wolverton to Post Offices. Hughes remains on Military Affairs. Bowman stays on District of Columbia committee.
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Hugh Ike Shott
Hia
House of Representatives
Joe L. Smith
Bachmann
John M. Wolverton
James A. Hughes
Bowman
District of Columbia
Japanese Leader Sees World War Armament Abolition
Seattle report quotes former Japanese premier Reijiro Wakatsuki urging abolition of armaments as an ultimate aim. He cites London Geneva and Washington leanings toward disarmament and supports a 70 percent share for auxiliary ships while opposing submarines as proposed by the United States.
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Seattle
Wash
Reijiro Wakatsuki
Japan
Tony
Geneva
Washington
London
United States
Path Is Cleared for Quick Action on Tax Proposal
Senate adjourns to permit immediate debate on the $160 million income tax cut proposal while continuing wool tariff increases. Leaders forecast early adoption of the tax plan as finance committee shifts duties on wool waste carbonized wool and yarns, with adjustments to brackets and rates. The tariff vote is set for next week after further sessions.
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Washington
Senate
Ing
Finance Committee
Hayeden
Arizona
House
Debt Settlement Step Nearer in FranceUS Debt Pact
The House voted 239 to 100 to ratify the Mellon Berenger wartime debt settlement with France. The measure moves to the Senate where a favorable finance committee report awaits. Critics argue the 4.025 billion dollar payment over 62 years favors France.
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House
Senate
Washington
France
United States
Finance Committee
Smoot
Hoover
Crisp
Georgia
American Debt Commission
Rainey
Illinois
Mediterranean
Oklahoma
Rubio Seeks To Tighten U S Ties Of Friendship
Mexico’s president elect Ortiz Rubio issued a goodwill broadcast over CBS, expressing admiration for the United States and urging stronger bilateral cooperation. He emphasized mutual prosperity and enduring friendship while addressing American listeners.
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Rubio
U. S
New York
Ortiz Rubio
Mexico
United States
Columbia Broadcasting System
Basle
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Ironsides Division
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New Hampshire
William Vare
Business Council
National Union Activities Center
West
Zihiman
Denison
Linois
Interst Commerce Committee
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