General Drum Holds Center Of Stage In Mitchell Trial
Brigadier General Hugh A Drum testified about war department aviation policy in the Mitchell court martial. He disputed claims that congress had been misinformed and argued the war department does not accept the unified air service as a sound army organization. He finished without completing his testimony and was ordered back for today.
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War Department
Unified Air Service
Army
Washington
Hugh
A. Drum
Mitchell
Congress
Frank W. Coe
Coast Artillery
Pershing
France
War: Department
Lafollette Adheres to Progressive Line After Senate Move
Wisconsin Senator Lafollette announces he will stick to his father's progressive principles after being recognized as a Republican. He addresses Labor officers and letters to committee leaders, urging continued battle to defend the progressive achievements like the Mellon Tax Plan defeat and Teapot Dome fallout.
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Washington
Republican Senate
Lafollette
Wisconsin
Senate Old Guard
Watson
Committee On Committees
Senate
Edwin Denby
Albert B. Falk
Divorce Suit Waters Panama Style Publicity
Divorce proceedings filed by Count Ludwig Salm Hoowatrasten against Millicent Rogers were mailed to Florida for service. The attorney for the plaintiff requested service by publication and was granted. The count is described as seeking separation while alleging threats and past attempts to kidnap their child.
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New York
Ludwig Salm Hoowatrasten
Millicent Rogers
Florida
Hig
Herma Goodstein
Ant Salm
Goodstein
Godstein
Contract Awarded for Prison at Alderson
Attorney General announced that Virginia Engineering Company of Newport News was awarded a federal prison contract for Alderson West Virginia. The first unit bid was 834607 dollars and includes a 100000 gallon water plant a sewage system outdoor lighting steam distribution and mechanical equipment for all buildings. Construction comprises a receiving house administration and staff building four cottages with sleeping porches and related facilities.
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Washington
Sargent
Vicemia Engineering Company
Newport News
Alderson
W. Va
Denial Made of Reunion Rumors in Rhinelander Case
New Rochelle New Yorkers report rumors of a reunion between Leonard Rhinelander and his wife Alice Rhinelander after their annulment suit. The White Plains jury deliberations sparked claims of tampering, later dismissed. Attorneys say alimony and counsel fees may be sought.
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New Rochelly
Florida
Ku Klux, Flan
Alice Jones
Rhinelander
Leonard Kip Rhinelander
Lee Parsons Davis
White Plains
Leon, R. Jacobs
White Plaine
Bennett
Yonkers
Hawikos
Chester County
Samuel’. Swinburne
Rhinglander
Davis
Senate Defers Action on Commercial Aircraft Bill
Washington Dec 16 The Senate deferred action on the Bingham commercial aircraft bill at the request of Senator Robinson Democratic floor leader after a brief discussion of provisions The bill would create an additional assistant secretary of commerce to regulate commercial aircraft and was the first measure to carry out the president's air board recommendations.
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Washington
Bingham
Senate
Robinson
Secretary of Commerce
President's Air Board
Resignation Accepted of Lt Garbisch from Army for Charity Game
President Coolidge accepts the resignation of Lt Edward Garbisch a former all American West Point center with the Fifteenth engineers at Fort Humphreys Virginia. He will leave for California tonight to play in the New Year's charity all star football game and expects to enter private business.
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Washington
Coolidge
Army
Edward ‘W. Garblash
West Point
Garbisch
Fifteenth ‘Engineers
Fort Humphreys
California
French Finance Crisis Dismisses Loucheur Minister
Paris reports Louis Loucheur resigns after a second finance committee rebuff as Briand stands firm. Late talks hint Paul Doumer or Senator Downer may take the finance post. Briand could enlarge the cabinet by adding moderate group representation.
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Paris
France
Louis Loucheur
Caillaux
Chamber of Deputies
Loucheur
M. Caillaux
Briand
M. Briand
Finance Committee
M. Loucheur
Louchetr
Paul
Doumer
Chinese general Li-Ching-Ling moves vs Feng Yu-Helang near Kalgan
A Peking dispatch says General You-Hsi-Shan, governor of Shansi since 1916, agreed to cooperate with General Li Ching-Ling to attack Feng Yu-Hsiang's troops at Kalgan. Li's forces reportedly advanced beyond Yangtsun, threatening Feng's eastern Chihli operations as Shansi borders Kalgan and Shanxi.
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Shanghai
China
Peking -To
You-Hsi-Shan
Shansi
Li Ching-Ling
Feng Yu-Helang
Kalgan
Feng
Chihli
Tientain
Amendments to Tax Cut Bill Face House Floor Scrutiny
Washington December 15 The tax reduction bill moved forward in the House with amendments largely defeated. Provisions on income tax return publication and personal exemptions drew stubborn opposition. Representatives Black and Jones pushed to shorten the filing period, but votes remained without recorded tallies.
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Washington
Mar Norton
Hig
Black
Jones
TaKah Soneht
Roth
New Strike Settlement Proposal Offered by Luzerne Delegation
A Luzerne county group proposes an arbitration backed settlement to end the sixteenth week anthracite strike. The plan calls for immediate resumption under the old contract, a three‑three committee review, and a board of settlement for unresolved items, plus a new long term contract and yearly renegotiation option. It warns of vast losses and regional hardship if the stalemate continues.
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Philadelphia
Luzerne County
Fenneysraais House of Representaves
Luzerne
Pinchot
Board of Settlement
Indictments Name Sheriff Hoffman in Jail Scandal
Chicago December 16 The federal grand jury returned true bills naming Sheriff Peter M Hoffman and eight others in indictments linked to the Cook county jail scandal where beer runners moved freely while supposedly serving federal terms. Westbrook Druggan Lake and others face bribery and conspiracy charges with $1000 and $50 000 figures appearing in counts. Bonds set at 3000 each as Judge Wilkerson ordered the grand jury probe after Hoffman and Westbrook were held in contempt. Sentences against Hoffman and Westbrook and the others will be entered December 21.
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Chicago
Peter M. Hoffman
Cook County
Mbertiés
Terrance
Frankie Lake
Wesley Westbrook
Druggan
Lake
United States
Westbrook
James H. Wilkerson
Hoffman and
Hoffman
Wheat Prices Boosted by Argentine Report
Wheat on the Chicago board of trade rose on bullish Argentina crop estimates with light offerings and reluctant shorts. Prices climbed throughout the final hour to new highs as corn and oats followed, with May at 1.685 and notable gains across the grain complex.
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Chicago
Board of Trade
Argentina
West Penn Electric gains control of regional utilities
The Maryland public service commission authorized the West Penn Electric Company to acquire Potomac Edison, Keystone Power and Light, and West Penn, creating a combined utility with 500000 horsepower and 2100 miles of transmission. The consolidated system serves about 1.1 million people across 22000 square miles in Maryland Virginia West Virginia Pennsylvania and Ohio.
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Baltimore
Des
West Penn Electric Company
Maryland
Maryland Public Service Commission
Potomac Edison Company
Keystone Power and Light Company
West Penn Company
Virginia
West Virginia
Pennsylvania
Ohio
Rubber users warned to act before rubber crisis deepens
Clarense Barron, president of the Wall Arrest Journal, says American rubber users have acted too late as the rubber crisis worsens. He urges holding and selling of all old rubber stocks to prevent further price hikes and market instability.
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Clarense Barron
Wall Arrest Journal
Fee Tomorrow
Berlin Pact Draws Five Parties Toward New German Government
Dr. Urle Koch, named to form a new administration for Germany, met with leaders of five parties including the German People’s Party and Social Democrats. An agreement on a government program was reached in principle, with final decisions to come after tonight’s party meetings. The program supports ratifying the Washington eight hour accord, broad European cooperation, and using customs tariffs to widen Germany’s international market.
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Koch
Berlin
Urle Koch
von Hindenburg
Luther Stressemann
German People’s Party
Demo
Isoch
Washington
Great Britain
France
Belgium
Fixes Indebtedness Clarence Saunders Case T:
Judge John J. Gore fixes non dischargeable indebtedness of Clarence Saunders at 201436.48 to Piggly Wiggly Corp in the Saunders bankruptcy case filed in Memphis Tennessee. The ruling excludes funds tied to the Clare Clare pink palace plan. Original claims totaled about 1 664 000.
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Memphis
Tenn
John J. Gore
United States District Court
Clarence Sandera
Saunders
Piggly Wiggly Corporation
Nena
Clara-Clare
Pink Palace
Sanders
Cla-re-Clare
Cla-Le-Clare
Kennedy says plan differs little from operators' proposed settlement
Hazleton Pennsylvania December 15 The international secretary treasurer of the United Mine Workers Thomas A Kennedy says after reading the press proposition the plan differs little if any from the operators plan rejected by miners He argues it does not meet miners needs and notes they accepted the Pinchot plan and made major concessions.
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Hazleton
Iwyrernea
Thomas A. Kennedy
United Mine Workers ,of America
New Mexico Day Law 1923 Unconstitutional
Santa Fe N M five paragraph report notes the state supreme court declared New Mexico Prohibition law of 1919 unconstitutional. The ruling freed eight men convicted under the law as it conflicted with the new prohibition statute in force today.
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Santa Fe
N. Mo
New Mexico
Stormy Battling Siki Slain In New York Streets
Senegalese pugilist Louis Phal known as Battling Siki was found dead with two bullet wounds on a Hell's Kitchen sidewalk. Police seek the shooter amid unconfirmed leads and a possible neighborhood feud. his widow Lilian Werner identified the body at the morgue.
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New York
Duc
Upper West Side
Underworld
Battling Siki
Hell’s Kitchen
Siki
John J. Meehan
West 41St Street
Lil- Nan Werner
Nttle
Louis Phal
Phal
Sik
Stid
Mellie Dunham Signs Up With Keith Vaudeville
Mellie Dunham the white-hatred fiddler from Mains signs a contract with the Keith Alice vaudeville circuit to tour, with first appearance in Boston during Christmas holidays followed by dates in Washington Baltimore and Philadelphia. He aged 72, a fiddler and snowshoemaker, recently performed for Ford employees in Detroit and met Mayor Hylan. He recalled nearly losing a Civil War keepsake and dodged a gold piece trade offer from a hard-boiled reporter.
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New York
Mellie Dunham
Thourney
Norway
Ean
Keith-Alice
Ita
Boston
Washington
D.C
Baltimore
Philadelphia
Dunham
Detroit
Henry Mord
Ford
City Hall
Hylan
Mellie
Henry Ford
Seven Nations Pay War Debts to United States
In Washington on March 15, payments totaling 895 253 were sent to the treasury from seven foreign governments owing postwar loans. Grenthettalas led with 92 910 000 as the third annual installment on her armistice fund. Crecho Slovakia paid 1 500 000 in semi annual debt service. Finland Ahad Lithuania sent 45 078, Poland 500 000, and Hungary 39 611.
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Washington
Treasury
United States
Grenthettalas
Ts Telelum
Post Armistign
Crecho-Slovakia
Finland
Pal Ahad
Lithuania
Poland
Hungary
Stathers Named Circuit Judge in West Virginia
Clarksburg reported Judge Birk S. Stathers of Weston was appointed to the fifteenth judicial circuit by Governor Howard M. Gore. He will replace Judge Haymond Maxwell, who resigns January 1 to enter private practice. Stathers, a West Virginia University graduate and World War II veteran, will move his residence to Clarksburg.
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Clarksburg
W. Va
Birk S. Stathers
Weston
West Virginia Public Service Commission
Fifteenth Judicial Circuit
Howard M. Gore
Stathers
Haymond Maxwell
West Virginia University
West
Virginia
Pictured as Captain and Wrecker of Ship in Trial
Josiah Kirby former president of the Cleveland Discount Company faces federal charges for defrauding investors. Prosecutors say he scuttled the ship while profiting from related holdings. The trial jury is expected to be seated around noon tomorrow with 14 counts on the table bearing up to five years imprisonment and a $1,000 fine per count.
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Cleveland
Josiah Kirby
Cleveland Discount Company
William Ty. Day
Defense Counsel
Kirby
United States
A. SE
Bernstein
Couts
Hoe
David Holding
Brast Nominated as Revenue Collector for West Virginia
The nomination of E A Brast of Parkersburg for internal revenue collector in West Virginia was submitted to the senate today but not acted upon.
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Washington
E. A.brast
Parkersburg
Internal Revenue
West Virginia
Senate
League of Nations Grants Mosul to Great Britain
Geneva reports the council of the League of Nations awarded Mosul to Irak under British mandate. Turkish foreign minister Rushdi Bey protested England's influence and accused it of arming Assyrian leaders to discredit Turkey. Moore details are to follow on Page Two.
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League of Nations
Mosul
Great Britain
Geneva
League’ of Nations
Saba
Irak
Council of the
League 9 Nations
League
Ite
Trak
Arkey
Bseaa
Turkey
Laid Onér
Specials League
Rushdi Bey
England
Extended Senate debate attacks Volstead Act and Prohibition
Washington reports the first extended Senate debate on the Volstead Act with Sen Edge of New Jersey leading calls to legalize 2.75 percent beer and relax restrictions. Sen Bruce Maryland and others debated enforcement, with Willis and Sheppard opposing modification and urging stronger prohibition measures.
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Washington
Prohibition
Senate
Edge
New Jersey
Bruce
Maryland
Willis
Ohio
Sheppard
Texas
Enn
Blease
South Carolina
United States
White House
Congress
Senator Edge
Shepherd
Canadian wheat crop worth millions reported
A historical clipping notes a large Canadian wheat crop valued in the millions with total weights and figures indicating substantial production and financial impact. The fragmented text references prices around ten dollars and mentions years and regions in a brief agricultural context.
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Gen. Drum
Frank R. Reid
Ilinois
Sgalp
Yen
House of Representatives
Supreme Court
Pennsylvania Supreme Court
United States Court of Appeals
Third Circuit
True Bills
Sheriff Hoffman
Federal Grand Jury
THE
Logarng
Fixes
Clarence Saunders
New Mexico’s Day
Bullets
Battling Lir
Lilian Werner
Keith
Uncle Sam
Birk
Gore
Fifteenth Circuit
E. A. Brast
New
Jersey
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