Pershing Health Concerns Stir Return News From Arica
Reports indicate General John J. Pershing's failing health may force his withdrawal from his role as president of the Tacna Arica plebiscitary commission. Major Glenn L. Jones advised return to the United States by January 15, with Colonel Jay J. Morrow also planning a homeward trip. The White House confirmed awareness of Pershing's condition, while officials offered no comment on potential impacts on the plebiscite schedule for April 15.
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Washington
John J. Pershing
Tacna
Glenn L.jones
Army Medical Corps
Jay J. Morrow
Boundary Commission
Coolidge
United States
Iite
Arica
Leas
William C. Dennis
General Pershing
Major Jone
Chile
Essequibo
Chi
Marishberry
Flore
Bolivia
Alluring vistas revealed to scientists at AAAS session
Kansas City December 28 Dr J McKeen Cattell retiring AAAS president outlined alluring vistas where human production rises happiness spreads and scientists join the masters of the world. He said scientifically applied psychological tests would guide people to the best industry for efficiency and doubled production.
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Kansas City
American Association For the Advancement of Science
J. McKeen Cat‘ll
New World Swimming Records Set by Women
Ethel McGary and Agnes Geraghty set new long-course world records in Coral Gables Florida. McGary swam 500 meters in 7 58, breaking her Asheville mark by seven seconds, while Geraghty clocked 400 meters breaststroke in 1 17 2 5, surpassing her Asheville record by 15 2 5 seconds.
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New York
Ethel McGary
Agnes Geraghty
Coral Gables
Fla
Miss McGary
Asheville
N. C
Miss Kty
Rumors of Bank Merger Denied by Officials
Reports of a huge merger among major New York banks, including Chemical National National Park and Chase National Bank, circulated on Wall Street with stock gains since last spring. Officials refused to confirm any consolidation.
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New York
New York City
Wall Street
National Park
Chase National Bank
Young Killgore on His Way Home
An eighteen year old American from Shreveport who enlisted in the French foreign legion sailed from Marseilles and is returning home after a years long dispute between Washington and Paris. He was sent to Algiers and Morocco, wounded in Rift fighting, then discharged as an act of friendship to the United States despite years left on his contract.
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Washington
William F. Killgore
Shreveport
French Foreign Legion
Paris
Marseilles
Algiers
Killfore
State Department
Morocco
Casa Blanca
Oran
United States
Winnipeg to Toronto air service promised next spring
A Winnipeg board of trade secretary reports a commercial air service will link Winnipeg and Toronto early next spring. The thirteen hour route will pass through Minneapolis Cleveland and Buffalo and will carry passengers and express parcels. J M Clark of Dubois Pa sought details to establish an air terminal.
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Winnipeg
Toronto
A. E. Parker
Board of Trade
J. M. Clark
Dubois
Winn
Minneapolis
Cleveland
Buffalo
Clark
International Air Trunk Lines
Village Blacksmith of Washington Dead
Washington remembers John Hartman the village blacksmith who died Christmas Day at about 106 after seventy years shoeing horses. Ill five years in a hospital. no surviving relatives to confirm his exact age.
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Washington
National
John Hartman
Cold Wave Smashes Through Midwest Frozen Ohio River Standstill
Severe cold spreads from the Rocky Mountains to the Atlantic with many states setting new low records. Ohio River traffic between Pittsburgh and Cincinnati halts due to heavy ice floes and a dangerous Kanawha River jam. Two more deaths occur in Pittsburgh as freezing weather continues with no relief forecast.
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Cincinnati
Kanawha
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Mercury
Chi
Che
Rocky Mountains
Atlantic Seaboard
Heart of
Dixie
Florida
New Mexco
Missouri
Kansas
Oklahoma
Texas
Huntington
W. Va
Monongahela
Ohio
H. M Trippe
United States
Huntington District
Trippe
Tr Ppe
Hunt- Inittsburo
Wall
James Dalton
Physine
Federal Institution for Women at Alderson to convene advisory board
Washington reports the advisory board for the new Federal Institution for Women at Alderson West Virginia will meet to discuss disciplinary policies and organizational matters. The board includes Dr Mary B Harris and others. officers to supervise the institution will be elected. completion expected in six months to a year for about 600 inmates.
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New Industrial Home For Women
Washington
New Federal Industrial Institution For Women
Alderson
W. Va
Department of Justice
Preside Coolige
Mary B. Harris
New Institution
Alvin Dodd
Julia K. Jaffray
New York
Charles A Corby
Plan to link five Eastern railroads argued before ICC
W A Colston, chief counsel for Nickel Plate, presents five hour case backing the Van Sweringen plan to fuse Nickel Plate with Chesapeake and Ohio Erie Pere Marquette and Hocking Valley. He asserts the ICC has power to approve the merger and that stock exchanges and leases are fair. Opponents led by H. W. Anderson prepare full rebuttal tomorrow.
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Washington
van Sweringen
Interstate Commerce Commission
W A. Col
Chesapeake and Ohio
Erie
Pere Marquette
Hocking Valley
H. W. Anderson
Chesapeake and
Oho
Commission
Thomas B. Gay
Richmond
Anderson
E. C. Bailly
O. P
M. van Sweringer
Cleveland
Colston
Usc
London Stock Exchange year ends with prosperity and strain
London dis patch notes 1925 for the London Stock Exchange highlights a strong year driven by rubber shares and global economic trends, though British funds fell due to monetary policy and industry pressures. Unemployment remained high, but days lost to strikes were at a record low aside from textiles and coal. In Charleston West Virginia Louis Bear Cat Riggs is fatally shot by Dell Silverman, who surrendered to police.
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London
London Stock Exchange
Wall Street
New York
Capelcourt
Charleston
W. Va
Louis J
Bear Cat) Riggs
Huntington
Dell Silverman
Silverman
John Britton
Riggs
Washington Gridders Finish Last Home Practice Before Pasadena Trip
Seattle December practice ends as Coach Enoch Bagshaw states UW football team prepared for Friday game at Pasadena against Alabama. He notes California heat slowed Alabama while UW weather stays mild with temperatures near 40s to 50s since December 12 training.
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Seattle
Wash
Enoch W. Bagshaw
University of Washington
Pasadena
University of Alabama
Bagshaw
California
Crimson Tide
Mercury
Canada Wheat Yields Close to Estimates Despite Global Surplus
Chicago brokers say Canada is nearly the only nation where wheat yields meet estimates this year. Dispatches from London note rising flour prices and falling bread prices under investigation due to world wheat surplus figures from British authorities. Chicago board officials declined comment, citing marketing as the key issue.
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Chicago
Canada
London
Chicago Board of Trade
Departure Ford planes for Florida postponed
Dayton Ohio reports the Ford metal plane transports en route from Detroit to Florida for a new airline service have been postponed to Wednesday morning. Nashville Tennessee was tentatively selected as the next stop instead of Louisville Kentucky. Major W A Robertson leads the squadron in a Curtiss bi plane. one plane faced engine trouble at Doppler Ohio while another in a snow storm landed safely at Gary Indiana. The three Ford planes arriving at Daytonay were in perfect condition despite severe storms.
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Ohio
Detroit
Florida
Nashville
Tenn
Louisville
W. A. Robertson
Robertson
Doppler
Ford
4. J. Brady
Gary
Ind
Daytonay
Special Service Order Aims to Relieve Railroad Congestion
The Interstate Commerce Commission issued a special service order allowing carriers in the Southeast to bypass normal routes to speed freight movement from and to Florida. Jacksonville gateway terminals, a bottleneck linking Florida’s coast with other lines, will be the primary focus of easing the congestion. The order follows a Wednesday conference of railroad executives, commission members, and the American Railway Association since September.
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Columbus
Ohio
C. C. Crabbe
State Public Utilities Commission
Interstate Commerce Commission
Attorney General
The
Utilities Commission
Crabbe
John W. Bricker
H. H Griswold
Washington
Florida
United States
Jacksonville
American Railway Association
New Day Enforcement Director Takes Post in Wheeling
Henry M. Bradley of Charleston arrived in Wheeling to assume the federal enforcement director role for the northern West Virginia United States judicial district. He formerly served as purchasing agent for the state board of control and will head operations at the post office building.
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Wheeling
W. Va
Henry M. Bradley
Charleston
West Virginia
United States Judicial District
Bradley
State Board of Control
Kaplan to Fight Shea In Cleveland Championship Match
Kid Kaplan of Bridgeport Connecticut and Eddie Shea of Chicago agreed to a twelve round featherweight title bout in Cleveland on February 20. Each signed articles for the decision bout scheduled in the champions ship meet setting.
French Premier Briand Faces Cabinet Crisis Over Tax Policy
Paris Dec 28 The cabinet crisis deepens as Briand resists leftist pressure and plans to seek a conciliatory solution. The conflict centers on direct versus indirect taxes with the Left bloc aiming to oust Doumer and Briand as Herriot could return. The Socialist party weighs its future at the January 10 congress.
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Briand
Fssue
M. Briand
M. Doumer
Perod
M. Painleve
Donmer
Brand
M. Herriot
Big Ten outdoor track meet set for May 28 29
Iowa City announces the Big Ten outdoor track and field meet will be held May 28 and 29 at the city stadium. Officials expect strong competition from conference teams with local spectator interest high.
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Iowa City
Floods in eastern France reach near disaster levels
The Doubs and its tributaries overflow and submerge the Montbellard plain turning it into a vast lake. Villages evacuate at night as farms are ruined and the Bresse plain floods. The Saone rises rapidly while the Rhone nears its peak, and swelling Seine Yonne and Marne threaten river traffic.
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Paris
France
Doubs
Montbellard
Bresse
Saone
Chalons
Chagny
Rhone
Department
Cher
Seine
Yonne
Marne
Fire Ruled Cause by Explosion in Wheeling Still House
Wheeling, W Va December 2 AP The fire destroying two wholesale houses Sunday night is linked to an explosion of a still in the Bachmann building. Investigators found three 150 gallon stills and sixty barrels of mash, prompting a prohibition raid. Building owned by Charles Bachmann suffered major damage. Zar nus Grocery Company building also burned. No arrests reported.
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Wheeling
W. Va
Wheeling Intelligencer
Bachmann
Charles Bachmann
Zarnus Grocery Company
Giants of Wall Street Aim to Create Mega Bank Merge
Reports from New York claim a sweeping banking merger among major institutions with total resources exceeding one billion dollars. Possible pairings include Mechanics and Metals with Chase National, and Chemical National with National Park, leading to a six-bank entity totaling about 1.466 billion in assets and 95.9 million in surplus.
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New York
Severa
Wal Street
John McHlugh
Mechanics and Metals Bath
Chase National
Wall Street
Clarence Dillon
Dillon, Read & Company
Mechanics and Metals National
Chatham and Phenix
National Park
Chemical National
Central Union Trust Company
National Bank and Trust Y
Itn
Mechanics and Metale
Chatman and Phenix
Fire Engulfs Five Parts Of Pensacola
A Pensacola fire starting at 11 oclock tonight spread to five areas across the city causing enormous property damage as all available firemen fought the blazes.
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Pensacola
Fla
Choose Own Graduates From College Staff
Prof. A. O. Leuschner told the American Association of College Professors at their annual convention that college coaches and athletic instructors should be chosen from the school's own graduates with tenure in office limited. Leuschner heads the astronomy department at the University of California.
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Chicago
A. O. Leuschner
American Association of College Professors
University of California
QUAP KITCHENS IN MANY SECTIONS
Dr Barnard Kahn European director of the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee warns that economic conditions in Poland and Bessarabia have deteriorated since the war. Soup kitchens must reopen to prevent mass starvation among Jews, while urging faster fund raising to resume aid work.
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New York
Poland
Bessarabia
Barnard Kahn
The
American Jews Joint Distribution Committee
James N. Rosenberg
Vce
Europe
Joint Distribution Committee
America
Dr. Kahn
Ray of Hope Seen for Settlement of Hard Coal Strike
Reported progress toward a settlement or truce in the Pennsylvania hard coal strike that idled 158,000 miners since September 1 as miners and operators prepare for a joint conference in New York. Observers note reduced tension and officials vow formal talks begin tomorrow behind closed doors with a possible eight month wage framework under discussion.
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Pennsylvania
Atlantic City
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