Locarno Pact Advances Dawes Plan Efforts
President Coolidge views the Locarno security pact as a positive step toward German recovery and European arms limits, while awaiting a concrete U S proposal. Austen Chamberlain returns to London amid Locarno triumphs, praising Britain’s role and the pact’s promise for Western security and Franco-Belgian ties.
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London
Austen Chamberlain
Great Britain
Locarno
Victoria Station
George
Prince of Wales
France
Belgium
Italy
Germany
Corrected valuation fixed for San Pedro Los Angeles and Salt Lake Railroad
The Interstate Commerce Commission set a corrected valuation of 45.2 million dollars for the San Pedro Los Angeles and Salt Lake Railroad as of June 30, 1924, adjusting the prior figure of 45.006 million dollars.
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Washington
San Pedro
Los Angeles
Salt Lake
Interstate Commerce Commission
Eotee
White Flag Hoisted By Bulgarian Troops
Fighting near Demirhissar ended when Bulgarian troops hoisted a white flag after almost a day of fighting. The Bulgarian commander blamed a misunderstanding igniting a clash that began with a wreck post on the Belesh planina led by Bulgarian regulars.
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Athens
Demirhissar
Belesh Planina
Coolidge urges law observance and religion for national renewal
President Coolidge urged the Congregational Churches to strengthen law observance and religious faith, arguing that without moral renewal society cannot reform. He said redemption comes through sacrifice and laws alone do not cure the nation’s ills, calling religion essential to civilization and governance.
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Washington
Coolidge
Council of Congregational Churches
Farley Denies Murder Link in Kentucky Plot
Mrs. F F Farley, detained on a Kentucky murder indictment, denies involvement in an $85 000 insurance plot. She testifies she gave money to her brother William H Turner’s wife and is sending his son to school while awaiting further legal action in Miami Florida and Kentucky.
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Miami
Fla
Pike County
Kentucky
F. F. Farley
William H. Turner
Dade County
Turner
Theodore
Oirs
Kentucky Hills
Detroit
Miliam H. Turner
Nnsylvania Mutual Life Insurance Company
New Jersey
Germany
Florida
New Normal Tax Rates Schedule Transmitted to House Ways and Means
Washington reports a new tax rate schedule differing from yesterday and proposing repeal of the earned income provision. It outlines 1 percent on the first 3000, 3 percent on the next 4000, and 5 percent on over 7000 with surtax starting at 1 percent between 13000 and 15000 rising to 20 percent over 150000. Some members doubt repeal of the earned income provision will gain support.
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Washington
House
Ways and Means Committee
The
Treasury
Mellon
Congress
Masons Honored by President in National Freemasonry Session
The supreme council of the Scottish Rite Southern Jurisdiction announced its list of 225 knight commander of the court of honor recipients and 503 thirty-third degree honorees for meritorious service. President Coolidge received the council during a biennial session in Washington as the investiture and elections proceeded. West Virginia names include Albert B. C. Bray, Ronceverte, William H. Bycott, Huntington, Oscar B. H. Carson, Huntington, Charles R. Carder, Huntington, Henry A. Davidson, Morgantown, Charles D. Floyd, Clarksburg, Phineas B. King.
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Washington
Supreme Council of the
Scottish Rite Freemasonry
Southern
Court of Honor
Supreme Council
Coolidge
West Virginia
Albert B. C. Bray
Ronceverte
William H. Bycott
Ing
Oscar BH. Carson
Huntington
Charles R. Carder
Henry A. Davidson
Morgantown
Charles D. Floyd
Clarksburg
Phineas B. King
Druze Rebels In Damascus Surrender After French Assault
In Damascus the Druze rebels infiltrated the Moslem quarter and, after 24 hours of fierce resistance, surrendered to General Sarrail. French artillery armored cars and tanks were used. heavy damage occurred in insurgent areas as a fine and thousands of rifles were demanded. Casualties to French were described as slight.
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Damascus
Syria
Sarrail
Robinson Named United States Senator for Indiana
Arthur R Robinson of Indianapolis was appointed by Governor Jackson to fill the Indiana Senate seat after Samuel M. Ralston's death. The 44 year old Republican will serve until the 1926 state election, with a full term to begin March 3, 1929, pending election results. He has Ohio roots, Chicago Law School training, and prior service as Marion County state senator and a local judge. He earned a wartime commission as a major and has a wife with two sons and a daughter.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Arthur R Robinson
Indiana
Samuel M. Ralston
Robinson
Ph. Jackson
Ralston
Pickerington
Fairfield County
Ohio
University of Chicago of Indiana Law School
Marion County
Senate
Harry
New
De Wolf Hopper Weds Again at Sixty Nine
Springfield reports De Wolf Hopper at sixty nine took a sixth wife in Hartford yesterday. Edna Wal lace Hopper, his third wife, sent congratulations and called the bride a fine catch. The actress Gloria Swanson’s rival also weighs in with a Paris count proposal, while Miss Hopper cites her own contract and age.
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Springfield
Mass
de Wolf Hopper
Hartford
Edna Wallace Hopper
Miss Hopper
Gloria Swanson
Marquis
Addition Of Five Feeders To Nickel Plate Merger Suggested
Washington October 20 short line railroad representatives asked the Interstate Commerce Commission to include five small feeders in the Nickel Plate merger with Erie Pere Marquette Chesapeake and Ohio and Hocking Valley systems. Ameri can Short Line Railroad Association counsel B B Cain warned that without orderly inclusion these lines could be abandoned as the big systems consolidate.
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Washington
Short Line Railroad
Interstate Commerce Commission
Erie
Pere Marquette
Chesapeake and Ohio
Hocking Valley
B. B. Cain
American Short Line Railroad Association
Congress
Gilson elected moderator of West Virginia Synod
Dr Samuel Martin Gilson pastor of Wheeling First Presbyterian was chosen moderator of the Presbyterian synod of West Virginia at Wellsburg on Oct 20 succeeding Rev William T McKee of Chester. The election followed the synod's first day session and communion.
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Wellsburg
W. Va
Samuel Martin Gilson
First Presbyterian Church of
Wheeling
Presbyterian Synod of
West Virginia
William T. McKee
Chester
Four Young Americans Fly to Meet Pygmies Leader
Four young Americans launched from Chicago at 2 26 today in a custom aircraft bound for San Francisco. They will meet M W Stirling of the United States National Museum who will guide them by ship and air to New Guinea jungles in search of pygmies.
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Washington
Coolidge
Europe
United States
White House
Locarno
Charles Vice G. Dawes
Chicago
Reichstag
Germany
France
Wirth
Dawes
Dutch New Guinea Wilds
San Francisco
M. W. Stirling
United States National Museum
New Guinea
Testimony Questions Crew Demeanor After Comanche Fire
Three passengers Fred Rau Adelph Jachnicke and Bertalod Mayer testified in Jacksonville on charges tied to the Comanche fire off Mayport. They alleged whiskey bottles flashed and crew disobeyed orders while life boats were launched. Captain E E Curry defended crew as sober aside from one man described as a negro Walter.
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Jacksonville
Wla
New York
Mayport
Fred Rau
Patterson
N. J
Adelph Jachnicke
Bertalod Mayer
Raull
Jachnicke
Mayer
Asailors
Reaper
E. E. Curry
Comanche
Walter
Moral and Spiritual Poverty Emphasized at West Virginia Synod
Wellaburg West Virginia October 20 Communion of the Lords Supper closed the first day of the Presbyterian Synod of West Virginia two day session Rev Charles R Erdman moderator of the General Assembly spoke on service stressing moral and spiritual poverty and the opportunities for Christian service He will address the synod again tomorrow afternoon and lead devotional service at the women s synodical meeting He and Dr William P Schell are to address the remote peoples rally Wednesday
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Wellaburg
W. Va
Presbyterian Synod of West Virginia
Charles R. Erdman
D. D
General Assembly
Erdman
William P. Schell
A Perfect Bridge Hand Held by Mrs King
Salem Massachusetts reports a perfect bridge hand with Mrs King holding all spades as trumps in a recent auction game. An affidavit by Mr and Mrs Charles W Shephard confirms the claim and notes the first name was withheld to avoid publicity, similar to a Chicago man who held thirteen diamonds last summer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salem
Mass
Charles W. Shephard
King
Twelve Inch Snowfall Damps Trumbull County Roads
A twelve inch snowfall blanketed areas around Kinsman in Northern Trumbull County and caused downed telephone wires. Bloomfield reported several inches while Cortland had four inches with trees blown across roads and property damage noted.
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Youngstown
Ohio
Kinsman
Trumbull County
Bloomfield
Cortland
No More Grid Games on Wash Jeff Field
Washington and Jefferson College authorities announced no more football games will be played this year at the WashJeff field after a bleacher collapse injured sixty two. Only the Bethany College game on October 31 remains on the home schedule, now shifted to Wheeling West Virginia.
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Washington
Washington and Jefferson College
Bethany College
Wheeling
W. Va
Highest ranking court martial convened for Colonel Mitchell
President Coolidge orders a historic court martial in Washington to try Colonel William Mitchell on charges under the ninety sixth article of war. The panel includes senior officers with honors, assembled amid long-standing disputes over the air service and defense of naval incidents.
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Washington
Army
Coolidge
William Mitchell
Air Service
Dwight Davis
Mitchell
War Department
General Staff Administration
Davis
Was Department
Eighth el Od
San Antonio
Tex
Enandoah
Naval Lane
Pacific
San Francisco
Honolulu
Shenandoah
Repeal of Estate and Gift Taxes Urged in Tax Reforms
Washington officials report the House Ways and Means Committee heard appeals for tax revision. Business and industry reps urged repeal of estate and gift taxes and lower surtax rates. Professors and lawyers offered counterpoints including keeping the estate tax and raising surtax, while trade and real estate groups backed broader changes.
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House Ways and Means
Washington
House
Ways and Means
H. W. Peck
Syracuse University
New York
Mellon
Thomas J
National Association of Manufacturers
Texas Tax Clubs
New York Board of Trade and Transportation
Real Estate Board of New York
Retailers' National Council
Represen
Marriage vacations remedy for divorce proposed in Rhode Island
Rhode Island commissioner Dick B. Cole announced a plan to use marriage vacations as a remedy for divorce. Couples would live apart under a probation officer’s supervision, with children cared for by a state-appointed custodian, as the commission on divorce considers reforms.
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Providence
R. 1
Rhode Island Commission On and Divorce
Dick B. Cole
Lewis challenges anthracite operators to sue him for libel
John L. Lewis international president of the United Mine Workers challenged the anthracite operators to sue him for libel to reveal through court records the profits and practices of the industry. He urged a suit to allow sworn testimony and access to operators books and records to settle disputes over alleged overcharging and extortion.
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Samuel D. Warriner
Pennsylvania State Chamber of Commerce
Harrisburg
Lewis
Warriner
American Federation of Labor
General Electric Broad Holdings Highlight Case Into RCA Monopoly
The federal trade commission opens a major hearing into charges of monopoly against RCA GE and six associates. With an estimated two billion dollars in total capital, the case spans the United States and Canada and is expected to run weeks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
General Fleetrie Company
United States
Canada
Federal Trade Commission
Radio Corporation of America
General Electric Company
William C. Reeves
John P. Cotton
The
Radio Corporation
iTurn
Law Gains Upper Hand In Struggle With Crime Wave
Federal authorities move to close thirty fashionable supper clubs and restaurants as indictments mount against the Cowboy gang. Arrests, seized silencers, and a stalled jewel case accompany a broad six month closures plan under the Volstead act amid a New York crime wave.
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New York
Connecticut
Pecora
James P. Donahue
Eugene Reising
Reising Arms Company
East Hartford
Conn
Cowboy Gang
Rose Hemeline
Cowboy
Frank Tessier
Tessier
Murray Markule
Tombs Prison
Vatican to Buy Villa Gabrielli for New American College
In Rome on October 20 a loan of 1.5 million dollars was arranged with Chase National Bank and Blair & Company to purchase the Villa Gabrielli adjoining the Vatican. The American College plans a new institution on the site, with Monsignor Burke finalizing arrangements in the U S. Lenders from Italian banks were rejected over high interest. The Vatican awaits formal acceptance from the New York banks.
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Rome
Vatican
Villa Gabrielli
American College
Monsignor Burke
American College In
America
Chase National Bank
Blair & Company
New York
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DR. Gibson
West Virginia Synod
Mrs. King
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John L. Lewis
General Electric
Trade Commission
Noel
Shaffa
Sam Layton
Layton
Scaffa
Pee
Federal Grand Jury
Gabrielli
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