Navy Day Honors 150th Anniversary Amid Calls for Public Support
Washington observes Navy Day with public ship tours and speeches by Secretary Wilbur and naval leaders. The aviation issue stirs debate as Mitchell supporters clash with Jones and Moffett backing a naval air force. Statues of past heroes are wreath decorated in Washington and Oyster Bay marks Roosevelt birthday. President Coolidge backs the observance.
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Washington
Wilbur
Hilary P. Jones
Navy Gunboard
Philadelphia
Wm. A. Moffett
Navy Bureau of Aeromautics
Des Moines
Iowa
Navy
William Mitchell
Oyster Bay
Theodore Roosevelt
Army
Washim
Navy Department
W. Eberle
Naval Operations
Anacostia Air Station
Spirit of the Navy
Admiral Jones
Philadelphia Chamber of Commerce
Robinson
Rochester
N. Y
John A. Lejeune
Marine Corps
Minneapolis
John Hodgers
Charles E. Rosendahl
Shenandoah
Richard E Bird, Jr
President Coolidge
Navy League
Continental Congress
United States Navy
Wang Named Chairman of Customs Conference
Peking October 27 The chiefs of delegations to the Chinese customs conference met to discuss the agenda Dr C T Wang representing China was named chairman on the Dutch proposal Questions were divided into tariff autonomy provisional measures for an interim period and related matters Separate committees were named to study each heading The meeting adjourned without a date for the next session
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Peking
Cr. T. Wang
Chinese Acquitted in Felonious Assault Case
Pittsburg Oct 28 Yee Toy a Chinese man was acquitted by a jury on felonious assault and pointing firearms charges in the January 19 shooting of Woon Tong Fat a Wilkinsburg laundryman. Witnesses testified the shooting stemmed from tong warfare and Toy claimed he was in Chicago on that day.
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Pittsburg
Inland Steel Earnings for Nine Months of 1926
Inland Steel earned 2.47 dollars a share on common stock after preferred dividends for the first nine months of 1926, with net income of 3,448,619 compared to 3.44 dollars per share and 4,599,748 net income in the prior year. The third quarter net was 1,189,235 versus 1,230,813 in the preceding quarter and 931,334 in the first year. Regular dividends were declared.
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Inland Steel
New York
Norfolk and Western Enjoying Prosperity
New York Oct 27 The Norfolk and Western earned 18.12 a share on common stock after preferred dividends in the nine months this year, with a jump to 15,388,208 in earnings compared with 9,167,456 or 86.28 a share a year ago. September surplus rose to 3,206,417 from 1,559,068 last year.
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New York
Norfolk and Western
End of Painleve Ministry as French crisis deepens
Paris October 27 The Painleve ministry formed April 16 collapsed when PM Painleve resigned along with his ministers over M Caillaux financial policy and capital levy opposition. President Doumergue to form a new cabinet with no reliable majority likely led by Painleve with Herriot Briand and others in support. divergent cabinet talks continue as parties seek a path through the crisis.
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Paris
Painleve
Doumergue
M. Caillaux
M. ®Aiileve
Nice
Dourmergue
M. Doumergue
Finance
Senate
Chamber
M. de Selves
M. Herriott
M. Cazals
Toniind
M. Painleve
M. Briand
Greece and Bulgaria Face League Inquiry Over Balkan Clash
Vienna reports indicate Greece and Bulgaria will cooperate as a League of Nations fact finding mission investigates the Greco Bulgarian conflict. The program includes determining facts and responsibility, then possible indemnity and safeguards to prevent recurrence, with a Geneva briefing planned in December.
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Vienna
Sofa
Greece
Bulgaria
Council of the League of Nations
Athens
Council of the
League of Nations
Demirkapu
Paris
Balkans
Geneva
League
M. Briand
France
Great Britain
George I Estes Adjudged Insane in Huntington
Huntington W V Oct 27 George I Estes thirty was adjudged insane by the Cabell county hygiene commission this morning after an alleged attack on Alan Ali twenty nine East Indian a railway shop employee with a heavy hammer Ali is in a railway hospital with a fractured skull not expected to live Estes a fellow worker struck Ali twice after knocking him down Witnesses say the hygiene commission recommended confinement to the state hospital for the insane He had been in a hospital for about a year seven years ago A house shared by the two families was set on fire early this morning destroying part of the building Dam age about 1400 The two families fled in night clothes
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Huntington
W. Va
George I. Estes
Cabell County Hygiene Commission
Alan Ali
Ali
Chesapeake and Ohio Railway
Estes
Hygiene Commission
Dam
Oil institute misrepresented conditions to government
Learl Oliver of Oklahoma alleges the American Petroleum Institute committee misrepresented oil industry conditions to the oil conservation board. He says the committee's report aimed to head off regulatory steps and rested on imagined infinite supply. Turn to Page Two.
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American Petroleum Institute
Earl Oliver
Washington
Amrican Petroleum Institute
Coolidge
Oil Conservation Board
Learl Oliver
Oklahoma
No High Officials Involved In Beer Racketeering Probe
Chicago reports enforcement officials promise railroads cooperation in disrupting illicit beer and liquor shipments after railroad employees implicated in the probe. Federal grand jury to hear testimony. several police captains questioned. no high railroad officials expected to face charges. Indianapolis session opens with Remus and Ward leading liquor conspiracy inquiries.
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Chicago
St. Louis
Indianapolis
Edwin Olson
Collins
One Syndicate
F. C. Yellowley
Prohibition
Patrick Harding
Chicago Police
Harding
Federal trade commission gains broad power in inquiries
An attorney general opinion holds the federal trade commission may investigate general anti trust concerns under senate resolutions even without naming specific firms. It covers the General Electric inquiry and a four milling and bread industry probe, allowing reporting on costs prices and profits. The ruling permits broad inquiry but not into alleged propaganda against public power ownership by GE.
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Washington
Attorney
Federal Trade Commission
Senate
General Electric Company
Congress
Commission
Paganda
Woman Delays Pole Erection by Sitting in Hole
In Wilkinsburg Mrs. J. J. McCabe halted a six man Duquesne Light crew when they dug a six foot hole for a street light pole. She blocked the work by sitting in the hole and later in a chair near the pole until the borough official prevailed and the pole was finally erected.
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Pittsburg
J. J. McCabe
Duquesne Light Company
Wilkinsburg
Boy Hit by Automobile Dies After Collision
Herbert Marple a seventeen year old Huntington resident died in a hospital from injuries suffered when an automobile struck a motor truck near Milton. He sustained a broken leg and arm and internal injuries as the truck overturned and rolled down a bank. The truck owner, a Charleston produce firm, reported no injuries to the driver.
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Huntington
W. Va
Herbert Marple
Milton
Charleston
Hocking Valley Interests Hear Merger Objections
Minority stockholders of Chesapeake and Ohio challenged the Van Sweringen Nickel Plate merger at the Interstate Commerce Commission. George Cole Scotty pressed C and O concerns while Dr. Lewis Haney testified that the Hocking Valley stake was undervalued at 180 dollars per share and that the merger tied the units together, with Van Sweringen as buyer and seller. Adjournment was planned as cross examination continued.
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Washington
Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad
van Sweringen
Interstate Commerce Commission
Hocking Valley
George Cole Scotty
Richmond
Chesapeake and Ohio
E. C. Bailey
Lewis H. Haney
Bureau of Business Research
New York City
Nickel Plate
Erie
Pere Marquette l
W. A. Colston
Dr. Haney
Rescue Ship Greeted by Hundreds in Hoboken
The President Harding docked at Hoboken NJ carrying twenty seven crewmen of the Italian freighter Ignacio Florio rescued at sea last week before the Floriofoundered in a heavy gale. Captain Paul Grening said the rescue was their duty as officials and crew were praised by Italian diplomats for possible official recognition.
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Hoboken
N. J
President Harding
United States Line
Ignacio Florio
Paul Grening
Grening
Harding
Two Soviet Steamers Launched in Leningrad
In Leningrad on Oct 26 the first two steamships built under the Soviet regime were launched. Lepid Crassin, commissar for foreign trade, urged emancipation from foreign ship owners as these vessels will export timber.
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Leningrad
Russia
Lepid Crassin
Man Dies After Fall From Tree While Chasing Chickens
Ashland Kentucky reports Lytton Moore twenty eight of Olive Hill died in a hospital from injuries after falling from a tree at his home while trying to capture chickens that had flown up into the tree. He suffered a broken neck and back in the fall last Saturday night.
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Ashland
Lytton Moore
Olive Hill
Treasury warns against deep rate cuts and capital stock tax debate
Washington officials urge restraint on slashing tax rates and defend revenue by opposing broad exemptions. Under Secretary Winston and Solicitor Gregg push for careful changes as hearings probe repeal of the capital stock levy and special taxes. They also seek guidance for settlements with insolvent debtors and a six percent interest allowance on back taxes.
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Washington
House Ways and Means Committee
Winston
Treasury
A. W Gregg
Greg
National Lumber Manufacturers Association
American Mining Congress
National Coal Association
Joseph J. Klein
Certified Public Accountant of
New York
Spears Not Through Experimenting With Minnesota Talent
Minneapolis Oct 27 Dr Clarence W Spears shows no intent to stop experimenting with Minnesota football talent despite few reserves in the Notre Dame game A brisk practice at Northrup field featured a temporary break in the first string with reserves used against the freshmen in readiness for the Wisconsin clash Saturday.
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Minneapolis
Minn
Clarence W. Spears
Minnesota
Notre Dame
Northrup Field
Freschmen
Wisconsin
Dividend Declared by Norfolk and Western
The Norfolk and Western Halfway Company declares regular quarterly dividend of 1.75 dollars per share on common stock and an extra 1.00 dollar per share, maintaining the annual rate at previous year levels.
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Philadelphia
Norfolk and Western Halfway Company
Governor warns suits threaten widespread school closures
Governor Gore warned that an injunction against the gross sales tax could cripple state finances and force school closures. He noted the tax helps about four and a half million dollars in revenue, supporting state buildings, universities, hospitals, and local school aid. delaying or blocking funds risks halting construction and forcing local schools to shut down.
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Charleston
W. Va
Gore
President Mitchell Ready Economic Period for Trial Today
President Coolidge is praised for economic relief and decentralization in a Roosevelt Day address. Henry J. Allen credits the administration with boosting business, regulating monopolies, and fostering international contact. The piece also notes praise for Taft's federal reserve law and reflections on Wilson's early years. Separately, Colonel William Mitchell faces a general court martial over statements deemed harmful to military discipline, with trial proceedings set for tomorrow.
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Denver
Colo
Coolidge
Lincoln
United States
Henry J. Allen
Kansas
Roosevelt
Taft
Wilson
Woodrow Wilson
Washington
William Mitchell
Army Air Service
Shenandoah
Army
Navy
Mitchel
Sherman Moreland
Mitchell
Turp 19 Pagy
Zuod O
Train wreck near Victoria Miss leaves dozens injured
A derailment of the Sunnyland passenger train near Victoria Mississippi killed several and left more than fifty injured. An invisible defect in a ninety six pound steel rail caused the crash tearing apart baggage express and mail cars with many passengers recovering in hospital. Rescue crews cleared wreckage as authorities inspected the cause and tallied casualties including both white and Black victims.
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Memphis
Tenn
Victoria
Miss
J. H. Prazer
St. Louis-San Francisco
R. K E. Buchanan
Pracer
N. C. Doss
Orlando
Fla
J. W. Ryan
Baggage Express
Mall
A. W. Logan
Pullman Company
Frisco
Sunnyland
St Louis
San Francisco
South
H. Guy Hathron
Tens
J. S. Thompson
Tupelo
Misa
J. Burrell
Kansas City
Mort Gladden
Oxford
Missack Haskins
Pia
Elmira
Miners Flow Into State as Demand Rises
Johnstown Pa Oct 27 The demand for coal miners in this district is increasing says Frank M Mansfield superintendent of the local state employment bureau Many miners have been placed but larger numbers are passing through to West Virginia from the hard coal fields West Virginia also are entering the field and accepting workers
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Johnstown
Frank M. Mansfield
State Employment Bureau
West Virginia
West Virbey Aawe
Falad
Emperior Mares
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Wang
Customs Conference
Council of League of Nations
The
George I. Eater
Olson
Ngs
Dever
Ind
George Remus
Cincinnati
Albert Ward
U.S
Federal Department of Justice
J. B. Marshall
Remus
Grand Jury
Gregg
C. W. Spears
Fitoi Mitchell
J. Lloyd Wagner
Ollie Webseter
George Hummer
Macon
P. J. Sandy
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