Navy Day Observances Highlight Public Support Appeals
The 110th anniversary of the navy featured nationwide events and appeals for public support of the service. Navy Day included open ships and demonstrations with speeches by Secretary Wilbur and other leaders, plus aircraft advocacy debates and wreaths for past heroes in Washington and Oyster Bay.
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Washington
Wilbur
Hilary P. Jones
Navy General Board
Philadelphia
Wm. A. Moffett
Navy Bureau of Aeronautics
Des Moines
Iowa
Navy
William Mitchell
Oyster Bay
Theodore Roosevelt
Washin
Navy Department
E. 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 F. Rosendahl
Shenandoah
Wang Named Chairman of Customs Conference
Peking October 27. Chiefs of delegations to the Chinese customs conference met to discuss the agenda. Dr Cr T Wang, representing China, was named chairman on the proposal of the Dutch representative. Questions before the conference were divided into tariff autonomy interim measures and related matters. Separate committees were named for 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 jury frees Yee Toy a Chinese man on felonious assault and firearm charges connected to the January 19 shooting of Woon Tong Fat a laundyman in Wilkinsburg Investigators said the incident stemmed from gang warfare between rival tongs Toy testified he was in Chicago on the day of the shooting and witnesses supported his alibi
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Pittsburg
Yee Toy
Felonius
Woon Tong Fat
Wilkinsburg
Toy
Chicago
Inland Steel Earnings For Nine Months In 1925
Inland Steel reported 2.47 a share on common stock after preferred dividends for the first nine months of 1925, with net income of 3,448,619, versus 3.44 a share and net income of 4,599,748 in the prior year. The third quarter net stood at 1,189,235, against 1,220,813 in the preceding quarter, with 931,384 in the year-ago quarter. Regular dividends were declared.
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Inland Steel
New York
Norfolk and Western Earnings Rise in Nine Months
New York Oct 27 The Norfolk and Western earned 15.12 a share on common stock after dividends in the nine months this year, with surplus jumping to 9,167,486 from last year. September surplus rose to 7 from 1,559,068 in September last year.
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New York
Norfolk and Western
Painleve Ministry Falls Amid French Political Crisis
Paris reports the Painleve ministry, formed April 16, resigned as Premier Painleve and his colleagues bow to President Doumergue. Caillaux financial policy and capital levy opposition trigger the fall, leaving France without a reliable majority and prompting a scramble to form a new cabinet likely led by Painleve with Herriot support and Briand remaining foreign minister.
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Parise
Painleve
Doumergue
M. Caillaux
M. Painleve
Nice
Dourmergue
M. Doumergue
Finance
Senate
Chamber
M. de Selves
M. Herriott
M. Cazals
M. Briand
League of Nations to probe Greco Bulgarian conflict causes
The council of the League of Nations will send a commission to the Balkans to investigate the Greco Bulgarian clash. The panel will first establish facts, then determine responsibility, assess indemnity, and study prevention methods. Findings due at Geneva in December. Troop evacuations and ceasefire terms are to be met within 24 hours.
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Vienna
Sofia
Greece
Bulgaria
Council of the
League of Nations
Athens
Council
Demirkapu
Paris
Balkans
Geneva
League
M. Briand
France
Great Britain
George I Estes Adjudged Insane After Attack
Huntington W Va Oct 27 George I Estes thirty was adjudged insane by the Cabell county hygiene commission following an alleged hammer attack on Afen Ali twenty nine East Indian an employee at the C and O Railway shops where Estes also worked Ali is in a railway hospital with a fractured skull not expected to live Witnesses said Estes struck Ali a second time after he had fallen The hygiene commission recommended confinement to the state hospital for the insane He had been confined to hospital about a year seven years ago During custody a house shared with another family burned partially destroying it in the early morning forcing residents to flee in night clothing Damage estimated at 1400.
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Huntington
W. Va
George I. Estes
Cabell County Hygiene Commission
Afen Ali
Ali
Chesapeake and Ohio Railway
Estes
Hygiene Commission
Oil Industry Misrepresentation Charge Filed With White House
Earl Oliver of Oklahoma, a prominent oil man and Amrican Petroleum Institute member, charges the institute committee misrepresented conditions to the oil conservation board. He says the panel prepared a biased report to thwart potential federal regulation and argued against the premise of supply uncertainty and waste.
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Washington
Amrican Petroleum Institute
Coolidge
Oil Conservation Board
Earl Oliver
Oklahoma
Fderal Oll Board
Cooperation Promised to Halt Beer and Liquor Shipments
Chicago reports federal district attorney Edwin Olson announced railroads will face action after investigators showed certain employees aided illegal shipments. No high railroad officials will be charged while enforcement targets implicated police and city figures. liquor permits may be revoked for permit violations.
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Chicago
Edwinson
Prestey
Thce Collins
One Syndicate
F. C. Yellowley
Prohibition
Patrick Harding
Chicago Police
Harding
Federal Trade Commission Has Broad Investigation Powers
Attorney General holds the FTC may broaden inquiries under Senate resolutions even without naming specific firms. Key cases include General Electric and flour milling and baking industry probes. The ruling allows reporting on costs prices and profits while noting limits on pursuing propaganda allegations against public ownership.
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Washington
Federal Trade Commission
Senate
General Electric Company
Congress
Commission
Hocking Valley Interests Hear Merger Challenge
Minority holders of Chesapeake and Ohio oppose the Van Sweringen Nickel Plate merger plan. Dr Lewis H Haney backed a claim that 80 percent of Hocking Valley stock should be valued at 180 dollars per share for merger credit. The cross examination of Dr Haney, begun yesterday, continued as Nickel Plate counsel planned to press further tomorrow.
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Washington
Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad
van Sweringen
Interstate Commerce Commission
Hocking Valley
George Cole Scott
Richmond
Chesapeake and Ohio
FE. C. Bailey
Lewis H. Haney
Bureau of Business Research
New York City
Nickel Plate
Erie
Pere Marquette
Chesapeake
W. A. Colston
Dr. Haney
Woman delays crew erecting light pole in Wilkinsburg
On October 27 Mrs. J. J. McCabe halted a six man Duquesne Light crew digging a hole for a street pole in front of her home. She sat in the hole with a chair, delaying the project until the street commissioner intervened and the pole was finally erected after hours.
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Pittsburg
J. J. McCabe
Duquesne Light Company
Wilkinsburg
Boy Dies After Auto Crash Near Milton
Huntington West Virginia October 27 Herbert Marple seventeen of Huntington died in a hospital early this morning from injuries suffered last afternoon when an automobile collided with a motor truck near Milton. He had a broken leg broken arm and internal injuries. The truck owned by a Charleston produce firm overturned and rolled down a high embankment. The driver was uninjured.
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Huntington
W. Va
Herbert Marple
Rescue Ship Greeter Draws Hundreds in Hoboken
The President Harding docked with twenty seven rescued crew from the Italian freighter Ignacio Florio after a mid ocean sinking last week. Captain Paul Grening credited the rescue to his crew and said they did their duty as officials from Italy signaled possible 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
Leningrad Russia October 27 report the first two steamships built under the Soviet regime were launched here. Commissar for foreign trade Leoid Crassin declared Russia must free itself from foreign ship owners. The steamers will export timber.
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Leningrad
Russia
Leoid Crassin
Fall from tree fatal ends Olive Hill man’s life
Lytton Moore twenty eight of Olive Hill died in a hospital in Ashland Kentucky from injuries suffered Saturday night after falling from a tree at his home while trying to capture roosting chickens. His neck and back were broken in the fall.
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Ashland
Lytton Moore
Olive Hill
Treasury warns aging too deep slashings of rates
Washington reports Under Secretary Winston and solicitor A W Gregg warn against broad rate cuts and revenue losses as Ways and Means debates a new tax bill. They urge measured changes and a six percent interest cap on back taxes, plus guideposts for settlements with insolvent debtors.
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Washington
House Ways and Means Committee
Winston
Treasury
A. W. Gregg
Internal Revenue Bureau
Gregg
National Lumber Manufacturers Association
American Mining Congress
National Coal Association
Joseph J. Klein
Certified Public Accountant
New York
Spears Keeps Experimenting With Minnesota Talent
Minneapolis Minn October 27 Dr Clarence W Spears continues experiments with Minnesota football talent despite few reserves in the Notre Dame game He broke ranks of first stringers in a practice session at Northrup field sending ambitious reserves against the freshmen as preparation for the Wisconsin game Saturday
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Minneapolis
Minn
Clarence W. Spears
Minnesota
Notre Dame
President Coolidge and the nation's economic path
Henry J. Allen in Denver declares President Coolidge embodies the era's needs and will win re election. He credits Coolidge with economic relief decentralizing wartime bureaus and fostering new business and intelligent international contact, while praising Taft and Wilson era policies and noting wartime misfortunes.
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Denver
Colg
Coolidge
Lincoln
United States
Henry J. Allen
Kansas
Roosevelt
Taft
Wilson
Woodrow Wilson
Mitchell Ready for Trial Today
Colonel William Mitchell of the Army Air Service faces a general court martial on charges under the ninety sixth article of war. The case, heard under Judge Advocate Colonel Sherman Moreland, concerns remarks he made after the Shenandoah disaster criticizing aviation administration.
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Washington
William Mitchell
Army Air Service
Shenandoah
Army
Navy
Mitchell
Sherman Moreland
Coolidge
Dividend Declared by Norfolk and Western
The Norfolk and Western Railway Company today declared the regular quarterly dividend of 1.75 a share on common stock and an extra dividend of 1 a share, making the annual rate 8 a share, the same as last year.
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Philadelphia
Norfolk and Western Railway Company
Gov Gore Warns Pending Suits Threaten West Virginia Schools
Governor Gore says an injunction to block the gross sales tax could cripple state finances. He warns revenue loss may halt building projects, cut state aid to schools, and force school closures if the suit prevents collection while the case proceeds.
Rail wreck in Tennessee kills sixteen. many injured
A derailment near Victoria near miles south of Memphis on the Sunnyland Frisco line caused at least sixteen deaths and over fifty injuries. The incident stemmed from an invisible defect in a ninety six pound steel rail. Rescue and relief crews worked through the day as investigators traced the cause to a transverse fissure.
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Memphis
Tenn
Victoria
Miles
Sunnyland
San Francisco
J. H. Preaver
St. Louie-San Francisco System
Buchanan
Frazer
N. C. Dosa
Orlando
Fin
J. W. Ryan
Em Kment
A. W. Logan
Pullman Company
Frisco
South
Saenes
H. Guy Hathron
Tena
J. S. Thompson
Tupelo
Mise
J. Burrell
City
Burt Gladden
Oxford
Miss
Jack
Bacces City
N. C. Doss
Fila
Elmirag
Miners Flow Into State From West Virginia
Johnstown Pa October 27 The demand for coal miners in this district is rising says Frank M Mansfield superintendent of the local state employment bureau. Many miners have been placed but larger numbers are moving to West Virginia for work in union mines.
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Johnstown
Frank M. Mansfield
State Employment Bureau
West Virginia
West Virry
Union Minea
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Albert Ward
U. S
Federal Department of Justice
J. B. Marshall
Remus
Guvehnur
Charleston
Gore
Lloyd Wagner
Ollie Webseter
Oneford
George Hummer
Macon
P. J. Bandy
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