Outright Repeal BP Day Act Sought
Reform groups delivered a complaint to President Coolidge urging repeal of the BP Day Act. The Women’s Christian Temperance Union and other groups pressed enforcement concerns while officials and pastors voiced criticisms. Several resignations followed from the opposing faction as talks continued. Clinton N. Howard sought a White House audience to pass the situation.
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Coolidge
Witon
Methodistra of Temperance
Efla A. Boole
Women's
Tstian Temperance Union
United Committee
As Dek
Gisilarence True Wilson
Metho- A
Oliver W. Stewart
Lanapolis
Flying Wadron Foundation
Ana Edwin
Chicago
Woman's Christian Tomrance Union
Anti-Safoon
Bers of
Congress
E League
Utten
Chapman briefs explored on federal commutation hearing
A group including Frederick Groehl Ray Wiley Charles Murphy Joseph Freedman and A Murphy filed briefs in Hartford on Thursday challenging the federal prisoner’s sentence reduction claim tied to a mall robbery. The matter, heard last Wednesday, awaits Judge Bamom’s decision expected midweek as he indicated.
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Drudge
Frederick J. Groehl
Newa ‘K
Ray M. Wiley
Springfield
Aas
Charles W. Murphy
Dan
Joseph M. Freedman
A. Murphy
Hartford
Ir. Freedman
Alcorn
Chapman
Bamomas
Rhinelander Jury Deliberates Past Midnight in Veiled Verdict
A Rhinelander jury remained in chamber past midnight amid failing consensus as they continued deliberating the evidence. Judge Morschauser warned of a possible mistrial if no verdict emerges. attorney Davis expressed confidence Rhinelander would be vindicated, while others anticipated a new trial if disagreement persisted. The session opened with a request to read Barbara Reynolds testimony about a newspaper woman and Leonard Rhinelander’s cross examination.
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Pedro
Isaac Mila
Lega Iiti
Usua
Lee Parsons Davis
Wer
Rhinelander
Mrs. Rhinelander
Foren
Clarence E. Pietsch
Justice Morschauser
Barbara Reynold
Reynolds
Leonard Rhinelander
Snl
Morsburyer
Joseph M Dayle
Rye
Kinelander
Altice
Leonard
Déourt
Davis
Ayts
Mia Reynolds
Optim Cilsre
Ridge
Mis
Rhinelander Trial Recounts Wife's Testimony and Defense
The defense and prosecutors clash over Mrs Reynolds testimony about Rhinelander's marriage to the daughter of a colored man. Rhinelander admitted marriage to a mulatto daughter, provoking reactions among spectators as lawyers debated the record and jurors prepared to deliberate.
Rum Trust Aided by Coast Guard and Arrests
Coast Guard funds show 8400 paid to Nicholas Brown while Brown, boatswain aboard Cutter No. 188, and crew were arrested yesterday. Signals in Coffey’s papers included steady light warnings to avoid a rum row vessel. Bribery ties linked to the Seagun restaurant, now under receiver appointment by Judge Maqk.
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Coast Guard
Nicholas Brown
Coffey
O. K
South
North
Montauk
Block Island
No Man's Land
Dwyer
Euarismenen
New York
Seagun
Julius W. Maqk
Russia and United States to Parley on Disarmament Commission
A League of Nations communique outlines the creation of a preparatory commission for the disarmament conference. It will include council members and states in special positions, with nonrepresented states free to send memoranda. The panel may request positions from interested states and will consult League technical bodies as needed.
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Russia
Iciat Communique
Preparatory Commission
M. Boncourt
France
League
United States
Germany
League Council
Permanent Commission
International Labor Bureau
Labor Bureau
Adopt Bryan Memorial at Atlantic City Remembered Leader
A December 4 memorial from the Presbyterian General Assembly praises William Jennings Bryan, saying he would be “purely missed” by sessions and the General Assembly. The message notes his influence on thousands of young men toward noble endeavors, even after death as they pursue Christian causes.
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Atlantic City
N. J
Dee
APA
Wilam Jennings Brian
General Coun
Presbyterian Church
Bryan
Presbyterian General
Counal
Presbyterian General Assembly
Bryin
Sunspot Cycles Tied to Redwood Growth and Weather
Records show sun spots rise to a peak roughly every 11 years over 140 years. A cooler Earth period accompanies each high sun activity, while atmospheric pressure, rainfall patterns, and redwood growth rates are said to track changes in sun spot numbers.
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North America
Redwood
Five Percent Cops Cited by Flanagan in City Police Shakeup
Superintendent Flanagan declares five percent of the city police are cops and cites friction in the department while praising 98 percent as policemen. He contends cops are those who seek newspaper attention and wear the same badge, with Wheeler once a top booster now linked to shifts and a reshaped traffic division.
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Hars
Laurera
Dawe
Captain Wheeler
Clvic
Exchange Club
Wheeler
Flanagan
Trix
James A Walker
Aim
Police
Army
Navy
Judas
Flcnagan
Bridgeport
Bible Class Heads Meet Today State Federation Officers
A meeting of the recently elected officers of the State Federation of Men's Bible classes for Connecticut will be held tomorrow afternoon at the MGA building. Officers expected include J. Wright of Meriden as president, K Qaiboun as secretary, E L Redd of Beavon Falls as treasurer, F J Erbe of Waterbury as assistant secretary, and four vice presidents Ernest Bailey of Danbury, Willam Flonman of thirty, Clinton Kengen of New London, and W T Godfrey D D of Stamford.
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State Federation of Men's Bible Classes
Connecticut
MGA
Meriden
K Qaiboun
EL JL Redd
Beavon Falls
F. J. Erbe
Waterbury
Ernest Bailey
Danbury
Willam Flonman
Clinton Kengen
New London
W T. Godfrey
D. D
Stamford
Swanson to Pay Contempt Fine in Divorce Case
Gloria Swanson must pay a $250 contempt fine after the appellate division upheld a lower court order. The Supreme Court Justice Ford refused to vacate the fine levied when Swanson refused to accept a subpoena to appear in the divorce trial of actress Janet Beecher.
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New York
Gloria Swanson
Supreme Court
Ford
Janet Beecher
Admiral Pratt Denounces Sims in Naval Debate
Admiral Pratt denounces Sims and criticizes naval aviation propaganda. He questions high commands not from Newport and endorses the present aviation policy as sound. Commander Wennie Stapler reports on a confidential memo alleging Army air service propaganda films belittling the navy.
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Newport
Geo Navy
Clicy
Wennie Stapler
Information Bureau
Navy Department
Ostfriesland
Frankfort
Virginia
New Jersey
Alabama
Army Air’ Service
Navy
Commarder Stapler
Radio Broadcast Tests Set by Time Zones and Regions
Broadcast tests outline time slots in Mountain Pacific and Pacific zones for four quarters of silent periods Saturday night. Canadian stations lead the first quarter hour, northern US the second, southern US the third, and countries south of the US the final quarter hour. Tests abroad will mirror this North South East West pattern an hour earlier.
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United States
Stytios
Atlantic Ocean
Association Night on Air Next Tuesday
Association Night will be observed at stations WNAC and WEAN in Boston Tuesday from 8 to 10 p m. The program will be supplied by the Associated Young Men's and Yours Women's Hebrew Associations of New England. It is hoped that members throughout the section will listen in.
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WNAC
WEAN
Boston
Young Mdét's
Women’s Hebrew Associations
New England
Mem. Pers
Skeleton of Hutchinson girl found in Waterloo swamp
C F Tague of Hutchinson Kansas travels to Waterloo to claim the skeleton found in a swamp north of Waterloo on Wednesday afternoon he believes it is his daughter Irma Tague missing six months. Authorities will investigate a shack near the swamp edge to assess its possible role in her death.
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Waterloo
Japanese troops move to aid Kuo in Manchuria setback
Reports from Shanghai say Feng Tu-Halang commands forces to assist General Kuo Sung Six after a setback against Marshal Chang Tuo-Lin in southern Manchuria. Kuo had made rapid progress before Chang Tso-Lin's cavalry struck his flank and rear forcing a retreat.
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Shanghat
China
Feng Tu-Halang
Hir
Kuo Sung
Chang Tuo-34n
Manhhuria
Kuo
Chang
Manchuria
Chang Tso-Lin
Chinese man acquitted in Boston Tong war killing
Ah Fong, a Chinese immigrant, was found not guilty by a Suffolk Superior Court jury in Boston on the murder charge connected to the shooting of Chin Woon in the Boston Chinese district during a recent Tong war.
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Boston
Ah Fong
Chin Woon
Pilund
Suffolk Superior Court
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