Board of Inquiry Forms to Probe American Aviation
The special air board begins a searching probe of American aeronautics. It meets at Capitol Hill and asks Secretary Wilbur and Acting Secretary Davis to have navy and war records ready for inspection. After seven hours at the White House, the committee outlines a plan to report to President Coolidge by November on aviation issues.
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Washington
Special Air Board
Capitol Hill
Wilbur
Navy
Davis
War Department
White House
Coolidge
Texas Awakens to Disease in Ferguson Era Rhetoric
Texas reports foot and mouth disease eradication led by Dr Martion Imes of the Department of Animal Industry. James E. Ferguson, speaking for Governor Miriam Ferguson, warns martial law could be declared if the federal government is not given latitude. In Morocco, French forces control key northern positions per Marshal Petain's plans, minimizing casualties.
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Texas
Houston
Tex
Martion Imes
Department of Animal Industry
James E. Ferguson
Miriam Ferguson
Fez
French Morocco
Marshal Petain
One Dead in an Ohio Wreck
In Steubenville Ohio a Pittsburg and West Virginia freight collided head on with a coal train in the Mingo Tunnel killing one railroad worker and injuring several others, one possibly fatally.
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Ohio
Steubenville
Pittsburg & West Virginia
Mingo Tunnel
Here
U. S. to arbitrate Nicaragua Honduras boundary dispute
Managua Nicaragua reports the government says the Washington State Department will act as arbiter in the boundary controversy. Honduras has agreed to arbitrate the issue.
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Managua
Nicaragua
State Department
Washington
U Honduras
Honduras
Moro Pirates Raid Dumaran. Eight Killed
Moro pirates raided Dumaran in Dumaran Island and murdered eight people. Reports to the constabulary say a Chinese storekeeper his wife and three sons and three Filipinos were slain.
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Manila
Dumaran
Jail for Scorning Flag in Brooklyn
John Granetzer a young Lithuanian is serving ten days in Brooklyn jail for failure to remove his hat in salute to the flag.
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New York
John Granetzer
Brooklyn
Rodgers Back at Critics in Honolulu Luncheon Address
Commander John Rodgers of the naval seaplane PN-9 No. 1 and his four man crew were honored guests at a Honolulu luncheon where Rodgers defended his role. He stated that control of the project rested with him and that all arrangements and suggestions were submitted to his approval.
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Honolulu
John Rodgers
Pn-9 No. 1
Rodgers
Red River floods hit Durant area crops
The Red River south of Durant overflows its banks with about five thousand acres of prime crops flooded and ruined. Water levels rise from Wichita Falls reaching Durant, increased further by the Washita River surge.
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Durant
Red River
Wichita Falls
Washita
Flooding Hits 900 Villages in Shantung Province
A river bank break on the Yunchengh sien in Shantung province has flooded about one thousand square miles, affecting nine hundred villages and likely causing large loss of life. Famine relief authorities report the disaster to Peking.
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Peking
Yunchenghsien
Shantung Province
Eggs for Irish General at Hoboken Pier
A crowd of Irish Republican sympathizers, largely women, pelted Gen. Richard Mulcahy and his escort as they landed at Hoboken from a steamer. In Washington, Polish Minister Wladyslaw Wrobiejski resigns. successor name submitted to the state department but not public here.
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Hoboken
N. J
Richard Mulcahy
Irish Free State Army
Washington
Wladyslaw Wrobiekski
Confidence men selling vacant Omaha houses
Omaha police seek two confidence men who sold at least two houses they did not own to unsuspecting buyers. The houses were empty and required tearing down or moving, as a condition of sale.
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Omaha
Commissioners Move to Cut Life Insurance Rates
At the state insurance commissioners convention in San Antonio plans were set to lower life insurance costs. They voted to seek revision of the American experience table and appointed a committee led by New York’s James A. Behn to report at December on a proposed legislative act for a new experience table.
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San Antonio
United States
James A. Behn
Insurance Commissioner
New York
Association
Mystery man’s skeleton found near Estes Park in 10 year old case
Bleached bones found in the Colorado mountains west of Estes Park are believed to be Rev. T. E. Sampson of Austin, a friend of Woodrow Wilson who vanished during a 1915 Grand Lake vacation. Two physicians hiking uncovered the remains. clothing fragments match Sampson’s attire from the time of his disappearance.
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Boulder
Col
T. E. Sampson
Austin
Tex
Woodrow Wilson
Estes Park
Uniform embargo eyed to curb cattle foot and mouth risk
Sacramento officials discuss a broad Western state embargo on Texas agricultural products to halt foot and mouth spread. Texas court injunctions allegedly limit authorities from stopping interstate hay shipments and from slaughtering infected cattle near Arcadia Texas.
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Western States
Texas
Sacramento
Cal
California
Courts of
Arcadia
Tex
Tax cuts under 1924 act yield smaller net drop
Washington reports preliminary figures from the Internal Revenue Service showing a net reduction in tax collections of 212 million 38 thousand 988 82 dollars for the year ending June 30. The result indicates some taxes increased revenues enough to lessen the expected loss from Congress’s 300 to 400 million dollar estimate.
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Washington
Internal Revenue
Commissioner of Internal Revenue
Congress
Tammany Triumphs Over Hylan in New York Mayoral Primary
New York reports a landslide victory for Governor Al Smith and Tammany against Mayor Hylan and William Randolph Hearst. James J. Walker won the Democratic mayoral nomination, defeating Hy lan by about 100000 votes, ending Hylan’s bid for a third term.
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New York
al Smith
Tammany
Hylan
William Randolph Hearst
James J. Walker
Hearst
Diet Building Burns in Tokio
The imperial diet building was destroyed by fire in Tokyo. The blaze spread to surrounding buildings but strong wind was absent, keeping spread in check.
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Diet
Tokio
Imperial Diet
Italian Police Crack Down on Communist Plot Across Italy
Florence reports police allege a wide scale, systematic insurrection plan. Over a hundred professed communists arrested as authorities say the plot targets major cities and public order.
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Italy
Florence
China Commission Schedules Meeting in Peking on Dec 18
Washington The commission of inquiry into extra territoriality questions in China has been requested to meet in Peking on December 18 this year. Indianapolis The jury to hear the case against labor leader John J. McNamara for intimidating non union construction workers was completed after two days of interrogation.
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China Commission
Washington
Commission of Inquiry
China
Peking
Get McNamara
Indianapolis
Ind
John J. McNamara
Poplar
Bluff
August Winkler
Tillie Florence Brown Coleron
Brown. Coleman
Winkler
Woman Files Candidacy for Boston Mayor
Frances G. Curtis, longtime member of the Boston school committee, announces her bid for mayor alongside the city’s male political ranks. The move marks a notable shift as a woman enters Boston’s mayoral race.
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Boston
Frances G. Curtis
Major road detours as Pemiscot concrete project nears
State Highway Commission reports the Frederickstown to Jackson pavement under construction will stay closed for at least five weeks with about 8 000 feet remaining. Detours route motorists via Frederickstown Marquard Route 51 Patton Bollinger and Route 11o Lutesville to Jackson.
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Jefferson City
Frederickstown
Jackson
State Highway Commission
Marquard
Patton
Bollinger County
Lutesville
Pemiscot
St. Louis
Arkansas
Poplar Bluff
Dexter
Kennett
Leachville
Ark
Blythe‘ville
Memphis
Kansas
John Rock
Kansas City
Stephanie Budine
Rock
Piedmont
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William Crabtree
Stoddard
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Ben Croy
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Thomas Egger
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