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Newspaper
Charleston Gazette
Location
Charleston, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 29, 1926
Page
3
London reports reveal the British treasury plans a four per cent conversion bond issue to manage nearly 5 billion dollars of wartime indebtedness due by year end and 31.29 billion in 4 and 5 percent bonds maturing over the next year with an anticipated issue price near 83. The move aims to trim annual interest costs while attracting investors as demand rises.
The Raleigh Register reports on former state compensation secretary F J Macandrewe facing embezzlement charges of 2070 dollars. Defense argues lax Dept methods and that irregular documents blame should fall on the department, not an individual, amid calls for inquiry and safeguards to ensure prompt, secure claim payments.
Chicago November 28 Anungio Crawford, a 21 year old mother of two, is arrested as the leader of a youthful robbery ring that has held up forty people in months. One robber killed a man and a postal clerk Hubert Ray was shot at during the crime spree. The victim’s identity remains uncertain as robbers withhold names.
New York officials warned producers at a conference that Broadway could face a censorship regime unless they purge objectionable material. Mayor Walker said artistic shows are starving while some productions push tasteless content. Police would act against venues with salacious offerings if no self correction occurs.
Preliminary to the meeting of the American Football Conference Association, the learn of directors and sectional vice presidents decided today to recommend a part of two seconds before passing the ball after shifts. The cor words will also urge gentler rebuke tendencies to praise athletic talent. Resolutions approved the point after touchdown as now in effect, and the forward pass reputations. Preliminary meetings were held today. three more meetings and a banquet will close the convention tomorrow night.
Seven of three young men who attacked an 18 year old university student were sentenced to death in the safe court. The others received long prison terms. The death sentence was announced amid an alleged rise in youth violence and claims of it being a license to commit crimes. Also, Chicago night spot operators plan to eject intoxicated patrons on New Year’s Eve following the hotel association’s lead, announced by B C Yellowles, prohibition administrator for the Indiana-Illinois-Wisconsin area.
A Wheeling man testifies Konjola cured long standing stomach troubles after years of failed treatments. He says one week of use built up his system, increased his weight, and erased pains and indigestion, leading to a renewed life. Konjola sold at Potterfield's in Charleston and by local dealers.
A famed physician promotes Thoxine as a rapid cough remedy that halts persistent coughing by addressing the supposed illumination and irritation. It claims to stop night coughs within 15 minutes, with a money back guarantee, and is sold for $2 by Petterfield's and other drug stores.
Dr Alfred J Lotka of Metropolitan Life estimates the value of all men to dependents at 1.144 trillion dollars and women at a similar share. Professor Irving Wishar of Yale notes no members present oppose prohibition on purely economic grounds.
Washington records show coal loadings for the week ended December 28 at 230 753 cars, up 42 482 from the same period last year, per the American Railway Association. Total loadings reached 950 474 cars, down 28 110 from the prior week and 13 163 from the corresponding week in 1905. Other categories include grain and its products at 47 45.
Fragmentary OCR text lists numerous numbers with phrases like decreases and percentages, mentioning items such as merghaindiset, carload, foreat products, and cake. Lacks coherent narrative, but signals a report on changes in quantities or values across multiple categories.
Directors of the Norfolk and Western railway declared the usual quarterly dividend of 9 1/2 a share on adjustment preferred stock, payable February 1, 1927, to stockholders of record January 31, 1927.
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