06 Dec 1925
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Newspaper
Cincinnati Commercial Tribune
Location
Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 06, 1925
Page
1
Albert Devine, 44, ex Alderman, was charged with murder in the September 6 death of his wife Catherine. He confessed, saying he killed her with a hammer and buried the body in their cellar. The confession followed a police hunt that traced her disappearance to Pennsylvania via a grandmother in Scranton who notified state police.
Chicago reports heavy blizzards across the Middle West with 4 to 6 inches in Minnesota. Train service slowed, communications disrupted, and roads blocked by snow and winds. One death from exposure in Iowa. air mail halted at Iowa City and Muscatine as a radio tower collapsed. Temperatures near 12 degrees above zero.
Northern and central France face an intense cold spell with temperatures plummeting. Gilley in Doubs tops at 17 below zero Fahrenheit, while the Swiss Jura Range reports 49 below. Two people died from exposure, with another near death in the border region.
Snow covers Felenne twenty miles from Namur while wild boars roam under siege conditions. Villagers seeking aid report multiple clashes with the emboldened animals.
Advices from Belgrade say huge pocket wolves are driven into forests by severe cold and snow and are eating hundreds of sheep. Temperature in Belgrade is 12 above zero Fahrenheit. Trains are heavily delayed by snowdrifts.
London reports focus on Calouste Sarkis Gulbenkian in the Mesopotamian oil scramble. The Armenian financier rose from poverty to wealth, shaping deals among Anglo American and Dutch interests as Iraq’s government solidified rights under British mandate.
Archaeologists report finds of ancient trade routes dating to 100000 B C beyond Carthage and Utica. Moving sand dunes have shifted landscape up to 1500 feet, revealing buried artifacts and high braved exploration by field teams.
Paris reports the Beloit College expedition led by Count de Prorok and Bardley Tyrrell returns from the Hoggar region with proof of ancient Sahara trade routes between Carthage and Hoggar. They reveal Tin Hanan's tomb with Libyan Venus statue, gold and jewel treasures, and a mapping of neolithic sites along the desert. The tomb is now a national monument guarded by French troops.
President Coolidge outlined his views on the coal crisis in a letter to John L. Lewis head of the United Mine Workers. The White House withheld publication to avoid embarrassment as efforts to restore peace in the anthracite region continued. The letter responded to a Lewis request about enforcement of the Jacksonville wage agreement in the bituminous field.
Tucson cleric Bishop Daniel J. Gercke said prohibition laws have failed since the Volstead act began. He denounced Clinton Howes for appealing to Pope Pius XI and called prohibition a political issue for Americans to decide.
Treasury officials report a $5,000,000 bribe offer to stop Coast Guard patrols for a night as part of a New York liquor cargo scheme. Investigations target the Dwyer syndicate with arrests rising to twenty-one as prosecutors vow to pursue all implicated.
The Republican majority moves to organize the two Houses while deciding how to treat La Follette and Wisconsin insurgents. Key committee posts shift as Nelson and Frear lose seats. Nye seating and Ship Board issues loom as HoR debates goals.
John F. ONeill County Supervisor and Knights of Columbus official says Clinton N. Howard erred in asking Pope Pius XI for support of civil authority in the United States. He asserts Catholics are law abiding but endorses changing the Volstead Act as a necessary move.
Premier Ferguson of Ontario announced a helium gas deposit found at Inglewood Peel County about forty miles northwest of Toronto. The government has purchased three wells and has been extracting gas in cooperation with the University of Toronto.
One trainman was killed and another seriously injured when a Burlington Railway wrecker derailed near Maryville Missouri early today en route from Creston Iowa to Bolckow where a freight train had derailed earlier. Both men were scalded by steam and debris.
Forty leading New York dramatists forming the Dramatists Guild consider joining the American Federation of Labor to counter William Fox as he seeks to corner the New York play market. They warn such a pact with Fox would restrict competition and threaten the future of legitimate stage plays.
Mrs. Dora Hale of 5008 Main Avenue Norwood wandered at 4 30 in a dreamlike state followed by her children who pleaded to go to Dada Then she woke in a strange neighborhood four hours later her sister Mrs Lester Wyatt found her and had her put to bed Fred Hale left a month ago with their three children for Illinois promising to send money and never returning The episode worsened her long illness and left her shattered and tearful
Ohio officials debate moral versus legal rights in housing prisoners amid crowded jails. The Roseville plant purchase will house 200 inmates and London Prison Farm plans expand capacity for 600 more. Cincinnati Jail shows extreme overcrowding with 156 capacity but 409 inmates. Sheriff Witt cites Christmas season spikes and Prohibition as factors.
Clarence O. Sherrill, to be Cincinnati’s first City Manager, resigned his U S Army Engineers commission and accepted a Council selection. The unanimous vote by the new Councilors confirms the appointment ahead of his January start with a $25,000 annual salary.
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