French Finance Crisis Deepens as Loucheur Faces Rejection
Paris reports show the Finance Committee rejecting two key stabilization bills while considering tax dodging controls. Brokers plan a 40 percent margin to curb franc speculation as business leaders in Carcassonne and other cities threaten strikes if Loucheur's measures pass.
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Chamber of Deputies
M. Loucheup
M. Loucheur
Finance Committee
Briand
M. Renaudel
James
Ere Terete National Bloc
Buckanowsky
Washington
France
Carcassone
Pau
Rouen
Lille
Nancy
Calais
Montpellier
Dijon
Marseilles
Nimes
Church seeks 10 to 30 million loan from Wall Street
Negotiations open between the Bavarian Roman Catholic Church and Wall Street bankers for a public loan estimated at 10 to 30 million dollars. Proceeds would secure extensive Bavarian real estate and fund development, potentially marking the church’s first public bond flotation. The Vatican recently borrowed 1.5 million in private credit for an American college site in Rome.
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New York
Bavaria
Wall Street
Vatican
Blair & Co
Chase National Bank
New American College
Rome
M P S Dress Shows Effect of British Luxury Tax Plan
In London Parliament Chamber women’s wear has grown subdued since Churchill urged a luxury tax to boost state income. Lady Astor and allies appear opposed to taxing costly dress, with Astor in sober black and others like Ellen Wilkinson adopting muted tones and simple accessories.
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M.P
London
Winston Churchill
House of Commons
Lady Astor
Ellen Wilkinson
Senate recognizes La Follette as Republican Senator
Republican leaders in Washington formally recognize Senator La Follette of Wisconsin as a Republican. The GOP Committee on Committees assigns him to Mines Manufactures and Indian Affairs on three minor panels. Williams of Missouri and Robinson of Indiana receive new committee seats amid shifting assignments. Butler becomes Chairman of the Patents Committee.
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Washington
Senate
Senator la Follette
Wisconsin
Republican Committee On Committees
Williams
Missouri
Robinson
Indiana
Spencer
Butler
Republican National Committee
Senate committee opposes Nye seating from North Dakota
The Senate Elections Committee adopted an unfavorable report on Gerald P. Nye's seating after Gov Sorlie appointed him to fill the Ladd vacancy. Only two members voted for Nye. A sub committee was named to draft a formal report for Senate action. The panel found the governor lacked authority to appoint. The issue moves to the Senate floor for debate.
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Washington
Gerald P. Nye
North Dakota
Senate Elections Committee
Nye
Sorlie
Ladd
Ernst
Goff
West Virginia
George
Georgia
Senate
Hoover outlines measures to counter foreign monopolies
Secretary Hoover warns of foreign control of raw materials and cites rubber costing American consumers 660 million dollars more this year. He proposes: curb American credits to monopolies, mobilize consumer campaigns, promote substitutes, expand global production, and authorize emergency buyer coalitions.
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Washington
United States
Capper
Rep
Kan
Hoover
Hicks Dies During Thurston Show Hypnosis Scene
Frederick C. Hicks custodian of alien property collapsed and died during a Thurston performance at the Belasco Theater in Washington. The 1872 Westbury native and former New York congressman had recently been named to the post by President Coolidge.
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Frederick C. Hicks
Thurston
Washington
Alien Property
Belasco
Mr. Hicks
Colidge
Thomas W. Miller
Fidac
International Veterans’ Organization
Republican National Committee
House
New York
United States
Klan Scours Florida Hotels for Mrs Rhinelander
Ku Klux Klan members searched four Fort Pierce hotels on December 14 after reports that Mrs. Leonard Kip Rhinelander had arrived from New York. Committees checked Atlantic El Paso Colonial and Alpena hotels but Rhinelander’s wife was not found. A separate Palm Beach search followed at midnight after word she was in the area.
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Rhinelander
Ft. Pierce
West Palm Beach
Associated Press
Fila
Ku Klux Klan
Leonard Kip Rhinelander
New York
New York Society
Ku Klux
Atlantic
el Paso
Colonial
Alpena
Fla
Leonard Kip Rhinelanders
Big Jim Morton Returns to Ohio Penitentiary
Ohio authorities moved bank robber Big Jim Morton from Detroit to the Ohio Penitentiary after a swift cross state transfer. Morton, who had been paroled to Michigan, said Ohio broke faith with him and faced about fourteen more years to serve.
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Associated Press
Columbus
Big Jim
Morton
Ohio
Michigan
Detroit
J. N. Fagan
Bern Potter
Michigan State Police
Alonzo Gillette
E. E. Clinger
Donahey
Techically
Don R. Thomas
Recorder's Court
William Clinger
Courts
Toms
Wayne County
Notorious Crimnal John A Bum Rogers Escapes Train
John A Bum Rogers escapes from a New York Central train near 125th Street with aid from an accomplice who knocked down guard Edward Beckwith. Rogers, awaiting Auburn Prison sentence for robbery and arms violations, fled into the crowd. Beckwith hospitalized with scalp injuries. Rogers has prior escapes and multiple recent convictions.
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New York
John A
Rogers
New York Central
Auburn Prison
Grand Central Station
125Th Street
Blackwell's Island
Nassau County
Valley Stream
Valentino draw in Paris crowds and gossip of divorce
Rodolph Valentino arrived in Paris from London to a throng of about 2,000 fans, mainly women, who pushed through to see him. He lost his hat but kept his smile as he spoke to reporters and denied knowledge of any pending divorce rumors sparked by his mother in law Mrs Hudnut.
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Alfred M. Murray
New York World News Service
Paris
Rodolph Valentino
London
Valentino
Hudnut
N.Y. World News Service
N. Y. World
Press Pub. Co
Free State air force mulls spring flight to America
Dublin report says the Free State air force is considering a flight to America in the spring. Plans remain in the preliminary stage with no details finalized.
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Dublin
Free State Air Force
America
Western Snowstorm Paralyzes Colorado and Nebraska
A Denver report says a western winter storm dumped up to eighteen inches of snow across Colorado and Nebraska, delaying rail and air mail traffic. One death in Colorado occurred when 23 year old Forest Rector was killed after a sleet blocked train struck his car near Bere Trail.
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Denver
Col
Colorado
Nebraska
Rocky Mountain
Forest Rector
Bere Trail
Union Pacific
Wyoming
Brighton
Whitney Wins Supreme Court Rehearing in Radical Case
In San Francisco on December 14 the Supreme Court granted a rehearing to Charlotte Anita Whitney, Oakland social worker and heiress, in her appeal for a new trial on charges under California’s criminal syndicalism act, a move hailed by counsel and supporters as securing her liberty.
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New York World News Service
San Francisco
United States Supreme Court
Charlotte Anita Whitney
Oakland
Miss Whitney
Chaliapin to Form Own Grand Opera Company
Feodor Chaliapin of the Metropolitan Opera and Chicago Civic Opera will organize a personal grand opera company for a 1926 1927 U S tour. The planned repertoire includes Rossini s The Barber of Seville with Chaliapin as stage manager and director per announcement by manager S Hurok.
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Chaliapin
Associated Press
New York
Feodor Chaliapin
Metropolitan Opera Company of
Chicago Civic Opera Company
United States
S. Hurok
Rossini
Scented rooms in Mayfair homes set for season
Scented drawing rooms in fashionable Mayfair homes form part of a season entertainment program. Walls painted white blue green or gold are finished with a varnish that carries a strong perfume of pine woods and floral notes such as violets carnations or roses upon entry to each room.
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London
Mayfair
Supreme Court remains only hurdle for Chapman murder sentence
Hartford December 1. Gerald Chapman the Hartford mail robber awaits a last appeal to the United States Supreme Court before his death by hanging for the murder of a New Brittain police officer. Judge E S Thomas denied Chapman's habeas corpus petition and dismissed the federal writ, ruling the President's commutation ends the federal interest and that Chapman's rights cannot alter state jurisdiction.
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Conn
United States Supreme Court
Gerald Chapman
Chapman
Federal District Court
Scott
Steven Thomas
Connecticut
Coolidge
Thomas
United States
G. H. Cohen
Superior Court
Atlanta
Coolidge Ready to Aid Europe but Shuns Alliance Says Kellogg
The piece reports Kellogg warning bankers on foreign loans while Coolidge is described as ready to aid Europe without forming alliances. It references U.S. policy debates and the broader context of postwar foreign lending and American leadership.
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Coolidge
Europe
Kellogg
Ohio State Dean Ousted and Trustees Probe Campus Troubles
Ohio State University trustees ousted Dean Elizabeth Conrad and started an inquiry into alleged liquor law violations and communist sympathies among faculty and students. George W. Rightmire to head the investigative committee. Horton case set for December 21. Dean Conrad resigns effective June 30, 1926 amid campus governance tensions.
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Columbus
George W. Rightmire
Ohio State University
Rightmire
Donahey
Dabney Horton
S. A. Probst
Ohio
Horton
Holcomb
Elizabeth Conrad
Dean Conrad
Conrad
University of Wisconsin
Pan-Helllenic Council
Blanche Harris
Pan-Hellenic Council
Intersorority Organization
Father of 19th At. 70
Minneapolis reports Carl Parrish a bailiff in County District Court became the father of a twelve pound boy today. Parrish will be 70 in February and has been married twice. Sixteen of his nineteen children are living.
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Associated Press
Minneapolis, Minn
Carl Parrish
Parrish
$9,000,000 Request To Buy 10 Coast Guard Cutters
A $9,000,000 appropriation bill to pay for ten new Coast Guard cutters was introduced in Washington by Senator Jones with administration backing. The ships are likely for the war on rum smuggling.
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Baltimore
Associated Press
Ocean City
Salisbury
Evening Times
Philadelphia
Baltimore Evening News
Anchorage
The
Evening News
Miller Island
Coast Guard
Senator Jones
Flyer Dies After Plane Crash Near Cambridge Ohio
Sergeant Jesse DeFord of Richland North Carolina died in a Cambridge hospital from a broken neck after a tail spin crash east of the city on Saturday. Lieutenant Samuel Carter of Los Angeles was not hurt and will be taken to Walter Reed Hospital in Washington. The pair were returning to Langley Field Virginia from McCook Field Dayton when the plane crashes. McCook Field officials conduct the investigation into the accident.
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Associated Press
Cambridge
Jesse DeFord
Richland
N. C
Samuel O. Carter
Los Angeles
Carter
Walter Reedospital
Langley Field
McCook Field
Dayton
Kellogg Explains U S Look At Locarno Debt Policy
Secretary Kellogg spoke to the Council on Foreign Relations outlining U S foreign policy aims from the Locarno treaties to debt settlements. He defended excluding aliens supporting communism and warned bankers against indiscriminate German loans while stressing cooperation for European rehabilitation and avoidance of European political entanglements.
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Coolidge
Kellogg
State Department
Council of Foreign Relations
Locarno
China
United States
Europe
Mr. Kellogg
America
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