War on Dry Act Opens Senate Debate Over Prohibition Reform
The Senate begins its first extended debate on the Volstead Act with Senators Edge Bruce Willis and Sheppard clashing on liquor policy. Edge pushes for 2.75 percent beer and whiskey prescription relief while opponents warn of crime and lawlessness. Figures on drunkenness are hotly contested, with supporters citing rising arrests and opponents defending prohibition.
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Senate
EDGE
Washington
Prohibition
N. J
Bruce
New Jersey
Willis
Sheppar
Tex
Messrs
Maryland
Sheppard
Texas
McKellar
Dem
Tenn
Tennessee
Hruce
King
Deém
Utah
Four Die as San Francisco Wall Collapses on Eighth and Mission
Four men were buried and crushed to death when a one story building at Eighth and Mission collapsed after a trench wall gave way during excavation. Two workers escaped with minor injuries. Victims include W Hardwell D Lynch George Alexander Rudy Streaker and the Peerless Welding Works crews. Firemen and police aided rescues as the front wall was removed.
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Associated Press
San Francisco
Eighth and
Mission Streets
Peerless Welding Works
W. Hardwell
D. Lynch
George Alexander
Rudy Streaker
Classified Ads Spotlight Apartment Rentals and Personal News
Take time today to review home plans for the new year in today’s Classified Columns. A wide selection of apartments and houses for rent appears, with interest in personal news also featured inside the classified ads sections.
Plots Made To Order For London Audiences In Theaters
In London theaters audiences now decide the plot as plays progress. The villain asks the plush-seat audience to choose the course, shouting Shall it as the scene nears a neck holding moment. The majority dictates the next move, altering the critical moments.
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London
La Follette Adheres to Progressive Principles in Senate
Wisconsin Senator La Follette announces he will follow his father's progressive principles as he remains a Republican in party affairs. The Committee on Committees recognizes him for assignments, and the Senate approves his Republican status amid tensions with old guard conservatives.
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Wisconsin
Washington
Sena
Feld
la Follette
Senate Old Guard
Committee On Committees
Officers of Labor
Watson
Senate
Senator la Follette
House Crushes Amendments to Tax Reduction Bill
The House advanced the tax reduction bill despite factional fights over exemptions and income limits. Amendments to public tax return privacy failed, while exemptions rose from 1000 to 1500 for single filers and 2500 to 3500 for married couples. A bid to raise single and married exemptions further was defeated 64 to 207. A move to bar taxpayers with income over 20000 from using the exemption also failed, in a 10 to 30 vote. The session left the measure largely intact as it nears inheritance tax debate tomorrow.
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Washington
House
Ways and Means Committee
Mary T. Norton
Dem
N. J
Rainey
Ill
Wheeler Warns Democrats Not to Be Used in Nye Seat Row
Sen Wheeler of Montana urges Senate Democrats not to be used to block Nye of North Dakota from taking a seat. He says the Republican majority seeks scapegoats and warns the Democrats that backing Nye would aid Republicans and harm the party’s image in the Northwest.
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Wheeler
Nye
Associated Press
Washington
Dem
Mont
Senator la Follette
Senate
North Dakota
Northwest
Youth Arrested in $19,000 Postal Money Order Theft
Elmer Bosham aged 18 from Grand boulevard Hamilton Qc was arrested on charges of theft after postal money order blanks totaling $19,000 were found in his possession. The uncashed blanks were stolen from the horizon Ky post office and dated from 5606 through 5799.
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Hamilton
Elmer Bosham
Grand Boulevard
Tective Nugent
Callahan
Horizon
Willys Buys Stearns Plant To Lead Knight Car Era
Interlocks with John N. Willys move to control the F. B. Stearns Motor Car Co of Cleveland through a majority stock purchase. Stearns was founded in the early motor era and has produced the Stearns Knight since 1911 under an early Knight license.
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Toledo
John N. Willys
Willys-Overland Company
F. B. Stearns Motor Car Company
Cleveland
P. B. Stearns Company
America
Stearns-Knight
Knight Motor
Prisoner Suspected Self Operation With Hidden Tools
In Cleveland Ohio December 15 evidence that Louis McCoy smuggled knives needles antiseptics and bandages to perform a secret operation on himself in county jail was presented in Federal Court. McCoy and Harry White faced charges of robbing a box car and were found guilty tonight. sentencing by Federal Judge Paul Jones is set for tomorrow morning.
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Associated Press
Cleveland
Louis McCoy
McCoy
Harry White
J. W. Smalley
Smalley
Irene Nungesser
United States Attorney
D. C. van Buren
United States
White
Paul Jones
Santa’s Voice Breaks Spell in Akron Miracle
Pauline Fenton a 12 year old girl who had been deaf for seven years suddenly heard a human voice during a radio test by Station WADC Santa Claus. Her parents Howard and S. Fenton placed earphones on her during a broadcast. Santa spoke promising a great big doll for Pauline at Christmas.
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Associated Press
Akron
Pauline Fenton
Santa Claus
WADC
S. Howard E. Fenton
Santa
Pauline
Plane crash off Antofagasta leaves one dead four hurt
A large military airplane with five aboard including two women and two aviators crashed into the sea near Antofagasta Chile. One man passenger died from his injuries and the two women and aviators were seriously hurt.
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Associated Press
Antofagasta
Chile
British Victory Shapes Mosul Boundary Dispute
Geneva delegates back a unanimous decision fixing the Mosul boundary along the Brussels line, granting Britain control over most disputed territory. General Laidoner’s damning report details Turkish atrocities against 5,000 Chaldean Christians and Kurdish tribes, influencing the decision and signaling possible joint league support for British action.
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Albin E. Johnson
New York
World News Service
Geneva
Mosul
Turkey
Brussels
League of Nations Council
Laidoner
League
Anden
Sweden
Tevfik Rushki Bey
Esthonian
Angora
M Unden
Irak
Sherrill Pledges Fairness at Dinner Rally
The event drew about 1,000 people as Sherrill vowed fairness to all and special privileges for none. The speech referenced a red campaign against the U.S. and political foes aligned with opposition to American ideals.
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Sherrill
Theosophists Foresee Second Coming Through Krishnamurti
The Theosophical Order of the Star in the East plans to greet the Christ in Krishnamurti, a young Indian Hindu, as the new world teacher. Dr. Ernest Stone and Fritz Kunz outline a prophesied sixth root race and a Pacific rising continent with a global university led by Krishnamurti, including branches in Ojai California Sydney and Ommen.
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Pacific
Associated Press
Los Angeles
Theosophical Order of the Star In the
Krishnamurti
India
Christ
Earth
Hemisphere
Australia
Stone
Government Ethnological Department
Pacific Ocean
Fritz Kunz
Representa
Tive
United States
Annie Besant
International Theosophical Society
Ommen
Holland
Adyar
Ojai Valley
California
Sydney
Madnapalle
Krisnnamurti
Diploma Mill Operator Moves to Maryland for $40000 While Prosecuted
James Robbins reports that Helmuth P. Holler, dean of Oriental University, now operates Cosmopolitan University from a Calvert County farmhouse Maryland, issuing diplomas including medical degrees. Indicted in Washington for mail fraud, Holler claims 1924 earnings of $19000 with diplomas sold at about $55 each.
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Maryland
New York World News Service
Washington
District of Columbia Criminal Court
Helmuth P. Holler
Oriental University
Poplars
Calvert County
Cosmopolitan University
New York City
Chicago
Holler
Dr. Holler
Theological and Hilosophical School
C. N. Murrayee
Hical
Animman
Medical School
Aken
Boy Confesses Triple Killing in Arkansas
Arnold Comer, a hungry and troubled youth from near Buffalo, Arkansas, confessed to fatally shooting Mrs. Tom Boyd and her infant granddaughter, and later killed fur trader Charles Moore. He claimed other robberies after leaving home Wednesday due to mistreatment, was arrested near Buffalo with four pistols a shotgun and ammunition after intimidating Ira Robnett’s family.
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Associated Press
Yellville
Ark
Arnold Comer
Tom Boyd
Charles Moore
Buffalo
Confer
Ira Robnett
Robnett
E Lnd
Nurse Grace Goddard Killed in Auto Crash Near Wilmington
Miss Grace Goddard, 23, nurse at the Jewish Hospital, died when the car she rode in overturned on the Three C highway three miles east of Wilmington, as the driver swerved to avoid an oncoming car with blinding lights. Driver Albert McLennan escaped serious injury. Goddard, a Speers Hospital graduate, lived at 116 East Ninth street Nurses' Home. She came to town from Cow Creek, Kentucky.
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Grace Gadbard
Jewish Hospital
Wilmington
Associated Press
Miss Goddard
Speers Hospital
Dayton
East Ninth Street
Albert McLennan
Cincinnati
Gaddard
Cow Creek
Two Killed as Automobile Skids and Overturns
On Thompson road near Orville New York near Syracuse Ralph A Plate a 27 year old real estate operator formerly of Atlanta was killed instantly. Mrs Elfi eda G Derby died en route to hospital after the car skidded and overturned when she slowed and set the brakes. Derby had inherited 100 000 in 1917 from her uncle William Tousey founder of the American News Company.
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Syracuse
WN. Y
Ralph A. Plate
Atlanta
Elfieda G. Derby
William Tousey
American News Company
Thompson Road
Orville
James W. Howard Split by Steamer Collision Off Cape Lookout
The four masted schooner James W. Howard was practically cut in half after a collision with the Italian steamer Livenzo nine miles north of Cape Lookout. The crew of ten was rescued and taken aboard the Livenzo, with no injuries reported.
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Associated Press
Norfolk
James W. Howard
Livénzo
Cape Lookout
Livenzo
Tennis Champion William Tilden Ir to Star in The Kid Hintel
New York December 15 William Tilden Ir the tennis champion who has acted in motion pictures will soon appear on the speaking stage in a play titled The Kid Hintel written by Bernard T. Schubert The versatile athlete has long pursued theater as a secondary interest and will be featured in the production.
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New York
John Barrett
United States
Pan-American Commercial Congress
South America
Latin America
Barrett
Russia
Europe
William T. Tilden Ir
Tilden
the Kid Hinteel
Bernard T. Schubert
Wall Street Christmas Bonuses Reach 50 Million
New York brokers plan lavish year end gifts to employees with bonuses and extra dividends totaling over 100 million dollars. Firms such as Hornblower & Weeks Cullen & Drew Charles W Hill Co and Throckmorton & Co announce eight weeks pay one month salary and ten percent of annual pay respectively as year end incentives amid high market activity.
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New York World News Service
New York
Wall Street
Hornblower & Weeks
New York Stock Exchange
Cullen & Drew
Charles W. Hill & Co
Throckmorton & Co
France faces finance minister resignation amid cabinet reshuffle
Paris December 15 France's finance minister Louis Loucheur resigns after clashes with the Finance Committee and opposing groups in the Chamber of Deputies. Premier Briand debates naming Paul Doumer to replace him as Cabinet meets tomorrow morning.
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Paris
France
Louis _ Loucheur
Joseph Caillaux
Chamber of Deputies
Finance Committee
M. Loucheur
Doumer
M. Doumer
Eer
M. Caillaux
M. Painleve
M. Demonzie
M. Clementel
M. Briand
Loucheur
Cincinnati City Manager urges patience and reform
Colonel Clarence Sherrill, City Manager elect, vows fair treatment and efficiency in Cincinnati. He pledges to hire by civil service, addresses traffic, streets, parks, police, and fire needs, and seeks tax support for essential city improvements. The speech, broadcast on WLW, emphasizes service over splash and calls for public cooperation.
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Clarence ©. Sherrill
Cincinnati
Sherrill
Linton
Russell Wilson
Sherrii
Edward T. Dixon
Murray Seasongood
Tyler Field
Fred Scnneller
Charles O. Rose
Stanley Matthews
Martin Daly
Julius Luchsinger
Charles Lackmann
Citizens’ Charter Committee
Upson
Sam
Charter Committee
Washington
Zoning Commission
Park and Planning ‘Commission
Arlington Memorial Bridge
Congress
Public Seats Commission
Colbys Separated Wife Sails for Europe
The amicable separation of Bainbridge Colby and his wife was disclosed as Mrs. Colby sailed to Europe. They lived apart for months yet deny plans for divorce. a friend says they remain on good terms and Colby visits her uptown apartment while he stays at the Plaza. Mrs. Colby plans to join daughter Katherine in Paris.
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Associated Press
New York
Colby
Plaza
Katherine
Paris
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