Bankers Trust VP to join Dillon Read in major 1926 merger talks
Reports say Benjamin Joy of Bankers' Trust Co will join Dillon Read & Co on January 2 and chair United States and Foreign Securities Corp. Clarence Dillon leads negotiations amid bank denials. Rumors say Dillon Read seeks control stock in National Cash Register and a new holding company with potential $60 to $75 million deal.
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New York World News Service
New York
Wall Street
Benjamin Joy
Bankers’ Trust Company
Dion, Read & Co
Clarence Dillon
Joy
Dillon, Read & Co
United States and Foreign Securities Corporation
Bankers’ Trust Copany
London
Paris
O Dillon, Read & Co
Dillon
Dodge Bros
National Cash Register Company
National Park Bank
Central Union Trust Company
Chatham Phenix National Bank and Trust Company
Chemical National Bank
Mechanics and Metals / National Bank
Chase National
Dillon-Read
Frederick B. Patterson
Dillon, Read ‘& Co
Dilson, Read & Co
Noble C. Judah
John H. Patterson
H. G. Carnell
Robert Patterson
National Cash Register
Rear Admiral Edwin Putnam Dies at 85 in New Hampshire
Rear Admiral Edwin Putnam, 85, veteran of the wooden navy, died at his Portsmouth home. He joined the service in 1862 and fought in the Civil War aboard the Nahant. He participated in the Charleston assault and an engagement at Walshaw Sound, Georgia when the Confederate ironclad At Was captured.
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Putnam
Associated Press
Portsmouth
N. H
Edwin Putnam
United States Navy
Navy
Nahant
Charleston
S C
Walshaw Sound
Georgia
Crown Prince Carol Renounces Romanian Throne
Crown Prince Carol resigns his accession rights and royal prerogatives after leaving Bucharest for Queen Alexandra's funeral. His four year old son Michael, by Princess Helen of Greece, is named heir with Parliament to approve on January 4. Carol faces military disputes and a rumored affair as his mother seeks him across Europe.
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Associated Press
Bucharest
Rumania
Carol
London
Alexandra
Ferdinand
Michael
Helen
Greece
Prince Carol
Pelesch
Prince Michael
Italy
Paris
Marie
Milan
Romania
Vienna
Mlle
Zyziz Lambrino
Police warn Cincinnati motorists over overdue 1926 license tags
Chief William Copeland warned that any driver on Cincinnati streets without 1926 tags will risk arrest. Officials say no state extension exists and distribution of tags remains slow, with about 35,000 issued by the Auto Club and 16,000 to 18,000 by the Auditor, as thousands still await plates.
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Cincinnati
William Copelan
County Auditor
Cincinnati Autoimmobile Club
Autommobile Club
Automobile Club
Frank Switalski
Tag Department
Auditor's
Frank Daugherty
William F. Hess
Auditor
Copelaw
Dope Too Weak Wholesale Jail Break Foiled in Jersey City
Hudson County Jail thwarted a bold plan by New York gangsters to release inmates. A forger targeted guards with doped coffee. bricks and tools were found, and a gunmen raid was aborted after detectives spotted the approach. One attacker was killed, another wounded, and several prisoners linked to past crimes were involved.
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New York World News Service
Jersey City
N. J
Hudson County
New York
John Cahill
William Norton
John Beggans
Paul Raiboldt
Raiboldt
Samuel Klein
William Sherman
Charles Cohen
David Santers
North Bergen
N.J
Beggans
Forty Chinese killed in Macao fireworks plant blast
A Hongkong dispatch to the Daily Mail says an explosion at a Macao fireworks factory killed forty Chinese, injured fifty, and left two hundred missing. Most victims and missing are women. Macao lies thirty five miles west of Hongkong, a Portuguese dependency.
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London
Macao
Daily Mail
Hongkong
Increasing Net Profits for 1926 Classified Ads
Advertising note urging better prepared ads that tell the story to reach prospects quickly at lower cost. Betty Bell offers help writing Classified Ads and provides a phone number for contact.
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Betty Bell
Florida Express Ban Modified by Company
The American Railway Express Company announces an adjusted embargo for Florida traffic. It will now accept 100 pound shipments for southbound movement into Florida. Fresh fruit and fish shipments out of Florida remain restricted. Building supplies and similar items normally carried by rail will still not be accepted.
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Associated
Atlanta
Florida
American Railway Express Company
William G. Smith
Express Company
Girl Shot by a Man Reunites Parents After Harrowing Incident
Constance Russo, hospitalized in Rock Island, is recovering from gunshot wounds inflicted by a jilted lover identified as Cosimo Miloni, once married to her sister. Her parents Mr. and Mrs. Gabriel Russo of Centerville Ia express shocking sentiment saying they are glad she was shot.
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Rock Island, Il
Constance Russo
Cosimo Miloni
Chicago
Gabriel Russo
Centerville
Mussolini Edict Aims to Restore Rome’s Ancient Glory
Premier Mussolini orders Rome’s renovation within five years to resemble Augustus era. Signor Filippo Cremonesi named first Governor at a Capitol ceremony, with new administration under Interior Ministry. Plans include open squares, sacred monuments, removal of tramways, and modernization with schools, baths, parks.
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Rome
Augustus
Mussolini
Filippo Cremonesi
Signor Ciemendal
Ministry of the Interior
Augusteo Amphitheater
Marcello Theater
Capitol
Pantheon
Ars Theon
Piazza Colonna
Mediterranean
Campidoglio
Capitoline
Papal States
Signor Cremonesi
Metropolitan
Duke Miner to Inherit Over Half a Million Dollars
E A Duke a coal miner in McDowell County West Virginia is notified the executors of James B Duke tobacco king have established a bequest of about 500000 dollars from a 2 million fund for relatives. He plans to keep working his daily job and carry his old lunch bucket.
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New York World News Service
Ashland
E. A. Duke
McDowell County
W. Va
Huntington
Davy
James B. Duke
Tobacco King
West Virginia
Duke
James B. Ke
Munsey Will Bequest Noted For Mrs Coy In Savannah
In Frank A. Munsey's will a $50,000 bequest is left to Mrs. Sophie Meldrim Coy of Savannah Georgia. She is the divorced wife of E H Ted Coy once a Yale football star and captain.
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New York
Frank A. Munsey
Sophie Meldrim Coy
Savannah
E. H
Ted) Coy
Yale
New Year Celebrations Across Europe and U S Endures Quiet Clock
As 1925 ends a festive scene runs from Europe to the United States. London reports record restaurant attendance while Paris keeps to family gatherings. In Washington President Coolidge retires early and Dawes looks to prosperity. Prohibition enforcement tightens nationwide except Connecticut where celebrations proceed as usual. Broadway starts late as revelers fill hotels and clubs amid mixed liquor reports.
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Associated Press
Europe
Father Time
London
Berlin
France
Washington
White House
Coolidge
Dawes
Briand
United States
Connecticut
New York
the Eye
Broadway
Prohibition Agents Raid St. Louis Elks Club
A dozen federal prohibition agents raided the Elks Clubhouse in St. Louis on December 31 and seized liquor stored for a New Year’s party. About 500 members were to be entertained. 12 quarts of wine were found with James K. Johnoff, arrested as he entered the club. The liquor belonged to individual members, not the lodge, and padlock action was considered.
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Associated Press
ST. Louis
Elks
James Dillon
Dillon
United States
Curry
Lodge
East St. Louis
Raid at Plattsburg Elks Club uncovers liquor
Federal agents and state troopers raided the Elks' Club in Plattsburg New York reporting liquor found. The informer John Lavalley said he sold nine cases of ale to club steward Napoleon Pinsinneault who was released on $1000 bail pending an attempt to overturn the search warrant.
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Plattsburg, N. Y
Elks’ Club
John Lavalley
Napoleon Pinsinneault
Surprising Conduct Says Judge Atwell On Elks Liquor Seizure
Judge William Atwell Grand Exalted Ruler of the Elks commented on the liquor seizure at the Elks Club in St Louis He called it surprising that members of a national order would humiliate the organization He did not disclose planned official actions and noted a previous thirty day suspension of New York Lodge No 1 BPOE set to take effect January 2.
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Dallas
Tex
William Hawley Atwell
Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks
Elks Club
St. Louis
Atwell
New York Lodge No. 1
New York Lodge
Liberty Bell Rings In New Year After 90 Years Silence
At midnight the Liberty Bell rang for the first time in ninety years as Philadelphia marks the new year and sesquicentennial. Mrs. W Freeland Kendrick struck the gold hammer while crowds watched and broadcasting stations carried the sound. Historic pageantry depicted the nation’s birth with Revolutionary-era troops, night watchman guards, and a Grand Union Flag raised at Independence Hall. Characters representing Declaration signers signed a facsimile document inside Independence Hall.
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Liberty Bell
Philadelphia
Midnighttonight
United States
W. Freeland Kendrick
Independence Square
Independence Hall
Cambridge
Washington
State House
Prohibition Probed as Cause of Rising Crime in County
Judges Stanley Struble and Fred L. Hoffman and County Prosecutor Charles S. Bell attributed a surge in county crime last year to the bone-dry law. They cited 77 murders, 90 percent linked to liquor, and noted crime rose sharply since 1922, with broader national concern over enforcement and policy.
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Stanley Struble
Fred L. Hoffman
Charles S. Bell
Struble
United States
America
Recess Taken in Mine Parley at Union League Club
The anthracite strike conference adjourned to reassemble Tuesday at the Union League Club. Operators and the union scale group report no progress yet say both sides gained understanding of the others positions amid a tense day.
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New York
Anthracite
Union League
Appeals Denied in Whisky Case in Indianapolis Trial
Six of the twenty three men convicted in the Jack Daniel distillery robbery trial at Indianapolis had appeals denied by the U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Chicago. The six faced stay of execution to prevent beginning sentences at Leavenworth Prison next Monday. The group includes Nathan Goldstein and Michael Whalen of St Louis and William Kinney, William Lucking, George Landen, and Harry Stratten of Cincinnati. Goldstein and Whalen received two year terms and $5000 fines. Fifteen others were sentenced to federal penitentiary after the 1923 theft of 891 barrels of whisky from the Daniel distillery and warehouse in St Louis.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Indianapolis
United States Circuit Court of Appeals
Leavenworth
Nathan Goldstein
St. Louis
Michael Whalen
William J. Kinney
William Lucking
George R. Landen
Harry Stratten
Cincinnati
Goldstein
Whalen
Daniel Distilesy
Kinney
Internal Revenue
Federal
New Year Celebrations Draw Cincinnati Troops of Joy
Throngs of Cincinnatians gathered across hotels theaters clubs and homes to bid farewell to 1925 and greet 1926. Crowds filled streets and venues from Gibson New Year’s event to Castle Farm and Toad Stool Inn with meals music and dancing. Officials reported a calm dry night with scarce intoxication and a city poised for a busier year ahead.
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The
Commercial Tribune
Florentine Room
Root Garden
Business Men’s
Metropole
Cit
Castle Farm
Summit Avenue
Toad Stool
Reading Road
Hutchins Street
Chicago
New York
Royal Ohioans
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Hyde
Copelan
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Florida Express
Cremonesi
Plattsburgh Elks Club
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F. L. Hoffman
Chickie
Elenore Meherin
John J. Leary, JR
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