Geneva Assured of League Site by Architects Bid
Geneva received assurances it will remain the permanent seat of the League of Nations. A committee of architects opened an international competition for a new 1,000,000 dollar League Assembly building. The design must come from member nations. winner gets 100,000 gold francs.
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Albin E. Johnson
Commercial Tribune
New York World
Geneva
League of Nations
League Assembly
League Palace
League
Labor Bureau
World News Service
Ee Worlhy” Press Pub. Co
British Cancel Parley to Consider Protocol
London January reports that the Imperial Conference slated for March to discuss the League of Nations protocol will not be held. Australia signals it will refuse to send delegates, prompting cancellation of the gathering.
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John L. Balderston
Commercial Tribune
New York World
London
Imperial Conference
League of Nations
Australia
Mexico declines League of Nations membership bid
Mexico will not seek League of Nations membership. The Foreign Minister said Mexico felt excluded from the league's formation and declined invitations from Latin neighbors to apply.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mexico
Oswald Gilbert
the Commercial Tribune
The
New York World
Vera .Cruz
Mexico City
League of Nations
League
N. Y. World News Service
N. Y. World
Press Pub. Co
Klan Wizard Sued for Damages in Slander Claim
Dr Hiram W Irans Imperial Wizard of the Ku Klux Klan in Dyersburg hospital after appendicitis operation named defendant in a $25 000 damages suit filed by R J Causey Memphis with claims of slanderous remarks. Causey banished from the Klan by Evans.
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Dyersburg
Tenn
Hiram W. Irans
Ku Klux, Klan
R. J. €Ausey
Memphis
Evans
Bryan denies retirement plans as he eyes Senate bid
West Palm Beach dispatch reports former candidate and orator William Jennings Bryan denies retiring from politics. He says speculation misquotes him and he may run for U S Senate against Duncan Fletcher, while admitting time will be spent on memoirs and historical writing. He plans to campaign widely across the state. Senator Fletcher also indicates he will stump soon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Commercial Tribune
New York World
West Palm Beach
Fla
Jennings Bryan
John Temple Graves
Palm Beach Post
United States Senate
Duncan V. Fletcher
Bryan
Fletcher
Yellow Kid Weil May Escape Indictment in Chicago
Chicago January 6. Joseph Weil known as Yellow Kid may dodge a Chicago indictment for swindling H J Kutter. Officials say the actual act occurred in Waukegan, and charges could be brought elsewhere if legal grounds are found. A possible conspiracy indictment hinges on evidence of plots discussed locally.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Joseph
Yellow Kid
Weil
H. J. Rutter
Hamilton
Illinois
Kutter
Joseph Warrington
Waukegan
Thomas Marshall
Guilty Conscience Leads Italian to Admit Killing
Joe Pilato a 39 year old Italian laborer in railroad camps surrendered in Toledo and confessed murdering a fellow worker in Granton Michigan after an argument over a card game. He said the crime disturbed him so he could not sleep or eat and believed everyone looked like a policeman. Pilato is detained on suspicion pending confirmation of his statement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Toledo
Michigan
Ohio
Joe Pilato
United States
Granton
Mich
Pilato
Merchants Vision for Cooperative Commerce Potential
The article argues that its potential as an auxiliary and cooperative commerce channel is bounded only by the imagination of merchants and manufacturers.
Stockholders clash over Columbus Rail Light reorganization
In Columbus stockholders seek lists to block a planned reorganization. Judge Kin kead will hear the case. Charles L. Kurtz says books cannot be inspected before January 14. W. A. Gill opposes the move. Stanley W. Lewis backed by Cincinnati brokers. Eustis comments emphasize fair compensation for preferred stockholders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Cincinnati
Columbus Railway, Light and Power Company
E. B. Kinkead
Common Pleas Court
Charles L. Kurtz
The
Rail Light
Stanley W. Lewis
Kurtz
W. A. Gill
Rail- Light Company
Lewis
Rail-Light Company
Edmund Kerper
Board of Directors
Eustis
U S eyes Western Isles amid sugar interests tug
U S policy may shift toward Martinique and Guadeloupe as pressures rise for partial repayment of debts. L'Information suggests a new dollar diplomacy where bankers push to acquire island territories in exchange for war debt settlements.
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Arno Dosch-Fleurot
Commercial Tribune
New York Orld
Paris
Dan
Martinique
Guadeloupe
Fraygee
United States
Shylock
America
Tropics
Panama Canal Zone
Cuba
Spain
San Domingo
Virgin Islands
Denmark
Sugar Islands
France
Tropic
N. Y. World News Service
el World
Press Pub. Co
Million Lost in Shoe Firm Merger Details Emerge
Holters testified that the United States Shoe Company merged with Val Duttenhofer Sons and The Holters Company selling the building to Morgan Realty Company for 300000 cash plus a 100700 mortgage. He noted a total 1170780 received from the merger with 284000 in cash and discussed prior salaries and labor disputes as assets. The witness described accounting losses at the Val Duttenhofer and Buffalo plants from 1921 to 1923 and said an unauthorized strike preceded the 1922 layoffs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morgan Realty Company
Holters
Marx
Morgan Company
Combine
James P. Orr
Edwards Ritchie
Robert K. LeBlond
Lollis Rosenstiel
Irwin M. Krohn
John Duttenhofer
William Scheiffele
Robert Wise
Marcus. Rice
Marcus
Fechheimer
Frank X. O’brien
Orr Ritchie
LeBlond
John G. Holters Company
United States Shoe Company
Ernst & Ernst
Val Duttenhofer Sons Company
Buffalo
Betwen
Hosters Company
Holters Company
Scheiffele
War Finance Corp Liquidates Largest Check in History
Washington January 6 1925 a $499000000 liquidation check was deposited in government archives the largest ever in world finance The War Finance Corporation born to back wartime industry advances to a billion for exporters and banks has repaid most funds with only about $62623000 outstanding The return reflects interest and liquidation not profit with Eugene Meyer Jr as managing director and a new finite capital to continue operations through liquidation and collection duties
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David Lawrence
The
Commercial Tribune
Washington
Treasury Department
Treasury
War Finance Corporation
Congress
Wils
Eugene Meyer, Jr
Meyer
Congressmen Eggnog Parties Described in Panama Scandal
The report centers on Mrs. Scott's claims of alcohol use by lawmakers tied to the eighteenth amendment. Named are Representatives Scott, Johnson of South Dakota, Zihlman of Maryland, Tincher, and Anthony of Kansas. Prohibitionists call for inquiries into liquor entering the U S from Panama and other places amid mounting complaints.
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Panama
Mrs. Scott
Cardlsals
Boar's Nest
Scott
Johnson
South Dakota
Zihlman
Maryland
Tincher
Anthony
Kansas
Kansas. . the Testimony of Mrs. Scott
United States
Alpena
W. H Stayton
Association Against the
Hoe
Langley
Kentucky
Epublican
House
Mrs Philipena Zugelter Dies After Operation
Mrs Philipena Zugelter 36 of 3024 Daytona avenue died at Good Samaritan Hospital yesterday after an appendectomy. She leaves husband Otto Zugelter and two sons Otto Jr five and Fredrick twelve. Funeral 2:30 Friday at Spring Grove chapel conducted by Rev Carl F O Schmidt of St Mark’s. Burial Spring Grove Cemetery.
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Philipena Zugelter
Daytona Avenue
Good Samaritan Hospital
Spring Grove Chapel
Carl F. O.*schmidt
St. /Mark’s Evangelical Protestant Church
Spring Grove Cemetery
WLW Cincinnati Radio Schedule and January Show
Radio program for WLW Cincinnati lists Mara's Orchestra and Formica Band at 9 shows. Weather forecasts, business and market reports, Mu Phi Epsilon from College of Music and Central Y M C A activities noted. Flint Motor Company sponsors a ram in Cincinnati Automobile Show at Music Hall January 16 to 17.
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Mu Phi Epsilon Sorority
College of Music
Central Y. M. C
Yar -Flint Motor Comany
Incinnati Automobile
Music Hall
WLW
Formica Band
Evening Radio Schedule Features Concerts In Two Cities
WJAX CLEVELAND and WHAS LOUISVILLE list 390 and 400 meter broadcasts with evening programs. P M dinner concert in Cleveland and a Louisville orchestra. Weather readings market reports and a 7 30 pm concert conclude the day.
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WJAX
Cleveland
WHAS
Louisville
Radio Schedule Briefs From Chicago to Hot Springs
A fragment list shows broadcasting times and frequencies for various stations and programs. Events include organ recitals lectures health talks weather forecasts and orchestra performances across cities such as Chicago Detroit St Louis and Hot Springs with multiple evening broadcasts.
Radio Schedule Fragments For Philadelphia and New York
The listing shows daily air times for WIP Philadelphia and WJZ New York with programs including health talks, musical programs, violin and piano solos, dinner music, market reports, and orchestra segments across afternoon and evening slots. Details include specific times and station identifiers.
WGBS Schedule Highlights A Busy New York Broadcast Day
WGBS New York lists a full day of programming with talks at 10 A.M. and a vocal solo at 10 50, followed by a musical program at 1 30 P.M. The evening lineup includes a children's period at 6 P.M. and an orchestra at 6 30 P.M.
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WGBS
New York
Radio Schedule Highlights From WEAF and WGY Listings
WEAF New York 492 Meters features an 11 AM musical program 4 PM lecture 6 PM dinner music and 10 PM orchestra. WGY Schenectady 380 Meters presents 12 30 PM market reports 12 45 PM weather forecast and 6 PM news bulletins.
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Detroit
WIP
Philadelphia
WEAF
New York
WGY
Schenectady
N. Y
WOCO Broadcast Schedule Highlights Local Programming
WOCO Minneapolis St Paul lists a 417 meter signal schedule with a 10 45 A M home service block a 2 P M women’s period a 230 P M musical program a 630 P M children’s period a PM sports and a 9 P M concert featuring various programs across the day on the local station.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
WOCO
Minneapolis-St. Paul
Home Service
Man Defends War Record While Filing Damages Suit
Witness Conrad Johannsen of Yonkers tells how his father cut him with a butcher knife in 1914 to prevent fighting for Germany. He testified in a $50,000 damage suit against Atlantic Transport Co. of West Virginia, detailing lifelong injuries and scars.
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White Plains
N. Y
Supreme Court
Conrad Johannsen
Yonkers
Johannsen
Atlantic Transport Company
West Virginia
Denmark
Germany
Ohio bill would make chicken stealing a crime
A bill introduced in the Ohio House by Rep John T Brown would make stealing even a single fowl a serious offense. If enacted it would expose anyone found carrying away another’s chicken to a lengthy penalty in the state.
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Champaign County
Brown
Bill
Columbus
Ohio
House of Representatives
John T. Brown
Octogenarians Wed at Masonic Home Witnessed by Inmates
Isaac Bradley 84 and Sarah Sielaff 83, both residents of the Masonic Home in Wallingford, were married December 29 at the Congregational parsonage by Rev Zel lars. About two hundred inmates of the home witnessed the ceremony.
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Bridgeport
Conn
Isaac Bradley
Sarah Sielaff
New Canaan
Wallingford
Zellars
Committee advises abandoning Grafton hospital site
Gov Donahey’s special committee for the Grafton site in Lorain County recommends abandoning the Grafton location for a new State Hospital for the Insane and suggests Hawthornden near Cleveland as the site instead. The report cites water supply advantages and proximity to Cleveland while noting a potential 50 percent loss if Grafton land is sold now, and proposes retaining the site as a dairy farm.
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Columbus
Donahey
Grafton
Loraine
State Hospital For
Hawthornden
Cleveland
George H. Bender
Henry B. Peters
Fred L. Wise
J. A. Bownecker
Hawthornden Institution
Harry L. Davis
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W. J
Dickens
Oliver Twist
England
Thomas Paine
Valley Forge
Paul Briol
Mr. Brid
Ohio River
Monongahela
Atlanta GA
Ponce DE Leon
Atlanta
C City
Dixie Terminal
C. Bla
Southern Railway System
U. S
Western Isles
J. H. Brown
Oakwood Avenue
College Hill
War Body
EOR
Mara
KSD
ST. Louis
Ark
Concer
WJZ
Arvin School
Lyric Theater Building
Kaiser
Wurlitzer
Wurriltzeer
East Fourth ST. Bet
Walnut and Main
Mitchells
Mitchell
Tlee Robert
Ditchett Furniture Co
A. Davenport
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