22 Sep 1925
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Newspaper
Cincinnati Commercial Tribune
Location
Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Sep 22, 1925
Page
1
England faces criticism over its stance toward the League with reassurances on security. The nation backs an economic conference as a path forward, signaling cautious optimism amid international tension.
Geneva reports Lord Robert Cecil said disarmament preparations will start immediately but a conference awaits council on security. He cited agreement by the Quinones de Leon Apponyi sub committee on technical steps, with Loucheur and British delegation near unity on an economic conference.
Dr Thomas Brent Moore 48 an associate professor of economics at the University of Oklahoma was found hanging from a bridge near Lexington Oklahoma identified by Dr A B Adams. He came from Sumpter South Carolina and recently resided with Rev F M Warren. He held a Ph D from Columbia and an AB from Kentucky with Oxford studies.
The Betty Jane Shop reports daily new customers from a Women's Realm Classified ad offering beauty parlor services. Tribune Classified Ads promise steady results and easy ad placement via Canal 6300 for an ad taker.
A Tasmanian citizen sends a pet wallaby to the White House as a gift for President Coolidge. After a hurried talk with Secretary Sanders, the animal, a kangaroo species, will be accepted and housed at the zoo. The gesture commemorates the visit of an American fleet.
Washington reports say a downward revision of the French debt total to the United States through recalculation of accrued interest may occur in funding negotiations. Treasury and Finance Minister Caillaux will meet Thursday while Italian Ambassador de Martino plans October 20 arrival to discuss terms with Secretary Mellon.
French Finance Minister Joseph Caillaux tells Collier's Weekly that France's Debt Commission acts as honest men to determine what is owed and to arrange payments within capacity. He notes heavy losses from war, France’s agricultural strength, and limits on rapid industrial growth.
Washington reports a forthcoming federal policy on prohibition enforcement defining the split with state and local authorities. The plan emphasizes cutting bootleg sources while shifting operations to local lawmen and clarifies recent dismissal of a New Orleans agent over an alcohol case.
Mrs. Lorena A. Smith testified in Judge Hoff man’s Domestic Relations Court that her sister Mrs. Lois la Boone and Dr. B. Decatur Smith stole her husband’s affection, with letters exchanged between the sisters and the doctor. The case overlapped with Clyde Parker Boone’s divorce suit from Mrs. Boone, heard the same day.
In Andover England on September 21 1940 misted by wartime re training drills 40 000 troops with planes tanks and heavy guns encamp along the Wiltshire downs to defend or seize London The Blue Army under Sir Philip Chetwode faces the Red Army led by Alexander Goodley in a four day mock battle along the Thames valley with cavalry tanks air support and heavy artillery.
Abram George, a ten year old St. Regis Indian boy, credited by tribe and neighbors with finding Ellison R. Scott's body in the St. Lawrence after weeks of searching. He is said to possess magical healing powers and to be the seventh son of a seventh son with a large practice among Indians.
In Milledgeville Georgia Willie Dixon an inmate at the state insane asylum killed nurse Amy Oxford last week. He was moved to near the Wilkinson County line where he was chained to a tree and beaten to death with a pick handle by unidentified attackers. Coroner's jury says he died at hands of unknown parties. No arrests. Oxford headed theoccupant mie vocational department in Cayiah. Dixon had been sent to the asylum from Richmond County about a year ago.
The body of Mrs Herbert E Richardson Jr was found in her apartment and her husband is hospitalized after a self inflicted wound. He faces a murder charge and gave a story of a Saturday night struggle. Autopsy planned as investigators seek cause of death with no violence evident.
Jewelry valued at 1700 dollars was stolen from John D. Wachman’s home at 631 East Mitchell Avenue after an August 27 break in. Items included jade and pearl necklace, jade and amethyst necklace, gold cigarette case, and two stickpins. Belmer’s home at 3310 Ormand Avenue reported jewels valued at 170 dollars stolen via cellar window entry.
The presidents special air board opened public hearings on air power amid a clash of views within the War Department over air service status. Davis and other leaders urged caution while Patrick advocated a semi autonomous air force with a national defense department under consideration.
Off Tsingate China a typhoon swamped U S destroyers Ford and Pillsbury. B T Steward and M C O Sullivan of South Carolina drowned. F L Hunter, a black sailor from Pillsbury, survived after forty five minutes in heavy seas.
Lady Cynthia Mosley daughter of the late Lord Curzon was chosen as the Socialist candidate for the next election at a crowded Stroke-on-Trent Labour meeting. She praised Socialism as the country’s solution and spoke alongside her husband Oswald Mosley about leaving the Conservative Party.
In Toluca Illinois Sheriff Orville Litchfield and Toluca Police Chief John Leonard were shot and killed by Joseph Spenraz a former coal miner. Spenraz barricaded himself in his home as a mob surrounded the house and considered storming at daylight. Officers report he is likely deranged.
George Lenhardt, a St. Louis blacksmith, sues for 150000 against the E. J. Hargrave Private Detective Agency, Constable Roth, and others alleging third degree torture while under arrest as a murder suspect. He was later freed of charges and says he is an invalid needing a major operation. He cites foot and neck suspension, beatings, twisted arms and neck, hair pulling, deprivation of food and water for sixteen hours.
Police hunted for Henry Bedford a wealthy Chicago real estate dealer after he was kidnapped by two men as he rode home from a theater with his wife Mrs Bedford who dropped jewelry worth three thousand dollars on the car floor then leaped out and fled The car sped away with Bedford inside
National representatives of the On Leong and Hip Sing Tongs signed a pact in the Chinese Benevolent Association room in Chinatown signaling a potential permanent peace. News later from Boston reported Joe Wong a laundryman shot and killed. Earlier in Springfield Illinois Long Ling also killed with the murderer arrested. Festivities included roast pig and rice wine as flutes and violins played.
Twenty three witnesses testified at the Court of Inquiry in Lakehurst that the Shenandoah did not break up from a storm nor were crew at fault. The airship failed due to gas cell pressure, with valves removed to save gas, leading to a rise above pressure height and catastrophic breakup.
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