Naval aid urges battleships over aircraft in war plan
Washington September 29 The United States Navy should rely on battleships rather than aircraft according to Yap Luke McNamee director of naval intelligence who warned air power cannot defend continental shores. He argued a navy is needed to pressure adversaries and reinforce remote holdings and highlighted aircraft production shortfalls and high development costs as obstacles to rapid war readiness.
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Dry Forces Rally Called by Federal Council of Churches
Washington issued a call for a nation wide rally by dry forces. A good citizenship and patriotism conference will be held in Washington October 14 15 and 18 to spur on those who believe in prohibition but have fast active interest. Tecoli was signed by 756 business men college and university heads clergymen members of Congress mayors heads of religious associations and women’s organization leaders.
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Roosevelt May Head the Navy Department
Washington reports Col. Theodore Roosevelt of Oyster Bay may become secretary of the Navy, marking the first Hard ing cabinet change under President Coolidge. Edwin Deaby of Michigan, the current secretary, has expressed a desire to retire.
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Alabama Legislature Bans Hangman in Favor of Electric Chair
In Montgomery on September 22 the Alabama legislature approved a bill replacing the hangman's noose with the electric chair for executions. The measure becomes law upon the governor's signature, marking a shift in state capital punishment methods.
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Auto Shop Tragedy Ends Life of Man in Menominee
In Menominee Michigan Otto Stohika shot himself at a tire shop and died. Afi ge Bello Lemieux and his fiancée left a note requesting burial beside her. The incidents occurred after a fatal car crash near the big shop Saturday night.
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Ship From South America Anchors at Chisago Dock
A vessel loaded with 5 800 000 pounds of coffee from South America anchored at Clark Street dock in Chicago on a Saturday. The packet under Derwood P F is reported arriving as part of Chicago’s developing port activity. President Coplinge plans a Washington conference with state governors mid October to discuss prohibition enforcement. The White House announced the meeting during the late September period.
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May Oust Governor Memberary Defy Executive Defects
Oklahoma lawmakers reveal more than a score of charges accusing Gov J Walton of misusing official powers. A special session call by the lower house seeks full investigation to inform the people of alleged administration failures, described as repeated injuries and usurpations aiming at tyranny. The speaker Murray F Gibbons and progress toward a state-wide audit were noted.
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Gold theft by dental mechanic from veterans hospital
Washington September 21 Harry P Clgyton a dental mechanic at Mount Alto Veterans Bureau hospital confessed to pocketing half the gold ordered for bridgework from former service men and selling the rest. Government agents expect to cover the $5,000 loss.
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Harry P. Clgyton
Mount Alto Veterans’ Bureau Hospital
Bulgarian Red Plot Nipped by Bulgarian Government
Vienna dispatch reports Sofia confirms no Communist revolt in Bulgaria as authorities arrest 2000 in two days, including ten Russians, and confine them in the Sofia jail.
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Man Kills Family Then Hangs Self in Minnesota
In Alexandria on September 21 police inquiry found no motive for the ax killings of Mrs. J Willis Inox and her two daughters Dorothy ten and Virginia eight. The father attacked the family while asleep in the home with an ax and then hanged himself.
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French Troops Cross Rhine Seize Quaal Castle
French forces crossed the Rhine on Thursday and occupied Quaal Castle, long tied to the former Archduke of Baden. Municipal officials had been using the site as an office when the seizure occurred.
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Brockton Shoe Workers Union Extends Wage Increase
In Brockton mass on September 22 the Brockton Shoe Manufacturers' association extended a ten percent ware wage increase granted to most classes of workers in the factories to include all classes of workers in Brockton shoe factories.
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Mine Expert Dies in Italy. Harvard Alum Dies
Boston report says mining expert William Tudor died in Venlos Italy. He graduated from Harvard in 1871 with senior figures Henry Cabot Lodge and Bishop William Lawrence.
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Berlin Panic Grips Nation Over Mark Crash
Berlin voices tremble as the mark slides to extreme values, wiping out fortunes and swelling losses for many while doubling holdings for others. Speculators and Americano debts rise amid turmoil, with food and hotel costs surging for Americans. The finance regime hints at reparations talks and prewar production restoration conditions, linked to freeing political prisoners as a face-saving move.
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Kansas Man Heads the Farm Bankers' Association
St. Louis, Sept. 20. St. v. Deming of Oswego Kansas, was elected president of the Farm Mortgage Bankers association at the annual business meeting closing the convention here. Frank Hayden of Memphis Tennessee G. M. Titus of Muscatine Iowa and E. L. Cralle of Oklahoma City were named vice presidents. New governors elected to serve until 1927 include Joseph T. McNary of Thalarapolis B. Murrey of Nashville and Rt Tenant of Dallas Texas.
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President backs plan to consolidate U S railroads
President Coolidge favors tentative interstate commerce commission plans to merge American railroads into a few major systems after a White House meeting with N L Amster of Boston, head of the Citizens National Railroad League.
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Boston
Citizens’ National Railroad League
Filipino Chief Warns of War Over U S Rule
Senator Sergio Osmena, former speaker, warned at Manila that failure to settle disputes with Gov Gen Leonard Wood could spark revolution. Osmena is described as the most influential political leader in the islands.
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Union Expels New York Striking Web Pressmen
The 2500 striking members of Web Pressmen's Union No. 25 were declared to have no affiliation with the International Printing Pressmen's and Assistants Union by Maj. George L. Berry. The local union is suspended by the international.
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Veterans elect Alcora commander in chief
Spanish American War veterans at the twenty fifth annual encampment in Chattanooga Tennessee elected Albert D Alcora of Cincinnati as commander in chief. The 1624 annual meeting will be held at Michigan City Ind Donor details note city and date in the report.
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Year-Round Peach Tree Reported By Horticulturist
Willem Bangell, a horticulturist in Beattle Washington, reports a year old peach tree at Moe tor Rear bears fruit on its lower branches and blossoms on its upper. The observation is dated September 22.
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Willem Bangell
No Special Session Planned by Coolidge in Sept
Washington Sept 22 President Coolidge stated he has no intention of convening Congress in a special session before the regular December meeting. The White House reiterated the plan to wait for the normal calendar.
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Coolidge Linang
Mylday
How the Earth Yawned and Shook Japanese Coastlines
An eclectic report describes a powerful earthquake between Tokyo and Yokohama, where ground split into deep chasms, lands rose and sank, and mountain faces cracked. Amid the tremors, islands like Oshima appeared pink beneath water, while distant scenes note American phonographs popular in Indian huts in Yucatan.
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