Postmaster General defends postal rate rise plan
Washington hearings revealed the Postmaster General defended a broad rate increase to fund higher postal wages approved by Congress but vetoed by President Coolidge. The measure seeks to raise most classes of mail rates except letter mail. hearings were set across four days with objections from the American News Publishers Association over rush to conclusions.
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Washington
New
Callefore
Senate Post Ofice
Coolidge
Senate
Moses
Smail Tate
Sterling
American News Publishers Association
John Stewart Bryan
Richmond Va
Leaeder
Association
Congress
Publishers’ Association
Kelly
Pennsylvania
House, Post Office Committee
Post Office Department
City Council Bars Mockery of Safety Chief in Parade
Philadelphia officials instruct parade organizers and club captains to refrain from caricaturing General Butler, director of public safety, or using burlesque or sharp humor in the New Year’s parade. The note, signed by a city council special committee, also requires female impersonators to wear proper wraps to avoid offense.
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Ila
Philadelphia
Butler
Public Safety
Cen
Drive To Rid Poultry Of European Ill Start Drive To Rid Poultry Of European Ill
Washington December 23 The agriculture department launched a campaign against the European jowl plague and other poultry diseases after Congress approved 100000 for the effort Federal inspectors will survey infected areas and quarantine poultry chicken coops and railroad cars from interstate movement until disinfected and certified Railroads may delay shipments and inspectors will stop and disinfect at transfer points Buildings and coops at assembly centers will face the same measures Destruction of fowls showing symptoms is advised as a quarantine and prevention strategy and the disease is described as highly infectious with low mood appetite loss and purple combs and wattles. The bureau urges strict precautions to prevent spread and notes treatment is futile.
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Washington
Department of Agriculture
Congress
Bureau of Animal Industry
Mee
Bureau
Allied Chiefs Meet Friday on German's Case
Paris dispatch reports Germany's disarmament status to be reviewed by the allied council of ambassadors Friday rather than tomorrow as expected. The postponement allows time for consultations and a drafted letter to Germany, based on the latest reports from the military control commission.
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Paris
Germany
Allied Council of Ambassadors
Supreme Allied Military Commission
Military Control Commission
Notice to Mooseheart Legion Women Cancelled Meeting
Announcement states no meeting tonight for the Mooseheart Legion women and informs that installation of officers will occur next Tuesday night. It also advertises gifts from Jolliffe 455-Foot Furs and Fur Coats, urging purchases of dresses or coats as Christmas presents to make them happy.
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Mooseheart Legion
Jolliffe's
Jolliffe
Germany seeks exceptional position in League of Nations
Germany asks for an exceptional status as a League member citing lack of armed strength. The note was sent to all members for comment and discussed with keen interest. League circles foresee options from committee review to possible March council action or a special assembly session. The Irish Free State rejects Britain’s stance on the Anglo Irish treaty of 1921 and notes that Article 18 does not apply to the agreement, urging no further controversy.
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Germany
Geneva
League of Nations
Formin
the League
League
League Committee
John Bull
Christmas At Grafton P. O.
On Christmas Day December 15 the Grafton post office will observe the legal holiday. General delivery and stamp windows open 9 to 10 30 am. No rural or city delivery after 11 am. Mails dispatched as usual per postmaster A Leuthardt.
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A. Leuthardt
Air mail death prompts engine fault probe
The body of Clarence Gilbert, air mail pilot, rests at Maywood field awaiting transfer to Plainsville Kansas, as Post Office and aviation experts investigate his plunge to death Saturday near Kaneville. Officials order inquiries to determine engine trouble and why his parachute did not unfurl from an estimated height during a snowy storm.
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Chicago
Clarence Gilbert
Maywood
Plainsville
Kansas
Air Mail
Omaha
Kaneville
J Post Office Department
Paris Court Orders Payment For Silk Stockings
Waith Kel ly Gould must pay 3,660 francs to a Paris merchant for sixty eight pairs of silk stockings bought in October 1918 and other hosiery from earlier that year and the preceding one. The court said the rate was cheaper then than now.
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Paris
Waith Kelly Gould
Priest Xavier Hayden Resignation Unconfirmed at Atlanta Prison
At Atlanta Georgia on December 23 a report on Father Thomas P Hayden Catholic priest and penitentiary chaplain was not confirmed. Prison officials said he is not there and refused to state whether he resigned or is on leave. Hayden’s name appeared in connections with an inmate bribery inquiry but was not named in the indictment. He is believed to have testified before the grand jury.
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Atlanta
Thomas P. Hayden
Federal Penitentiary
Father Hayden
Sartain
W. L. Fletcher
Pletcher
Foot and Mouth Disease Spreads Through Belgium
Belgium reports ongoing foot and mouth disease spread with cases found in two thousand five hundred eighty farm yards across nine hundred eighty three villages. The report notes continued agricultural impact and government monitoring.
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Belgium
Brussels
Hat gift idea for Christmas from new arrivals
Readable fragments describe a hat as a gift option for mothers or sisters. The item is presented as timely and suitable for holiday gifting, suggesting novelty or fashion appeal. The terse text implies a retail context without detailing prices or brands.
Vanderlip Improves After Typhoid Illness
New York December 23 reports banker Frank A. Vanderlip ill with typhoid at his Scarborough home showing improvement. The patient has reached the critical stage of the disease.
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Vanderlip
New York
Frank A. Vanderlip
Banker
Scarborough
Heaviest Santa Clause Mail In Nation's Life
Postal officials report a record Christmas mail surge with 26 to 35 percent more letters and gifts than last year. Adverse weather disrupted train service but clerks and carriers work overtime to clear the backlog, aiming to deliver all on time.
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Washington
Trotzky amid mountains faces relentless attacks in Moscow
Trotzky, once central in Soviet politics, is blamed for Bolshevik failures as trials from both inside and outside the Communist Party persist. He remains silent, isolated in the Caucasus for health and recovery, despite his continued fame and power.
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Moscow
Trotzky
Communist Party
Troky
Aolne
Caucas
Lenine
Police capture Arch Townsend in Edgeworth blackmail plot
Police and county detectives surrounded the home of Thomas Graham in Edgeworth late last night rescuing Arch Townsend after a brown paper wrapped package was left on the porch per a blackhand letter. Townsend faced a riot gun as he approached the item.
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Pittsburgh
Thomas Graham
Veriny
Edgeworth
Arch Townsend
Graham
Townsend
Hunt Burglars In Danbury Conn West Port Area
Police chase in 50 mile radius last night as burglars target eight prominent West Port residents. John Adams Thayer magazine publisher exchanged shots with a burglar who fled through a window. loot valued at $500 plus in recent break ins, none found in Thayer’s home.
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Danbury
Conn
West Port
John Adams Thayer
Thayer
Powder Fire Damages Delaware Plant Buildings
A flare-up at United States Flashless Powder Company on the Baltimore and Ohio line near Wilmington damaged the dry house where it began and several other structures. Fire crews from Wilmington contained the blaze with no injuries and limited losses.
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Wilmington
Del
United States
Weather forecaster predicts white Christmas for much of U S
The weather bureau forecast a white Christmas for a large portion of the United States with snow expected across most of the middle and northern regions from the plateau to the Atlantic coast. Cold conditions to persist in the northwest and plateau as precipitation spreads east of the Mississippi tonight and tomorrow.
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United States
Weather Bureau
Plasteau
Atlantic Coast
New England
Lake Region
Great Central Valleys
Plains States
Rocky Mountain
Plateau
Mississippi River
Washington
Atlantic
East Gulf States
Lower Lake Region
Ohio Valley
Tennessee
Middle Atlantic
Resents Cold And Belches Forth Gases
A Northern California resident in Lassen County objects to the heavy winter attire and reports a sputtering emission from a new crater at sundown yesterday. The centered scene highlights subzero conditions and unusual atmospheric observations during December in Westwood California.
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Westwood
Cal
Lassen Peaky
Sub-Zero
California
Fr ies death by own action but it fails
Boston December 28 Caleb Jackson vice president of the Eastern Massachusetts Street Railway Company and its fire insurer attempted suicide after resigning amid reports he misused 48000 in insurance funds He slashed his arm and turned on gas but survived though slight danger was reported he told a sister there was no deficit and he spent the money for the company not the approval of others
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Boston
Mass
Caleb Jackson
Eastern Massachusetts Street Railway Company
Workmen's Insurance Bureau
Mabel Bresser
Jackson
Car Load of Beer Seized in Greensburg Incident
State troopers seized a car load of beer testing over four percent alcohol near Greensburg Pennsylvania. 122 barrels were allowed to trickle and freeze along the Pennsylvania Railroad tracks. The shipment, from Wilkes-Barre, was consigned to William Schaffer of Greensburg, a name considered fictitious by authorities. New dividend news follows with American Can declaring an extra two dollar payout per common share plus the regular quarterly dividend.
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Greensburg
Pennsylvania Railroad
Wilkesbarre
William Schaffer
Greenspurg
New York
American Can Company
Taylor County Schools 8th In Test Showings
West Virginia statewide Ayres scale ranks Taylor County eighth among 55 counties with an index of 59.4. Statewide report by Emory L. Bowman notes public school efficiency, data on attendance, days open, and high school participation, with Barbour and Randolph not entered in early listings.
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Barbour and
Randolph
Department of Education
Russel Sage Foundation
Taylor County
West Virginia
Emory L. Bowman
State Department of Education
Bank officers mistaken for pirates aboard ship
Hoboken December 23. Clifford Sheppard junior officer and Clesson Pierce quartermaster of the steamship Southern Cross were wounded by Sheppard during a quarantine incident while guarding $2,700,000 in gold being moved to New York banks. Both men were hospitalized with bullet wounds to the side thigh and arm. Reports say rumors of river pirates in New York bay and guard strain led to the shooting. Sheppard accidentally wounded himself and Pierce.
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Hoboken
N. J
Clifford Sheppard
Southern Cross
Pan-American Line
Clesson Pierce
Sheppard
Pierce
South America
New York
New York Bay
Poe
Gan
Homeless Seek Shelter in New York Churches
New York reports Mr Zero leads an army of unemployed homeless into several churches. After bivouacking at Camp Memorial Congregational Church, 246 men move to seek dimes to gain meals at The Tub restaurant. Recruits turned away last night will meet again to hear Mr Zero’s plan to invade seven more churches and appeal to the federal government for shelter at Shipping Board fleet piers.
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New York
Mr. Zero
Christies
Camp Memorial Congregational Church
Urban J. Ledoux
Tub
Zero
Shipping Board
Senate Committee Employee Bribe Charge Found No Law Violated
Washington outline reports the Department of Justice investigation into a Senate committee employee accused of taking money for influence in legislation concluded no law was violated. The finding closes the inquiry with no legal fault established against the employee.
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Senate Committee
Washington
Department of Justice
Pen
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