World court vote looms in Senate clash over adhesion
Washington January 24 The Senate faces a pivotal vote on a plan to invoke cloture in the world court debate with a one hour limit per senator. Supporters seek a two thirds majority for adhesion while a Swanson substitute aims to unify wavering senators. Meanwhile tax revision and farm relief are on deck as the House handles the navy bill.
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Senate
Swanson
Virginia
House
Amundsen Denies Misquoting North Pole Claim
Captain Roald Amundsen arrived in Houston and clarified he was misquoted regarding Dr Frederick Cook's North Pole claim. He asserted he could not form an opinion without both Cook and Peary statements for study amid his trans pole flight lecture tour. Continued on Page Ten.
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Tex
Roald Amundsen
South Pole
Fort Worth
Frederick A. Cook
North Pole
Robert E. Peary
Amundsen
Cook
Peary
Forced Loans in Greece Shake Nation’s Finances
Greece issued a decree creating a forced internal loan of 1.25 billion drachmas by cutting bank notes’ nominal value and splitting notes into two unequal parts. The larger fragment remains worth three quarters of its original value. the smaller becomes a loan share bearing 6 percent interest from February 1. Foreigners are not exempt, and funds will not be spent on armaments. MARTIN DURKIN AT A CHURCH SERVICE Chicago. Jan. 24. Durkin, a Chicago gunman, attended Sunday services for the first time since capture in St. Louis, declining jail meals and sharing little with a cellmate.
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Chicago
Martin Durkin
St. Louis
Farc
Athens
Claim of Metals Transmutation Published in Holland NY
The Scientific American endorses a report from Doctors A Smits and A Karlsen of the University of Amsterdam claiming successful transmutation of lead into mercury and thallium. The study stresses obtaining pure lead to avoid alloy or impurity contamination signals.
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Holland
New York
Scientific American Today
A. Smits and
A. Karlsen
University of Amsterdam
Twelve Dead by Fire in Hotel in Allentown
The LaFayette Hotel fire in Allentown over the weekend raised deaths to 12 with two bodies still unidentified. Injured remain critical, including Edward Ritchey of Scranton and Edwin Garger of Allentown. The victim list comprises Lebanon and local residents, as investigators pursue causes and salvage.
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E. F. Brightbilt
Lebanon
LaFayette Hotel
Edward Ritchey
Scratton
Edwin Garger
Wealthy Victims Robbed in Los Angeles Jewelry Theft
Four wealthy residents were robbed early today in Los Angeles, with stolen cash totaling 22 873 dollars and a necklace of 103 graduated pearls valued at 15 000 dollars. The victims were Herman Stern, his mother Mrs Alfred Stern, and Mr and Mrs Adolph Fleishman.
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Los Angeles
Herman Stern
Alfred Stern
Adolph Fleishman
Swedish Royalty to Tour United States and Yellowstone
Swedish Crown Prince Gustavus Adolphus and Princess Louise plan a May visit to the United States starting in New York. They will tour major cities, film sites, and scenic spots including Niagara Falls, Washington, Yellowstone park, and the Grand Canyon, with planned addresses and a new statue unveiling. The trip includes stops in Detroit Chicago Minneapolis and likely other eastern and northern cities.
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Stockholm
Sweden
John Ericcson
Gustavus Adolphus
Coolidge
Louise
New York
New
Niagara Falls
York
Detroit
Chicago
Minneapolis
Washington
Yellowstone Park
Grand Canyon
War Department name change proposed to Department of the Army
Representative Bloom of New York introduced a bill to rename the War Department to the Department of the Army. He argued that eliminating the war suggesting title would promote universal peace and reduce misperceptions, calling the current name a misnomer.
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Washington
War Department
Department of the Army
Representative Bloom
New York
Bloom
Classified Columns Sell Fast For Helena Ads
A Helena woman reports remarkable results from advertising a heater cook stove gas stove and sliding couch in the Classified Columns. Everything sold and readers are urged to call 491 492 to give their name to an Ad Taker.
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Helena
Accidental public results of 1925 automobile deaths report
Chicago reports from over 90 cities show a 5 percent rise in 1925 auto fatalities over 1924, with 68 percent of deaths pedestrians and 40 percent of pedestrian victims under 13. The 1925 decline in New York and Los Angeles is credited to driver licensing and improved reporting.
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Chicago
United States
Los Angeles
New York
Grusading Parsons to Battle IGE in Florida Mission
New York January 24 Dr John Roach Straton pastor of Calvary Baptist church and fundamentalist leader will visit Florida for two months to combat what he calls an evil tide. He explains Austin Sk DeBlois former Shurtleff College president will serve as supply pastor in Palm Beach during February and March. Straton cites rising worldliness modernism and immorality among high society as reasons for the trip.
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John Roach Straton
Calvary Baptist Church
Florida
Austin Sk. DeBloig
Shurtleff College
Alton
Tis
Palm Beach
Straton
Fhy
Russ Ready for War With China
Reports from Harbin indicate growing tension along the Chinese Eastern railway as Trussian trade union buildings are occupied by troops of Marshal Chang Tso Lin and local newspapers face severe censorship. The Moscow government has ordered its military branch to prepare for any emergency.
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Moscow
Harbin
Manchuria
Chang Tso-Lin
Sae
Southwest Snow Blanket Reaches Texas and Oklahoma
Snow stretched across the southwest to the Mexican border with heavy falls in San Antonio the heaviest in 41 years and six inches at Del Rio the most in 24 years Oklahoma City streets froze and traffic slowed while Kansas City area saw more flakes.
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Kansas City
San Antonio
del Rio
Oklahoma
Oklahoma City
Kansas City Territory
Burbank Calls Incident Closed After Belief Remarks
Santa Rosa California January 24 Luther Burbank famed plant explorer and critic of organized religion says the incident is closed He did not attend church today and explained his prior infidel statement as a distinction from atheism He maintains belief in a supreme power but not a personal God Christ he says was an infidel in his era and his statements were not sensational but the result of long scientific study
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Santa Rosa
Calif
Luther Burbank
Burbank
MacReady Aims For World Altitude Record At McCook Field
Dayton Ohio January 24 Lieut John A MacReady Cook Field flyer plans to set a new world altitude record at McCook Field next week weather permitting He must ascend about 40000 feet to beat France’s M Callizo the current record holder The mission hinges on favorable weather conditions.
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Oho
John A. MacReady
Cook Field
McCook Field
MacReady
M. Callizo
France
Immigrant Trains Suffered Few Attacks in Early West
Historical fiction exaggerates Indian raids on Oregon Trail immigrants. Prof Archer Hulbert reports mapping six major trails shows nature, not aborigines, caused most dangers. On Carson River segment 40 miles long, 4000 cattle died and 3000 wagons were abandoned. miners later reused wrecks for houses. Between 1842 and 1850 attacks on trains were few.
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Cola
Oregon Trail
Archer W. Hulbert
Commission On Western History
Missouri River
Pacific Coast
Carson River
Comstock Lode
Nevada
Oregon
Will Hays Purges Hollywood Films in Moral Overhaul
Will Hays announces a purge of vaseline-haired sheiks and nude beach performers from filmdom. The move targets salacious talent and outfits surrounding Hollywood as the Central Casting bureau opens for producers. The industry aims to restore good moral character and integrity amid a spicy atmosphere.
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Hollywood
Calif
Filmland
Will Hays
Crowds at Cardinal Mercier's bier trigger near riot
In Malines Belgium crowds surged toward the Archepiscopal palace as doors closed to the bier of Cardinal Mercier. Police used force to restore order after several hundred were refused entry and arrests were made. Cardinal Mercier’s secretary warned the palace could close until after the funeral.
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Malines
Belgium
Cardinal Mercier
Vessain
Tie
Mercier
Plan Hew Drive Upon Promibition Plan Hew Drive Upon Promibition
Washington plan to establish headquarters for a campaign to modify the national prohibition act was announced today by a joint legislative committee. The committee represented the American Federation of Labor, the Association Against the Prohibition Amendment, and the Constitutional Liberty League of Massachusetts. Continued on page ten.
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American Federation of Labor
Association Against the Prohibition Amendment
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Killing at Deering Home Stuns New York
In New York on January 24 an unidentified gunman shot and killed Jerbert Gramell, Deering’s butler, after being refused admittance to the war attorney James J. Deering’s home on West 4th Street. The motive remains unknown. Gramell had served notable English households and briefly the Biddle family in Philadelphia.
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James J. Deering
Jerbert Gramell
Deering
Inder
West 4Th Street
John D. Rockefeller,Jr
Bramell
Biddle
Philadelphia
Duke of Cromwell
England
Bonded Booze Ring Deceit Tactics Exposed in Denver
The Rocky Mountain News reports a Denver alcohol ring using clever ruses to fool customers about bonded liquor and long night drives. Deliveries are made by muddy cars with camouflaged outfits, claiming escapes from officers as liquor is allegedly shipped from other places but produced in Denver.
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Denver
Berger Proposes Olap at Fascists
Representative Berger a Wisconsin socialist drafts a resolution for the house committee directing the president to notify the fascist Italian government that the United States views with concern and alarm its world dominion ambitions. The measure would authorize a more humane policy by Mussolini's regime and seek a firm stance from Washington.
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Washington
Italy
United States
House Committee
Berger
Wisconsin
Vanished Sap Woh Prat Coining Big Money
Sap Woh Prat vanishes as a scheme to coin money collapses. Investigators pursue suspects linked to the operation, with authorities declaring loss amounts and ongoing inquiries into the fraud. Local officials urge caution as the case unfolds.
Pirates in the Baltic Rumor Sailors Report Lost Ship Rapid
An elderly Finnish seaman in Stettin says sailors believed dead since November have sent greetings home and claim to be pirates aboard the Swedish schooner Rania. The Rapid, missing since November after leaving Hermos, may be crewed by revived pirates and sighted by several mariners despite wreckage absence.
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Germany
Seldow
Amsterdam
Hemerland
Sweden
Rania
Baltic
Hermoes
Rich loot by raid on big fur shop
Five men menaced two officers and 18 employees at the S. P. Pratt Wholesale Fur shop in Chicago. They herded staff into a vault and loaded $60,000 worth of furs onto a truck before escaping. The firm observed the Jewish Sabbath and was closed yesterday, open today.
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Chicago
S. P. Pratt
Spanish aviator puts off flight to Cape Verde
In Las Palmas Canary Islands on January 4 Commander Francisco Cox again postponed his departure for Cape Verde due to overcast skies and heavy weather. He may taxi by seaplane to Gando Bay to take on provisions and fuel if conditions improve.
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Las Palmas
Canary Islands
Francox
Cape Verde Islands
Spain
Argentina
Urees
Gando Bay
Serves Milly With Her Husband's Papers in New York Case
Beach Florida January 24 Countess Salm Von Hoogstradeny has been served with papers to appear at the county courthouse in Manhattan Monday morning in a suit for separation brought by her husband Peter Sain. Sheriff Bob Baker of Palm Beach county handed the subpoena to former Millicent Rogers. the sheriff said he was cordially received by the countess who wished the matter amicably settled and commented little.
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Salm von Hoogstradeny
Borough of Manhattan
Fitle Peter Sain
New York
Millicent Rogers
Bob Baker
Pam Beach County
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