Prohibition Reform Sparks Bill Flood as New Sessions Opens
At the opening of the new Congress the Volstead act and the 18th amendment draw a flood of reform proposals. Senators Edge and others push to liberalize while many House members seek tighter enforcement or legalization of light beer and wine.
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Washington
Congress
House
Edge
New Jersey
Senate
Judiciary Committee
anti-Saloon League
Dwyer
Missouri
Cramton
Michigan
Tinkham
Massachusetts
Chief Moon Visits High Point on Florida-Bound Trip
Chief Two Moon of Waterbury and party, including Chief Buffalo Bear and Dr. and Mrs. Rousseau, spent last night at the Hamilton tourist camp before continuing to Florida. Moon, a wealthy Sioux leader, spoke of his people’s fate and a war record before resuming the journey toward Florida and Oklahoma.
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Waterbury
Conn
High Point
Buffalo Bear
Princess Buffalo Bear
R. O. Rousseau
Hamilton
Thomasville Road
Florida
Oklahoma
Two Moon
Connecticutte
France
Chief Moon
Agay
Burley Tobacco Sale Large Purchase in Kentucky
Lexington Kentucky December 8 AP a sale of about 5 5 million pounds of burley tobacco to the American Tobacco company estimated at 1 25 million dollars was announced by James C Stone president of the Burley Tobacco Growers association This marks the companys second large purchase here following a 2 75 million dollar deal earlier
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Kentucky
Lexington
Burley Tobacco
American Tobacco Company
James C. Stone
Burley Tobacco Growers’ Association
American Tobacco
Congress Starts With Money Bill First Large Event
The Senate shows calm demeanor as Congress opens with the money bill, indicating a cautious start to the session. Dawes prospects for cloture are noted but not yet contentious, with polite tone prevailing in early proceedings.
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Congress
Arrest Woman as Spy in Paris Espionage Case
Paris, Dec. 8 AP A 25 year old Parisienne Mlle Marthe Moreuil is jailed on charges of espionage after naming three men James Leather Williams and Ernest Phillips as her employers. Leather and Phillips are said to be British army men in the intelligence service.
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Paris
Great Britain
Mlle
Marthe Moreuil
James Leather
Fisher Williams
Ernest Oliver Phillips
Mlle. Moreuil
Leather
Phillips
Mile. Moreuil
Quers
Pierriefeu
St. Rafaelo
St. Nazire
Bordeaux
Ayre
Williams
Rennes
Nantes
Henry de Kerillis
Echo de Paris
Milo
Moreuil
Laurent Egnac
Petit Parisien
League of Nations Council
Mhe. Moreuil
Government's final U.S. cotton estimate shocks market
The December call opened with a drop of 105 points as traders reacted to a government estimate of 15,603,000 bales and 13,857,864 ginned by December 1. The lint crop totals about 17,000,000 bales, with January futures down and losses easing to 42 points by October.
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New Orleans
Deputies Oppose Irish Boundary Treaty in Dublin Meeting
Fifty republican deputies led by Eamon De Valera met in Dublin and unanimously adopted a resolution opposing the Irish boundary agreement.
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Dublin
Eamon de Valera
Coolidge Faces Congress With Hard Work Plan For Session
A newspaper item notes President Coolidge outlining a program of work before Congress for the new session. It also reports a false pretense case involving John Winfield, a Norfolk suspect wanted for about 16 months, connected to an option on Ed Clodfelter’s Model Dairy land near High Point.
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Coolidge
Congress
John Winfield
Norfolk
Winfield
High Point
Ed Clodfelter
Clodfelter
O. D. Ingram
Nofolk
Ingram
Coolidge Pushes Tax Cut Bill as Congress Opens
President Coolidge outlines a program of tax reduction expansion of aviation facilities coal industry control cooperative marketing and world court adherence. The house wastes no time in debating the tax bill while the senate reviews myriad measures after a long recess.
Measures Offered in Senate on Shipping Board Reform
Two Senate measures address the nations shipping problems. One by Chairman Jones would divorce the Shipping Board from the Fleet Corporation and transfer Fleet Corporation stock to the president. The other by Senator Edge calls for abolishing the Shipping Board and transferring Fleet Corporation functions to the Commerce Department.
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Washington
White House
Shipping Board
Senate
Jones
Commerce Committee
Fleet Corporation
Senator Edge
Republican
New Jersey
Commerce Department
Henry G. Dalton
Board
Coolidge outlines broad 1925 legislative program
President Coolidge in his annual message to Congress renews prior recommendations and details a wide set of proposals. He calls for tax cuts, World Court adherence, aviation strengthening, streamlined control of the fleet, reduced Shipping Board powers, expanded executive authority for commerce and labor in coal disputes, cooperative farming marketing, and strict enforcement of prohibition.
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Washington
Dec
Congress
Coolidge
House
Senate
Ways and Means
World Court
Army and
Navy Air Services
Shipping Board
Departments of Commerce and Labor
Enterprise Fund Reaches 146 for High Point Neediest
The Enterprise reports the High Point Ten Neediest Cases fund now at 146 dollars with four contributions totaling 66 dollars the largest single-day gift since the campaign began a little over a week ago. Donations will be given to welfare workers to aid ten poor families as Christmas nears and about 1,000 dollars is needed.
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Enterprise Fund For High Point
Enterprise
High Point
Elks of
Joan C. Teague
A. F. Wood
Ineritange Tax Case From North Carolina Heard in Court
Attorney General Brummitt travels to Washington to defend North Carolina tax case. State argues for sustains tax measure and seeks support from federal officials. Proceedings focus on legal merits and potential nationwide implications.
State contest over inheritance tax reaches Supreme Court
North Carolina Attorney General Brummitt and Raleigh lawyer John Robinson head to Washington to argue the Rhode Island Trust case against Revenue Commissioner Doughton. The dispute centers on a $2,678.85 inheritance tax tied to George Briggs’s Reynolds stock and its interpretation under the 14th Amendment. The NC Supreme Court previously sided with the tax commissioner.
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Washington, D. C
Dennis G. Brummitt
Raleigh
John M Robinson
Charlotte
United States Supreme Court
Rhode Island Trust Company
R. A. Doughton
Trust Company
George Briggs
Rhode Island
Watts
Briggs
R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Company
North Carolina Supreme Court
Reynolds
North Carolina
Brummitt
Attorney General
Plaintiff Trust Company
Theare
Clark
Reynolds Company
New Jersey
Lindsey Warren
N. C
House
Rep
Oldfield
Celeration
Warren
Cotton States Reach Proposed Census Plan
Representatives from cotton producing states announce an agreement to require the Department of Agriculture to conduct an actual census of cotton acreage in each county starting May 1. Louisiana Democrat Representative Aswell stated the proposal today.
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Washington
Dec
Aswell
Louisiana
Department of Agriculture
Prize Hen Pecked Male and Government Prize Pair
A Bureau of Federal Government notice applauds Mr Wilson Phalarope as prize hen pecked husband with a bird wife titled prize feminist. The couple live along the shore and display modern roles with the wife courting and managing the home while the male retires. Their diet includes horseflies and mosquitoes and they are protected by the department.
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Bureau of
Washington
Department of Agriculture
Wilson Phalarope
United States
Mr. Phalarope
Phalarope
Cotton crop size rises in federal forecast
The Agriculture Department reports a December 1 forecast of 15,603,000 bales of lint cotton, up 305,000 bales from the prior month and almost two million more than 1924. Weather in late November aided picking, while low grade cotton prospects depend on market prices. Abandoned acreage is projected at 4.8 percent, with harvest area at 45,945,000 acres and expected lint yield of 162.3 pounds per acre.
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Washington
Department of Agriculture
Crop Reporting Board
Local Y M C A Team to Meet Kannapolis Wednesday
High Point Y M C A. basketball squad travels to Kannapolis Wednesday night to face the Kannapolis Y M C A. On Friday the team goes to Salisbury for a game with Salisbury Y M C A. J Glenn Pennington of Thomasville, former Trinity College star, is elected captain and plays guard.
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Bill Bailey
High Point Y. M. C. A
Kannapolis
Salisbury
J. Glenn Pennington
Thomasville
Trinity College
Child Labor Amendment Proposed in House
A joint resolution by Representative Griffin Democrat New York seeks a constitutional amendment to bar persons under 16 from working in mines quarries mills factories and similar industries. A spending child labor amendment has not gained ratification by enough states.
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Washington, Dee
House
Griffin Democrat
New York
Judge Morison Dies
Judge Hugh Graham Morison, general counsel for the Carolina Clinchfield and Ohio Railroad, died at his home in Johnson City Tennessee today from heart trouble.
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Morison
Johnson City, Tenn
Hugh Graham Morison
Carolina, Clinchfield and Ohio Railroad
Gift to Virginia to fund medical school buildings
New York December 8 donation of 706000 dollars to the University of Virginia for construction of its new medical school buildings announced by the General Education Board.
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Virginia New York
University of Virginia
General Education Board
Raleigh Ice Case Signals Political Battle Over Trusts
Judge Gal land A Midgette moves the Capital Ice Company case to the jury amid debates on monopoly, with remarks on historic figures and the nontypical nature of the dispute. The trial centers on alleged restraint of trade and the small capitalization of the so called trust and how it affects ice supplies in Raleigh.
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Raleigh
Galland A. Midgette
Tal Ice Company
Delivering Corporation
Midgette
North Carolinas
William M. Bond
Supreme Court
Honor Walter Clark
Manufactu
Alexander Hamilton
Capital Ice Company
Thomas Jefferson
Hamilton
Jefferson
James Buchanean
John D. Rockefeller
Nominations to public office sent to Senate for confirmation
President Coole Idgs transmitted several hundred nominations to the Senate for confirmation including postmasters and other incumbents. The list includes Secretary Davis of the War Department and all diplomatic corps members appointed during the recess.
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Washington
Senate
Coole Idgs
Capitol
Davis
War Department
Congress
Diplomatic Corps
Manchurian Troops Expected to Enter Mukden
AP dispatches say General Kuo Sung-Lien and his army, once Chang Tso Lin’s ally, are poised to enter Mukden tomorrow. His troops now guard Sinminfa west of Mukden against a smaller force that may surrender or retreat toward Kirin, where Chang was said to be heading.
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Mukden
Tokyo
Foreign Office
Kuo Sung-Lien
Chang Tso- Lin
Manchuria
Kuo
Sinminfa
Shangking
Kirin
Chang
Miss Key Largo City Flight Heads Toward North Carolina
The all metal hydro airplane Miss Key Largo City began the second leg of its New York to Florida journey from Kreyport New Jersey. Pilot C J Zimmerman said the next scheduled stop would be somewhere in North Carolina. The craft, capable of 110 miles an hour, took off at 9 a m.
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Kreyport
N. J
Miss Key
Largo City
New York
Florida
C. J Zimmerman
North Carolina
Full Muscle Shoals Report Sent to Congress
President Coolidge sent the complete Muscle Shoals Commission report to Congress from the White House. The action makes the entire document public, marking a full disclosure of the commission findings.
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Washington
Special Commission On
Muscle Shoals
Congress
Coolidge
White House
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