Marx 10 Hold Control Until First of Year
Berlin dispatch reports the Marx cabinet, defeated 249 to 171 in the Reichstag, will stay in power till holidays end as a coalition battle unfolds. Scheidemann led the charge accusing Russia of arming Germany via a secret fund. Marx denied the charge. The cabinet resigned to President von Hindenburg but was asked to stay on pending a new ministry.
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Berlin
Marx
Reichstag
Phillipp Scheidemann
Scheidemann
Russia
Germany
von Hindenburg
Hane Luther
Central
South America
Morganton slaying trial in defense claim trial today
In Morganton arguments opened in the trial of Cicero Branch of Drexel charged with killing his son in law Austin Powell. Branch's defense asserts Powell threatened him. Both men worked for a local furniture company. In Raleigh North Carolina State College hosts Atlantic Christian College Wilson in a basketball game tonight.
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Morganton
Cicero Branch
Drexel
Austin Powell
Branch
Powel
Raleigh
North Carolina State College
Atlantic Christian College of Wilson
Mellon Loaned to Aid State Revenue Bill
Secretary of the Treasury Andrew W. Mellon is lending Joseph S. McCoy, chief actuary, to North Carolina Governor McLean to assist in drafting a state revenue bill.
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Raleigh
Andrew W. Mellon
United States Secretary of the Treasury
Joseph S. McCoy
United States Department of the Treasury
McLean
Labor law order places North Carolina tenth in child protection rules
The state legislature council of women notes that Alabama through Virginia and North Carolina appear in a set order of labor laws for child protection, with North Carolina listed tenth in the sequence.
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Raleigh
Alabama
Florida
Georgia
Kentucky
Louisiana
Mississippi
South Carolina
Tennessee
Virginia
North Carolna
State Legislature Council of Women
City leaders invite Southern Railway to move offices to Winston-Salem
The Winston-Salem board of aldermen with the chamber of commerce and civic clubs invites the Southern Railway to transfer its main offices from Washington, D C to Winston-Salem. The move is expected in early 1927 with other cities like Charlotte Greensboro also inviting the company.
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Southern Winston
Weather Outlook for South Atlantic and East Gulf States
Periods of rain at the week’s start and again in the East Gulf states midweek. Temperatures moderate early and near normal or warmer latter half. Ohio Valley and Tennessee see rain at week’s start and again midweek with moderate temperatures most of the week.
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South Atlantic
East Gulf States
Ohio Valley
Tennessee
Tragic Jump Follows Hotel resident's death
In Winchester Virginia on December 18 AP reports W K Bonam 62 was found with his throat cut in his Berryville home. Visitor Estelle Castleman 69, distraught by the scene, leaped from a second story window fracturing her leg and likely spine. Both were hospitalized in serious condition.
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Winchester
W. K. Bonam
Estelle Castleman
Bonam
Berryville
Mr. Bonam
Miss Castleman
Mrs. Moffitt Dies at 85 in Randolph County
Mrs. M. A. Moffitt, wife of the late sheriff M. A. Moffitt, died at her daughter’s Greensboro home after 1 a.m. She aged beyond 85, active in religious work, daughter of Rev. J. W. Hatch. Funeral at Presbyterian church tomorrow at 2 p.m. Survivors include Mrs. E. H. Morris Emmett Moffitt Herbert Moffitt and Mrs. Howell.
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M. A. Moffitt
J. R. Parks
Walker Avenue
Greensboro
Lithuanian Crisis Ends as Grinius Resumes Duties
AP reports that after a military coup in Lithuania, President Grinius accepts cabinet resignations, resumes duties in Kovno, and appoints Valdemar as Premier and foreign minister along with nationalist ministers including Colonel Merkys as defense chief and Dr Kervelis as finance minister.
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London
Smetona
Kovno
Legation
Grinius
Slezevicius
Valdemar
Ese
Merkys
Kervelis
Tobacco Auctions Close for Holidays on Strong Market
Winston-Salem leaf tobacco market sold 290,406 pounds for 52,529.70 dollars on Friday at an average of 18 dollars per hundred. The market closes through January 4 for Christmas holidays. Season total 78,500,000 pounds.
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Winston-Salem
Madman Kills Chicago Youth Then Flees
Walter Schmid six dies at a hospital from a fractured skull after kidnapping and attack by a man believed to be a mental defective. Two priests at St Vincent’s church found the unconscious boy in a riding academy loft and rushed him to care. The assailant fled after a door slam as authorities investigated a missing child report.
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Chicago
Walter Schmid
L. J. Sweeney
C. J. McCarthy
St. Vincent’s Church
Father Sweeney
Walter
Father McCarthy
Rogers Park
McCarthy
Sweeney
Cottonseed output and stocks rise in four month period
Census Bureau reports August through November cottonseed totals surged from last year. Crude oil production reached 736,536,867 pounds with 181,034,307 pounds on hand. refined oil 544,042,810 pounds with 232,983,313 on hand. cake and meal 1,102,293 tons and linters 408,633 bales. Exports included crude oil 65,107,952 pounds and refined oil 3,410,638 pounds.
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Washington
Census Bureau
Linters
Polar Adventurers Declare They Saw Santa Himself
New York dispatch reports Henry Woodhouse of the Aerial League of America and explorers Lincoln Ellsworth and Richard Byrd assert Santa Claus is real. They say he will use airplanes and dirigibles along with rein deer this year, citing aircraft capable airports in cities.
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Santa
New York
Santa Claus
Henry Woodhouse
Aerial League of America
Lincoln Ellsworth
The
Norge
Byrd
Ellsworth
Schulte Separates From Wife After 22 Years of Marriage
David A. Schulte head of a 300 shop chain and Park and Tilford president, separated from wife Harriet Harris after 22 years. They signed a separation agreement ten days ago. no divorce talks and no third party involved. Schulte, 52, rose from a Brooklyn cigar store clerk to a major businessman with real estate holdings and petroleum ventures.
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New York
David A. Schulte
Schulte Retail Stores Corporation
Park and Tilford
Dunhill, Ltd
London
A. Vivadou
United Cigar Stores Corporation
English Textile Makers To Try Out the Labor Idea
Manchester cotton mills will test full time production using American yarns as urged by economist John Maynard Keynes. The plan aims to end curtailment since 1920, boost use of American raw material, and keep mills operating six days a week, aiding British spinners and American cotton farmers facing surplus.
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Manchester
Eng
Manchester Cotton Mills
John Maynard Keynes
King’s College
Cambridge
Keynes
Schulte Couple Separate Says Tobacco Merchant
David H. Schulte a tobacco merchant and his wife have separated and signed a separation agreement in New York with no divorce discussions yet.
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David H. Schulte
New York
Plans Filed for 110Story New York Office Tower
Plans filed in New York outline a 110 story office building intended to rise as the world’s tallest. Developers and city officials anticipate a landmark project shaping Midtown’s skyline with a new mixed use complex and major office space.
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New York
Sumner H. Britton Found in Newark Amnesia Ward
Sumner H. Britton, noted author and former New York publisher, who had been missing since Monday, is located in a Newark hospital and identified as an amnesia patient.
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Sumner H. Britton
New York
Newark Hospital
Emperor Yoshihito Near Death Lunar Crisis in Japan
Telegram dispatches report Emperor Yoshihito’s critical condition from the guarded royal villa at Hayama. Six physicians, oxygen and saline therapy battle bronchial pneumonia as whispers of an official announcement rise amid surrounding tension and heightened security.
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Toro
Hayama
Yoshihii
Imperial
Athan
Senate
Yoshihito
Hayanru
Imperial Palace
Tokyo
Governor McLean Vanishes as Newsmen Seek Answers
Raleigh report says Governor A W McLean disappeared from the city after a brief note stated he would be out Saturday and Sunday. Bureau and press basket clues fail to reveal his location or plans, leaving officials and reporters puzzled.
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the Enterprise Bureau
Sir Walter Hotel
Raleigh
North Carolina
A. W. McLean
Capitol
Charles England
Governor McLeod Recommended for Federal Trade Commission Vacancy
Senator Smith of South Carolina recommended Governor T. G. McLeod for the Federal Trade Commission vacancy at the end of his term next January. The move positions McLeod as a candidate for the federal post.
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Gov. McLeod
Washington
T. G. McLeod
South Carolina
Federal Trade Commission
Senator Smith
Rare lunar event to light sky tonight in Boston
The moon will enter Earth's penumbra in a rare sight not seen since four centuries, starting about 11 p.m. EST and fading around 1 20 a.m. with a shadowed, reddish edge appearing by 3 30 a.m. as the display ends.
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Bostom
Luna
Umbra
Earth
Negro denies he is strangler in Philadelphia case
Philadelphia police press to identify Young Joe Wolcott as the killer of three women. Wolcott, a prize fighter, denies the charges and claims he was jailed in Pittsburgh or elsewhere when the victims were killed. Police remain confident in the identification despite denials.
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Philadelphia
Joe
Wolcott
Pittsburgh
Benjamin Harris
City Hall
Lena Weiner
Norristown
Martha Clark
Ormiston Surrenders Amid Conflicting Reports
Kenneth G. Ormiston, the elusive radio figure in the Aimee Semple McPherson case, announced surrender in Los Angeles amid police and district attorney uncertainty. Chicago authorities awaited extradition, while the Los Angeles Examiner and city police offered conflicting accounts of his custody and planned arraignment.
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Los Angeles
Kenneth G. Ormiston
Will-O
Aimee Semple McPherson
District Attorney’s
Los Angeles Examiner
Ormiston
Chicago
E. H. S. Martin
Examiner
Ben Cohn
One Man Killed At Boiler Shop in Rocky Mount N C
A boiler explosion at Ward Lumber in Rocky Mount North Carolina killed one worker and injured five others while another is missing. Debris smashed the Southern Distributing Warehouse and ignited it. both structures burned as cold weather hindered rescue efforts. Fire crews worked amid shattered windows and aftershocks in the surrounding area.
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Rocky Mount, N. C
Rocky Mount
Ward Lumber
Southern Distributing Company
Southern Distributing Warehouse
Emergency Judge Act 10 Renewal Under Debate
Raleigh reports growing concern over the emergency judge act which expires March 1 1927 as legislators weigh steps to handle rising civil caseloads. Chief Justice Walter P Stacy cites a constitutional amendment as necessary for lasting reform per the Judicial Conference committee findings.
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Raleigh
Walter P. Stacy
State Supreme Court
Stacy
Committee On
Judicial Procedure
The
Judicial Conference
Supreme Court
J. G. Merriman
Asheville
Flashes of Life Marks Wrights Air Age on Kill Devil Hill
Flowers dropped from an airplane on aviation's 23rd birthday fall on Kill Devil Hill. The event recalls the Wright brothers engineering a two second flight on December 17 1903. Miss Herta Junker, daughter of a metal plane designer, piloted the drop.
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Kill Devil Hill
Orville
Wilbur Wright
Herta Junker
Catalina Island swim time changed to daylight finish
The Catalina Island swim start time was moved to daylight, ensuring finishers swim in brighter conditions regardless of costumes or weather.
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Los Angeles
Catalina Island
Washington-Leaner C Gentle noted Atlanta man with many children
Washington-Leaner C Gentle of Atlanta aged 65 weighing 250 pounds is reported as having 28 children with 18 living. He was presented by Mr Upshaw to Mr Coolidge and then to a house where there was great applause. Gentle has been married twice.
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Washington
Leaner C. Gentle
Atlanta
Upshaw
Newark Twins Lose Boxing Title After Switch
In Newark New Jersey Joe and Tom Rozzo twin boxers faced controversy as Tom hid while Joe qualified for the final at the Newark A C. The fresher heavier Tom appeared as Joe in the final and captured the title, sparking suspicion at the exit.
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Newark
N. J
Joe
Tom Rozzo
Newark A. C
Tom
Woman buys Bunyan first edition for 60 cents then sells for 10200
A London story relayed by New York via wireless dispatch reports a woman paid 60 cents for a John Bunyan first edition titled Book For Boys and Girls and later sold it for 10200 dollars. The World notes the sale was picked up by its wireless station.
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New York
London
John Bunyan
Evelyn Britt Free on Bond After Hearing
Evelyn Britt, 16, was freed on a $16,000 bond to await trial in Johnston Superior Court on murder charges connected to the November 24 killing of Forsythe. Indictments were returned against Britt, Lepark, and Robert Stephenson, with Stephenson yet at large, amid reports the group ran a liquor-related scheme the night of the death.
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Smithfield
Evelyn Britt
Robert Lepark
Kk. G. Forsythe
Forsythe
Johnstonm
Lepark
Robert Stephenson
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