Mayor Refuses Butler Offer to Quit Marine Duties
Philadelphia officials clash as Brigadier General Smedley D Butler resigns from the Marines to direct public safety while Mayor Kendrick declines to accept him as a resigned officer. Butler says he sought extension from President Coolidge but will not pursue the matter further.
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Philadelphia
Smed D. Butler
Marine Ps
Marine Corps
Butler
Nine Corps
Hole
Rge Elliott
Pub Safety
Themas Corps
Local man Thornton Edwards dies in Hillsboro electrical accident
Thornton Edwards, 31, superintendent of the Hillsboro Power and Light Co, was killed Saturday night when he touched live wires while restoring lighting after an electrical storm. Funeral services were held in Durham with interment at Maplewood cemetery. He is survived by his widow, his father C. L. Edwards of South Boston, Va., a brother W. R. Edwards of High Point, and three sisters.
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W. R. Edwards
Edwards
Durham
Thornton Edwards
Hillsboro
W. B. Eakes
S. F. Hicks
Hillsboro Methodist Church
Trela D. Collins
Temple Baptist Church
Maplewood Cemetery
Hillsboro Power and Light Company
C. L. Edwards
South
Boston
High Point
Sam Waddell
Danville
Minnie Edwards
W. G. Eakes
General Smedley Otler Resigns Army Post in Philly
Brig. Gen. Smedley Otler announced his resignation from the army corps and will stay in Philadelphia as director of the Department of Public Safety after sending his notice to Washington.
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Hiladelphia
Smedley Otler
Ine Corps
Rosendahl says Shenandoah wreck was inevitable
Lieutenant Commander Rosendahl told the naval court of inquiry that the Shenandoah disaster could not have been averted, attributing the wreck to aerodynamic stresses from vertical squall currents and praising the ship's structural integrity while criticizing some witnesses. He urged continued development and operation of rigid airships.
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Washington
Charles E. Rosendahl
Ohio
Naval Court of Inquiry
Rosendahl
Shenandoah
Los Angeles
Heine
Earth
Zachary Lansdowne
Record Christmas Mail Rush At High Point Post Office
Postmaster O R York reports yesterday as the busiest day in the history of the High Point post office. A 50 person staff processed thousands of letters and packages with about 1500 dollars in stamps sold. Four delivery autos operated all day as the Christmas rush continues.
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High Point Postoffice
O. R. York
United States
High Point
York
Butler Resignation From Marine Corps Faces White House
Washington December 23 AP The resignation of Brigadier General Smedley D Butler from the Marine Corps will require presidential action. Observers doubt a formal pledge of resignation was sent but say the general wishes to pursue Philadelphia work and that no obstacle is seen to the president acting on the request. A recent precedent cited is Lt Colonel Clarence LoriC rill resigning to become Cincinnati city manager.
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Tashington
Smedley D. Butler
Ine Corps
Coolidge
White House
Clarence Orrill
Cincinnati
Coolidge Weighs Positive Reply to League War Aid Invite
President Coolidge is drafting a response to the League of Nations invitation for a preliminary disarmament talk. The plan aims at a constructive and affirmative acceptance, though no date or scope details from the Geneva commission have been received. White House officials declined to specify when a reply would be transmitted.
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Washington
Coolidge
League of Nations
Geneva Commission
White House
Mrs Davis returns from inspection trip in Georgia
Mrs Dwight F Davis wife of the secretary of war forfeits the trip due to ill health and will return to Washington today from Savannah aboard the engineer yacht Isondega. She arrived with Secretary Davis and their children who fell ill aboard the boat. Secretary Davis plans to inspect Fort Screven and continue south this afternoon.
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Davis
Savannah
Dwight F. Davis
Secretary of War
Washington
United States Engineer
Fort Screven
Out of Question Declares Philippine Independence «Out of the question»
Representative M. Bacon of New York said he would draft a bill to strengthen the powers of the American governor general of the Philippines. The statement came as debate over colonial governance intensified.
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Washington
Phillippine Islands
M. Bacon
New York
Islands
Corn liquor bootleg prices rise along the Carolinas
Charlott e December report from AP says bootleg corn whiskey costs 12 to 20 dollars a gallon as Christmas nears. Federal prohibition head Ben C. Sharpe notes coast guard action, heavy rains, and air patrols hinder contraband liquor flows from Georgia to South Carolina. North Carolina remains the driest, with Charlotte short of liquor.
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Charlotte
Georgia
North Carolina
South Carolina
Ben C. Sharpe
Coast Guard
Atlanta
North Georgia
Sharpe
British rubber profits lead to widening probe and market dip
London reports reveal big 1925 profits by British rubber firms aided by American demand. Congressional probes in Washington target alleged price manipulation by British colonial governments, while rubber prices spike and fall amid supply demand shifts and speculator losses.
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London
Washington
Daily Express
America
Hull
Tennessee
Great Britain
Tilson
Congress
Frank A Munsey Publisher Dies in New York Hospital
Frank A Munsey newspaper publisher died at Lenox Hill Hospital after peritonitis followed an appendicitis operation on December 13. Attendants at his bedside included William T Dewart and several business associates. a grand niece and his physician were present when he passed. He had asked his sister in St Petersburg not be summoned due to age and frailty.
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New York
Frank A. Munsey
Lenox Hill
Hos
Munsey
William T. Dewart
Soviet Foreign Minister foresees clash between England and America
Berlin dispatch reports Tchitcherin, cited by Rote Fahne, predicting a grave conflict between England and America driven by their China policy rifts and rubber price battles. He says the real victor of World War I is America, now meddling in world affairs.
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Berlin
Rote Fahen
Red Flag
Tchitcherin
Soviet
Russia
England
America
South America
Dawes Declines Chance To Be a Brigadier
Vice President Dawes asked President Coolidge to withdraw his nomination to continue as a brigadier general in the officers reserve corps saying the vice president should not hold such a high rank. The president agreed and the nomination was withheld after being sent to the senate without Dawes's knowledge.
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Washington
Dawes
Coolidge
Prsident
White House
Senate
Reserve Corps
Automotive groups protest plan to centralize license tags
Automotive clubs oppose state revenue plans to withdraw license tags from branch offices and mail them from the state capital. K A Grice of Charlotte leads protests for the North Carolina Automotive Service Association, with the Automotive Trade Association also protesting under president Harry Clendenin of Greensboro.
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Charlotte
R. A. Coughton
K. A. Grice
North Carolina Automotive Service Association
State Revenue Department
North Carolina Automotive Trade Association
Harry Clendenin
Greensboro
New York Cotton Declines on Heavy January Liquidation
Initial declarations showed heavy January selling by Wall Street interests as the New York cotton market opened barely steady with 2 to 1 points drop. Cables and goods circles noted easier trend though manufacturers hoped prices would stabilize after year’s start. Traders priced in a crop near 16 million bales with October futures buoyed. March dipped to 18.67 and May to 18.39 cents.
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New York
Wall Street
Kentucky Feudal Mountaineer Shot Down in Pike County
In Pike county Kentucky Willie Fleming a mountaineer heir to a feud is shot and critically wounded during a dawn confrontation with Sheriff Jim Johnson and a ten man posse. He is hunted on murder and prohibition charges and near Long Ford of Shelby Creek. The Fleming family has a long line of violent deaths with several relatives killed or executed in prior years. Fleming's settlement lies about 25 miles from Pikeville.
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Pikeville
Pike County
Willie Fleming
Fleming
Mingo
West Virginia
Jim Johnson
John Fleming
Shelby Creek
Levre
Sol
Willie
Sol Fleming
Ben Bently
Ely
Elmer Fleming
Ely Fleming
Bill
Fleming Settlement
Fund For Ten Neediest Cases Passes $1,000 Mark
High Point community donations for The Enterprise Ten Neediest Cases totalled 1029.73 with expectations to exceed 1200 before Christmas Eve. Local businesses and residents, through the Welfare Board, support relief for needy city residents and correct a recent donation listing error.
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High Point
Welfare Board
High Point Furniture Company
M. J. Wrenn
Wrenn
Homer Wheeler Isew
N. H. Silver Company
Ewece
Hart Drug Company
Jonn Sheiom
Sewiaw
A. Sherrod
Princess Case
A. E. Tate “Eset
J. He
High Point Mig. Co
Eee Wilson Motor Company
Beeson Harware Company
J. Hi. Aggms
Ccecvdaee
S. H. Tomlinson
Cognor
Fred G. Barb
J. W. Harriss
Lucile Goldston
Henry Ford Linked to Polar Flight Rumor
Reports say Henry Ford may sponsor a non stop flight from Point Barrow Alaska to Spitzbergen across the Arctic. McCook Field admits two top fliers were invited to pilot and Detroit executives say Ford has no confirmed knowledge of the venture.
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New York
North Pole
Henry Ford
McCook Field
Dayton
Ohio
Point Barrow
Alaska
Spitzbergen
Ford
Vilhjalmur Stefansson
George H. Wilkins
Stefansson
Isaiah Bowman
American Geographical Society
Malcolm Alexander Smith
Wilkins
Bowman
Detroit
Mr. Ford
John A. MacReady
James H. Doolittle
Pole
Globe
Banks Consolidate In Richmond Merger Approved
Consolidation of the First National Bank of Richmond and the Merchants National Bank of Richmond, two large Virginia institutions, was approved today by their directors.
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Richmond
First National Bank of Richmond
Merchants National Bank of Richmond
Paris Bassel Express derailed Noisy Le Sec reports deaths
The Paris Bassel Express is said to have derailed at Noisy Le Sec in the Seine department with reports of loss of life. One account fears as many as fifty people killed.
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Paris
Noisy-Le-Sec
Department of the Seire
Hampshire sinks after mine strike deny amid Kitchener saga
London Dec 22 AP The first lord of the admiralty W C Bridgeman told the house of commons no evidence supports claims that the admiralty hid documents about the Hampshire disaster and Lord Kitchener. He blamed a German mine laid by U-75 for the sinking, saying the ship went down within ten to twenty minutes after the mine hit.
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London
Admiralty
W. C. Bridgeman
House of Commons
H. M. S. Hampshire
Lord Kitchener
Bridgeman
Hampshire
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