Shenandoah Inquiry Sheds Light on Testimony Strife
In Washington a court of inquiry reopens as Captain Paul Foley faces charges of pressuring Mrs. Jane Lansdowne to alter her testimony. Advocate Joseph Davies is ejected after demanding to be heard, and Mrs. Lansdowne's stance shifts amid contrary statements regarding alleged false testimony.
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Shenandoah Court of Inquiry
Paul Foley
Jane Landowne
Joseph Davies
Federal Trade Commission
Hilary P. Jones
Henry Leonard
Paul Foey
Adocate
Hadeen
Shenandoah
Tue
Leonard
Foleyad
Proposal to raise U D C per capita tax
Mrs. W J Woodliff registrar general of the United Daughters of the Confederacy proposed at the HOT SPRINGS Arkansas convention to raise the per capita tax from 25 to 35 cents to boost funds for the Norman Rudolph relief fund aiding widows Confederate veterans in northern and eastern cities. The extra revenue would go to the Rudolph fund maintained by voluntary contributions with preliminary committee meetings held tonight.
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Hot Springs
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W. J. Woodliff
Oskogee
Okla
United Daughters of the Conederacy
Secretly Married In Pawtucket Marriage Mystery
A Smith College student described as matching Miscorbett of Utica New York was secretly married in Pawtucket Saturday night and spirited away in a mysterious automobile.
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R. L
M. Corbett
Utica
N. Y
Issing
French Navy Plans North Pole Expedition and Flight to New York
The French navy announces a spring expedition titled the French air mission to the North Pole. It will depart from Dunkirk around late April, base at Spitzbergen, use seaplanes on sledges, reach the pole, then fly to New York.
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Navy Department
North Pole
Pole
New York City
Dunkirk
France
Spitzbergen
New York
Increase Tax Upon the Cereal Beverage
The house ways and means committee approved a new tax of one tenth of a cent per gallon on cereal beverages as part of a revenue bill. The plan aims to empower prohibition officials to inspect breweries making near beer and curb high alcohol content products. An annual $100 occupational tax on brewers was rejected and no revenue-losing provisions were added.
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Washington
House
Ways and Means
Prohibition Enforcement
Andrews
Bulgarian Princess Dies in Glove Cleaning Fire
Princess Ghika wife of an adjutant to former King Ferdinand of Bulgaria burned to death in Grosswardein Hungary while cleaning gloves with benzine. She ran to her husband’s room engulfed in flames and died minutes later at age 23. Formerly Russian Princess Rowowa.
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Hungary
Ghika
Ferdinand
Bulgaria
Rowowa
Theft of Bonds and Cash Reported in Pasadena
John R. Osborn, Los Angeles businessman, reported to Pasadena police the theft of 100000 dollars in liberty bonds and 800 dollars in currency. He was a hotel Maryland guest at the time of the incident.
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Pasadena
Calif
John R. Osborn
Los Angeles
Maryland
Democratic Inquiries Shape Quick-Approval Tax Plan
Inquiries are set as the basis for Democratic plans and tax bill handling. The measure will be signed by all committee members and swiftly approved, aligning with party strategy and rapid enactment expectations.
No Political Matter Administration Will Get Credit
The article argues the administration will receive full credit for actions taken to reduce taxes, asserting politicized framing and implying no partisan influence on the measure. It discusses fiscal policy and public reception without naming specific lawmakers or dates.
Congressional probes to shape next year’s campaign issues
Washington reports promise sweeping investigations once Congress reconvenes. Democrats expect tax bill passage crediting administration, while probing hearings target Mitchell corruption, Alien Property Custodian Miller, Couzens on IRS, Teapot Dome reemergence, and tariff revival, ahead of a bitter political winter.
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Hearst
Isaac M. Meekns
Miller
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Walsh
Montana
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Coolidge
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Woodmen Class Initiation Planned at Piedmont Camp
Piedmont camp No. 62 Woodmen of the World announces a class initiation Thursday night at 7 30 in the hall. Deputy J D Koonce requests all uninitiated members attend and invites all others to join. Refreshments will follow the program.
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Woodmen of the World
J. D. Koonce
Paroled Prisoner Seeks Time With Dying Mother
Governor McLean grants Green Miller a temporary parole to December 15 to visit his dying mother in Watauga county. The release requires a 3000 bond and follows doctors’ reports. Miller was convicted in Watauga Superior Court last June for a secret assault and sentenced to 22.5 to 30 months.
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McLean
Green Miller
Wantauga County
H. Hoyle Sink
Wautauga County
Miller
Wautauga Superior Court
Maryland Averts Threatened Lynch Mood in Centerville
Centerville Maryland police and state militia readiness followed a mob of several hundred men who tried to storm Queen Anne's County jail to seize Joshua Tiller a black man accused of raping a farmer's four year old daughter. State's Attorney Brown appealed for calm as doors held and the crowd dispersed. Governor Ritchie ordered an investigation by Judge Thomas J. Keating.
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Ritchie
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Tiller
Thomas J. Keating
Senator W A Foil Dies in Cabarrus at 50
Concord reports the death of State Senator William A Foil at 50 after months of illness. Funeral services are planned for Thursday. he is survived by a wife and four children. Governor McLean mourns the loss, praising Foil as a patriotic and public spirited member of the last general assembly.
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W. A. Foil
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Foil
Raleigh
Associated Press
William A. Foil
McLean
William A. Fol
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City Council Sets Regular Meeting Tonight at 7:30
The city council will hold its regular semi monthly meeting at city hall tonight at 7 30. Routine matters are to be transacted by the councilmen.
Eight Coast Guardsmen Die When Morrill Sailboat Capsizes
Shelburne Nova Scotia reports eight American coast guardsmen drowned after a sailboat returning to the cutter Morrill capsized in a gale. Only engineer C Taylor survived, swimming ashore through icy water. rescue attempts and wireless calls failed to save the rest.
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Shelburne
N. S
Morrill
Shelburne Harbor
Shelburn
United States Coast Guard
C. Taylor
Amateur Athletic Union awards 1926 convention to Baltimore
The American Amateur Athletic Union in Baltimore awarded the 1926 convention to that city with Milwaukee and Buffalo also inviting for next year. The meeting was held in Baltimore and officials announced the decision during the session.
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Baltimore
Pittsburgh
American Amateur Athletic Union
Milwaukee
Buffalo
Poetess and janitor's boy saga over love claim
New York reports the clash between Nathalia Crane, a Brooklyn child poetess, and Roger Jackson, the janitor's boy of twelve, who denies being in love with her. A reunion settles doubts about authorship as Carl jokes about the famous poem.
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New York
Roger Jackson
Nathalia Crane
Brooklyn
Roger
Noel Must Die For His Murder Of Taxicab Driver
Newark, N J Nov 17 AP Harrison W Noel a youth who twice escaped from insane asylums and who killed cab driver Raymond Pierce and a six year old girl Mary Daly faces the electric chair. The jury found him guilty of first degree murder after one hour ten minutes of deliberation. Sentence due next Monday.
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Newark
N. J
Harrison W. Noel
Mont Clair
Noel
Raymond Pierce
Mary Daly
Dix Noel
New York
Joseph Daly
Memphis man Slim Anderson killed in store robbery shootout
Identity of the dead man remained unclear. Andy Slim Anderson of Memphis died from wounds after a gun battle with about six policemen and deputies following a store robbery on Martin street. Deputy Will Mangum of Wake County was seriously wounded but showed slight improvement. Anderson, who rifled a cash register of $108, was cornered in a basement and shot by officers. He said his father was Stephen Anderson of Memphis and asked for Marlin Speed to ship his body to Tennessee. Speed was believed in Florida.
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Andy ‘Slim’ Anderson
Memphis
Will Mangum
Wake County
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King
Martin Street
Mangum
Stephen Anderson
Marlin Speed
Tennessee
Speed
Florida
Judge Memminger Dies in Charleston South Carolina
Robert Withers Memminger judge of the ninth judicial circuit court of South Carolina died at his Charleston home shortly before noon from a heart attack suffered days earlier.
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S. C
Robert Withers Memminger
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Hulbert Renominated President at A A U Meet
The American Amateur Athletic Union concluded its annual convention with Murray Hulbert of New York City reelected as president without opposition. The announcement came in Pittsburgh on November 17.
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Pittsburgh
American Amateur Athletic Union
Murray Hulbert
New York City
Kip's Colored Bride Gets One Innocent Man Peck of Trouble
In the Wyatt murder trial former officer Jesse H. Wyatt faces a lengthy defense-led session. Testimony centers on whether the fatal shot hit Holt directly or as a pavement signal, with police chief Bryan aligning with Wyatt that the shot targeted the pavement to stop the car, not Holt.
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Raleigh
Jesse H. Wyatt
Stephen S. Holt
Smithfield
Holt
M. H. Davis
Fort Bragg
J. Winder Bryan
Wyatt
Leathers
Conoren
Bryan
Jolson Denies Knowledge of CIA In Rhinelander Case
Al Jolson testified he never met Alice Beatrice Rhinelander or the plaintiff Leonard Rhinelander and had not seen them at a 1922 Adirondack resort. He claimed he was in Atlantic City when the described meeting occurred, prompting laughter in a crowded White Plains court.
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CIA
White Plains
N. Y
Leonard Kip Rhinelander
Alice Beatrice Rhinelander
Rhinelander
Jolson
Isaac N. Mills
Atelantic City
Lee Parsons Davis
Rhitelander
Alice
Miss Helen Ware Delights Large Audience at High Point College
At Robert Hall auditorium last night High Point college hosted violinist Miss Helen Ware with soprano Miss Alma Avery and pianist/composer Mr. Charles T. Ferry. The program drew wide applause for Ware’s superb technique and charming stage presence, Avery’s popular songs, and Ferry’s accompaniment and three original pieces.
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High Point College
Helen Ware
Alma Avery
Charles T. Ferry
Robert Hall
Miss Ware
John Dryden
Alexander
Grand jury returns true bill in Chicago beer inquiry
A federal grand jury reportedly voted a true bill naming about 20 persons tied to the beer inquiry. The list includes city employees police railroad men and politicians and marks the end of the first phase as indictments are expected to follow.
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Chicago
Definite Revolution Grows in Lebanon and Syria
BEIRUT Syria November AP reports a definite revolutionary movement forming from scattered anti French outbreaks. Druse leaders accuse French authorities of trying to foment a religious war.
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Beirut
Syria
Druse
Frenc
Vandervelde envisions second Locarno agreement
Belgium Foreign Minister Vandervelde told the chamber of deputies that a second Locarno is possible where all Europe would reach a pact with Russia for mutual gain. He spoke in Brussels on November 17.
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Europe
Russia
Vandervelde
Chamber of Deputies
Mitchells Case II Resumes After Three Day Recess
The court martial for Colonel William Mitchell resumes after a three day recess with new defense witnesses. Judge advocates Willey and Guillon assist cross examination. The court weighs admissibility of defense evidence as it nears the defense conclusion.
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Washington
William Mitchell
Blanton Winship
Moreland
Robert L. Howse
Rumor of Clemenceau’s Death Halted by Recovery
In Paris on November 7 the rumor that Georges Clemenceau was fatally ill spread through the chamber of deputies. Relief followed when it was learned the former premier only had a slight grippe, and he was at his desk working at the moment the report spread.
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Georges Clemenceanu
France
Chamber of Deputies
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Grippe
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