Lady Sybil Midleton’s Chalet Threatened by Tide at Folkestone
London dispatch reports Lady Sybil Midleton, famed for a cliffside chalet near Folkstone, faced an attempted shove into the sea by indignant locals. She recalled Klondike schooling, previously staked a Dawson claim while her father served as Canada’s governor general, and later traveled in South Africa. She also served with the Red Cross in Russia during wartime.
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London
Sybil Midleton
Folkstone Cliff
Charlie Chaplin
Folkestone
Klondike
Sybil
Canada
Dawson
South Africa
Russia
Red Cross
Irish Ladies Hockey Tour Returns Home Critical Of American Girls
Members of the Irish Ladies Hockey Union after a U S tour return with low opinions of American athletic prowess. Miss Winifred Drury says American girls are soft, luxury loving, and use cars and electric heaters. Miss Levingstone jokes about long elevator waits, while Miss Steven notes American men lack England’s wear and casualdress charm.
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Irish Ladies’ Hockey Union
United States
Winifred Drury
Miss Steven
England
Virginia Road to Jamestown Gets 1926 Start
Virginia highway officials announced a 1926 program including the Williamsburg to Jamestown road with a $60,000 allocation for gravel surface and a bituminous binder. The six mile route will long term become a concrete road foundation, improving access to the historic Cradle of the Republic for visitors and Virginians alike.
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Richmond
Williamsburg
Jamestown
Late
Highway Commission
Cradle of the Republic
Suffolk District
Newport, News
Hampton
Phoebus
The
Virginia
America
Richmond Banks to Consolidate Into One Institution
Directors of the first National Bank of Richmond and Merchants National Bank of Richmond approved a merger. The new bank would be named the First and Merchants National Bank of Richmond with $3,000,000 capital, $3,000,000 surplus, $300,000 profits, and about $50,000,000 in deposits.
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Richmond
First National Bank of Richmond
Merchants National Bank of Richmond
First and Merchants National Bank of Richmond
Virginia Free of Debt by Year’s End
Richmond Virginia December 22 The state of Virginia will be free of the 3 900 000 debt incurred last summer by the first of the year John Purcell state treasurer said today announcing that 2 050 000 of the amount had been paid back Arrangements are being made to pay the remainder by the first of the year he said
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Virginia
Richmond
John Purcell
State Treasure
Extra plate omen linked to hungry visitors in folklore
A McClure Newspaper Syndicate note explains that leaving an extra plate on the table signals a hungry visitor. Rooted in sympathetic magic, the belief ties thought to reality and cautions against inviting the omen by risking insufficient food, centering on ancient cause and effect ideas once common in Ohio and other regions.
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Ohio
McClure Newspaper Syndicate
Movement to Cut Consumption of Rubbers Begun
New York, Dec. 22 AP A national campaign to reduce American rubber use gains Hoover backing and input from key industry groups. Hoover urged longer tire life and proper repairs to cut rubber use by 25 percent without car reductions. He cited $700,000,000 annual leakage to British control and warned of further actions if policies do not improve. The drive expands to other rubber trades if needed.
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New York
Herbert Hoover
House
Hoover
Commerce Secretary
Representative Tilson
Connecticut
House halts radio over Daventry mouse incident
Daventry England broadcasting at the powerful Daventry wireless station was halted for an hour when a mouse climbed onto a condenser plate. The disruption interrupted transmissions and prompted technicians to clear the blockage before service resumed.
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Daventry
Eng
Haven for tax dodgers in Jersey island scheme
London residents seek tax relief by claiming Jersey residency as a refuge from English tax. Wealthy individuals consider establishing domicile on the Island of Jersey to reduce liability and escape national levies.
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London
England
Island of
Jersey
London-A car crash uncovers riderless rollover at Brooklands
Arthur Noble’s London-A racing car veered off the Brooklands track, rolled twice, then righted and returned to the course without injuring Noble. The incident disrupted the event but Noble escaped unhurt.
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London
Arthur Noble
Brooklands
Noble
Durkin Believed Leader Of Gang In Police Chase
Cleveland police think Chicago slayer Martin J. Durkin led a quartet of automobile thieves and bandits.Detectives fired five shots as they sped by in a stolen car after plans to rob a local restaurant surfaced. The fleeing trio abandoned the Illinois tagged auto, leapt a fence and escaped. A felt hat bought in Chicago and pierced by two bullets bore the initials J D, linking Durkin to the gang.
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Cleveland
Martin J. Durkin
Chicago
Illinois
J. D
Durkin
Two Arrested After Lynching in Clarksdale Mississippi
Clarksdale Mississippi December 22 AP report: J T Trainham planter of Counts Spur and G O Cane a plantation employee along with H S Blake of Clarksdale were arrested on conspiracy to murder charges in connection with Saturday lynching of Lindley Coleman a Black man.
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Miss
J. T. Trainham
Spur
G. O. Cane
Trainham Plantation
H. S. Blakely
Lindley Coleman
Blizzard Paralyzes Swedish Traffic Stranding Ships
A violent blizzard swept Sweden causing widespread traffic disruption and ice to drift into harbors. A rescue party perished while saving the crew of the German steamer Posido which sank off Gotland. the fate of its crew remains unknown. Two Swedish motor ships are stranded but not seriously damaged.
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Stockholm
Sweden
Gottland
Man Fatally Injured by Auto in Colonial Heights
Petersburg, Va December 21 William F. Jones 44 was struck by an automobile in front of his Colonial Heights home Saturday night and died in a local hospital early yesterday J Herbert Nugent city driver is under technical arrest on involuntary manslaughter charges with 500 bail pending coroner's inquest Jones had exited a taxi and started crossing the road when struck by the opposite vehicle The driver stopped and helped take the injured man to the hospital
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Petersburg
Colonial Heights
William F. Jones
J. Herbert Nugent
Crown of King Ali of Hedijaz Topples
King Ali of Hedjaz abdicated last Saturday and a provisional government under the local governor prepares to hand Jedda to Ibn Saoud. Nedj troops are expected to enter Jedda Wednesday as reported to the House of Commons by Oliver Locker-Lampson.
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London
Ali
Hedjaz
Jedda
Ibn Saoud
Nedj
House of Commons
Oliver Locker‘Lampson
Austin Chamberlain
New Turkey Russia Pact Promises Neutrality If Attacked
Constantinople December 22 AP reports Ismet Pasha Turkish premier announced a treaty signed in Paris on December 17 pledging mutual neutrality if either country is attacked. Soviet Foreign Minister Tchitcherin signed for the Soviet government.
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Constantinople
Ismet Pasha
Parsi
Turkey
Russia
Tchitcherin
Weather Bureau Storm Warning Across Atlantic Coast
The Weather Bureau issued a storm advisory noting a disturbance over Atlantic states with the center expected along the Southern New England coast. It will move northeastward and be followed by rapidly rising pressure and strong northwest winds, possibly reaching gale force tonight from Jacksonville to New York.
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Washington
Weather Bureau
Jacksonville
New York
Atlantic States
New England
Swift & Company Denies Report
Swift & Company issued a statement denying published stories that changes among high officials would occur at the start of the year. The denial labels the report as unwarranted and unfounded.
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Chicago
Swift & Company Today
Swift & Company
Swift family denial on corporate leadership changes
The denial stated that Louis F. Swift would not retire as president of the $340 million corporation nor become chairman of the board. It said Gustavus F. Swift Jr would not assume the presidency and that numerous other executive changes were not planned.
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Louis F. Swift
Gustavus F. Swift, Jr
Sulphur Springs High School To Present Two Plays
Jonesboro Tenn December 22 practice on Home Ties one of the Christmas offerings at Sulphur Springs high school progresses with only finishing touches before a 7 pm Wednesday show. A Noble Outcast by the senior class was postponed from last Saturday and will be presented Thursday evening with a full week of Christmas events planned by Principal M. Taylor Matthews.
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Jonesboro, Tenn
At Sulphur Springs High School
Sulphur Springs
M. Taylor Matthews
Sulphur Springs High School
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