China’s Military Warfare Left in a Serious Muddle
Chinese military leaders struggle for control as Peng Yu-siang takes Tientsin and Chung Tsao-Lin gains near Mekden while Feng plays a pivotal role in northern China. American destroyers head toward Shanghai from Manila, with no clear strategic significance amid shifting power and a possible route for a Trans-Siberian link.
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Colonel Mitchell Plans to Carry On Defense Fight
Tidlihassie Florida December 26 Colonel Wilburt Mitchell recently court martialed for critiquing defense policy states he will continue his fight for a defense system that provides real national protection. He notes plans may be postponed until the court martial review board decides, but insists he will stay with the effort until a secure plan is in place.
Outbreak of gang warfare linked to deaths at South Brooklyn club
A renewed gang war wave tied to the Christmas party shootings at the Adams Social Club in South Brooklyn killed Richard Lonergan and two others. Police identify suspects including Neil Perry and Aaron Haines, with Perry found dead outside. James Hart is arrested for homicide.
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Ofund
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University of Virginia professor and librarian wed in Charlottesville
Professor Charles Alfred Graves a longtime UVA faculty member and Miss Catherine R Lipop a law librarian and Charlottesville School Board member quietly married in Charlottesville on December 26. Graves aged twenty years older than his bride has four children. They left for New York for a honeymoon.
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Catherine R. Lipop
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Coal operators urge miners to return to work
Operators place full page ad in Sunday newspapers offering to resume pay at current wages for eight months and propose long term contract talks. United Mine Workers official Thomas Kennedy says miners will not be stampeded back and will return only under a new contract. No formal union response yet.
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United Mine Workers
Haelton
Man with Crutches Shoots Self After Visit to Shooting Gallery
In Louisville, Charles J. Smith walked in with two crutches and bought a nickel to shoot at a target. After a quip about the cold weather from the proprietor's wife, he fired a bullet into his head and died minutes later in a hospital. A note in his pocket read I cant stand the life I am leading any longer. So I quit, I cant make the grade Charles Smith.
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Smoking suit for women marks latest fashion trend
London AP reports a new female fashion trend the smoking suit a matched jacket and trousers in Chinese style dark embroidered fabrics worn at smoking parties replacing traditional tea sets. The look targets social circles and merges elegance with casual smoking norms.
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London
Bell Telephone Plans Record Southern Expansion
Atlanta dispatch reports Southern Bell Telephone Company approves the largest construction and replacement program in its southward history with 33.3 million dollars planned for additions extensions and replacements in 1926 across Alabama Florida Georgia Louisiana Mississippi North Carolina South Carolina Kentucky Tennessee and more than 112 500 telephones. Florida leads with heavy activity and Georgia North Carolina Kentucky Mississippi and South Carolina receive sizable shares as the company notes rising demand for local and long distance service due to unprecedented growth.
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Youthful Slayer of Johnson at Large in Bristol
Oscar Oaks, 25, was fatally shot in an apartment on Buffalo Street. Police seek 14-year-old Arthur Roberts, last seen headed toward Bristol after the quarrel incident. Roberts, formerly from Bristol, allegedly fired the shot and fled the building.
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Storm damages in France cause heavy disruption
Paris reports severe impact from a multi day storm. Telegraph and telephone lines suffered greatly and restoration will take weeks in some areas. Torrential rains flood Charolles regions while Aix les Bains sees rivers burst dikes cutting off towns and threatening rail links amid rising Saone river levels.
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Kingsport Car Theft Wave Strikes City Businesses
Kingsport faces a surge of automobile thefts in the business district with three cars taken in a week. Police report no clues or traces, while nearby towns report similar theft waves. Authorities suspect an organized gang. rewards offered for recoveries and for capture of the thieves.
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Post-Christmas Cold Waves Sweep Mercurial Readings
Cold waves from around Minnesota to upstate New York and Canada push temperatures to record lows. The Pas ties for 28 below, Minot hits 23 below, Chicago reports fatalities amid subzero conditions as New England and New York see bitter cold. Fort Covington and Owl's Head register 18 below, while Atlanta sits at 26 and New York drops toward single digits. The Arctic air center moves east with continuing frigid conditions tonight and Monday.
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Quiet Is Restored in Tientsin After Chaos
In Tiens tin sector quiet returned after the defeat of General Chang Ling’s Chili army and the capture of Tientsin by Marshal Feng Yu-Hsiang’s National Peoples Army. Guards protecting foreign sections withdrew and train service to Peking began restoration as pursuing forces cleared remnants toward the west.
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Feng Yu-Haising
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Administration farm program to undergo and change
The administration plans to broaden farm relief to include machinery for handling surplus crops. Congress and western agricultural leaders have pressed for a federal aid commission to direct surplus disposition. Representative Dickiclkan of Iowa spoke with Jardine before the meeting to outline administration support for the bill and proposed marketing measures for the surplus corn crop.
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Parties Planning 10 Stall Others On Finance Plans
In a frantic pre session race in the Chamber of Deputies the governing parties vow to block rivals in presenting financial programs. Premier Briand asserts no further partial cabinet changes. If Doumer's budget plans fail the cabinet could fall, with a mid January regular session looming. Left cartel groups say they have drafted bills to balance the budget and will present them Monday morning.
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