Administration Navy Program Takes Shape in Congress
Realignment of naval defenses includes a larger dirigible to replace the Shenandoah. Navy aims to cut enlisted personnel from 86 000 to 82 000 and retire several warships. House Naval Committee questions Lakehurst Station need and cost, favoring its closure with a separate plan for the Los Angeles airship. Committee endorses heavier air facility expansion and tests for metal dirigibles with a 5 million dollar project. The panel notes lighter than air craft remain experimental with debated military value.
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Washington
Tan
Shenandoah
Navy
Congress
Naval Service
House Naval Committee
Lakehurst Naval Air Station
Los Angeles
Navy Department
Naval Affairs
Wilbur
Department
Airy Ship Development Corporation
Henry Ford
Naval General Board
Lassiter Urged as Tacna Arbitrator if Pershing Falls Ill
The message suggests Major General William Lassiter, commander in the Panama Canal Zone, as Tacna arbitrator should General Pershing be unable to serve due to illness. Lassiter’s candidacy reflects ongoing planning for leadership in Tacna in Pershing’s absence.
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William Lassiter Febove
Cmirmander
Panama Canal Zone
Pershing
Sapiro Urges Cooperative Plan At Conference
Washington. Dan Sapiro urged delegates at the Fourth National Cooperative Marketing Conference to back Hansen’s bill creating a division of cooperative marketing in the Agriculture Department. He condemned most House bills as unconstitutional and said only a few proposed measures were on the right track. He supported the Haugen bill written for conference with cooperatives and farm leaders as preferable to overhauling the system.
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Washington
Dan
Congress
Aaron la Piro
Cooperative Marketing
Fourth Nationad
Hansen
Department of Agriculture
Sapiro
Juyrdine
Cvooperatives
Total Eclipse Seen Across Central Africa and Islands
A lunar shadow will cross Central Africa and parts of Sumatra Borneo Mindanao and nearby islands tonight producing up to over two minutes of total eclipse along an 7000 mile line. Observers from the United States Britain Holland Australia and others monitor the event with partial views expected in Greece Arabia India China Japan and Australia. An US Naval Observatory team studies Tebing Tinggi while Swarthmore and Harvard groups are stationed in Sumatra.
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New York
Central Africa
Indian Ocean
Sumatra
Borneo
Philippine Islands
United States
Great Britain
Holland
Australia
Africa
Mindana
East Africa
Greece
Arabia
Persia
India
China
Korea
Japan
United States Naval Observatory
Tebing Tinggi
Omatra
Swarthmore
Benkaden
Harvard
Anthracite Miners and Operators Reenforce Lines in Strike
The prolonged coal strike tightens as 130,000 miners and boys idle since September 1 face deadlock over arbitration and wage terms. Both sides blame each other for stalling peace plans while maintenance workers may be called out if agreements are violated. reports vary on possible mine openings. Continued from page three.
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York
Méoris
Pennsylvania Goal Company
Death in Love Colony baby case unsettled mystery
Allentown. Pa. officials pursue disclosure after order for disinterment of baby born to Charles Garland and Bettina Hovey from the Love Colony April Farm. Garland faces adultery charge on bond. Hovey tells district attorney the infant died of suffocation amid colic while nearby child slept.
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Allentown
Charles Garland
Bettina Hovey
Boyle
Miss Hovey
Garland
Garland Ax
Mowgli
Mowell
Quakertown
Kipling
Mowgli Mong
Farmer Hammers Offer as Harvesters Bid Boosts
St Joseph and Milan echo a farmer’s reply to International Harvester’s bid for corn. J E Ferris, Buchanan county farmer, calls for higher payment in farm tools and animals, urging raises to 2.20 and 2.56 per bushel to attract hardware, lumber, furniture and dry goods merchants.
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St. Joseph
Milan
J. E. Ferris
Buchanan County
International Harvester, Company of America
Missouri
Ferris
Hnternational Harvester Company
International Harvester
Half Dollar Week Urges Confederate Memorial Fund Drive
General Freeman calls southern newspapers to promote the sale of Confederate Memorial Half Dollar coins. The appeal marks Stone Mountain Memorial Week and the coinage anniversary, urging governors to telegraph newspapers to boost the fundraising through January 16. The effort supports living and dead Confederate soldiers with the monument project.
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Richmond
W. & Freeman
United Confederate Veterans
South
Oklahoma
Kentucky
Tennessee
Ceorgia
Virginia
Stone Mountain
Lee
Jackson
Weather notes and diplomatic health update
Virginia forewarns rain or snow with milder nights and cooling winds while Tennessee sees partly cloudy skies and a slight chill. In London British Foreign Secretary Sir Austin Chamberlain recovers from a mild influenza attack and is expected to end his vacation and return Sunday.
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Virginia
Tennessee
Chamberlain
Rapella
Austin Chamberlain
Lever
tLendon
Expansion of Aviation Calls for Navy Plan Rise
Secretary Wilbur and Navy officials urged expanding aviation in the 1927 fiscal plan. They seek 10 percent of Navy personnel in the air force, to man new carriers Saratoga and Lexington and support Asian fleet growth. Shortage of aviation officers spurs expanded naval academy flight instruction and self-funded sharers to Pensacola for training.
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Washington
Tan
Navy
Eal
Air Force
Wilbur
House Appropriations Committee
Saratoga
Crea Solo
Cane] Zone
Hawaii
Naval Academy
Pensacola
Fla
Virginia Solons Open Session Parleying State Issues
Virginia lawmakers convened in Richmond for a sixty day bi annual session to address taxation evolution compulsory Bible reading in public schools and other statewide concerns. E Lee Trinkele presides as speaker designate after the Democratic caucus nominated Thomas W Oselin for the House while J Harry Rew James Montgomery Johnson and others fill key posts. Senate caucus named four pages and both houses plan joint sessions and candidate nominations for contested and uncontested posts.
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Richmond
United States
E. Lee Trinkele
Thomas W. Oselin
Lunenberg County
James H. Price
House
J. Harry ‘Rew
Aceamae
Cautus
James Mortgomery Johnson
Rockbridge County
William Bullitt Fitzhugh
Northampton
John , W. Williams
Oselin
Richard L. Brewer, Jr
Fitzhugh
SM. New Hhouse Culpepper
Senate
Eight of 105 Trapped at Oklahoma Mine Known Alive
Wilburton Oklahoma January reports indicate only eight of about 105 miners entombed by a Der nan McConnel mine explosion were known to survive. Rescue efforts amid toxic gas and debris faced low odds with air shaft access limited and canaries succumbing to fumes.
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Wilburton
Okla
Dernan-McConnel
Okki
Jan
Tegan-McConnell
Here
J. B. Hynal
United States Bureau of Mines
McAllister
Tipple
Austen Parks
Latimer County
Parks
Depo
Ponzi Engaged in Land Syndicate Under Probe
Boston reports state authorities opened an inquiry into the Charpon Land Syndicate led by Charles Ponzi. Attorney General Jay R. Benton ordered the probe after complaints the firm violated blue sky laws.
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Boston
Mass
Charles Ponzi
Charpon Land Syndicate
Jay R. Benton
Jacksonville
Fla
Ponzi International
Supreme Court For la
Donovan Feature of Day in Fiery Aluminum Probe Case
A Senate committee questioned a White House conference on January 2 involving President Coolidge Secretary Mellon and Attorney General Sargent about the Aluminum Company of America inquiry. Assistant Attorney General Donovan testified that the department issued its statement late in the day and did not confirm the conference timing. The department said the probe has not shown the consent decree of 1912 was violated and the panel seeks diligence in prosecuting the investigation.
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Washington
White House
Coolidge
Mellon
Sargent
Department of Justice
Aluminum Company of America
Senate
Donovan
Mwe
Walsh
Martina
Ryout
Senate Committee
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Gen. Pershing
Tacna
Islands
Wilkes Barre
Farmer
Slam
United Confederate“Veterans Issues
Pulic
Nellie E. Trego
Kansas City
Trege Radio Manufacturing Co
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