Seventh Woman Victim of Notorious Clubber Found in Toledo Yard
Mary Handley a 42 year old woman, identified as Toledo's seventh clubber victim, was found slain in a yard near her home. Her head was crushed and she was gagged with cloth from her clothing. The discovery heightens fear among Toledo women as authorities again seek the assailant linked to a terrorizing spree. A $1,000 reward offered by the City Council remains in effect.
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Toledo
Ohio
Mary Handley
Tragely
Miss Handley
Army Air Service Under Review for ATH Time in Year
Washington reports the House Military Committee opened a fourth public inquiry into the army air service to draft corrective legislation. The War Department released an outline urging changes including renaming to Air Corps, appointing additional air chiefs, higher ranks, pay, life insurance for fliers, and broader training and procurement powers.
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Army Air Service
Washington
House Military Committee
House
Ancraft Committee
Sir Board
War Department
Air Board
Air Corps
Army Air Chiefs
Decoration of Merit
Freeman Delivers Message To South
Richmond reports General W B Freeman head of the United Confederate Veterans asked the AP to relay a Lee birthday message urging emulation of chivalry duty and purity. He notes a government minted silver coin drive funding a Stone Mountain monument and predicts success if southerners respond, with a reunion to follow.
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Richmond
Jurest Ceneral
W. B. Freeman
United Confederate Veterans
Associated Press
South
Robert E. Lee
United States
Tim
Stone Mountain
Lee
South Pays Reverent Tribute to Robert E. Lee Memorial
A nationwide observance marks the birthday of Robert E. Lee with quiet to full ceremonies across Virginia and other states. In Lexington and Richmond keynotes honor Lee, and Jackson’s birthday is also recognized. many capitals fly the Confederate flag as schools close and observances widen.
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SOUTH
Robert EF. Lee
Richmond
Dan
Dixie
Ledliny
Robert Edward Lee
Stratford
West Moreland County
Potomac
Gulf
Atlantic Ocean
Mississippi
Old South
Lee
Thomas J (Stonewall) Jackson
Jackson
Lexington
Woman Believes in Advertising at Real Estate Meet
Mrs. W. A. Wright of Chicuro advocates classified newspaper ads at the National Association of Real Estate Boards mid winter conference in New Orleans. She urges adding human interest and price, banning blind ads, and says her firm spends about $25,000 yearly on such advertising to reach the public and sell real estate.
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New Orleans
W. A. Wright
Chicuro
National Association of Real Estate Boards
Cooper Warns Churchmen Against Sabbath Breakers
Noah Webster Cooper leader of the Sabbath Crusade Commission says Americans will gallop to hell unless Sunday laws stop trains and newspapers. He cites 20 million Sunday papers and 2,500 Sunday trains as threats and seeks federal help, challenging editors to refute his claim.
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New York
Noah
Webster Cooper
Tennessee Synod
The
Methodist Episcopal Church, South
Nashville
H. L. Bowlby
Lord’s Day Alliance
Duncan J. McMillan
Eric Railroad
America
Ameriea
Babylon
Shooting on Trains After Job Refusal in Racine
James Rogan a farm hand fired at two Worth Shore electric trains near a Chicago and Milwaukee line after being refused a job. Passengers on both trains were wounded and glass shattered. Rogan admitted the act to authorities saying he wanted to frighten the men who refused him work.
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Racine
Wis
James Rogan
Chicaro
Milwaukee
Togan
Martin Merzoe
Virginia memorial cornerstone laid for war veterans
Richmond hosts dedication of Virginia's World War veterans memorial at Byrd Park with about 20,000 attendees. Speeches by Hanford MacNider, Assistant Secretary of War. Governor E. Lee Trinkle. and American Legion Commander Frank M. Wray. Notable ceremonies mark General Robert E. Lee birthday events.
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Richmond
Virginia
Byrd Park
Hanford MacNider
BE. Lee Trinkle
Frank M. W
American Legion
Robert E. Lee
Daughters of the Confederacy
House of Delegates
General Assembly
Wright-Cret
American Legion P
Lee
Tuckson
Stuart
Kinkle
Frank M. Wray
Virginia Department of the American Legion
Wray
Court Martial Verdict Sanctioned by Board of Review
Washington reports the War Department board of review sanctioned a court martial verdict against Colonel William Mitchell for violation of the Ninety Sixth article. The five year suspension from duty and pay denial stands, with the record to be sent to the judge advocate general and then to President Coolidge through Secretary Davis.
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Washington
Canvielich
Willian Mitchell
Amy
War Department Board of Review
Army
Davis
Coolidge
Board of Review
Mitchell
Commando
Rani
Gary
Opponents to Tribunal Fight Continue as Vote Date Sought
Senate debate over American World Court membership longer stalled as Senator Blease proposed February 6 for the final vote. Johnson warned the move would draw the U.S. into European entanglements and mocked a propaganda flood from churches and women's groups. Skirmish in Washington continued with Dawes amused by cloture tactics.
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Blease
Washington
Iitting
World Court Uontinuerl
Senate
Dem
Johnson
Reep
Calif
United States
Pehurches and Women's Organizations
Dawes
Friends of the Tri
Nugent Testifies In Aluminum Case
Washington reports Chairman Nugent told a Senate committee that about four months passed after the FTC offered DOJ evidence against Aluminum Company of America before an investigator was assigned. He said the panel then reversed, refusing to furnish the evidence without Aluminum officials consent, noting the assignment on February 10, 1924. Also, the Pacific Argentine Brazil Line was sold by the Shipping Board to McCormick Steamship Company of San Francisco.
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Washington
Federal Trade Commission
Department of Justice
America
Mellon
Commission
Nugent
Senate
Justice Department
Department
The
Shipping Board
McCormick Steamship Company of
San Francisco
Reduction Bill Awaits Approval In Senate Tax Plan
Washington Jan 19 AP Senate Finance committee members reached agreement on a tax reduction compromise but approval rests with the treasury and Renakors. Secretary Mellon withholds definite sign off pending study of exact reduction. House measure capped at 0 million, Smoot cites about 260 million. Inheritance tax repeal and rate cuts face western opposition.
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Washington
Senate Finance Committee
Treasury
Mellon
Smoot
Finance Committee
Southern Exports Are Most Notable Listed in Reports
Washington reports reveal Southern states led U S exports in the third quarter of 1925 with Texas totaling 134.0 million and New York at 207.29 million. Louisiana followed with 56.48 million as cotton dominated southern shipments and Virginia emphasized tobacco and tobacco products.
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Washington
United States
Commerce Department
Texas
New York
Louisiana
Virginia
Maryland
Kentucky
Mississippi
North Carolina
Florida
Oklahoma
Ter
South Carolina
Arkansas
South
Tennessee
Georgia
Alabama
Monsignor O Farrel Is Claimed By Death
Monsignor James Thomas O Farrell, 76, longtime St. Marys parish priest in Norfolk, will lie in state from tomorrow afternoon until Wednesday. A solemn mass requiem will precede burial after a period of illness ending with his death in a hospital after a long confinement since September 1923.
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Norfolk
St. Mary's Parish
James Thomas O’farrell
O'Farrell
Weather update for Virginia and Tennessee
Fair tonight with slight cooling followed by increasing clouds on Wednesday. Rain or snow possible in the western portions as northwest winds strengthen. In Tennessee periods of cloudiness persist through tonight and Wednesday with a chance of precipitation in the west.
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Virginia
West Portion
Tennessee
West
Power Resolution Sees Endorsement and Opposition
Washington Fan 19 reports the Norris Power resolution faced both backing and criticism before the Senate Agriculture Committee. L H Davis of Union Carbide supported blocking FPC permits for Tennessee river projects until Muscle Shoals policy is set, citing potential Clinch River development and a 90,000 horsepower storage reservoir. C Martin of Pigeon River Power criticized the North Carolina and Tennessee delegations’ proposed resolution.
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Washington
Fan
Senate Agriculture Committee
Federal Power Commission
Tennessee River
Muscle Shoals
L. H. Davis
Union Carbide Company
Clinch River
Pigeon River Power Company
Asheville
North Carolina Land Tennessee
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