President backs Houghton warning on European militarism
President Coolidge endorsed Ambassador Alanson B. Houghton speech warning European nations and Germany and France against militarism. He praised the talk as sound and timely and urged that it aid European reconstruction and continued U S financial support. The White House stressed the speech reflected Houghton own responsibility, yet aligns with U S aims and cautions militarists and Communists alike amid Balkan and German politics.
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Washington
Coolidge
Europe
London
Alanson B. Houghton
Court of St. James
Houghton
United States
White House
Balkan States
Germany
von Hindenberg
Lost Air General Returns in Safety in Nashville
Major General Mason Patrick chief of the army air service was missing after a flight from Memphis to Nashville but flew safely into Nashville today. He had intended a nonstop trip but darkness forced a stop at Eva a village lacking night telegraph facilities and the night was spent there.
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Associated Press
Nashville
Mason Patrick
Army Air Service
Memphis
Tenn
Eva
Suit Filed Against Ford Motors by State Agent in Mississippi
Jackson Mississippi May 7 W J Miller state revenue agent files suit against Ford Motor Co charging criminal conspiracy to violate Mississippi anti trust laws seeking damages of 2 000 000 Co defendants include all Ford dealers in Mississippi and banking institutions They allege contracts violate the anti trust laws and restraint of trade A writ of attachment is sought against railway cars in transit Virtually every banking institution in the state is named as co defendant
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Associated Press
Jackson
Miss
W. J. Miller
Ford Motor Company
Mississippi
Ford
Pilgrim's Progress Found In Four Psalms Translation
Seattle on May 5 reports Dr. Herbert H. Gowen of the University of Washington has found an Old Testament Pilgrim's Progress within four psalms. His translation preserves the original meter and links the chants into a single story of the pilgrims return to the Promised Land. The four psalms begin at 120 and describe the exiles joyful ascent to Jerusalem.
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Seattle
Herbert H. Gowen
University of Washington
Gowen
Promised Land
Jerusalem
Cuba’s population grows by 225,713 in 1924
Havana reports 1924 population at 3,368,925, up from 3,143,219 in 1923. Census chief F. V. Preval cites the year’s total and growth amount.
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Havana
Cuba
F. V. Preval
National Census Office
Burton proposes gas ban at arms control conference
Geneva May 7 Representative Theodore Burton of Ohio heads the American delegation at the International Conference For the Control of Traffic In Arms proposing a new article banning poison gas and its wartime export. The measure has President Coolidge's approval and was referred to a committee of experts.
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Associated Press
Geneva
Theodore Burton
Ohio
Coolidge
Burton
World Advertisers to Emphasize Peace at Texas Gathering
Houston hosts the Associated Advertising Clubs of the World convention May 9 to 14 with a peace theme. More than 5,000 delegates from Britain, Australia, South America and Europe attend. Tours to San Antonio Mexico Dallas and others, talks by Gov. Miriam A Ferguson and Senators, and a May 11 foreign delegates’ addresses highlight the program.
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Houston
Texas
Associated Adversting Clubs of
Great Britain
Australia
South America
San Antonio
Mxico
Beaumont
New Orleans
Corsicana
Wortham
Dallas
Miriam A. Ferguson
United States
Hiram Bingham
Connecticut
Morris Sheppard
Charles Aubrey Eaton
New Jersey
St. Quinn
Episcopal Church
George E. Roberts
Amon G. Carter
The
Fort Worth Star-Telegram
William S. Patton
Advertising Association
Lou E. Holland
Assocated Advertising Clubs
City Auditorium
Prairie View
Congressman Eaton
Bishop Quinn
Harry H. Rogers
Holland
C. Harold Vernon
London
Norman S. H. Catts
Sydney
Arthur Reber
Switzerland
Mexico
National Advertising Commission
Nation's finances reported to be in sound condition
The New York stock exchange on January 1, 1925 showed aggregate market values exceeding 60 billion dollars, a record high. President E. H. Simmons praised financial preeminence and stability, noting prosperity, peacetime industry recovery, and a cautious bull market with no major excesses.
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Associated Press
New York
New Y Stock Exchange
E. H. H. Simmons
America
Simmons
Stock Exchange
Priest lights lamp with wireless electricity feat
London reports Father Maurice Beckett of Westminster Cathedral has lit a 50 candlepower lamp using wireless electricity. He claims his public demonstration sent waves through a peer of the realm and two fellow priests as part of his entertainment program.
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London
Maurice Beckett
Westminster Cathedral
Eight Indicted in Counterfeit Case
Eight men were indicted in Pittsburgh on charges of manufacturing and distributing fake war savings stamps and revenue stamp papers. The trial of the alleged leaders is set for next week in Chicago. Federal agents seized fake stamps valued at about 1990000 dollars and several counterfeiting outfits were found in Chicago. Most distribution centered from Cleveland and Pittsburgh.
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Chicago
Washington
Secret Service
Pittsburgh
Yestern
Cleveland
Ohio
American Unitarians Plan Centennial Celebration in Boston
Boston hosts a week long centennial of the American Unitarian Association with European delegates and American leaders. Speeches by Dr Paul Frothingham and Dr Samuel Eliot, plus talks by Dr Charles Eliot, Rev. Norbert Capek, and others. A $150000 centennial fund will be raised for a church building fund.
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Boston
Europe
American Unitarian Association
British Foreign Unitarian Association
London
Sydney Jones
Liverpool
British and Foreign Unitarian Association
Unitarian
Laymen’s League
Charles W. Eliot
Harvard University
Unitarian Temperance Society
Unitarian Social Service Council
George W. Kirchwey
New York
Eliot
Samuel A. Eliot
Fuller
Curley
S. Parkes Cadman
Federal Council of the Churches of Christ In America
Roswell Harmon Potter
Hartford
Perjury Case Focuses on Duell Testimony
Evidence on which the government seeks a perjury indictment against Charles Duell head of a motion picture company is presented to the federal grand jury in New York. Lillian Gish the actress Walter Camp and George Newgas the actress former attorney testified in the related suit. Duell had tried to bar Gish from acting for other companies.
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Associated Press
New York
Charles Duell
Lillian Gish
Federal Grand Ju
Walter Camp
Athletic Authority
George Newgas
Duell
Miss Gish
Sweden Shows Fondness for American Bread
Stockholm reports 1924 trade and crop data show Sweden increasingly favors white bread made from American wheat flour. Domestic grain output rises, capable of meeting all bread demand, while imports of wheat flour also increase. Swedes shift away from traditional dark rye as wheat use grows.
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Stockholm
Sweden
United States
Passion Players Get Orders From American Tour
Oberammergau April 14 The American tour of Anton Lang and his Oberammergau associates to America has borne rich fruit in orders for wooden statues and other objects of art Carved images of Christ are especially in demand.
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Oberammergau
Anton Lang
Oberammergau Associates
America
Christ
Shepherd's Wife Released On Recognizance In Slaying Case
Chicago May 6 Mrs Julie D Shepherd released on own recognizance until Friday morning in the slaying of William Nelson McClintock. Judge Hopkins stayed arrest until bond of 5000 is filed. Crowe state s attorney voiced no objection to bail. Coroner's jury report on McClintock death submitted.
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Chicago
Julie D. Shepherd
William D. Shepherd
William Nelson McClintock
Jacob D. Hopkins
Criminal Court
Hopkins
Lady Macbeth
Robert E. Crowe
Mexicans Seek Amity With American Business Houses
In Mexico City on May 7 a special committee of the Mexican confederation recommends adoption of a commercial arbitration pact. The agreement, mirroring the American-Argentine model, aims to settle disputes between Mexican and United States firms without court action. It will be voted on at the confederation's next meeting.
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Mexico City
National Chamber of Commerce of
Washington
Confederation of Mexican Chambers of Commerce
Mexican Confederation
United States
Confederation
Stockholders of Piggly Wiggly win control ruling
Memphis May 7 The preferred stockholders won their fight to retain control as Chancellor Heiskell ruled the board could not declare a dividend on preferred stock until funds claimed to be owed to the corporation were replaced. An injunction blocks payment of a dividend declared last January.
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Associated Press
Memphis
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