Browns set pace with record assists in 1925 season
Chicago January 26 Associated Press reports the St Louis Browns dominated assists in 1925, holding the game record of 26 assists in 1919 and matching it in May to require ten frames. They also had 24 assists in nine innings, 26 in a 12 inning game, and as few as five assists in three games. Washington posted the fewest assists per game with three on May 27 and August 14.
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Associated Press
Chicago
St. Louis Browns
Browns
Washington
Centenary events mark Julia Grant and Charles White births in Toronto and Albany
Ontario Prohibition Union meets in Toronto to review liquor laws as centennial tributes honor Julia Dent Grant born today and geologist Charles A. White. Federal court in Boston opens trial for Chelsea mayor Lawrence F. Quigley and others on liquor conspiracy charges. Gerald Chapman death-penalty appeal set for New York City hearing. Evangelical Lutheran Synod of New York schedules Albany session to consider merger of three Lutheran bodies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Julia Dent Grant
A.&. Grant
Charles A. White
Ontario Prohibition Union
Toronto
Lawrence F. Quigley
Chelsea
Mass
Boston
Gerald Chapman
Connecticut
New York City
New York
New England
Women Hold Monopoly in Script and Film Cutting
The article notes women dominate the roles of script holders and film cutters in motion pictures. They assist directors, supervise editing, and oversee negatives, with proven patience and concentration valued by industry leaders. At Paramount laboratories in New York, about 75 million feet of film are cut, assembled and printed yearly.
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Associated Press
New York
Allan Dwan
James Cruz
Edward Sutherland
Paramount
Negro man charged with stealing chickens during trial
The court heard a case where a Black defendant known as a character named Sambo protested his innocence and asserted that no one sees him steal chickens, prompting the judge to ask about witnesses as the scene unfolded.
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Sambo
Married Defaulters Play At Strand Theatre Tonight
A period comedy drama directed by Frank Barazage presents a story of infidelity with a twist. Eleanor Boardman stars as the young wife, supported by Alec B Francis Eugenie Besserer George Fawcett Malcolm McGregor Creighton Hale Lausale Jensen and Otto Hoffman in a web of triangles and humorous situations set thirty years after a lord's elopement. Kenneth Clarke adapted the script with Chet Lyons as photographer.
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Circle
Frank
Barazage
Metro-Golawyn- Mayer
Strand
Alec B. Francis
Eugenie Besserer
George Fawcett
Eleanor ‘Boardman
Malcolm McGregor
Creighton Hale
Lausale Jensen
Otto Hoffman
Kenneth Clarke
Chet Lyons
Ford Revives Old Time Dances With Jasper Bisbee
Henry Ford sponsors a revival of old time dance music begun in a Big Rapids kitchen. He recalls 83 year old fiddler Jasper Bisbee who sparked the movement and later recorded tunes at Edison labs. Bisbee describes dancing and running 40 rods daily as proof of his vitality.
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Associated Press
Detroit
Henry Ford
Big Rapids
Mich
Thomas Fdlson
Harvey S. Wirestons
Jep” Bisbee
Jep
Jasper Bisbee
Paris
Reading
Ford
Mr. Ford
Jasper
Childs mentality described in Snow murder trial
Dallas psychologist Mrs. Jean Sheppard told jurors that F. M. Snow shows the mentality of a nine year old as the defense cites expert testimony in the murder trial over stepson Bernie Connally in Stephenville Texas.
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Associated Press
Stephenville
Texas
F. M. Snow
Bernie Connally
Jean Sheppard
Dallas Public
Snow
Two Miners Killed in Franklin Kansas Coal Mine Rockfall
Pittsburg Kansas January 26 Two men were killed and another injured when rock fell at the Ryan and Reidy Coal Company mine near Franklin The deceased are Peter Medosh and Robert Bertino.
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Pittsburg
Kan
Ryan and Reidy Coal Company
Franklin
Peter Medosh
Robert Bertino
Law Change Sought After Mitchell Court Martial
Representative Connally of Texas proposed a resolution to investigate the Mitchell court martial case with the aim of revising laws governing military courts. The move signals potential legislative action to modify military justice procedures.
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Washington
Mitchell
Representative Connally
Texas
Tuesday and Wednesday Social Calendar Notes
The Tuesday Music and Literature Club meets in the High School Auditorium at 4 PM. The Parish Guild of Christ Church gathers at the Rectory at 3 30 PM on Wednesday.
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Christ Church
Regretful Reflection and Social Notices from California Chronicle
Poem notes Regina Kaufman and fading yellow days. Local social briefs report travel to Devine Texas Hebbrow ville San Antonio Eldorado Mexico City and Tampico. Church groups host events at Pastorium Bruin Street and Presbyterian Sunday school rooms.
Mothers and Missionary Circle Programs Highlight Local Church Events
The report covers a Christian Endeavor party with piano solos, readings, a vocal duet, banjo numbers, and a musical reading enjoyed by attendees. It also notes Missionary Notes at Baptist Church and Woman's Missionary Society activities with leader talks, Bible readings, and shared refreshments.
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Christian ‘Endeavor
Christian Endeavor
Evelyn
Dan Earnest Reading
Cornell
Pollyanna Earnest
H. L. Guinn
Mother Sallee
Baptist Church
Mesdames Mathis
Marney
Burgen
Burr
Sundermyer
Minnie Burr
Webb Patton
Woman's Missionary Society of the Methodist Church
Voice
Manford
J. K. Thompson
Gadberry
Builders of today rival pyramids in scale says veteran contractor
W Q Winston of Minneapolis, after fifty years in railroad and construction, argues modern builders surpass ancient pyramids in speed and scale. He cites 1886 steam shovel era projects including 648 miles of railroad built in seven months and the St Paul Minneapolis and Manitoba extension employing 8,650 men to lay 643 miles of track across plains.
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Associated Press
Minneapolis
Minn
Bis
W. Q. Winston
Winston
St. Paul, Minneapolis, and Manitoba
Minot
N. C
Great Falls
Mont
Mexican oil injunctions reach Supreme Court on retroactive law
Twenty seven injunction units brought by foreign oil companies seeking to block retroactive clauses of the new petroleum law have reached the Supreme Court on appeal after the district court denied them.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mexico City
Supreme Court
District Court
Syndicate Leaders Indicted In Rum Running Ring Case
Federal authorities indict Dwyer John McCambridge and others in a rom running scheme tied to Rum Row with ships and foreign ports. The alleged operation allegedly involved the William S Maloney and an East River safehouse as headquarters.
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Associated Press
Jury
Dwyer
Bean
Galved
East River
Lexington Avenue
Rum Row
Amortaun Shore
John McCambridge
William
Bank Seized as Ohio Bank Shuts Under Asset Freeze
Dollar Savings Bank of Bridgeport closed by Ohio state banking department. Examiner H B Scott said frozen assets prompted the action. The institution, organized in 1891, reported total assets of 988708 dollars in a statement published last week.
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Associated Press
Bridgeport
Ohio
Dollar Savings Bank of
State Banking Department
H. .B. Scott
Examiner
Food Shortage Hits Hankow Region as Transports Fail
Jan 26 Hankow China dispatch reports about 1,000,000 people in the Hubei province starving due to rail disruptions amid military tensions. Henan shows distress though food is available there. shipments are blocked by railway turmoil, hampering relief efforts.
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Associated Press
Hankow
China
Hupen
Henan
Honan
UT senior council discontinues status with university president
Austin Jan 26 Despite being refused recognition by President Splawn the UT senior council will continue its investigation of student grievances. Nowlin Randolph chairman said the council met with Dr Splawn who stated their appointment had not been ratified by the student assembly and he could not treat them as official representatives of the student body.
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Associated Press
Austin
Texas
Splawn
University of Texas
Nowlin Randolph
Pinchot Levels Charges Against Two Former Treasurers
Governor Pinchot alleges former state treasurers Charles Snyder and Harmon Kephart each borrowed over 100000 from state banks without adequate security. He sent a letter to the house and senate banking committees for a public hearing on banking legislation.
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Associated Press
Harrisburg
Charles Snyder
Harmon Kephart
Pinchot
House
Senate Banking Committees
New Nominees Nominated for Foreign Posts
Washington announces Percival Dodge of Massachusetts for minister to Denmark and John France of New Jersey for minister to the kingdom of the Serbs Croats and Slovenes. Both nominations were made today.
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Associated Press
Washington
Percival Dodge
Massachusetts
Denmark
John France
New Jersey
President Coolidge backs easing of alien return after war
Washington reports President Coolidge expresses sympathy for proposals to ease the return to the United States of aliens who served with American forces in Europe and stayed there after the armistice. He believes a special provision should be made to admit them.
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Associated Press
Washington
Coolidge
United States
Europe
Rubber Prices Rise Amid U S Cost-Cutting Campaign
Secretary Hoover notes the anti inflation push affects crude rubber costs. He cites December price around 1.09 dollars per pound for the commodity, 1.05 for cash or near delivery, with spot near 68 cents and three months delivery about 64 cents.
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Laredo Times
Washington
United States
Hoover
Investigation Proposed Into Profits by American Industry
Washington January 26. A special house committee investigation into profits earned by American industry was proposed today by Representative Black of New York in a resolution.
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Washington
Jan
House
Representative Black
New York
House resume Haugen bill on cooperative marketing division
Washington on January 26 the House resumed consideration of the Haugen bill to create a cooperative marketing division in the agriculture department with a prospect of an early vote.
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Associated Press
Washington
Agriculture Department
House
Resumed Flight From Spain to Argentina
The Canary Islands report Commander Iranco and two Spanish aviators continuing their westward journey from Spain toward Argentina. Their planned stop was Cape Verde Islands as of January 26.
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Associated Press
Las Palmas
Canary Islands
Iranco
Spain
Argentine
Cape Verde Islands
Same French shopkeepers still raise the shutters
Paris, Jan 26. French shopkeepers still speak of putting up the shutters at closing time but now pull them down instead. Old quaint shop windows seen in Beranger and Cruickshank illustrations have vanished for solid iron curtains hauled down with a lever, with only a few cobwebbed panes remaining in out of the way Paris locations.
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Associated Press
Paris
Beranger
Cruickshank
Phiz
Parle
Saturday Fragments Hint at Event Timing
Readable scraps mention Austin Lanham and a planned event this week. Tone suggests scheduling notes or a transcription error. Names appear incomplete but imply an upcoming occurrence or discussion pending confirmation.
Fers Burkett Testimony Ties Fergusons to Highway Issue
Fragmented report notes James Ferguson and Joe Burkett in a testimony connected to a Texas highway matter. The Associated Press dispatch from Austin references names linked to a disputed highway commission position and a statement about anticipated opposition.
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Associated Press
Austin
Texas
James ‘Perguson
United ‘States
Highway Sutt
Aetna Pany
Fergus
Joe Burkett
Girl Dies In Fire From Exploding Alcohol Stove
Miss Sally Robinson aged 14 daughter of Col J P Robinson burned to death at Camp Stotsonburg when an alcohol stove exploded and enveloped her in flames.
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Associate’ Press
Manila
Sally. Robinson
J. P. Robinson
Stotsonburg
Earthquake Recorded in Prague Seismograph Readings
Prague Czechoslovakia reports a distant tremor described as catastrophic. Seismograph instruments recorded the event today and the shocks persisted for two and a half hours.
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Associated Press
Prague
Czechoslovakia
Jan
Blind guides of London face fog season drop in business
London reports blind men who guide pedestrians rue a sharp drop in work as unusually clear cold winter weather keeps fog away. Guides stand at busy corners offering assistance, with an estimated loss around 250 000 pounds in a day for businesses missing foot traffic.
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Associated Press
London
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