Rodgers Defends Naval Aviation Amid Defense Reforms
Washington commander John Rodgers challenged Col. William Mitchell’s critiques of air forces during the Hawaiian flight debate. He defended the Navy from Shenandoah mishap blame, urged a broad defense reorganization under a national defense department, and warned against overseas air power with 2000 pound bombs.
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Washington
John Rodgers
Hawaii
William Mitchell
Rodgers
Navy
Mitchel
Air Administration
National Defense
Departments of
Navy Department
Deputies ousted after Joyride with Druggan scandal
Federal Deputy Walter Zippman and Anton Polak were discharged by U S Marshal Palmer D Anderson after a seven hour joyride with Chicago gang figure Joyful Druggan on a trip from the Federal Building toward Sycamore. The episode increases the count of federal and county officers removed due to Druggan related misconduct, with Judge Wilkerson ordering Druggan held in county jail pending contempt findings.
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U. S
Druggan
Chicago
Terry Druggan
DeKalb County
Federal
United States
Bis
Palmer D. Anderson
Walter Zippman
Anton L.po- Tak
Grace Lusk Gets Commutation for 1917 Killing
Grace A Lusk a Watkesha school teacher who in 1917 shot and killed the wife of the man she loved received a nine year prison sentence commuted at the state prison by Gov John A Blaine. Lusk was released on a conditional pardon January 1 1925 due to poor health and the governor noted she married a professional man of good standing on September 1925. The governor did not reveal where she lives or who she married.
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Grace ‘Lusk
Madison
Wis
Grace A. Lusk
Wattkesha
John
A. Blaine
Bliss Lusk
Sen‘tence
Blaine
Failures for Week and September Show Decreases
A small reduction in U S commercial failures is reported for the week ending October 3. R G Dun says 351 failures, down from 360 the previous week. The September total falls to 1,463, fifth straight monthly decrease. Total liabilities reported reach 30,657,319, the smallest in two years.
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New York
United States
R. G.dun and Company
Calles Proposes Bill to Fix Foreigners Property Rights
Mexico City A proposed measure by President Calles seeks to regulate land and water rights for foreigners under Article 27. Foreign owners within restricted border and coastal zones must sell within three years of enactment or obtain Mexican citizenship. Heiress Weds Fifth Time in New York Mrs Aimée Crocker Gouraud of California marries Prince Mistisian Galatzine aboard the Herengaria, marking her fifth marriage.
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Calles
Mexico City
New York
Ars
Aimée Crocker Gouraud
Crocker
California
Herengaria
Mistisian Galatzine
Venice Votes to Join Los Angeles Annexation Growth
The seaside city of Venice voted to join the expanding metropolis of Los Angeles, adding 27 000 acres to its area and 25 000 people to its population as the annexation becomes official.
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Los Angeles
Venice
Cal
Deportation Plan for Pendleton Prisoners Debated
Indianapolis reports Governor Jackson plans to deport thirty or more unpac a prisoners detained at the Indiana reformator y Pendleton if his proposals are enacted restoring a harsh policy on deportation and prison transfers.
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Indianapolis
Indiana
Pendleton
Jacksond
Submarine Sinks After Collision. 50 Die, 3 Rescued
Divers locate 51 crew deaths after the submarine was rammed by the City of Rome off Block Island. The vessel sank instantly. only three men survived. Bodies of Walter Lawton of New London and Brady Linday of Pensacola recovered from the engine room as salvage begins.
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New
London
Conn
City of Rome
Block Island
Walter B. Lawton
New London
Brady D. Lindsay
Pensacola
Sprague Ordered to Pay $62,697 in Campaign Suit
Chicago replication of a campaign funds dispute ends with A A Sprague ordered to pay $62,697 to William Cooper Procter. Judge Thomas W Slick’s court notes a 22 hour debate over funds and remarks the defense calls the venture the work of amateurs. Sprague must also cover 5 percent interest from 1920. A motion for a new trial was filed by Sprague’s attorneys.
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Sprague
Procter
Chicago
Col. A. A. Sprague
William Cooper
Thomas W. Slick
Peace Pact End Bricklayers Plasterers Clash
In Atlantic City New Jersey President William Green of the American Federation of Labor announced a settlement of the jurisdictional dispute between the bricklayers and plasterers unions. The agreement signed by union officers and Green ends hostilities and orders immediate resume of all construction work tied up nationwide amounting to about 250 million dollars.
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Bricklayers’ and Plasterers
Atlantic City
N. J
William Green
American Federation of Labor
Bricklayers' and Plasterers
Green
California U. S. Crime Intolerable Says Missouri Leader
Lassley of the Missouri Association of Criminal Justice told the Missouri Bar Association that crime conditions across the United States were never so intolerable as they are today.
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Calif
U. S
St. Louis
Lassley
Missouri Association of Criminst Justice
Missouri Bar Association
United States
McNamara Sentenced to 1–5 Years for Extortion
Indianapolis labor leader John J. McNamara, already jailed for a California dynamiting term, received a prison sentence of one to five years on an extortion charge. The case ties his earlier California conviction to new federal-style charges.
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McNamara
Indianapolis
John J. McNamara
California
Los Angeles Times
Spanish Troops Enter Adjir Capital of Abd el-Ecim
Madrid hails victory as Spanish and French forces reach Adjir the Riffian capital. King Alfonso appears at the palace window to acclaim the triumph amid flags. Primo de Rivera receives congratulations while officials say the offensive may break the Riffian war’s back.
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Madrid
Adjix
Abd-el-Ecim
Alfonso
Primo de Rivera
Adjir
Alchucemas Bay
Kifane
Eifane
Mrs Woodrow Wilson Rumors of Romance Circulate
Reports in Geneva and Paris link Mrs Wilson and Dr Sterling Ruffin of Washington. Mrs Wilson, hosted by friends, remains reticent while Ruffin sailed to New York on September 23 aboard the Majestic. A close companion of the widow says she adheres to her White House stance and will not confirm or deny sensational tales.
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Woodrow Wilson
Paris
Woodrow ‘Wilson
Sterling Ruffin
Washington, D.C
Geneva
Landslides Buries Many in Tokyo and Yokohama
In Tokyo and Yokohama, more than thirty people are reported dead with scores injured and many buried as landslides overwhelm thousands of homes. Damage runs to millions, with the Tokosin naval station noting yard damage and several escapes. A Tokyo building collapse traps and injures people, including two women killed by debris.
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Tokyo
Yokohama
Tokosun Naval Station
Mrs Kresge Seeks Probe in 1 Million Dollar Suit
New York report says Mrs Doris Mercer Kresge wife of S S Kresge chain store founder seeks examination of her husband in a suit claiming an ante nuptial agreement. She alleges he promised seven million in securities before marriage but gave only a ten cent toy dog after. She later reduced demand to one million plus a 50 percent share equity and interest to date.
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New York
Doris Mercer
Kresge
S. 5
Atterbury Success Rea as Head of Pennsylvania
Samuel Rea retired from the presidency of the Pennsylvania Railroad on Tuesday and General George William Wallace Atterbury was elected to the presidency. Atterbury had served as vice president for fifteen years and earlier as general manager. He was born in New Albany Indiana fifty nine years ago.
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Philadelphia
Samuel Rea
Pennsylvania Railroad
Geo
William Wallace Atterbury
General Atterbury
Rea
New Albany
Ind
Scopes Enters U of C for Evolution Course
John T. Scopes, central figure in the Dayton Tennessee evolution trial, will study at the University of Chicago. He plans postgraduate work and will attend evolution lectures by Prof. R. H. Newman along with a geology course that complements the theory.
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Scopes
U. of C
Chicago
Iohn Jomas Scopes
Dayton
Tenn
University of Chicago
RH. H. Newman
Brokers Sentenced in Major Railroad Stock Fraud Case
Los Angeles men Harry Hibbs and Thomas Hermessey were convicted of defrauding thousands of railroad stock investors with a fictitious $6 billion merger. They received prison terms ranging from 30 to 300 years in state prison.
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Los Angeles
Harry Hibbs
Thomas Hermessey
Bodies of five Pershing expedition soldiers exhumed
The bodies of five American soldiers killed during the 1916 Pershing expedition in Chihuahua City, Mexico, have been exhumed and more remains are to be retrieved for transport to the United States.
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Chihuahua City
Mex
United States
Huichol Indian Man Executed for Teaching Children
In Huichol country near Guadala jara authorities condemned Antoino Resea Robles to death for teaching Huichol children after warnings to suspend. He was shot outside the village and later found by Mexican authorities. The incident underscores the tribe's resistance to Western education and civilization.
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Mexico City
Talisco
Antoino Resea Robles
Kerney
Guadalajara
Robles
Murder by Fire: Gangster Morris Grossman Found Burned
Police say Morris Grossman known as Mike Clancy was found charred in a gasoline soaked car at 338 East Eighty East Street. Four bullets pierced his body. he had ties behind his back. The car was stolen earlier July and linked to ongoing gang wars with rivals likely responsible.
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New
York
New York
Eighty-East Street
Morris Grossman
Tventy-Tine
Grossman
Mike Clancy
Grosssman
Ofa
Rivad
Charlie Rossenhouse
George ‘Murren
Tim
Rubber tube kept in man’s abdomen twelve years
London report of Dr. Lester Williams in Lancet describes a Sheffield patient who carried a seven inch rubber tube in his abdomen for 12 years after an appendix operation in 1912. He worked normally with no symptoms until January when abdominal pain led to admission and removal of the tube.
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London
Lester Williams
Sheffield Royal Infirmary
Sheffield Infirmary
Gort
The
London News
Williams
Pink Frogs Blind Bat Have Lighting Plant Discovery
Explorers report Vienna long tailed pink and eye less bats, pale frogs emitting light, found in a buried bottomless Dolomite lake near Innesbrack. They penetrate six kilometers underground, passing two colossal ice domes, the second unseen by man before.
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Vienna
Dolomite
Innesbrack
Robbers sever finger to steal diamond ring at steel works
Bandits beat James McCoy at the Duquesne Steel Works near Kennywood Park and used pliers to cut off the third finger of his left hand to seize a $2,000 diamond ring. The 60 year old, once a noted boxer, was severely injured and a former bout participant with John L. Sullivan.
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Pittsburgh
James McCoy
McCoy
Duquesne Steel Works
Kennywood Park
John L. Sullivan
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