Incoming Administration Names City Officials After Delayed Talks
Mayor Elect Dr Karl Y Bull announces the initial roster of appointees to key posts in the new city government. William Coleman will be Police Chief with Daniel Scully Tell Tryon and Arthur Pinkston as patrolmen. Tinley McGrew becomes Fire Chief, with S J Burris Homer Bailey and William Huffman as firemen. AI M Beasley is City Attorney and A B Mc Donald Street Commissioner. Ray Baughman is City Engineer, Walter W Wills heads the Light Office and Emmanuel Dixon leads Waterworks.
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Hlect Bull
William Coleman
Daniel Scully
Tell Tryon
Arthur Pinkston
Merchant Police
Coleman
Riley
Tinley McGrew
S. J. Burris
Homer Bailey
William Huffman
AI M. Beasley
A. B. McDonald
Ray Baughman
Walter W. Wills
Fast Pennsylvania train wrecks near Altoona
A fast Pennsylvania passenger train ran off a mountainside near Altoona this morning. Eight cars and the engine derailed as a relief train rushed in. ten people were reported injured and taken to Altoona hospital. Early reports said no fatalities.
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Altoona
Pennsylvania
Scence
Altoona Hospital
Gary's Daily Murder In Gary Indiana
Amos Johnson shot M. M. Palmer in a quarrel over a woman in Gary Indiana. The three men involved in the fight were black. Johnson escaped after the shooting marking another slaying in Gary's growing tally.
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Gary
Ind
Amos Johnson
M. M. Palmer
Johnson
Jury Convicts 23 in Jack Daniel Distillery Case
Federal jury in Indianapolis finds 23 defendants guilty of conspiracy to violate the prohibition act. All but a Cincinnati farmer and his wife and a Cincinnati baker are convicted. Sentences set for December 30 with maximum two years in prison and a $10,000 fine. bonds mostly $10,000, some $5,000.
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Indianapolis
Jack Daniel
Cincinnati
Robert C. Baltzell
Moederai
Congress Then and Now Chronicle of 1824 to Present
Senate examined measures to prevent presidential elections from moving to the House and discussed barring members from other federal posts. House considered a Florida canal route via St Augustine, rejected a study of Western expansion, and moved on with post office treasury appropriations while the Boulder Dam inquiry paused.
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House of Representatives
HOUSE
Daniel Webster
Florida
St. Augustine
Atlantic
Suwany
Gulf
Washington
Oregon
Idaho
Montana
Boulder Dam
Treasury
Prohibition Rules Affect Medicinal Alcohol Preparations
Washington release notes new prohibitions on whiskey brandy and gin in medicinal preparations. The regulations issued by Assistant Secretary Andrews take effect February 1 1926 and apply to all medicines toilet waters and flavoring extracts not intended for beverage use with limited exceptions.
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Washington
British Mine Fire Ends With Four Deaths
An explosion at Birchwood colliery sent 370 miners to safety with six still trapped and feared dead. Four rescue parties battled a fire overnight as entombed workers lie nearly a mile from the shaft opening.
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United Press Dispatch
London
Birchwood
Walsh denounces Borah World Court resolutions
United Press dispatch from Washington reports Senator Walsh Democrat leader of the court group denounces three proposed Borah resolutions on American participation in the World Court as useless. He argues reservations were aimed at argument against the court, not improving Swanson or Harding Hughes Coolidge plans.
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Washington
Walsh
Senate
Swanson
Coal Operators Blast Pinchot and Lewis in Philadelphia
Major William W. Inglis leads two broadsides against Governor Pinchot and John L. Lewis over the anthracite strike. The operators fault Pinchot for delaying settlement and attack Lewis as militant, saying collective bargaining had worked before Lewis led three strikes in four years. They warn the real aim is aiding bituminous interests and extending the dispute past 1926.
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Philadelphia
Wec
William W. Inglis
Governor Pinchot
John L. Lewis
Maj. Inglis
Pinchot
Lewis Maj. Inglis
Pincocht
Lewis
Philadelphia Real Estate Board
United Mine Workers
Jacksonville
Government probes state highway commission in Indiana
Indiana officials prepare to investigate the state highway commission amid a holiday probe. District Attorney Albert Ward says he will oversee the inquiry and denies link to a telegram from Attorney General Sergant urging a federal grand jury call for January 12.
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United Press Dispatch
Indianaldolis
Albert Ward
Sergant
Ward
Germans Read Report of Prohibition Abolishment
Berlin observers on December 19 noted morning papers bold headlines claiming the American Congress had abolished prohibition. Dispatches from Paris fueled belief that if true the move would weaken prohibition across Europe and alter ongoing trade and social policy.
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United Press Dispatch
Berlin
American Congress
Paris
Europe
Navy to curb rum smuggling urged by church temperance board
The Methodist Episcopal church temperance board released a fourteen point platform today urging use of the navy to prevent rum smuggling as part of prohibition enforcement.
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Washington
Board of Temperance
The
Methodist Episcopal Church
Veterans Hope for Bond Approval on War Memorial Churches
Indianapolis December 10 veterans organizations still hoped county commissioners would approve a 1,200,000 bond issue to buy two churches for the world war memorial site.
Woodbine Annex Hotel Fire Traps Guests in St Louis
A major blaze at the Woodbine Annex Hotel in St Louis on December 19 trapped scores on upper floors. Firemen rescued guests via extension ladders as smoke filled hallways and blazed windows. Damage is estimated at $20,000 with several guests injured from burns and cuts.
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ST Louis
Woodbine Annex
President Issues Warning to 10 Local Members Today
Tyler G. Lawton president of District No. 11 United Mine Workers plans to appeal to President John L. Lewis and the international executive board over a circular from Local Union No. 384 at American Mine No. 1 Bicknell. He says the statements are false and cites the international constitution to suspend involved members for six months and bar them from office for two years.
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United Press Dispatch
Terre Haute
Ind
Tyler G. Lawton
United Mine Workers
John L. Lewis
International
Lawton
Bicknell
Ineternational Executive Board
Internat
United Press
American
Clinton
Iowan banker offers 70 cents for July corn
Wesley Iowa December 19 Julius Kunz banker and farmer owner of 55 farms and 12 elevators placed a large ad offering 70 cents a bushel for No 2 corn delivered in July He urged farmers to hold their corn until next summer warning that market movement would push prices down.
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Julius Kunz
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