Exclusive air concessions in South America noted in Mitchell court evidence
Major George W. Strong testified that foreign interests hold exclusive air operation concessions in South America. Central America shows nonexclusive deals, while Colombia and Guatemala involve nonexclusive arrangements. The testimony underlined risks to Panama Canal defense and spurred a US postal service plan in Central America pending interdepartmental talks. A Houston national guard captain confirmed parachute issues long present, with parachutes supplied a year ago.
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Washington
A P
South America
Mitchell
George W. Strong
Army General Staff
Central America
Major Strong
Colombia
Guatemala
Frank R. Reid
Cornel
Col. Mitchell
War Department
Ray Croft Walsh
Army Air Service
Panama Canal
Major Walsh
State Department
United States
Post Office and Commerce Departments
Mitchel
National Guard
R. W. Mackie
Houston
Texas
Bishops of M. E. Church South Meet in Nashville
The College of Bishops of the Methodist Episcopal Church South met in Nashville to canvass unification votes with the M E Church and to set plans for the May general conference. They will elect a bishop to give the Episcopal address and finalize vote legality decisions. The slate lists Bishops Candler Denny Hendrix Mouton Moore McCurry Darlington Dubose Ainsworth Gannon Beauchamp Dickey Hay Dobbs Boaz and others.
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Nashville
Tenn
A. P
College of Bishops
Methodist Episcopal Church, South
Methodist Episcopal Church
H. A. Boaz
Orient
Warren A. Candler
Collins
Candler
Denny
W. R. Hendrix
Edwin D. Mouton
John M. Moore
W. F. McCurry
A. V. M. Darlington
H. M. Dubose
W. N. Ainsworth
James Gannon, Jr
W. B. Beauchamp
J. E. Dickey
Ss. R. Hay
H. M. Dobbs
Grange Feels Fine After Rest Injured Arm No Fracture
Harold Red Grange, refreshed by a night of rest, said to be feeling fine and will join the Bears for the Detroit trip. An X ray showed no bone fracture while Dr Berg noted a torn ligament and broken blood vessel in the arm.
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Gustav Berg
Pittsburgh
Cobbler Refuses Move Stalling Atlanta Theatre Plans
Atlanta December 11 A P Leo Piha a cobbler refuses to vacate his shop delaying plans for a new million dollar Atlanta theatre His lease runs to September and builders plan to frame the structure around the shop Piha claims his attorney advised him to stay and he will.
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Atlanta
A. P
Leo Piha
Piha
Senate revels in light sarcasm as tax bill nears fate
Washington dispatch notes a playful Senate scene as Vice President Dawes endures satirical jabs from Senator Harrison of Mississippi during debate on the 325 million dollar tax reduction bill. The piece also covers Republican insurgents, Cooper’s demotion, and new beer proposals while Senator King urges shifting prohibition enforcement to the Justice Department.
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Washington
A. P
House
Senate
Dawes
Harrison
Mississippi
Republican Organization of Committees
Representative Cooper
Wisconsin
Republican Committee On Committees
Cooper
Foreign Affairs
King
Utah
Internal Revenue Bureau of the Treasury
Department of Justice
Investment Bankers of Nation Close Meeting
The fourteenth annual convention of the Investment Bankers Association closed in St. Petersburg Florida. Three hundred of the 850 delegates stood this afternoon for Havana Cuba while the rest took trains home. W S Gifford AT T president gave a talk on significant factors in our economic progress. Two committee reports on public service securities and business conduct were submitted.
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St, Petersburg
Fla
A. P
Investment Bankers’ Association
Havana
Cuba
W. S. Gifford
American Telephone and Telegraph Company
53 Die in Alabama Mine Blast. Town Mourns
Rescue crews in Birmingham suburb Overton Mine No. 2 search for three more bodies after a gas explosion. Fifty three dead include 43 black workers and seven white. Rev. A W Collins among victims. Alabama Fuel & Iron president Charles Debardeleben aided rescue efforts.
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Birmingham
Ala
A. P
Overton Mine No. 2
A. Collins
Whitehill Baptist Church
Negro
Haggard
Worn
Charles Debardeleben
Alabama Fuel & Iron Company
White
Alfred Sims
John Meeizie
Richard Sanders
Cliff Sanders
Fred Coleman
Gordon Tolbert
Tom Lee Knight
Joe Jones
Nannie Perkins
Roscoe Jones
Will Jones
Robert Chapman
Gabe Howell
Boycie Powell
Robert Henderson
Will Fullbrook
Bob Bentley
Gary Jones
Charles Mitchell
Overton
Progres
Premier Kato says Japanese-US war impossible
Premier Kato told the Associated Press that Japan would join disarmament talks but time may not be ripe for such conferences. He doubted Russia would attend, warned some Europeans are not ready, and said war with the United States over immigration is practically impossible. He pledged no new troops to Manchuria unless necessary.
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Tokio
A. P
Kato
Associated Press
America
China
Japan
Russia
United States
Manchuria
Roberson Claims Hays and Stone Framed Him Back Home
Howard Roberson, condemned to die January 15 for the Epstein murder, spoke to a News-Star reporter in his Swartz jail cell. He insisted on his innocence and alleged Hays and Stone framed him, recounting past grievances and his longing to clear his name.
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Roberson
Hays and Stone
Howard Roberson
Hays
Stone
Epstein
News-Star
Swartz
Shreveport
Board of Pardons
Reward Offered for First Officer to Capture or Kill Burglar
Monroe police seek to curb burglaries with a $25 cash reward from acting Superintendent L V Tarver to the first officer who captures or kills a burglar in a store. Tarver insists the goal is capture, but officers may shoot if a timely arrest is impossible. The policy follows similar steps in other cities.
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L. V. Tarver
Monroe
Brother of N.Y. Police Head Alleged Slayer
Corning New York December 11 The investigation unfolds as Michael Enright is held on an open charge of slaying Timothy Shea at the farm of Richard E. Enright the New York police commissioner. District Attorney Guy W Cheney reviews evidence to decide the formal charge.
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Corning
N. Y
Michael Enright
Timothy Shea
Campbells
Guy W. Cheney
Enright
Richard E. Enright
New York
Shea
River and Red River Stage Reports
River stages update for Mississippi and Red regions with values in Memphis Vicksburg and New Orleans. Shreveport Alexandria and Monroe show declines while Cairo notes a fall. Ohio region reports Cairo at 24.4 feet with a 0.7 drop.
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Mississippi
Memphis
Vicksburg
New Orleans
Shreveport
Alexandria
Ouachita
Camden
Monroe
Ohio
Cairo
Not Guilty In LaCaze Motor Theft Case
Federal judge acquits Wilbur Dutch LaCaze former DeRidder police chief of violations and conspiracy in the national motor vehicle theft act. Trial included intimidation allegations, a Diefendorf attack on an assistant district attorney, and contempt fines for talking to witnesses.
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Lake Charles
A. P
Wilbur
LaCaze
DeRidder
Dawkins
A. A. Hoag
Crowley
Wilbur “Dutch” LaCaze
Earl Diefendorf
Sam Jones
Fourteenth Judicial District
J. P. Henry
Lloyd Gibson
Grand Jury
United States Attorney's Office
Diefendorf
Gilson
No Arrests in Sereno Hotel Whiskey Raid Probe
Pinellas officials said no arrests will be made after a raid at the Sereno Hotel during the Investment Bankers Association of America convention. Chief Deputy Strickland seized 39 quarts of whiskey and three gallons of rum, while James E. Coad denied knowledge of the liquor and faced possible warrants.
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ST. Petersburg
Fla
A. P
Roy Booth
Pinellas County
Sereno Hotel
Sereno
Investment Bankers Association of America
Pincellas
Strickland
Gulf of Mexico
James E. Coad
Girl 18 Shoots Self at Greenville Home
Bertha Bishop aged 18 dead at her parents Greenville county home after firing a 38 calibre pistol into her left breast. A note named four young men as pallbearers and indicated she preferred death to life. No inquest was held.
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Greenville
S&s. C
A. P
Bertha Bishop
J. W. Bishop
Dog With Rabies Bites Dozens in Louisiana Capital
A pet dog owned by the Braly family in Baton Rouge turned rabid while visitIng at Mrs. Ferdinard LeBlanc’s home in Pointe Coupee parish. The animal is believed to have bitten 12 to 14 people including Miss Mary LeBlanc, two LeBlanc children, Mrs. J. C. Roberts and her son Seibert, a daughter of Arthur Louinglers, John Scott, two Morrison children, Mrs. Rowen Morrison Bouanchaud, and several African American servants. Pasteur treatment is underway for several victims in New Orleans and others are being treated locally.
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New Orleans
G. W. Braly
Baton Rouge
Ferdinard LeBlane
Mary LeBlanc
G. W Brady
J. C. Roberts
Seibert
Arthur Louinglers
John Scott
J. H. Morrison
Rowen Morrison Bouanchaud
Local Elks lead Good Fellows Christmas fund drive
The Monroe Good Fellows fund grows past 483 dollars led by a 100 dollar gift from the Elks Lodge and 25 dollars from Monroe Steam Laundry. Numerous locals add to the drive urging timely contributions to bring cheer to needy homes this Christmas season.
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Elks Lodge
Good Fellows
Monroe
Elks
Good Fellows Fund
C. H. Moseley
Irvin Causey
Lillian Causey
Monroe Steam Laundry
Wititfield
Elksee L Decunteieft Baetsesss Aldestage
Pete Ahha E
Cerning Hogs
Utah Youth Faces Firing Squad on January 16
Raply Seyboldt, 24, sentenced to die by firing squad on January 16, 1926, after a Utah district court conviction for the murder of Patrolman David H. Crowther. He spent last evening in his cell making a woman's beaded purse as the doom was pronounced for the fifth time.
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Salt Lake City
A. P
Seyboldt
Utah
David H. Crowther
Aged Woman Struck by Auto in Shreveport
Mrs. D. Carrezella an 85 year old Greenwood Road resident is seriously injured after being struck by a car driven by I. L. Bruman of Longview Texas. She stepped from behind a wagon into the car’s path as it traveled about 30 miles per hour.
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Shreveport
A. P
D. Carrezella
Greenwood Road
I. L. Bruman
Longview
Texas
Denies Report Alexandria Will Lose Cotton States Charter
Alexandria official says reports that the city would be dropped from the Cotton States League are unfounded. J. W. Beasley, secretary of the local club, declares Alexandria remains in the league and rejects the prior story.
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Alex
C. S. Charter
Alexandria
A. P
J. W. Beasley
West Carroll bootleg trials halted on unsupported testimony
District Judge John R. MacIntosh halted trials of about 20 alleged prohibition violators in West Carroll parish and suspended sentences for eight convicted men due to unsuppported testimony by three federal agents. The crackdown began after undercover agents Prudhomme Grant and a woman gathered evidence leading to 30 information filings.
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John R. MacIntosh
West Carroll Parish
Oak Grove
Federa
George Wesley Smith
H. D. Prudhomme
F. R. Grant
West Carroll
MaclIntosh
News-Star
Rayville
C. J. Ellis, Jr
Nicaraguan Ex President Sacasa Arrives in New Orleans
Nicaraguan liberal vice president Juan Bautista Sacasa, who fled his country after Chamorista threats, has landed in New Orleans with Senora Sacasa. Friends expect he may set a temporary residence there as he weighs plans. He arrived from his Leon home yesterday.
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New Orleans
A. P
Juan Bautista Sacasa
Nicaragua
New Oreleans
Senora Sa‘casa
Leon
Paris court grants divorce in Dussert Cook case
Paris authorities announce a divorce granted to Mrs. Suzanne Marguerite Dussert from Ralph Waldo Cook of Lakeland Florida. The decision was reported December 11 by A. P. News service.
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Paris
A. P
Suzanne Marguerite Dussert
Ralph Waldo Cook
Lakeland
Fla
Monte Carlo serial by E Phillips Oppenheim in News-Star
The News-Star begins a Blue Ribbon fiction serial by E Phillips Oppenheim titled Monte Carlo starting Monday. Set in the Riviera with gay adventures the plot promises gripping action and holiday season reading for subscribers and new customers alike.
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Riviera
News- Star
Monroe
West Monroe
Louisiana
Monte Carlo
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