Dances in Churches and Global Trade Shapes Chronicle
Bishop Manning and Dr. Guthrie clash over modernist dances in church worship while Guthrie defends artistic sacred expression. Imports through New Orleans rise over last October, with tropical goods and tariff effects noted. Monroe traffic actions yield rate cuts, and trial updates include Mrs. Fox and Mrs. Coburn. Ohio University gymnasium cost a quarter million and will be dedicated in January.
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New Orleans
Tropics
Washington
New York
Ohio University At
Athens
Sanchez Forces and Federals Massing for New Battle
Associated Press reports from Mexico City that Sanchez forces and government troops loyal to Obregon are concentrating in the Vera Cruz area for a decisive clash. The front near Carranza's 1919 defeat is again the focus as government units oppose rebel advances.
Rebels Annihilate Federals in Jalapa Engagement
Reports from San Antonio say rebel columns under General Villaneuva Garza defeated the federals in Jalapa after thirty seven hours of fighting. Governor Casarin, several deputies, General Berlanga and Colonel Mayer were captured. Eighty killed, 115 wounded, 320 prisoners, seven hundred horses and large caches of rifles and ammunition seized.
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Associated Press
San Antonio
Villaneuva Garza
Jalapa
Casarin
Berlanga
Mayer
Puebla Forces Gather for Opening Fight to Take Capital
Newspaper correspondents report rebels advancing on Mexico City with a frontline from Esperanza to Oriental and thence to Apizaco. Obregon loyalists around San Andres and Tehuacan position about 1,060 troops each while San Marcos hosts another loyalist force. a decisive battle is seen near the railway crossroads at San Marcos.
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Puebla
Mexico
Associated Press
Vera Cruz
Mexico City
Esperanza
Oriental
Apizaco
Obregon
San Andres
Topete
Almazan
Tehuacan
Barbosa
Lechuga
San Marcos
Flores abandons presidential bid to aid Federalists
Juarez reports General Angel Flores constitutional governor of Sinaloa has temporarily left his presidential campaign to stay loyal to the central government. Mexican authorities call this the most significant western news since the rebellion began.
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Flores
Associated Press
Juarez
Angel Flores
Sinalos
Mexico
Beauty in Religion Dances Spark Church Controversy
Dr. Norman Guthrie pastor at St Marks and vestrymen were summoned by Bishop Manning to explain dances in the parish house described as Greek classical in style. The bishop called reports shocking and scandalous while Guthrie vowed to continue unless ordered by a general convention.
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Bishop Manning
New York
Norman Guthrie
Guthrie
Dr. Manning
St. Marks
W. T. Manning
Protestant Episcopal Diocese of
Manning
St. Marks Church
Henry Ford nominated for president by Ford for President Club
In Detroit on December 31 a National Ford-for-President Club organized by about a score of supporters declared Ford will be nominated whether he desires it or not. R. E. Harrop of Omaha was elected president after R. R. Pointer cancelled plans for a conference at Ford’s request. No nomination details or party affiliation were set. Mrs. Della Gilbert proposed a Women’s Political party name, but the group kept the Ford-for-President Club label.
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Associated Press
Detroit
Henry Ford
R. R. Pointer
Women’s Political Party
Women's Political Party
SnowFalls in Memphis the Season’s First Snow
The Memphis area reported the first snow of the season this afternoon after two days of rain and unseasonably warm temperatures. The snow melted as it fell.
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Memphis
Y Associated Press
Congress of Mexico Prepares to Depose Obregon
The Mexican Congress is moving from Mexico City to Vera Cruz by horse, plane, car, and train to reconvene with the aim of deposing President Alvaro Obregon. The move signals a decisive shift in the republic’s leadership during December.
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Associated Press
San Antonio
Mexican National Congress
Mexico City
Vera Cruz
Alavara Obregon
Republic
Illinois solon sponsors veterans bonus measure
Washington December 13 The soldiers' bonus bill reintroduced in the house by Representative McKenzie Republican Illinois at the request of Republican veterans in the house. It carries only minor changes from the original bill.
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Washington
Congress
Harding
Representative McKenzie
Illinois
House
Flood Warning issued as Ouachita River rises near Camden
A flood warning from the district weather bureau in New Orleans notes rainfall of one to four inches over the Ouachita basin in Arkansas will lift the river toward 30 to 32 feet at Camden by December 15 or 16. The flood stage at Camden is 30 feet.
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New Orleans
Ouachita River Territory
Arkansas
District Weather Bureau
Ouachita Basin
Camden
Ark
Five Die in New Mexico Blizzard Near Albuquerque
Five persons including three women and two children were found frozen at Blue Ranch Springs near Albuquerque. The Montoya family was traveling with two wagons loaded with wood when the blizzard struck. son is reported missing, feared dead in one of the region's worst storms in years.
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Albuquerque
N. M
Blue Ranch Springs
Mobile and Ohio Declares Dividend for 1928 Stock
Directors of the Mobile and Ohio Railroad Company declare a 3 12 percent dividend on capital stock for 1928, increasing from a prior annual rate of four percent, with the Mobile and Ohio dividend paid today in New York.
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Associated Stress
New York
Mobile and Ohio Railroad Company
Germany to Appeal to Foreign Countries Over Finances
Berlin reports that the German government plans an appeal to foreign countries within a short time to help ease its financial difficulties. The move is likely to seek League of Nations intervention to supervise Germany's finances.
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Associated Press
Berlin
League of Nations
Germany
Arkansas Oil Men Indicted in Mail Fraud Schemes
In Texarkana Arkansas twenty two promoters of oil field schemes face federal indictments for using the mails to defraud. Additional indictments are expected, raising the defendant count beyond one hundred. Several named defendants appeared. bonds varied from one thousand to forty thousand dollars.
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Arkansas
Associated Press
Texarkana
Ark
Arkansas Field
Federal District Court
Morton Howard
Pat) Marr
R. D. Kerclava
Roy A. J. Cox
Samuel E. Davis
American Trust Company
R. C. Houston
Henry Flesher
Hub Mason
H. A. Marshall
L.S. Grimm
T. J. Ryan
W. B. Duff
Irving Simons
Marr
Kerdival
Houston
Marshall
Davis
Contributions Grow for Monroe Tots Christmas Fund
The Goodfellow's Christmas fund totals rise to 249.50 with new donations from Miss May Faulk and Margaret Welch Pong Pith among several contributors. Other donors include Bobbie Tucker Joe Porky Je and Mrs Sid Simmons supporting Monroe's tots.
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Goodfellow
May Faulk
Margaret Welch Pong
Bobbie Tucker
Joe Porky
Aaltas Ding Thahiptoce
Joe
Sandmans
Sid Simmons
L. A. Powers
Weather turns snowy as freezing forecast hits Nashville
In Nashville Tennessee snow began falling early this afternoon with freezing predicted for tonight as cold air moves in from the north.
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Nashville
Tenn
Canadian Liquor Flows Over Border in New York Flood
A flot of prohibition agents guards the 300 mile frontier as Canadian contraband liquor pours into northwestern New York counties from Malone to the big downstate cities. The surge worries enforcement as holiday trade increases and cross-border smuggling rises.
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York State
Associated Press
Malone
N. Y
Upper View Counies
New York
Cies
German Government to Begin Direct Talks With France
The German government announced plans to initiate direct negotiations with France over the Rhine land and Rudy, per a Berlin dispatch to Havas.
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Associated Press
PATS
Coduy
Toe
Rhineland
Rudy
Berlin
Fox Manuevers Before Crime Explained On Stand
In Atlanta December 13 the defense for Philip E. Fox charged with killing William S. Coburn pleads insanity. Attorney Frank A. Hooper cites family history and overwork as factors, while witnesses describe Fox purchasing a seven inch knife and attempting to enter Coburn’s office on November 5 before gunfire.
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Associated Press
Atlanta
Phillips E. Pax
William S. Coburn
Frank A. Hooper
Fox
Hooper
Dallas
Texas
Clarence Everett
Philip E. Fox
Coburn
Ku Klux Klan
Imperial Forces
Wm. J. Simmons
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