Honor St Johns Day Banquet and Masonry Toasts
Elegant St Johns Day banquet at the Hotel Monroe with Western Star Lodge No 24 F and A M and Allied bodies honoring the memory of the patron saint. Sig Haas presided as toastmaster with M MunholIand re elected as worshipful master and about 100 Masons present. Plus Terra Haute mayor Don M Roberts released on bond after indictment for election conspiracy. Harry Montgomery surrender and becomes arrest number ninety four.
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Western Star Lodge
Royal Arch
Monroe
Blue Lodge
M. M. Munhollemd
Pope
Sig Haas
Mr. Haas
Munholland
Mr. Munholland
Lodge
H. D. Apgar
Haas
Indianapolis
Don M. Roberts
Terra Haute
Roberts
Terre Haute
Taft to Speak at St John the Evangelist Feast in Boston
Former President William H. Taft will be the principal speaker at the historical feast of St John the Evangelist in Boston tonight. The event is hosted by the Masons of Massachusetts at the Masonic Temple following ancient customs. St John’s Day fell on the 27th but the 29th was chosen for the observance.
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Boston
William H. Taft
Masonic Temple
Masons of
Massachusetts
Twin Peaks Tunnel Enlarge Frisco City
Frisco work begins on a 3 972 000 tunnel under Twin Peaks to open up thousands of acres. The 12 000 foot long bore will be 22 feet high and 25 feet wide with two rails. About 800 men work three shifts six days a week. Real estate leaders foresee major city expansion.
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San Francisco
Cal
Twin Peaks
Wilson says England will pay damages for seized American cargoes
President Wilson, in discussing the American note to Great Britain, asserts that larger damages will be paid by England for the unlawful detention of American cargoes. Ambassador Page is expected to deliver the note to the British government today.
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Associated Press
Washington
Wilson
England
Wilson proposes amnesty for Mexican political prisoners
President Wilson confirmed that the United States urged the Gutierrez government in Mexico to grant general amnesty to political prisoners. He downplayed the number executed but said the U S desires their elimination.
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Associated Press
Washington
Wilson
United States
Gutierrez
Mexico
Giant Whale Monster Roams Sea Sparks Expert Alarm
Marine experts describe a reported giant whale sighting as a sea monster haunting coastal waters. Researchers from the Yune institute say the creature's size and behavior merit cautious monitoring by crews and officials along the shoreline.
Giant baleen whale washes up on Isle Dernierre shore
The Times-Picayune reports a 63.5 foot baleen whale stranded on Isle Dernierre after a voyage up the Gulf. Capt. Dan Lynch and expedition members document measurements including a five foot two inch fin, an eight foot-high frontal bone, and a 13.5 foot head width as decay begins.
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New Orleans
the Times-Picayune
Isle Dernierre
Dan Lynch
Louisiana Conservation Commission
Opelousas
Gulf
G. J. Labarre
Assumption
Albert M. Dupont
Houma
Times-Picayune
Lynch
Battle Lines Change Slowly Amid Global War News
London reports limited shifts on fronts in the east and west. Germans gain a trench near Hollebek south of Ypres, while the Lens line sees 800 to 900 yards forfeited by the French. Christmas fighting grows fiercer in Belgium and Helgian sap reveals nearly 3,000 German casualties with small Allied losses.
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London
Hollebeck
Ypres
Lens
Belgium
Warsaw
Berlin
Unidentified Creature Described From Remains
The report details a large carcass with a head estimated fourteen feet from crown to body, a six inch blow hole, and a long line from the eye. Describe snout and hind quarters rotting, making the head appear like a huge alligator and tusk-like jaw bones.
Carmalt Named Chief Examiner of Interstate Commerce Commission
James W. Carmalt is appointed chief examiner of the Interstate Commerce Commission succeeding Ross Rynder who resigned. Carmalt had served as confidential examiner on the staff of Chairman Harlan.
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Washington
James W. Carmalt
Interstate Commerce Commission
Ross Rynder
Carmalt
Harlan
Three Day Short Course in Monroe Aids Farmers
A three day short course will be held in Monroe January 5 1966 and January 7 to aid farmers with practical farming techniques and advice from experts.
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Monroe
Diversified Farming Short Course in Monroe
A three day program led by Louisiana State University and the U S Department of Agriculture runs January 5 6 and 7 in Monroe. Dr W R Dodson directs with speakers on live stock hogs cattle poultry fertilization and farm income topics. The Chamber of Commerce promotes attendance and a junior extension event is planned for January 6.
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Louisiana State University
United States Department of Agriculture
W. BR. Dodson
Monroe
W. R. Dodson
Chamber of Commerce
C. E. Woolman
Louisiana
G. E. Nesom
R. W. Kiser
A. R. Moist
A. F. Rolf
A. R. Rolf
C. H. Staples
J. B. Garrett
E. S. Richardson
Baton Rouge
Monare
Richardson
Farm Bomb Case in Court in Lynn Massachusetts
Four years of malicious persecution of Ernest Longfellow a Sau gus Mass farmer and relative of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow ends with an attempt to blow up the Longfellow home. Conrad Berthold a neighboring farmer is arrested charged with placing the dynamite.
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Lynn Court
Longfellow
Berthold
Crensote
Lynn
Mass
Ernest Longfellow
Saugus
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Conrad Berthold
United States Safety League Formed in Chicago
Advocates from many sections gather in Chicago to form the United States Safety League. The group aims to show American unpreparedness for war and urge Congress and the administration to change defense policy immediately.
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Chicago
United States Safety League
League
Congress
Supreme Court to Rule on Leo Frank Habeas Appeal
Justice Lamar granted an appeal on Leo M. Frank's habeas corpus challenge after the district court refused release. The case could return to the district court for evidence or affirm the death sentence, raising questions about reindictment if Frank is freed.
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Washington
Justice Lamar
United States Supreme Court
Federal District Court
Georgia
Leo M. Frank
Mary Phagan
Atlanta
Lamar
Frank
District Court
Supreme Court
State of Georgia
Berlin Optimistic Despite Reports On War Front
Berlin claims progress in Russian Poland while Petrograd and Vienna dispatches say Russians hold the upper hand in the eastern theater. Austrians retreat in Galicia as French and German forces report advances in the west amid a looping storm.
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Associated Press
Petrograd
Vienna
Berlin
Poland
Russian Poland
Galicia
Gerlin
Alsace
Muelhausen
Seinbach
British Officers Blamed for Inaction at Hartlepool Raid
Civilians report two British patrol ships at West Hartlepool were without steam when the German raid began after a banquet the night before. The vessels were towed into action only after forty five minutes of shelling as Kirchner's detachments deployed along the coast. the troops were largely inexperienced.
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Associated Press
West Hartlepool
Kirchner
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Harry Montgomery
Taft
Frisco
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Yune
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Kiel Canal
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Francis X. Bushman
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