House Blocks Conference Move On Muscle Shoals Bill
Washington January 17 Republican leaders blocked moving the Underwood Muscle Shoals bill to conference after Longworth objected. McKenzie sought unanimous consent but Longworth argued it should wait on the speaker’s table for a few days. Leaders plan to seek a pre conference understanding with Senate colleagues to avoid a botched conference and aim for passage this session.
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Washington
Underwood Muscle Shoals
House
Longworth
McKenzie
Militry Committee
Senate
Coolidge
Ohio
Republican House
Snell
House Rules Committee
Congress
Mystery of Big Robbery Nearing Solution
The Long Island Railroad mail car hold up near New York on Tuesday night is reportedly solved with the arrest of James J. Cadoo of Lynbrook. He is a former postal clerk and son of a wealthy retiree. Police say he confessed to the robbery and that about $9 900 was recovered from his car and home, with only $100 missing.
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New York
Long Island
Bellmore
James J. Cadoo
Lynbrook
N. Y
Cadoo
Extreme youth may halt murder trial in Hattiesburg
Curtis Chambliss who claimed to be 18 at arrest for the killing of Sam Myatt near Pearson's Mill is alleged by Purvis lawyers to have been born in May 1910 making him under 14. A preliminary hearing is set for next week while Governor Whitefield is alerted and a state-legal review is ordered.
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Hattiesburg
Miss
Curtis Chambliss
Sam Myatt
Lamberton
Pearson's Mill
Garraway
Broadus
Purvis
Chambliss
Whitefield
Ratio Strength of American Fleet Debated in Senate
Washington Jan 17 The naval appropriation bill moved to the senate amid sharp debate over the fleet ratio strength Senator McKellar Tennessee says he will call up an amendment to raise battleship gun power to match Britain and Japan Average range and firepower would be equalized as the bill proceeds.
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Washington
House
Senate
McKellar Democrat
Tennessee
Japan
Mes
Confession Made By Girl To Bring Night Life Probe
In San Francisco Dorothy Ellingson, who shot her mother Anna Ellingson, sits in city prison as a coroner's inquest is planned. Three musician friends of the girl are jailed on statutory charges amid claims of jazz parties and unsegregated night life influencing youth.
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San Francisco
Anna Ellingson
Dorothy
D. E. F. Easton
San Francisco Federation of Women's Clubs
May Fitzgerald
Scientists Find Abrams Theory Possibly Right
London reports a committee of investigators says the Abrams box may hold new potential and warrants further study though it does not prove curative power. The panel inclines toward possible new energy forms, backing publication but notes no proven medical use.
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London
Abrams
Daily Express
Thomas Horder
Prince of Wales
C. B. Heald
Royal Society of Medicine
the Express
Dr. Abrams
San Francisco
American Medical Association
Scientific American
Heirs fight over Dr. Abrams estate and college plan
In San Francisco on January 17, the will of Dr. Albert Abrams directs a college for electronic medicine. Construction of the building was halted last year by heirs, and the estate is in litigation over the large endowment for perpetuating Abrams system of medicine.
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San Francisco
Albert Abrams
Worker Injured In Scoop Incident At Boston Harbor
Clarence A. Martin was badly hurt after slipping into the jaws of a hoisting scoop that closed on him with heavy coal. The scoop rose and, in an attempt to free him, was dropped fifty feet into a vessel hold.
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Boston
Clarence A. Martin
Rumor Prohi Head to Retire Soon in White House Signal
Washington January 17 A change in the Prohibition Commissioner post looms as Roy A Haynes of Ohio, who has led federal prohibition forces for three and a half years, is rumored to retire. He said there is nothing to it and declined further comment while pending legislation may create an independent enforcement bureau. Arthur Woods, ex New York police commissioner, has been suggested as a successor.
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Washington
White House
Roy A. Haynes
Ohio
Haynes
Prohibition Enforcement Bureau
Treasury
Coolidge
Arthur Woods
Police
New York
Brother-in-law shot after family quarrel in Opelousas
Inez Guidry of the Mallet section St. Landry parish was shot three times by his brother-in-law A Landry. The shooting followed Guidry's alleged beating of his wife, sister of Landry, who intervened leading to the confrontation and Guidry's serious condition at a sanitarium in Opelousas.
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Opelousas
Inez Guidry
Mallet
St. Landry Parish
Inlaw
A. Landry
Landry
Quidry
Tex Rickard Plans Dempsey Title Fight in June
Tex Rickard expects to match Jack Dempsey for a title fight in June. He plans to use either Tom Gibbons or Harry Wills as challenger, despite Dempsey’s announced retirement and planned marriage this spring.
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Tex Rickard
Dempsey
New York
Jack Dempsey
Tom Gibbons
Harry Wills
Ford Motor Sales Hit New Peak in 1924
Ford Motor company reported its best year 1924 with domestic deliveries of cars and trucks totaling 1,873,581, up from 1923. Ford trucks surpassed 200,000 in retail sales for the first time, Lincoln sales rose about 25 percent to 7,501, and foreign sales also increased.
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New York
Ford Motor Company
Boar Chases Invalid to Window Then Returns to Work
In Grand Mallory near Bourges a wild boar pursued by hunters dashed into a private house and into a bedroom where an invalid man had stayed for months. He cried for help, jumped from a window, and the boar was killed. The man returned to work.
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Bourges
France
Grand Mallory
Rockefeller Donation to Aid Tokio Library Restoration
John D. Rockefeller Jr pledges four million yen about 1.6 million dollars to rebuild the Imperial University Library in Tokyo. The gift is unconditional and aims to finish the new building and fund early book purchases to replace 800000 volumes lost in the 1923 earthquake and fire.
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Rockefeller
Tokio
New York
Imperial University of
Girl 15 Laughs as She Describes Slaying in Cleveland Home
Angeline Mannino, 15, surrendered after telling detectives she shot and killed Tony Valere, 24, in her home last night. She laughed during questioning, claiming Valere betrayed her and citing an alleged motive tied to the unwritten law. County Prosecutor Edward C. Stanton commented on potential outcomes.
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Cleveland, CO
Angeline Mannino
Tony Valere
Angeline
Valere
Edward C. Stanton
Monroe to Honor U S Scout Leaders in Monday Program
Monroe and Northeast Louisiana welcome National Scout Executive James E West and Regional Scout Executive Stanley A Harris for a day of Scout activities. A breakfast at Hotel Monroe starts the schedule, with city tours, conferences, a 3:30 pm parade, a 4 pm address, an informal Lotus Club dinner, and a hotel banquet to close the day with about 200 guests.
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Monroe
U. S
Louisiana
United States
James E. West
Stanley A. Harris
R. M. Breard, Jr
Herman Masur
Elmer Richards, Jr
Scout History Arrives as Chief West Visits Monroe
Monday marks a historic Scout event with arrival of Chief James E. West and Regional Scout Executive Stanley A. Harris. The program includes breakfast for pastors, a sight seeing trip for businessmen, a conference with West, a parade led by local band and drum corps, Wests address to Scouts and Camp Fire Girls, and banquets at Hotel Monroe and Lotus. Local council members Scoutmasters and fathers attend.
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Hotel Monroe
Chief West
Louisiana Training Institute
Bastrop
Boy Scouts
James E. West
Stanley A. Harris
Monroe
la. Training Institute
Camp Fire
City High Auditorium
Lotus Club
Louisiana reports record receipts and bigger surplus for 1924
State Treasurer L B Baynard Jr announces 1924 receipts totaled 32 048 848 91 dollars, up 2 599 187 54 from 1923. He says 722 000 was paid on the 1 045 000 penitentiary loan despite funds exceeding appropriations in the general fund.
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Baton Rouge
Louisiana
L. B. Baynard Jr
Angola
Speedy Booze Bribe Trial Begins In Federal Court
In New York on January 17 a federal judge limited defense to ten character witnesses as the trial of Gaston B. Means and Thomas B. Felder proceeds. Juror selection was sped by the court and testimony shows Chicago figures like Samuel Schmidt and Fred S. Asner implicated in a 65,000 fee tied to a liquor permit business and alleged bribe schemes.
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New York
Gaston B. Means
Department of Justice
Thomas B. Felder
Lindsey
Chicago
Samuel Schmidt
Felder
Elmer W. Jarnecke
Means
Schmidt
Jarnecke
Ader
Fred S. Asner
Henry A. Sideman
Asner
Washington
Isadore Padorr
Galena Suspect Not Wagner in Slayings Case
DuBuque Iowa January 17 The man jailed at Galena Ill is not Kinne Wagner the deputy sheriff slaying suspect near Leakesville Miss County Attorney Campbell said the prisoner claims to be George Howarton of Casper Wyoming He resembles Wagner but his measurements and blemishes do not match Wagner’s A full description was checked and compared with Wagner’s description.
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Dubuque
Iowa
Galena
Ills
Kinne Wagner
Leakesville
Miss
Campbell
George Howarton
Casper
Wyo
Wagner
Pershing to Use Special Train in South America Trip
Buenos Aires reports General Pershing touring South America is due in Viedma today and will board a special train to Bahia Blanca en route to his itinerary with the South American tour.
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Pershing
S. S
Buenos Aires
General Pershing
South America
Viedma
Bahia Blanca
Luxury taxes favored to raise school funds in Louisiana
Superintendent T. O. Brown and educators from Ouachita parish report at New Orleans convention that luxury taxes on nonessential goods could provide new funding for public schools. The group favored seeking legislative aid via such taxes and anticipated asking Baton Rouge for action at the next session. Brown and colleagues returned aboard the Rainbow Special.
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Louisiana
New Orleans
T. O. Brown
Ouachita Parish
Crescent City
Brown
Baton Rouge
Jack Hayes
Tarish High
Centenary Captain-Elect Cal Hubbard Fails to Register
Centenary College football captain-elect Cal Hubbard has not registered for the new term and may be ineligible for 1925. Hubbard recently returned from Laramie and, with registration closed, could re-enter only later if he passes fall-term work. If he stays away, a vacancy could trigger another captaincy election.
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Shreveport
Cal Hubbard
Centenary
Walter Camp
Hubbard
Laramie
Wyoming
George S. Sexton
Glenn Letteer
Jim Pierson
Weaver
Paul Ressamen
New French Envoy on Way to American Post
Emil Daeschner the new French ambassador to the United States sails for Washington aboard the steamship Paris with his family to assume duties.
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American
Paris
Emil Daeschner
United States
Washington
Spiked switch derails Mississippi motor train near Hattiesburg
A spiked switch on the Beaumont branch, recently transferred to the Bonhomie and Hattiesburg Southern, derailed the motor train of the Mississippi Central near the Hattiesburg sawmill today. Service on the line is halted.
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Hattiesburg, Miss
Beaumont
Gulf, Mobile and Northern Railroad Company
Bonhomie and Hattiesburg Southern Railroad Company
Mississippi Central
Hattiesburg Sawmill Company
Child dies after backyard washpot fire accident
In DeRidder area, La., a two and a half year old boy, son of Fieldon Alston, burned when his clothing caught fire while playing near a washpot in the backyard. He died within hours at Shreveport.
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Shreveport
DeRidder
Fieldon Alston
Rayville Bank Reelects Directors At Annual Meeting
Richland State Bank of Rayville reelects C. J. Ellis Sr W L Jones W J Coleman M Fischel J W Summerlin W N Traylor Richard Hatch C J Ellis Jr and Fred Morgan to the board for the ensuing year. Officers kept are C J Ellis Sr president W N Traylor vice president Fred Morgan cashier and W W Kelly assistant cashier. The bank reports strong growth with year end 1921 resources nearing the million dollar mark.
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News-Star
Rayville
Richland State Bank of
C. J. Ellis, Sr
W. L. Jones
W. J. Coleman
M. Fischel
J. W. Summerlin
W. N. Traylor
Richard Hatch
C. J. Ellis
Jdr
Fred Morgan
W. W. Kelly
American engineering council plans nation wide forestry drive
The American engineering council will enlist national and local engineering societies in a campaign to develop constructive state reforestation policies aligned with federal legislation. It pledges cooperation with the federal forestry service and with government and civil agencies to protect timber seats and to work with the government on engineering matters.
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Washington
American Engineering Council
Federal Forestry Service
Fort Worth Woman Released on Own Recognizance
Daphne Land, 30, was released on her own recognizance pending grand jury investigation after she shot her husband, John Land, in Fort Worth Texas. Doctors said little hope remained for his recovery.
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Fort Worth
Tex
Daphne Land
John Land
Lake Charles Port Commissioners Elect Officers
The Lake Charles port commissioners held their first meeting and elected officers. Guy Beatty was named president, W P Weber vice president, E R Kaufman secretary, and Rudolph Krauss treasurer.
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Lake Charles
Port of
Guy Beatty
W. P. Weber
E. R. Kaufman
Rudolph Krauss
Bear Escapes After Young Hunter Steps Near Catfish Pond
Newark report says fifteen year old Stanley Wallota of Blairstown NJ startled when he stepped on something soft while hunting near Catfish Pond. The soft object was a bear. both were frightened and the bear escaped before Stanley could fire.
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Newark
N. J
Stanley Wallota
Blairstown
N.J
Stanley
Catfish Pond
Film star suit for annulment starts Monday
In Los Angeles the trial of Winifred Hart over a separation agreement blocking her from returning to films opens Monday. Testimony shows Mrs Hart and her husband Wm S Hart deny domestic violence claims amid disclosures of talks to secure a divorce. The trust fund plan provides $375 monthly to Hart Jr and $387.50 to Mrs Hart, while the agreement bars her acting.
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Los Angeles
Winifred Westover Hart
Superior
Hart
Mary
Reno
Rogeoe
Fatty” Arbuckle
French bill seeks higher tax on bachelors and childless couples
A Paris bill proposes to raise aid for large families from 90 to 360 francs monthly. It would tax bachelors and childless couples at rates from 2 to 6 percent on incomes above specified thresholds, in addition to the standard income tax.
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Paris
Chamber of Deputies
John W Davis Heads Reorganized New York Law Firm
John W Davis, Democratic presidential nominee, becomes head of the reorganized New York law firm formerly Stettson Jennings Russell and Davis, now Davis Polk Wardwell Gardiner and Reed. Davis left the ambassadorial post July 16 after securing the nomination and rejoined the firm with November 13 announced. founder Francis Lynde Stetson originated the firm. Grover Cleveland was among Stetson’s early partners.
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New York
John W Davis
Stettson, Jennings, Russell and Davis
Davis, Polk, Wardwell, Gardiner and Reed
Davis
Court of St. James
Francis Lynde Stetson
Professional Association of Lawyers
Stetson
Grover Cleveland
Third Ticket in N. C. Race Is Made Public
NEW ORLEANS January 17 The third ticket in the municipal campaign was made public today for mayor Andrew J McShane and for commissioners Harry Fitzpatrick David Marcusy Allen Mehle and John Klorer.
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New Orleans
Andrew J. McShane
Harry Fitzpatrick
David Marcusy
Allen Mehle
John Klorer
Cement paving contract awarded for Sicard road project
Meyer and Greenwald Co. won the $106 431 contract to pave 3 9 miles of Sicard road with 18 foot reinforced pavement and three foot shoulders, connecting to DeSiard road. Work to start immediately and be ready for use by summer, per Louisiana State Highway Commission. Weather delays noted along Dixie Overland, Archibald Monroe, Winsboro and DeSiard street projects as bids and construction types are debated between cement base and concrete with asphalt top.
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Louisiana State Highway Commission
Meyer & Greenwald Construction Co
DeSiard Road
Crew Lake
Alto
Archibald
Winsboro
Picard Construction Co
Picard
DeSiard
School Bus Collision Claims One Child In Plaquemine
In Plaquemine Louisiana on Friday afternoon a White Castle school transfer bus collided with a small car driven by Mrs Rovgan in fog at a curve opposite the Cora plantation. Eight year old Lucille Alleman, daughter of Mr and Mrs L J Alleman, died. No other children were injured. Coroner Dr R G Martinez ruled the crash unavoidable after an inquest.
City Registration Closes at Six Tonight in Speed Succession Race
Registrar S L Caspari reports 415 registered for the city commissioner successor election following H R Speed resignation. Primary set for Feb 17, general on March 38. Registration closes at 6 pm tonight. new movers or qualified voters since last election urged to register to avoid losing a vote.
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S. L. Caspari
H. R. Speed
Washington noon sessions mix of bills and meetings
Senate and House meet at noon with naval appropriation debate and dependent office supply measure. The American Engineering Council closes its annual meeting while the American Society of Newspaper Editors holds final sessions.
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Senate
House
American Engineering Council
American Society of Newspaper Editors
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Military Committee
L. I. Case
Mississippi
Abram
London Committee
Magic Box
PROHI
Ford Motor
City High School
West
Harris
Teachers’ Convention
Rayville Bank
Huntsman
Win. S. Hart
John W. Davis
N. C
Meyer & Greenwald Co
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