Navy to probe awards of Distinguished Service Medals and Navy Crosses
Washington dispatch reports a congressional inquiry into charges that Secretary of the Navy Daniels shuffled Distinguished Service Medals and Navy Crosses to reward favorites. Admiral Sims’ rejection of a DSM prompts further scrutiny by Senate Naval Affairs Chairman Page and House members, with Representative Lufkin promising a full inquiry. A brief classified ad follows about a lost brown overcoat and a trade offer for hulls.
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Washington
Navy Daniels
Chicago Tribune
Sims
Page
Senate Committee On Naval Affairs
Pagé
Board of Awards
Daniels
House Committee of Naval Affairs
Lufkin
Massachusetts
Capelles Host Housewarming With Richmond Rebekah Lodge
Mr and Mrs W A Capelle entertained the Richmond Rebekah lodge members at a housewarming in their new home at Thirty fourth and Macdonald avenue last night Games songs and cards were enjoyed Refreshments were served by the hostess Attendees included Mr and Mrs Stotlemeyer Mr and Mrs Perry Mr and Mrs Peuviauze Mesdames Phillips Shea Waite Powell Molohan Wing Jones Scherruble Hutchins St Derby Bernard Black Messrs Lucas Fanning Simon Irwin Mixon F Moore D McLennan C Swartout
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W. A. Capelle
Richmond Rebekah Lodge
Thirtyfourth
Macdonald Avenue
Stotlemeyer
Perry
Peuviauze
Mesdames Phillips
Shea
Waite
Powell
Molohan
Wing
Jones
Scherruble
Hutchins
St. Derby
Bernard
Black
Messrs. Lucas
Fanning
Simon
Irwin
Mixon
F. Moore
D. McLennan
C. Swartout
Daily Independent
Richmond
California
Weather forecast for Wednesday and Thursday
Wednesday skies are partly cloudy with a slight drop in northwest areas. Thursday remains partly cloudy with cooler conditions and expected temperature spread I cannot determine exact max and min values from the fragment.
Pershing Honored in His Hometown Celebration
Gen John J Pershing returned to his boyhood home in LaClede Missouri for a homecoming day featuring a turkey dinner with local residents a medal and a king cup and two apples. He met relatives toured the Pershing house spoke to guests including Al Warfield and others and departed for Lincoln Nebraska.
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LaClede
John J. Pershing
Missouri
Pershing
May Pershing
al Warfield
Lincoln
Neb
Lebaudy consent to split millions with Paris sister
Mineola New York December 22 Mrs Marguerite A Lebaudy who killed her husband Jacques Lebaudy long known as emperor of the Sahara at their Long Island country home a year ago today agreed to divide his millions with his sister Countess Marie Theresa Jeanna Lebaudy de Sels of Paris
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Mineola
N. Y
Marguerite A. Lebaudy
Jacques Lebaudy
Sahara
Long Island
Marie Theresa Jeanna Lebaudy de Sels
Paris
Whisky Seized From Trunk In Texarkana Search
Acting on tips from Special Agent Huddleston United States Commissioner Turrentine issued a warrant for a trunk seizure at the Union station. The trunk held about 20 gallons of whiskey in bottles shipped from St. Louis to Nederland Louisiana. The owner remains at large.
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Texarkana
Huddleston
United States
Turrentine
Texas Side
Union Station
St. Louis
Nederland
Dividing German Ships Sparks Alliance Row
Paris reports a dispute over the division of three million tons of German merchant ships as Versailles begins. France resents England’s in kind payments to Italy for 700,000 tons while France would receive 250,000 tons despite losing about 900,000 tons. The United States holds a share and title via the Clemenceau Wilson Lloyd agreement.
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Paris
France
England
Italy
America
United States
Clemenceau
Little Rock backs open shop policy for business unity
In Little Rock the Board of Commerce, with 300 members at Hotel Marion, endorsed an open shop or square deal stance. Former Governor Donaghey framed the message, saying labor and capital can coexist without unions. praised labor’s fair wage, condemned closed shops, and urged production without agitators. Mr and Mrs Clyde Nelson plan Christmas in Nashville.
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Little Rock
Board of Commerce
Hotel
Marion
Board of Governors
Donaghey
South
Pardons and Commutations Issued by Governor Yesterday
Little Rock article notes 81 full pardons and 27 commutations in the Christmas list issued by the governor. It cites recommendations from penitentiary commissioners and prisoner records, and quotes Gov. Brough on prison morale, sober living, and future employments for those released.
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Little Rock
Gov. Brough
Prickly Ash Bitters Promises New Life and Vigor
Energetic workers feel lazy at times due to stomach liver and bowel impurities. Prickly Ash Bitters is sold as a cleansing remedy to purge impurities and restore vitality. Price $1.25 per bottle. Hesterly Drug Store offers the product with a Columbia Grafonola on display.
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Hesterly Drug Store
Special
Murderer Granted Executive Clemency
Little Rock December 24. W C Alexander of Pine Bluff was granted executive clemency. He had been sentenced to death for first degree murder in January 1912, later commuted by Governor Hays to life imprisonment. The case drew wide attention at the time.
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Little Rock
W. C. Alexander
Pine Bluff
Christmas Eve Program at Presbyterian Church
The Presbyterian Sunday school presents a Christmas Eve program at the church starting at T o clock. Participants include Powell Quartette, readers Florence Logan Dale Gentry Benj Walter Wallace Rouse and many children with recitations by Guy Marlow Elizabeth Cummings Hess Johnson Mary Charlotte Gex Fay Gentry and more. The program features songs Snow Flake If I Were Santa Claus and The Christmas Bank culminating with a good night from Ruth Carrington.
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Presbyterian Sunday School
The
Presbyterian Church
Powell
Mary Charlotte Gex
Fay Gentry
Snow Flake
Mary Elizabeth Bemis Wintre
al Daniels
Katherine Buchanan
Jack Frost
William Dalrymple
Santa Claus
Woodrow Gentry
Melvin Law
Tom Dalrymple
Long
Mary Isabel
Irene Hamby
Amelia Bemis
Helen McRae
Fay Johnson
Forrest Carrington
Edith Mae Wolway
Helen Buchanan
the Christmas Bank
Marjorie Waller
Bessie Gentry
Mildred Marlow
Geraldine Adar
Ruth Carrington
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C. G. Gordon
W. B. White
Farmers Union Warehouse
Capelles
Little
Gladys Margate Garner
Mrs. Garland Garner
West Twentyfirst Street
Bank of Prescott
Prescott, Arkansas
Little Rock Board OF Commerce
Clyde Nelson
Nashville
Elmer’s
Dolly Varden
Buchanan Drug Store
House of Satisfaction
Prescott Hardware CO
Christmas
Program
Qzan Mercantile Company
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