Navy seeks 30 million for fleet modernization program
Secretary Denby urges a 30 million appropriation for eight 10,000 ton cruisers, three cruiser type submarines and six gunboats, plus 7.6 million for naval bases and a five year naval aviation plan. He argues the upgrade is needed to meet treaty obligations and restore U S cruiser parity with Britain, noting proposed turret elevation changes are treaty compliant.
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Washington
Denby
United States
Great Britain
Navy General Board
Capt. Schofield
Mechanical Engineers Honor Freeman for Fire Prevention Work
John R. Freeman of Providence Rhode Island will receive the American Society of Mechanical Engineers gold medal for eminent services to engineering and manufacturing in fire prevention and property preservation. The medal will be presented in New York on December 3. Freeman’s development of a rules and inspection system has saved millions of dollars in industry.
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John R. Freeman
Providence
R. L
American Society of Mechanical Engineers
New York
Freeman
American fishing boats barred from Canada
A Canadian order bars various American fishing vessels from Canadian ports after December 30 except in emergencies. Officials expect enforcement mainly on the North Atlantic coast and Gulf of St. Lawrence, with no effect on the Great Lakes or Pacific Coast.
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Washington, Vee
Department of Commerce
North Atlantic
Gulf of St. Lawrence
Great Lakes
Pacific
Former Professor Confesses Murder
Milwaukee officials state E. Ray Tompkins realtor and former Milwaukee Normal School instructor confessed to killing his wife Belle Hopkins. Her nude decapitated body was found Saturday near Donges Bay. Florence Witmiere has been arrested over related charges.
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Milwaukee
Wis
E. Ray Tompkins
Milwaukee Normal School
Belle Hopkins
Donges Bay
Florence Witmiere
Tompkins
New York Miner Gabriel Arons Sails for Alaska Holiday
Gabriel Arons, owner of vast mineral properties in Alaska, sails on the Baltic for his first holiday in 20 years. He has mined in the Northland since starting with a pick and shovel.
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New York
Gabriel Arons
Alaska
Baltic
Northland
Cost Cutting Plan Aims to Reduce Men’s Clothing Prices
Indianapolis reports a national effort by the National Association of Retail Clothes to lower garment costs by cutting production expenses. Sol Schioss, the new president, says a clothing industry commission will unite manufacturers and allied trades to study eliminating waste and reduce distribution costs while preserving profits.
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Indianapolis
National Association of Retail Clothers
Clothing Industry Commission
Sol Schioss
Fountain Head
Chicago
Coolidge Declared Candidate for President in 1920
Reports from Washington state that President Calvin Coolidge will seek the Republican nomination. Frank W. Stearns of Boston announced the candidacy and named William M. Butler as personal representative. Massachusetts leaders and James B. Reynolds promoted the campaign, with California discussions growing after William H. Crocker and Hiram Johnson signaled interest.
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Washington
Calvin Coolidge
Frank W. Stearns
Boston
William M. Butler
Massachusetts
Stearns
James B. Reynolds
Coolidge
California
William H. Crocker
Republican National
White House
Hiram Johnson
Crocker
Western men go to Oxford Rhodes scholars named
Swarthmore Dec. 10 The annual election of Americans as Rhodes scholars to the University of Oxford was announced by Frank Aydelotte 357 candidates vied for 32 appointments. Orris E. Sandusky of Spokane and William Arthur Rosebrugh of Oregon were among those elected pending Rhodes trustees approval.
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Swartzmore
Rhodes
University of Oxford
Frank Aydelotte
Orris E. Sandusky
Spokane
University of Washington
Seattle
William Arthur Rosebrugh
University of Oregon
Protests Organization Plan G. O. P. Convention Protests
San Francisco December 10. Chairman Boynton of the California Republican State Committee telegraphed the National Republican Committee urging rejection of the proposed plan for organizing the National Convention. He asks that delegates be apportioned based on Republican votes in the last national election.
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San Francisco
Boynton
California
Republican State Committee
National Republican Committee
High Wind Kills One Person in Los Angeles
One man was killed and several injured by high winds in Los Angeles and nearby areas. A seven member family was cut and bruised when their house blew off its foundations and toppled down a hillside.
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Los Angeles
Cal
Divorce filing by 80 year old man over 14 year wife
B R Sprayberry, aged 80, files for divorce from his wife, aged 14, in Fort Worth Texas on December 10, citing abuse and annoyance as the grounds. The pair are noted as separated after a brief marriage amid the era’s legal norms.
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Fort Worth, Tex
B. R. Sprayberry
Starr in danger as grounded mail steamer floats free
Cordova, Dec. 10. The small mail steamer Starr grounded last night at Point Maline, Afognak Island, and was reported today to have floated herself. The 25 crew fought ice to launch lifeboats, one wireless antenna is down, and aid efforts failed with no vessels available except nearby gasboats.
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Cordova
Starr
Point Maline
Afognak Island
Political Prisoners Probably Released Soon
Representative Berger after a conference with President Coolidge said he believed all 22 imprisoned violators of war laws will be granted amnesty before Christmas. In San Francisco the Daily Illustrated Herald, owned by Cornelius Vanderbilt, appeared with pictures and news like the Los Angeles Illustrated News.
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Washington
Berger
Coolidge
San Francisco
Daily Illustrated Herald
Cornelius Vanderbilt
Los Angeles
Deadlock Extends in United States Senate Chair Race
The insurgent bloc keeps Cummins from re election as Interstate Commerce Committee chair with Cummins 41, Smith 39, La Follette 7 across three ballots. Wheeler forced the contest over en masse committee selections amid a 87 vote field.
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Washington
United States Senate
A. B. Cummins
Interstate Commerce Committee
Robert M. la Follette
Cummins
Senate
Ellison Dpd. Smith
South Carolina
Smith
la Follette
Burton K Wheeler
Montana
Insurgent Republicans Threaten Renewal Over House Committees
In Washington, Rep John M Nelson Wisconsin leader of the insurgents warned of renewed open conflict in the House over the distribution of committee chairmanships. The insurgents, after voting for Speaker Gillett, said the vote was a truce to test the Committee on Committees power and air treatment, asserting they hold balance of power and may strike again.
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Washington
House of Representatives
House
John M. Nelson
Wisconsin
F. H. Gillett
Nelson
Republican Committee On Committees
Gillett
Committee On Committees
Poper
Nicholas Longworth
Polar Flight May Start From Nome Alaska
December 10 Nome Alaska could be the starting point for the Navy polar flight next summer. A special planning board said starting from Nome would allow the journey to begin three months earlier than from Point Barrow due to ice and weather. Lieut Com Fitzhugh Green, from the MacMillan expedition, noted about 1,000,000 square miles of land waiting to be claimed and supported an Alaskan start. Arctic explorer Stefansson sent a letter saying Arctic air commerce would be possible via the route.
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Steteington
Nome
Alaska
Navy
Point Barrow
Com
Fitzhugh Green
MacMillan
Planning Board
Stefansson
Taid
Kellogg Nominated Ambassador to Great Britain
President Coolidge sent more than 2,000 nominations to the Senate, naming Frank Kellogg as Ambassador to Great Britain and including others to the Shipping Board. In Alaska related posts, Frank Boyle would be land office registrar at Anchorage and Henry Soga would be Anchorage post master. In Seattle, Marguerite Carmack, widow of George Washington Carmack, ordered to turn over $100,000 in property to the estate successor as disputes over ownership continue.
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Washington
Coolidge
Senate
Frank Kellogg
Great Britain
Edward Farley
Frederick Thompson
Hert Handy
Shipping Board
Frank Boyle
Anchorage
Henry Soga
Seattle
Marguerite Carmack
Olympia
George Washington
Carmack
Graphie Grace Saftig
Watson Not to Be Dismissed from U S Navy
San Diego December 10 Captain Edward Watson, convicted by the Naval Court Martial of unskillful navigation after seven destroyers were lost under his command, is not to be dismissed from the Navy. Navy Department orders name him assistant commandant of the Fourteenth Naval District at Honolulu.
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San Diego
Cal
Edward Watson
Naval
Navy
Navy Department
Fourteenth Naval District
Honolulu
Chicago Withdraws RNC Invitation Aims Cleveland Host City
Washington reports that Chicago has withdrawn its invitation to the Republican National Convention. The administration has indicated a preference for the convention to be held in Cleveland, signaling a shift in venue plans.
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Washington
Chicago
Cleveland
Resolution on World Court Entry Proposed in Senate
United States Senator Irvine L. Lennott of Wisconsin introduced a resolution urging U S entry into the World Court after its separation from the League of Nations. The move frames the court as a cooperative international judicial body and seeks Senate approval for participation.
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Senate
Washington
United States
Irvine L. Lennott
Wisconsin
World Court
League of Nations
Confesses to Fake Robbery in Huntington Bank Messenger Tale
William Bledsoe, 23, a Huntington First National Bank messenger, and James Ramsey, an auto mechanic, confess to burying 15,000 dollars allegedly stolen by bandits. Bledsoe was seized near Los Angeles after disappearing with the money and claimed kidnapping before revealing the money’s location by the Sloosardo River bank.
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Los Angeles
William Bledsoe
First National Bank
Huntington
James O. Ramsey
Bledsoe
Bledaoe
Slo Sordo
Coolidge presses tax cuts to trim national budget
President Coolidge urged Congress to cut more than 300 million in national taxes, arguing spending restraint and a lighter levy on earners than on business income. He also signaled repeal of certain taxes and addressed adjusted compensation for World War I veterans, noting prosperity and ample employment for able-bodied veterans while supporting disabled veterans. The budget proposes 275 million in operating savings, with total expenditures around 3.298 billion and receipts about 3.694 billion for the coming year.
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Washington
Coolidge
Congress
Japanese Given Status Debars Citizenship in Australia
The High Court of Australia rules a Japanese born in Japan is a native of Japan and cannot enroll under Commonwealth electoral law. In Honolulu, a separate ruling states Filipinos born in the Philippine Islands are ineligible for American citizenship unless serving in U S Navy or forces, and Japanese born in Japan are never eligible. Territorial Attorney General Mathew Mann makes the opinion public.
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Sydney
Australia
High Court of Australia
Japan
Commonwealth
Honolulu
Philippine Islands
U. S. Navy
Marine Corps
Naval Auxiliary Service
Territorial
Mathew Mann
Wing of Plane Collapses Killing Two Aviators
Houston dispatch reports Lieutenant L J McLaughlin and Captain E T Wagner died when a training plane wing failed at Ellington Field causing the aircraft to plunge six hundred feet. McLaughlin led U S Forestry patrols in California and Oregon after the war.
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Houston
Tex
L. J. McLaughlin
E. T. Wagner
Ellington Field
Lieut. McLaughlin
U. S
California
Oregon
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Mechanical Engineers
Canada
Pacific Coast
Frank Stearns
Oxford
Plan G. O. P. Convention
William Sanders
Long Island
New Jersey
Harriet Camas
O. N. B. Camas
Junior League
U.S. Senate
Interstate Commerce
Ed” Trapp
Oklahoma
Smiling Ed" Trapp
John Calloway
Jack"’) Wallon
Navy Planning Board
Kellogg
G. B.jane
Watson
Hawaii
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