De Vighne Elected President of Juneau Chamber
Dr. H C C De Vighne was elected president of the Juneau Chamber of Commerce by the new Executive Committee and installed at the Arcade Cafe ceremony. Harry T Lucas named vice president and M. Whittier re elected secretary. The meeting praised retiring officers and reviewed last year’s work while seeking member cooperation for future goals. The treasurer’s report was presented and a band director was sought for Juneau.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. CC. de Vighne
Juneau Chamber of Commerce
Yan Duncheon
Arcade Cafe
Retirtines
W S. Pullen
de Vighne
Chamber of Commerce
de Vealine
Robertson
Allen Shattuck
Whittier
Auling
Henry Roden
Juneau
Carl Srckeon
Ilas
Uo Juneau
Erickson Worther
Ketchikan
Eppornie
New Chicken Disease Spreads Across United States
A mysterious illness triggering quarantine on live chicks from several states has spread nationwide, with the Midwestern region hardest hit. Poultry men at the National Poultry Show report the disease is widespread, affecting Dakota, Missouri, Kansas, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, and Nebraska origin areas.
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Chicago
New York Health Department
North
South Dakota
Missouri
Kanes
Ilinois
Indiana
Iowa
Nebraska
United States
Insurance Death Rate Drops Nationwide in 1924 Report
New York Dec 12 The first ten months of 1924 show notably lower life insured deaths than 1923 with about 40 000 fewer deaths. Measles diphtheria and whooping cough declines offset by rises in meningitis diarrhea and scarlet fever. The survey covers 230 000 deaths across 25.6 million person years and 45 leading companies, implying a total annual death toll near 1.33 million if trends hold.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Association of Life Insurance Presidents
Oscar HM. Rogers
New York Life Insurance Company
Rogers
Milwaukee Patrolman Georgonin Konstanyi Named
A young applicant passed civil service exams to become a Milwaukee Police Department patrolman. The name Georgonin Konstanyi, described as bold and distinctive, moves toward the force as it seeks to deter wrongdoers.
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Milwaukee
Wee
Georgonin Konstanyinop
Panczykiowiscowlez
Milwaukee Police Department
Purchase One Horse at an Auction Sale for 20 Cents
Welybens paid 20 cents at a Fort Collins Colorado auction for a 20 year old horse, likely the lowest price ever. Francis and Joan Lowe linked with the Galpin puppet show were in Juneau and other places, passing through last night en route to Arizona. Miss Galpin stays in Juneau.
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Fort Collins
Calc
Tee
Welybens
Colorado
Francis
Joan Lowe
Juneau
Galpin
Arizona
Miss Galpin
Mail Robber Sentenced to Twenty-Five Years
Herbert Holliday was sentenced to 25 years for participation in the Reundot train robbery in Chicago. He admitted having $100,000 of the loot cached and offered to return the money if the sentence was reduced. In Vienna, two divorce cases cited movies as a factor, with courts granting divorces citing neglect of home and household duties due to a motion picture craze.
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Chicago
Herbert Holliday
Vienna
New Bureau of Public Works Urged by Work
Secretary Work calls for a permanent Federal Oil Commission to safeguard conservation urges quick action on a revised reclamation plan strengthens Interior Dept efficiency and proposes a new Interior Bureau of Public Works to centralize construction and territorial affairs for Alaska and Hawaii with possible public land law reforms.
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Bureau OF Public Works
Washington
Federal Oil Commission
Interior Department
Hubert Work
Alaska
Hawaii
Congress
House Passes Agri Appropriation Bill for Roads Funding
Washington December 12 The House approved the Agricultural Appropriation bill totaling 124 million dollars with 80 million dollars allocated for road construction. The measure supports infrastructure development and farming support programs nationwide.
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House
Washington
Western storms cut 6000 miles of wire to a single circuit
Chicago December 12 storms across the western states cripple wire communication. The Associated Press reports 6000 miles of line reduced to one circuit from Chicago to San Francisco then to Worland Oregon and finally Seattle. Cold highs bring low temperatures and heavy mountain snow.
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Chicago
West
San Francisco
Worland
Oregon
Seattle
Rocky Mountain
Modern English Bible Fragments Change Eden to Park
Navy aviators Massingell and Davenport saved Roscoe Pauls from a seaplane crash, then collapsed. In New York, a translation of the Old Testament by Dr James Moffatt renames Eden as a park and Noahs Ark as a barge, promising daily language clarity.
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Garden OF Eden
BARGE
San Diego
J. D. Massingell
H. R. Davenport
Roscoe Pauls
Pauls
Naval Hospital
New York
Drc
Park
Noahs Ark
City of David
Davidsburg
James Moffatt
Dr. Moffat
United Free Church College
Glasgow
Moffatt
Xerxes
India
Ethopia
Ahasseurus
Ahasuerus
Jussérand to Leave in January Amid Diplomatic Shifts
Paris reports Ambassador Jusserand will stay in Washington to greet President Coolidge as Dean of the Diplomatic Corps, sailing home January 6. Emile Daeschner to sail to America January 17, Count De Sartiges to act as Charge dAffaires December 28.
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Paris
Jusserand
Washington
M. Jussereand
M. Daeschner
Bucharest
Tight Net to Surround U. S. to Bar Liquor
Canada France the Netherlands Great Britain and Panama design plans to enforce American prohibition. The Canadian pact would deny vessel clearances showing ships cannot carry cargo and propose issuance of clearance papers for liquor transport through U S territories under Canadian guard.
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Washington
Canada
France
Netherlands
Great Britain
Panama
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Raid results in big suit against immigration official
Alfred M. Hubbard inventor and one of sixteen guests seized in the raid on Roy Olmsted mansion sues Immigration Commissioner Weedin for 50000 damages, alleging unlawful detention hampering experiments. Perry L. Einch, Olmsted's attorney, was denied a writ for district court review of the raid on Olmsted's office by federal agents, with jugble papers taken.
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Seattle
Alfred M. Hubbard
Roy Olmsted
Agounst Immigration
Weedin
Perry L. Einch
Olmsted
District Court
Compers’ Temperature Reported Rising Aboard Train
A dispatch from IBXIGO CITY on December 12 reports Samuel Compers very ill aboard a train heading north. President Galle said the fever appeared to be rising as doctors monitored his condition amid the journey.
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Ibxigo City
Gallesht
Samuel Compera
Woodsheds Are Badly Needed Theme At Rotary Speech
Chicago dated December 12 reports EK W Hill of Oklahoma City addressing the International Boys Work conference. He warns against turning woodsheds into garages and urges engaged parenting. He stresses trust, guidance, and personal attention to sons as investments in their futures.
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Chicago
EK. W. Hill
Oklahoma City
Okla
Rotary International
Skeleton Return Sparks Missing Man Claim Near Seymour Island
Federal Deputy Marshal Mert Truesdel arrived from below Oliver Inlet with a skeleton found last week by Gur Lungren, believed to be John Dugan, a local fisherman missing for months. Truesdel is ill. witnesses Lungren and Charles Graham expected tomorrow. inquest likely tomorrow night.
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Mert Truesdel
Oliver Inlet
Seymour Canal
Gur Lungren
John Dugan
Truesde
Lungren
Charles Graham
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U. S
Woodrow Wilson
Francis FP. B. Sayre
Eleanor
Francis, Jr
Lave
Europe
Sayre
Jessie Wilson
DR. DE Vighne
Lucas
Weven
Madame Pasquall
Mme, Pernice DE Pasquala
Mme
Bernice de Pasquali
Metropolitan Opera Company
Mons Refice
Pius XI
Mme. de Pasquall
Royal Academy F Philharmonic of
Rome
Italy
Navy
Pres. Coolidge
Truesdel
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