Follows Wish of President Seeks Navy Budget Cut
Wallington Jan 9 Acceding to President Coolidge demand for economy the House naval affairs committee dropped remedial naval legislation for now despite Wilbur admitting Navy weakness. Representative Hungly said the panel would not press new bills at this time and may reintroduce plans to elevate gun power on battleships at a later session. The President and Secretary prefer delay.
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Wallington
Coolidge
Wilbur
United States Navy
Congress
Fred Republican
Hungly
Wilbar
Hause Naval A
Hope to Save Young Slayer
Chicago, January 9. Governor Len Small granted a ten day stay of execution for a gray-haired youth in jail here after his attorneys announced a chance of commutation to life imprisonment. The reprieve follows delays in the Supreme Court decision in the murder of Policeman Ralph Soudera.
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Chicago
Herford Grant
Hos
Len Small
Walter Kraiser
Supreme Conve
Ralph Soudera
Community Club Re-Elects Officers in Downsville
Williamsport Downsville Community Club re elected officers at last night’s meeting. E C Touk serves as president and Mrs J W Tefever as secretary treasurer. Prof M C Morton of Clear Spring spoke on pantry houses. County Agent Moore discussed microbes and farming. Next meeting set for Thursday February 2. Mashed foot incident at Hagerstown Minds Company injured George Lowman of 28 North Locust Street.
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Williamsport Downsville Community Club
E. C. Touk
J. W. Tefever
M.C. Morton
Clear Spring
Moore
George Lowman
Hagerstown Minds Company
Goats Sold as Lamb and Mutton Widely in U S
Washington January 9 Millions of goats have been sold to housewives in the United States disguised as lamb and mutton and the practice is still continued Representative Ben Johnson of Kentucky told hearings on the War Department appropriation bill Johnson said he raised and slaughtered goats and knew large numbers were inspected and put in cold storage warehouses but never listed as goat A method to distinguish was described noting the tail size and quarter differences as the goats and sheep are nearly the same in appearance and price
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Washington
United States
Ben Johnson
Kentucky
War Department
Johnson
Army
John’ Son
Germany Yields To French Wish In Economic Clause
Paris reports Germany will submit to France’s new economic clause replacing the Verglisles Uealy terms that expire tomorrow. Berlin announces a conciliatory note through the Foreign Office. Tunis papers call the German stance unrevealing toward a new accord.
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Paris
Germany
Frence
Versgisles Uealy
Terlin
Foreign Office
Tunis
Employment on American railroads reaches October peak
Washington Jan 9 The Interstate Commerce Commission reports October railroad employment at 1,822,616, up 21,420 from September 1924. Total compensation rose to 265,484,818 dollars, up 1,625,689 or 6.2 percent, helped by October having two extra working days. Snow and cold sweep Arabia and Beirut with unusual winter and ten inches of snow between Baghdad and Palmyra.
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Waslington
Interstate Commerce Commission
Arabia
Beirut
Bagdad
Palmyra
Motorship Deering Sinks In Gulf Storm Off Mexico
The motorship Deering, a converted submarine chaser, commanded by Captain E Bailey with a six man crew, sank in a heavy gale 60 miles off the coast of Frontera, Mexico, on December 27, according to word received by the crew aboard.
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Houston
Texas
E. , Bailey
Frontera
Mexico
Dorn
Sts
Clair
Counterfeiters Captured Near Shuanghat Amid Raids
In Shuanghat on January 9 an international gang of counterfeiters was broken up with the arrest of six Italians, two Poles and a Russian woman. Police seized counterfeit notes including American $20 bills, copper plates, and related materials after the group’s notes circulated across the Orient in recent months.
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Shuanghat
Orient
Monte
Bigamy case rocks Detroit tennis couple
Cleveland tennis star Elsie Kota, 27, alleged to have chosen love of the game over marriage. She confessed to a Detroit man that she was already married, admitting she preferred deception to losing him and seeking a divorce while a bigamy warrant remained unprosecuted, court statements reveal.
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Detroit
Mich
Elsie Sul Qert Kota
Cleveland
Joseph Klola
Klein
Judge Warns Parents On School Attendance Enforcement
Justice Leon R. Yourtee morning fined John Socks $1 and costs for failing to send his son to school. He said there have been several violations of the law and will deal severely with those who defy compulsory attendance. The state law requires children to attend school and parents who keep them at home or at work will face penalties.
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Leon R. Yourtee
John Socks
Richard
Yourtee
Chhildren
West Virginia road plan would skip Hagerstown
Citizens push a Cumberland to Washington route that bypasses Hagerstown by proposing a Paw Paw Potomac bridge. The plan links Cumberland to Oldtown to Kifer, then west to Woodrow, Berkeley Springs, Charles Town, Harpers Ferry and Frederick, crossing into Baltimore and on to Washington. Engineers claim a 34 mile saving from Cumberland to Washington.
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Cumberland
Washington
Hagerstown
West Virginia State Roads Commission
Potomac River
Paw-Paw
W. Va
Cumberland Castier
Oldtown
Kifer
Taw Paw
Woodrow
Herkeley Springs
Charles Town
Harpers Ferry
Frederick
Balemore
Shenandoah
Virginia
Leesburg
Cunberland
Postmaster of New York Dead
Edward Morgan, postmaster of New York, died today after an operation three days ago in Gatheran hospital. He suffered from appendicitis. Morgan was a native of Marshall, Michigan. Premier not slain. Rome dispatch notes no truth in Berlin rumours.
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New York
Edward Morgan
Gatheran Hospital
Morgan
Marshall, Mich
Rome
Ruling Clears Mint Vending as Not Gambling in City
Attorney General Thowinn H. Rodinson of Mirelaind declared that opening automatic mint vending machines does not violate state gambling laws. Merchants plan to reintroduce the machines, which dispense mint or gum plus five cent metal checks usable for store merchandise. The operation is described as gratuitous distribution with no element of chance, and the public return is preannounced by the machine’s display.
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Atiorney
Thowinn H. Rodinson
Mirelaind
Itimore
Uecon
Bold Bandit Robs Maryland Theatre Cashier in Hagerstown
Police reported no trace of the daring bandit after he grabbed more than 200 dollars from cashier Grace Tanger in the Maryland Theatre foyer. He fired at W. Thus, as he fled through an alley while spectators watched, prompting a statewide search with the city’s streets crowded.
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Hagerstown
Grace Tanger
Maryland Theatre
Ganser Gorgamed
Poverty Prize Sparks Reconciliation In Cleveland Family
Jan 9 1922 Cleveland scenes recount a quarrel with Elwell, a Youngstown montage artist, after a $829000 prize. He spent wildly, moved between hotels, bought a car, and faded from home. A court-ordered reconciliation followed as poverty returned and the family of four found quiet life together.
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Clevegane
Cworge
Bond Jumper Captured in Ohio Awaiting Return
LeRoy Burger, wanted in Chambersburg for jumping bond, was captured in Ohio and to be sent back to a Pennsylvania city for trial. Authorities note there are no charges in Ohio. Burger is accused of attempted murder and assaulting an officer in Greencastle days earlier.
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LeRoy Burger
Chambersburg
Ohio
Gir
Pennsylvania City
Barbes
Burger
Ha Eeystown
Roan Mac Greencastle
Slavers Won't Be Hanged. Injunction Delays Execution
In Butler Georgia January a judge issued an injunction preventing the hanging of Gervis Blunds worth and Wille Jones, convicted as slavers of traveling salesman H W Caderwood. The prisoners were moved from Taylor County jail back to Muscogee County jail for reincarceration as the injunction was served. The sheriff arrived with the injunction early today, halting the execution日期.
Hagerstown Invited to State Meet by Delegates
Washington county delegates at the Maryland Water Bureau Federation convention in Cambridge yesterday invited the federation or next year’s convention to Hagerstown. Invitations also came from the University of Maryland Frederick and Westminster. John W. Coverdale, secretary-treasurer of the Cain Marketing Camping, told the delegation cooperative marketing is not competitive. He said elimination of over head expenses brings no preferred tariff to the producer. He blamed failure of many cooperative schemes on lack of confidence from policy shifts by directors of different organizations. The canning crop conference was the largest meeting, with resolutions urging cooperative canning promotion and standardized goods.
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Washington County
Maryland Water Bureau Federation
Canbridge
Hagerstown
US University of Maryland
Frederick
Westminster
John W. Coverd de
Cain
Redecation
Ureiro
Coverdale
Staub to Open Dairy Finery Room on South Jonathan
T. Staub plans to open a dairy finery room on South Jonathan Street in the building formerly occupied by the Ganl Foam property. The move signals a new use for the site previously tied to the former tenants in this area.
City Seeks Final Hearing on Ha gerstown Exemption ruling
City officials plan a final hearing to test the 1924 exemption of Ha gerstown from Public Service Commission jurisdiction. A constitutional challenge aims to allow a new municipal electric plant. Continued on Page 141.
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Wrether
Hagerstown
Public Service
Germ Mission
Exelualye St
Dalle Math
Juiee
Nanaia
Woogney
Leon Tole
Alebort
WSU Awat
AGGIE
Cane
Ville Dt
Fadi
Mystery of Missing School Clerk Claims Local Attention
An article reports the sudden disappearance of a school clerk named Victin of Annsa and the community’s reaction. It describes a man with a quiet, capable reputation and notes speculation about his fate, while detailing funeral and service arrangements and the impact on the school.
Wife Gets Body Of Noted Crook
Chicago report outlines the widow Alia Boe rely as she reflects on poverty days and a swindler’s escape with about two million dollars, detailing the long pursuit and alleged release from the city.
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Gee
Wisconsin
Thortig
Madison
Wis
Lavi Patan
Salesman
Farm Bureau Federation
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Victin
Annesa
G. M. Gruber
Straneels
Ana Sunoctn
Dave Dee Deere
Tessin
Siesta Amd Cola
Bar Aglita Servi
Anid Thade
Dion
Thera
Alaryta
Jan W Mirs
Alia Boerely
Laa Korely
Uayano
Toilay
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