End of Long-Standing Coal Strike Proposed
A plan urges immediate resumption of coal negotiations as miners resist proposals. Pinchot and Mayors discuss settlement terms, with miners’ leaders rejecting governor backed terms. Incidents at Edwardsville and Kingston involve driver confrontations and police actions amid halted coal hauling.
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Sugerine
Scranton
Nor Pinchot
L. Lewis
United Workers
Oram
Edwardsville
Kingston
John Ritts
Lecka
Upper
Qui
Amnest y Request Aimed at Broad Bulgarian Amnesty
Prime Minister Tzanoff asked the national assembly for authority to grant general amnesty at Christmas. The proposal would include Bulgarian subjects who fled the country and took part in armed incursions inside Bulgaria.
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Softa
Bulgaria
Tzanoff
National Assembly
Negro gunman kills policeman and wounds officer in Philadelphia
In Philadelphia on December 17 a black gunman, John Galford, 49, killed Patrolman Frank Cook, 7, and seriously wounded Patrolman John Walls while fighting for his freedom. Galford faces charges for the double shooting.
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Philadelphia
Frank Cook
John Walls
John Galford
Stockholders to gain from new American Can dividends
New York Dec. 17. Directors of the American Can Company authorized a $3 extra dividend on common shares and proposed a 50 percent stock dividend with an exchange of six shares for one. The par value of stock was reduced from 100 to 25.
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New York
American Can Company
Foley Pills Advertise Kidney Energy and Action
A vintage ad touts FOLEY PILLS as a fast stimulant for weakened kidneys. It claims the pills remove waste and restore kidney activity and cites a testimonial from Samuel Brenner of Alexandria Indiana.
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Samuel Brenner
Alexandria
Ind
Princess Mary Sponsors World’s Largest Battleship Rodney
Princess Mary officiated at the launching and christening of the Rodney at Birkenhead yards. The vessel, to be commissioned in 1927, will be the world’s largest battleship under the Washington treaty with nine 16 inch guns planned in three turrets. She failed the first two bottle-throws.
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Liverpool
England
Princess Mary
Viscountess Lascélles
Rodney
Cammell, Laird & Company
Birkenhead
Dismissal Demanded for Col Mitchell in Army Trial
Major Gullion outlines the Mitchell formula accusing Col Mitchell of exaggeration falsehoods and demagogic self interest. He argues dismissal is necessary to preserve loyalty and order in the army and cites repeated unfounded attacks on officers as grounds for punishment.
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Guillon
Mitchel
National Defense
Army
Navy
United Air Service
William Mitchell
Moses
George Washington
Gullion
Patrick
Woman Arrives in New York for Suit
Mrs Anne A Stillman fully recovered from a months long strain over her husband's divorce bid has reached New York to press her own suit for freedom from marital ties. Her husband James A Stillman sought more time to file the complaint and was granted an extension to December 26.
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New York
Anne A. Stillman
Potato crop lifts church mortgage in Idaho Falls
In Idaho Falls on December 17, a large potato harvest from Southern Idaho enabled Trinity Methodist Church to push a mortgage relief plan. Rev. Horace Turner organized committees to canvass rural districts, collect sacks of potatoes, sell them, and apply the proceeds to the church mortgage fund.
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Idaho Falls
Idaho
Trinity Methodist Church
Horace Turner
Coast Guard Receives Unidentified Ship Distress Call
A coast guard radio station in Lewes Delaware picked up an 808 distress call from an unidentified vessel. Other stations along the coast were alerted, but no repeat signal was reported.
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Lewel
Del
Coast Guard
New Orleans Cotton Market Opens Easier on Liverpool Cables
The New Orleans cotton market opened softer with losses around 14 ports as early trades posted declines to 18.44 for January 18.15 for March and 17.86 for May. A brief rally followed on belt weather but activity cooled by the end of the first half hour. New Orleans exports today totaled 29,668 bales.
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New Orleans
Liverpool
Duel With Pistols Staged In Paris
In Paris two pistol shots failed to injure as a secrecy driven duel unfolded between Bris son and the actress Cora La Parcerie’s stepson. The second encounter is anticipated. The affair arose from Bris son’s use of Mme La Parcerie’s acting in a play written by the duellist’s father Jacques Richepin.
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Paris
Cora la Parcerie
Guellista
Brisson
Mme. la Parcerie
Jacques Richepin
Extension Granted in Scopes Case Brief Deadline
Knoxville TN December 17 The Tennessee supreme court grants an extension of time to file a brief and record in the John T Scopes case. The deadline moves from November 30 to January 10 1546, delaying any court action until filings are complete.
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Knoxville
Tenn
Tennessee Supreme Court
John T. Scopes
Dayton
Aed
Japanese Occupy Mukden City in Manchuria
Tokyo dispatch reports Japanese forces have virtually occupied Mukden the stronghold of the Chang Tso Lin regime. A Central News Tokyo note said control would be assumed there today.
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Mukden
London
Tokio
Evening News Today
Tottering
Secretary Mellon's Plan for Payment Details
Secretary Mellon's plan for the payment in Leipzig, Germany is reported with emphasis on financial strategy and international finance. The article notes negotiations in Berlin and outline of payment terms affecting postwar economic recovery and U.S. policy.
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Leipzig
Germany
Méllon
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