Quiet New Year Fetes Across Mobilians Observe Holiday
In a restrained New Year across Mobile City and county, streets were deserted and offices closed. Churches held services while a calm night led by whistles and bells ushered in 1925. Officials reported few arrests and a special New Year’s dinner for prisoners. In Washington, President Coolidge began a shortened reception plan with tight safeguards and abridged open house.
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Bess
Government Street Presbyterian
Mas
A.wens
Selma University
Hice
W. N.legear
Paul Cazalas
Washington
Coolidge
Congress
Army
Navy
Marine Corps
Mravenes
Bae Dera
Pan-American Union
White House
Republic
She's Thought Prettiest in All Gotham
Police find Jerome Scofield woolen merchant dead at his West 84th Street apartment. Mina Loraine Hall, a visitor, claims Scofield attacked her after a party invitation led to champagne. Mrs Arnold alerts husband, who informs police. Hall arrives as investigators seek details of the incident.
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New York
Bythsociated Press
West 84Th Street
Mina Loraine Hall
Jerome” Scofield
Hera Beem
Scofield
Robert “Arnold
Nold
Docks Board Sets January 1924 Meeting in Mobile
The Mobile docks commission led by General William L Sibert will hold its first 1924 meeting in the new headquarters at 211 State Office Building. An executive session is planned to approve tentative plans for a new docks complex before broader disclosure. F G Blair and ex Governor Charles Henderson are to arrive for the session.
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Docks Commission
Mobile
Commissioners
William L
Sibert
Macon
F. G.blair
Tuscaloosa
Charles Henderson
Troy
Weather forecast eases farmers as cold wave eases
A supplemental forecast from the local weather bureau says little vegetation damage tonight due to continued cloudiness and near freezing temperatures. Tonight will be cloudy with a minimum around 34 degrees, likely preventing a damaging frost as the cold crest moves through Mobile today and tonight. Wednesday should bring warmer conditions with possible rain.
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Weather Bureau
Mobile
Inquiry in Wood's dealings forecast in Chicago
Combined federal and state probe into the financial operations of Leonard Wood Jr, son of the Philippines governor general, loomed as E B Germer assisted State's Attorney Crowe in the investigation. Wood faced charges from World War I veterans claiming he sold wildcat stock in four Fort Worth oil firms using General Leonard Wood's name as a lure.
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Chicago
Leonard Wood, Jr
Theilippine Islands
EB. Germer
Pomarcie Inor
Robert E. Crowe
Veans Wood
Wood
Fort Worth
Texas
Leonard Wood
Lord Wood, Jr
Wall Street
Two Killed in Atlanta New Year Auto Crashes
Two people died and a child was seriously injured in two separate New Year’s Eve car accidents in Atlanta Georgia. J C Queen was struck and killed by a vehicle driven by Harry Chambers who posted a $2,000 bond. Jaide McCord seven and Helen Hall eight were injured in a crash involving Evelyn Itchell. McCord died soon after.
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Atlanta
J. C. Queen
Harry Chambers
Ibers
Jaide McCord
Helen Hall
Evelyn Itchell
de McCord
Noted Artist James Mont-Flags Engaged to Miss Wadman
York, Jan 1 James Mont Flags artist announced engagement to Miss Virginia Wadman daughter of Mrs Hubert Wadman of New York City The private notice was given by Mrs Wadman and confirmed by Mrs Maine Davis of Norton Massachusetts Wedding planned for spring.
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York
James Mont- Flags
Virginia Wadman
Hubert Wadman
Ch. N. Y
Wadman
Aie Davis
Norton
Mass
Flagg
King George Addresses Britons In New Year Message
The king speaks to Britons at noon on January 1 reassuring them of confidence with God's help. He praises a decade of glorious achievements while noting enduring trials and urging national unity and steadfastness.
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Internatio News Service
George
Bank Clearings Rise by 9.98 Million in 1923
The Mobile Clearing House Association reports a 9,983,477.63 gain in total clearings for 1923 over 1922. January 1923 led with 9,590,452.38 in clearings, and December 1923 totaled 9,228,998.04 versus 8,746,962.80 the prior year.
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Mobile Clearing House Association
Prison fugitives still at large in Atlanta escape
George Anderson, ally of Gerald Chapman in the Leonard street mail robbery, remains at large after escaping from the federal prison in Atlanta. Authorities report no verified sightings since Sunday, with a $100 reward for the other three convicts who aided the tunnel escape.
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Atlanta
United Press
George Anderson
Gerald Chapman
Leonard Street Mail
New York
Anderson
Liberty
Demonstration Held in Manila on Rizal Day
A peaceable demonstration in Manila protested American press and business support for permanent U S presence and a territorial government. The Rizal Day event marks Jose Rizal's 1896 execution anniversary and featured a long parade led by the Knights of Rizal.
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Manila
Associated Press
Knights of Rizal
Rizal
Herbert Rawlinson Granted Marriage License in Riverside
Herbert Rawlinson, motion picture actor, and Miss Loraine Abigail Long, formerly of Michigan and now in Hollywood, obtained a license to wed in Riverside. Rawlinson had last divorced Minerva Rawlinson known on stage as Roberta Arnold on November 22.
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Riverside
Cal
Herbert Rawlinson
Loraine Abigail Long
Michigan
Hollywood
Rawlinson
Minerva Rawlinson
Roberta
Arnold
Man Wounded in Quarrel Dies in Hot Springs
Clarence Caldwell, 21, died in a Hot Springs hospital after being shot last Friday in an argument with Henry Williamson over Williamson's missing daughter. Williamson posted bond the day after the shooting and is at liberty.
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Hot Springs
Ark
Clarence Caldwell
Henry Williamson
Williamson
Bond
Below Zero Weather Forecast for Southwest Region
Below zero temperatures were forecast for the southwest tonight as the new year opened amid the worst winter storm. Snow covered parts of Kansas Nebraska and Colorado with a sharp temperature drop noted since Saturday.
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Kansas City
Southwest
Kansas
Nebraska
Colorado
Coneien
Tee Fesaee
Negroes Hold Benefit Fair For Mobile County School
A fair by the Negroes of Mobile County at Gulf Coast Fair Grounds benefits/ supports a local school. It features an automobile parade races football game prize fight and lectures with Rev. P. W. Walls of Bethel Church as principal speaker and H. Roger Williams KE T. Belsow and Rev. W. D. Speight overseeing the event.
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Mobile County
Gulf Coast Fair Grounds
el T' Ryt
P. W. WaAlls
Bethel Church
H. Roger Williams
KE. T. Belsow
W. D. Speight
County Board Deliberates 1924 Budget Amid Urgency
County Treasurer George E. Stone urged a special session to study the 1924 budget before submission, citing time needed to review many items. The Board of Revenue and Road might convene a special meeting to focus on the budget alone.
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Bu Tor
George E. Stone
Stone
Board of Revenue and Road Rac
Four Men Brought to Mobile on Grand Larceny Charge
Four men from Leaksville Mississippi were extradited to Mobile on grand larceny charges. Identified by Louis Bird of Citronelle, they were arrested on a warrant and jailed in default of bond. The suspects Joel Fountain Walsh Fountain Rufus Alford and WLC Santoord are accused of stealing automobile tires and auto accessories.
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Louis Bird
Citronelle
Mobile
Leaksville
Miss
Blackman
Burch
Seriff
Paul Cazalas
Mississippi
Joel and
Walsh Fountain
Rufus Alford
WLC
Santoord
Tragedy at New Year Watch Party Near Zanesville
A New Year watch party at the Roy Little home near Zanesville Ohio ended in a fatal crash five miles east on the National road. Arthur Millfeldt 21 Robert Gille 19 and Mabel Goodrich 13 died instantly in the head on collision. Five others were injured though not seriously. The other vehicle’s occupants are unknown.
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Zanesville
Ohio
International News Service
Roy Littlei
Arthur Millfeldt
Robert Gille
Mabel Goodrich
Little
Cambridge
Proctor Quits American Legion Over Bonus Controversy
Colonel J R Proctor resigns from the Augustus P Gardner post in Washington DC amid disputes over the soldiers bonus plan. He is the second New York officer to resign, following Lieutenant Benjamin Moore from the John Purroy Mitchell post.
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New York
J. R. Proctor
Augustus P. Gardner
American Legion
Washington
Atlanta Sees Bitter Cold Wave Sweep In
Atlanta residents woke to a sharp cold wave arriving on schedule as temperatures dropped overnight. The city reported a steady fall toward frigid levels with near-freezing readings and wind chill intensifying the chill across the Southeast.
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Atlanta
United Press
Firls Dont Be Backward About Popping Question
Spokane January 1 1924 Mrs W E Barnhart president of the Spokane Women's Club argues women should be free to propose marriage anytime not just leap year saying many women miss421 chances to marry due to bashfulness or finances and that the right man would welcome matrimony if given a clear signal
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Spokane
Wash
W. E. Barnhart
Spokane Women's Club
Gothamites Make Merry At Midnight
New York and Chicago rang in the new year amid rain and cold as crowds celebrated in Times Square and city venues. Prohibition agents kept a dry banner in both cities while revelers faced arrests, illnesses, and occasional violence. In New York 20 000 partied under umbrellas with 100 agents watching. in Chicago over 3 000 cops and agents enforced a dry observance amid near zero temperatures and heavy crowds.
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New York
Times Square
Prohibition
Washington
R. Q. Merrick
Expres
Dogvntown
Chicago
Revel
Dever
Collins
Belis
New Year in Kansas City Ends with Arrests at Cafes
Eight were arrested at exclusive Kansas City cafes celebrating 1924 with liquor. Names were not listed on the police blotter for 1922 law violations. A missing person list began with a Lawrence barber described as a pretty dresser and good fellow. A church bell tolled at midnight in White House New Jersey causing a tremor as chimes rang. In Philadelphia a report mentions the Liberty Belt and news of 1924 being heard.
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Kansas City
Kansas
City
Lawrence
Rae
W. W. Henry
White House
N. J
Ancient Reformed
Large Gift Endows SMU Chair of American Statesmanship
Mrs. Ora Nixon Arnold of Houston gave 120000 dollars to Southern Methodist University in Dallas to endow an American statesmanship chair in the School of Citizenship. Dr. Charles C. Seleman announced the gift, aiming to oppose departures from the U S Constitution while Dr E K Shurter was named head of the department until death resignation or other duly shown cause.
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Dallas
Texas
Ora Nixon Arnold
Houston
Southern Methodist University
Charles C. Seleman
Arnold
United States
EK. T. Shurter
Stanford
Cornell
University of Texas
Mammoth Cave Entrance Reopened After Closure
Louisville Jan 1 The original Mammoth Cave entrance is reopened to the public after a temporary closure. Trustee A C Janin said the action was taken to restore access, despite prior notices that a development company diverted traffic to another so called entrance.
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Louisville
Mammoth Cave
Great Cave
A. C. Janin
Discovery
Great Cavern
Hog Prices Dip Slightly in 1922 Report Says
Chicago January report from the Sears Roebuck agricultural foundation notes hog prices fell 14.4 percent in 1922 while consumer pork costs barely changed. Markets are flooded and producers struggle to cover costs. wholesale drops mostly absorbed by retailers with some sign of improvement but little impact on retail prices.
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Chicago
Jan. T
Sears-Roebuck Agricultural Foundation
Six Children Die From Toy Pistols in Orleans
In Orleans on New Year’s Day one white boy and five Black children died from lockjaw caused by burns from toy pistols used during holiday celebrations. Several others were near death. Police Superintendent Molony warned against toy pistols and urged immediate treatment for all burn victims. The white victim was 15 year old John Hagon.
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New. Orleans
Molony
John Hagon
Charred Dixmude Parts Recovered Off Sicily Coast
Wreckage identified as from the French dirigible Dixmude, including oiled silk and steel wires, is recovered along the Sicilian coast near Sciacca. Lieutenant Jubert confirms pieces as belonging to the airship, while a search for bodies continues and the fate of Commander Duplesgis de Grenedan is being handled in Naples.
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Messina
Sicily
Jah
Sicilian
Mediterranean
Jubert
Rome
Sciacca
Duplessis de Grenedan
Toulon
Cold Wave Brings Zero Mark Across Midwest in New Year
A New Year’s Day cold wave grips the middle west and central United States with temperatures near or below freezing. Chicago reports 2 degrees, Yellowstone Park hits 34 below, Billings 36 below, Cheyenne and Omaha also record subzero readings. The cold extends as far south as New Orleans with coal weather.
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Chicago
Middle West
United States
Illinois
Kansas
Missouri
Rocky Mountain
Yellowstone Park
Billings
Mont
Reed
Cheyenne
Wyo
Omaha
Neb
New Orleans
Annual meeting opens with focus on pests and plant health
In Cincinnati on January 1 the American Entomologists and botanists discuss flower and cereal damage from grasshoppers and other pests. Methods for counting affected areas include field glasses and area-based estimates proposed by Dr Queckwood.
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Cincinnati
Billings
Queckwood
Olympic Selection Authority Debate Stirs A U Rift
Washington dispatch reports the Amateur Athletic Union push for full power over Olympic selections. A resolution at the National Athletic Federation meeting seeks oath and ratification of selections by the A A U. Charlies, noted sprinter from Southern California, figures in the discussion.
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Washington
National
Aretic Federation
Guten
Charlies
California
Barr Resigns as Chickasaw Manager
Charles J. Barr resigns from his role at the Chickasaw plant after serving as manager and superintendent. announcement yesterday states he will take charge of the Algoma & Company plant.
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Barr
Chickasaw
Charles J. Barr
Algoma &Poration
One Edition Only One Public Edition Announced
In a terse notice the News Item states only one edition will be published, aligning with its stated policy and edition plan. No additional editions or variances are proposed or confirmed by editors.
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Tadeg
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Docks Board
State Commission
Quarrel
Legion
Broadway
Liberty Belt
Philadelphia
Texas College
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