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Newspaper
The Mobile News Item
Location
Mobile, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jun 30, 1925
Page
7
After the Me Bevers quake at 1 20 a m the city imposed martial rule to clear streets and restrict entry. Military patrols controlled two entry routes to Santa Barbara as residents shelter outdoors and businesses shut down while Red Cross aid stations operated. Rescue workers labored amid tremor alerts with no looting observed.
Chicago June 80 A P after more than six years of prohibition under the eighteenth amendment life insurance companies still insist upon exact answers to the question Do you use alcoholic liquors and one of the leading insurance companies of the west to day announced a temperance department Total abstainers will be granted a preferred premium rate of ten per cent less than those who admit they use alcoholic liquors.
Seventeenth annual governors conference in Poland Springs Missouri discusses distribution of power between state and federal governments. Maryland’s Albert C. Ritchie and Iowa’s John Hammiji lead morning talks on power distribution. South Carolina’s Thomas G. McLeod and Nebraska’s Adam McMullen address marketing and agriculture in the afternoon. Nellie T. Ross invites next sessions to Wyoming. Alfred E. Smith of New York links federal tax cuts to state tax changes and criticizes propaganda.
Scientists in Los Angeles discussed potential fault lines responsible for yesterday's destructive quake near Santa Barbara. Prof. Thomas Ketchum cited a major coastal fault near Santa Barbara and a possible deep basin fault between the mainland and Santa Cruz Island, noting a new fault could have formed.
Six teen refrigerator manufacturers pleaded guilty in federal court to Sherman Act indictments in furniture cases and were sentenced to pay fines ranging from $2,000 to $5,000 each in Chicago in June.
Chinese students in Berlin visited the Chinese minister on Saturday and demanded an explanation for the presence of General Hsu secretary to the president of China. Hsu is unpopular among Chinese there due to his official fetes in France and England.
In Atlantic City New Jersey the annual American Automobile Association meeting opens with over 200 delegates from 712 clubs. President Theodore P. Henry reviews the past year and outlines plans for the next twelve months emphasizing a sustained safety movement.
French star Henri Cochet defeated Indianapolis player John Hennessey in the all comers singles round. The score progressed 7-9 4-6 6-1 6-3 6-0 as Cochet advanced toward the semi finals.
Mrs Harvey Dow Gibson wife of New York banker filed a suit for divorce. She formerly was Miss Carrie Curtin of Newtonville Massachusetts and married Gideon Gibson in 1908. Gideon Gibson is president of the New York Trust Company.
Plymouth reports Colonel John Lidge at age 80 showed marked recovery after the bladder operation. President Coolidge, relieved by his father’s progress, departs for Swampscott with Mrs. Coolidge and begins adjusting to work while staying near the family. John Cognces joins the president and Mrs. Coolidge after Amherst College ends.
A fragmentary report describes binding to funding and support terms that could threaten disaster if an arrangement is not accepted, with evidence mentioned but unclear details.
New York reports that a treasure ship named Merida, sunk off Cape Charles, Virginia after a collision with Farragut, has been located. Crews plan to breach the storeroom and recover thirty tons of gold and silver valued at about four million dollars. The 14 year old wreck holds a famed sunken hoard smuggled from Mexico by Diaz and Madero era smugglers.
Jack Dempsey speaks in Brighton England about a planned title bout on July 4 next year. He forecasts facing the reigning world heavyweight champion in a major match and discusses future boxing plans.
Pres. Coolidge will address the 150th anniversary of Washington's command in Cambridge next Friday afternoon about 4 30 daylight time. The speech will be broadcast from Cambridge Common by Edison light stations and carried by Westinghouse WBZ.
The body of Brigadier General was sent from Orlando Florida to Washington for burial in Arlington Cemetery. The report notes the general died here on Sunday and the body is en route to the capital for funeral rites.
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