Prohibition Debate Shifts to Enforcement in House
Lawmakers in the House debated enforcement of the Volstead Act amid calls to modify prohibition. Rep Hudson outlined a hotel incident involving employees, while Rep Ware described enforcement costs as wasteful and that the public does not want to be dry. Rep Gallivan denounced Wheeler and the Anti-Saloon League as harming America.
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Washington
Vilna
Wayne J. Wheeler
Anti-Saloon League
Hudson
Michigan
Prohibition
Treasury
Ware Republican
Pennsylvania
Gallivan
Massachusetts
Wheeler
The
America
Tyne
Ffort
French Leaders Propose Bonds to Stabilize Franc
Paris reports a plan by industrial leaders to pledge property as security for areas from the US and other regions to back the franc and create a sinking fund for France’s debt. Cabinet favorable, commission to study, few socialists oppose. Franc holds gains after early rise, with an industrial bill slated after federation commission hearings.
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Paris
U.S
France
General Federation of Producers
Finch
Memorial University plan for Bryan in Dayton Tennessee
New York report states plans for a $5,000,000 Bryan memorial university in Dayton Tennessee to commemorate William J. Bryan’s first public appearance. PF E Robinson, president of the memorial association, announced the project. A national campaign committee of leading fundamentalist religious figures has been formed.
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New York
Bryan Memorial University
Dayton
Tenn
Wm. J. Bryan
PF. E. Robinson
Memorial Association
Ironton Newspapers Report Saving Event Noted
Portsmouth dispatch notes two Ironton daily papers discuss a cited effect of saving behavior. The incomplete item mentions Mornington and Bochner and an ongoing news event with local newspaper coverage in Ohio on December 19.
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Portsmouth
Ironton
Ohio
Mornington
On the Trail of Lost Plane Near Tyringham
Warren Campbell of Brooklyn reports finding wreckage during a hunting trip near Tyringham Mass. The possible World War I era plane is linked to Captain M R James who vanished May 29 1919 on a Boston to Atlantic City flight. Eight searchers plus a newspaperman and photographer scoured the woods but failed to locate the wreck. Snow and a threat of more snow may end further efforts.
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Pittsfield
Mass
Warren Campbell
Brooklyn
New York
Tyringham
Here
M. R. James
Boston
Atlantic City
Campbell
One Killed and Several Injured in Pennsylvan ia Derailment
Derailment of train No 32 the Pennsylvan ia railroad fast express between Pittsburgh and New York west of Altoona Pa early today caused one death and nine injuries four serious. Ben E Hess 21 Carnegie Institute of Technology student Huntington Park California died later at a local hospital. The locomotive and eight cars were derailed two day coaches upset with no cause known.
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Altoona
Pennsylvania Railroad
Pittsburgh
New York
Here
Ben E. Hess
Carnegie Institute of Technology
Pittsburg
Huntington Park
Los Angeles
Calif
Woodhaven
Long Island
Nevers Hurt in Car Accident Near San Mateo
Ernie Nevers the 1925 Stanford football captain who recently turned pro was cut on the forehead when the car he rode in collided with another near San Mateo California He received hospital treatment and left soon after insisting he was not badly hurt and would continue to the campus to pack for a trip east.
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San Mateo
Calif
Ernie Nevers
Stanford University
Florida
Nevers
Stanford
Frank Gustafson
Thomas
Never Scored by Leddingham in Utah Aggie Football Career
Ogden Utah December 19 Captain Clarence Eel Leddingham played quarterback for four straight years and never scored a point though he called signals from 110 yards to six inches from the goal and his team trusted him for many passes according to Coach E Liommey of the Farmers.
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Ogden
Utah
Clarence
Eel) Leddingham
Utah Aggie
E. L. Iomney
Leddingham
Saunders Denies Charges Over Argentine Wheat Report
George E. Saunders of Armour Grain Chicago denies making or intending to make any charge questioning Argentina's wheat report. He says press misinterpreted his remarks amid a government inquiry and that he did not publish or authorize such statements. The Armour Packing company in La Plata admits an employee sent an false report to Saunders and suspends the worker.
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Washington
George E. Saunders
Armour Grain Company of Chicago
Honono
Saunders
Argentina
Buenos Aires
Armour Packing Company of
LaPlata
Armour Grain Company of
Chicago
Armour Packing Company
Armour Grain Company
Department of Agriculture
Boise Gets Parity Rates With Shoshone and Brady Districts
Idaho Public Utilities Commission orders parity tariffs for Boise with Twin Falls and Pocatello into Shoshone and Brady districts. The commission overturns a prior suspension of a Union Pacific supplemental schedule, finding no discrimination against Twin Falls or Pocatello and that the new rates are just and reasonable. Hearing held Oct 26. protests filed in Dec. Boise traffic bureau and local chambers participated.
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Boise
Twin Falls
Pocatello
Shoshone
Brady
Idaho Public Utilities Commission
Union Pacific
Potatello Chambers of Commerce
Boise Traffic Bureau
Wood River
Rehard
Fuller
Miners Strike Remains Unsettled as Talks Resume
The 158000 coal miners idle for nearly four months face a suspended settlement during Christmas week. Mayors invite a Scranton meeting to renew talks, with John L. Lewis insisting on Governor Pinchot's plan as the basis. Operators have not yet replied and plan a Sunday session in Wilkes-Barre or Scranton.
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Philadephia
Scranton
John L. Lewis
John Durkan
Pinechot
Durkan
Wilkesbarre
Daniel L. Hurt
Charles F. Huber
Operatora
Brotherhoods to demand wage increases for railroad workers
Baltimore on December 19 AP reports Maxwell Byers president of the Western Maryland Railway says within sixty days conductors trainmen engineers and firemen nationwide will seek pay raises above wartime peaks. The move follows Chicago conferences and union conventions signaling broad wage pressure.
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Baltimore
Maxwell
Byers
Western Maryland Railway
Chicago
Order of Railway Conductors
The
Brotherhood of
Fred Barr
San Antonio
Ten
Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen
Enginmen
Barr
Maryland
Mr. Byers
Western Maryland
New York Central
Colonel House Visits Coolidge in Washington Conference
President Coolidge met with Colonel E. M. House as part of discussions on the league of nations and disarmament. House, Wilson confidant, was an overnight White House guest before heading to New York.
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Washington
Coolidge
League of Nations
E. M. Haus
Woodrow Wilson
Underwood
Alabama
New York
House
Senate
Kellogg
Congress
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Leagues
Chapman Takes Different Tack
Hartford Feb. 19 AP Gerald Chapman’s counsel laid groundwork for an appeal to the U S circuit court aiming to postpone his death sentence for the murder of a New Britain policeman by serving a 25 year federal sentence. A federal judge recently denied a writ of habeas corpus and the appeal request would ask for an order to review the denial.
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Hartford
Conn
Pec
Gerald Chapman
U. S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Edwin S. Thomas
Chapman
Postoffice Relocated to New Town Building
The American Falls post office moved from the old town site to a modern building in the new town. All mail for Power City will be handled at the new office. Three business houses remain in the old town while the rest have moved to the new town.
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Old Town
Market bill proposed to aid cooperative marketing push
Washington reports a new administration backed measure to assist cooperative marketing by creating department of agriculture machinery to aid marketing organizations and direct the bureau of economics to find markets for surplus crops. The plan extends Capper-Volstead provisions and faces opposition from some middle western lawmakers over export corporation plans.
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Washington
Congress
White House
Coolidge
Jardine
McNary
Oregon
Tincher
Kansas
Department of Agriculture
Bureau of Economics
Boston Parents Ban Girls From Smoking at School
Boston officials report strong parental opposition to girls smoking at the Boston School of Practical Arts and Letters after a survey of 675 parents. Dean Davis says the rule remains strict with expulsion for violations.
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Boston
Boston School of Practical Arts and Letters
Bryn Maw
T. Lawrence Davis
Boston University
Dean Davis
Democrats Promote Tariff Revisions
The Democratic drive to revise tariffs began in the house with a key repeal bill. Rep Oldfield Arkansas introduced a bill to repeal the 53 cents per ton duty on Canadian coal due to anthracite suspension. He and Rep Hull Tennessee plan additional measures to cut textile duties and wipe out import taxes.
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Washington
Oldfield
Arkansas
Canada
Hull
Tennessee
Democratic National Committee
Utah Weather Outlook for Sunday and Monday
Utah forecast calls for fair conditions both days with little temperature change. Light winds and dry air are expected across most districts. Citizens are advised to dress for mild daytime highs and cool evenings.
Col Mitchell Ready to Fight Army Court Martial
Washington December 19 Congress heard sharp criticism of the court martial of Col Mitchell for his anti aviation stance. Rep Black urged cancelling the five year suspension. Mitchell and counsel implied civil court action likely, possibly to reach the Supreme Court via the court of claims over five years pay.
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Washington
Col
Mitchell
Army General Staff
Congress
House
Representative Black
New York
Act of Congress
Supreme Court of the United States
Court of Claims
War Department
President Coolidge
Tillman
Representative Reid
Illinois
Chicago
Boulder Canyon War Continues in Federal Boulder Dam Debate
Washington reports the Senate Irrigation and Reclamation Committee will draft a report on the Boulder canyon project and Colorado River issues with executive sessions set for next week. L Ward Bannister and state attorney generals testified, Bannister urging basin cooperation under the water compact while opposing side arguments were debated by Senators Ashurst and Johnson.
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Washington
McNary
Senate Irrigation and Reclamation Committee
Boulder Canyon
Colorado River
L. Ward Bannister
Denver Chamber of Commerce
Boatwright
Colorado
Howell
Wyoming
Johnson
California
Boulder Canyon High Dam
Bannister
Harry Chandler
Los Angeles Times
Imperial Valley
Ashurst
Arizona
Turkey prices around the country show regional variances
The piece notes turkey prices at 43 cents a pound locally with 46 to 50 cents in Portland and San Francisco. San Francisco reports weak demand after Thanksgiving while Portland notes scarce birds and bids up to 46 cents. Maryland reports a cooperative grading auction planned for farm birds.
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Portland
San Francisco
Oregon
Maryland
Keted
Kent County Farm
Barcen
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Marquis de la Falaise
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H. Falaise
Hunter
Public Utilities Commission
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Colonel House
Mrs. Thaw Iil
Mary Copley Thaw
Harry K. Thaw
Thaw
Col. Mitchell
Boulder
Turkey
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