Clark Estate Pays Tax of Nearly Million
Heirs of the late W. A. Clark pay 900000 as part of Montana inheritance tax. The advance will offset the final tax once determined, with half to the state public school fund and half to the general fund. An audit was authorized after evaluating the estate at 16000000. Also, Joseph W. Phillips, 68, mining man and oil operator, died in Denver after work in Chihuahua and Texas.
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Melena
Mont
W. A. Clark
State Board of Equalization
Clark
Montana
Board of Equalization
Denver
Colo
Joseph W. Phillips
Chihuahua
Mex
Texas
Russian Premier Rebukes Zinovieff at Communist Congress
Moscow reports Premier Ry-koff delivered a sharp rebuke to Gregory Zinovieff chairman of the executive committee of the third internationale after Zinovieff presented a minority report. Ry-koff urged conciliation between left and right wings and warned the congress against dangerous divisions within the party. He criticized Sokolnikov over foreign trade policy and opposed creating two governmental officials and a separate Leningrad center.
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Moscow
Gregory Zinovieff
The
Third Internationale
Communist Party
Rykoff
M. Zinovieff
Theatter
du Iren
Central Committee
M. Sokolnikov
Finance
Zinovieff
Leo Kamanoff
Council of Labor and Defense
Sokolnikov
M. Rykoff
Leningrad
Mexico Outlines New Oil Decree And Foreign Rights
Mexico City announces a presidential decree making the petroleum law in effect and detailing exploration, pipelines, and refinery regulations under article 27 of the constitution. Foreign Minister Saens says a forthcoming communication will explain procedures for foreign investment and reduce investor hardships. In Washington, Colonel Jay Morrow is set to return amid survey delays and ongoing boundary commission meetings.
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Mexico City
Congress
Saens
Washington
United States
Jay 3. Morrow
acna-Arica Boundary Commission
Red Fox Bt. James Ordained Deacon for Indian Mission
An Indian priest nicknamed Red Fox Bt. James was ordained deacon by Bishop George Ainslow Plummer in New York. In six months he may advance to priesthood and soon serve as a missionary to his people with the Indian Association. He plans a mission church near St. Louis. Born near Great Falls Montana, he is noted as an Indian life lecturer and educated in Methodist and Catholic schools.
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New York
Red Fox Bt
James
Skinhushus
Angelican Universal Church
George Ainslow Plummer
Indian Association
St. Louis
Red Fox
Montana
Great Falls
Land
Property Ordered Sold in Foreclosure Decree
Federal Judge Banyon in New York approves a formal decree for the sale of Carolina Chemical Company property under foreclosure. Sale to proceed as ordered by the court.
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New York
Banyon
New WN. d
Carolina Chemical Company
Skirts Grow Shorter as Crusade Fades in Washington
The Rainy Day club led by Mrs. Louise Ralston jokes at Mrs. Henderson's push to lengthen skirts and ban smoking. Ralston says their early six inch ground clearance was never meant to set a lower limit and favors skirts ten inches from the ground.
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New York
John B. Henderson
Washington
Favors Alliance On Broad Basis For Journalism
Allen Sinclair Will of Columbia University urges a national alliance between newspapers and journalism schools. He proposes a joint organization akin to the American Medical and American Bar associations, suggesting either the A N P A or the ASNE as a starting point to standardize standards and certificate recognition across the country.
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New York
Alliance of American Newspapers and Schools of Journalism
Allen Sinclair Will
Columbia University
Association of American Schools and Departments of Journalism
Will
American Medical Association
American Bar Association
American Newspapers Publishers Association
American Society of Newspaper Editors
Boston
Los Angeles
Prominent Lake Girl Is Dead
The body of Mary Thurman a notable Utah theater figure died in New York and arrived in Salt Lake City en route to Richfield for burial. Accompanying the body were Mrs. A H Christians her mother and Juanita Hansen a stage and screen star and close friend for eight years. Services will be held Tuesday.
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Salt Lake City
Mary Thurman
Utah
New York
Salt Lake
Richfield
A. H. Christians
Swindle Victims List Over Three Thousand Chicago Purchasers
Postal inspectors compiled a list of 11,000 victims who paid about 4 million dollars to the Consoli dated Realty and Theatres corporation in stock selling swindle. More than 6,000 victims were Chicago residents, contributing about 1.5 million dollars.
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Chicago
Consolidated Realty and Theatres Corporation
Baltimore bishop consecrated for southern Brazil
The Reverend William M. Thomas was consecrated bishop suffragan of southern Brazil at St. Pauls Episcopal Church in Baltimore. He is a native of land with twenty years as a minister and will oversee the mission in Brazil.
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Baltimore
William M. Thomas
Brazil
Old St. Paul’s Protestant Episcopal Church
Fights on Screen Dethrone Bull Ring Popularity
In Mexico City and vicinity 1925 receipts show bull rings earned 1,043,434 pesos while theaters drew 4,683,106 pesos. Government figures indicate cinema revenue outpaced bull fighting across the country, signaling a shift in entertainment preferences.
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Mexico City
Heart disease main cause death in 1924 US figures
National death rate 11.9 per 100 000 in 1924 with heart disease leading the list. Cancer rose to 91 941 deaths, tuberculosis fell to 89 724, and automobile fatalities rose in 1924 with 15 528 of 75 740 accidental deaths.
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Washington
United States
Commerce Department
Dog Rest Room Is Latest Fad In London Fashion
London shops on Bond Street cater to pampered dogs with beauty services, washing, curling, and perfumed Pekinese pets while owners shop. Experts care for pets and special diet kitchens prepare owners chosen meals as owners leave pets all day.
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London
Dec
Bond Street
Milady
Football Coaches Decide No Rule Changes for 1926
The American Football Coaches Association, meeting in New York on December 28, voted not to propose any rule changes for 1926. This marked a departure from last year when drastic changes were urged and followed discussions about eliminating over emphasis and barring anyone connected with professional football.
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New York
American Football Coaches Association
E. K. Hall
Montana fraud charge against Campbell group dismissed
Two orders signed by Judge Charles N. Pray dismiss cases against Leon Stevenson Edward J. Dailey and Charles F Bloomhuff in the Gordon Campbell syndicate mail fraud case. Campbell remains convicted in the Discovery well indictment. Stevenson is dismissed from one indictment while Campbell’s status remains pending on the other.
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Great Falls
Mont
Leon, Stevenson
Edward J. Dailey
Charles F. Bloomhuff
Gordon Campbell
Montana
United States District Court
Charles N. Pray
John L. Slattery
Campbell
Leavenworth
B. K. Wheeler
Department of the Interior
Wheeler
Gordon Campbell Syndicate No. 2
Dailey
Bloomhuff
Nhe
Stevenson
Campbell Gordon-Kevin Syndicate
Kevin
Pray
Campell
Railroad Earnings In November Show Mixed Results
November earnings reports from U S railroads were mixed Southern Railway net income rose by 32805 over last year Nickle Plate surplus fell 356072 Atchison Topeka and Santa Fe income up 1902804 Great Northern down 748992 Northern Pacific up 123724 and Chicago Milwaukee St Paul down 872525.
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New York
Southern Railway Company
Chicago and St. Louis
Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe
Great Northern
Northern Pacific
Chicago, Miwaukee
St. Paul
No loans for livestock feeding operations announced
Des Moines and Fort Dodge backed national agricultural credit corporation will not loan money to finance livestock feeding operations. John H. Hogan of Des Moines, a director, announced for the board as directors left for a Fort Dodge meeting.
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Nes Moines
National Agricultural Credit Corporation of
Des Moines
Fort Dodge
John H. Hogan
Potato Experts In Session At University Of Nebraska
Thirty seven scientists from twenty states Canada and Hungary met at the University of Nebraska college of agriculture in Lincoln for a symposium on controlling potato diseases. Dr H A Edison and Paul R Gross led discussions on five years of disease tests and seed samples from districts affected by seed degeneracy.
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Lincoln
Neb
Anada
Ungary
University Ofebraska College of Agriculture
H. A. Edison
States Department of Agriculture
Paul R. Gross
George Peltier
Ebraska Department of Pathology
Freighter Sinks After Collision Near Coast
A freighter sank after a crash last night leaving 14 passengers aboard. The collision occurred near the coast, prompting rescue efforts as authorities investigated the incident.
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Peel
Xmas Drinkers Survive Night on New York Streets
New York Christmas drinkers avoided a fatal poison incident, hospital reports show, while about a hundred cases of alcoholism were treated. Broadway night clubs faced padlock summonses yet Christmas trade mainly shifted to homes, with enforcement blamed for quiet streets and bootleggers claiming brisk direct sales. Brooklyn, last year a drunk driving hotspot, saw few arrests this year as revelers plan New Year’s celebrations.
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Rowland Wood
The
Pocatello Tribune
Cone
Broadway
Brooklyn
Firpo to Fight Italian Champion in Buenos Aires
Luis Angel Firpo the Argentina heavyweight signed with the Buenos Aires boxing commission for a March bout against Ermino Spalla the Italian titleholder. Firpo will receive 35 percent of gross receipts and Spalla plans to arrive before February 15. Their prior meeting on March 17 1924 ended with Firpo stopping Spalla in the 14th.
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Buenos Aires
Luis Angel Firpo
Argentina
Municipal Boxing Commission
Ermino Spa
Firpo
Spalla
Spilla
Fire wrecks Argentine oil tanks near Buenos Aires
In Buenos Aires on December 28 the petroleum tanks of the Italian Argentine Electric Co. on the waterfront south of the city, set alight by a lightning strike during a violent storm, continued burning this morning. Loss is estimated at 2,000,000 pesos.
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Buenos Aires
Argentine Electric Company
Peace emissary letter from Abd El Krim envoy arrives in Paris
Captain Gordon Canning, emissary from Abd El Krim, arrived in Paris from Morocco last week. The foreign office has received his mission letter but details remain undisclosed. The note is presumed to request a meeting with high officials.
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Paris
Foreign Office
Gordon Canning
Morocco
Abd-El-Krim
Petoe & Canning
Government plans secret social defense under secretary
Athens reports the cabinet has decided to inform newspapers of its plan to appoint a secretary of state for social defense to help implement measures against communist intrigues.
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Athens
Harding letters burned by Mrs Harding after presidency
Washington dispatch reports Mrs. Harding burned most pre inauguration letters of her husband and turned over president era correspondence to the Harding memorial association. Trustees vow to keep the file sealed, citing privacy and fairness to writers.
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The
Pocatello Tribune
Washington
Harding
White House
Harding Memorial Association
Library of Congress
Congressional
Mrs. Harding
Marion
Association
Mr. Harding
French business genius Mme Louise Cognacq dies in Paris
Paris reports the death of Mme Louise Cognacq a self described business genius who claimed no vacations in fifty years. She and husband Theodore Ernest Cognacq built a renowned Paris department store from a clerks job starting in 1872 to a business of immense turnover in France.
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Paris
Mme
Louise Cognacq
Theodore Ernest Cognacq
Azid
France
Three injured after acetylene tank explodes on ship
An acetylene gas tank exploded aboard a vessel in Boston. Three men were injured as the flame was brought under control. The ship, Uv 8, was in dry dock at Charlton for repairs when the blast occurred. The cause remains undetermined.
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Boston
Florida
Charleston
Stig
Jacob Onsen
Eaton Eine
Icy world as cold wave grips United States and Canada
From the northwest icy winds sweep across the continent with sub zero temperatures and widespread damage. Seven deaths and millions in losses are reported as freezes extend into Dixie and beyond. Severe storms strike Buenos Aires and Vera Cruz as New York faces record chill and unusual weather chatter persists.
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Valkyr
United States
Canada
Rocky Mountains
Atlantic Seaboard
Northland
Dixie
Florida
Pennsylvania
Buenos Aires
Vera Cruz
France
le Rochelle
New York City
Robert Ma Apevec
Rae Eskimo
Alaska
Ponte
Iyre
Boston
The
Poet Nicholas Lindsay Rejects Women’s Club Hostesses
Springfield AP reports poet Nicholas Lindsay returns home from a war tour and says he has sworn off joining women’s clubs. He criticizes clubs for favoring hostesses, tea, servants, and business ads over genuine literary effort and reading.
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Springfield
Nicholas Lindsay
Lost his scalp in early days pioneer buried with earring
Globe Arizona reports the burial of 109 year old western pioneer Henry Mims. He was scalped in youth and carried scars of Indian knives. Mims died December and his son Henry Mims Jr. recalls his many adventures.
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Globe
Ariz
Henry Mims
Mims
Texas
Henry Mims Jr
T Me Mims
Boen
Comfort
Hhis
Coal crisis easing as operators agree on prices
Governor Pinchot announces satisfaction with resumed talks between anthracite operators and the administration. The agreement aims to set coal prices that will be released to the public, signaling progress in resolving the coal situation in Harrison Pennsylvania.
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Harrison
Ernor Pinchot
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Mr. Corbett
Broad and
Wall Streets
ITALI
Champ
Harding Burns
Memorial Association
Robert Y. Small
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