World Court is League Body Says Moses in Senate
Senator Moses of New Hampshire labeled the world court a league instrument and argued the League of Nations could compel advisory opinions on U S cases. He warned the court could handle domestic issues like immigration tariffs waterways and tolls in the Panama Canal if the United States joined. He cited Italy and Japan positions and warned of potential adverse, internationalized domestic questions.
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Washington
The
World Court
League
League of Nations
Moses
New Hampshire
Senate
League Senate
League Council
United States
Council of the League of Nations
Panama Canal
Italy
Signor Paralore
Permanent Court of International Justice
Japan
Government Urged to Pay Drilling Bill Near Price Utah
Salt Lake City Jan 16 AP The government is urged to reimburse Utah Oil Refining 130000 for drilling a gas well near Price Utah which yielded helium after completion. The land and reserve were withdrawn and the well capped. Rep Don B Celton asks the appropriation committee to include the sum in the pending bill.
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Salt Lake City
Utah Oil Refining Company
Price
Utah
Don B. Celton
Club Seeks Brighter Theatres to End Petting Parties
San Francisco January 16 AP report says the San Francisco Federation of Women’s clubs aims to curb “petting parties” by youths. The council votes to draft a letter to Will Hays seeking help in designing a brighter projection machine for better-lit theaters.
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San Francisco
San Francisco Federation of Women’s Clubs
Will Hays
Long Trains Protest by Trainmen in Kansas
Two railroad brotherhoods asked the Kansas Public Service Commission for relief, arguing that longer freight trains endanger crews. They cited a near 50 percent rise in train crew deaths from 1921 to 1924 and noted trains over a mile long, with some Kansas runs of 169 cars.
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Topeka
Kans
Kansas Public Service Commission
State
Public Service Commission
Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen
Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen
Kansas
Mine Victims Laid to Rest in Degnan Mine Disaster
Wilburton Oklahoma January 16 AP bodies of more than 47 of the 90 miners killed in the Degnan Mc Connell mine No 21 explosion were buried as rescue teams recovered 91 bodies. Funeral services for eight Negro victims were held by the Negro Masonic lodge. Jim McConnell may reopen the mine after assessing passageways.
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Wilburton
Okla
Degnan-McConnell
Negro Masonic Lodge
Jim McConnell
New York Stock Market Opens With Mixed Early Losses
The opening today showed renewed selling pressure giving a seven point tone to the market. Motors and accessories remained plentiful while most losses were fractional. Dupont fell two points, rails were steady with Atchison up a point, and several other issues improved fractions.
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New York
Dupont
Atchison
Hughes Defends Washington as Regular, Night Dancing Included
Rupert Hughes, at a lecture on literature, reiterates that George Washington "gambled swore susely, played cards and danced all night" and argues the admiring view of Washington should not erase his faults. He labels the cherry tree tale a lie and cites Washington Irving to claim Washington brewed beer and drank freely.
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New York
Rupert Hughes
George Washington
Washington
Sons of the American Revolution
Hughes
Washington Irving
Jim Philadelphia
Iyce
Mystery Shrouds Yellowstone Hotel Robbery
Early morning assault at the Yellowstone hotel ends with manager and staff unsettled about a possible cash theft. V. E. Christensen found bound in the manager's office. his account varies, with one or two assailants alleged. Manager T. C. Brinckley disputes loss claims as police defer to Detective J. L. Balderston for handling.
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Yellowstone
Yellowstone Hotel
V. EB. Christensen
Christensen
T. C. Brinckley
Tribune
Brinckley
The
J. L. Balderston
Crash injures Air Mail Pilot H A Collison near Laramie
Cheyenne aviator H A Collison was injured when his air lane crashed at a Wyoming siding 12 miles west of Laramie. The craft spun nose down as he tried to release a flare signaling engine function. The mail was undamaged.
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Cheyenne
Wyo
H. A. Collison
Yoming Siding
Laramie
Collison
Pomeroy
Mountain Division
Shepherd Named Director Federal Bank
R. E. Shepherd of Jerome Idaho chamber of commerce president and reclamation worker has been appointed a director of the Federal Loan bank of Spokane. The appointment followed Senator Gooding’s recommendation. Shepherd succeeds M. E. Lewis of Moscow who recently resigned. the vice presidency vacancy remains unfilled.
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Washington
R. E. Shepherd
Jerome
Idaho Chamber of Commerce
Idaho
Federal Loan Bank of
Spokane
Gooding
Shepherd
M. E. Lewis
Moscow
Lewis
High Tomato Yield Report From Utah Canneries Convention
Salt Lake City: the tomato crop for canning averaged 18 tons per acre last season with a contract price of 12 dollars per ton, yielding Utah growers more than twice the returns of any other state. Richard Stringham of Woods Cross, president of the State Canners' Association, announced at the convention. He noted 80 million of Utah’s 125 million cans used in 1925 were produced at Ogden.
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Salt Lake City
Richard Stringham
Woods Cross
State Canners’ Association
Utah
Ogden
Langley Begins Two Year Federal Prison Term
Atlanta, Jan. 16 AP John W Langley the former Kentucky congressman entered the Atlanta federal prison to begin a two year sentence for conspiracy to violate the national prohibition law.
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Atlanta
John W. Langley
Kentucky
Modern Dresser Hairstyles Echo 250 B C in Ur Find
London reports Leonard Wooley and team at Ur of the Chaldees unearthed a Somaerian sculpture head of the moon goddess. The elaborate waved coiffure suggests hairdressers of the third dynasty had skilled styling resembling modern looks and a striking fashion sense.
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London
Leonard Wooley
Mesopotamia
Dungi
Zikkurat
Wooley
Weather outlook shows unsettled NW Sunday
Fair tonight and Sunday with unsettled conditions in the northwest portion. Temperatures rise slightly in the northwest tonight as winds shift and clouds increase.
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Northwest
Army Officer Charged With Being a Crook
First Lieutenant Clarence Aikin on leave from Monterey presidio plans to return to Monterey to face charges of attempted burglary related to a thwarted safe cracking. He travels with Mrs. Aikin and used a false Los Angeles alias at a hotel. Doctor Reinstein alerted police to avoid complications. Aikin avoids details, enjoys a vaudeville show, and faces linked investigations in San Diego and Santa Ana.
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San Francisco
Clarence Aikin
Monterey County Superior Court
Monterey
Aikin
Aikins
Arthur Jackson
Los Angeles
Arthur H. Reinstein
Reinstein
San Diego
American Railway Express
Santa Ana
Calif
Smokey Gaston Wins The Idaho Falls Ten Mile Race
Smokey Gaston won the ten mile Idaho Falls race in 35 minutes 50 seconds earning 225 dollars. Harry Kennedy finished second in 38 03 taking 175 dollars, Warren Cordingly was third with 40 minutes for the same course. The event capped the woolgrowers convention entertainment with spectators along both river banks watching the crowded turns.
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Idaho Falls
Smokey Gaston
Harry Kennedy
Warren Cordingly
Gaston
Woolgrowers
Roads Claim Less Income
Chicago reports Railway Age rejects labor leaders claim profits per employee rose in 1924. It notes net operating income per worker over the five years to 1924 fell versus the prior five years while average wages rose sharply. Railways stress vast plant investments alongside personnel.
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Chicago
Railway Age Today
Railway Age
Three bandits executed for train massacre in Mexico City
Mexico City reported that three bandits were executed for the massacre of passengers, crew, and guards on the Guadalajara to Mexico City train. Five bandits were captured, two spared for divulging locations of others, government announced. President Calles offered 5,000 pesos for the ringleader dead or alive.
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Mexico City
Guadalajara
Calles
Bank Conditions Show Strong Weekly Reserve Gain
The actual condition of clearing house banks and trust companies for the week shows an excess reserve of 25,216,560 dollars, up 54,423,900 from last week where a deficit of 29,213,440 was reported.
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New York
Summer Weather in Alaskan Area
Strawberry plants and grass crops thrive in mild spring like weather in Seward Alaska. Last year rotary snow plow crews battled snowslides but today the region had rain and little snow on the railroad except in high mountain passes. Tie contractors cannot fill orders due to snow shortage, prompting the railroad to order thousands of ties from Seattle for shipment to Seward on the schooner Boxer.
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Seward
Alaska
Dan
Seattle
Grazing Plan Criticized By Utah Wool Growers
W A Crane president of the Utah Wool Growers Association told members in Salt Lake City that the federal forestry bureau must soften its approach to grazing permits and sheepmen should cooperate to improve finances. He condemned indiscriminate logging of young pines and firs as harming snow retention and water supply. Crane urged registering all sheep pelt sales to curb pirates and protect profits. officers to be elected this afternoon.
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Salt Lake City
Federal Forestry Bureau
W. A. Crane
Utah Stool Growers Association
Association
Crane
Explosion at Standard Oil refinery injures man in El Segundo
In El Segundo California on January 16 an explosion ripped through an 80 000 gallon distillate tank at the Standard Oil refinery causing about 200 000 dollars in damage. Gauger Al Collier 19 of Inglewood was atop the tank when it blew off its cap and hurled him over 100 feet. He is not expected to live. Fire units from El Segundo and the refinery fought the blaze and prevented further damage to adjacent tanks.
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el Segundo
Calif
Standard Oil Company
al Collier
Inglewood
Collier
Oil Company
Resolution to seize anthracite mines proposed in Senate
Senator Copeland introduced a resolution urging President Coolidge to seize and control the anthracite coal mines for the duration of the strike after a hearing on a less forceful request was blocked by opposition. The move reflects bipartisan push to end the coal stoppage.
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Washington
Coolidge
Copeland
Democrat
New York
Woolgrowersreelect Bacon as president
Idaho Falls reports the Idaho Woolgrowers association reelected T Clyde Bacon of Twin Falls as president and Ben Darrah of Shoshone as treasurer. The group approved committee reports, discussed predatory animals and livestock rail shipments, and calculated 1925 costs of production at 10.37 per head with a net profit of about 1.27. More than 800 members attended the convention.
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Idaho Falls
Idaho Woolgrowers’ Association
T. Clyde Bacon
Twin Falls
Ben Darrah
Shoshone
State Game Department
R. A. Pierce
Oregon Short Line
W. A. Barber
Idaho
Reclamation Policy Urged by Organization of Engineers
Washington Jan 16 a thorough and impartial study urges fixed reclamation policy to eliminate political influence. The American Engineering Council committee calls for projects to justify costs by direct or indirect returns and for beneficiaries to bear costs. It recommends a federal corporation to administer acts and a land settlement to ensure practical occupancy and production.
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Washington
Reclamation Committee
American Engineering Council
Reort
United States
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Iion
President Coolidge
Air Mail
Uring
Federal Bank
Langley
New
Bacon
Idaho State Wool Growers’ Association
Idaho Cattle and Horse Growers’ Association
Court House
Organization OF Engineers
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