Mellon calls reformers’ prohibition charges unfounded
Secretary Mellon in Washington labeled a reform group letter criticizing enforcement conditions as unfounded and unjustified. He noted bad conditions but rejected claims the administration deserts the eighteenth amendment or the president’s oath.
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Associated Prean
Washington, D. C
Mellon
White House
Coolidge
Reform Organizaations
United Committee For Prohibition Enforcement
Cotton dusting by planes grows in 1925 program
More than fifty thousand acres of cotton were dusted with calcium arsenate from airplanes during the past season. The Bureau of Entomology report released today says aerial spraying against the cotton belt weevil is becoming a firmly established practice as costs fall.
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Bureau of Entomology
Cotton Belt
Weather synopsis for Georgia South Carolina and Tennessee
For Georgia and South Carolina fair tonight with increasing clouds and warmer Friday. Tennessee expects scattered showers tonight and Friday, with colder conditions tomorrow.
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Georgia
South Carolina
Tennessee
Organized gang of auto thieves uncovered in Georgia Florida
Police say an organized gang operating across South Georgia and Florida was uncovered after weeks of investigation. Three men were arrested near Vienna, Georgia, for membership. The thieves allegedly conducted a wholesale theft of new automobiles from Valdosta to southern Florida, using organized methods to dispose of the cars, with many ending up in Orlando and vicinity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Georgia
Florida
Orlando
Vienna
Valdosta
Associated Press
Orlando, Frs
South
Former Florida Governor Gilchrist Sought in New York
The Missing Persons Bureau in New York began a search for Albert W. Gilchrist former Florida governor who vanished after visiting friends in the city. The effort was requested by Charles Finley secretary of the Florida state senate.
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Missing Persons Bureau of
New York City
Albert W. Gilchrist
Associated Press
New York
Missing Persons Bureau Today
Florida
Charles Finley
Florida State Senate
Gilchrist Found Living in Waycross Georgia
Former Florida governor Albert Walter Gilchrist, who had been reported missing in New York City, is now a resident of Waycross Georgia. He led Florida from 1909 to 1913.
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Gilchrist
Waycross
Tampa
Fla
Albert Waltter Gilchrist
Florida
New York City
Georgia
Mitchell Court Martial Follows Trail of Shenandoah Inquiry
Washington Dec. 3 The Mitchell court martial followed the Shenandoah inquiry trail today. It covered in many particulars the same fields previously explored by the navy court.
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Associated Press
Washington, D. C
Mitchell
Shenandoah Court of Inquiry
Navy Court
Agreement Reached on Irish Boundary Question
London reports a boundary agreement for Ireland has been reached and details will be announced tonight by officials. The accord involves key parties and sets the stage for a formal statement later.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
American Rye Whiskey Forty Five Years Old In London Window
A bottle of forty five year old American rye whiskey named Old Jordan and Old Crow is displayed in a Piccadilly liquor shop window. It came from the late Sir W N McMillan cellar and was bottled at the St Louis club. English drinkers favor Scotch, yet the purveyor notes solid trade from visiting Americans.
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Associated
Branc
London
Piccadilly
W. N. McMillan
St. Louis Club
Chapman Faces Judge Over Chapman Fate
In Hartford a federal judge weighs Gerald Chapman's bid to avoid hanging by pursuing a habeas corpus writ. The decision by Judge Edwin D. Thomas will decide if Chapman remains under federal sentence or faces state execution for a 1924 New Britain policeman murder.
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Hartford
Conn
Gerald Chapman
Edwin D. Thomas
Norwalk
Thomas
Chapman
Atlanta
United States
Connecticut
New Britain
United States Circuit Court of Appeals
Frederick J. Groehl
United States Supreme Court
Wetherfield
W. H. Scott
Washington
Superior Court
Hartford County
Scott
Grehl
Groehl
Groplil
Alcorn
Tin
Greece to Pay Bulgaria Damages After Frontier Incident
The League of Nations commission in Geneva finds Greece should pay Bulgaria twenty million leva in damages and recommends an additional six million leva for loss of lives. The report, dated December, states Greece bears responsibility for the Greco Bulgarian frontier incident.
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The
Associated Press
Geneva
Dec
League of Nations Commission
Greece
Bulgaria
League Council
Texas Governor Faces New Troubles After Temple Home Visit
Governor Miriam A. Ferguson returns to Austin amid calls for a special session. A 60 thousand dollar school book contract dispute with Attorney General Moody widens rift as South Texas stock raisers and dairymen seek funds to reimburse losses from foot and mouth actions by federal and state authorities.
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Associated Press
Austin
Texas
Miriam A. Ferguson
Temple
Moody
South Texas
Neglected son of a wealthy father in Rhinelander case
White Plains New York December 3 Leonard Kip Rhinelander son of a wealthy New York family sues his mulatto wife Alice Beatrice Jones Rhinelander for annulment claiming the match was built on deception and racial difference Attorney Isaac Mills spends the court day outlining his client’s claim and contrasting Leonard’s upbringing with his father Philip Rhinelander’s perceived neglect.
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White Plains
N. Y
Leonard Kip Rhinelander
New York
Alice ‘Beatrice Jones Rhinelander
Alice
Isaac Mills
Mills
Leonard
Philip Rhinelander
Rhinelander
Connecticut
Min
Milla
Marie Antoinette
Minister and Penn freshman football player to wrestle
Rev. Charles Urban, pastor of Grace Evangelical church in Philadelphia, joined the University of Pennsylvania freshman wrestling team after the gridiron season. Coach Servais said Urban, a likely heavyweight star, had earlier played tackle on the Penn freshman squad.
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Associated Press
Philadelphia
Charles Urban
University of Pennsylvania
Servais
Urban
Grace Evangelical Church
Pennsylvania College
Georgia to distribute 810000 dollars to schools by December
In Atlanta on December 3 18 percent of Georgia public school funds totaling 4 5 million will be paid to counties and city systems by December 10 or 12. State Superintendent Land says the 810000 dollar disbursement is the largest single payment in state history and may help counties pay teachers at term end.
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Associated Press
Atlanta
Georgia
Walker
Land
Million Dollar Fire Strikes Council Bluffs Business District
A boiler blast in a furniture store basement sparked a fire that caused more than a million dollars in damage in Council Bluffs Iowa. The Grand hotel was evacuated as flames spread, forcing eighty guests to flee in scant attire and losing their personal belongings as the hotel was destroyed.
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Furniture Place
Grand Hotel
Associated Preas
Council Bluff
Iowa
Six Prisoners Escape DeKalb County Jail
Six white inmates at the DeKalb County jail in Decatur sawed through iron bars and escaped in the early hours. A search began immediately as authorities believe the fugitives may have fled to Atlanta. All six were held in the same jail section.
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Associated Pros
Atlanta
Dekalb County
Decatur
Here
Spanish Cabinet Changes Approved
Madrid reports King Alfonso approved abolishing the military directorate and creating a civil cabinet under Captain General Primo de Rivera. The new government to take an oath before the King today.
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Primo de Rivera
Alfonso
Madrid
Walker denies political motives in extra session plan
Governor Walker states he is not seeking or planning to run for any office. The Atlanta Journal reports his consideration of an extraordinary session is aimed at improving Georgia highways educational facilities and economic development.
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Atlanta Journal Today
Walker
Associated Press
Atlanta
The
Convict Swallows Razor Blades. Death Feared
Leavenworth Kan Dec 3 A 34 year old federal inmate C H Mansfield swallowed two safety razor blades during a shaving incident. Prison doctors aided by army surgeons from Fort Leavenworth treat him as his condition remains uncertain. Mansfield was sentenced to 15 months on a Dyer Act violation after being convicted in Tulsa Oklahoma.
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Leavenworth
Kan
H. Mansfield
A. F. Yohe
Fort Levenworth
Mansfield
Tulsa
Okla
Briand Government Wins First Victory in Chamber
Paris reports Premier Briand's new cabinet secured its first victory after an all night debate over financial measures. The government won adoption of Bank of France advances totaling six billion francs and a seven and a half billion paper money issue. The final confidence vote passed by twenty eight votes as Briand signaled the cabinet's survival depends on backing the full program.
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Chamber of Deputies
Bank of France
M. Briand
Loucher
New Styles Produce Coat of Mail Effect
Ladies adopt metal tissue evening wear with shiny frocks and skirts resembling medieval armor. Gold dominates, with silver dresses noted. draped frocks create a jumper silhouette and form-fitting skirts remain plain.
France Hopes to Soon Renew War Debt Talks
Secretary Mellon received word from France's Finance Minister Loucheur that Paris hopes for early renewal of negotiations to fund France’s debt to the United States. The treasury also was advised that Jugo-Slavia will send a debt funding delegation to Washington within weeks.
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Washington, D. C
Mellon
Loucheur
France
United States
Treasury
Jugo-Slavia
Washington
Man Swallows Blades After Friend's Slap Back
A man recounts that a friendly back slap jolted him and caused him to swallow blades held in his mouth. He says the blades were swallowed in the moment and he acted to retrieve them.
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