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Newspaper
Thomasville Times Enterprise
Location
Thomasville, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Dec 15, 1925
Page
1
Rhode Island assistant chief Roy A. declares that prohibition will be enforced when the people take the lead and enlist in its practice. He links enforcement to federal efforts and urges allied groups to spur popular demand for enforcement.
Six Miami officers faced second degree murder charges as they were arraigned in Dade County court over the September 27 jail break-related slaying of Westberry. The trial opened after delays caused by service issues and a six-member jury was sworn. Prosecutors plan to call witnesses today as more deputies and officers are named in the case.
Gov Ferguson orders removal of evolution references from Texas biology texts. The action covers the textbook in use statewide with one passage noting man as an animal. The Associated Press reports the move in Austin on December 15.
Secretary of the Treasury Andrew W Mellon will become director general of railroads January first under a presidential proclamation. He succeeds James C Davis who has resigned. The assignment completes the wartime coordination plan.
A fragmentary report notes Red Grange hospitalized following a road incident with funeral details unclear. Names and places are obscured in the OCR text but indicate a medical event surrounding the football figure.
Danville Illinois December 15 Red Gun was admitted for x rays and treatment of a bruised arm after a hospital visit for examination and care.
John Barrett former US minister to Argentina told the Pan American Commercial Congress in New York that Bolsheviks are broadcasting propaganda throughout South America against the United States.
Geneva report states after a secret session the League of Nations council unanimously fixed the provisional Brussels line as the definite frontier of Mosul. The ruling awards the greater part of the disputed territory to the British mandate in Iraq.
For Georgia the forecast calls for rain tonight and into Wednesday morning, with a cooler trend in the west and extreme south. Winds will shift from moderate to fresh, bringing unsettled conditions through the midweek period.
Paris reports Finance Minister Loucheur resigns after his plan to restore finances fails. The crisis is delayed as the government seeks an open vote in the chamber, with efforts to rally support as the franc continues to fall.
Paris deputies finance committee confirms its vote rejecting the finance minister Loucheur's fiscal projects by one dissenting vote.
Major General Charles P. Summerall testified in the Mitchell court martial defending his Hawaii command and his role in anti aircraft tests at Fort Tilden New York and night searchlight demonstrations at Camp Dix New Jersey He denied charges of ignorance of Hawaii defenses and defended night formation flying and the test arrangements saying air officers approved and that budgets constrained the army.
Meyer Lissner a member of the shipping board from the Pacific coast resigns effective December 10 on account of ill health from Washington D C dated December 15 19.
Washington D C Dec 15 Senator Edge Republican New Jersey said in a prepared address that the Volstead act is a failure and Congress must amend it to improve law enforcement. He urged a 2.75 percent beer bill and relaxation on doctor prescribed liquor. He blamed enforcement difficulties on an unenforceable law.
Athens reports quote Premier Pangalos saying Greece will not pay even one million leva as penalty for invading Bulgaria but will cover damage caused by Greek troops. The League Council ordered Greece to pay 30 million leva in reparations, about 219000 dollars.
A 24 hour vigil is held at the home of Countess Salm von Hoogstraten in West Palm Beach after a reported attempt to kidnap her child on Monday.
Private detectives guarding Countess Salm Von Hoogstraeten and her infant son fired six shots at two prowlers in the grounds of Waikiki Palm Beach home. Palm Beach police and motorcycle units searched the area. more guards and New York detectives were headed to assist. The countess did not speak to reporters as the incident fueled rumors of a custody dispute.
The Senate began debate on a measure to create a bureau of civilian aeronautics in the Commerce Department. Republican Senator Bingham of Connecticut sponsors the bill to carry out the President’s air board recommendations and appoint a special assistant secretary.
New York reports Theosophists led by Annie Besant march to Adyar India where they believe Bethlehem star will rise within five months and Christ will return with J Krishnamurti in a Hindu body.
Battling Siki also known as Louis Phal the Senegalese light heavyweight champion was found murdered on the lower West Side Hell's Kitchen near Ninth Avenue. Police say he was shot twice from the rear with an internal hemorrhage as the cause of death. His wife identified the body at the station and detectives link the crime to a nightclub brawl and a past street attack.
Beirut reports the discovery of a plot to kill Henry de Jouvenel, the French high commissioner in Syria. Police claim to know the conspiracy's organizers.
The countess offered no comment as the high profile case proceeded, leaving observers to await official statements. Details from the hearing remain largely undisclosed, with court records indicating awaiting further actions and possible future dates.
Supreme Court Justice Crain ordered publication service in a separation case filed by Count Ludwig Salm Hoogstraeten against his wife Millicent Rogers wealthy heiress. The count alleges she left in May 1924 and did not return promising to live in France. He seeks a decree of separation and custody of their son born September 1924 whom he has never seen.
Police report a confrontation between rival detectives near Countess Ludwig Salm Von Hoogstraeten's residence in Palm Beach late last night. Authorities deterred a potential clash as tensions escalated in the area.
Fort Pierce residents report unrobbed men claiming Klan ties guard the station to prevent Alice Jones Rhinelander, a Black bride from New Rochelle, from stopping there. In New York, attorney Lee Parsons Davis says she has not left her home since the trial and was never within fifty miles of the South.
A tenement fire in New York killed four women and one man and injured five others. Three women died on the top floor while another woman and a man perished in a third floor hallway.
Arnold Cary, sixteen, sought by two counties over a Buffalo area triple slaying, was captured today at Ira Robnett's residence ten miles from Buffalo after a day and night of pursuit.
Senator La Follette of Wisconsin warns he will stay true to his progressive ideals, stating in a letter to Senator Watson that his stance must be clear before committee assignments are finalized. The Senate committee keeps him as a Republican on assignments, while House Republicans demote Wisconsin insurgents to lower committee ranks.
Paris reports Foreign Minister Tchitcherin of Soviet Russia calls the Locarno security pact a preparation for a crusade against the Soviet republic. He spoke in Paris today.
Ridge Springs South Carolina December 15 Gerald Watson and Miss Louise Jones of Ridge Springs were killed when their car was hit by a Southern Railway train. Watson was described as one of the wealthiest men in town.
The north Central Rocky Mountain region and the mid west began digging out from five to eighteen inches of snow. Train schedules were near normal again and air mail delayed at Cheyenne, Wyoming, for twenty six hours has resumed operations.
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