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Newspaper
Thomasville Times Enterprise
Location
Thomasville, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Dec 23, 1925
Page
6
Turpentine firm at 93 and rosin firm reported in Savannah with December dates. Market summaries cover St Louis wheat and corn prices, New York stock and cotton activity, Chicago grain cattle and hogs, and New York spot cotton at middling 19.40 with firm tendencies.
In New Orleans the December to January period sees 18.76 to 18.75 and March at 18.38 to 18.40 while May softens to 18.13 to 18.14. July sits at 17.92 and October at 17.39 to 17.40 with December at 18.70.
General Butler replies to the mayor after a Dec 22 letter requesting his resignation and immediate relief from duty. He questions the reasons for the action and asserts he has done nothing warranting dismissal or resignation.
Atlanta police and county officers arrested M. M. Gore 22 and T. R. Berry 18 in the baby bandit slaying of William H. Cheek at a Peachtree Road grocery. A 19-year-old woman Ruby Ray provided key information and led to the third suspect as detectives traced movements from the Empire hotel to a boarding house on 297 Ranyon Street.
Washington warns wage earners and the public against Fascism and Communism as a threat to liberty. William Green directs AFL circular to 110 unions, 1000 central bodies, 48 state federations, and 35,000 locals, urging strong opposition to Mussolini’s movement and its spread to the United States.
Brig. Gen. Smidley D. Butler submits formal resignation after Mayor Kendrick suspends him. Gen. Butler plans to turn over to Assistant Director Elliott at noon. Maj. Gen. Lejeune of the marine corps contacts him to discuss staying in service.
Eve Pennsylvania December 28 An Erie Arena pre Christmas performance ends in panic when a bench breaks. Three children aged five nine and twelve die. Seven others aged nine to fifteen are injured but expected to recover. Police and attendants struggled to restore order as stairs railings were damaged.
A large crowd of about 1,000 youths unable to gain admission jammed exits at the arena, delaying clearance for over 45 minutes. Injured children were rushed to a hospital. many bruised or cut, they left before treatment. Mothers gathered outside amid police restraint as the event, sponsored by a local newspaper, unfolded into tragedy.
San Francisco report says a limousine carrying Mrs Hagel A Selby was pulled from the bay near Powell Street. Selby, a mother of three, had been missing two days after an evening out. The car plunged into the water while she was driving home. she wore diamond rings and gems at the time. Her former husband Walter J Selby, a candy manufacturer, helped in the search.
Wanted furnished house on Park Avenue for a childless family, contact J. Silverman at 205 W. Jackson Street. Lost dog, a White Setter with a black spot on the hip, about two years old, reward for return to Pebble Hill Plantation, Sealy, Texas.
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