Tientsin Occupied by Hsiang's Forces in Looting After Victory
Marshall Feng Yu-Hsiang's national army entered Tientsin after days of battle with General Chi Ching Lin's forces. The defeated troops fled in disorder and looting surged in the native quarter while volunteers guard the foreign settlement gates.
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Tientsin
Hsiang
Associated Press
Peking
China
Feng Yu-Hsiang
National Army
Chi Ching Lin
Chihli Province
Feng
William Elmer Wolfe Arrested for Mails Inciting Assassination
William Elmer Wolfe alias David Watson, a violin maker, was arrested in Oakland on charges of using the mails to incite the assassination of federal officials. He had been sought for years for sending printed matter to President Wilson President Coolidge and several congressmen belittling their acts. A printing outfit was found in his room, its door padlocked.
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William Elmer Wolfe
Frisco
Associated Press
San Francisco
Cal
David Watson
Oakland
Wolfe
Wilson
Coolidge
Bis
Standard Oil declares 25 percent stock dividend
New York December 24 The Standard Oil Company of New York today declared a stock dividend of twenty five percent for its stockholders as a Christmas present.
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Standard Oil
Associated Press
New York
Standard Oil Company Company of
Padlock Crusade on White Way Hubs Expands
Federal attorney Buckner launches his third and largest padlock crusade targeting forty one white way haunts. Deputy U S marshals begin midnight summons service on proprietors as holiday enforcement escalates.
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Anandated Press
New York
Buckner
U. S
Masked man ties woman burns with hot poker in divorce threat
From Mercedes California reports Mrs Charles Sibley aged 49 living on a ranch was bound to a chair by a masked man who stripped her to the waist and burned her back and shoulders with a hot poker to force her to reveal the location of a letter she had received. A five year old child released her before the husband arrived home to find her unconscious.
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Associated Preas
San Francisco
Cal
Mercedes
Here
Charles Sibley
Jugo Slavic Debt Commission to Arrive in U S in January
Treasury officials say the Jugo Slavian debt commission will arrive in Washington in mid January to negotiate a new debt settlement.
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Jugo-Slav Debt Commission
U.S
The
Jugo-Slavian Debt Commission
Weather forecast: fair and warmer tonight and Friday
The forecast calls for fair skies and a rise in temperatures tonight and Friday. Winds will be gentle to moderate and variable throughout the period.
Santa Clause Faith Reflected in Childs Belief
A speaker recalls a child’s sincere belief in Santa Claus as a simple grace of faith. The passage links faith in a higher kingdom with a daughter’s trust, envisioning future understanding when confronted with truth. The quote emphasizes innocence, purity, and spiritual growth through belief.
Federated Miners Association Formed in Pittsburgh
In Pittsburgh on December 24 a new miners' group named the Federated Miners Association launched by Western Pennsylvania bituminous mine operators. The statement from officers says members disavow any future allegiance to the United Mine Workers of America under the 1917 wage scale.
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United Mine Workers of America
Associated Press
Pittsburg
Federated Miners’ Association
Pennsylvania
Use of Ballot to Be Compulsory in Greece
Athens reports the Greek government will make voting mandatory to curb communism. The move follows Saloniki municipal elections where M. Patrioskosi was reelected despite prior annulment over his communist ties.
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Greece
Associated Press
Athens
Saloniki
M. Patriokosi
High School Girl Testifies in Nashville Murder Trial
Miss Reva Jones an Everett High School senior testified she recognized the intruder as Will D. Sheffey who entered her bedroom threatening to shoot if she screamed. Sheffey faces trial for the murder of Luther Wells and the wounding of Mrs Wells during a 1923 midnight marauder case.
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Associated Press
Maryville
Tenn
Reva Jones
Everett High School
Will D. Sheffey
Sheffey
Luther Wells
Mrs. Wells
Still Hope to Settle French Financial Troubles
Paris reports Foreign Minister Counter remains hopeful for a cabinet agreement on financial restoration measures at tomorrow’s meeting. He aims to overcome opposition from Radical ministers Chautemps and Deladier to a business turnover increase.
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Counter
Tommorrow
Chautemps
Deladig
War veteran dies by suicide after Christmas tree
Bryan Coleman aged 27, a World War veteran, shot himself at his Long Island home after placing the final trinket on a Christmas tree for his young daughter. He reportedly muttered a question about blame before firing.
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Bryan Coleman
New York
Mild Christmas Weather Targets the South
Washington reports milder conditions for Christmas in the south with clear skies and warm sunshine expected in Georgia and South Carolina. Kentucky and Tennessee face colder, cloudy weather, while northern regions endure snow and chill.
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Associated Press
Washington, D. C
Georgia
South Carolina
Kentucky
Tennessee
German Foreign Minister to Be Heard on Radio Christmas Day
American radio fans can hear Dr. Stresemann, German foreign minister, on Christmas day via a recording sent to Germans in the United States. The message was recorded by phonographic process and will be broadcast by the German embassy in Washington.
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Berlin
Stressemann
United States
Germany
Washington
Mitchell Offered Top Post by Aerial League
Colonel William Mitchell, serving a five year suspension from the army, has been invited to become general director of the Aerial League of America to oversee plans for developing airways.
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Washington, D. C
William Mitchell
Army
Aerial League of America
Firemen Killed in Truck Mishap Near Scituate
Three Scituate fire fighters died and two were knocked unconscious when their truck overturned while racing to a fire in Norwell Massachusetts. The victims are George Barrows Hugh McDermott and Frank Hall.
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Associated Press
Norwell
Mass
Scituate
Christmas No Time For Sentiment Says New York Bandit
A Broadway millinery shop hold up ended with the burglar taking nine hundred dollars after patrons pleaded for mercy. The bandit refused, saying it was too near Christmas, in a December midnight robbery reported by the Associated Press.
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New York
The
Associated Press
Pauline Turner
Sutherland Named Alien Property Custodian Today
Howard Sutherland former West Virginia senator was appointed alien property custodian in Washington DC succeeding the late Frederick C. Hicks. A Republican, Sutherland served two House terms and one Senate term, retiring in 1923.
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Annodated Press
Washington
DD. C
Howard Sutherland
West Virginia
Sutherland
Frederick C. Hicks
New York
House of Representatives
Senate
France Seeks Peace With Druze Tribesmen
Reuters dispatch from Damascus reports French negotiators pushing speedier talks with Druze tribesmen amid rumors of Turkish bands massing on the northern frontier and occupying some French posts in Syria.
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Associatea Presa
London
Damascus
Reuters
Syria
Indictments Returned in Clarksdale Lynching Case
Four indictments were returned today by the Coahoma county grand jury convened in special session to investigate the lynching of Lindsey Coleman a Black man Saturday night in Clarksdale Mississippi and connected counties.
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Clarksdale
Miss
Coahoma County
Lindsey Coleman
Basketball Player Dies During Game in Sheffield
A basketball game paused in Sheffield near Moline Illinois as Scott Gould collapsed and died during play. His father and two brothers were among the spectators.
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Moline
Ifl
Sheffield
Here
Scott Gould
Hotel blaze in Okmulgee Kills three, critically burns five
A three story frame hotel in Okmulgee Oklahoma burned early today killing two children and a 19 year old girl. A mother and two children were critically burned with three others injured and thirteen escaping. Names of the dead include Clem Wall Lorena Wall and Beatrice Mulberry. A second fire in Prescott Ontario burned Mrs Edward Boyle and two children aged four and two, to death in their family residence.
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Atlanta
W. E. Haunson
Hanson
Associated Press
Okmulgee
Okla
Clem Wall
Lorena Wall
Beatrice Mulberry
Prescott, Ont
Edward Boyle
Atlanta Police Ordered to Shoot to Kill
Atlanta police reserve patrols in cars with sawed off shotguns received orders to shoot and kill after a night of robberies by bands of negroes in fast cars. Patrols will be tripled at nightfall, announced Chief of Police Jett.
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Atlanta
Jett
Police seize car after rapid series of holdups
Atlanta reports two arrests as a big blue automobile and suspects are seized following a night of holdups. Police reserves patrol the city aided by automobile squads armed with riot guns. Continued on Page 38.
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Atlanta
Weeks slight injury in collision of ACL trains near Charleston
Mrs. John W. Weeks wife of former Secretary of War sustained a chest injury in a head on crash between two Atlantic Coast Line passenger trains near Charleston S C early today. Three crew members were killed and another fatally hurt. The relief train was sent from Charleston thirty miles to the scene.
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Charleston
S. C
John W. Weeks
Atlantic Coast Line
Here
Weeks
Herbert T. Parish
Florence
J. E. Cumming
Savannah
C. Baxter
Greek Children Send Plum Pudding to American Homes
Five thousand Greek Junior Red Cross members sent plum pudding ingredients to five thousand American homes. The gifts express gratitude for Christmas packages sent last year by the American Junior Red Cross.
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Red Cross
Associated Press
Washington, D. C
Woman and Girl of Mobile Die from Burns
Associated Press reports Mrs Elizab eth Spottford 50 died from burns after her clothing ignited on a gas heater at home. Miriam Wilson 11 died from burns after clothing caught fire from an open grate while dressing yesterday in Mobile Alabama.
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Elizabeth Spottford
Miriam Wilson
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