Woodrow Wilson Year Marked With Dinners Nationwide
Newark observers mark 1925 as Woodrow Wilson year praising peace progress. The Postoffice issues a 17 cent Wilson memorial stamp in Washington. Wilson's birthplace Staunton, Va., is noted as the reference point. Dinners planned in five hundred cities in his honor.
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Washington
Princeton
Staunton
Associated Press
Newark
Woodrow Wilson
Postoffice Department
Wilson
Prince
Russia Accuses Attack on Afghan City Darkbad
London dispatch reports Afghanistan claims Russian troops attacked and captured the Darkbad post. The incident sparks concern as officials suggest it could signal Russia’s push toward influencing India, with India’s information chief stating Moscow seeks greater influence in Asia.
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Arendatee Pranad
London
Afghanistan
Darkbad
Russia
India
Asia
Planes Leave Detroit For Miami Today
The first four all metal airplanes from Ford Motor Company's Stout division took off from Ford Airport in Dearborn this morning bound for Miami Florida. The planes are for strictly commercial use and mark a milestone in the Detroit area aviation program.
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Associated Press
Detroit
Mich
Stout
Ford Motor Company
Ford
Dearborn
Miami
Fla
Florida Official Is Suspended By Martin
Joe Keen, member of the Columbia County board of public instruction, was suspended from office today by Governor Martin in Tallahassee. The action comes as the governor cited official conduct concerns and ordered the suspension pending further review. Keen has served on the board since 1946 and represents the county in district four.
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Florida
Martin
Associated Press
Tallahassee, Fla
Joe ‘Keen
Board of Public Instruction
Columbia County
Pershing Expected to Return for Health Reasons
General John J. Pershing, in Arica Chile for the Tacna Arica arbitration, is likely to return to Washington within a month. His physician urged a homeward trip by January 15, with possible departure sooner due to rising blood pressure and infected teeth complications. He is sixty six and will have arrangements to continue work on the commission.
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Associated Press
Washington, D. C
John J. Pershing
Arica
Chile
Coolidge
Tacna
Counterfeiters Arrested Linked to New York Ring
Elizabeth New Jersey police reported that seven alleged international counterfeiters were arrested in New York following the prior apprehension of Frank Weigand in Elizabeth on similar charges. Weigand, a former Newark jeweler, was seized at his home by secret service agents.
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Associated Peas
Elizabeth
N. J
New York
Frank Weigand
Weelgand
Newark
Secret Service
Three Sailors Drown in Miami Bayfront Fire
A midday blaze at the Miami Bayfront damaged shipping wharves and caused $25,000 in losses. Three unidentified sailors jumped from Castletown as it unloaded cement and are reported drowned in the water.
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Associated Prensa
Miami
Fla
Castletown
Old Man Sought in Murder Case Across Two States
New York dispatch reports a mysterious figure known as The Old Man is being sought across Connecticut and eastern New York in connection with the death of Sarah L. Lussier, a mulatto woman found with two bullet wounds Saturday night.
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Associated Press
New York
Connecticut
Sarah L. Lussier
Freight steamer rammed and sunk in dense fog north of Vancouver
In heavy fog thirty miles north of Vancouver the Lady Cynthia, a passenger liner, rammed and sank a freighter. Fourteen passengers and thirty one crew members were rescued by the Cynthia.
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Associated Press
Vancouver
B. C
Here
Death toll from Christmas week traffic in Dixie
The Associated Press reports 70 deaths and 377 injuries across the South during the Christmas week. Florida led with 13 deaths, Virginia and Georgia tied for 12, while Tennessee and Mississippi had 3. Georgia reported 66 injuries.
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Dixie
Florida
Georgia
Virginia
Tennessee
Mississippi
Atlanta
South
Associated Press
Col John Coolidge Confined by Ill Circulation
Plymouth Vermont December 28 Col John Coolidge father of President Coolidge is confined to his bed today because he has lost the use of his right leg due to faulty circulation. His condition is not considered serious.
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Coolidge
Plymouth
D@t
John Coolidge
President Coolidge
Breweries Lead German Business in Dividend Returns
Berlin December report shows breweries earning the highest returns among German industries in the year ending. Dividend averages reach twelve percent for brewers, outperforming other sectors in the analysis by the Associated Press.
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Praca
Berlin
Germany
Eastman Named I C C Chairman in Rotation
J B Eastman will become chairman of the Interstate Commerce Commission on January 1 under the commission’s rotation rule. The announcement from Washington notes the leadership change as the term begins.
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Washington, D. C
J. B. Eastman
Interstate Commerce Comission
Commission
Miners and Operators Prepare for Joint Meeting
Representatives of anthracite operators and miners are quartered in separate hotels in New York awaiting tomorrow's joint meeting to press another effort to settle the ongoing controversy between the two sides.
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Associated Press
New York
Atlanta Patrolman Held in Wife S Shooting Death
A 57 year old Atlanta patrolman is held at headquarters without bond on a blanket charge of suspicion in the fatal shooting of his wife in their apartment. She died hours after the incident.
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Atlanta
Atlanta, Ga
W. C. Willbanks
Butler Rejoins Marines Sets San Diego Command
Brigadier General Smedley Butler withdrew his resignation from the Marine Corps and resumes duty. He will return to Philadelphia briefly then proceed to Washington and assume command of the Marine Corps district at San Diego in late January.
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Butler
Marines
Will
San Diego
Washington,d. C
Smedety
Marine Corps
Philadelphia
Washington
Marine Mise
Cal
Nation Faces Severe December Cold Wave Across U S
The United States endures a brutal cold spell with subzero readings from Montana to North Carolina. Miles City Montana reports 28 below zero the coldest in the nation while Chicago and other cities fall 8 to 20 below.
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Miles City
Mont
United States
Chicago
Weather Bureau
Mid-West
Rockies
Missouri- Arkansas
Government Weather Bureau
Pbot
Duluth
Dubuqque
Iowa
Madison
Wis
Columbus
Ohio
Springfield
Missouri
Montgomery
Ala
Amarillo
Texas
Shraveport
Abilene
Fort Worth
Horse Barred From Washington Streets
In Washington D C on December 28 a ruling bans the noble horse from four of the capital's main avenues replacing the old parade with faster motor traffic and automobiles signaling a shift in daily display away from equine pageantry.
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Associated Press
Washington, D. C
Capitol
Turkish press plans a women’s page in Constantinople Daily
Constantinople December 28 reports the new Constantinople Daily The Peoples Paper will feature a women’s page. The shift marks a change in the Turkish press after prior hostility to Moslem women’s public activity.
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Associated Prensa
Constantinople
Peoples
Insanity More Common Among Blacks Than Whites
The Associated Press reports data from Dr Horatio M Pollock showing mental disease or insanity is more prevalent among negroes than whites in the United States. Pollock directs the statistical bureau of the state hospital commission in Albany New York.
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Associated Press
Albany
N. Y
United States
Horatio M. Pollock
Statistical Bureau of the
State Hospital Commission
Wisconsin Rejects Gifts From Endowments
Wisconsin regents face alumni opposition as a committee report condemns a blanket ban on gifts from educational endowments. The panel says no gifts should be rejected in advance, urging selective review instead at the university.
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Associated Press
Bt. Paul, Minn
University of Wisconsin
University Alumni Association
Disarmament Plans Arrive in Washington for Geneva Talks
Washington dispatch reports complete information on plans for the preparatory commission on armament in Geneva. A decision on American participation awaits Secretary Kellogg's return from Christmas vacation.
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Associated Press
Washington, D. C
Geneva
Washington
Kellogg
Tornado Death Toll Seen Rising in Midwest
Kansas City, Dec 28. The death toll from tornadoes is expected to rise as the Midwest grows more populated. S D Flora of the U S Weather Bureau warned before the American Meteorologists Society that disasters like the 720 deaths in Southern Illinois last year will recur unless homes and public buildings are better built, and many large cities may face devastation from windstorms.
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The
Associated Press
Kansas City, Mo
Middle West
Illinois
Flora
Constitution Compared To Egyptian Mummy By Lawyer
Robert W. Bess of Sterling told the Illinois State Lawyers Association that the U S Constitution has been amended and construed until it looks like an Egyptian mummy in a China doll factory He warned that modern lawmakers view the government as all powerful while the people become mere subjects and that reading and remembering all laws would require six centuries.
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Pittsburg
Smedley D. Butler
Bible Class Federation of Pennsylvania
Gov. Pinchot
Maj
Lynn G. Adams
Pennsylvania State Policie
Maj. Adams
Gen. Butler
William Ware
Philadelphia
Charles Watson
Dee
United States
Robert W. Bess
Sterling
The
Illnois States Attorneys Association
Druse Delegation Fails On Peace Terms With French
In Damascus on December 28 reports say Druse notables, who met with High Commissioner Henry de Jouvenel, are dissatisfied with progress toward a peace negotiation between the tribesmen and the French.
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Associated Pres
Damascus
Syria
Druse
Henry de Jouvenel
Quake at Manila Shakes Eastern Provinces
A strong earthquake rocked eastern provinces today waking inhabitants but causing no reported damage according to weather bureau advisories from Manila.
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Manila
Associated
Presa
Weather Bureau
Explosion Injures Three Aboard U S S Florida
In Boston on December 28 three sailors were injured when an acetylene gas tank exploded aboard the U S S Florida docked at Charleston Navy Yard. A fire followed the blast causing slight damage to the vessel.
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Associated Press
Boston
Mass
Florida
Charleston Navy Yard
Weather forecast for coast with cold snap
Fair tonight and Tuesday with continued cold conditions. Offshore lows around 18 to 20 degrees. Temperatures slowly rise Tuesday as northerly winds ease and shift to a fresh breeze.
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