General Hsu Shot at Langfang Station by Assassin
General Hsu Shu-Cheng known as Little Hsu was killed at Langfang railway station along with staff members. The killer Liu Cheng-Wu a captain in the National People's Army acted in revenge for his father Lu Chien-Chang's murder, which occurred in Tianjin years earlier during a dinner guest visit.
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Associated Press
Peking
Hsu Shu-Cheng
Little Hsu
Langfang
Liu Cheng-Wu
Kuominchun
National People's Army
Lu Chien-Chang
Tien Tsin
Hsu
Europe
United States
Japan
Berlin cafes to stay open all night for New Year
Berlin will permit restaurants saloons dance halls and cafes to remain open all night on New Year Eve for the first time in ten years. Berliners plan late suppers with Berliner pfannkuchen and ham and eggs as a morning after staple.
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Associated Press
Berlin
Eight Cars of Alcohol Arrive in Chicago Suburb
The Chicago Tribune reports eight cars of pure grain alcohol from Philadelphia were unloaded in Oak Park and Maywood for New Year bootleg sales. Each car held seventy five 50 gallon drums totaling 30 000 gallons selling at seven and a half dollars a gallon, with a gross profit around 213 000 on a 12000 dollar investment. Federal agents ramp up to curb violations.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Chicago Tribune
Philadelphia
Oak Park
Maywood
the Tribune
The
Tribune
Federal Building
Methodists Pass Five Million Mark
The 1925 year book of the Methodist Episcopal Church reports total membership at 5,130,218 with 4,734,429 preparatory and full members and 375,072 inactive members. preparatory gains 249,149. 36,522 Sunday schools with 4,802,017 pupils. Epworth League lists 499,705 senior and 187,751 junior members. ministerial force 35,886. 29,257 church buildings valued at 367,781,420 dollars and 16,095 parsonages valued at 6,012,090 dollars.
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Methodist Episcopal Church
World Service Commission
Board of Bishops
Epworth League
New Russian cellist Raja Garbusova hailed in Berlin
Berlin music lovers praise 16 year old Raja Garbusova a Russian girl from Tiflis as a prodigy on the cello with critics likening her to Pablo Casals. Discovered by S Meyrovitch she has charmed audiences in Germany and France since age eight. Ernst Roters Hamburg conductor debuts his own works with Berlin Philharmonic signaling a postwar revival of melodic elegance over modernist dissonance and plans a U.S. visit next year.
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Berlin
Raja Garbusova
Tiflis
Pablo Casals
Raja
S,.meyrovitch
Russia
Europe
Ernst Roters
Kammerspiele Theatre
Hamburg
Philharmonic Orchestra of
Roters
Richard Strauss
Stravinsky
Schoenberg
United States
Cold Wave Eases as Temperatures Begin to Moderate
The Associated Press reports a gradual end to the extreme cold, with forecasts predicting continued moderation over the next 36 hours east of the Mississippi, Tennessee, the east coast states, and Florida. Temperatures rise from the Dakotas and Minnesota toward the South Atlantic and East Gulf coasts, though remain below normal in many areas. Charles City records 6 below zero with Des Moines at 8 above and Omaha at 10 above as part of the chilly Iowa weather.
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Washington, D.C
Weather Bureau
Mississippi
Tennessee
East Calf States
Florida
Nocky Mountains
Dakotas
Minnesota
South Atlantic
East Gulf Coasts
Charles City
Des Moines
North Central
Davenport
Dubuque
Keokuk
Sioux City
Omaha
Blazing Meteor Alarms the East
A bright meteor or fireball lit up skies from New York to New England yesterday. Sightings spanned New York City through Boston with reports of a pinkish smoke trail. Canadian astronomer Ralph DeLury planned to search near Ottawa for the object.
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Associated Pressey
New York
New England
Ottawa
Canada
Ralph DeLury
Atronomer
New York City
New York State
New Haven
Conn
Providence
R. J
Boston
President to use Cedar Rapids corn sugar at White House
Cedar Rapids firm Penick and Ford, Ltd. sends ten pounds of Penford crystal sugar to the White House after a talk between President Calvin Coolidge and Congressman Cyronus Cole. The sugar is Iowa made and was discussed amid Iowa corn product publicity.
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Cedar Rapids
Dec
Penick and Ford, Ltd
Cole
White House
Miners Oppose Arbitration Plan in Anthracite Talks
In New York on December 30, miners and operators debate arbitration amid the anthracite strike. A proposed plan would appoint three neutral citizens to advise a joint miners and operators committee with tying votes to break deadlocks. The union dues check off is not yet a main issue.
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Associated Press
New York
Coolidge
MGM Film Set Smoke Scene Confession Surprises Director
In New York a director faced a surprise when twenty of thirty MGM extras admitted they could not smoke for a scene. The group passed cigarettes as directed but failed to generate smoke within the required time, raising questions about safety and staging. The incident appears linked to a search for a missing piece that drifted from Portland to Canada, with Ottawa reporting a final investigation near the Kingsmere Hills.
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New York
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Benjamin Christianson
Portland
Maine
Canada
Ottawa
Kingsmere Hills
Tennessee natives lead in both congressional floors
The piece notes Finis J. Garrett and John Q. Tilson as Tennessee born leaders in Congress. It also highlights Mrs. Alice Roosevelt Longworth attending sessions with a large handbag, plus remarks on transportation habits and salaries of senators and representatives.
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Congress
State of
Tennessee
Washington, D. C
Finis J. Garrett
New House of Representatives
Garrett
John Q. Tilson
Connecticut
Tilson
Yale
New Haven
Alice Roosevelt Longworth
House of Representatives
Governor to name special committee for conference in Iowa
Governor Hammill will announce fifty member committees formed at the Iowa agricultural marketing conference. The panel will supervise a corn belt conference within thirty days and include AML interests from farmers bankers and professionals. The move aims to pacify farm groups and unify state relief efforts.
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Des Moines
John Hammill
Iowa Bankers’ Association
AML
Bankers Association
Federal Agricultural Board
Coondes
Kansas City
Iowa
W. J. Drummond
Armeghean Farm Congress
Drummond
Haugen Urges Federal Agency for Market Cooperation
Representative Gilbert M. Haugen of Iowa urged creating a federal agency to market agricultural commodities and adjust tariff laws to help farmers. He spoke at the Iowa Bankers Association conference, backing the administration cooperative marketing bill and possible tariff reforms to aid domestic producers and stabilize prices.
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Washington
Coolidge
Representative Swell
Louisiana
House Agriculture Committee
Administration
McNary- Haugen Farm Export Corporation
Associated Press
Des Moines
Gilbert M. Haugen
Iowa
Congress
Haugen
Jardine
Department of Agriculture
Floods Ravage Central Europe Amid Martial Law
Central Europe suffers escalating floods as rivers overflow in Transylvania Western Romania and Eastern Hungary. Romania and Hungary rush troops and volunteers to affected areas. Martial law has been proclaimed to curb theft with deadly penalties. Estimated deaths exceed 200 with enormous property and livestock losses.
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Transylvania
Rumania
Hungary
Cooperative Marketing Helped by Laws Inspiring Quote
A fragment notes that remedial and beneficial laws aid farmers and urge effort to improve agricultural conditions. It mentions national growth and duty to relieve distress and protect the weak. Dubuque item reports seven men being sent to Fort Madison penitentiary under Sheriff Frank Kennedy.
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Dubuque
Fort Madison Penitentiary
Frank Kennedy
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