President Coolidge in a Patchwork of Headlines
A readerly collage critiques the President’s annual message, Deweyesque quips on Coolidge and the Fifteenth Amendment, and satirical jibes about Congress, the postal service, and budget battles. The mosaic blends Thoreau, literature, and current events with light fiction dismissals and sharp political quips.
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Tom Heflin
Federal Reserve Board
Coolidge
No. 2
Bull Run
United Daughters of the Confederacy
Chicago
Cincinnati
Cumberland
Washington
Fletcheriam
Sam
Canada
UOC Elects Board of Officers After Row Brings Police
District chapters of the United Daughters of the Confederacy held sessions yesterday and last night, amid police called to quell a high pitched verbal battle at Memorial Continental hall. A midnight vote produced a ticket after factions clashed over credentials and dues while accusations and protests echoed. Police arrival followed accusations and a protest from Rep. Gasque over a colored officer.
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UOC
United Daughters of the Confederacy
Herd
Second Precinct
Frank G. Odenheimer
Frances Neilly Emmeret
Memorial Continental Hall
Vermont Avenue Northwest
E. H. Braxton
Allard H. Gasque
South Carolina
Maj. Sullivan
Gasque
District of Columbia
Drury C. Ludlow
Walter E. Hutton
Francesa Weeks
Robert E. Lee
Miss Weeks
Robert E. Lee ‘Techapter
Katherine Mayo Exposure Critiques Philippine Conditions
Katherine Mayo's exposure of conditions in the Philippines describes graft and mismanagement. The piece signals an on-page assertion of corruption and poor oversight within colonial administration.
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Philippines
America's Healthiest Girl Named at Stock Show
In Chicago on December 8 Inex Hardin aged 46 from Merigold Mississippi was named America's Healthiest Girl by the Boys and Girls club division of the International Live Stock exposition. The club spans farm youngsters in 41 states. The healthiest boy was Doc A. Emens Jr., 17, of Prattville Michigan. Hardin scored 99 4-10 percent, near perfect with slight sat-footedness. Emens earned 99 4-10 percent, missing 5 due to a faint tooth discoloration.
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Chicago
Inex Hardin
Merigold
Misa
America
Doc A. Emens, Jr
Prattville
Mich
Young Emens
Witness Plans in Blackmail Case Await Rajah Testimony
In Paris on December 3, authorities say the so called Mr A will testify in British courts if extradition of James Charles Arthur succeeds. The India office identifies Mr A as Rajah Sir Hari Singh, nephew of the Jammu and Kashmir Maharaja. Arthur’s counsel seeks rajah’s testimony to prove the aid de camp acted with his principal in financial settlements and cites Mrs Robin sons expulsion from Nice connected to the case.
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Paris
Robinson
James Charles Arthur
London
India Office
Rajah
Hari Singh
Jammu and Kashmir
Arthur
Nice
C. E. Robinson
Quiet Religious Man Confesses Killing Eight in Siegen
Berlin reports Director Angerstein of a Siegen cement factory confessed to murdering eight family members in his home. Police say he enticed each to a room and killed them with an ax and hunting knife, then set fire and wounded himself while crying for help. He had lived quietly with his wife.
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Berlin
A. P
Angerstein
Siegen
Weatphalia
Condemned Traitor Captured in France
Jacques Sadoul a former French army captain attached to the Petrograd embassy was arrested in Paris. Condemned to death in 1919 by default by a French court martial for treason he had stayed in Petrograd while the embassy left Russia and joined the communist movement. After the Jaures parade communists summoned Sadoul to France promising protection.
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Paris
A. P
Jacques Sadoul
Petrograd
Sadoul
Russia
France
Thieves Tie Jeweler and Escape With $100,000
In Indianapolis two armed men bound jeweler Herbert Trattner with a blanket and fled the Trattner jewelry store with diamonds valued at $100,000. The diamonds were in a Mack Bernstein Company sample case from St. Louis kept in the store. The heist occurred as streets were crowded and the crime remains under investigation.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Herbert Trattner
Trattner Jewelry
Mack Bernstein Company
St. Louis
Split Time Limit On Hospital Bid In Forbes Thompson Trial
Philadelphia businessman Arthur Crump testifies in the Forbes Thompson veterans bureau conspiracy case. Crump details the Pontiac Construction Company bid for the Northampton foundation job and a 60 day time limit pushed by Thompson and Forbes. Mortimer corroborates the arrangement, noting bids were finalized July 3, 1922, with Thompson declaring the job theirs.
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Chicago
A. P
Arthur C. Crump
Philadelphia
Forbes-Thompson
Veterans’ Bureau
Crump
Charles R. Forbes
Pontiac Construcion Company
Detroit
Northampton
Mass
George A. Carpenter
Forbes
Thompson
Pontiac Company
James Black Company
St. Louis
Black
Mortier
Elias H. Mortimer
John W. R. Crim
Ralph F. Potter
Northampton Foundation
Thompson-Black
Mortimer
Welagell
Pontiac
Coolidge Travels on Ordinary Train to Chicago
President Coolidge uses a regular Baltimore and Ohio train for a trip to Chicago to attend the International Livestock Exposition. The cost-saving move abandons special trains, aiming to set an example for economy.
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Coolidge
Chicago
Cumberland
A. P
Calvin Coolidge
Lincoln
Congress
Ding
Madarone
Ted
Washington
U S Attorney in Boston Is Removed by President
Boston December 3 Robert C Harris United States district attorney was removed from office today by President Coolidge. Assistant Attorney General Sylvester Bush arrived with the notice and the brief order said Harris is removed at the close of business today. The action follows criticism he directed at department officials over a rum running case at Salisbury and Newburyport.
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Boston
Robert C. Harris
United States
Coolidge
Sylvester Bush
Washington
Harris
Department of Justice
Stone
Salisbury
Newburyport
Calvin Coolidge
Federal District Attorney
Massachusetts
Beaton
Army Airplane to Photograph Sun Eclipse Flight Plan
An army airplane will fly nearly 400 miles across New York State during the January 28 solar eclipse. A De Havilland craft with a special camera will start near Buffalo, head southeast to Montauk Point, and be overtaken by the moon's shadow as it travels east. Major General Mason M. Patrick approves the daylight sun photos for science, with Lt. George W. Goddard piloting and Dr. David Todd coordinating at Amherst College.
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Joshua
Jeniah
United States Army
New York State
Buffalo
de Haviland
Montauk Point
L. 1
Mason M. Patrick
Army Air Service
B. Burka
McCookfield
Dayton
Ohio
George W. Goddard
David Todd
Amherst College
Gen
Patrick
Dr. Todd
Washington
Bolling Field
McCook Field
Mitchel Field
Long Island
Morse resigns as shipping director for Europe
Huntington T. Morse, Shipping Board and Emergency Fleet Corporation Europe director, resigns to enter private merchant marine business. Leigh C. Palmer announces the move as scrutiny over European operations continues. Morse’s departure follows criticism of the Antwerp agent matter and governance concerns. Joseph F. Sheedy is sent abroad to take full charge of European merchant marine affairs.
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Huntington T. Morse
Shipping Board and
Emergency Fleet Corporation
Europe
Leigh C. Palmer
The
Fleet Corporation
Morse
Fiptaé
Shipping Board
Tis
Orgeration
Antwerp
Morae
Moree
Joseph F. Sheedy
Seize $17,000 Gowns From Banker's Wife
New York reports customs authorities valued jewelry and gowns at 17 000 dollars seized from Mrs Florence Orr Bache wife of Julia Bache New York banker after alleged failure to declare the articles upon arrival from France aboard the liner Paris which docked November 15 She believed long residence in Paris exempted her from declaration requirements.
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New York
Florence Orr Bache
Julia 5
Bache
Basche
France
Paris
Greek Refugee Loan May Be Ready Today
Geneva December 3. Charles P. Holland named chairman of the Greek refugee settlement commission to replace Morgenthau. Greek refugee loan of 50 million dollars expected to launch tomorrow at London and other points, with American banks possibly subscribing 15 million. Securities cover service costs and Greek land provides extra security.
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Geneva
A. P
Charles P. Holland
New York
League of Nations Council
Greek Refugee Settlement Commission
Henry Morgenthau
London
League
Kellogg and Chamberlain Sign Palestine Rights Pact
London reports American ambassador Kellogg and Foreign Secretary Chamberlain signed a convention granting American nationals the same rights in Palestine as citizens of League of Nations members. The pact awaits ratification by England and the United States.
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London
Kellogg
Chamberlain
Palestine
League of Nations
England
United States
Revolution in Peru Is Quickly Crushed
Buenos Aires reports Peru's attempted uprising ended in early December. The revolt began November 20 in Chota and was suppressed after battles on November 27 and 28. Andean mountaineers attacked Chota, with two rebel leaders Col. Samuel Alcazar and Lieutenant Barradz captured and executed after a court-martial.
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Buenos Aires
Peru
la Prenza
Lima
Saya
Nacion
Chota
Col
Bamuel Alcazar
Lieut
Barradz
Chicago Police Autos May Have Radio Sets
Chicago plans to equip all police rifle squad cars with portable radio receivers to receive radiocasts from a municipal station. Tests were ordered today and if successful, every crime squad vehicle will carry the portable sets to speed crime reports.
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Washington Post
Chicago
Macdonald Reelected Leader of Labor Party in Commons
Ramsay Macdonald, former labor Premier, was reelected chairman and leader of the parliamentary labor party today in London. J B. Clynes was chosen deputy leader and deputy chairman and Ben Spoor was elected chief whip.
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London
A. P
Ramsay Macdonald
Labor
Parliamentary
Labor Party Today
J. BR. Clynes
Ben Spoor
Car Hits Turpentine Truck In Detroit Train Fire
Five people died and several were injured when a Detroit Cleveland limited interurban struck a truck carrying 40 barrels of turpentine in Wyandotte. The motorman HE BH Callahan of Toledo and two Toledo women among the dead, plus two unidentified women, were killed as the parlor car burned. firemen saved the rear car and rescued others from the wreckage.
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Detroit
Mich
Wyandotte
HE. BH. Callahan
Toledo
Garrett Kisseberth
Hremea
President's message to Congress on page eight
The article notes the President's address to Congress is printed on page eight. It highlights key policy priorities and legislative proposals outlined in the message, signaling potential votes and political implications for the year.
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Congress
Southerners Get An Election Jolt
President Coolidge's annual message praising economy and reform opens with optimism about peace and prosperity. It urges defense and farm aid, calls for tax revision, and favors retaining Mellon plan elements while repealing income tax disclosure and opposing league entry. Southern lawmakers react to shifts in voting laws and disarmament talk, with continued debate over national policy and the next steps in conference.
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Coolidge
Senate
House
Cooldge
Hughes
League of Nations
Congress
Mellon
Capitol
France
Japan
Washington
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