Friends Push Coolidge for 1324 Despite Silence
Two Pennsylvania senators announce support for President Calvin Coolidge, placing his name in the field against Hiram Johnson and Gifford Pinchot. The group aims to speed the Mexican treaty and rally Republican backers while GOP leaders weigh the party’s direction.
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Presidents Message May Be Recorded On Wire
President Coolidge may receive a permanent record of his address registered on piano wire. Backers said they perfected a recording method to capture radio messages and plan a demonstration during the speech. The system builds on a 16 year old idea by Dane Valdemar Ponisen that magnetizes a steel wire in spots to imprint sound.
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Receivership Askes Asked Taare timing to Congress
The article reports that receivership actions were asked to be sent to Congress the day after the House organized, notes President Coolidge’s approval of remitting Comptroller Craig’s sentence but denying pardon, and mentions Ponzi seeking a pardon with expected standard process. It also covers praise from newspapers, letters to the White House, and French senator Paul Du Puy meeting with President Coolidge via Ambassador Jusserand.
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France orders relaxation of grip in Ruhr zone
Paris reports France to end military occupation in the Ruhr, releasing suspended authorities to German rule, recalling troops by January, and issuing wholesale pardons to Germans arrested for sabotage. Requisitioned buildings will be vacated and handed to German authorities as rail operations return to German control by December 10.
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Famed Pinchot Hat Lost In Comic Canoe Mishap
Harrisburg dispatch describes Governor Pinchot losing his famous old black hat during a Yellow Breeches creek canoe mishap. He propels the craft with a pole, hits submerged weeds, the canoe nose dives, and the hat disappears, leaking the tale at the capitol.
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Murder a Day Threat in Bitter Runners War
Chicago reports a renewed war among beer runners after Thomas Kedde was fatally wounded and others injured. Joseph Saltis, a confessed beer runner, named a Joliet brewery as the illicit beer source and said a Chicago group plans daily killings to deter rivals. Saltis, who surrendered, claimed he quit beer running months ago to avoid death. He also said he was held in Hammond, Indiana, while involved in a prior killing. He described an eye for an eye policy and a renewed effort to eliminate all competing beer cliques in Chicago. He charged prices of 50 dollars per barrel for beer during his operation.
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Mysterious Deaths Attributed To Black Hand And Bootleg Gangs
New York reports two mysterious killings tied to Black Hand vengeance and bootlegger violence. Dominick Mageib shot in Brooklyn after chloroform drugging and a taunting extortion note. Cousins Anthony and Joseph Maggio cited. a man found murdered in Staten Island woods. Highjackers and holdups target Long Island bootleg operations and Manhattan restaurants as crime runs rampant.
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