Newspaper from Sunday, December 12, 1926

OCR text: Briand's Position Uncertain, While Cabinet in Paris Debates Mili tary Control Plan. B.r the Associated Press. GENEVA,* Switzerland. December 11. •—Though the Council of the League of Nations stood adjourned tonight Without having reached an agreement orv''interallied control over Germany’s armaments, the foreign ministers will reassemble tomorrow morning. The action of the French cabinet with respect to M. Briand's plan for the withdrawal of the military commission haa-not been made known.

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OCR text: By the Associated Press. AUSTIN, Tex., December 11. — Rebecca Bradley, stenographer in the office of Attorney General Dan Moody, and graduate of Texas University, working on her master’s degree, was taken into custody here tonight in connection with the robbery of the Farmers Exchange Bank at Buda, Tex., today. Chief of Police J. N. Littlepage said charges of robbery w'ould be filed against the girl. He said that she has been Identified by Cashier S. A. Jami son, and Bookkeeper Waymon Howe, whom she is alleged* to have locked Into the vault of the bank.

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OCR text: By the Associated Preei. A plea for a loosening of the Gov ernment’s purse strings so that the Navy may maintain the full strength provided by law was made by Secre tary Wilbur in his annual report to President Coolidge, made public last 1 night. t .7 ■ ' The question o£' officer personnel had developed Into a dilemma, the Secrefcys^Bald, and with limited funds I at Jyffmit had been necessary to con-, on repairs rather than on alterations required to keep first line ships up to essential military standi ards for fleet service. In 1925, Mr.

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OCR text: Albert B. Fall and Edward L. Doheny, charged jointly with con spiracy to defraud the Government in connection with the Elk Hills, Calif., naval oil reserves, may know their fate next "Wednesday at the hands of the jury in Criminal Division 1 of the District Supreme Court. For the defendant Doheny an acquittal at this time probably will mean the end of Government's prosecution of its criminal indict ments against the 70-year-old former prospector and multimillionaire oil man. With his son. Edward L. Doheny, jr..

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OCR text: AS BIG ISSUE IN 1928 Legislation Has Little Chance of Passage This Session, But Arguments Continue. BY G. GOULD LINCOLN Is the McNary farm relief bill, with its equalization fee, a price fixing measure in the meaning of the President's annual message to Con gre

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OCR text: Driver Held for Maryland Au thorities After Crash Near Waldorf, Md. Mrs. Florence V. Specht, a. widow of Ballston, Va., is dead, and Miss Alice Jones, 23 years old, 600 Mary land avenue northeast, is slightly in jured, and Charles Joseph Tennyson, 41 yeaps old, SO I street, is held at the ninth precinct for Maryland authorities, as the result of an auto mobile accident about 10:30 o’clock last night on the T B road near Wal dorf, Md., when he lost control of his car, while en route to Washington, striking a culvert guard rail.

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OCR text: PART ONE—6O PAGES. General News —Local, National and Foreign. News of the Clubs—Pages 34 and 35. Around the City—Page 37. Veterans of Great War —Page 38. Clubwoman of the Nation — Page 39. D. A. R. Activities —Pag* 40. Boy Scouts—Page 41. Army and Navy News—Page 43. Parent-Teacher Activities—Page 50. W. C. T. U. N#wa—Page 50. Serial. "The Girl In the Second Cabin” —Page 51. Radio News—Pages 55, 56 and 57. Fraternities—Pages 53 and 59. Community Centers —Page 60. PART TWO—I 6 PAGES. Editorials and Editorial Features. Washington and Other Society.

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OCR text: Governor Holds McKinley Succes , sor Not Yet Selected. KANKAKEE, 111., December 11 (/P) —ln spite of reports that Col. Frank L. Smith of Dwight. 111., Senator-elect from Illinois, would be appointed to fill out the vacancy caused by the death of Senator William B. McKin ley, Gov. Len Small said today that he was not ready to announce whom he would appoint. "I am not ready to say just when I can make an announcement,” said the governor. Col. Smith at his home in Dwight, has refrained from making any state ment.

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