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March 19, 1925
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Headlines from March 19, 1925
12,000 Are Made Homeless by Tokio Fire Which Burns 2,600 Buildings in the City
2,600 buildings burn in Tokio, 12,000 homeless
SHEPHERD IS JAILED ON MURDER CHARGE; Habeas Writ Is Dismissed and His Counsel Vainly Offers Bail Up to $500,000. FAIMAN ONLY IN CUSTODY Head of Medical School and Heir of McClintock Are Identified as Guests at Hotel Grill. SHEPHERD IS JAILED ON MURDER CHARGE
Shepherd indicted on 22 counts, jailed, Faiman in custody of State Atty
CONFUSION REIGNS IN ZONE; Communications Are Cut, Water Mains Burst and Towns in Darkness. HOSPITALS ARE CROWDED Hundreds Are Buried in Debris and Check of Total Casualties Is Impossible. 1,000 IN WEST FRANKFORT Parrish Has 497, Murphysboro 250, De Soto 150, Carmi 150, Princeton 100 and Gorham 87.
Illinois, Ind, Mo, Tenn and Ky swept; loss of life nearly 1,000; several towns wiped out, Red Cross relief, details
DAWES WILL CARRY SENATE RULE FIGHT BEFORE THE PEOPLE; Vice President Hopes to Arouse the Country to Need of Reform in Procedure. WILL MAKE SIX SPEECHES First Onslaught Will Be Before The Associated Press in This City in April.
Plans to carry rule fight before people
Notable Births
1925Brent Scowcroft, American general and diplomat, 9th United States National Security Advisor (died 2020)[โ ]
Brent Scowcroft was a United States Air Force officer, and a two-time United States National Security Advisor, first under U.S. President Gerald Ford and then under George H. W. Bush. He served as Military Assistant to President Richard Nixon and as Deputy Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs in the Nixon and Ford administrations. He served as Chairman of the President's Foreign Intelligence Advisory Board under President George W. Bush from 2001 to 2005, and advised President Barack Obama on choosing his national security team.