Convicts Arrive to Build Ada Pontotoc County Roads
The first group of state convicts reached Ada to work on roads in Pontotoc County. About ten trusties and their foreman are preparing a stockade at the county fair grounds. The remaining crew of fifty will arrive from McAlester once quarters are ready. Plans not yet announced but likely to work on the Ada Byng road using local surfacing material and army trucks.
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Pontoto¢e County
Ada
County Fair Grounds
McAlester
Ada- Byng
Byng
Marconi Discusses Mysterious Transatlantic Signals
The Daily Mail reports interruptions of Marconi wireless instruments and Signor Marconi confirms signals occur simultaneously in New York and London with identical intensity. He notes Morse letters appear more often but no translatable message is found.
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Associated Press
London
Marconi
Daily Mail
Signor Marconi
New York
New Army Bill to Come Up Next Week in Congress
Washington reports a new army bill advancing through Congress seeks permanent military policy and compulsory training for men aged 18 to 21. The measure also calls for a home defense force and an emergency reserve army, with provisions for a separate training program.
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Associated Press
Washington
Newberry and 123 Michigan figures go on trial in fraud case
United States Senator Truman H. Newberry and 123 Michigan political leaders faced federal charges of conspiracy fraud and corruption in the 1918 senatorial election. The indictment alleges vast misused funds multiple officials involved and payments to voters.
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Associated Press
Grand Rapids
Mich
United States
Truman H. Newberry
Michigan
Frank C. Bailey
Indianapolis
Aoe Terre
Federal
United States District
C. W. Sessions
Newberry
Lake Superior
Ohio
Grand Jury
Cnaign Committee
James W. Helme
Dairy and Food
Henry Ford
Newberry Organization
Ford
Frank C. Dailey
Indiana
Department of Justice
Department
Dickinson
Senateen
Oklahoma Democratic Women Convene In State Assembly
Special correspondent reports the Oklahoma City convention of women Democrats opening with record attendance at Overholser Theater. About 1500 delegates present. banquet at Lee Huckins drew 350 plus attendees. Speakers included Sen. Owen and Scott Ferris. Maron Brown of Ada elected chair of the resolutions committee. Mrs George Bass of Chicago also spoke at banquet and today. Adjournment expected late this evening.
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Oklahoma City
Women Democrats
Overholser Theater
Lee-Huckins
Skirvin
Huckins
Owen
Scott Ferris
Maron Brown
Ada
Pontotoc County
Resolutions
George Bass
Chicago
Women’s Bureau
Democratic Party
Legion Backing Citizens Army Urges Universal Training
Washington Jan 26 The American Legion backs a people’s defense army and supports compulsory military training four months starting at 18 with vocational components. George Waters reports Legion leaders argue for universal training to accompany a 281000-man regular force, contrasting bills with costs and calling for universal training.
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Washington
The
American Legion
Thomas W. Miller
Legislative Committee
People’s Army
People’s
Miller
Wadsworth
Opposition Grows Against Unified German State Plan
Berlin reports opposition from Bavaria and Saxony to a Prussian Diet proposal for a unified German state. Bavarian press cites strong public resistance to erasing historic prerogatives, while Saxony’s Gradnauer warns against hasty centralization and notes South Germany’s opposition to Berlin’s centralizing aims.
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Associated Press
Berlin
Bavaria
Saxony
Munich
Err Gradnauer
Popular Rule Put on Trial in New York Assembly
Five socialist assemblymen from New York City Samuel Witt Charles Solomon Samuel Orr Louise Waldman and August Claessen face trial before the New York State Assembly judiciary committee. Speaker Thaddeus Sweet asserts the socialists’ principles threaten state and national interests while defenders call the move political oppression and a danger to representative government.
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Albany
N. Y
New York City
Judiciary Committee
The
Assembly
Samuel Witt
Charles Solomon
Samuel Orr
Louise Waldman
August Claessen
Morris Hillquit
New York State Assembly
Hillquit
Socialist Party
Bar Association of
New York State
Charles E. Hughes
New York World
Democratic
New York
Lusk Committee
Clayton R. Lusk
Star Chamber
Sweet
Tve
Compromise on Treaty Delays as Talks Stall in Washington
Washington reports a bipartisan conference failed to decide on Article 10 of the peace treaty. Democrats hint a compromise may exist but Republicans reject terms. A Thursday session is planned as senators gauge possible pathways while remaining cautious about prospects.
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Associated Press
Washington
Hitchcock
Senate
United States
Congress
Nebraska
International Democratic Compromise Committee
Contrary Markets and the Fate of Meat and Flour Prices
The market report notes flour and wheat moving in tandem with hog and pork prices since last July. It highlights the persistent small differences in bacon and pork prices while flour reacts to supply and demand, questioning why the law of trade seems uneven across livestock and grain markets.
Kansas Industrial Court Law Invoked and Miners Strike
Licenee General Richard H. Hopkins examined seven witnesses in a strike by 400 miners of the Western and Wear Coal Companies protesting the new law. Testimony was not public, and miners stated fellow workers had returned to work while the mines remained idle.
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Associated Press
Sow First App of
Kansas
Richard H. Hopkins
Western and Wear
Prisoners Perish in Austrian POW Camps
Postwar dispatch reports nearly 376000 of 500000 Austrian prisoners of war dying in German camps after Italy and Rome. Rest survive only due to work by American English Japanese doctors assigned to towns along the Gansebrian railroad, aiding the living.
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Eneva
Rome
Belgrade Accepts Allied Ultimatum on Adriatic Settlement
The Belgrade government has decided to accept the Allied ultimatum regarding settlement of the Adriatic question. The decision follows talks and signals a shift toward reforms and cooperation with the Allied powers on the region.
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Belgrade
Adriatic
Higher prices for 1920 foreseen by canning delegates
In Cleveland Ohio January 27 delegates to a joint conference of the national canners association the canning machinery and supplies association and the national canned foods and dried fruit brokers association predicted higher food prices for 1920.
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Cleveland
National Canners Association
Canning Machinery and” ‘Supplies ’ Association
National Canned Foods,and Dried Fruit Brokers Association
British Spheres of Influence in China Are to Be Abolished
Shanghai January 26. The Association of British Chambers of Commerce in China and Hongkong adopted a resolution urging abolition of spheres of influence in China through international agreement. It calls to remit Boxer indemnity for Chinese education, end extraterritoriality, reform the judicial system, and enforce 1912 Opium Convention measures. It also seeks piracy suppression on Chinese rivers and a stable Chinese government with a strong legal code.
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Associated Press
Shanghai
China
Association of British Chambers of Commerce
Hongkong
Far East
Great Britain
Association
Fragmented historical rant on industry and morality
A garbled OCR fragment railing against permits and endurement of evil. The text condemns theft of industry and asserts the need to check and bridling evil, urging strong action to suppress wrongdoing. It reads like a tense moral exhortation with disjointed phrases and missing context.
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Spinel
Marconi Wireless
Legion
Citizens’ Army
Pulding True Deal
George B. Waters
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