War Department to Deliver Surplus Arms From Reserve Stock
wartime surplus material including rifles and ammunition may be allocated from U S reserve stores in the eighth corps area for border aid shipments to Mexico Obregon government discussions and possible expenditures were noted as officials consider using Enfield rifles and large amounts of ammunition despite earlier policy opposing such sales.
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Eighth Corps
War Department
Steo Hes
Washington Adminion
Harding
War and Navy Departments
Fire destroys half of Dunning hospital building in Chicago
A blaze at the Dunning hospital in Chicago trapped about 600 mildly insane patients. At least three people died and a woman attendant perished while guiding others to safety as three wards burned. Fire units and guards evacuated patients to the amusement building nearby. Loss pegged at 100000, officials expect lower final tally.
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Dunning Hospital
Chicago
Teir Hospital
Search Intensifies For Dixmude Airship Remains Off Sicily
French navy confirms the Dixmude is lost after fishermen found Commander Grenadan's body off Sciacca Sicily entangled in nets. Central search extends across the Mediterranean to Tunis and into North Africa Sahara as crews pursue possible wreckage and any documents to explain the disaster.
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Sicily
la Piessies de Greysdan
Ministry
Keown Prench
Grenadan
Sciacca
Mediterranean Sea
Tunis
Africa
North African
Sahara Desert
Economic Summary Says 1923 Stronger Than 1922
The Federal Reserve Board reports Americans produced more spent more and saved more in 1923 than 1922. Industry ran near full employment with strong demand and stable prices, though a mid year slowdown followed from cautious business orders rather than weaker demand.
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Washington
Federal Reserve Board
Giant 14 Inch 60 Caliber Gun For Army
The War Department announced the United States Army has a post war 14 inch 60 caliber gun capable of hurling a 1,560 pound armor piercing projectile 23 miles. It carries a 470 pound powder charge and includes its own electrical apparatus for travel and firing position. The Ordnance Department urges railroads to build bridges strong enough to bear such artillery.
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Washington
War Department
Rdinance
Negroes surrender after riot threats in Arkansas
Ten Black residents who barricaded a Catcher community house near Van Buren surrendered to Ozark national guardsmen. They were jailed in Van Buren on rioting charges after white residents threatened violence over Mrs. Latimer's Friday night death. Officers rushed more than twenty to the jail amid fears of a race clash.
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Arkansa
Fort Smith
Ark
van Buren
Robert Latimer
National
Ozark
van Burean
Four Die From Carbon Monoxide In New Jersey Family Tragedy
In Paterson New Jersey a family of four the wife and husband John Theodore Fill and their two children a 14 year old son and 12 year old daughter died from carbon monoxide gas. The bodies were discovered by another resident of the apartment house with the father found on the kitchen floor and the mother on the bedroom floor. The girl died an hour after being taken to a hospital.
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Paterson
N. J
John Theodore Fill
Fill
Aprtment House
Play With Matches Leads to Two Dying in Albany Fire
In Albany village of Athens County Ohio two Cheman children aged two and three died and five year old Mary Cheman was badly burned after a fire started while the youngsters played with matches. The blaze destroyed the Cheman home. the mother put the children to bed before the incident.
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Gallipolis
James Cheman
Cheman
Albany
Athen County
Daniel Cheman
Mary Cheman
New Tax Bill Published By House Committee
Washington reform proposal released by Chairman Green of the House Ways and Means Committee outlines hundreds of amendments to the revenue law. The measure mirrors Secretary Mellon’s recommendations and aims to curb tax evasion through technical changes, to be studied when Congress reconvenes January 3.
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Washington
Green
House
Ways and Means Committee
Congress
Mellon
Census Finds Cities Spend Wildly
Washington report shows 1922 fiscal data for 261 large U S cities. Total government cost per capita reached 57 40 including permanent improvements, with revenues at 51 81. Net indebtedness stood at 93 42 per person, with 66 88 per capita in the largest cities.
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Washington
Census Bureau Statistics
Amatt
Nine Die From Holiday Bootleg Liquor Toll Rises
New York reports the holiday liquor poison toll rising to nine with three men and one woman dying. James Crowe James Marahan and Edward Churchill died at Bellevue Hospital. Mrs. Mary Brennan died after drinking whiskey at a family celebration. Manhattan hospitals report 123 alcohol poisoning cases. Other institutions treat patients.
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New York
James Crowe
James Marahan
Edward Churchill
Bellevue Hospital
Mary Brennan
Manhattan
Gunfight Over Graces Sparks Store Shooting Claim
Figures claim gunfire erupted toward a store after a dispute labeled as a grudge fight. The incident reportedly began as an altercation over items and escalated to gunfire directed at the storefront.
Yearly activity report praises governors conference impact
Prohibition enforcement under the Harrison act shows steady growth with 1 522 federal agents enforcing the Volstead Act and over 80 000 arrests. Highlights include lessened official indifference, hotel and college enforcement, large liquor smuggling busts, brewery permit revocations, bonded warehouse controls saving over 400 000 dollars, and padlock provisions across states. Geneva narcotics conferences are noted as steps to curb production and raw materials to medicinal needs.
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Geneva
Rebels Capture Lazaro Cardenas and 300 Cavalry at Irapuato
Revolutionary forces under General Rafael Buelna say they routed the federalists at Irapuato Guanajuato capturing General Lazaro Cardenas his staff and 300 cavalry. The advanceiming action reportedly opens the western front enabling further rebel operations.
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Oregon
Michoacan
Trapuato
Buelna
Lazaro Cardenas
Estrada
Obregon
San Marcos
Apizaco
Pueblo
Wes
Rebels Capture Cuernavaca Capital As War Draws On
Vera Cruz reports Cuernavaca the capital of Morelos has fallen to rebel troops under General Figueroa. The forces moved from Guerrero toward Mexico City, with Puebla still contested in the suburbs against federal forces.
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Vera Cruz
Cuernavaca
Morelos
Mexico City
Figueroa
Figuerroat
Guerrero
Puebla
Poultry Show Awards Announced in Tri State Show
Kinston reports major cash awards issued to exhibitors at the Tri State Poultry show. J E Denis Jr of Churchland Va won best male American class Rhode Island Red. W H Commander Florence S C won best pen American class Barred Rocks. J J Jenkins Greenville won best male and best pen Mediterranean class Black Minorcas and White Leghorns. Roanoke Poultry Yards Wittimaston earned best female and best pen English class White Orpingtons. R L Gill Salisbury won best female and best pen Asiatic class White Orpingtons.
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Kinston
J. E. Denis, I Jr
Churchland
Rhode Island
W H. Commander
Florence
J. J. Jenkins
Greenville
Roanoke
Wittimaston
R. L. Gill
Salisbury
Assignment of Thousands of Reserve Officers to Active Units
Washington reports that nearly 2,000 reserve officers will be assigned to active duty with regular army units by corps area commanders under War Department instructions. They would join only if a war mobilization raises regiments to full wartime strength, filling regular vacancies with reserve officers.
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Washington
Regular Army
War Department
Men with Sound Judgment Generate Much Silence
A concise aphorism notes that men who act with sound judgment tend to create substantial silence around their decisions, reflecting restraint and caution in leadership.
Forecast of Mexican revolutionary attack on Tampico
A Vera Cruz based communique from the de la Huerta group dated December 26 predicts an attack by Mexican revolutionary forces on Tampico within a week. It reports General Figueroa’s capture of Puente Ixtla and a defeat of a 400-man garrison with material and two trains seized. General Maycotte is said to have crushed a flying Obregonista column moving across central Mexico.
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Washington
Tampico
de la Huerta
Vera Crus
Figueroa
Puente Ixtla
Morelos
Mexico City
Maycotte
Republic
Typhoid Death Rate Falls to Record Low in 1922
Washington reports 1922 typhoid deaths at 6,981, with a rate of 7.5 per 100,000, the lowest in the registration area's history. Only four states showed increases over 1921 while Kentucky and Tennessee posted the largest declines.
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Washington
Census Bureau
New Hampshire
Colorado
Mississippi
California
Kentucky
Tennessee
Seek List of Booze Buyers Washington
A holiday truce in the Capital bootleg scandal reveals more disclosures are likely as the missing list of 2 500 rum customers remains unresolved. Kilmer Ivey of the I R B asserts immunity for diplomatic liquor seized. police will push for fuller explanation. Commissioner Oyster of the District police seeks a clear ruling on the extent of diplomatic immunity.
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Washington
Kilmer Ivey
Intelligence Corps
Internal Revenue Bureau
Oyster
Dishia
Navy Officers Must Pay for Celebrity of Wreck Near Point Honda
Two naval officers with meritorious service records face penalties after seven destroyers piled up on rocks near Point Honda California in September. Captain Edward H. Watosa loses 150 grade numbers from his tally and Lieutenant Commander Donald T. Hunter loses 100 numbers.
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Navy
Washington
Point Honda
Calif
Edward H. Watosa
Donald T. Hunter
Delphy
Cardus credited by mother for relief after childbirth
Mrs. W. J. Daugherty of Route A Gadsden Alabama testifies a neighbor gave Cardus for back and hip pain during and after pregnancy. She reports lasting improvement and credits Cardus with her recovery from aches and headaches. The advertisement asserts Cardus is a harmless vegetable extract with historical medical support and recommends trying local drug stores.
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Gadsden
Ala
W. J. Daugherty
Route A
Berane
Cardus
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