Navy Board Defends Battleships as Basis of Fleet
The Navy General Board in a released report asserts battleships remain the cornerstone of U S sea power. It warns that reliance on aircraft and submarines should not replace capital ships and emphasizes no international ban on equal naval armaments and sustained building. The document notes current export tensions and economic factors affecting ship types amid wartime goals.
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Washington
Navy General Board
Daniels
General Board
United, States
United. Sta
United States
Sri
Sila
Eral
Tee Ee
United States Naval Program
Deese Returns to Sumter County After 20 Years
J A Deese, long resident of Terrell County and farmer there, returns to Sumter County to operate a farm owned by Gentre M Owen. Reared in Sumter, Deese envisions the coming crop year with plans to devote acreage to cotton and to raise all food at home, aiming to dispel talk of hard times.
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J.A. Deese
Terrell County
Operatons
Las
Gentre M. Owen
Deese
Sumter County
Sami County
American Fl Returns Compliments in Callao Event
The American flotilla, part of the United States Atlantic Fleet, docked at Callao six miles westward as part of an officers and crews entertainment program. Admiral Ilson acknowledged the return of courtesies by high seafaring officers aboard the flagship Pennsylvania. In the afternoon Peruvians and U.S. sailors planned sports competitions.
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Va. Por
Callao
United States Atlantic Fleet
Ilson
Pennsylvania
Teesday
Durli
United States
Jap Opposition Party Split Over Armament Tong
Feb 3 report notes divisions in the Japan opposition over proposals to align with world powers on arms limits. Some members back restricting armaments, while others resist, delaying a split threat amid debate on Japan’s military and naval programs. Sheriff Harvey references a Graves Station incident.
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Japan
Kenneth Kalop
Tip
Seth Oeakls
Warfare still rules in Ireland
Dublin Feb 3 Four men lie dead after the ambush of auxiliary police at Hallinalée near Dublin. One motor lorry was blown in the road and another attacked with bombs as police and civilians were wounded. A plainclothes constable was killed while patrolling and Trinity Street police were shot during the night.
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Dublin
Hallinalée
Here
Bane
Ireland
Trinity
Harling Due Back At Augustine Today
President-elect Harding's yacht Tousettnat faced channel obstructions as it moved north on the second leg of its cruise back to Mt. Augustine. It was expected to reach St Augustine this afternoon where the president-elect will play a game of elf.
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Fort Lauderdale
Fla
Harding
Tousettnat
Victoria
Tadian
Mt. Augustine
St. Augustind
Elget
Elf
Census Report Counts New Orleans Negro Population
Washington February 3 census bureau announces the negro population of New Orleans is 100 918 an increase of 13.1 percent Newark totals 17 010 with similar rises and geographic notes across the dataset.
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Washington
New Orleans
Census Bureau
Tony
Newark
German Girls Seek Husbands in Dixie Land
Montgomery Alabama February 3 German girls in Germany long for American husbands. A letter from J Stait of Duisburg explains wartime losses and scarcity of housing and furniture making matrimony a privilege of the rich in Germany. The piece notes many young German women seek prospects in America despite travel costs and uncertain futures.
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Dixie Land
Montgomery
Ala
Germany
J. Stait
Duisburg
Gibbs Brings New Message From Europe
Sir Philip Gibbs, famed war correspondent and editor, arrives in New York after studying Europe's reconstruction. In a London interview, Gibbs previews his forthcoming American talks on postwar debt, militarism, and national tensions.
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Gibbs
Europe
Sir Philip Gibbs
Eighth Review of Reviews
New York
America
London
Newspaper Enterprises Association
Milton Jenner
Convict Kaylor Surrenders After Five Years Missing
Todd Kaylor, a white convict held on manslaughter, returns to finish his Sumter County sentence after five years away. He escaped three times, last in 1916, and surrendered to County Engineer Johny Ansley after a brief family visit near DeSoto. Kaylor will complete a 4 year term, with prior time served totaling about 1 year eight months.
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Todd Kaylor
DeSoto
Sumter County
Chain
Kaylor
Berry Williams
DeSotod
Tupio
Johny Ansley
Watten
Wilkains Homie
Kaylore
Harvey
Summers
Cox
Williams
Americus
Ansley
Sinal
Sumter Superior Court
Pessimist Worse Than Huns Says Methodist Bishop
A Methodist bishop from Nashville, James Atkins, told Educational Commission members in Memphis that a pessimist is worse than a Hun and urged a campaign to raise 33 million dollars for educational work. He added that hard times are the cry of a coward as a College of Bishops planned a meeting for the next day.
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Aemphis
Hun
James Atkins
Nashville
Educational Commission of the
Southern Methodist Church
College of Bishops
Shine Slayers Sentenced and Trial Moves On
Tuscumbia Ala Feb 3 The case of Jake Smith an alleged member of the Colbert county moonshiners ring charged with murder in the slaying of prohibition officer Dan Stephenson will go to the jury by noon today Hampton Kirby has been convicted and given a life sentence and Sidney Kirby his father convicted and sentenced to twenty years
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Tuscumbia
Ala
Jake Smith
Colbert County
Dan Stephenson
Hampton Kirby
Sidney Kirby
Disarmament Call Advances in Congress
The House Foreign Affairs Committee favorably reported a resolution authorizing the president to invite nations to a world disarmament conference to be held in Washington. The call would be at the president’s discretion, marking the first definite congressional action toward a general disarmament conference.
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Washington
House Foreign Affairs
Unemployed Danes March On Palace in Copenhagen
A procession of about 48 000 unemployed Danes left City Hall Square this afternoon marching toward the parliament and the King's palace demanding work, in a rally reported from Copenhagen.
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Copenhagen
Associated Press
City Hall Square
King's Palace
Fall 16 Stories Yesterday Back on the Job Today
Nathan Cohen, a structural iron worker, plunged from a new sixteen story building in New York yesterday. He survived the fall and reported for work today, signaling a surface-based accident with no further details available.
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New York
Nathan Cohen
Broadway
Bank Robbers Net 30000 In Largo Florida Loot
Thirteen thousand dollars was stolen from the State bank at Largo and several hundred from the Atlantic Coast Line station. The robbers escaped in an automobile after cutting telephone and telegraph wires into the town. Authorities pursued possible suspects but details remain sparse. Ohio reporters note the incident occurred this morning, with Largo sixteen miles north of St. Petersburg.
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ST. Petersburg
Frs
Largo
Atlantic Coast Line
Bandita
Turks Ordered To Free Captured Frenchmen
Paris dispatch reports Admiral Dumesuil commanding French forces in the Near East has sent a ultimatum to the Turkish Nationalist government at Angora demanding immediate release of French soldiers captured in recent engagements. He warns he will bombard localities held by Nationalist forces if not met.
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Paris
Dumes-»uil
Near East
Angora
Constantinople
Boy Loses Eye In School Fire Incident
BRONWOOD. Fred Brookshire a second grader picked up a gun cartridge while on a school errand and lit trash in a fire. The cap exploded striking him in the eye, necessitating surgical removal of the eye. Surgeons Gardner and Bawinin performed the operation.
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Bronwood
Veh
Fred Brookshire
Wehool
Schwab Passenger On Liner For Europe
Harley M. Schwab head of the Roethichem Steel corporation was listed as a passenger aboard the liner Arui sailing from New York for South Hampton. He planned visits to England France and Italy with business significance.
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Schwab
Europe
New. York
Poh
Harley M. Schwab
Roethichem Steel Corporation
Arui
Tayian
Printers in West Meet to Push 44-Hour Week Demand
In St Louis on February 5 a gathering of middle West commercial and job printers discussed strategies to combat demand and press for a 44 hour work week. The meeting aimed to coordinate efforts across firms and raise support for shorter schedules.
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West
Louis
Middle West
Reflect on Army, Politics, and War Bond Debate
A fragmented wartime interview features Charles G. Mawes discussing U S military supply, public support, and political criticism of army leadership in France. He argues injections and inefficiency hurt morale while contemporaries debate Republicans, Democrats, and accountability. Pershing’s legacy is debated as public opinion shifts.
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Charles G. Mawes
France
Gomeo
Democratic
Betti
Pershing
di Dawes
Wil
Home Brewer Safe at Precise? Greensboro Conference Report
Greensboro N C Navy League conference heard Wayne B Wheeler, head of the Anti Alcohol league, state that buyers of bootleg liquor and vendors who violate law will not be pursued for tightening enforcement as long as their handling targets their own consumption.
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Greensboro
N. G
Congress
Volstein
Wayne B. Wheeler
z _ tolley
Navalloan League
New Plan Favored for Packers Conti Proposal
In Wastlington, Fob, a plan favored by a federal regulation bill would place Packers food feeding under the Department of Agriculture while stockyards come under the Interstate Commerce Commission. The committees pressed for a clear rule to guide legislation affecting the hog market.
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Wastlinton
Department of Agrienite
Alabama's Road Amendment Submitted to Voters
The state Supreme Court duties note a constitutional amendment related to road funding was presented to the voters for approval. Details on the amendment are scant in the fragment, but the item indicates a formal submission to the public ballot and pending returns.
England May Be Given Menopotamia
London reports an unclear mandate to Mi plist Mleuittet to the League of Nations in Geneva this month. The item mentions gasoline and a new RO R, with ambiguous details about the mandate and participants.
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London
Commelf Learge
Geneva
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Philip Gibbs
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