Alabama approves $25 million highway bond amendment
Early returns show the highway bond amendment and the soldiers poll tax amendment passing by about ten to one across the state. Geneva county voted against both. officials say the measure will provide $25 million in bonds to match federal funds for road work, with $2 million state money matched annually. The plan starts with linking county sites with paved highways, then building new trunk roads.
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Montgomery
Alabama Highway Improvement Association
Geneva
The
Highway Association
Woman 87 Burns to Death at Open Fire
Valdosta area report details the death of Mrs. J. S. Carter age 87 from burns suffered at her home fifteen miles south of Valdosta. She was found by her son, L. Carter, after her clothing caught fire while her daughter-in-law prepared breakfast. Despite aid, she died a few hours later, with family noting she had been in poor health.
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Valdosta
J. S. Carter
L. Carter
Carter
South Georgia
Lowndes
Echols County
What is a flapper as UC Berkeley lists them
At Berkeley on January 31 approximately 2000 students were identified as flappers by Mary Ide Bentley former SF YWCA secretary. She described flappers as young women who value appearance over personality seek continual change and often misread advice. The speaker urged understanding of the modern girl who defies averages and family expectations.
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Berkeley
Cal
University of California
Mary Ide Bentley
San Francisco
Stevenson
Payor's rise from coal to American dream sparks vow
A Russian ex-billionaire once owned luxury wealth in Petrograd but lost it to the Bolsheviks. Oscar Payor, aged 32, arrives in Boston after crossing the Atlantic, working from coal shoveler to potential millionaire while declaring he will start at the bottom. He embodies the young American dream and resilience. The piece contrasts big fortunes and losses, noting a major mail order house’s 1921 loss and broader economic swings along with moral cautions about conscience funds and discipline.
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Payor
America
Price cuts spark glass trade price war in US
The largest American window glass maker announces an average 22 percent price cut due to foreign competition. An ensuing price war pits importers against domestic manufacturers with tariffs seen as potentially keeping prices up, benefiting producers or consumers depending on the side chosen.
First Families Birth Rate Drops in New York City
Health commissioner Dr. Royal S. Copeland notes fashion districts show only seven births per 1000 residents while areas with immigrant labor report 57 births per 1000. The prompt suggests the descendants of foreign born mothers will shape future New York society as old line families fade.
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New York City
Royal S. Copeland
New York
Freight cuts fail to boost grain shipments yet help consumers
Lewis J. Spence, director of traffic on Southern Pacific lines, says freight rate cuts have not increased grain and farm product tonnage, though they help check the decline in shipments. He notes lower rates push prices down and aid consumer buying, signaling a potential business revival once rates align with other prices.
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Lewis J. Spence
Southern Pacific
Shipyards Build Vast Fleet in 1921 Toward Postwar Boom
A year after war surplus ships, world shipyards launched 4 341 679 gross tons in 1921, about a third more than 1913. Builders note cautious capital vows, yet steady output signals expected robust business ahead, despite low mood in markets.
Small Granted Separate Trial for Embezzlement Conspiracy
In Waukegan Illinois on January 31 Governor Ben Small was granted a separate trial by Judge Edwards on the charge of conspiracy to embezzle state funds.
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Small
Waukegan
Ilis
Ben Small
Edwards
Knickerbocker theater disaster death toll and quake reports
Washington burial of Knickerbocker theater dead continues as investigators probe the disaster and a Senate inquiry looms. The final death total stands at ninety seven with sixty two of 133 injured still in hospitals. A strong earthquake, centered in Southern Mexico, is reported by geologists with Popocatepetl erupting nearby. In Denver the seismograph records the most severe quake in fifteen years, estimated fifteen hundred miles south of the city.
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Denver Observer
Washington
District of Columbus
Senate
Arthur Capper
Francis Tondorf
Georgetown University Observatory
Weather Bureau
Mexico
Popocatepetl
Denver
Regis College
Father Forestall
Fiffteen
Negro Held For Stopping Woman Near Ellaville
Ellaville January 31 A negro named Flournoy was arrested by a posse at Tazewell and jailed in Muscogee county after stopping Mrs John DeVane who declined to ride with him She ran home and told her father in law about the incident The suspect, who worked at Tazewell on Bid Pickard’s farm, was held on $1000 bond and later moved to Columbus for safekeeping.
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Ellaville
Flournoy
Tazewell
R. E. Battle
Marshall George Dillard
Columbus
Muscotee County
John DeVane
Marion County
Earthquake Shocks Felt Across Pacific Coast
Reports from San Francisco to the Canadian line described shocks felt early today with no damage reported. Geologists in New York traced the quake to originate along the west coast of South America between the Panama Canal Zone and Keurtdor, as seismographs recorded the tremor.
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Pacific Coast
SAN Franchi Scq
San Francisco
Canadian Line
New York
United States
South America
Panama Canal Zone
Keurtdor
Omaha Packers Vote Strike Off
More than a thousand members of the Amalga mated Meat Cutters and Butcher Workmen voted to call off the strike that began December 5 at a union mass meeting. The resolution ending the walkout passed almost unanimously.
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Omaha
Amalgamated Meat Cutters and Butcher Workmen
Senate rejection blocks three-year limit on debt commission
The Senate today defeated an amendment by Senator Simmons aimed at restricting the Allied Debt Refunding Commission. The measure would have required congressional consent to defer interest payments beyond three years. The vote was 41 to 27 against the amendment, limiting the commission's authority.
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Washington
Allied Debt Refunding Commission
Senate
Simmons
Congress
WORK THE LIKELY CHOICE FOR POSTMASTER GENERAL
Washington dispatch profiles Hubert Work doctor and veteran political figure as the quiet, steady candidate to succeed Will Hays. Born in Pennsylvania, he built a medical career, led the American Medical Association, and served in the Army Medical Corps. Longtime Republican organizer, he favors careful planning and clear reasoning over haste. He enjoys Holstein cattle on his farm and has two married sons with a wife in an apartment.
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Washington
Will H. Hays
Hays
Hubert Work
Congress
American Medical Association
Army Medical Corps
Pennsylvania
Indiana
Work
Pueblo
Col
Woodcroft
Colorado
Colorado State Central Committee
Helke Hays
Big Dock Fire at Allones Dock No 2
Superior Wis Jan 31 A spectacular fire at the Great Northern Dock No 2 at Allones which threatened other ore docks was brought under control. Loss may reach 2 000 000. Cause unknown.
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Superior
Wis
Great Northern Dock
Allones
Hearings Set On Gas-Rate Reductions For 10 Georgia Cities
The railroad commission orders hearings in ten Georgia cities to show cause why existing gas rates should be cut. Savannah Macon Waycross Valdosta Athens Augusta Americus Brunswick Columbus Griffin will hear dates in March with Americus noted for prior 1919 increases.
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Atlanta
Dan
George
Savannah
Macon
Waycross
Valdosta
Athens
Augusta
Americus and
Brunswick
Columbus and
Griffin
Americus
Georgia
Railroad Commission
Harding nominates agrarian bloc leader for Eighth Circuit
President Harding sent to the Senate the nomination of Senator W. S. Kenyon of Town as judge of the Eighth circuit to succeed the late Judge Walter I. Smith. Kenyon accepted the appointment and the Senate confirmed it in open session, an unusual honor.
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Washington
Jan
Harding
Senate
W. &. Kenyon
Town
Eighth Circuit
Walter I. Smith
Kenyon
Shantung Agreement Praised by Harding
Washington report confirms White House approval of the Shantung settlement described as a key achievement of the Washington negotiations. The plan Chairman Harding supported envisions China paying for the Shantung railroad with treasury notes while Japanese experts remain in operation during the payment period.
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Washington
Asociated Press
White HK House
Harding
China
Shantung
Aladdin Mania Ends With Lamp Collection At Home
London January 30 reports Edward Stradling faced the Kings magistrates over a bicycle lamp collection mania. Police testimony noted he had five lamps at home and had decorated his bicycle with lamps. He was placed on probation.
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Aladdin
London
Edward Stradling
Edward
Market Report Covers Futures and Receipts at Liverpool
The brief notes trading activity in Liverpool showing 5,000 bales in fully sold goods and receipts of 12 bales. Futures for February through June are listed with previous close and opening figures, indicating a quiet opening with mixed early quotes and standard market notation.
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Liverpool
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