Big business seeks broader trade with Russia and Germany
The piece argues that American capital aims to expand commerce with Russia and Germany as postwar relations shift. It notes bankers host discussions with Russian representatives and suggests some business leaders favor diplomatic recognition to aid trade while pursuing the return of American properties seized during the war and Germany’s reparations obligations.
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the Messenger
Washington
Russia
Germany
New York
America
Aussie
Postponed Ohio university music course changes dates
The December 15 performance with Anna Case is postponed. The next program is now January 16 featuring explorer Vladimir Stefansson, followed by Anna Case on March 9 in the music and lecture course.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ohio University Music and
Anna Case
Vladmir Stefansson the Explorer
Public funds debated for flying machines
Arthur Brisbane notes the proposal to spend 876 million dollars on flying machines echoes a past 600 million wartime outlay that produced no flying machines. He questions whether the modern plan will also fail to deliver tangible air power.
Ford Aircraft Offer versus Government Needs
The piece contrasts Henry Ford proposing 5 000 all metal monoplanes for 76 million dollars that could both transport and bomb with critique of prior aviation management. It argues Ford would deliver aircraft guaranteed to fly the San Francisco Honolulu route, unlike current outcomes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Ford
United States
Ford
Hawaii
San Francisco
Honolulu
Lloyd George's Tas to Pegs Four and Ford’s limits
The article argues the country would not allow Ford to build flying machines for a government or control Muscle Shoals. It notes he could succeed at making machines and fertilizer cheaply, but those powers lie beyond Washington and the current authorities. It references Lloyd George's ideas on conditions in Tass to Pegs Four.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ford
United States
Washington
Lloyd George
Congress Wet Bloc Pushes 2.75 percent beer under Volstead
In Washington Senator Walter Edge Republican of New Jersey urged Congress to legalize 2.75 per cent beer as a remedy to Volstead Act failures. He warned that current law breeds lawlessness and bootleggers, cites rising arrests and insanities, and argues federal revenue would rise while closing illegal dives and reducing private distillery conversions.
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Washington
Cne
Tobs
Walter E. Edge
New Jersey
Senate
Congress
Edge
Coast Guard
Ford Touring Breaks Moorings and Runs Wild
A Ford touring car owned by Joe Cunningham rolled from its parking spot on South Lancaster Street and sped away without warning. It crossed West Washington Street, plunged down Depot Street, and overturned near a house, causing bent parts but little property damage.
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Joe Cunningham
Lancaster Street
West Washington Street
Depot Street
Former Solon Dies Watching a Magician
Frederick C. Hicks a 53 year old alien property custodian and former New York congressman died in a Washington theater while watching Thurston perform a levitation illusion. He collapsed during the act and was moved to the box office where he was found unconscious and later died.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Solon
Washington
Frederick C. Hicks
Congress
New York
Representative Hicks
Thurston
Lead May Replace Radium as Cancer Cure
Paris reports experiments by Professor Deslandes and a Romanian student suggesting lead and polonium, when irradiated, develop curative properties for cancer. British findings support lead’s potential, with uranium and polonium also gaining radioactivity under sun exposure. Dr Risler of the Sorbonne says replacement of costly radium may be near.
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Paris
Deslandes
French Academy of Sciences
Delandes
Jacques’ Risler
The
Sorbonne
Burglars Raid Nelsonville Dry Goods Store
Burglars broke into the Nelsonville Dry Goods company on West Washington Street during Monday night and stolen wearing apparel and other merchandise valued in the hundreds of dollars. Entry was gained through the back door with a truck possibly backing up to the rear. thirty two coat and suit hangers litter the area and a pile of umbrellas was left behind.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nelsonville Dry Goods Company
Nelsonville
Washington Street
Battling Siki Slain in New York Street Attack
Senegalese prizefighter Battling Siki born Louis Pfall in St. Louis, famed for knocking out Georges Carpentier, was found dying on a sidewalk at 350 West 41st Street. He had a fatal wound to the back and died before an ambulance arrived. Police Officer Meehan identified him. The slaying occurred near the Tenderloin edge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
iSiki
Georges Carpentier
France
Siki
Louis Pfall
West 41 Street
John Meehan
Tenderloin
Meehan
Eighth Avenue
Forty-first Street
St. Louis
Senegall
Wets Prepare For Real Fight In Congress
Washington dispatch reports the wets plan an open political fight in upcoming elections to modify the Volstead Act. John Phillip Hill of Maryland will lead a bipartisan effort, backed by both parties, as anti prohibitionists push to test the law during the current session. They cite perceived failures of enforcement and a tide turning toward temperance reform to bolster votes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert T. Small
Consolidated Preas
Washington
Congress
John Phillip Hill
Ryland
Hill
Five Die In Tenement Fire On East Fourteenth Street
Five people were burned to death in a five story tenement blaze on East Fourteenth Street New York at the foot of the East River. The fire started at 3 AM and raged into the morning with winds fanning the flames. Fire officials suspect incendiary origin as residents fled in underclothes.
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New York
East Fourteenth Street
East River
Fourteenth Atreot
Candy Consumption in United States Reaches Vast Millions
The United States consumes over 100000000 dollars worth of candies annually across many varieties. This figure highlights the large market for sweets and the widespread preference for confections nationwide.
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United States
Landlord Discovers Woman Living in Downtown Loft
In New York City on December 15 a landlord found Alice Murray a 41 year old woman living in an empty downtown loft. She said she had resided there seven months and made a bed on three empty packing boxes.
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New York
Alice Murray
Logan Gas rates suspended for 120 days
The Ohio Utilities Commission suspended Logan Gas rates for 120 days after a month of protest from municipalities and small villages. Governor Donahey pressed the move to shield affected communities while larger cities filed formal protests against the new schedule.
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Logan
Utilities Commission
Columbus
Logan Gas Company
Donahey
Antitrust Policy Under Review by Senate Leaders
A Senate inquiry examines whether the federal antitrust program has collapsed under new politics and enforcement shifts. Officials say the department will focus on serious violations and court actions, with over fifty investigations in six months, as lax or weak actions recede into history.
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John G. P
Roosevelt
Taft
Wilson
Adam
Man Kedak
Dupont
Una.ie
Southern Pacific
Register
Senate
Department Justion
Investignelee
Special Committee Probes Ohio State University
Acting Freeldeen Dearee W. Rightmire leads a trustees committee to probe alleged abuses and communist sympathies among OSU instructors and students. Other trustees L. E. Laybourne H. Atkins on and Julius F. Stone join the inquiry ordered after Governor Donahey’s request following Prof. Dabney Horton’s arrest for illegal liquor activity. Horton awaits trial. Rightmire suspends him pending case.
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Columbus
Der
Freeldeen Dearee W. Rightmire
Ohio State University
L. E. Laybourne Springfield
Ohio State University Board of Trustees
H. 8. Atkinson
Julius F. Stone
Board of
Rightmire
Horton
Donahey
Young La Follette Joins Republican Ranks In Senate
Bob La Follette, son of the late Wisconsin insurgent leader, was assigned to the manufacturers, Indian affairs and mining committees as a full Republican. The young Wisconsinite gains committee seats and patronage, following his father's Senate service on manufacturers and Indian affairs. He offered no comment on the honors.
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Washington
Bob la Follette
Wisconsin
Horton Trial Postponed at Ohio State University
Prof Dab ney Horton of the English department at Ohio State University will not face trial as scheduled. Attorneys granted a one week continuance to prepare after prohibition agents raided his Columbus home and seized a small still and liquor.
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Columbus
Dabney Horton
Ohio State University
Horton
Lorain Seeks Meanest Burglar After Home Raid
Lorain police hunt the so called meanest burglar who ransacked the Myers home while the family was away. The intruder forced open a bank and stole about 450 dollars from Mary, a resident, amid the daytime crime spree in Lorain on December 16.
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Lorain
W. B. Myers
Mary
Morton Returns to Ohio State Prison After Detroit Plan
James Big Jim Morton, the Cleveland bank robber, is back in his cell at the Ohio Penitentiary in Columbus. Don R Thomas, son of the warden and a governor office clerk, helped devise a plan to secure Morton's return from Michigan. The clemency board previously released Morton to Michigan to be tried in Detroit, but concerns about the fairness of the trial led to a covert approach to rescind the pardon and move Morton back to Ohio without a public hearing.
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Columbus
James
Big Jim" Morton
Cleveland
Ohio Penitentiary
Don ‘R. Thomas
P. E. Thomas
The
Penitentiary
Donahey
Morton
Detroit
State Clemency Board
Michigan
Young Thomas
Mitchell Scores Defense at Court Martial
Major General Frank W. Coe defended the coast artillery action in court martial proceedings. He stated that the best protection against enemy air invasion would be American aircraft.
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Mitchell
Washington
William Mitchell
Frank W. Coe
Coast J Artillery
Ohio county auditors discuss relief measures with attorney general
County auditors from several points in Ohio including Marton met with Assistant Attorney General H. H. Griswold in Columbus to consider legislation for a possible special session of the General Assembly to ease financial distress in Ohio communities.
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Columbus
Ohio
Marton
H. H. Griswold
General Assembly
Severe ice storm disrupts Kansas City communications
Freezing rain blankets the Midwest, causing widespread outages to telephone and telegraph services as restoration work proceeds. Crews battle icy conditions in Missouri and surrounding areas to repair lines and restore grid and communications.
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Kansas City
Justice of the Peace Finances Reported in Messengs
Magistrate Pearl W Bal l announced the report of fines and costs published in the Messengs week. The examiner stated the October cave twenty two months and now months. The report covers December 1923 to October. Concerning the aes.
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Pearl W. Ball
Dean of Women at State University Resigns
Dean of women Conrad at State University resigns effective June 80 amid board criticism citing general inefficiency and poor work performance.
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Columbus
Conrad
State University
Board of Trustees
Tory Work
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