Johnson forces set to clash in Ohio fight for delegates
Cincinnati endorses Coolidge while Fran Hitchcock names Cuyahoga county Johnson campaign committee led by Senator George H. Bender. The lineup includes John D. Fackler and Francis J. Cook as independent organizers. Hiram Johnson will open with a January 3 mass meeting at Masonic Temple in Ohio aimed at winning the Midwest primaries.
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Ohio
Repub
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Republican Central
Executive Committees
Chicago
Fran H. Hitchcock
Johnson Forces
Cuyahoga County
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George H. Bender
John D. Fackler
Frank G. Carpenter
Francis J. Cook
Sam’ R. Scott
I. ¥. Weaver
Bender
Hiram Johnson
Masonic Temple
Michigan
Indiana
Illinois
Coolidge
Departure of King George II Assured as Greek Assembly Discusses Status
Athens Dec 20 The Greek government told foreign legations that the king's departure was provisional and that the national assembly will meet soon to decide the government's future. King George II and Queen Elizabeth left Piraeus for Roumania aboard Daphne. Premier Gonatas and Roumanian minister Juvara bade them farewell as attendants wept and the king appeared downcast. Admiral Koundouriotis was to be sworn in as regent that afternoon.
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George II
National Assembly
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Elizabeth
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Kustenje
Roumania
Daphne
Gonatas
M. D. Juvara
Admiral Koundouriotis
Youngstown Man Shot at Confectionery Store
Gus Phillips, a $5 stake holder, was shot and mortally wounded at his Youngstown confectionery store by an unknown gunman. He died later in a hospital. No money was missing and motive remains unknown.
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Youngstown
Gus Phillips
Phillips
Naval Realty Program Presented for Congressional Approval
The navy's land purchase program for shore establishments on Pacific and Atlantic coasts and the sale of unused land was introduced for congressional approval by Representative Britten Republican Illinois a member of the house naval affairs committee on December 20 in Washington.
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Navy
Pacific
Atlantic
Britten
Illinois
House Naval Affairs Committee
Pope appeals for aid to starving people worldwide
Rome report notes two new cardinals created at the Vatican consistory Monsignor Lucidi and Monsignor Galli. A papal allocution praises the Irish settlement and calls wheat growing nations to aid destitute populations, while Mansfield Ohio reports more gas wells drilled near Shiloh in Richland County with a pocket of gas encountered at forty feet deep.
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Galli
Mansfield
Ohio
Eldorado
Shiloh
Rich
County
Christmas Liquor Seizure Off New England Coast
Six fishing boats carrying about 10 000 gallons of Christmas liquors were seized off Thatcher's Island Cape Ann by the coast guard cutter Tampa and towed to Boston. The twelve crew members, said to be Italians of Boston, are under guard aboard the cutter. A Belgian steamship with a 300 000 gallon contraband cargo was reported operating between Boston and the Jersey coast.
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Boston
Thatcher's Island
Cape Ann
Coast Guard
Tampa
City
Jersey
Ford Endorsement Clears 1924 Political Field
Washington dispatch reports Henry Ford’s public backing of Coolidge for 1924 reshapes party alignments. Democratic and Republican camps hail the move as removing a potential rival, with Johnson and LaFollette supporters weighing shifting votes and regional strength. McAdoo allies see Ford’s exit as boosting his own campaign prospects nationwide.
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Henry Ford
Santa Claus
President Coolidge
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Coolidge
King
Utah
Heflin
Alabama
Hiram Johnson
California
Johnson
Robert M. LaFollette
Wisconsin
la Follette
Cleveland
Minnesota
North Dakota
Montana
Dolling manager guilty after long Franklin County trial
Dwight Harrison former general manager of the de funct R I Dollings Co Ohio was found guilty by a Franklin County common pleas jury of false representation in the sale of stock of the Phoenix Portland Cement Co. The verdict followed the longest trial in the county’s criminal court as the Dollings crash and receivership affected thousands of investors. Harrison indicated he would seek a new trial.
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Columbuvs. O
Dwight Harrison
R. I. Dollings Co
Ohto
Common Pleas
Phoenix-Portland Cement Co
Ohio
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Liberation
Harrison
Dollings Company
Ite
Two Officers Die as Revolt Attacks Veracruz Front
In the Veracruz area battle lines shift as revolutionary columns under Garza and Gonzales strike the federal front while Huertista cavalry under Maycotte harass Martinez’s flank. Colonel Eliseo Palaz and Captain David Soto die. General Fernando Reyes wounded. Federals entrench in Munos and Apisaco as three-sided revolution toward success unfolds. Obregon directs San Marcos battle then departs to Mexico City. Martial law reached Puebla though business continues.
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Gonzales
Huertista
Maycotte
Martinez
Eliseo Palaz
David Soto
Fernando Reyes
Munos
Apisaco
Gonseles
Obregon
Ace
San Marcos
Obergon
Serrano
Mexico City
Antonio Villareal
Huerta
Puebla
Wheeling Steel Opens at Fullest Capacity
YORKVILLE Ohio December 20 An increase in operations to 100 per cent is announced for early January by the local Wheeling Steel plant after years at 75 per cent capacity. The plant employs 2000 men when at full output. Compressed air tools of all kinds especially for outdoor work are growing in popularity.
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Yorkville
Wheeling Steel Corporation
Klan Detective Testifies in Fox Slaying Trial
In Atlanta on December 20 a detective for the William Joseph Simons faction of the Ku Klux Klan testified he monitored Klan editor Phil E. Fox and reported daily to Attorney W. S. Coburn. Fox shot Coburn on November 5 and seeks acquittal on insanity. The detective described Fox arrest with a nude woman and other alleged immoral acts, including relations with Mrs. Margaret Weaver.
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William Joseph Simons
Ku Klux Klan
Phil E. Fox
W. 8
Coburn
Fox
Ed Simmons
Margaret Weaver
Mrs Emma French Dies After Auto Crash in Cincinnati
Cincinnati Ohio, Mrs Emma French aged 65 died from injuries after being struck by an automobile last night. She was Hamilton County's 1128th motor car victim in 1923.
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Cincinnati
Emma French
Hamilton County
1924 Trade Outlook Encourages American Leaders
International News Service reports a consensus among bankers merchants and manufacturers nationwide that 1924 will be a strong year for U S business. optimism centers on stocks rail traffic savings life insurance and exports with leaders like Elbert Gary James Farrell and Thomas May forecasting continued growth and relief from Europe’s troubles.
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New York
America
Elbert H. Gary
United States Steel Corporation
United States
James H. Farrell
Europe
German crisis deepens as government seeks new credit
Berlin faces its worst financial crisis since the republics founding. Foreign Minister Luther seeks a new rente mark credit while Schacht rejects it, threatening payroll payments at month’s end. Secretary Mellon says German rehabilitation hinges on stabilizing chaos and commencing permanent recovery. Austria’s recovery is noted as a contrast with rising production.
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Luther
Schacht
Washington
Mellon
Germany
Austria
Brundidge Sparks National Probe Into Quack Medical Schools
St. Louis journalist Harry T. Brundidge says he bought a diploma and a medical degree to expose fraudulent medical schools. He leads a national inquiry into the rise of faux institutions.
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Harry T. Brundidge
St. Louis
Brundidge
Justice Accepts Brooms in Trade for Fine
An itinerant pedlar convicted of cruelty to a horse paid a 1.80 fine with six brooms instead of cash in Justice Tucker's Chauncey court. The judge notes this won’t apply to bootlegger cases.
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Tucker
Chauncey
Baltimore & Ohio Worker Killed by Pennsylvania Train
Newark Ohio Claude Wallace a Baltimore and Ohio employee was struck by a Pennsylvania train Tuesday evening and died.
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Newark
Claude Wallace
Baltimore & Ohio
Pennsylvania
Seventy-year-old man sees railroad train for first time
Oze Pullins of Meigs County, 70, was brought to Athens by Constable Tucker to answer a school law charge. He pleaded guilty to keeping two daughters out of school, was fined five dollars suspended, and after paying costs returned home via Coolville. He had never before seen a railroad.
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Tucker
Oze Pullins
Tuppers Plains
Pullins
Meigs County
I.o
Coolville
Train Crash Wrecks Bethesda Station Injures Two
A Chicago bound Newark division train derailed at Bethesda station a frame structure collapsed trapping two men Alvin McCormick and Arthur Mead. McCormick suffered possible internal injuries and both were treated by local doctors after being removed from the wreckage.
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Baltimore & Ohio
Chicago
Newark
Fast Traina
Wheeling
Alvin McCormick
Arthur Mead
Mead
McCormick
Cambria and Indiana Railroad seeks to build five miles in Cambria
In Washington on December 20 the Cambria and Indiana Railroad Co sought ICC approval to construct five miles of track between Keyrock and Cambria Pennsylvania to unlock about 75 million tons of bituminous coal in Cambria County for development.
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Cambria County
Pennsylvania
Cambria & Indiana Railroad Co
Interstate Commerce Commission
Keyrock
Cambria
Congressional Probe of Wood Regime Sought
Representative Frear of Wisconsin introduced a House resolution seeking a congressional investigation into charges by Filipinos against Major General Leonard Wood governor general of the Philippines.
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Wood
Washington
Leonard Wood
Philippines
Representative Frear
Wisconsin
Notorious bank robber McGahan jailed in Ohio awaiting trial
George Rea McGahan, known as a bank robber, is jailed in Franklin county on a $30,000 bond after an arraignment for robbery in Grove City. Identified by Otto Willer for a December 3 1920 heist of $17 609, he faces local charges while federal indictments for stolen government securities move forward.
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Columbus, CO
George “Rea” McGahan
Franklin County
McGahan
Marietta
Mayor Near
Grove City
Otto Willer
Grove City National Bank
Toledo
Crove City
Federal forces retreat as Yaqui Indians join revolutionaries
Advices from Huertista headquarters report 3 on 2 manpower advantage and Yaqui Indians joining the rebels. General Lopes Ortiz and two thousand Yaqui soldiers surrender to the revolutionaries. Federals abandon San Marcos and pull back to the Munos area near the Mexicano railroad. Revolutionary troops control the Inter Oceanic and Mexicano lines toward Apizaco, about 78 miles from Mexico City.
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Huertista
Yaqui Indiang
Lopes Ortiz
Martinos
San Marcos
Munos
Ranches
Apizaco
Mexico City
Britain open to international disarmament conference
London officials say Great Britain will join an international conference on submarine and airplane disarmament if President Coolidge calls it. Lee MacDonald, potential successor to Premier Baldwin, is known to favor disarmament moves.
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London
Great Britain
Coolidge
United States
Foreign Office
Lee MacDonald
Brainey Baldwin
MacDonald
beef cooking tip strips tough rind from mutton
Remove the thin skin next to the fat before cooking mutton. This membrane causes the strong disagreeable flavor and should be discarded to improve the meat's taste.
Concrete Has A Thousand Uses In The Home
Concrete offers many uses for home or farm projects from cellar floors to walks and steps. A builder's services are not required. a novice can do a good job with simple instruction. Get a free booklet by mail from the Washington formation Bureau by sending two stamps and the coupon.
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