Five Million Under Arms in Europe War Looms
I N S reports Europe fields nearly 4.5 million soldiers with the Near East an armed camp. A large allied fleet sits off Turkish waters as reparations talks fail and disarmament stalls. Turkey, Greece, and Rhineland tensions heighten fears of a new global conflict.
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Luther A. Huston
I. N
London
Near East
Italy
France
Paris
Near ‘East
U S Holds Fire On Reparations Crisis Step
The United States will not make further proposals or intervene in the Franco British reparations crisis until European powers, especially France, show a willingness to seek American good offices. The move should come from Europe, with Congress sending Lodge for full information on the dispute.
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Jan
United States
France
Europe
Harding
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Henry Cabot Lodge
State Department
Foreign Relations Committee
George Harvey
Deadlocking at bituminous coal conference in Chicago
In Chicago on January 5 the third day of a bituminous coal conference ended with a deadlock between operators and mine union leaders. P H Penna, chair, blamed the size of the conference for the stalemate as miners reject the operators plan to split the country into fifteen districts. John S Lewis and 100 assistants pressed against a regional wage pattern for the four major states, prompting mutual accusations of provocation.
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Chicago
P. H. Penna
John S. Lewis
United Mine Workers of America
Sisters claim same man as husband in Cincinnati case
Immigration officials confront a puzzle as two sisters Maria and Helen Csebi claim the same man Elias Belijac as husband. Maria, 18, says she eloped with Belijac from New York to Cincinnati last July. Helen, 37, asserts common law wife relationship and two children. Testimony sent to Washington. younger sister faces deportation.
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Cincinnati
Maria Csebi
New York
Elias Belijac
Helen Csohi
Belijac
Washington
French preparing to occupy the coal lands of Germany
In Cleveland on January 5 Leopold Dantel defends a quarter million dollar alienation suit from his daughter in law Mrs. Francis Daniel. She alleges cruelty by her in laws and that marriage to her husband, a student at Ohio State University, followed a year of courtship. The couple eloped to Newcastle Pennsylvania in December and were married. She left her husband last October and returned to her mother.
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Leopold Dantel
Common Pleas Court
Francis Daniel
Charles I. Rigler
Ohio State University
Newcastle
Daniel
Housing changes loom as Ohio Univ semester ends
Dean Irma Voigt announces end of term January 29 and urges Athens women with rooms for students to report openings to her office. She seeks to place workers, hold a mass meeting to discuss housing, and improve cooperation between university authorities and students for the upcoming semester.
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Ohio University
Irma Voigt
Voigt
Athens
Dean Voigt
Room changes probable as fear splits allied circle
Wray reports British leaders fear the reparations talks collapse will end Anglo French cooperation. Bonar Law returns from Paris to convene a cabinet meeting and Britain may withdraw from the Rhine and halt participation in the inter allied reparations body, seeking European isolation.
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London
Paris
A. Bonar Law
Great Britain
United States
Lausanne
Berlin
Ruhr
France
Ohio Supreme Court Justices Take Seats
Judges Florence E. Allen of Cleveland and Robert H. Day of Massillon assumed their posts on the state supreme bench after being elected last November. They begin service in Columbus with the court’s current term.
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Columbus
Florence E. Allen
Cleveland
Robert H. Day
Massillon
State Supreme Bench
Carnegie Steel Plant to Resume Operations in Beltaine
Bellaire officials report orders issued to ready the Carnegie Steel plant for restart after over a year of idleness. The facility employs more than 1,200 workers and is poised to return to production with new measures in place.
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Bellaire
Carnegie Steel Company
Prince of Wales to marry Scottish heiress named Bowes-Lyon
London reports the Prince of Wales, age 29, set to wed a young Scottish noblewoman. The bride is identified as Lady Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon, 25, daughter of the Earl of Strathmore. High society buzzes over the possible match.
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London
The
Daily News
Prince of Wales
Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon
Earl of Strathmore
Elizabeth
Boy Walks 180 Miles to Tecumseh for Holiday Visit
Oberlin reports 15-year-old George Bakley walked 180 miles to Tecumseh Michigan to spend vacation with his parents and plans to return home on foot.
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Oberlin, Jan
George Bakley
Tecumseh
Michigan
British Deny US Call for Reparations Conference
The British foreign office rejects Berlin’s claim that London urged Washington to summon an international reparations conference. Belgium and Italy back French occupation of the Ruhr. Mayence, the French army’s Rhine HQ, sees heavy activity as Premier Bonar Law returns to London to weigh an isolationist policy.
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Great Britain
United States
Belgium
Italy
Ruhr
French War Ministry
Mayence
Rhine
Bonar Law
London
Paris
Germany
Old Sultan Sets Course to Mecca From Malta
Mohammed VI former Turkish sultan and caliph leaves Malta for Mecca to establish his future home. He travels aboard the British warship Ajax with limited escort while King Hussein of Hedjaz offers protection. His four wives and entourage remain behind in Constantinople.
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Malta
Mohammed VI
Mecca
Hussein
Hedjaz
Bonar Law Bids Farewell to Poincare in Friendly Sendoff
Premier Bonar Law expresses hopeful parting words as he says farewell to Premier Poincare and Finance Minister De Lasteyrie at Gare Nord before the Calais boat train departure. The two premiers converse amicably, signaling no visible political friction.
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Paris
A. Bonar Law
England
Poincare
France
M. Poincare
de Lasteyrie
Gare Nord
Calais
France poised for grand scale actions if Germany defaults
The article discusses Germany's potential default on coal payments and indemnity, and French plans under Marshal Foch as Mayence reports heavy activity. It notes Premier Poincare's likely delay in announcement, possible Turkish shifts at Lausanne, and British saboteur risk from Sir John Bradbury’s absence.
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Mayence
Rhine
War Office
France
Marshal Foch
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John Bradbury
Reparations Commission
Automobile Club Now Takes Women Members
In Lima Ohio on January 5 the Lima Automobile Club welcomes women as members joining the more than 46 local women motorists already active in the club. The move reflects changing social norms granting women access to roles once restricted.
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Automobile Club
Lima
Lima Automobile Club
Demand Right of Big Nation in Walser Valley Republic
In Berlin on January 6, self determination spreads in Central Europe with plans for a 1,500 inhabitant Walser Valley Republic in the Austrian mountains centered at Oberstdorf. The draft state may present to the League of Nations and has reportedly gained French and British approval, adding to Liechtenstein and Andorra as Europe’s tiny sovereigns.
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Europe
Wasser
Austrian
Oberstdorf
League of Nations
France
Herrin Mine Guarded Threats Highlight Riot Trial
Evidence from a letter purporting to show preparations by a mine guard and others suggests the Lester strip mine was a fortress amid the Herrin mine riots. The letter describes armed guards, multiple guns, and heavy firepower as witnesses testify in the murder trial of five miners.
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Lester
Gibraltar
Herrin
Emma McNew
Fay
Sherman Mholman
Cook
Holman
Way McNew
Mastermind Adventuress Behind Sensational Jewel Robberies
New York reports describe a mysterious "master mind" adventuress believed to orchestrate high stakes jewel thefts. Police link the Buffalo Schoellkopf case with a prior $300,000 gems haul and suspect a ring with C Barrett Carman as a potential intermediary.
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John L. Spivack
New York
Open hearing on hooded mob killings in Morehouse parish
Newsreel style report from Bastrop Louisiana details the opening of an open hearing in Morehouse parish on the murders of Watt Daniels and Thomas W. Richards. Klan involvement blamed as crowds gather, guards deployed, and a tense circus like atmosphere unfolds with armed attendees and heavy security.
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Bastrov
Louisiana
Mtutreders
Morehouse Parish
Watt Daniels
Thomas W. Richards
Ku Klux Klan
Parish Court House
Odom
Woman Seeks Annulment After Fraudulent License
In Elyria Ohio on January 5 Rose Lubitsev says she was duped by a man who claimed a license proved wedlock. The couple allegedly married August 12 and lived as spouses until October 15 when he deserted her. She asks the court to set aside the marriage as invalid due to ignorance of Ohio law.
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Elyria
Ohio
Lubitsev
Rose
Marietta man pleads guilty to mailing whiskey
Wred Gills formerly of Gallipolis and now in Marietta pleaded guilty in federal court to sending whiskey through the mails. Judge Sater fined him 150 dollars plus costs after officials found a bottle of whiskey broken in a suitcase mailed from Marietta.
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W.red Gills
Gallipolis
Marietta
Sater
Gills
Keep Your Dates Straight via Washington Information Bureau
A 1983 calendar offer from The Athens Messenger Information Bureau invites readers to request a free colored calendar with monthly pads. Fill a coupon, attach two cents in stamps, and send to Frederic J. Hackin in Washington, D. C. Include full name and address.
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Washington Informa Bureau
Frederic J. Hackin
Athens Messenger Information Bureau
Washington, D. C
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