Congress Opens Sixth Week as Act Begins at Capitol
The sixty-eighth Congress resumes after weeks of stasis with committees meeting at both ends of the Capitol. House leaders push tax legislation and three major items: the bonus bill, Muscle Shoals disposal, and a Leonard Wood inquiry into the Philippine administration. Senate faces chair deadlock but plans three major itineraries including farm relief and Russia recognition.
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Washington
House
Muscle Shoals
Ala
Leonard Wood
Senate
Interstate Commerce Committee
Earle B. Bayfield
Texas
Russia
Senate Agriculture Committee
Old battleship Louisiana drifted to deep Atlantic waters
The battleship Louisiana, moored near Virginia Capes, broke free in a gale and drifted into the Atlantic. It is now anchored in deep water off Winter Quarter Shoals, Delaware, under civilian crew after being sold for scrapping under the Washington naval treaty.
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Washington
Louisiana
Atlantic
Virginia Capes
Winter Quarter Shoals
Delaware
Navy Department
Junk Company
Midwestern Freeze Ends as Temperatures Rally Across the Region
A sharp warmup lifts Midwest temperatures after a deadly cold spell. Chicago reports 18 deaths and others in St Louis St Paul Denver Altus Henryetta, as cities from Nebraska to Winnipeg see mercury climbs of 20 to 70 degrees. In Norfolk the old battleship Louisiana drifts at sea after tow line failure. coast guard and naval vessels search the gale-tossed Atlantic for the 16,000 ton vessel en route to Baltimore for scrapping.
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Chicago
Northwest
Mid-West
St. Louis
St. Paul
Denver
Altin
Til
Henryetta
Oklahoma
South Dakota
Kearney
Nebraska
Winnipeg
Kansas City
Indianapolis
Norfolk
Louisiana
Atlantic Ocean
Virginia Capes
Philadelphia
Baltingore
Junk Company
Coast Guard
Baltimore
Boston Iron and Metal Company
Wood Towing Corporation
SOS
Mascoutin
Maenningy
Herbert L. Preatt
Ku Klux Klan Backing Mayor Kohler in Ohio Bid
In Cleveland on January 7 the Ku Klux Klan rumored to back Mayor Fred Kohler as he leaves office with the arrival of a city manager government. City Manager Willan Hopkins is set for formal unanimous election as the new five member council begins business at 6 o clock tonight.
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Cleveland, O
Cleveland
Fred Kohler
Ohio
Willan BR. Hopkins
Paper Used in French Hothouse Windows
France uses paper as a glazing material in hotbed frames. The technique involves layering thin sheets to admit light while protecting plants from cold.
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France
Dull lights and a Greek man’s fall into a pole
Patrolmen Muhleman and Frazier found Hercules Korchaus diving into a telephone pole. He was covered in blood and later jailed for drunkenness and disorderly conduct. He bore additional knife wounds with unclear origin. A physician sewed his wounds.
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Muhleman
Frazier
Martins Ferry
Hercules Korchaus
Korchaus
French radicals claim gains as Poincare policies upheld
Paris Jan 7 government leaders claim Sunday’s senatorial election shows approval of Premier Poincare’s policies. The left bloc gains six seats though the senate’s overall balance shifts little. Socialists defeat former minister Lafarre and vice president Rivet. Communists elect 16 senators. Both chambers convene tomorrow.
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Paris
Poincare
Senate
Chamber of Deputies
Jtorate
Left Bloc
Lafarre
Clemenceau
Rivet
Chamber
Hays Arrives in Los Angeles as Scandal Unfolds
Horace A Greer, chauffeur for Mabel Normand, faces a $10,000 bail after a New Year’s party row that left Courtland Dines wounded. Normand and Edna Purviance were present. Greer’s preliminary hearing is set for next Friday. Will Hays declined to discuss the case.
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Los Angeles
Horace A Greer
Mabel Normand
Courtland
Dines
Denver
Miss Normand
Edna V Purviance
Greer
Clarence B. Conklin
J. B. McDonald
Former Grif of Unionists Dies Suddenly
Thomas B. Kearney, 51, a former president of the Building Trades Council in Chicago, died of acute indigestion Sunday. His career began as a breaker boy in Pennsylvania coal fields, rose to plumbing union leadership in Buffalo, and then to Chicago as plumbers’ business agent. He opposed the Landis award as council president but later urged unions to respect it, resigning in 1922 amid ongoing perjury indictment connected to the Walsh murder trial.
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Chicago
Til
Thomas
Kearney
Building ‘Trades Council
Pennsylvania
Buffalo
Plumbers’ Union
Building Trades Council
Landis
Thomas Walsh
Sheet Metal Workers’ Union
Aged couple die in cold at Newport home
Newport Kentucky mourns as Mr Joseph Ashbaugh aged 78 and Mrs Ashbaugh aged 73 die within their home during record cold weather. The deaths were announced yesterday and attributed to bitter temperatures.
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Newport
Joseph Ashbaugh
Theatre owners ban Normand Purviance films in Grand Rapids
Practically all local theatre owners unite to ban pictures featuring Mabel Normand and Edina Purviance. The owners issued a public statement announcing the restriction in Grand Rapids Michigan.
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Grand Rapids, Mich
Mabel Normand
Edina Purviance
Burglars Loot Newark Coal Office Stole Heating Stove
Burglars entered the Merch ant & Gerber Coal Office in Newark Ohio last night. They stole a heating stove still warm from a banked fire. No injuries reported and authorities investigating the break in.
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Newark
Merchant & Gerber
Coolidge Leader Pleased With State of Affairs
William M. Butler, manager of President Coolidge's campaign, visited Cleveland on January 7 to inspect the convention hall to be used on June 10 and to confer with Ohio and city supporters. He said he is delighted with campaign progress nationwide.
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Cleveland
William M. Butler
Coolidge
Massachusetts
Friends of the President
United States
Ohio
Chinese Bandits Attack Dollar Steamship Steamer
Bandits attacked the Dollar Steamship Company steamer Tzdsuil anchored near Fung Tchien at night. Captain W. F. Brandt was killed and one Chinese crewman died, with several Chinese passengers wounded.
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Shanghai
Dollar Steamship Company
Tzdsuil
Fung Tchien
W. F. Brandt
Robibera
Farmers Plead for Real Economy in Federal Work
Washington January 3 The largest public petition ever brought to Washington with over two miles of signatures from 345 516 farmers urged Congress to cut taxes and curb government spending. Presented by Representative Darrow Republican of Pennsylvania the petition calls for broader economic restraint and fiscal responsibility.
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Washington
Jan
Congress
Darrow
Pennsylvania
PLAN FAILS TO MOVE PARTIES
Washington reports the Bok peace plan failed to shift views on two issues. Democrats who favor joining the league see it as a forward step to greater involvement in European affairs. Republicans and especially irreconcilables disapproved or were silent, with some calling it propaganda for the league of nations.
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Washington
Bok
United States
World Court
League of Patrons
America
Senate
League of Nations
Man Released After City Order Forbid Loitering In Athens
Tom Dawson claimed from Parkersburg and was freed by Mayor Koons on condition he leave Athens within an hour after a drunkenness arraignment. Police say he wandered dazed, obtained denatured alcohol for radiator use, was arrested again at the depot, and had a pint of liquor found on him. He says he is a coal miner.
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Tom Dawson
Athens
Parkersburg
L. A. Koons
Koons
Dawson
Baltimore & Ohio
Tawson
Tto
Blaze destroys Ocean Park pleasure zone in Western City
Fire swept four blocks in Ocean Park yesterday causing an estimated 4 million dollars in damage. Origin traced to a stove in a small fish market. The blaze damaged piers and concessions including the Giant Dipper and Bon Ton ballroom while crews from multiple cities fought the flames. No casualties reported.
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Los Angeles
Cal
Ocean Park Pleasure Zone
Millon Dollar Pickering
Flamen
Frazier
Jack Piers
Bay Cities
Santa Monica
Sawtelle
Beverly Hille
Culver City
Condition of new premier causing concern in Greece
Conflicting reports from Athens say former Premier Venizelos is ill with ptomaine poisoning, then improved with fatigue cited. The physician orders bed rest for several days. Athens reports Greek Liberals plan fusion and may invite Venizelos to form a cabinet.
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Greece
London
Athens
E. Venizelos
Venizelos
Central News
Northern Ohio Sees Moderate Weather Amid Cold Spell
In Cleveland Ohio today temperatures moderated after a brutal weekend. Eleven people were driven from their home in night clothes when a furnace exploded during the cold snap and 50 mile blizzard conditions persisted with the danger easing today.
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Ohio
Cleveland
Taxing Battle Opens as Congress Enters Indefinite Run
The 1924 tax fight dominates Congress with a long, savage struggle between the Republican reduction plan from Secretary Melon and the Democratic plan shaped by House leaders and approved by Senate Democrats. The nation watches as the major fiscal clash continues with no quarter expected.
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Washington
Ing
Secretary of the Treasury
Melion
House
Senate
Caveman as Intelligent as Modern Man Says Professor
Professor H C Rehm of Colorado Springs argues in Denver that a caveman 25 000 years ago matched modern humans in brain capacity and even surpassed in art and tools He notes cave paintings tools and peaceful burial contrasts and says biological change over 25 000 years is slight and superficial.
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Denver
H.C. Rehm
Colorado Springs
Rehm
Europe
Germaldi
Mussolini Shifts Ruhr Policy Stirring Italian Opinion
Rome reports Italy’s budget deficit will rise by nearly a billion lire this year due to the Ruhr occupation. The change in Mussolini’s stance toward France pleases the public, while critics fault support for Poincare. Italy seeks to balance great powers and rebuild Europe’s prewar ties.
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Rome
Italy
Ruhr
Mussolini
Poincare
Germany
France
Europe
Russia
Goan King-Ice Year Falls Short in 10 Acre Corn Contest
William Gilmore of Licking County, once world record holder with 134 bushels per acre, fails to repeat as he nets 76 bushels on 10 acres. The list shows county winners from the Ohio State University extension contest with yields ranging from 62.8 to 95.8 bushels, and four Ohio farmers exceeding 100 bushels in this season. Warmer's Week at Ohio State Feb 4-8 will officially add the top names to the 100-bushel club.
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William Gilmore
Licking County
Extension Service
Ohio State University
Co. K. van Meter
Allen
Harry Geron
Clark
John Greason
Clinton
N. J. Husted
Defiance
Will R. Peters
Fairfield
Ira C. Marshall
Hardin
Leslie Brown
Highland
Thurman Plumber
Jackson
Harvey G. Hammond
Knox
Walter Graf
Lucas
Cloyd C. Dorn
Madison
Henry Osterfeld
Mercer
Brown
Morrow
Ashur L. Dicus
Portage
E. W. Roush
Sandusky
Ward Rosenberger
Seneca
W. L. Fankhouser
Shelby
A. C. Hoyt
Wood
Ohio
The
University
Woman Killed Crossing Street in Price Hill
Mrs Iosa Ot ting, 64, was killed instantly last night after being struck by a automobile driven by John B Sprang, 43, of Norwood, while crossing a street in Price Hill Cincinnati Ohio. The accident occurred in the late evening and authorities are investigating the incident.
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Auto Cincinnati
Iosa Otting
Price Hil
John BL. Sprang
Norwood
Wild party ends in the murder of wealthy realtor
Police advance the theory that Edward E. Dolge, wealthy Mount Vernon real estate operator, was murdered at midnight Friday by blackmailers. Two young women named Kitty and Helen, hostesses to Dolge at an all night party in their apartment, are sought along with a group of reputed underworld figures observed at the gathering.
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New York
Edward
Dolge
Mount Vernon
N. Y
Kitty
Helen
December liquor cases dominate Ohio enforcement report
Federal prohibition cases in Ohio during December resulted in fines of 24 925 dollars. Arrests totaled 98 and 114 cases were heard. Cleveland led enforcement districts with Columbus second Cincinnati third Toledo fourth and Youngstown fifth. Taxes totaled 24 668 21 dollars and penalties imposed were 28 000 dollars.
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Columbus
Ohio
Cleveland
Cincinnati
Toledo
Youngstown
Ohio township justices must obtain election certificates
Ohio Secretary of State Brown announced that township justices of the peace who have not filed certificates of election cannot perform duties. Many failed to comply on time and late arrivals are receiving commissions. Some districts newly elected justices have not yet qualified. Co eduction has existed in Turkey since 1914.
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Columbus
Ohio
Brown
Analyses of Ohio coals issued by the Interior Department
Technical Paper 244, Analyses of Ohio coals, released by the Department of the Interior through the Bureau of Mines, covers Middle Kittaning as Ohio’s premier bed and Pittsburg bed as a close second. It explains room and pillar mining, recovery around 60 66 percent, regional output shares, and that Ohio consumes 40 43 percent of mine output domestically with the rest shipped to other states and abroad.
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Tashington
Ohio
Department of the Interior
Bureau of Mines
Kittanning
Pittsburg
Belmont
Jefferson
J W. Paul
Panera
Tidewater
Great Lakes
Xuan Officials in Hotfi Bravs Arf Freed on Bond
Columbus January 7 hearing granted today to D C Stevens on the Ku Klux Klan propagation department case alongside two others arrested after a hotel draw and baled out by Newark Mayor H W Stevens. Weapons figured in the fracas but no injuries reported.
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Columbus
Tevenson
Chicago
Ku Klux Klan
H. W. Btevens
Newark
Cold snap fuels spike in city fires record
Cincinnati officials report 42 fire alarms answered in 24 hours ending midnight, a new daily record. Overheated furnaces and stoves blamed for the blazes despite warnings from the fire chief.
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Cincinnati
Fire Department
Bed Origins From Hollowed Ground to Furniture
The historical bed began as a simple hollow in the earth used for rest and shelter. Over time this rudimentary sleeping space evolved into a constructed piece with raised supports and covers, shaping the modern bed.
Navy Department Calendar Parade of Patriotic Art
The Navy Department invites every household to obtain its calendar, praising it as a high quality patriotic artwork. Emphasizing value, the ad urges readers to secure multiple copies even if they already own calendars.
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Navy Department
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