England's first labor government takes office in London
London January 23 England's first labor government led by J Ramsay MacDonald begins its term amid major challenges. The cabinet includes Arthur Henderson as Home Secretary with a desire for early talks to end railway strikes while facing tensions with Conservatives and Liberals over reparations Rhineland occupation war debts and the French blockade. Unemployment and reduced trade add to the strain even as Margaret Bondfield is expected to join the under secretaries.
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London
England
J. Ramsay MacDonald
Hinet
Arthur Henderson
Secure For Home Affairs
Ord
France
Rhineland
Cologne
Labor Party
Margaret Infield
Great Britain
Patrick ‘Ins
Emanuel Shin
Labor
First Trouble in Strike Reported in UK Rail Action
London January 23 reports the first disorder in the national strike by locomotive firemen and enginemen. A fireman was stoned in Northampton. Strikebreakers faced stones in Glasgow, and an alleged attempt to wreck a train occurred between Glasgow and Dundee.
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London
Northampton
Glasgow
Dundee
Bank Robbery at Basil Fairfield County
Two bandits robbed the Basil bank in Fairfield county of 1200 pounds and escaped in an automobile with an officer reporting the crime. Police say a license from Cincinnati and last year’s registration were found on the suspects’ vehicle.
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BASIL
Columbus
Fairfield County
William Fields
Cincinnati
Injunction Denied Over Athens Storm Sewer Costs
Judge J G Worstell denied a temporary injunction filed by William A Mills and 152 property owners to bar city of Athens from assessing any portion of Storm Sewer No 2 against district property. The ruling said action premature since no immediate danger of improper assessment existed.
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City of
Athens
J. G. Worstell
Common Pleas Court
William A. Mills
Coal output sparks push for industry adjustment at UMWA
John L. Lewis, president of the United Mine Workers of America, warned in Indianapolis that coal production has surged beyond sustainable levels. He urged a multi year wage agreement to allow readjustment, opposing congressional action. Delegates named leaders for scale, resolutions, officers reports, and the constitution committees.
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John Lewis
Indianapolis
Ind
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers of America
Lewis
Frank Farrington
Tallinois
Scale
Thomas Kennedy
Magnate Sinclair Says Teapot Dome Deal Benefited Government
Paris dispatch reports oil magnate Harry Sinclair denying funds to Falls and declaring he will travel to Berlin after Paris. He notes not recalling a message from a senate committee and dismisses rumors of German capital in his firms while criticizing Roosevelt’s resignations and Archie Roosevelt’s role. He plans to return to the United States in four to five weeks.
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Paris
Senate Committee
Harry Sincllar
Roosevelt
Sinclair
International
The
Archie
Sinclar
Europe
Berlin
United States
Russia
Akron moves to motorize transit and end NROT service
Akron city officials authorize the mayor and public utilities committee to negotiate with bus operators to start service February 1 as N O T company plans to end service and raise fares. A five cent cap is set and tracks must be removed in six months if not complied with.
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Akron, O
Akron
Rybolt
Public Utilities Committee
State
Fire destroys home. mother and four children killed
In Pottsville Pennsylvania on January 23 a mother Mrs. Andrew Harvilla and her four children aged one, nine, eight, and six died in a house fire at Middleport. The husband and a visiting child survived as neighbors attempted a rescue.
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Pottsville
Chidren
Middleport
Andrew Harvilla
Blockade of Tampico Oil Port Postponed by Rebels
American naval show of force forces de facto regime under de la Huerta to suspend indefinitely its blockade of Tampico. Consul Woods reports no fresh attack on the port while eight US warships remain nearby to safeguard routes and American interests. Three crewmen, including Captain Herbert G Sparrow, die in the Tacoma wreck on Blanquilla reef due to heavy seas.
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Washington
Tampico
Wood
Vera Cruz
de la Huerta
State Department
Herbert G. Sparrow
Tacoma
Blanquilla
Navy Department
Consul Woods
Sparrow
Commeres
Higher wage demands may not be drawn
The United Mine Workers scale committee in convention reviews hundreds of wage and hours resolutions and plans to meet with central competitive field operators in Jacksonville Florida on February 11. Most expect no wage increase but seek a longer contract term of two years, with contested delegates and initial resolutions to be acted on. Samuel Gompers urged large coal power projects to secure regular mining employment.
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Indianapolis
Ind
United Mine Workers of America
Jacksonville
Fla
Samuel Gompers
American Federato1
Lamarx
Snyder Takes New Post in Journalism Field
Julian M. Snyder, formerly on the Messenger staff and last year state news editor of the Columbus Citizen, becomes bureau manager of United Press in Cleveland starting next Monday. His wife Marian Bush Snyder, an Ohio State journalism graduate, will join him in Cleveland.
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Julian M. Snyder
the Messenger
Columbus Citizen
United Press
Cleveland
Snyder
Marian Bush
Ohio State University
School Weary Steubenville Tragedy Shocks City
Anna Ralich a 13 year old girl shot herself in Steubenville as probate court officers awaited to take her before Judge Belknap for running away from home and truancy. Rutherford the probation officer heard the shot as he waited and found the girl dead with a bullet through the heart. Mise Ralich is described as the daughter of a wealthy Serbian real estate man.
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Steubenville
Anna Ralich
Belknap
Edoward Rutherford
Mise Ralich
Widow offered county sheriff post in Ohio
Mrs Franklin Freese widow of Sheriff Tra I Freese killed in an automobile crash last Saturday will be tendered the sheriff post and jail matron job for daughter Mil dred bence. If she accepts she would be Ohio s first woman sheriff.
Trotsky calls council of war after Lenine death
Leon Trotsky, peoples' commissar for war, summoned a council of war in London to prepare for possible emergencies after Lenine's death. He conferred with Kamenev Buchennov Sapronov and agreed to summon army chiefs to discuss measures against a potential counter revolution.
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London
Leon Trotsky
Peoples’ Commissar
Lenine
Copenhagen
Moscow
Trotsky
Leo Kamenev
Buchenny
Sapronoff
Communist Party
Miss Teddy Brown Shot. Stepfather Held in Columbus
In Columbus today Miss Teddy Brown 19 is in a hospital with two bullet wounds. Her stepfather Charles Gough 41 is held by police as the alleged shooter. The cause remains unknown and her condition may allow recovery.
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Columbus
Teddy Brown
Charles Gough
Creasy Acquitted in Second Murder Trial
William M. Creasy a Kentucky man is found not guilty of murdering his sweetheart Edith Lavoy a schoolteacher in Mineola Long Island after a nine hour jury deliberation It is his second trial following a death sentence and nine months in Sing Sing Creasy claimed Lavoy killed herself using his revolver and that she refused to marry him amid a tense relationship
Teapot Dome Fight Moves To Senate Floor
The Teapot Dome dispute shifts to the Senate as Senator Caraway calls for immediate action to cancel the lease at the naval reserve. Harry S. Sinclair is due back from Europe and testimony is expected on leases and related dealings in the ongoing probe.
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Ft. N. S. Star
Washington
Teapot Dome
Senate
Caraway
Arkansas
Naval Reserve
Interior
Harry S. Sinetatr
Mesa
Sinclair signals return to testify on Teapot Dome case
Harry F. Sinclair, oil magnate, said he would return to America at once to testify before the senate committee probing Teapot Dome leasing. He denied charges that the Sinclair company paid ranch foreman Archie Roosevelt $65,000, and said he would inform the committee when convenient.
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Havre
Jan
America
Harry F. Sinclair
Nevner
Paris
Sinclair
Senate
United States
Archie Roosevelt
Sinclair Company
Senate probes leases link to Doheny oil reserve loss
Action across government departments signals political stakes as the Senate and Justice Department push investigations into Elk Hills leases. Senator Walsh questions Doheny gains from the naval reserve while officials seek evidence of graft and potential prosecution, with Fall and Sinclair set to testify.
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Senate
Department of Justice
Coolidge
Walsh
Montana
E. A. Doheny
Pan-American Petroleum Co
Naval Reserve
Elk Hills
Cal
Doheny
Reed Emerges As GOP Gubernatorial Hope In Kansas
Clyde M. Reed, after small roles in national affairs, is urged by a coalition of 40 farmer labor and business leaders to run for Kansas governor. The group wires an endorsement and invites him to enter the race while advocating reduced freight rates for Midwest farmers.
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Clyde M. Reed
Kansas
Washington
Middle West
Farmer
Teapot Dome and tax issues to dominate 1924 campaign
Senator Heflin predicts Teapot Dome will be a paramount issue in the 1924 presidential race. He says the country will demand Republicans explain the sale of naval reserve lands alongside tariff and tax reductions. The article also touches on Sinclair’s corporate actions and related testimonies.
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Sinclair
Hyves Corporation
G. TO Standiford
Fall
Edward B. Mclean
Washington
Harria Ranch
J. W. Haverly
Archie Roosevelt
Eld
Hing
Liberty
Sinclair Consolidated Atack
Henator Heflin
Alabama
Two Men Killed in Locomotive Explosion Near Aliquippa
Pittsburgh dispatch reports two men killed and several injured when a locomotive on Pittsburgh and Lake Erie train No. 7 exploded near Aliquippa Pa while en route from Pittsburgh to Cleveland.
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Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh and Lake Erie
Cleveland
Aliquippa
Medina Dogs See Decline in Licenses This Year
Medina residents issued 426 dog licenses so far this year versus 2 500 in the prior period, prompting officials to question the drop and its impact on city control and animal welfare.
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Medina
Parole Revocation Review for Toledoan David Barnett
Columbus Ohio January 23 The state clemency board will consider revoking the parole of David Barnett the Toledoan inmate at Mansfield reformatory on February 1. Barnett is serving time for mistreating six daughters of prominent Toledo families. The board meets January 31.
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Columbus
David Barnett
Mansfield Reformatory
State Clemency
Greece names Danglis as key aide in Venizelos government
Premier Veni zelos plans to rely on General Danglis as a lieutenant in Greece new administration. Danglis comes with a brilliant army record and is expected to play a major role in shaping policy.
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Danglis
Greece
Venizelos
Pdanglis
Thousands mourn Lenine as Russia grieves his death
Moscow crowds fill the streets as Nicolai Lenine lies in state after the Bolshevik founder’s death. Comrades, workers, and veterans throng Red Square and the Kremlin area while plans for a state funeral unfold. Trotsky may attend despite illness. unions drape halls in black.
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Moscow
Nicolai Lenine
Vladimir Dyitel Uivyanov
Bovtet
Momscow
All Russia
Lenine
Red
Red Square
Kremlin
Leon Trotsky
People's Commissar For
Milyitch
Gorky
Lenina
Venine
Pie Mler
Atate
Trades Union
Tenine
Prince Kropotkin
Old Empire
Peace Trades Union Hall
Communist Party
Leon Trotzky
Labor Leader Resigns Post for Colonial Secretary Role
London Jan 23 J H Thomas resigns as secretary of the National Union of Railway Men to become secretary of state for the colonies in MacDonald’s cabinet. Other labor organization officials in government posts are expected to resign as well.
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London
J. H. Thomas
National Union of Railway Men
Colones
MacDonald
Secrets of Creole Cooking Demonstrated in Free Booklet
The Creole chef blended four culinary secrets from world kitchens and local traditions into a distinctive Creole school renowned for savory dishes and economy. A bureau booklet offers many excellent recipes free to readers. simply clip the coupon and send two cents for postage.
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Noah Franklin
Lexington
DIL
Angle Sam
Harry Sinclair
Secretary
Akron Council
Gompers
Trotsky Galns
California
Standard Oil Co
Interior Department
Lands Office
Hiysa Corporation
William J. Reswick
I. No & Stall
Frederick Haskin
Athens Messenger Formation Bureau
Washington, D. C
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