Final plans for George Washington memorial in Alexandria
The George Washington Masonic National Memorial association approved memorial plans to rival Lincoln’s in Washington. Masons nationwide will erect the structure, with building and grounds costing about 2 million dollars. The project grew from a 12 year Alexandria lodge initiative once led by Washington as Master.
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George Washington
Alexandria
Lincoln
Washington
George Washington Masonic National Memorial Association
U. S
Russians Prepare Trade Push as Spring Opens
The Russian economic council plans broad foreign trade expansion as navigation resumes in spring. By mid April commerce will move freely through Russian ports. Moscow aims to open trade agencies in New York London and Berlin with purchasing offices inland to secure exports. The Russian American Building company formed with American engineers supplying financing and materials.
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Riga
Russian Economic Council
Moscow
Ing
New York
London
Berlin
Russia
Rosta
Russian-American Building Company
Athens Women Lead Civic Beautification Drive in Athens
City Federation plans extensive Arbor Day observance and home beautification program. Major Johnson and Adjutant General Florence aid armory grounds beautification with trees shrubs and flowers. Teachers will involve children in bird houses and garden care. Prizes may be awarded at the county fair for best exhibits amid a city clean up and stricter ordinances on trees and garden damage. Milk distribution programs in East Side and Central schools cited with scales purchased to weigh pupils. Over 50 women attended the meeting with district convention plans and April program under Hobson Study Circle leadership.
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City Federation
Athens
Athens Chamber of Commerce
Federation
State Armory
S. M. Johnson
Florence
Southland
C. M. Gill
County Fair Board
Carl Fuller
East Side Parent-Teachers’ Association
East Side
Central Parent-Teachers’ Association
A. A. Wolf
Public Health Department
Athens Club
Chillicothe
John Finsterwald
Mary E. Richards
R. L. Woodworth
Hobson Study Circle
Miners Union Faces Potential Strike Amid Conference
In Indianapolis miners vote largely for a strike on April 1 if wage talks fail. John L. Lewis and the United Mine Workers board meet operators to break the deadlock. Illinois talks seek a state wage deal. Fragmented leadership and possible separate pacts loom while government pressure mounts.
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Indianapolis
Ind
International News Service
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
International Executive Board
Ilinois
Illinois
Frank Farrington
Illinois Union
Lewis
International Union
Agers
Urgengzd
Labor
Davis
Special Business at Noon Meeting
A very important meeting of the Athens Chamber of Commerce will be held in connection with the regular luncheon Wednesday noon. Reports on local chamber activities will be presented and members of the City Federation have been invited to attend with a Federation representative taking part in the reports.
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Athens Chamber of Commerce
Eight Die In Storm At Warrenville Cyclone Hit Augusta Area
Meagre reports from Warrenville, South Carolina, about thirteen miles from Augusta say eight people were killed and forty or more houses buried when a cyclone struck the town early today.
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Augusta
International News Service
Warrenville
S. C
Agreed On Bonus Law Faces House Action
The article notes veterans or their heirs who died after the armistice will not share in the proposed bonus payments. Republican Ways and Means members work to resolve phrasing snags as the bill is shaped for House presentation, with Chairman Fordney indicating completion may slip to tomorrow or Thursday.
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A. C. Hayward
I. N
Washington, Mar
Washington
Mar
Denyig
House
Ways and Means
Fordney
Sultan of Sulu’s Daughter Departs With Her Jewels
Princess Tarahata daughter of the Sultan of Sulu, a University of Illinois sophomore, sailed from Seattle to return home. She carried a box of priceless jewels kept in a bank for safekeeping and shown only to close friends, though she has no strong attachment to the gems.
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Sulu
Tarahata
University of Ilinois
Seattle
U.S
Pee King
Erban Frien
Harding plan to reorganize government delayed by cabinet opposition
President Harding's proposed sweeping reorganization of Washington departments faced indefinite delay as cabinet resistance and outside opposition undermined the Brown committee plan. The move aimed to overhaul bureaus, assign new duties, and consolidate agencies, but disagreements risked derailing the entire initiative.
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George R. Holmes
Washington
Mar
Harding
White House
Brown
Bank Messenger Bound Valise Hailed By Bandit
Charles Lazaro Homewood Peoples Bank messenger was attacked as he left a streetcar in Pittsburg with a valise holding $15,000. A bandit dressed in women’s clothing released ammonia spray into Lazaro’s eyes but he resisted until a traffic officer subdued the offender.
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Pittsburg
International News Service
Charles Lazaro
Homewood Peoples’ Bank
Lazaro
Planned to Fight His Way to Liberty
Harold Nierengarten, jailed on a murder charge, faced discovery of two iron bars in his cell. Authorities say the bars were intended to help kill Sheriff Robert Ewing and Deputy Edward May and enable him to shoot his way to liberty.
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Wapakoneta
International News Service
Robert Ewing
Edward May
Harold Nierengarten
Lima Bell
Joseph Scott Kershaw
Lima
Nierengarten
Ewing
Take
Liberty
Nine Die In Belfast Fighting Over Irish Republic Crisis
Reports from Dublin say loyal troops of the Irish Republican Army clash with Limerick and Tipperary battalions in Belfast. The provisional government issues an ultimatum to evacuate seized barracks in Limerick while mediators seek a ceasefire. Amnesty offers are reportedly on the table if rebels surrender.
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Dublin
Mar
Irish Republican Army
Limerick
Tipperary
Irish Provisional
Eamonn de Valera
Belfast Bomb Attacks Leave Nine Dead in Night of Terror
Nine people killed and more than forty wounded as Belfast endured heavy gunfire throughout the night. Police officers were injured. a newsboy lost an arm to a bomb. Streetcars were derailed and a large furniture store attempt burned failed.
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Belfast
Mar
Funeral services for six year old killed by pot
Six year old James H Cook Jr. died when a 200 pound flower pot toppled on him Monday. Funeral services were planned for this afternoon in Akron.
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Akron
Mar
James Hi Cook, Jr
Detectives Seek Patron Over Bird Cage Theft at Orpheum
Akron detectives pursue a patron who stole a canary cage from the women’s restroom at the Orpheum theatre sometime Monday.
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Akron
Orpheum Theatre
Ohio complies with ban on The Law and the Woman film
Reports to State Director of Education Riegel indicate the demand barrier for further exhibition of The Law and the Woman in Ohio motion picture houses is being complied with, sustaining the statewide restriction.
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Columbus
Mar
Ohio
Office of State Director of Education
Riegel
Harding to take short vacation in St Augustine Florida
President Harding is expected to leave Washington this week for a brief vacation at St Augustine Florida.
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Washington
Harding
St. Augustine
Fla
Revenues Fall Behind Outlook for 1922 Budget
With four months left in fiscal year 1922 the U S government reports a revenue shortfall of 760 million dollars compared with the same period a year ago. Treasury receipts from internal revenue customs duties and miscellaneous taxes total 2 693 billion dollars from July 1 to March 1 down from 3 453 billion last year. Monthly collections are running about 80 million dollars below the prior year.
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Washington
Mar
International News Service
Treasury
Sheltering Arms Hospital Busy Month In Athens
February operations at Sheltering Arms hospital in Athens involved major procedures for Mrs. Rose Easterling Carbon dale Mrs. Theodore Kern Athens Walter Starsievich Athens Wayne Snyder Glouster Elmer Holtz Wellston Miss Rebecca Harvey Athens Miss Edna Doug lass Albany R D Phillip Powers Millfield Virgil Davis Chauncey. Minor operations list N J Ferguson Athens George Ashworth Athens William Rose Athens Mrs W W Connett Miss Francis Cooksey Mrs R W Teaford Louise Thorn ton Athens Clyde Herron New Marshfield Esther Wilson Ames ville Mrs Nellie Huber Athens Thelma McNutt Luhrig Walter Hunt Carbondale Mildred Rivers Millfield.
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Sheltering Arms Hospital
Athens
Rose Easterling
Carbondale
Theodore Kern
Walter Starsievich
Wayne Snyder
Glouster
Elmer Holtz
Wellston
Rebecca Harvey
Edna Douglass
Albany R. D
Phillip Powers
Millfield
Virgil Davis
Chauncey
Skeletring Arms Hospital
Cleveland Car Men Aim to Reverse 10 Percent Wage Cut
Cleveland street railway workers move to resist a 10 percent pay reduction set to take effect May 1. President John J. Stanley of the Cleveland Rail & Light Co. confirms salaried staff, including himself, will share the cut.
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Cleveland, Mar
Cleveland
John J. Stanley
Cleveland Rail & Light Co
Seek to Learn Where Blame Can Be Placed
In Painesville Ohio on March 6 a joint probe by the interstate commerce commission and state public utilities board began into a deadly bus train collision Friday night that left 16 dead with 17 possible. Coroner hearings continue as witnesses are summoned and funerals proceed with Fairport residents mourning while the city closes shops for the services.
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Painesville, O
Interstate Commerce Commission
Estate Public Utilities Commission
Fairport-Painesville
M. H. Bradley
Fairport
Labor Secretary Predicts Prosperity Rise On Job Gains
Washington date March seven Secretary of Labor Davis says employment increased in the past month signaling a turn in industrial mood. He notes gains are strongest in iron and steel lumber automotive and related industries as the economy edges toward growth.
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Washington
Mar
International News Service
Davis
Navy Secretary Denby Defends Fleet at House Hearing
Secretary of the Navy Denby testified before the House appropriations committee to oppose cuts that would lower the Navy below the levels agreed at the Washington armament conference.
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Washington
Mar
International News Service
Denby
House Appropriations Committee
New Dress Codes in Shoe Styles for Women
Cleveland March 7 Men’s shoe styles to be discussed at the Ohio shoe retailers closing session at Hotel Winton. The French heel for women’s shoes is replaced by a straight lower heel. Patent leather pumps with heels one to one and a half inches become street and semi formal wear. A smoked pearl elk sport Oxford appears for ladies. The tan calf slipper remains popular for business wear.
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Cleveland
Ohio
Winton
Oxford
Milady
Senate Grants Single Committee Authority Over All Appropriations
The Senate adopted a resolution giving the appropriations committee authority over all appropriations as recommended by the budget bureau. The vote was 63 to 14. Previously, authority to frame appropriation bills had been divided among several committees.
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Washington
Senate
Appropriations Committee
Budget Bureau
Notable Ohio political and civic milestones from 1849 to 1916
Timeline notes Thomas Ewing becomes Secretary of the Interior in 1849 under President Taylor. Urbana University chartered in 1850. 1892 death of John A. Smith, ex-congressman and constitutional convention veteran, born Hillsboro 1814. 1894 Bellaire coal miners reach work agreement. 1916 Newton D. Baker of Cleveland nominated Secretary of War.
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Thomas Ewing
Ohio
Interior
Taylor
Urbana University
John A. Smith
Hillsboro
Bellaire
Newton D. Baker
Cleveland
Naval savings only a dream under disarmament pact
Senator King of Utah called the naval disarmament treaty folly predicting the US Navy will spend upwards of 500 million dollars yearly on new defense measures while dismantling capital ships. He warned savings apply to only three of ten great powers and said he might vote for the pact if it is the best possible.
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William K. Hutchison
N. S
Washington
Mar
Senator King
Utah
King
United States Navy
Four Die, Many Injured in Kansas City Railways Tank Blast
Four men are dead and another dying with twelve injured after a tank explosion at the Kansas City Railways car barns. The blast tore a forty foot wall and killed three men whose heads were blown off.
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Kansas City
Kansas City Railways Company
Fatal quarrel over the farm in Akron
In Akron Ohio Mrs Jerry Hoy was killed at 1 am by her husband in their Kent street room during a dispute over returning to a farm near Streetsville. He shot three bullets into her head then died by suicide. Hazel Hoy, 18, witnessed the screams.
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Akron. O
Jerry Hoy
Kent
Streetsville
Hoy
Threat of Lloyd George Delays as Premier Recoups
London dispatch reports Prime Minister Lloyd George is improving after a bronchial illness and plans to leave bed later, with a possible move to Criccieth Wales if travel is feasible. The coalition crisis pauses as Tory hardliners fight on, while A. J. Balfour is expected to urge political unity following Churchill’s call.
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IL N.S
London
Lloyd George
Downing Street
Criccieth
Wales
A. J. Balfour
Balfour
Winston Churchill
Eye twitch saves life of infant in Mansfield Ohio
In Mansfield Ohio on March 7, a dead infant was saved when an undertaker, preparing for embalming, detected an eyelid twitch. The child revived after the undertaker turned it over and a physician arrived. the family was astonished by the recovery.
Bob Martin Stops Thompson In Third Round In Marietta Bout
Bob Martin the A.E.F. P. E. champion knocked out Soldier Ray Thompson in the third round of a scheduled ten round bout in Marietta Ohio last night under the American Legion post sponsorship.
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Marietta
Bob Martin
Ray Thompson
American Legion Post
Ohio Miners Back Strike Plan If No Wage Pact by April first
Unofficial returns show Ohio union coal miners favoring a general strike on April 1 unless a new wage contract is reached before that date. President Lee Hall reported the outlook from state headquarters.
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Ohio
Columbus
Mar
Ohilo
Lee Hall
Pythians Announce Dance March 11
Pythian Dance set for Saturday night March 11 with tickets and invitations ready from committee members Snyder Shilt Skinner Atkinson or Stocklin at 3 7 2.
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Snyder
Shilt
Skinmer
Atkinson
Stocklin
Cost of Meats Is Rising in Wheeling
Wheeling, March 7. Local retail meat dealers raised prices on fresh meat by three to eight cents a pound due to packer supply constraints. Ham and bacon costs also edged higher as demand remains strong. General H. C. L. is noted in a wartime reference as regaining public attention.
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Wheeling
W. Va
Party Issue Lacks Votes to Ratify the Pact
Washington dispatch notes the four power Pacific treaty faces a vote split in the Senate with Democratic lines uncertain. Senator Underwood struggles to maintain minority leadership as eight votes appear necessary to defeat ratification without enough Democratic support. Absences from Owen Trammell Crow threaten the coalition, while Republican leaders seek reservations to block ratification.
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U. S
Washington
Mar
Lodge
Underwood
League of Nations
Wilson
Owen
Oklahoma
Europe
Trammell
Florida
Crow
Pennsylvania
Senator Harrold
Borah
Idaho
Johnson
California
Lafollette
Wisconsin
France
Maryland
Deportation Proposed for Alien Sedition and Disloyalty
Washington March 6. Representative Lininberger Republican of California introduced a bill in the house making sedition and disloyalty by aliens punishable by deportation and seizure of their property.
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Washington
Mar
International News Service
United States
House
Lininberger
California
Altoona Society Notes and Cancelled Orchestra Dance
The regular B P O E meeting is set for tonight at 7 30 with officer elections on the agenda. Due to illness of two Altoona Orchestra members the Thursday dance is called off. secretary Alex M Moore signs off.
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Altoona Orchestra
Don’t Let Late Frost Kill Your Crop of Flowers
Frost danger nears as winter lingers and threatens crops and blossoms. Knowledge of nighttime cooling and temperature thresholds helps apply protection methods. Readers can request a free government frost booklet by clipping and mailing the coupon with two cents for postage.
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Washington Information Bureau
Plains
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