Germany presses claim in league of nations talks
Geneva reports Germany forces entry into league discussions as the mandates issue rises for Thursday. Millen and Hymans push for a decision on the colonies distribution, with France Italy and Britain largely silent in the debate. Millen accuses Berlin of trying to disrupt the league and delay mandate distribution until it becomes a league member. Australia vows to press for mandate distribution as agreed.
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Henry Wood
Geneva
Germany
League of Nations
E. D. Millen
Australia
Millen
Hymans
Viviani
France
Titoni
Italy
Balfour
England
Berlin
League
Supreme Council of the
Arrested Couple Far Murder In Fastern Town
Norman Williams 30 and Marie Williams 18 alias West were arrested in Wheeling, West Virginia, in connection with the murder of Philadelphia merchant Henry T. Pierce. Marie allegedly confessed that Williams killed Pierce during a drunken dispute with three men present. Police withhold names of the other suspects, and notes suggest Marie wore male clothing for the trip and rode as the second man in a red roadster found at a local garage.
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Wheeling
W. Va
Norman Williams
Marie Williams
West
Henry T. Pierce
Philadelphia
Williams
Pierce
Othr
Miss Williams
Candy prices fall for kiddies gifts this Christmas
At Chicago on Nov 24 Albert Levy general manager of D Auerbach and Song says one third cheaper candy for children will hit the stores this Christmas while adult boxes cost the same as last year. He notes most fancy box candy is six months old and fresh candy is less tasty. Sugar prices stay high though down from wartime peaks.
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Chicago
Albert Levy
D. Auerbach and Song
Levy
America
Changes Adopted in Intercollegiate Basketball Rules
New York November 24 announces two rule changes by the intercollegiate league rules committee. Players removed may re enter except those disqualified for four personal fouls. A held ball under the basket must be taken out fifteen feet and tossed up.
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New York
Intercollegiate Basketball League
Boiler blast at Stoughton plant kills three
Three people are dead and two others likely fatally injured after a boiler exploded at the Stoughton Marketing Company plant. Swedish postal authorities have arranged a regular air service linking Stockholm to Malmo Copenhagen Hamburg Bremen Amsterdam and London.
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Stoughton
Wis
Stoughton Marketing Company
Stockholm
Malmo
Copenhagen
Hamburg
Bremen
Amsterdam
London
Thanksgiving Holiday Alters Messenger Issue Date
The Messenger will not be issued this Thursday due to the National Thanksgiving Holiday, following the universal custom.
Violence Plotted by Bavarian Monarchists in Europe
A center photo shows Dr Escherich as Bavarian monarchists led by him and General Ludendorff plan a coup from Munich with 100000 troops. France threatens Ruhr occupation after disarmament note ignored. A planned general strike by communists may trigger French action and possible fielding of Fich erich's troops. Monarchist aims include restoring Rup precht with Ludendorff as regent. agitation also in Hesse and Württemberg.
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Escherich
Ludendorff
Munich
France
Bederich
Ruhr
Ficherich
Mey
Germany
Rupprecht
Segend
Hesse
Swarms of Secret Service Men Busy Across Southern Ireland
Secret service squads operated widely in southern Ireland with reports of sensational plots. Curfews were enforced, arrests surged, and violence rose after Dublin killings. A Patrick Street bombing in Cork wounded six as raids continued through the night.
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Secret Service
London
United Press
Southern Ireland
All Southern Ireland
Black and Tan
Constabulary
Dublin
Cork
Patrick Street
Sinn Fein
England
Dublin Castle
Fingland
Ireland
Walsh
Balylongford
Packers Seek Ruling On Wages At Supplementary Hearing
In Chicago the hearing before Judge Alschuler resumed on wage demands of 2,000,000 packing house workers. Experts testified living costs were falling and a blanket $1 per day increase was no longer justified due to financial uncertainty plant closings and thrift demand.
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Chicago
United States
Alschuler
J. L. Wells
Company L Boys Get Service Money
At weekly drill of Company L, money for six months service was to be distributed. The unit practiced war tactics, close order, bayonet work, physical drill, ceremonies, and gallery practice. Captain Walsh scored a perfect 50 in the gallery shoot. Officers listed: Captain Walsh, First Lieutenant Shafer, Second Lieutenant Wheeler Dew, First Sergeant Bert Barnes, Company Clerk Sergeant Carl Wilson.
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Company L
Walsh
Captain Walsh
Thearle Shafer
Wheeler Dew
Bert Barnes
Carl Wilson
First Crabb e act test fines two soft drink operators
In Toledo on November 24 a police court fined two soft drink parlor proprietors $100 each under the Crabbe act. One seller had quantities of kidney and blood medicines containing 18 to 33 percent alcohol, prohibited by the Crabbe act though apparently illegal under the Volstead act.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Toledo
Thanksgiving Remark by Vice President-Elect Coolidge
Boston, November 24. Vice President-elect Calvin Coolidge expresses gratitude for America and its people, praising devotion to high ideals, honorable public service, educational opportunity, religious truths, and reliance on divine providence on this Thanksgiving.
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Boston
Mass
Calvin Coolidge
America
Thanksgiving quotes from governors judges and lawmakers
Governor Cox expresses gratitude for preservation of health during a tough campaign and a philosophy of joy. Kenesaw Mountain Landis, newly named baseball chief, says he is thankful for two grandchildren. Wayne B Wheeler notes dry forces thankful for a congress opposing Volstead act changes and a pro prohibition Supreme Court. Senator George Moses praises American independence and Geneva developments as proof of wise choice.
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Dayton
Cox
Chicago
Kenesaw Mountain
Washington
Wayne B. Wheeler
Cubs Pitcher Stabbed by Father-in-Law in Quarrel
Jas. Vaughn star pitcher for the Chicago Cubs was stabbed in Kenosha Wisconsin during a quarrel and laid up at the city hospital resting easily with physicians confident of recovery. Vaughn’s father in law Harry DeBol disappeared after the incident and is alleged to have struck him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kenosha, Wis
Jas
Hippo) Vaughn
Chicago Cubs
Harry DeBol
Vaughn
Ford bonus to top seven million this year
Edsel Ford announced that Ford Motor Company will pay more than 7 million dollars in bonuses to its employees this year. The payment will be on the same basis as last year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit
Mich
Ford Motor Company
Edsel Ford
Ford
Knox to push peace with Germany resolution soon
Senator Knox announced he will introduce his peace with Germany resolution as soon as Congress convenes. He may seek action in a short session depending on Republican leaders and President-elect Harding. He also considers canvassing Democratic sentiment after the elections to override a veto.
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Washington
Germany
Knox
Pennsylvania
Congress
Harding
German Plane Order Seized by Entente Mission
Berlin Nov. 24 The entente air mission halted a shipment of German all metal planes bound for the Larsen Company in New York. The mission demanded that eleven machines be turned over to the allies. The manufacturers argued the planes were not for military use and accused the demand of breaking prior assurances.
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Berlin
The
Woman Finds 500 Bottles of Scotch in Abandoned Auto
Mrs Charles Hosler discovered 500 bottles of Scotch in an abandoned car in her barn and notified prohibition enforcement officers who investigated the cache.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albany, N. Y
Charles Hosler
Prohibition Enforcement Agents
New Shipping Will Help the World First
P. H. W. Ross, president of the National Marine League, says a strong American merchant marine is essential to stabilize world industry. He notes the war turned the U S into a creditor nation and argues ships must carry exports and facilitate transshipment to compete with foreign goods and aid U S manufacturers.
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New York
P. H. W. Ross
National Maine League
United States
Great Britain
Pacing gelding Lanardo sold for $12,000 at Old Glory sale
Lanardo a six year old pacing gelding with a record 2 001 2 last season on the grand circuit was auctioned to Thomas Murphy for 12000. Franklin H Downs former owner had paid 10000 for the gelding two years earlier and the horse earned 10766 last season.
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New York
Lanardo
Thomas Murphy
Franklin H. Downs
Boston
Wife of Former Kaiser Very Ill
In Doorn the former Kaiserin Augusta Victoria lies gravely ill as her children visit. Victoria Louise and the Duke of Brunswick along with the former crown prince and Princess Eielfrid Edelbert arrived, fearing this may be their last meeting.
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Amsterdam
Kaiserin Augusta Victoria
Doorn
Victoria Louise
Duke of Brunswick
Eielfrid
Edelbert
Yale selects Malcolm Aldrick 1921 captain
Malcolm Aldrick was elected captain of Yale's 1921 football team at a team meeting in New Haven.
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New Haven
Conn
Malcolm Aldrick
Yale
City Attorney Cornell Held to Court in Involuntary Manslaughter Charge
Erie city solicitor Martin C. Cornell was arrested on a warrant issued by Alderman Hays for involuntary manslaughter in the November 16 auto collision that killed William Schultz as he repaired street car tracks. Cornell posted $1,590 bail and is due in court December 10.
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Erie
Martin C. Cornell
Hays
William Schultz
Cornell
Schultz
Double Wedding Held At First M E Church Frost
Rev. C. L. Strecker officiated at 11 o'clock this morning for a double wedding at the First M E Church. The brides were sisters Miss Julia M. Young and Miss Minnie A. Young. They wed Mr. J. W. Wolfe and Mr. Robert J. Forsyth, with R. J. Forsyth of Jane Lew W Va as attendant. The couples reside near Frost and Jane Lew respectively. both grooms are farmers.
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C. L. Strecker
M. EB
Julia M. Young
J. W. Wolfe
Minnie A. Young
Robert J. Forsyth
R. J. Forsyth
Jane Lew
W. Va
Frost
Frost and Both Bridegrooms Are Farmers, Mr. and Mrs. Wolfe
Mrs. Forsyth
Ten Die in Parrish Alabama Mine Explosion
Ten men were killed and six injured in a gas explosion at Railway Fuel Company mine in Parrish Alabama. The blast occurred 1,600 feet from the entrance. six died instantly and four more later. Names of the deceased and their residences are listed. crews resisted a mine drift blockage as rescue squads arrived.
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Alabama
Birmingham
Ala
Railway Fuel Company
Parrish
Reuben Phillips
Dora
L. FE. Scamble
Althow
Athens Night Lights Tempt Lodi Feller
A Lodi man in The Mesenger laments city allure in Athens with 18 meals costing $12.56. He notes he was drawn from farm life by town glamour, but the bill shattered his idol of urban charm.
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Athens
Lodi
Booze Ring Indicted as Federal Grand Jury Acts
Chicago November 24 Mike de Pike Heitler and about 30 alleged members of the nation’s largest booze ring were indicted by a federal grand jury on conspiracy to violate prohibition laws. The list includes O K H Wathen of Old Grandad Distillery Louisville W D Belkamp Louisville American Association baseball club owner William Gorman nephew of Rock Island railroad president.
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Chicago
Mike de Pike Heitler
O. K H. Wathen
Old Grandad
Louisville
W. D. Belkamp
Louisville American Association
William Gorman
Rock Island Railroad
Students Start Home for Visit Over Turkey Day
Ohio University students packed off for Thanksgiving holidays with many returning Monday noon. The return timing avoids Sunday travel and families anticipate home cooking. Some students from distant towns will remain in Athens during the break.
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Turkey
Ohio University
Athens
C O F NOTICE Resent Friday Night to Work Class
All members requested to be resent Friday night to work class for first degree. H. M. Bennett, noble grand. 11-24-2.
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H. M. Bennett
Noble Grand
Mexia oil strike electrifies East Texas town
Mexia with a population around four thousand erupts as a roughneck drillers’ party reports oil. The hillside gushes liquid skyward as rooms fill with oil men and locals swap fortunes. Owner BH A Humphreys flies in to direct deeper drilling and Mexia dreams of becoming East Texas Breckenridge.
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Mexia
Tex
Alladin
East Texas
Woodbine
BH. A. Humphreys
Denver
Breckenridge
League peace talks amid No Man's Land battle in Vilna
In No Man's Land a League of Nations commission used a telephone line to Polish and Lithuanian commands, pleading for an armistice while battle raged 200 yards away. They met Zeligowski troops and Lithuanians, pledging action if hostilities continued as reports from Vilna varied.
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London
No Man's Land
League of Nations
Zeligowski
League
Vilna
Elao
Secretary of Missing Man Portland Mystery
John Doughty, former private secretary of the vanished Ambrose Small, held silent about Small and the $100,000 in bonds. Doughty, who disappeared in December 1910, was located in Oregon City and brought to Portland by Toronto detective Austin Mitchell. In other notes, Paramathia Lodge No. 25 F A M elected Fred McKay W M and officers at the Masonic Temple gathering.
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Portland
Oregon
John Doughty
Ambrose Small
Toronto
Canada
Small
Doughty
Sim .Ously
Oregon City
Austin Mitchell
Blue Lodge
Paramathia Lodge No. 25
Masonic Temple
Fred McKay
W.M
Wm. Lee
Walter Porter
J. W
Dalton O. Chappel
S. D
Horace D. Day
J. D
Percy G. Dowler
J. A. Palmer
Sam K. Burson
Tyler
James L. Duncan
Babies Die with Their Playmate in Portland House Fire
Arthur Sawtelle aged 2 and Olive Sawtelle aged 4 perished in a Portland fire when their mother was away. A pet dog also died, found beside the bed where the blaze forced the children from their crib, the tragedy attributed to the home catching fire.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Portland
Arthur
Olive Sawtelle
Chair of Coulogne Gets a Donation of New Furniture
Washington dispatch reports Coulogne in the Aisne region long had only one chair, owned by the mayor. The Junior Red Cross of America sent a heavy cargo of chairs and tables made by American boys, part of thousands of furniture items shipped last year to the devastated French area.
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Washington
Coulogne
Aisne
France
Red Cross of America
America
Harding to Inspect Panama Canal Tour
President elect Harding plans an inspection trip through the Panama Canal aboard a mine layer. He will view the locks and stay at the Pacific end. Gov Harding of the canal zone will host a dinner and Balboa reception. Panamanian, American, British, and West Indian crowds greet the couple at the hotel before a night sea swim.
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Harding
Mrs. Miarding
Portland man linked to Toronto magnate’s disappearance
John Doughty, jailed in Portland Oregon, is named by Mrs Small as key to uncovering the fate of Toronto millionaire Ambrose Small. She hopes Doughty can explain Small's disappearance amid frantic letters while offering a $15000 reward for Doughty’s capture and possible testimony. Authorities plan to move Doughty toward Toronto under guard.
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John Doughty
Portland
Oregon
Cou Ambrose Small
Toronto
Small
Sia
New York
Routo
Doughty
Altate
Aust Mitchell
Mr.Small
Oregon City
Mrs. Small
Mitchell
Profitters Buy Big Ancestral Estates
London reports that ancestral estates with shooting forests and farms are now available to profiteers on auctioneers lists. If profits have been good enough a buyer may acquire one for himself and another for his wife.
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London
Laundry Money Saver Tips From Agriculture Bulletin
The department of agriculture issued a free bulletin with laundry guidance to save labor and protect clothes. It covers soap, lye, washing powders, soda for soaking, and turpentine for yellowing. Send name and address with two cents for return postage to Frederic J. Haskin to receive the Home Laundry Bulletin.
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Department of Agriculture
Washington Information Bureau
Frederic J. Haskin
Athena Messenger Information Bureau
Washington, D. C
Home Undry Bulletin
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Dr. Escherich
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Belgium
Luxemburg
Nancy
Switzerland
Czechoslovakia
Austria
Zoverna
Burg
Baden
Thi
Bever
Senaphles
Oweweer
George Moses
New Hampshire
Cub Pitcher
Peage
Entente
U. S
Adeline M. Oxnard
Upperville
Henry T. Oxnard
Ashington
Madea
Kaiser
NEW Yale
Hooch
Panama
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