Education Board signs contracts for new East Side High School
The Education Board approved contracts with Caldwell Beckwith and Walker local architects and William B Ittner as consultant for the design of the new East Side High School. Ittner to receive one percent of total cost, local firm five percent. Superintendent of construction to be kept on staff at about 50 dollars weekly. Board also moves to authorize a nine hundred thousand dollar bond issue and reallocates funds for fuel and stationery.
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Beckwith
Walker
Wiliam B. Ittner
St. Louis
East Side High School
Board of Education
First National Bank
Ittner
John Wynkoop
Wynkoop
United Lluminating Company
Hallam
Burns
The
Illuminating Company
Catherine Reilly
Crank Delivers Fourth False Fire Alarm of Week
A recurring crank phoned Fire Headquarters claiming a fire at 42 Palisades Avenue, triggering a precautionary response that found no fire. The operator recognized the caller from a prior Sunday report about the City Savings Bank. Fire officials checked the area and advised no services were needed.
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Fira
Palisades Avenue
City Savings Bank
Fire Department
Irish Stage Queen Maggie Cline Seriously Ill
Maggie Cline once a beloved stage icon from the 19th century is seriously ill at her New Jersey home. She has suffered months of erysipelas like illness and tonight her doctors in New York and Philadelphia continue to treat her.
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Maggie Cline
Bred Bank
N. J
McClusky
Eryalphelys
New York
Philadelphia
German Ruhr putsch disrupts mines and rail links
German officials declare a White strike in the Ruhr halting state and private mines while disrupting railway operations at Dortmund. An order bans speaking French and using telephones as French numbers fail to reach, amid tensions described as a putsch in the offensive.
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Wasseldorf
Ruhr
Dortmund
Weeks Criticism of House Bill Draws Sharp Replies
Washington scene as Secretary Weeks faces House army bill criticism for denying retirement pay to Major General Harbord while voicing relief over a private radio venture. Senator Caraway condemns Weeks’s remarks as tears and mockery over the bonus bill defeat. Rep Tincher questions Weeks’s fitness, noting he has frequently lashed Congress.
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Washington
Weeks
Harbord
Weews
Mr. Tincher
Congress
Milford to Get Expert to Draft a City Charter
Milford holds special meeting to authorize a 15 member committee to obtain expert advice for drafting a town charter. The panel will prepare a bill for legislative introduction and seek a referendum next fall to address fair representation for 4,200 voters.
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Milford
Milword
Chamber of Commerce
Western Reformer on Job Cleaning up the Village
From the West comes Stanley Kelley a reformer vowing to clean Greenwich Village as secretary of the Washington Naturegsvortation. He will appeal for teniency tomorrow in Market court for seven girls found guilty of improper dancing at Cushman's on West Fourth Street early Sunday. They’re detained at the Florence Crit tenden home with a plea to spare Greenwich Village. One defendant Alma Peck of Bridgeport accompanied by a Bridgeport youth.
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New York
West Fourth Street
Florence Crittenden
Grenwich Village
Alma Peck
Bridgeport
JOAL MAGNATES TRIAL IS TODAY IN POST WAR CRISIS
Allied and German forces contend over Ruhr strike actions as miners report back under conditions agreed with French authorities. Railways operate at reduced schedules while prices for telegraph and post rise sharply. Paris fears compulsory service may trigger a wider war as miners from Poland Czechoslovakia and Italy flood the Ruhr to fill vacancies.
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Associated Preas
Plis
Paris
Paris Preas
Germany
Poland
Czecho- Slovakia
Italy
Ruhr
France
Belgium
Saar
Silesia
Nordau dies in Paris after long illness
Paris January 2 Associated Press Max Nordau the renowned German author and philosopher and Zionist leader died at his home in Paris. His later years were marked by poverty and illness and he had stopped writing over a year ago. He left an unfinished major work on philosophy. During World War I the French interned Nordau but released him on parole to Spain.
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Paris
Associated Press
Max Nordau
Nordsan
Heas
Spain
France plans stern measures to meet strikes
Paris reports France will cut Ruhr communications and expel Reich officials. Banks in the Ruhr will be supervised and occupation forces doubled. Hundreds of French railroad workers and telegraphers rush to the Ruhr amid the crisis, with armed resistance to be crushed swiftly.
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C. F. Berti
Paris
France
Ruhr
Germany
Aliies
Aternest
Mdactres
Beating Mother In Law leads to fine and costs
Milford judge convicts Stephen Maher of assault on his mother in law Katherine Sharpe of Fort Trumbull Beach and another breach of the peace. Maher fined $25 with costs while the judge censures both sides. James Grady of Walnut Beach is released after arrest for drunkenness.
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Katherine Sharpe
Fort Trumbull Beach
Stephen Maher
Rcwe
Ewan
James Grady
Stowe Avenue
Walnut Beach
Borah Criticizes French Ruhr Policy and US Silence
Senator Borah denounces France for Ruthless militarism in the Ruhr, violating Armistice terms and Versailles. He condemns State Department silence and urges formal protest, arguing US duty to defend principles and support Germany against occupation. Page 15 continues.
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Ruhr
Borah
United States
Peewils
Lerms
Wilson
Germany
France
Ancient Egyptian Vases Containing Perfume Still Emitting Fragrance
ARTHUR WEIGALL reports from Luxor that Tutankhamen tomb artifacts including four alabaster vases with perfumes were moved to a workshop. Dampness and low tomb position threaten preservation as statues and robes deteriorate. The discussion touches on royal lineage and biblical plague references. Major Buckley remains ill at Hartford, with the House leader absent as he recovers.
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Beau
Tutankhamen
Professor Petrie
Baver
Grant Has Shot Bolt Pastors Here Declare
Rev Stephen Sherman of St Johns Episcopal Church in New York weighs in on Dr Percy Stickney Grant, pastor of the Episcopal Church of the Ascension, repudiating the Divinity of Christ. Clergy say Grant has been off the track for years on theology and social readjustment, though public chatter over his actions is common and then fades.
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Episcopal Church of the Ascension
New York
Christian Church
Vetviews
Stephen 7. Sherman
St. John's Episcopal Church
Twhey
Grant
Christ
Prosecutor Links Ku Klux Klan to Terror in Morehouse Parish
Assistant Attorney General A V Coco says 25 to 50 arrests will follow open hearings into masked group activities in Morehouse Parish. He asserts the Klan is responsible for disorder bordering on revolution and the Daniel and Richard murder, with a super government replacing authorities. Witness Harold Teegerstrom remains missing as storm delays testimony. Key evidence includes a set of plant keys tied to a former meter reader, with details of a dynamite incident and family testimonies.
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T. F. Richard
Parker
Baton Roughe
Victor
Teegerstrom
Harold Teegerstrom
Southern Carbon Company
Spyker
Nere
Thnea
Queliona
Bennett
Lake la Fourche
Daniel
Richard
Simmy Larrles
Th Lake
John J. Eile Mar Rouge
Legis
J. Ts. Daniel
Watt
W. GC. Andrews
Army Leads First Day Drive For Federated Charities
Hundreds of workers raised about 88 thousand dollars on opening day as the Army division led by George H. Woods and Seward Price topped Navy totals. The official sums credit the Army with 25,668 dollars and the Navy with 30,113 dollars, with the Mercantile division reporting 603.23 and several stores achieving 100 percent contributions. The Navy Team won the flag for largest daily total with Army team No. 3 and Mrs. A. M. Cooper as captain collecting 37,950 dollars.
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Federated Charities
Army Division
George H. Woods
Seward Price
Edmund
Mayo
Navy Alvision
Army
Navy
Robert Humes
Harry Read
M, Cooper
J. P. Frisble
Common Council Ends Inconclusive Vote On New Park Contract
The Common Council voted 14 to 6 to negotiate, but no agreement was reached on a new operator for Pleamire Beach. Provisions set a 15 year lease, with rent at $1 a year initially, and a tiered increase if the park begins to turn a profit within five years. The board cited creditor interests and city upkeep fears as key factors, leading to prolonged caucuses and continued debate.
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Park Comminstone
Peach
Water & Dewcom
Ingersell Santas Ing Co
Balarepor
Cornell
Kenney
Fitzgerald
W. Veneass
Price
Hogan
Cronin
Rusnak
Costello
Noel
Ingsoll Engineering and Concorporation
Pleamire Beach
Board of Park
Board of Park Comm
U S Sailors Bribery Scandal Amid Smyrna Fire
A fragment from a 1923 report depicts American sailors in Smyrna during the fire evacuation facing bribe offers from Greek merchants. The passage notes the sailors’ immunity from Turkish threats and the failed promise of safe passage, with Greeks seeking cash and valuables for passage documents as refugees fled along the waterfront.
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America
Smyrna
Inymiund
Rick
Ilack
Shavenging ‘Durk
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