Borah Sees Pact as Major War Warning in Pacific
Senator Borah warned that without genuine disarmament the Pacific treaty could fuel a colossal military alliance. He argued for abolition of submarines and urged real disarmament before the pact, clashing with Poindexter over the treaty’s obligations and China’s rights.
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Washington
United States
Benatur Borah
Senate
P “I
Borah
Poinexter
Pacific
Poindexter
Rumored steel combine links 1000 acres under option
Bamiont Indiana December 13. Rumor of a new steel combine spread as it was learned an option had been given on 500 acres of the Hast Chitage company holdings north of the Indiana Harbor canal and on GM acres of the Gogebic iron tract south of the canal totaling 1000 acres. Names of principals and目的 of the acreage were not disclosed.
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Bamiont
Ind
Hast Chitage Company
Indiana Harbor Canal
Gogebic
Log Road Slides Kill Four Near Aberdeen Washington
Two men a woman and a nine month old baby are dead after two landslides on the Clemons Logging railroad line about sixteen miles southeast of Aberdeen Washington. Two men were injured one possibly fatally in the Colombian incident. The slides blocked the track as crews searched for survivors and assessed damage to the rail line and surrounding area.
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Washington
Aberdeen
Wash
Clemons Logging Company
Amateur Wireless Stations Span Atlantic Coast
Hartford Conn December 18 amateur wireless stations in the eastern United States succeed in sending messages across the Atlantic. Eighteen stations report achievement extending radio contact beyond national shores.
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Atlantic
Hartford
Conn
United States
Pact Angers Ulster Charges Breach of Faith by Lloyd George
Sir James Craig in Ulster accuses Premier Lloyd George of breach of faith and breaking solemn pledges. He warns against unconstitutional action and says Ulster was not included in the treaty or invited to Dublin talks. No decision on Ulster representation. likely to stay with Westminster though some leaders cite Ulster interests rather than love of England. The British premier’s position reportedly stands with few concessions.
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Belfast
James Craig
Ulster
Perliament
Lloyd George
Westminster
Dublin
England
Dollar Drop Linked to German Market Activity
Paris reports the dollar’s fall was not mysterious but tied to Germany selling large dollar sums in New York and London to buy marks. Experts say the aim was to fabricate signs of German economic recovery to bolster a German bond issue. French banks remain bullish, predicting a swift dollar rebound once Germany stops selling.
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Germany
New York
London
Paris
United States
Allelreles
Bomb to Senators Is Candy
Secretaries of Senators Lodge and Underwood, in the armament limitation conference, received small hermetically sealed tin packages. They were shaken weighed and smelled before a cannnoner revealed boxes of superfine chocolates from a Cincinnati hotel proprietor.
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Washington
Lodge
Underwood
Cincinnati
Bank Robbery Near Greenville Nets Up To 30000
Four bandits robbed the Bank of Panama at Panna near Greenville between 25000 and 30000. They held up seven men in a pealroom adjacent to the bank and an automobilist, then escaped driving east in a pursed direction toward Donnelson.
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Greenville
Panna
Bank of Panama
Charles W. Morse Returns to Face Government
Charles W. Morse arrived in New York aboard the liner Paris and said he would return to Washington voluntarily to answer any charges the government may bring. He offered to appear at any place or time as required by Attorney General Daugherty.
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Washington
New York
Charles W. Morse
Havre
Daugherty
Paris
Sealing of Cable Vessel Yap Guam Reported
Washington reports the State department confirmed that the Yap-Guam cable vessel, formerly German owned, had not been opened since it was seized and sealed after takeover from Germany. The seal reportedly remained intact through the past week.
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State Department
Yap-Guam
Germany
Washington
Two Killed In Michigan Train Crash At Crossing
Two persons were instantly killed and another seriously injured when a car was struck by a passenger train at the Bil Michigan Central crossing in Galesburg Michigan on December 13. Lester Mead of Kalamazoo and his mother in law Mrs Elizabeth Anderson of Battle Creek were killed and injured respectively.
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Michigan
Galesburg
Mich
Bilchigan Central Crossing
Lester Mead
Kalamazo
Indow
Elizabeth Anderson
Battle Creek
Lester ‘Meadwaa
Packers Strike Sweeps Through Meat Plants Nation Wide
Thousands of packers and meat handlers in New York and Chicago strike in solidarity with western plant walkouts. Cars and meat stacks halted as unions Amalgamated Butchers and Meat Cutters and Amalgamated Food Workers push for action. Chicago workers walk out at Union Stockyards amid upcoming hotel and butcher shop strikes, with police on alert. At Fort Worth a lynching of Fred Rouse tops violence tied to the strike era.
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New York
Bee
Chicago
Joseph Stein & Sons
Cudahy & Macking Company
Swift & Co
Wilson & Co
United Dresses Trees Company
Amalgamated Food Workers’ Union
Lex Harding
Dennis ‘Lane
Amalgnated Meat Cutters and Butcher Workmen's Union
Washington
Harding
Mob
Fort Worth
Tex
Fred. Rouse
Armour & Co
Rouse
Om and
Tracy 'Macklin
Mellon will not resign amid rumors of changes
Washington December 13 Secretary Mellon dismissed renewed reports that he will resign and be replaced by Secretary Weeks saying he has not resigned and will not resign. Also Hoover noted exports have fallen to near prewar levels with November shipments at 205 million dollars, less than half of November 1920.
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Washington
Mellon
Treasury Department
War Weeks
Hoover
25 Firemen Buried Rescue Try In Seattle Cave-In
A landslide in West Seattle trapped Mrs. Samuel G. Andrews and her two children during a rescue. Twenty five firefighters were buried as a new slide engulfed the party amid 24 hours of heavy rain. Joseph Moran died in Medina when a landslide wrecked his home. Flooding forces hundreds from Rainier Valley and shuts rail service. A Great Northern train plunged from a washed-out bridge, with engine and five cars into Miller River.
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Seattle
Wash
Samuel G. Andrews
Custade
Tacoun
Joseph Moran
Medina
Rainiervilles
Samuel Hileman
Miller River
Great Northern Railway
H. Clay Evans Dies at 78 in Tennessee
H May Evans former United States commissioner of pensions and London consul general died suddenly at his home in Chattanooga Tennessee. He was seventy eight and served in the Fifty-Ninth Congress as a representative from the Third Tennessee district. He briefly won the 1894 governor nomination before a recount overturned the result. He was a delegate at large to Republican national conventions between 1896 and 1916.
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Chattanooga
Tenn
H. May Evans
United States
London
Forests Fast Disappearing Warns Chief Forester
Chief Forester William v B Greely reports to the President that three-fifths of the nation's virgin forests have vanished. He notes a drain on remaining woods exceeding four times yearly production and vast areas of denuded forest lands.
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Washington
United States
William v B. Greely
Spaniards Occupy Kaddur and Lomede Nador
Madrid reports further Spanish gains as General Sanjurjo’s column takes Kaddur and Tasarut with no tribal opposition while General Collometisscoli occupies Lomede-Nador southwest of Zalo and cavalry moves through the Sobra valley.
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Madrid
Meracca
Sanjurjo
Kaddur
Tasarut
Collometisscoli
Lomede-Nador
Zalo
Sobra
Seize $100,000 In Booze In New Orleans Case
Police seized the motor freighter Alert after docking found $100,000 worth of liquor aboard. Authorities report the cargo was confiscated and removed from the vessel.
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New Orleans
Nec
Pollea
Yap Islet Treaty Grants U S Free Access Under League Accord
The Yap settlement formalizes U S access rights on Yap on par with others, with the United States and its nationals sharing equal rights to landings and cables. It also confirms radio telegraph rights, limits arms, bans fortifications, permits missionary activity, and maintains Japan's peaceful administration while protecting American property.
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Washington
United States
Duown
State Hughes
Spnis
Tiapuin
Yap
Japan
Yan
Vane Jated
Equator
Birth Rate In U S Jumps in 1920 Census Figures
Washington reports the American birth rate rose 14 percent in 1920 from 12 10 the prior year. The rate stood at 20 4 per 1 000 population, up from 22 3 percent in 1919, according to the census bureau. Last year’s rate was 1 8 percent below the 1916 peak, before the flu epidemic and wartime influx influenced births.
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Washington
Census Bureau
United States
Russian Bank Sets Ruble Exchange Rates Abroad
Berlin dispatch reports a Russian state bank statement dated December 7 listing foreign currency rates. The pound sterling exchanges for 150,080 rubles, the dollar for 110,000 rubles, and the German mark for 30 rubles, with the Moscow Navy Mir confirming the figures.
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London
Condon Times
Berlin
Moscow
Mir
Ie! Bank
Russia
Eight born at once in Mexico City report
A report from Tamplca via El Universal says Senora Enriquita Rubo of Tamplca gave birth to eight, but none survived. The mother is well. Mexico City Medical association plans an investigation into authenticity. Dominicans demand freedom in Santo Domingo appeals to US Senate committee to restore sovereignty.
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Mexico City
Tamplca
el Universal
Senora Enriquita Rubo
San Domingo
Consultative Council of
Santo Domingo
United States Senate
Domnicen Republic
Surrender Meyer Why Dont You Get Rid Of That Horse
A farmer quips about a stubborn horse that has tormented him for six years. Another farmer asks why not sell the horse, and the reply jokes that selling it would be seen as a personal victory for the creature.
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Meyer
Jim
Surplus Loveliness and Height Standards
A playful note from London Answers about beauty norms, quoting Nutts-Arists who claim five feet four inches as divine height for women and complimenting a speaker as more than delightful. The item reads as a light society snippet reflecting era attitudes.
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Nutts—Arists
London
Snuff Joke Sparks Sermon Sidebars
A quaint clash during a church service ends with a witty exchange as the minister teases an elderly woman for dozing. She retorts by turning the joke back on the sermon, highlighting a playful parish dynamic and sharp retorts.
Swamp-Root Advertised For Kidney Trouble
Thousands of women with kidney and bladder trouble are urged to try Dr Kilmer s Swamp Root a physician s prescription sold in drug stores The ad warns kidney health affects overall wellbeing and urges readers to send ten cents for a sample bottle while noting the paper in the ad copy context.
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Dr. Elmer & Co
Binghamton, N
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