Babson urges retailers aid as farmers overstaffed for prosperity
Roger W. Babson warned that too many farmers hinder national prosperity and urged retailers to back distribution. He argued 20 percent of farmers should switch careers, and blamed public attitude for delaying 1923 gains, citing labor unrest and consumer spending patterns.
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Roger W. Babson
Wellesley Hills
Mass
Chamber of Commerce
Grand Opera House
Babson
Congress
Europe
Minneapolis Week shows civic groups uniting for city needs
The piece lauds Minneapolis Week where 185 civic and welfare groups pledged support to identify city needs and press for action. It contrasts with Cincinnati, urging united citizen effort to gain funds, police, rail access, a grand hall, improved pavements and lights through mass meetings and a concerted voice.
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Minneapolis
Cincinnati
Harding to Deliver Annual Address Tomorrow
Washington December 7 The White House expected President Harding to speak at a joint session of Congress tomorrow. He had finished the message except for minor edits and faced possible quick transmission to the public printer.
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Washington
White House
Harding
Congress
Tomor
Woodhouse victory in alienation suit earns 465000
Burlington Vermont December seven jury awards Mrs Dorr it Stevens Woodhouse 465000 in a five week alienation of affection case against her in law parents Mr and Mrs Lorenzo Woodhouse of New York and Burlington. The verdict splits 400000 actual damages and 65000 punitive. Defense to appeal. The case involved Douglas Woodhouse son of the Merchants National Bank president and alleged lavish gifts to Lillian McClellan with Palm Sunday confrontation in 1922.
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Burlington
Dorrit Stevens Woodhouse
Lorenzo E. Woodhouse
New York
Douglas Woodhouse
Reno
Lillian H. McClellan
Washington, D. C
Armed Robber Steals $75 From Kroger Register
A middle aged man entered the Kroger Grocery and Baking Co at 909 Wade Street shortly after 6 pm and demanded cash. The manager Harry Brickwig 708 Trenton Avenue Price Hill complied as he faced a revolver. The robbers grabbed about $75 from the register and fled west on Wade Street joining another man.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kroger Grocery and Baking Company
Wade Street
Harry Brickwig
Trenton Avenue
Price Hill
Brickwig
Kansas To Dismiss Case Against William White
A dispatch from TOPERA Kansas dated December 7 reports the Kansas Attorney General directs Lyon County to enter a dismissal order tomorrow morning in the case against William Allen White editor of The Emporia Gazette. White faced charges under the Kansas Industrial Court law for displaying a sympathy card for striking railroad workers in the newspaper window.
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Topera
Kan
Richard J. Hopkins
Kansas
Roland Boynton
Lion County
William Allen White
White
Kansas Industrial Court
Emporia Gazette
See Today's Dumb Bell Column
The next to last page features the Dumb Bell column spotting sporting moves and local notes. Readers get quick takes on fitness trends, gym tips, and brief updates from neighborhood clubs and athletes.
Mississippi Governor Denies Seduction Charges in Court
In Oxford Mississippi Governor Lee M Russell testifies in Federal Court denying Miss Frances Birkheads charges of seduction and seeks to refute the claim the accusation is false. He accuses her of sewing a false tale and says he did not authorize any settlement.
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Associated Press
Oxford
Miss
Lee M. Russell
Mississippi
Frances Birkhead
Russell
Miss Birkhead
Governor Russell
Theodore G. Bilbo
Oscar Johnston
Mr. Russell
Earl
Prince of Wales Buys Grand Champion Ram
The grand champion Shropshire ram from the twenty third International Live Stock Exposition was bought by W L Carlyle of Calgary Canada for the Prince of Wales acting as the heir's representative. The ram weighed 250 pounds and sold for 500 dollars and will be shipped to the Prince of Wales ranch near Calgary.
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Chicago
W. L. Carlyle
Calgary
Canada
Carlyle
Prominent Cincinnati Coal Leader Dies After Illness
E M Radway 35 a prominent Cincinnati coal dealer and Richwein Coal Co president died at his home 3020 Fairfield Ave Walnut Hills after a brief pneumonia illness. He returned from Kentucky mines after Thanksgiving cold and had been bed ridden. Survived by widow children parents and siblings. funeral plans not announced.
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E. M. Radway
Cincinnati
Richwein Coal Company
Fairfield Avenue
Walnut Hills
Kentucky
Radway
Williams College
New York City
John S. Radway
Chesapeake Pulp and Paper Company
West Point
Charlotte Rowe
W. 8. Rowe
First National Bank
Naval
University Club
The
Riding Club
Cincinnati Golf Club
John S
Charlottee Frances
Oakley
T. S. Winslow
John J. Rowe
W. W. Rowe
H. W. Nichols
Mr. Radway
Fear for Army Officers Missing After Flight to Tucson
Fears for the safety of Colonel Francis E. Marshall, Chief Cavalry staff, and Lieutenant Charles L. Webber of the air service prompted concerns at Rockwell Field San Diego. The pair departed San Diego at 9 15 am for Ft Whuchucha near Tucson with orders to report by wire on arrival, but had not checked in by 7 30 pm despite a five hour expectation.
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San Diego
Cal
Francis E. Marshall
Cavalry
Washington
Charles L. Webber
Air Service
Rockwell Field
Ft. Whuachucha
Tucson
United States fleet formed by merging Atlantic and Pacific Fleets
Washington declares a peace time reorganization merging the Atlantic and Pacific fleets into the United States fleet with Admiral H. P. Jones in supreme command and Admiral B. W. Eberle as Commander in Chief of the battle fleet. The plan keeps existing ship assignments and creates a unified admin under one four star officer. Admiral Jones becomes the first United States fleet commander.
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Atlantic
Pacific
United States Fleet
H. P. Jones
Supreme Command
Washington
United States
B. W. Eberle
Navy
Department
Admiral Jones
Atlantic Fleet
Eberle
Pacific Fleet
Major General Wood To Remain at Post In the Philippines
Major General Leonard Wood will stay in his post as Governor General of the Philippine Islands and decline the University of Pennsylvania provost offer. Officials say an announcement is expected tomorrow and note delays in Philippine legislative progress.
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Wood
The
Philippines
Washington
Leonard Wood
Philippine Islands
University of Pennsylvania
Week
General Wood
Whitney Home and Others Robbed of 150000
Detectives report a theft of 150000 in valuables from summer homes of Harry Payne Whitney and other wealthy New Yorkers. Two arrests made after a confrontation in Hell's Kitchen near the theater district. loot valued at 50000 recovered.
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New York
Harry Payne Whitney
Hell’s Kitchen
Uptown
Mrs May Ford Charged With Attempted Murder
Mrs May Blenn Ford was arrested in Detroit on a charge of attempted murder. Police allege she sought a gunman to kill her estranged husband Ney J. Ford, a wealthy farmer near Dearborn, Michigan.
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Detroit
Mich
May Blenn Ford
Ney J. Ford
Dearborn
Congress in Uproar Over Prohibition Enforcement Bill
The Associated Press reports Congress debates a nine million dollar proposal for enforcing prohibition. The article notes the Association of Railway Executives withdraws from labor and public relations questions, shifting labor treatment to individual railroads and regional bodies. It also reports the vacancy left by Thomas Dewitt Cuyler and the reorganization to an executive committee.
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Association of Railway Executives
Associated Press
Chicago
Thomas Dewitt Cuyler
New York
Washington
Robert S. Lovett
Union Pacific
Robert S. Binkerd
Mr. Lovett
Howard Elliott
Sam M. Felton
H. E. Byram
House
Magee
Hill
Maryland
Friends of Prohibition
Prohibition
Ku Klux Klan
Congress
Gilbert
Kentucky
Mr. Gilbert
United States
Prohibition Unit
Treasury
Department of Justice
Child's Pronouncement of U S Policy Signals European Involvement
American policy shows first concrete European step under Harding with Ambassador Child pledging support for free navigation of the Dardanelles and naval protection to ensure safe seas. The move follows Wilsonian precedent and aims to maintain open passage while engaging in Near Eastern diplomacy.
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Child
U. S
Harding
Lawrence
the Commercial Tribune
Washington
Clemenceau
France
Wilson
Germany
Richard Washburn Child
Italy
See
Lausanne
Dardanelles
United States
Free Seas
Near East
Armenia
Rhine
Europe
Panama Canal
Ambassador Child
Noise disrupts Herrin mine riot trial jury panel
In Marion Illinois the Herrin mine riot trial was halted as a local fraternal organization held its annual home coming celebration. Judge D T Hartman adjourned court early while salesmen were recalled and a new venue of twenty jurors was subpoenaed for tomorrow. Eight jurors have been chosen and three more are tentatively held.
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Associated Press
Marion
Herrin
D. T. Hartman
Williamson County
Hartman
Judge To Sentence His Lifelong Chum
In Newton Massachusetts Allen Rosencranz Young was convicted of assault with intent to kill by a jury in the court of his childhood friend Judge Allen Rosencranz Shay. The two men had known each other since youth and planned to meet next week so the judge could pronounce sentence on the defendant.
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Newton
Mass
Allen Rosencranz Young
Allen Rosencranz Shay
Shay
Young
Taft urges civil service reform for local offices
Chief Justice Taft told the National Civil Service Reform League that the president should appoint local officers without Senate confirmation. He proposed using executive orders to shift the burden to the Civil Service Commission for posts such as postmasters and U S attorneys, arguing patronage pressures demand reform. He recalled Lincoln’s era and said civil service reform is vital to preserving government.
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Washington
Taft
National Civil Service Reform League
Senate
Civil Service Commission
Internal Revenue
United States
Congress
White House
Lincoln
Veteran engineer R B E Weller dies at 76 in Flora
Chicago December 7 veteran Balti more and Ohio engineer R B E Weller 76 who drove the first engine from Springfield to Shawneetown fifty years ago died today in Flora Illinois He was long associated with the railroad and noted for pioneering service in early 20th century Illinois lines.
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Chicago
R. BE. Weller
Baltimore & Ohio
Springfield
Shawneetown
Flora
Ill
British Minister to Guatemala Recalled on Political Charges
A Guatemalan City dispatch to El Mundo reports the British Minister to Guatemala has been recalled amid charges of meddling in the republics politics. The recall underscores tensions between Britain and Guatemala during the period.
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Mexico City
Mexico
el Mundo
Guatemala City
Guatemala
Republic
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London
Bureau of Internal Revenue
Blantom
CLUB
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