Tobacco sales halted in four Kentucky cities
Burley tobacco warehouses in Carrollton Lebanon Flemingsburg Harrodsburg closed as farmers withhold the 1920 crop until after May 1 and seek to eliminate the 1921 crop. Mayfield district reported sales at 4 to 10 dollars per hundred pounds amid higher than expected prices.
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Louisville
Kentucky
Carrollton
Lebanon
Flemingsburg
Harrodsburg
Tobacco Board of Trade
Western
Mayfield
Tobacco Growers Debate Action as Mass Meeting Planned
Lexington Kentucky January 9 mass meeting plans sparked by Surrey Tobacco Growers Association amid call for orderly action. Board to decide attitude at office meeting tomorrow. Town reports show improved prices at minor markets with Lexington bids from 1 to 30 a hundred pounds and Eminence sales at 35 to 69 a hundred. Richmond average 13.65. Some growers resisted sales but continued.
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Lexington
John W. Newman
Surrey Tobacco Growers’ Association
Newman
Charles Land
Fayette County
Eminence
Richmond
Barley Tobacco Growers Call Truce in Covington Meeting
Northern Kentucky, southern Ohio and southern Indiana barley tobacco growers called a truce at Judge Reid's courtroom in Covington. Delegates will report after next Thursday at Lexington as the Burley Tobacco Growers' Association plans uniform action and an executive committee to work with the Kentucky group. No sales will occur at Kenton warehouse until the dispute is settled.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kentucky
Ohio
Indiana
John
Dry Ridge
Burley Tobacco ‘Growers’ Association
Leeington
Hempfling
Hempfing
Burley Tobacco Growers’ Association
Edward McClure
Dearborn County
Ind
Dawson Charbers
Kenton County
Ht. C. Ralzheiser
Clermont County
J. D. Robinson
Boong County
Bracken County
Kenton Loose Leaf Tobacco Company
Covington
W. H. Whiteran
Cincinnati Tobacco Warehouse Company
Kenton Loose Leaf Tobacco Warehouse Company
Kentucky tobacco farmers urged to hold current crop
In a statement tonight Representative James C. Cantrill, author of the Cantrill tobacco census law, and tobacco market expert, advised Kentucky tobacco farmers to hold their present crop. The remark emphasizes stabilization amid market conditions as the new year begins.
Conscience Pays Off After 50 Years for Horse Theft
A Tennessee letter delivered $125 to W. C. Nanny of Rutherford County for a horse reportedly stolen in 1867 from his father-in-law. The sender claimed to have bought the horse and sent the money as restitution, marking a rare, overdue payment of a long-ago theft.
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Raleigh
N. C
W. C. Nanny
Rutherford County
Tennessee
Nanny
Admiral McCully Adopts Seven Russian Children
Rear Admiral Newton A. McCully obtains a Labor Department order for temporary admission of seven Russian children from Ellis Island. He plans to bond them, educate them in the United States, and pursue formal adoption if legally possible. The group includes Nikolai the 12 year old and Lyudmila and Eugenia, with a focus on their American education and eventual potential return to Russia.
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McCully
Labor Department
Ellis Island
Washington
United States
Newton A. McCully
Sebastopol
New York
Admiral McCully
Lab R Department
Anderson
S. C
Russia
Nikolai
Wrangel Front
Lyudmila Manétzkaya
Yelta
Nina Furnian
Eugenia Selifanova
Eugenia
Russian
Daniels
Irish Official Held Under Guard At Port
Norfolk Va Jan 5 The Lord Mayor of Cork Daniel O Callaghan arrived as a stowaway at Newport News and is under guard Recom mendation that he be admitted to the United States was made by E B Schumaker Chief Inspector He cannot be classed as an undesirable immigrant as his only violation concerns passports The inspector asked that passport regulations be waived a ruling is expected soon
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Norfolk
Daniel O’callaghan
Cork
Newport News
United States
E. B. Schumaker
Schumaker
State Department
Washington
Lord Mayor O Callaghan Arrives as Stowaway in Virginia
Daniel O Callaghan the Lord Mayor of Cork arrives in Newport News aboard the West Cannon as a stowaway. He refuses comment until his status is set. Peter J MacSwiney also arrives and both seek to testify in Washington before the One Hundred investigation into the Irish question. Immigration Inspector L R Parker orders his exclusion for entering without a passport.
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Newport News
Daniel O'Calaghan
Cork
United States
New York
Peter J. MacSwiney
Terence MacSwiney
Society of Friends of Irish Freedom
O'Callaghan
L. R. Parker
Washington
Cork Lord Mayor Stowaway Faces U S Entry Review
Daniel J. O Callaghan Lord Mayor of Cork arrived in Newport News aboard the West Cannon without a passport seeking to report on Ireland. Officials say he may be denied admission pending an immigration inquiry and state department review. He is held at Newport News under guard pending the final decision.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Daniel J. O'Callaghan
Cork
America
Committee of the Hundred
Ireland
Newport News
State Department
O'Callaghan
Sixteen Ambushers Killed as Cork Detachment Beat Large Siege
London dispatch reports sixteen of the Meelin ambush party were slain by troops near Meelin County Cork. The rest were captured with guns and ammunition after a smoke screened sortie. no soldiers were hurt. General headquarters denied a Sinn Fein death toll near Kanturk.
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County
Cork
London
Meelin
County Cork
Ireland
Dublin
Exchange Telegraph Company
Evening News
Kanturk
Mallow
French General salutes to Die Wacht am Rhein rumor
Berlin reports a Prague story that a French General stood at salute as a band played Die Wacht am Rhein. He allegedly believed the tune to be the Czecho Slolvakian national air.
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Berlin
Prague
Local Sports Schedule Appears in Brief Notice
Brief item notes frequent sport events in Washington and surrounding area with showtimes on Tuesday Thursday and Saturday evenings at 8 to 10 p m. The notice hints at ongoing athletic offerings and public listings.
Turkish Nationalist Leader Thanks Lloyd George Ironically
Mustapha Kemal Pasha curtsies to David Lloyd George, claiming Britain aided the Armenians with 40,000 rifles and war materiel later surrendered to Turkish Nationalists under the peace treaty. The Turkish National Assembly also appoints Kemal as Field Marshal in recognition of his services.
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Angora
Asis
Mustapha Kempal Pasha
David Lloyd George
Great Britain
Mustapha Kemal
National Assembly
Forgeries Void to Free Liquor Worth Millions
New York reports a discovery of ninety two forged withdrawal permits for liquor valued at 1 750 000 dollars found in the records of Charles P. O Connor Federal Prohibition Director. The permits were used to withdraw liquor from bonded warehouses in lots of 50 to 250 cases. Hugh McQuillan led the Internal Revenue Bureau probe and seized the evidence, with a one week shutdown of liquor withdrawals starting next Monday. The average daily withdrawals were about 7000 cases.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Charles P. O’connor
Washington
Hugh McQuillan
Special Intelligence Department
Internal Revenue Bureau
O'Connor
McCoy Held in Prohibition Permit Bribery Case
William F. McCoy of Washington faces $5,000 bail on charges of conspiring with two former women to obtain liquor permits through bribery at the Federal Prohibition Commissioner's office. Miss Catherine Foody is to be arraigned. Mrs. Castillion is missing. The case ties to Mary Parkins’s hotel apartment and a broader grand jury probe into fraudulent liquor withdrawal permits.
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New York
William F. McCoy
Washington
Internal Revenue of
Hie Bret
Federal Prohibition Commissioner’s Office
Catherine Foody
Volberg Castillion
Miss Foody
Castillion
McCoy
Irene N. Richardson
Regina Sassone
Packers Oppose Restraint on Refrigerator Car Use
Washington January 5. Packers face a potential monopoly in wholesale groceries if barred from shipping non perishables in refrigerator cars. National Wholesale Grocers Association seeks a restraining order to limit car use to fresh meats and packing house products. Packets argue a DC decree will end many wholesale lines and that faster rail service for perishable freight is needed for efficiency.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Interstate’ Commerce Commission
National Wholesale Grocers’ Association
Clifford Thorne
Chicago
Thorne
District of Columbia Supreme Court
Arctic Balloonists Struggle Home After Four Day Trek
Three American naval balloonists, stranded after December 13 takeoff from Rockaway New York, trudged four days through James Bay wilds to Moose Factory. Starved cold and exhausted, they followed Indian guides toward safety, aided by relief parties with fresh food and supplies.
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Cochrane
Ontario
Hudson Bay Post
Moose Factory
Missanabi
Abitibi River
America
Rockaway
N. Y
Hudson Bay
James Bay
Walter Hints
Atlantic
Wells
Adirondacks
International Line
Northland
Red Skin
Americans To Be Funded For Balloonists Return
Ottawa officials said the Canadian Department of Naval Service will provide funds for the three American naval balloonists to return home after landing on Hudson Bay shore. The Air Board and Canadian mounted police will aid, at the request of Britain's embassy. In New York the Aero Club announced a reception for the airmen once they reach the city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ottawa
United States
Hudson Bay
Department of Naval Service
Department
Washington
Air Board
Canadian Mounted Police
New York
The
Aero Club of America Today
Canada
Mix Mash in Paint Pail Poisoning Two Dozen?
Boston reports eight men nearly died after drinking moonshine mixed in a paint pail. They were treated for wood alcohol poisoning at the city hospital and three remained too ill to answer charges of drunkenness. A witness said the liquor was mixed in a paint pail, and after different treatment their condition improved.
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Boston
City
War Finance Corporation Formed But Treasury Has No Funds
Washington January 5 1921 War Finance Corporation formed yet Treasury has no funds to lend. Glass denounces move as imposture noting five hundred million capital was not in Treasury and money must be borrowed. With three Treasury officials on board the plan stalls until March 4 when new board forms and policy shifts likely. Agricultural export lenders face delay and market expectations shift as spring approaches.
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War Finance Corporation
Treasury
Glass
Washington
Congress
Treasury Department
Wilson
Penrose
Joe Cannon
Good
House Appropriations Committee
Carter Glass
Virginia
Secretary of the Treasury
Mr. Glass
General Fund
Houston
The
George R. Cooksey
Angus McLean
the Treasury
Walsh Urges Disarmament Support to Send Envoy to League
Senator Walsh urged the Foreign Relations Committee to back a resolution asking the President to send an American envoy to sit with the General Disarmament Commission of the League of Nations. He argues naval and military disarmament must go together and counters Borah’s plan for independent naval cuts.
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Washington
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Walsh
Montana
Borah
League of Nations
America
Europe
Widow Breaks Down In Triangle Murder Trial Testimony
In Bridgeport Connecticut on January 1 State Attorney Homer S. Cummings rested the case against Elwood B Wade for the murder of George B Nott. Mrs Ethel Mildred Nott the widow testified and broke down briefly while denying responsibility and claiming Wade was the aggressor. A written confession signed by Wade in the presence of police claimed Nott was killed in self defense by Mrs Nott before Wade arrived.
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Bridgeport
Conn
Homer S. Cummings
Elwood B. Wade
George B. Nott
Fred B. Morgan
Wade
Ethel Mildred Nott
Johnson
Nott
Postwar press pushes disarmament talks over Anglo-Japanese alliance
Tokyo reports a resumption of disarmament debate with emphasis on ending the Anglo-Japanese alliance. Osaka Asahi Shimbun calls for abolition to pursue an understanding with the United States, while Jiji Shimpo backs halving the army and notes the 1925 naval plan remains fixed.
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Tokyo
Associated Press
Osaka Asahi Shimbun
United States
England
America
Japan
Average Housewife Runs Two Mile Kitchen Marathon
A study for vocational workers in Montgomery shows an average housewife walks two miles daily in meal preparation from bacon and eggs to dinner and dessert. A pedometer on kitchen students at Livingston School tracked stove to sink to pantry routes during the day.
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Montgomery
Ala
Conference of Vocational Workers of the South
Livingston School
Strikers Sentenced For Unlawful Locomotive Action
Chicago January 5 Daniel Abogast and Thomas McDermott of the Chicago Yardmen's Union received six months in jail after turning a locomotive loose in railway yards during an unauthorized strike last August. It marked the first conviction under the wartime railroad traffic regulation law.
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Chicago
K. M. Landis
Daniel Abogast
Thomas McDermott
Chicago Yardmen’s Union
United States
League of Nations to seek US pledge on covenant reform
Paris reports informally discuss sending a League envoy to President elect Harding to urge revisions. French leaders favor keeping the covenant as part of peace while revising its terms, arguing the Saar and Danzig mandates and plebiscites remain tied to the treaty.
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Paris
Council of the League of Nations
Harding
United States
League of Nations
League
Association of Nations
Saar Valley
Danzig
League Council
Resolution Aims to Ratify Treaty While Excluding League
Washington January 5 Senator King of Utah introduced a resolution to ratify the peace treaty with Germany while removing the League of Nations covenant. He argues exit of the league does not conflict with U S interests and that Senate cannot now accept amend or revise league articles. He cites election results and calls for ratification with explicit exceptions for league provisions.
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King
Germany
Washington
Utah
League of Nations
United States
League
Senate
Harding
Deathbed confession reveals kidnapping of man raised as son
Robert Hayes of Nesquehoming Pennsylvania learns from a dying caregiver that he was stolen from Wrightsville Beach North Carolina twenty five years ago and raised as Robert Hayes. The man later identified his real name as Harry Teboe after wartime service and a Bible records the 7 year old abduction.
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Charleston
SL. C
Robert Hayes
Nesquehoming
Wrightsville Beach
N. C
Harry Teboe
Teboe
France
New York Sees January Thunderstorms Across City
January electrical storms swept New York with bursts rattling Brooklyn and flooding police headquarters with reports of explosions as temperatures fluctuated with New Orleans.
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New York
New Orleans
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Contine
Growers’ Association
Cantrill
Smith College
Callaghan
Immigration Inspector
MacSwiney
O’callaghan
Cionast
N.C
Rus Rs
Wasington
Tues
Thurs
Lloyd George
Washingtonian
Ghugeay Trust
AIM
FATE
Wolf
David Lawrence
Disarmament Committee
Britain
Covenant
Gotham
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