University of Cincinnati Raises Entrance Standards
The 1922 entering class must show eight subjects with 80 percent average from a high school diploma. Five of these nine units must include 80 percent or higher in junior and senior years, with gradual increases through 1923 to 1925. The change aligns with top U.S. institutions, aiming for quality over quantity.
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Ientrance
University of Cincinnati
Ohio
United States
Cincinnati
Frederick C. Hicks
FE. N. Talbert
Arbutus and Robins Marbles and Baseball Tell Boston Till Spring
January thaw brings spring hints to Boston as children play marbles and baseball on sandlots while robins chirp. Arbutus colors appear in Plymouth woods and dandelions bloom on the north shore as snowfall remains minimal and old timers seek precedents.
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Boston
Plymouth
New England
Weather Bureau
Thieves Mistakenly Steal Welding Torch in Canton Safe Job
In Canton Ohio amateur burglars tried to break into a coal company office last night. They swapped a welding torch for a cutting outfit at a Canton plant, then used a sledge to force the safe but failed to open it.
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Canton, O
Canton
Woman 3 Tag Two In Gran At Brew Party
A midnight house party at 1206 Gest street ended in a vicious stabbing spree. Lulu Mason and Stella Buckingham fought with a bottle and knife, wounding Minnie Reed and each other. Buckingham faces cutting with intent to kill charges as police pursue Duckie identity.
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Gran
Gest Street
Lulu Mason
Stella Buckingham
Sloo Street
Duckie
Carliste
Smith Streets
Thomas
General Hospital
Brown
Fourth District
Revival of Outlaw Crime Surges in Cincinnati Area
A renewed wave of gunplay hold ups and purse snatchings sweeps Greater Cincinnati. Ernest Coleman is shot in the arm after refusing to give money to a man on Front Street. A trio of black assailants strangled Joseph Vaughn and robbed him of eight dollars in Love land. A purse snatcher escapes after a chase near East Ninth Street. A Newport woman chases and helps capture a juvenile thief at Monmouth Street. Harold Schneider repulses a hold up on a Covington truck, losing only a bucket of oysters and his pursuer.
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Greater
Cincinnati
Front
Butler
Ernest Coleman
West Fifth Street
Coleman
Joseph Vaughn
Loveland
Linn Street
Clark and
Hopkins Streets
Mr. Vaughn
East Ninth Street
Gertrude € Willinger
Merrimac Street
Eighth
Monmouth
Newport
Tenth
B. F. Schmidt
Main
Grandview Avenues
Clifton
Monmouth Street
Harold Schneider
George Schneider
Seventh Street
Covington
Fourth Street
Schneider
Victor Current
West Fourth Street
Sixth
Italian Steamer Nettuno Burns at Sea Fatalities Suspected
Wireless dispatches report the Italian steamer Nettuno burned at sea with probable loss of life. A Belgian ship believed to be the Kremlin carries surviving crew to Hampton Roads. several men badly burned. Old Point Comfort quarantine officials to meet with doctors and nurses. The Nettuno sailed from Port Arthur on January 21.
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Newport News
Kremlin
Hampton Roads
Old Point Comfort
Neptunia
Klimmar
Nominations Confirmed for 5000 Army Junior Officers
The Senate confirmed 5000 junior army officers in open session by unanimous consent. Nominations were presented by Senator Wadsworth of New York, chair of Military Affairs. A majority earned commissions on the battlefields of France.
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Washington
Senate
Wadsworth
New York
France
Senate Resolves Bernstorff Case Property Issue
Senate action under Senator Knox amends the alien property act to prevent returning Count von Bernstorff’s wife valuables while Henry White’s daughters’ property remains held. Knox notes the law classifies American-born wives married to enemy aliens differently from American children born abroad and married to enemy aliens.
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Washington
Knox
Pennsylvania
Senate
Count von Bernstorff
Henry White
Reunion of Dimmett siblings after 37 years in Cincinnati
William Dimmett of Clifton Ohio and his sister Miss Lillian Dimmett of Bloomington Ill reunited at the Metropole Hotel Cincinnati last night after being separated when their parents died forty years ago. The siblings learned of each other during a years long search begun when a Chicago friend helped place them.
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Bloomington
Ill
William T. Dimmett
Moerlein Avenue
Clifton
Lillian M. Dimmett
Miss Dimmett
Chicago
Cincinnati
Mr. Dimmell
Mr. Dimmett
Metropole Hotel
House votes to accept Morgan residence as embassy in London
The House approved using J. P. Morgan’s London residence as the American Embassy and appropriated 150000 dollars to buy an embassy in Paris. Proposals by Walsh and Longworth passed on a viva voce vote. further votes are planned. Connally and Blanton signaled they would demand another vote on their respective amendments.
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Washington
House
J. P. Morgan
London
Walsh
Massachusetts
Paris
Longworth
Ohio
Viva Voce
United States
Connally
Texas
Blanton
Penitentiary Population Reaches 1909 Level in Ohio
Columbus Ohio January 29 The population of the Ohio Penitentiary rose to 2079 the highest since 1919 when federal prisoners last entered the facility. Twenty four prisoners were received yesterday the largest single day intake since 1912.
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Columbus
Ohio Penitentiary
Demand Made for Release of Bergdoll Kidnap Suspects
Judge Advocate Major Kyle Rucker pressed German authorities to free Carl Neuf and Frank Zimmer, detained over the Bergdoll kidnapping plot. Berlin to Coblenz to Berlin protest followed rejection of surrender. Bergdoll and driver Stecher received German citizenship papers as the war state nears end.
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Eberbach
Baden
Kyle Rucker
Rhine
Carl Neuf
Frank Zimmer
Grover C. Bergdoll
Eugene
Ike) Stecher
Rucker
Coblenz
Berlin
Foreign Office
Neuf
Zimmer
Bergdoll
United States
Germany
Isaac Stecher
Stecher
Justice Dept Denies Bergdoll Kidnapping Ring Ties
Washington officials said today that alleged American detectives linked to a Bergdoll kidnapping plot were not Bureau of Investigation agents. No DOJ agents are on foreign duty, and no extradition treaty exists to compel Bergdoll's return. Germany would need to extradite a draft resister, a move unlikely to happen.
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Washington
Department of Justice
Grover C. Bergdell
Eberbach
Baden
Bureau of Investigation
Department
Bergdoll
United States
Germany
State Department
Open attack on Japan treaty plan sparks Senate clash
Senator Johnson of California assails the tentative Japan United States agreement on Japanese status here. He says it would continue immigration and boost Japanese populations in the West. Secretary Colby rebuts, stressing the talks remain confidential and require Senate submission for any treaty.
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Washington
Japan
United States
Johnson
California
Shidehara
Morris
Tokyo
West
Colby
State Department
Senate
Plac
Fight marked by bullets on Harlan courthouse walls
The old Harlan County courthouse, soon replaced by a $125,000 building, was scene of the Howard Turner feud era. Bullets still mark the walls where gun battles, deaths, and a courthouse takeover occurred around 1868 amid Civil War era feuds and local power shifts.
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Harlan
Harlan County
Cumberland Valley
West Virginia
Breathitt
H.C. Winnes
Lara Parsons
Pine
Poor Fork
Elhannon Howard
Baxter
Turners
Harlan Courthouse
Will Jennings
Wilson Howard
Kentucky
Turner
Wilson Lewis
Howards
Ivy Hill
Big Black Mountain
Clover Fork
Cumberland River
Judge Lewis
Definite German reparations hailed as American idea triumph
Washington observers hail Paris agreement fixing a definite sum for German reparations as a major American achievement. The plan sets a long term for payment, with estimates centering on fifty five billion dollars, and sparks debate over U S acceptance of reparations bonds. Conservatives warn Germans may resist a large payout while American lenders seek assurances of Germany’s ability to pay.
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Germany
Lawrence
Washington
Paris
Lloyd George
Clemenceau
Wilson
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
White House
Borah
Europe
Norman Davis
Thomas W. Lamont
J. P. Morgan & Co
Vance McCormick
Bernard Baruch
American Commission
United States
Republicans Move Toward Closure On Tariff Bill Vote
Senate adjourned as Republican leaders planned to seek a final vote on the Fordney emergency tariff bill next week. Senator Penrose would request unanimous consent and then a closure petition, with a possible February 15 vote, while Democrats questioned the sincerity and timeliness of the push.
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Washington
Senate
Rpublican
Penrose
Pennsylvania
Finance Committee
Senator Penrose
Senator Lodge
Massachusetts
Thomas
Colorado
Canada
Convict Ellery Testifies in Parsons Murder Case
Samuel Ellery, a fifteen year prisoner, testified about maps and a bloody club used in the Pine Mountain Settlement School teacher Lara Parsons killing last September. The defense and Judge W T Davis clashed over admitting statements by Ellery and testimony from Brambley and Coleman about Ellery’s alleged confessions.
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Samuel Ellery
H. C. Winnes
Lara Parsons
Pine Mountain
The
Commonwealth
Miss Parsons
John Brambley
State Prison
John Lyle
Jerry Reed
Jim Robinson
Ellery
Bettween
W. T. Davis
Davis
Bailey
Brambley
John Coleman
Coleman
Howard
Kentucky Cour
W. H. Meyers
Harlan
Mr. Meyers
John Bramble
Dillon
Frankfort
Allan Porter
New Road
Jerry Reed Ak
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Wireless
Port Arthur
Tex
Bernstorff
HNDC
Brother
Clifton Home
Bergdolf
U. S
Winnes
David Lawrence
Harding
America
Goungel
Sam
Harry A. Kenny
Commercial Tribune
Harlan, Ky
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