Green BY DIVIDENDS Declared by Eight Big Corporations
New York December reports eight large corporations announce stock dividends totaling 97.5 million dollars as they distribute surpluses in response to potential tax legislation by Congress. Firms named include Studebaker Vacuum Oil Wrigley Bank of Manhattan Company Trust Equitable Life Whitman Mills New Bedford and Dupont Powder Company.
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New York
Congress
Studebaker Corporation
The
Vacuum of Company
William Wrigley, Jr. Company
Bank of Manhattan
Company Trust Company
Standard Oil Company of Kansas
Equitable Life Company
Whitman Mills
New Bedford
Dupont Powder Company
Soviets Seek 5000 Steel Workers for Kubas Colony
Soviet government efforts target five thousand steel workers in this district for the Kubas Industrial Colony project. The recruitment aims to fill positions needed for industrial development.
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Youngtown
Russia
Dstrict
Kubas
Central American States Agree to Limit Arms
Washington reports the Conference of Central American States approved rules for limiting armaments. The plan mirrors provisions from the Washington Arms Conference and was adopted during the session here.
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Washington
Administration declines mandates in Near East policy
The White House stated the current administration is not in favor of accepting any mandate in the Near East and will not support such a mandate while in power. The remark reflects U S stance on peacekeeping roles in the region.
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Washington
United States
White House
Veterans Aid Bill Passes Senate With Higher Payments
A World War veterans aid bill, moved from the House, wins Senate approval. It provides fifty dollars monthly to armless, legless and blind veterans and authorizes the hire of an attendant, replacing the prior twenty dollars.
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Washington
House
Senate
Gale Hits Oneida Lake Barges Damage to Inland Marine Fleet
A gale on Oneida Lake tore apart four Inland Marine Corporation barges. Five crewmen on each barge were rescued, but property losses exceed $100,000. Authorities will assess the damage and investigate the incident.
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Utica
Oneida Lake
Inland Marine Corporation of New York
Birth Rate Drops in Early 1922 Census Figures
Census Bureau figures show birth rate at 22.7 per thousand for January through June 1922, down from 24.8 in the same period of 1921, while the death rate rises to 13.6 from 12.0.
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Census Bureau
Tsst Joer
Harding defers annual message to cabinet discussions
Washington December 6 1921 President Harding breaks a long standing practice by postponing the customary first and second days of Congress session without delivering his message in person. He said delivery would be deferred to allow further cabinet discussions on important questions.
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Washington
Republic
Harding
Senate seeks details on Armour Morris meat packing merger
Washington Dec. 6 A resolution by Senator LaFollette of Wisconsin asks the Secretary of Agriculture for full information on the proposed merger of the Armour and Morris meat packing plants. The Senate adopted the resolution today.
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Washington
LaFolatte
Wisconsin
Secretary of Agriculture
Armour and Morris Meat Packing
Senate
Husband Denies Knowledge of Clara Phillips Escape
In Los Angeles on ec 6 the husband of Clara Phillips denied knowing of her jail escape. He told police he left his in law home after an argument and that he had not accompanied her in the car yesterday.
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Los Angeles
Clara Phillips
Flint Installations Mark Syracuse University Ceremony
Syracuse New York December six noted educators from across the United States and Canada gathered for the inaugural ceremonies naming Dr Charles Wesley Flint as chancellor of Syracuse University succeeding Dr James Roscoe Day. Five thousand attended including students alumni and education leaders as Dr Frank Graves spoke for the state department and Dr Frank Smallsy presented the charter.
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Syracuse
N. Y
United States
Canada
Charles Wesley Flint
Syracuse University
James Roscoe Day
Flint
Archbold Gymnasium
Frank P. Graves
State Education Department
Frank Smallsy
Harbut W. Smith
Board of
Walter Dill Scott
Northwestern University
Charles Francis Thwing
United Societies of Phi Beta Kappa
Ferrand
Colonell
Thomas Nicholson
The
Methodist Episcopal Church
William R. Ridell
Ontario, Can
Supreme Court
St Martin’s In The Fields Faces End To Homeless Lodging
The historic London church that has long housed the homeless may stop the nightly sheltering after overcrowding issues. The vicar Rev Dick Smith cites too many tramps and revellers filling the church each night.
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London
St. Martin's-In-the Fields
Dick Smith
Kennedy protests dismissal of Burch Obenchain indictments
J D Kennedy father of alleged victim J Belton Kennedy announces formal protest of the dismissal of the Burch Obenchain indictments calling it one of the gravest acts of injustice ever. He vows to pursue action from Los Angeles on December 5.
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Los Angeles
J. D. Kennedy
J. Belton Kennedy
Madalynne Obenchain
Arthur C. Burch
Burch-Obenchain
Seattle Boat Smuggling Raid Ends in Fatal Shooting
The cutter Arca intercepted a launch smuggling whiskey and beer from Canada near Seattle. After the launch fired on the Arca, a one pound shot killed Horatio W. Thompson who later died. Brothers Robert Thompson and Oscar Taylor of Tacoma were jailed by revenue officers.
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Seattle
Arca
Horatio W. Thompson
Robert Thompson
Oscar Taylor
Tacoma
Ohio schools receive framed Mayflower Compact copy
A framed copy of the Mayflower Compact was presented to Cuyahoga Falls area public schools by the Ohio Society of Mayflower Descendants through member Charles Howland. The document, printed in Old English script with signers, notes the 1620 agreement’s aim for good order and colonial governance.
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Cuyahoga Falls
Ocal Public Schools
Ohio Department of the Society of Mayflower Descendants
Charles Howland
Cape Code
New
Engand
Nowland
Plymouth Colony
Unemployed Escort Leads Richards to Tottenham Court
Hall Richards was escorted to Tottenham Police Court by a band of unemployed. He faced charges for writing proclamations to the unemployed on London sidewalks as workers sang Onward Christian Soldiers.
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London
Hall Richards
Richards
Tottenham
DoJ Sues Again Over Cantoment Fraud Totals
Six additional fraud suits were filed by the Department of Justice seeking to recover about 29 million dollars alleged as misspent in wartime Army cantonment construction contracts. The suits target alleged fraudulent contracts and the massive missing funds, as part of the postwar recovery effort.
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Washington
Department of Justice
Seattle Court Reverses Seattle Street Fund Ruling
The Court of Appeals reversed Judge Cushman's Seattle District Court decision requiring the city to cover a deficit from the general fund for street purchases. The ruling was issued yesterday by the Court of Appeals in San Francisco.
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San Francisco
Cushman
District Court
Seattle
Cinsuit Court of Appeals
London Court Mixed Witness Tale In Marriage Debate
In Marylebone Court Catherine Stern testifies about marriage history during a civil case. The judge asks if the defendant married a second time and Catherine states she has already learned that lesson, denying the suggested fact.
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London
Dec
Catherine Stern
Marylebone Court
Cathrine
Fierce Pacific Storm Hits Coast From Cape Flattery to San Francisco
A major storm battered the Pacific Coast from Cape Flattery to San Francisco with rain and snow driven by a 72 mph gale. Weather bureau reports say the storm peaked near Flattery and warns it will move toward mod erata as conditions ease.
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San Francisco
Cape Flattery
Pacific Coast
Flattery
Weather Bureau
Clemenceau Pledges Compliments to President Harding
French statesman M. Clemenceau met with President Harding and said his U.S. visit aimed to pay compliments rather than discuss any mission. He stressed he had not come to press a specific objective.
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Clemenceau
Harding
Washington
United States
M. Clemenceau
Tetrazzini Sings in Bath in Bathhouse Interview
In Manchester a reporter recalls Tetrazzini singing from a bathtub while she bathes. The singer joked with the interviewer and sang to him from the tub as soapy water splashed.
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Tetrazzini
Bath
Manchester
Eng
Tetranzini
Curfew Baffles Small Akron Suburb Police
In Cuyahoga Falls a new curfew keeps children under sixteen off the streets after 9 PM. With more youths than adults and a police force of six officers, enforcement puzzles local authorities as two officers are currently away.
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Akron
Cuyahoga Falls
Lnw
Children to Work on Language of Parents
New York December 5. Superintendent Boylan of the Bronx public schools names a committee to standardize English among students. After attaining versatility in speech the students will be asked to convert their parents.
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New York
Boylan
Bronx Public Schools
Divorce Revoked After False Testimony Cited
Akron dispatch reports Judge H. C. Spicer canceled the divorce granted to Mrs Genevieve Gladwell after finding she gave false testimony. Thomas Gladwell of Wilsonburg West Virginia was named as the husband. Genevieve had accused him of infidelity and planned to live with her sister. She was found with Jesse C Henthorn awaiting a license. before the judge she learned the decree was wiped from the docket and she remained legally Mrs Gladwell.
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Akron
H. C. Spicer
Genevieve Gladwell
Thomas Gladwell
Wilsonburg
W. V
Jesse C. Henthorn
Left Handedness Cured in New Jersey Schools
An intensive campaign to cure left-handedness among pupils in local schools reduced cases from 250 to 66 since 1919. In a total enrollment of nearly 13 000 students this represents slightly more than one half of one percent of the pupil body.
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Elizabeth
N. J
Immigration expected to be discussed in President's message
Washington December 6 In a lengthy Cabinet discussion yesterday the President considered immigration in relation to proposed ownership of restrictions. Secretary Morton supported it while Secretary Davis opposed it. The three percent law continuance was urged by Secretary Davis in his recommendations to Congress.
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Washington
Morton
Davis
Congress
Harding Sees No Need After Constitution
President Harding voiced disapproval of a Progressive Bloc push for direct presidential elections and a change to inauguration date. He argued against amending the Constitution, saying it is wisely designed to safeguard liberty from political passions.
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Washington
Congress
Harding
Pierce Butler
Supreme Court
Senate
Jo J
Shipstead
Minnesota
Booth denies plan to remove Salvation Army commander
General Bramwell Booth at London headquarters says immediate removal of Commander Evangeline Booth from the United States is not contemplated. The retirement announcement, made two months ago amid Army reorganization plans, has drawn disapproval and regret in the United States.
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Chicago
United States
Evangeline Booth
Salvation Army
Bramwell Booth
London
U S Criticized For Ignorance On France Says General
Paris reports General Taufflier senator from Bas Rhin says the United States knows nothing of France’s situation. He cites wartime needs and finances as poorly understood and urges a U.S propaganda bureau and a semiofficial press information office to correct misinformation.
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Paris
United States
Taufflier
America
Senate Committee On Foreign Affairs
Milwaukee
Tauffneb
Bas Rhin
France
Washington
Alsace
Lorraine
Bureau of Propaganda
Letter from K K K claims Montreal dental college arson
A communication signed with the initials K K K was received by the mayor claiming responsibility for the Montreal University dental college fire two weeks earlier. The letter threatened to attack other Catholic institutions in the city.
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Montreal
Dental College
Montreal University
Penn State Coach Declines Baseball Club Offer
Hugo Bezdek, Penn State football coach, rejected the Philadelphia Nationals offer to manage their baseball club next season. He said he would stay with his college duties.
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Penn
Philadelphia
Hugo Bezdek
Pennsylvania State College
Philadelphia Nationals
Bezdek
Dupont De Nemours Powder Co Declares 50 Percent Stock Dividend
Wilmington Del Dec 6 The Dupont De Nemours Powder Company announced a fifty percent stock dividend yesterday.
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Wilmington
Del
Dupont- de Nemours Powder Company
Rural credits bills introduced soon
Proposed rural credits legislation likely to be among the first bills of the new session with Administration approval. Plans include creating a farm credits department as part of the current farm loan system, with two measures prepared for simultaneous introduction in the Senate and the House.
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Washington
Congress
Senate
House
Edmonton Coal Strike Leads to Violent Demonstrations
Edmonton December 6 three hundred strike sympathizers hurled stones at workers during the partial coal strike at the Black Diamond mine in the Edmonton district. A policeman was struck and another injured during clashes near the Hilmberstone mine.
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Edmonton
United Mine Workers
Black Diamond
Hilmberstone
California to Play Penn State in East West Game
Portland report says the University of Southern California has been chosen to represent the West in the East West game against Pennsylvania State College in Pasadena on New Years Day. Announcement came from Pacific Coast Conference president puback.
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Portland
University of Southern California
Pennsylvania State College
Pasadena
Puback
Pacific Coast Conference
Mayor Cousens Resigns Detroit Mayoral Post
James Cousens resigns as mayor of Detroit and as a newly appointed Michigan senator, handing the resignation to the city council yesterday.
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Couzens
Detroit
James Cousens
Michigan
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Crippled Veterans
Ohio
Jand
U. S
Powder Company
California
Penn. State
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