Cardinal Achille Ratti Elected Pope Pius XI in Rome
Rome Feb 6 Cardinal Achille Ratti Archbishop of Milan was elected Pope to succeed the late Benedict XV and will be known as Pope Pius XI. Smoke signals from the Sistine chimney announced the choice at 11 33 am amid the crowd outside St. Peter's. Cardinal Vannutelli led the ceremonial advance to the new pope who accepted and named his papal title.
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Maina
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Pope Pius XI
St. Peter's
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Sacred College
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Milan
Poland
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Italy
Ambrosian Library
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Republic of
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Soviet
Russia
Mississippi Governor Sued Over Blackmail Claim
A $100,000 damage suit was filed in federal court charging Governor Lee M. Russell with seducing Frances C. Birkhead, a former employee. Russell called the suit a blackmail conspiracy aimed at Mississippi politics after a telephoned confession from New Orleans.
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Jackson, Miss
Lee M. Russell
Mississippi
Frances C. Birkhead
United States District Court
New Orleans
Associated Press
Morris Company Sustain Big Loss
Morris & Co., packers, reported a net loss for the year ending October 29, 1921 of 5 863 506. The loss and operating costs cut the surplus from 13 271796.20 to 1 299 255.43. Despite a satisfactory sales volume, cash in banks exceeded 2 500 900 with quick liabilities around 7 800 000 and quick assets above 39 000 000. Nelson Morris called the year the worst in livestock and packing history and noted readjusted inventories and stabilizing prices while promising expense controls and better prospects.
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Chicago
Morris & Co
Packers
Nelson Morris
Chinese President Extends Thanks Over Shantung Peace Move
A cablegram from President Hsu Chih Chang of China to President Harding expresses happiness at the conference progress in Washington. He credits the American delegation for untiring effort and notes that a solution to the Shantung question has been made possible, extending sincere thanks and felicitations for peace in the Far East.
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Washington, D. C
Hsu Chih Chang
China
White House
Washington
Shantung
Far East
Republic of China
Weather outlook for Chicago over next day
Chicago weather indications show fair and colder tonight and a fair Tuesday with rising temperatures. High confidence in dry conditions and gradual warming through the 24 hour period.
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Chicago
Jury Frees Woman and Daughter of Murder
Everett Washington February 6 Mrs Bertha Wilkes and her daughter Treva Pete 15 were acquitted by a unanimous jury after trial for the shooting of Gus Daniels on November 6 Testimony said Daniels on quarrel with Mrs Wilkes over a late meal and choked her She testified she heard a shot and later two more shots fired by Treva Pete as the state argued one shot killed Daniels
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Everett, Wash
Bertha Wilkes
Treva Pete
Gus Daniels
Danielson
Wilkes
Police Theorize Jealousy In Taylor Murder
Los Angeles February 6 police say jealousy may have driven the slaying of William D. Taylor. A prominent New York man formerly engaged to a film star is the latest suspect who checked out of a hotel the day of the shooting and left the city the next afternoon.
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Los Angeles
Calif
New York
William D. Taylor
Leaders Hold Top Spots in Auto Production for Year
Ford led with the highest output and Dodge Brothers ranked second in total passenger cars built for the year, with Ford 1st and Dodge 2nd as in 1920. The year saw about 1,535,000 cars produced, down from 1,885,150 in 1920, while Dodge Brothers continued strong private expansion and a high output through the year.
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Ford
Dodge Brothers
Wall Street Journal
Boseton News Bureau
Dodge Brothers Motor Organization
Detroit
Actress Florence Deshon Dies After Gas Incident
Florence Deshon a 28 year old motion picture actress died in a New York hospital after being removed from her Greenwich Village apartment filled with gas. She had come from Los Angeles about two weeks earlier and sublet the flat from Doris Stevens, recently married to Dudley Field Malone. Police say initial investigation points to an accidental death.
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New York
Florence Deshon
Greenwich Village
Miss Deshon
Los Angeles
Doris Stevens
Dudley Freld Malone
Stroke of Genius Says Kato on Parley Plan
Kato, head of the Japanese delegation, called the United States plan a stroke of genius for convening the arms conference. He said the agreements signed contain nothing to impair any nation’s security but rather provide reassurance once imagined only by visionaries three months ago.
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Washington, D. C
United States
Harvard Adopts Resolution Against Fordney Book Tariff
Harvard University corporation passes a resolution protesting the Fordney tariff bill provisions limiting duty on foreign books over twenty years old and nearly all books in foreign languages. Announcement made yesterday in Cambridge Massachusetts.
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Cambridge
Mass
Associated Press
Harvard University
Harding Delivers Closing Address To Arms Conference
Washington reports the arms conference ends with treaties signed in the Daughters of the American Revolution hall. President Harding praises unanimous agreement and the world’s hope for lasting peace, noting the shift from armed preparedness to negotiation and disarmament.
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Harding
Great Assembly
Daughters of the American Revoltion
Washington, D
Associated Press
The
Brewer Nominated as U S Marshal for Southern Iowa
Nominations sent to the senate by President Harding name Guy S Brewer to be United States marshal for the Southern District of Iowa.
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Washington, D C
Senate
Harding
Guy S. Brewer
United States
Iowa
International Harvester Cuts Tractor Price
Des Moines Iowa February 6 A price cut on farm tractors announced by the Des Moines branch of International Harvester is seen as a counter offensive against Henry Ford. Similar notices were telegraphed to the companys other ninety one branches and a Chicago financial journal reprint interprets the move as a direct blow at Ford.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Henry Ford
International Harvester Company
Harvester Company
Chicago
Ford
Tractor price cuts spark industry dispute in Des Moines
Branch Manager Aler Adams in Des Moines signals official approval of price reductions affecting tractors. The International Harvester cuts $25 on smaller models and $200 on larger ones, while Fordson drops to 395 with a 230 cut. The move aims to seize market share amid broader industry price plays from GM on the Samava tractor and a two furrow plow included with purchases through May 1.
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Aler Adams
Des Moines
Chicago
International
Ford
The
the Harvester Company
General Motors Corporation
Demographic Note on 1920 Sex Ratios in Northeastern States
A brief item states white females outnumbered white males in 1920 across Massachusetts Rhode Island New York and the District of Columbia. The note appears within a want ads section likely surveying population trends or recruitment hints.
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Massachusetts
Rhode Island
New York
District of Columbia
Farm Bureau Opposes Federal Road Change in Union County
The Union County Farm Bureau presents to the Board of Supervisors a resolution opposing any material change in the federal road east of Afton to the Clarke County line. The group urges the board to stand firm for county rights, noting funds already spent and the risk of future withdrawal of federal aid, and pledges farmer support and cooperation.
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Farm Bureau
Unon County Farm Bureau
County Board of Supervisors
Board of Supervisors of
Union County
Creston
Union
State Highway Commission
Afton
Clarke County
Highway Commission
Ths
Board of Supervisors
Mountain Climbers Cut Off by Wires in Rainier National Park
Communications to mount Rainier climbers were cut by broken telephone wires between National Washington and Longmire in Rainier National Park. Linemen were sent to repair the line and hoped to restore service sometime today.
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Tacoma
Wash
Associated Press
National Wash
Wood in Move to Aid Leper Fight
Governor General Wood proclaimed February 7 as tag day to raise funds for 5000 lepers on Culicon Island. The anti leprosy society targets $500,000 to assist the lepers.
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Wood
Leper
Manila
P. L
Associaated Press
Culicon Island
Postal Service Reports Three Month Deficit in 1921
Washington February officials disclose the Post Office Department shows a deficit of 25,252,358 dollars for the three months ending September 39. The statement notes the quarter’s loss is 2,218,613 dollars smaller than the same period in 1920.
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Washington
Postal Service
Post Office Department
Zbyszko to Defend World Heavyweight Title Tonight
New York Feb 6 Stanislaus Zbyszko world heavyweight champion, nearing fifty, will defend his title tonight against former champion Earl Caddock, two decades younger. The catch as catch can format may offset weight handicap, as Caddock is known as the man with a thousand holds.
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New York
N. Y
Stanislaus Zbyszko
Earl Caddock
Caddock
Victory notes accepted for tax payments in 1922
Secretary Mellon directed internal collectors to accept Victory notes for income and profit taxes due March 15 1922. Coupons of 4 3-4 and 3 3-4 percent series valid if in coupon form with unmatured coupons attached. Registered notes not acceptable. Interest settlement to March 15 1922 provided by Federal Reserve Bank check.
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Washington
Mellon
Federal Reserve Bank
No Trace of Mex Insurgent Band
Federal troops led by General Sanchez have failed to locate the insurgent band commanded by General Miguel Aleman who rebelled in Vera Cruz. Aleman remains in the mountains near Santiago Tulancingo in apparent safety as 200 revolutionists under Colonel Francisco Cardenas in Michoacán are dispersed.
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Mexico City
Sanchez
Miguel Aleman
Vera Cruz
War Office
Aleman
Santiago Tuxtle
The
Francisco Cardenas
State of
Michoaoag
Train derails injure three near Burley Idaho
A passenger train No 83 on the Oregon Short Line derailed after striking an open switch near Burley Idaho. A baggageman was badly injured and two other trainmen were hurt, while no passengers were harmed. The engine and baggage car overturned and a fire started but was quickly put out by Burley firefighters.
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Boise
Idaho
Associated Press
Burley
Coast Points Designated as Markets for Barley
Secretary Wallace designated the San Francisco Chamber of Commerce as a contract market for barley and the Los Angeles grain exchange as a contract market for barley sorghums and corn under the future trading act. Members of both exchanges may trade in futures without the 20 cent per bushel tax. The two designations raise the total contract markets to eleven under the secretary of agriculture.
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Washington
Wallace
San Francisco
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