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Newspaper
Emmons County Record
Location
Linton, North Dakota, United States of America
Date
Jan 20, 1921
Page
2
In Holyoke Transcript excerpt, Dan McGann denounces socialist and Bolshevik ideas. He brandishes a monkey-wrench to insist he stands for one God and one flag. He dismisses foreign speech and declares loyalty to Uncle Sam and American values.
In Topeka the issue of an auxiliary to the Legion is discussed as women from Military Sisterhood and other groups press to join. The soldiers favor a single auxiliary while many women push their own organizations, but the Legion settles on forming an inclusive auxiliary. The piece notes sandwiches and coffee at a meeting and recalls the Argonne, the old songs, and the emotional reunion.
A Buffalo Enquirer item praises a pair, one eloquent speaker and one skillful list maker, as delivering the most satisfactory form of conversation and organization.
A telegram from Birmingham praises the invention as admirable noting it traveled 120 miles and the gum on the envelope remains not dry yet.
London reports Austria declares its resources exhausted and plans to retire January 15 placing administration in the reparations commission. The move follows the St Germain and Versailles treaties shrinking Austria and eliminating coal and major resources. The kronen is nearly worthless and hunger threatens before the next harvest. President Seitz warned of only two futures a Danubian confederation or alliance with Germany, both unlikely.
In Allahabad British India rioting forces police to withdraw. The unrest reaches Sul tanpur sixty miles northeast with buildings burned. Troops from Lucknow have been summoned and six hundred persons have been arrested.
The Anti blue Law League of America, choosing the Goddess of Liberty as its emblem, opens headquarters in Washington. It launches an intensive campaign to repeal existing blue laws and to fight new prohibitions wherever they arise.
Lieutenants Farrell Kloor and Hinton receive a tumultuous greeting at Pennsylvania Station with 2000 plus fans, police keeping order. Farrell downplays heroism, calling their trip strenuous duty rather than a legendary feat.
Major General Enoch H. Crowder, Wilson's representative, warns Cuba faces ad interim administrations and eventual paralysis of the legislative power if electoral boards and courts fail to function. He cites breakdown of electoral and judicial bodies and notes the date after the first Monday in April.
Benny Leonard defended his world lightweight title with a technical knockout in the sixth round against Richie Mitchell of Milwaukee. The stoppage capped a spectacular bout held at Madison Square Garden as the main event of a benefit for devastated France.
A landscape titled After the Thunderstorm by Hamburg-Rembrandt was stolen from a private owner on January 5. It was reportedly shipped to the United States aboard the steamer Mongolia, which sailed January 6. The wood panel work measures 65 by 49 centimeters and is valued at $2,000, 600.
An explosion damaged the chamber of agriculture causing considerable damage. A second bomb was found in a mailbox at the post office but the fuse was extracted in time to prevent detonation.
San Francisco four building contractors William Healey Frank Mordecai Frank O Shea and R A Farrar were sentenced to 120 days in jail or a $1200 fine after pleading guilty to trust law violations.
Senate adopts a 150000 cap on the regular army, directing the War Department to cease recruiting. Senator Phelan plans to seek reconsideration citing objections from General Pershing and Secretary Baker. Pershing and Baker opposed deep cuts, with Pershing proposing 200000 as minimum.
Six auto criminals held up the Jackson Street sub post office in Dallas. Three bandits fired as 150 postal workers stood nearby wounding two window clerks and a Negro porter. They escaped with two pouches containing mutilated paper money and outgoing registered mail.
New York police guard public buildings as George F. Lamb head of the local Department of Justice agents denies receiving bomb plot information. William J. Flynn, chief of the Department of Justice Bureau of Investigation, also denies knowledge of the supposed plot.
Mrs. Clara Sears Taylor, member of the Washington rent commission, proposed by President Wilson, urged Congress to levy a tax on bachelors as a new revenue idea.
Paris reports more than 200000 Armenian refugees between Kars and Alexandropol dying from hunger and exposure as anarchy grips the camps. advices from Armenia describe severe privation and lack of fuel and food.
Former Ohio governor Frank B Willis entered the United States Senate as successor to President elect Harding who resigns for the rest of his term expiring March 4.
A concise ad notes a popular assortment of up-to-date magazines kept in stock at Stone Drug Store. The message signals a retail emphasis on current periodicals and inventory readiness.
The Stone Piano Co. of Minneapolis appointed J A Sandgren a Dakota Business College Fargo graduate as cashier. The firm touts success with DBC graduates and notes the college’s strong reputation for quality workers. F L Watkins president invites inquiries for terms.
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