Basketball season to start Saturday at local school
Captain Ross and Moeller remain from last year's team while Smart and giant center Hatton did not return. Spud Campbell, recently in Pensacola Marine Aviation School, may rejoin the squad boosting hopes. Hatton may return within days as Coach Thurber tightens nightly practices.
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Spud” Campbell
Marine Aviation School
Pensacola
Fla
Thurber
Senator Ashurst Proposal Demands Mexico Pay Claims
Washington jan 2 investigation by the secretary of war into claims of American citizens harmed by Mexicans since December 1 1912 was proposed in a resolution by Senator Ashurst of Arizona. It was referred to the military committee.
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Washington
Secretary of War
Ashursot
Arizona
Tank Explodes at Bayonne Plant Wounds Dozens
A tank car carrying over 8000 gallons of gasoline exploded at the Standard Oil plant in Constable Hook Bayonne New Jersey injuring twenty men and a girl employee. They were taken to a hospital where some may die as flames engulfed the building and workers fled.
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Bayonne
N. J
Standard Oil Company
Constable Hook
Trains in West No Longer Snowbound
Trains resume movement across Kansas with the Union Pacific still snowbound west of Ellis. Four Santa Fe through trains, overdue by about 48 hours, reached Topeka from the west this morning, and four more were expected this afternoon. The Rock Island reported trains moving on both its Colorado and El Paso lines.
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Kansas
Union Pacific
Ellis
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Rock Island
Colorado
el Paso
Resolution to Buy Lower California in 1930s Drama
Senator Ashurst of Arizona introduces a resolution urging the President to negotiate the purchase from Mexico of territory north of 31 degrees latitude in Lower California and about 10 000 square miles of Sonora.
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Washington
Ashurst
Arizona
Mexico
United States
California
Sonora
Power Boat Capsizes on Fire Island Beach
Fire Island New York January 2 A power boat from the cruiser Columbia bringing ashore troops from the transport Northern Pacific failed its engine near the beach and threw nine men into the sea All were rescued by life guards who braved breakers to pull the men ashore.
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Fire Island
N. Y
Columbia
Northern Pacific
Senators Discuss Statesman's Speech
Senators debate a proposed league of nations and Japan's stance on citizenship for foreigners. Borah argues the issue is domestic while Hitchcock and Lewis frame it as a broader question affecting international cooperation.
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Japan
Borah
United States
Hitchcock
Nebraska
League of Nations
Russia
Sherman
Illinois
Rocky Mountain
Pacific Coast
America
Thomas
Colorado
China
Senator Skeptic Sees League as Ill Advised
Senator Hitchcock warned that joining a universal league could trigger war by creating a preponderance of power. He argued entrance of all nations into such a league was unnecessary and potentially dangerous, saying the plan might force conflict rather than prevent it.
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Hitchcock
The Victory of the Stomach in German Menus
The Berlin press hails sauerkraut return on German menus as a victory of the revolution. The Houston Post notes the quip that pig knuckles would have made Germans claim victory in the war.
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Houston Post
Berlin
Bette Wasnt Shocked Though
In Dallas contexts the article notes Pat's not a dry town and wine accompanies Christmas dinners, yet it suggests Mr. Wilson did not intend such consumption when he departed dusty Washington.
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Dallas News
Pat's
Wilson
Dusty Washington
War News in Retrospect Suppressed Voices
The Columbia Record notes the war is over and calls for ending the enthusiastic war correspondence focused on self-promotion, urging a rest for readers and suppression of overly dramatic reporters.
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Columbia Record
Lassitude's Too Mild a Word in Poll Tax Vote
In states with woman suffrage a husband paying his wife’s poll tax may feel extreme lassitude as she later votes with the opposition against his political group cited in the Macon Telegraph.
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Macon
Governor Cox Grants Christmas Pardon to Deserving Man
The State Journal notes Governor Cox extends a Christmas pardon to a man who previously killed a wife’s relative. The move reflects the governor’s perceived mercy and humanity in clemency decisions.
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Cox
Consolation poem excerpt from Gladys Thompson
Ruth Mellendere is home for Christmas vacation as a reader notes the mood of consolation. The piece reflects on the soul and the cycle of life with a line attributed to Gladys Thompson of Cleveland Ohio.
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Gladys Thompson
Cleveland, O
Ruth Mellendere
Omissions Stir Columbia State Turmoil and World Peace
A fragmentary note reports upheaval in Columbia State amid broad claims about Russia and global balance. The text hints at a global conflict mood with references to powers, Chile and Peru, and a disputed path to peace involving a colonel and undisclosed actors.
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Sia
Russia
Chili
Peru
Rus
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