Greenleaf Pursues Cipher Breakthrough At Black Chamber
In wartime Washington Greenleaf, head of the Black Chamber, grapples with a sudden surge of German wireless traffic from Mexico City. He recruits Mary Burns and debates the critical timing with Secretary of War, while a mysterious operative inside the chamber risks exposure. The stakes rise as American transports await, and the cipher chase tightens toward a decisive breakthrough.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joel Carter
Nathaniel Greenleap
Black Chamber
Countess Thorland
Creentea
Saraw Kemble
Greenicats
Greenteat
Greenleaf
Mexico
Washington
Mexico City
Harry
Western Front
Secret Service
Duval
Mary Burns
Joel
Greensvat
War Department
Middle West
WEATHER AND GLOBAL OUTLOOK IN A QUIET REGION
The column surveys a mild winter turning sharp with biting cold and heavy snow. It notes a broad drug law enforcement drive, debates on Prohibition enforcement, and calls for international legal action over war debts. It highlights rare local fatalities within 24 hours, stressing community reactions to sudden losses.
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Albert Batson
Ira Poe
Cooperative wedding heralded as first in country
A California couple is reported to have a cooperative wedding described as novel in the nation. The author questions such broad claims noting that many marriages have historically involved partnership and cooperation. The piece argues persistence of marital happiness hinges on mutual cooperation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
California
Eve
Adam
Inquisitions on corporate salaries spark debate
A discussion argues for and against a government probe into large private corporate salaries. The piece questions narrowing inquiries to private firms and urges examining public spending by government officials to reduce tax burdens and waste.
Senator Davis Keynote At Fairmont Moose Rally
United States Senator James J. Davis of Pennsylvania, director general of the Moose Lodge, spoke at a dinner in Fairmont. He praised the lodge's objectives and work as Senator M. M. Neely introduced him calling Davis the most progressive senator ever to represent the commonwealth.
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Fairmont
Moose Lodge
United States
James J.davis
Pennsylvania
M. M. Neely
Davis
Roosevelt Ball Planned by Charleston Democrats
Charleston Democrats plan a Roosevelt ball for January 30 the president's birthday. A. W. Garnett, club president, says the event is under consideration. Past benefit balls supported the Warm Springs foundation.
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Roosevelt Ball
Charleston
Roosevelt
Jeffersonian Club
A. W. Garnett
Warm Springs
Injured in Auto Crash Girl Expected to Recover
Parkersburg December 12. Miss Clara Hall 18, brain injury, in hospital 25 days, likely to stay semi conscious for weeks but expected to recover. The girl hurt in an automobile accident lapsed into a coma ten days ago yet has continued to take food and water. Dr Yeager believes she will recover.
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Parkersburg
Clara Hall
W. R. Yeager
March of Unemployed Planned in Harrisville
A committee led by Mayor E L Roush and the Grant district unemployed council plans to present demands today to county relief administrator Mrs Gertrude Warder in Harrisville. Raymond Goodwin says workers seek higher hourly wages aligned with neighboring counties. The text notes Gutenberg invented movable type printing.
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Cairo
W. Vis
E. L. Roush
Grant District
Gertrude Warder
Harrisville
Raymond Goodwin
Contract Bridge Lessons From EV Shep RD Famous Teacher
A detailed, albeit jumbled, account of a contract bridge hand where South plays to win in four spades despite West’s signaling. The writeup analyzes trump and club sequences, dummy plays, and possible defensive errors to maximize declarer tricks and defend against West’s potential misleads.
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EV. Shep RD
West
South
Wroth
East
Dammy
Han
Isda
Acclub Hoth
Agent Radiant
Mumrhy
Indo-Vin Praise From Clarksburg Woman
Audra Henline of 412 Ohio Ave Clarksburg West Virginia offers a testimonial praising Indo Vin a new scientific extract from medicine plants. She says five years of stomach trouble with indigestion gas and pain eased after using Indo Vin and she gained energy and nutrition. The product is being introduced to the public daily at the Grafton Drug and Chemical Co store.
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Mia
Audra Henline
Ohio Ave
Clarksburg
W. Va
Grafton
Dru & Chemical
Col
Henline
Thief With Complex for Flags Sought by Police
Dallas police seek a flag thief who has stolen banners from the district judge’s bench hall auditorium and the city hall lobby. The string of thefts began weeks ago with a flag under the United States district judge’s bench.
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Dallas
Tex
Lice
Arer
United States
District Judge's Bench
Aged Woman Seeks Her First Citizen's Papers
Salt Lake City entry details 82 year old Mary Ann Newton who has lived in the United States since 1881 and recently filed a declaration of intention in federal court to pursue naturalization and become a citizen.
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Salt Lake City
Mary Ann Newton
United States
Fox declines follow up on Martinsburg tax dispute
Charleston report states Tax Commissioner Fred L. Fox will withhold further comment on the alleged diversion of 78000 from Martinsburg sinking fund to current expenses until Berkeley County Prosecutor Herbert Hannis has an opportunity to act. Fox notes that prosecuting attorneys are elected to initiate prosecutions in proper cases and rejects the notion that the misuse of sinking fund money constitutes orderly government.
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Charleston
Fred L. Fox
Martinsburg
Herbert Hannis
Berkeley County
Hannis
Fox
Ste
State reports sales tax collection costs at under five thousand
Charleston dispatch reports the two per cent consumers tax costs the state about 4785 dollars monthly based on an expense total of 28710 dollars for the first six months of collections.
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Charleston
Man Sat on Jury Hearing Own Case in Lincoln
In Lincoln Nebraska December a man named Emil E Slepicka was drawn for a federal grand jury. He was eager to serve civic duty but at the last minute his name was excused for an indictment on an alcohol whisky still case.
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Lincoln
Neb
Emil E. Slepicka
Federal Grand
Fate changes for Leslie and Pitcher in Brimfield tale
Kendallville Indiana December story recalls Leslie and Pitcher, a former Mishawaka worker, who after years return to Brimfield near the New York Central line. A faded family plot shifts when a relative’s death in Wisconsin leaves them a sizable inheritance.
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Kendallville
Indy
Lester
Pitcher
Mishawaka
Falls
Brimfield
Heke
New York, Central
Wisconsin
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