Nomination of F Roy Yoke for tax post rejected
Washington December 20 Senate finance committee recommended rejecting F Roy Yoke of Morgantown West Virginia for internal revenue collector in West Virginia by seven to five vote. Rush Holt opposed citing Yoke remarks about Holt's father during World War I. Yoke has led WV office since October 1 and had broad ties in education groups.
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Washington
Senate Finance Committee
F. Roy Yoke
Morgantown
W. Va
Internal Revenue
West Virginia
Holt
Yoke
Senate
United States
Neely
Parkersburg
Walter Thurmond
Logan
Thurman
M. M. Neely
Rush Holt
Rush D. Holt
M. 8
Dr. Holt
West Virginia University Alumni ‘Association
Thurmond
Assault Hearing for John Poe This Afternoon
John Poe faces an assault charge for allegedly punching Fred Rose in a city beer garden at 2 35 Saturday afternoon. Poe will have a police court hearing before Mayor E Otto Waugh this afternoon after surrendering at city hall and being released on his own recognizance until the hearing.
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Fred Rose
John Poe
E. Otto Waugh
Poe
Rose
Japan Plans Continued From Page One
A consul at Tsingtao reported to Shanghai that last night was quiet with no looting or damage to American lives or property. No Japanese forces were seen, and damage was limited to burning mills. A Japanese spokesman claimed Chinese had destroyed all Japanese cotton mills in Tsingtao, though all Japanese had withdrawn with the pork near the crown.
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Tsingtao
Clarence E. Gauss
Shanghai
Kobin
Nanking
Nan‘king
Ludendorff Death Sparks Debate Over Burial Plans
Aged German field marshal Erich Ludendorff died amid debates over a state funeral. While a government spokesman said Ludendorff would receive the highest honors, his last will suggested no state or military ceremonies. He rose to fame as Hindenburg’s ally and war organizer, later alienated by his controversial activities.
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Ludendorff
Ludendorf
der Fuehrer
Reich
von Hindenburg
Germany
Hindenburg
Tannenberg
Erich Ludendorff
Sweden
Schwerzens
Poser
Ploen Gross Luchterfelde
39Th Regiment of Fusiliers
Duesseldorf
Strassburg
St of Liege
von Hindenburgh
Revolutionary Cotton Gin Invented by Planter
The article notes Frank H. Watson of Jonesboro as inventor of a new cotton gin seen as revolutionary. It claims the device gin s cotton without tearing lengths and improves cotton value, with a Bridgeport Connecticut image cited. The piece then shifts to a historical recount of Ludendorff’s postwar activities, trials, political stance, and 1869 birth, detailing his roles in Germany and public actions through 1924.
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Frank H. Watson
Jonesboro
Bridgeport
Japan Defense Mobilization and Panay Incident Details
Japan reports defense preparations in south China under Li Chi-Sen and Chang Fah-Kwei while disputing Panay attack details. A foreign office spokesman says Japan will answer a second American note before the original demands, noting confusion over who fired first and admitting a Japanese boat was near the Panay.
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South China
Li Chi-Sen
Kwangtung
Kwangsi
Chang Fah-Kwei
Chekiang
Fukien
Foreign Office
Japan
United States
Panay
Ludendorff dies as Hitler offers condolences and faith move gains
The obituary reports General Ludendorff's death and Hitler's condolences to his widow Mathilde. It notes Ludendorff's greeting of a new German faith movement and the sense that his final life battle was victory for that cause. Mathilde Ludendorff moved to the hospital with her husband.
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Hitler
Ludendorff
Mathilde
Fuehrer
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Pere Marquette
Detroit
Saginaw
Bay City
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Nous
Kapp
Berlin
Bavaria
Munich
Reichstag
Watson Cotton Gin
Reizo Mitsumami
Tokyo
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