Tech to Battle for Greatest of Gridiron Honors
Harrisburg hosts the first championship clash for high school gridiron supremacy as Tech meets Portland Maine at Island Park. Coaches from Penn and Lehigh attend, with scouts from smaller colleges and a large local turnout expected for a dry field and a 2.20 kickoff.
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Maine
Harrisburg
East
Tor Harrisburg
Word Painters
Philadelphia
Pittsburgh
New York
Island Park
Technical High School
New England
Tech
Scott High
Toledo
Erie
Masten Park
Buffalo
Bagatelle
Manchester
New Hampshire
Waltham
Mass
Fred Ostergren
Holy Cross
Southern Maine
Reading
Lancaster
Lepanon
York
Williamsport
Altoona
Sons of
Harris
Bolton House
Central
Edison
Camp Curtin
Glenn Warner
Pitt
Tom Keady
Lehigh
Bill” Hollenbach
Penn
Wilsbach
Taggart
Rochester
Okeson
Hitchler
West Virginia
United States
Hoffsommer
Harry Ellinger
Central Tech
Carl Beck
Lingle
Garrett
Fepione
Portland Malich
1.C. O*hara
le. Arnold
R.t. Gibbon
St. Comfort
R.g. Finks
le. Smith
C. Rieche
President to Meet Senate on Mexican Status After Cabinet Meeting
President Wilson will confer with Senators Fall and Hitchcock at the White House to discuss Mexican policy and possible severance of relations. The committee seeks the President's views, with Cabinet discussions and State Department negotiations ongoing.
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Associated Press
Washington
Wilson
Senators Fall
New Mexico
Hitchcock
Nebraska
Fall
Senate
United States
Hix
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Congress
Mexico
White House
Tumulty
Lansing
Foreign Relations Committee
Grayson
Fletcher
Jenkins
State Department
Carranza
Plants face closure as Harrisburg fuel runs dry
Harrisburg area plants report dwindling coal and oil reserves with few awaiting relief. The Harrisburg Pipe and Pipe Bending Company warns it could close within days without supplies, while Central Iron and Steel and others face similar futures. Harrisburg Light and Power has not yet restricted fuel use.
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Harrisburg
Steelton
Bethlehem Steel Company
Harrisburg Pipe and Pipe Bending Company
David K. Tracy
Central Iron and Steel Company
Harrisburg Light and Power Company
Imer
Dempsey Under Contract to Fight Carpentier in New Orleans
New Orleans December 5 Associated Press reports heavyweight champion Jack Dempsey is under contract to face the winner of Beckett Carpentier in New Orleans Dominick J Tertorich promoter says Naterews of Chicago will sign Carpentier in London to become Europe’s new heavyweight champion. He expects Dempsey to honor his agreement and notes Çable to Carpentier will pay ten percent of his guarantee upon signing.
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Associated Press
New Orleans
Jack Dempsey
Dominick J. Tertorich
Naterews
Chicago
London
Carpentier
Europe
Dempsey
Tertorich
American Ambassador Describes Graphic Mexican Conditions
The American ambassador to Mexico told a Senate committee a graphic account of conditions across the Rio Grande. Mr. Fletcher hails from Cumberland Valley and has wide acquaintance in Central Pennsylvania.
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Mexico
Senate
Rio Grande
Fletcher
Cumberland Valley
Pennsylvania
Flying Parson Flies From New York to Georgia on Mission
Lieutenant Belvin W. Maynard the flying parson left Mitchell Field at 10:11 AM in the De Haviland craft bound for Savannah Georgia to address the Southern Commercial Congress He is accompanied by Mechanician Sergeant W E Kline of Steelton Pa Maynard will stop in Washington on the way and plans to return by December 11 before starting a one stop cross country flight to San Diego California
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Mineola
N. Y
Belvin W. Maynard
Mitchell Field
Savannah
Southern Commercial Congress
de Havilard
W. E. Kline
Steelton
Maynard
Washington
San Diego
Cal
Tuberculosis Fight Urged by County Doctors
County medical inspector Dr. C R Phillips and city health officer Dr J M J Raunick urge intensified antituberculosis work in Dauphin County. They credit the Anti Tuberculosis Society with progress and say 1920 plans rely on Red Cross Christmas seal funds to support case finding education and preventive measures.
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C. R. Phillips
J. M. J. Raunick
Dauphin County
Red Cross
Phillips
Steelton
Mighshire
Middletown
Union Miners Express Desire to Go Back
Reports from the Pittsburgh district say many coal miners on strike since November 1 want to return to work. Operators are optimistic while union leaders claim the district remains 100 percent idle. Some operators anticipate mines reopening soon and expect today’s reports to show some mines are working.
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Pittsburgh
U S prepares for miners and operators case
Indianapolis December 5 government agencies continue gathering evidence of alleged collusion between coal miners and operators to limit production. A special grand jury session is called and a nationwide inquiry is planned. District Attorney L E Stuck and Dan W Simms say operators aid the strike and form a combination violating the Lever Fuel Control Act and anti trust laws.
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Associated Press
Indianapolis
Federal Grand Jury
Grand Jury
U.S
A. BR. Anderson
United States
L. Ert Stuck
Dan W. Simms
Coal Strike Tightens Restrictions as Miners Stand Firm
Governors of at least ten states push for enough coal to serve domestic and essential industries while miners resist a 14 percent wage offer. Rail service cuts aim to save coal, with Chicago adopting a 6 1 2 hour work schedule and Missouri Arkansas moving to state operations to seize mines. Ohio prepares for talks as a ten day expansion could put 780,000 Ohioans at risk of job loss.
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Associatid Press
Chicago
New York City
Sierra Nevada Mountains
Southwest
Northwest
Central Western
Southwestern
Northwestern
Kansas City
Oklahoma
Kansas
Missouri
Arkansas
Oh4to
Ohio
Allies Threaten Troop Occupation of Essen and Frankfurt
London reports a persistent stock market rumor that the Supreme Council threatened to occupy Essen and Frankfurt if Germany balks at final peace terms. Paris says the council discussed a note on signatures to the treaty protocol but did not finish it.
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Essen
Germany
London
Stock Exchange
Supreme Council of the Peace Conference
Frankfort
Paris
Weather outlook for Saturday in Eastern Pennsylvania
Saturday brings a slightly cooler spell with night temperatures around 26 degrees. Forecasters expect tributaries to fall slowly as stages remain near 4.9 feet in Harrisburg Saturday morning.
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Pennsylvania
Harrisburg
Telegraph Hit By Paper Shortage
The Harrisburg Telegraph was forced to drop four full pages of advertising due to a November paper print shortage. Mills and railroads failed to deliver seven carloads, with mills at full capacity and railroads unable to handle the demand.
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Harrisburg Telegraph
Service Men Host First Annual American Legion Smoker
Hundreds of service men attended the first annual smoker of Most 27 American Legion in Chestnut Street Hall. Dr. Lewis Seymour Mudge gave the invocation and Captain Henry M. Stine served as presiding officer. E. J. Stackpole, Chamber of Commerce president, pledged support for legion projects in Harrisburg.
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American Legion
Chestnut Street Hall
Lewis Seymour Mudge
Pine Street Presbyterian Church
B. J. Stackpole
Henry M. Stine
Stine
E. J. Stackpole
Chamber of Commerce
Harrisburg
Franklin D'Olier
Bolshevik Forces Advance on Denikin Front Capture Towns
Bolshevik forces push along the Denikin front seizing Koselitz Rammy and Boremein as fierce fighting continues for Dielgorod. Eastern front report claims Kainsk, 160 miles east of Omsk, fell on December 1 with many prisoners taken.
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Associated Press
London
Denikine
Koseletz
Rammy
Boremein
Dielgorod
Kainsk
Omsk
Split Forecast in Lutheran Body Over Secret Orders
Rev Reinhold Schmidt testifies in equity suit over church property as he warns a fight looms if the United Lutheran Church prohibits pastors from joining secret societies. He cites a potential break by Holy Communion Church and a wider split if constitutions differ from the General Church.
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Reinhold Schmidt
United Lutheran Church In America
Holy Communion Lutheran Church
United Organization
St. Michael’s German Lutheran Church
Schmidt
Congregation of the Holy Communion Church
United Lutheran Church
Congregation of the
Holy Communion Church
Mobilize Three Classes Reported in Czechoslovakia Crisis
Copenhagen December 5 dispatches say the Czechoslovakian government orders the mobilization of three military classes. A Prague report adds that 21 divisions of Czechoslovaks are advancing toward the Hungarian frontier.
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Associated Press
Copenhagen
Vienna
National Tidenle
Prague
Donora arrests involve ing steel workers today
In Donora Pennsylvania several ing steel workers were arrested today in what authorities described as a local disturbance. Details remain sparse as the incident is under investigation by municipal and state law enforcement.
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Ing Steel
Donora, Pa
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