Cabinet Make-Up Being Worked Out
President-elect Harding weighs cabinet options amid ongoing talks with leaders across society. Expected names include Hughes for secretary of state and Daw for treasury, Weeks navy, Hays postmaster general, Wallace agriculture, Hoover labor, Daugherty attorney general, with other contenders under review and decisions likely in weeks.
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Marion
Harding
Charles Be, Hughes
New York
Charles G. Daw
Illinois
Treasury
John W. Weeks
Massachusetts
Navy
Will H. Hays
Indiana
Interior
Henry Wallace
Iowa
Agriculture
Herbert Hoover
California
Morehan
A. T. Hert
Secretary of the Treasury
Joseph Dixon
Montana
Charles D. Hillies
Secretary of Commerce
The
A. T. Hart
Kentucky
Porter J. McCumber
North Dakota
League
Oscar Strous
Turkey
Tiant
United States
Masons Elect and Install Officers at Martford Lodge 674
Martford Lodge 674 F a M completed its annual session naming officers for the coming year. The finance committee report raised the secretary’s salary to 126 dollars, and 166 members all paid dues through January 1 1921, a record noted by Judge C M Crowe.
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J. W
J. C. Riley
A. B. Riley
J. D
C. M. Crowe
Uncle Sam Short to Ask for Credit
Washington reports outline a plan where the government would defer certain maturing obligations and renew debts to ease immediate pressure. The proposal, backed by House Ways and Means Chairman Fordney, aims to reduce taxes via the revenue bill and delay payment on war debts while funding interest and the sinking fund. Hearings on the revenue bill would pause after Christmas recess to focus on tariff changes, with social sessions and a broader program outlined for the Harding administration.
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H. B. Hunt
Washington
Sam
Pordney
House
Ways and Means Committee
Harding
Lost over-colored dog with white face and ears
Dog named Hobart or Horace, medium size, white face, yellow ears, taken from Hartford area home on a weekday. Reward offered for return to Dorman Hear, Hartford, R. 2. Contact finder with details.
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Hartford
Ellison Gets Death Penalty For Murder
Madisonville Kentucky December 31. Leo Billison was found guilty and sentenced to die in the electric chair at Eddyville penitentiary January 31. Troops of Kentucky National Guard guarded the Court House, with dense crowds kept out. The jury deliberated only five minutes after testimony. Commonwealth's Attorney urged the death penalty. officers described the sheriff's death during the attempted warrant service.
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Madisonville
Leo Billison
Richard Scott Hunter
Eddyville Penitentiary
Troop A
Kentucky National Guard
Grant Cranor
Hunter
Vinegar Hill
Ellison
Billson
Cranor
Commonwealth
Charles Ferguson
Carl Henderson
Lewis Nisbet
Tom Finley
Adjt
Jackson Morris
John KR. C. Norman
Robert Hunter
Providence
State Racing Commission
Court House
Berkeley Finds Lost $5 Bill Claims Rise to 236
Berkeley, December 26. A $5 bill advertised as found by the Berkeley Police Department yesterday drew 236 claimants in two days. Sergt. Charles Becker reported none could identify the bill to the owners' satisfaction. The bill remains unclaimed.
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Berkley
Calif
Berkeley
Charles Becker
Will Organize League at Methodist Church
Nest Sunday the first Sunday in the New Year will see a meeting at 6 PM in the Methodist Church to organize an Rpworth League. All young people not members of any other Hikena tum group are invited to attend and become charter members.
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Methodiat Qherch
Rpworth Leagus
Hikenatum
New Navy Ships Include Battle Cruisers And Aircraft Carrier Langley
Washington December 25. The navy plans 140 vessels under construction including battle cruisers light cruisers aircraft carriers and fleet submarines. Battle cruisers will reach 33 knots with eight 16 inch guns while light cruisers mount twelve 6 inch guns and run 33.7 knots. The aircraft carrier Langley will host around 15 planes with a flying deck 625 feet long and 56 feet above the water. Langley features cranes elevators catapults and smoke routing to avoid deck interference. Submarines exceed 300 feet in length with about 2000 tons displacement and 20 knot surface speed. Plans include three additional new types over next three years.
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Washington
Langley
Jupiter
General Board
Lee Mide
Deet
Tom Knote
Danivie
Tere
United States Navy
Long Redge
President Elect Becomes Scottish Rite Candidate
President elect Harding will join the Columbus Scottish Rite lodge January, becoming the sole candidate. The Columbus Chapter will confer degrees from the fourth to the thirty second, starting at noon and ending at 7:30 p.m. Garfield and McKinley were past members. In Ohio, the Ohio County Baptist Mission Board met in regular session with the smallest attendance in years due to bad weather. Only three ministers attended: Revs. Birch Shields, Russell Walker, and R. E. B. Fuqua, plus several named local men.
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Columbus
Harding
Garfield
McKinly
Columbus Lodge
Ohio County Baptist Mission Board
Birch Shields
Cromwell
Russell Walker
R. E B. Fuqua
Hartford
Messrs
W. J. Igreheart
Central Grove
J. M. Ross
Centertown
Alvin Ross
Walton's Creek
Wm. Fair Hartford
Two Day Tractor School For Farmers In Kentucky
A two day tractor school for Ohio County farmers will be held at Beaver Dam Kentucky on February 21 and 23. The program from the College of Agriculture University of Kentucky includes free lectures, laboratory work, and demonstrations on care operation and minor repairs of tractors. Earl G Welch directs with M L McCracken and local dealers assisting, and a booklet Helpful Hints To Tractor Owners will be given to participants.
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Ohio County
Beaver Dam
Farm Engineering Division
College of Agriculture
University of Kentucky
M. L. McCracken
Earl G. Welch
Welch
Joe Ellis Lodge officers elected for ensuing year
Joe Bilin Lodge No. 473 F and A M elected its officers for the new year in a session Monday. Rev R B Fuqua presided in the absence of Master, with W M Earl Norris and others named among the officers.
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Joe Bilin
R. B. Fuqua
Hartford
King
W. M. Earl Norris
Benjamin Sharp
J. L. Maasle
Lecy
G. H. Patton
Treas
California and Japan Near Pact on Land Rights
Washington reports indicate Japan may drop its opposition to California’s law barring aliens from owning real estate. Representative Kahn said Tokyo appeared to accept limits on Japanese land ownership while preserving equal treatment for other aliens. Talks involve Morris and California lawmakers as officials consider a treaty framework to govern Japanese civil rights in the United States.
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Washington
Kahn
California
Roland B. Morris
Tokilo
Kalin
House
United States
Kohn
Calislaw
Congress
America
Morris I
State Department
Senator Johnson
Foreign Relations Committee
Pacific Coast States
Johnson
House Immigration Committee
Christmas Tree at Shilo Church Dedication
On Friday night December 24 at Shilo Church a Christmas Tree event by the New Oklahoma Schoolhouse faculty and pupils, with patrons, proved a success. The tree was well decorated, the entertainment fine, and Santa Claus distributed presents to children and adults alike. The program brought cheer and is remembered by attendees with plans for another event next year.
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New Oklahoma
Chillrd Park
Shilo Church
Santa Claus
Duarte
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Altho Be
McCumber Walthy
Natons
Senate Finance Committee
McCumber
Iitte
Masons
Uncle Sam Short
Hopkins County
Baptist Mission Board
Joe Ellis Lodge
Doorn
Holland
House of
Count von Huntinck
Frederick Wim
Japan
Xmas
Shilo
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