Arizona and New Mexico News Roundup
W. H. Goddard head of the Tonton forest dies in Globe Hospital. Arizona contractors form state chapter of the General Contractors association at Phoenix banquet. Three Mexicans escape from Willcox jail using a saw. McKinley Land and Lumber foreman L B Eason smothered in a cave-in at Albuquerque. Silver City National Bank vault nearing completion. J G Scrugham to speak at Prosperity Convention in Phoenix December 18 19. Youngsberg Arizona to host a 500 ton mill by Young Mines Company. Phelps Dodge seeks 100 to 150 more workers for Morenci. A school teaches new mining methods to green miners. Estancia teen Henry Williams Jr fatal self inflicted wound. Geologists active in Eastern New Mexico La Lande McGill Company to drill test well. Elephant Butte reservoir water lower but enough for irrigation two years. Clovis curfew in effect as youths rounded up. Bar exam passes in Arizona Capitol Senate chamber with 17 applicants, 14 pass. New bar members listed from Phoenix Prescott Yuma and other towns. Over 2 000 cattle shipped from Magdalen NM to Old Mexico. 6 000 expected next year. Portales cotton gin yields 200 bales, season expected 600. Hope NM bank reorganized after looting. creditors to receive about 65 percent. Globe narcotic sting arrests eight Chinese and seizes opium valued at 3.
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W. H. Goddard
Tonton National Forest
Globe
Phoenix
Arizona
Association of General Contractors of America
Willcox
L. B. Eason
McKinley Land and Lumber Company
Albuquerque
J. G. Scrugham
Nevada
West
Arizona Industrial Congress
Young Mines Company
Youngsberg
Ariz
George A. Young
Phelps-Dodge Corporation
Morenel (Ariz
J. P. Hodgson
Henry Williams, Jr
Estancia
N. di
New Mexico
la Lande
McGill Ol Company
McGill
Elephant Butte
Clovis
N. M
Senate
Capitol
Arizona Supreme Court
Selim Franklin
Tucson
State Board of Examiners
H. D. Ross
Supreme Court
Franklin
W. Densell Campbell
Wesley F. Duaines
Harry J. Howard
Magdalen
Old Mexico
Portales
Hope
Allies Demand Passage Through Black Sea Straits
Lausanne report notes American insistence on freedom of the straits for warships to pass to and from the Black Sea as part of Near Eastern conference discussions. Allied plans call for demilitarization of the straits zone and an international commission to ensure freedom, while Russia criticizes the proposals as jeopardizing naval disarmament efforts.
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Lausanne
Black Sea
Entente Nations 4
Richard Washburn Child
United States
America
Straits
George Tehitcherin
Ismet Pasha
Turkey
Dardanelles
Russia
M. Tchitcherin
Tchitcherin
Washington
M. Tehitcherin
Prussia
Eight Hurt in Train Wreck Near Spencer West Virginia
The Rev. D. L. Blakemore of Washington DC and seven other passengers were injured when Baltimore and Ohio train No. 65 traveling from Ravenswood to Spencer wrecked one mile east of Ready near Spencer.
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Spencer
W. Va
D. L. Blakemore
Washington, D.C
Baltimore & Ohio
Ravenswood
Ready
Here
Clara Phillips Escapes Los Angeles Jail in Mysterious Plot
Mrs. Clara Phillips, serving ten years to life for the murder of Mrs. Albert Meadows, slipped from Los Angeles County Jail with outside assistance. The escape, well planned, remained undetected for over six hours as she fled in an automobile with several unidentified accomplices.
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Los Angeles
Clara Phillips
Lfe
State Penitentiary
Albert Meadows
Clemenceau Visits Wilson in cordial wartime reunion
America's wartime president and France's premier met at the Wilson home on S Street for about 15 minutes in a friendly exchange recalling Paris days and discussing the past and present. In Pomeroy Ohio an elderly woman Susan Kraus 3 years old was found guilty of uttering and publishing a forged check and faces further indictments in a broad swindle case.
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Clemenceau
Wilson
Washington
America
France
Versailles
S Street
M. Clemenceau
Paris
Pomeroy
Ohio
Susan Kraus
Kraus
Bills Propose Farm Loan Department in Senate and House
Senate and House introduce bills by Senator Lenroot of Wisconsin and Representative Anderson of Minnesota to create a farm credits department within the present loan system. The measures would provide 60 million dollars for farm loans, divided equally among twelve farm loan banks.
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Washington
Senate
House
Lenroot
Wisconsin
Anderson
Minnesota
Capitulations clash tests in Lausanne talks
Negotiations at Lausanne face danger over capitulations and foreign privileges in Turkey. Turkish plenipotentiaries Ismet Pasha and Dr. Riza Nur resist retaining foreign tribunals and demand full administrative independence. Japan backs European powers, while Turkey presses for exclusive control of straits and exclusion of foreign warships under Angora rule.
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Lausanne
Turkey
United States
Ismet Pasha
Riza Nur
Angora
Greece
Mexico
Riza
Sapceenes
Japan
New York
Tebiteterin
Ismet
Navy approves ZSt-1 airship design at Lakehurst
Approval of all elements of design and construction of airship ZSt-1 for navy use has been given by engineers and experts appointed by the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics. Tests were made at the Navy Department’s request, with assembly expected to finish in about seven months at Lakehurst New Jersey.
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Naval Aircraft
Washington
Lakehurst
N. J
Navy
National Advisory Committee For Aeronautics
Navy Department
Soviet claims 5000 steel workers to be recruited
In Youngstown Ohio the Soviet government aims to recruit 5000 steel workers this month. P S Calvert president of the Kuzbas industrial colony says the drive seeks puddlers machinists rollers and mill hands.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Youngstown
Ohio
Russia
P. S. Calvert
Kuzbasndustrial Colony
Prohibition Measure Lets Low Alcohol Beverages Sale
Washington report notes Representative O'Brien of New Jersey introduced a dry modification bill to legalize beer under 7 percent alcohol by volume and other drinks under 15 percent while banning saloons.
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Washington
O'Brien
New Jersey
Law to Protect President Passed by Senate
Washington aims to shield the President and his family by a Department of Justice bill that bans mailing threatening letters with penalties including fines and prison terms. The measure was approved by the Senate and sent to the House for action.
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Washington
Department of Justice
Senate
House
Cooperatistas Sweep Mexico City Elections in Peaceful Vote
In Mexico City and suburbs a calm city election produced an apparently decisive victory for the Cooperatistas, who secured all offices and extended their hold on power despite an unusually tight vote.
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Cooperatistas
Mexico
Mexico City
Wallace urges aid to farmers in annual report
Secretary Wallace told President Harding and Congress that American farmers, about one third of the population, face a serious price distortion disadvantage despite hard work and large production this year, urging government aid to farmers in the annual report.
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Wallace
Washington
Department of Agriculture
Harding
Congress
Taft Named as Witness in Daugherty Impeachment Charge
Washington Chief Justice Taft was named as a witness by Representative Keller to support impeachment of Attorney General Daugherty. Keller stated Taft would testify regarding Daugherty's appointment of untrustworthy and dangerous men to high office.
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Taft
Washington
House Junctary Committee
Kelier
Minnesota
Daugherty
Keller
Post office costs show deficit despite gains in receipts
Postmaster General Hubert Work reports a year of improved efficiency at the U S postal service with a $20 5 million drop in the annual deficit as mail volume grows and costs rise but the overall deficit remains large and a policy of owning post offices is urged for economy and better service. The report notes 799 first class and 2 778 second class offices with rural delivery boosting fourth class offices by 212.
Detroit Seeks 20 Prohibition Agents for Bootleggers
James R. Davis, federal prohibition director for Michigan, forwarded a request to Washington for twenty additional agents to Detroit to curb fashionable bootleggers during the Christmas trade. Information indicates bootleggers plan to dispose of a large stock of liquor this holiday season.
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Detroit
Washington
James R. Davis
Michigan
Davis
Greeks Deny Revolt Reports in Western Greece
A semi official denial reports no counter revolutionary outbreak in Patras Missolonghi and Corfu and states public order is nowhere disturbed.
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Athens
Patras
Missolonghi
Greece
Corfu
Geneva Protocols Ratified for Austrian Aid
Vienna reports the national counsel has definitively ratified the Geneva protocols. They relate to foreign aid programs for the rehabilitation of Austria, marking an official commitment to humanitarian support and reconstruction efforts.
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Vienna
Austria
Challenges Governor to Debate Klan Lecturer
Kansas City reports that Dr. John Freeman Craig of Atlanta claims Klan accreditation and challenged Gov. Henry J. Allen to a joint Klan debate. The item notes his assertion and the public challenge without additional context.
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Kansas City
John Freeman Craig
Atlanta
Henry J. Allen
Kansas
Progressive bloc seeks constitutional change to abolish electoral college
Washington reports the Progressive faction in Congress, led by Senator Norris, pushed a constitutional amendment for direct presidential election and abolition of the electoral college, plus a January inauguration and new congressional start date. White House opposes rapid constitutional change, arguing the current design cools passions and preserves stability.
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Washington
New
Progressive Bloc
Congress
White House
Norris
Nebraska
Bloc
Senate Agriculture Committee
Harding
Senate
Wns
House
Sion
Fascisti Justice In Italy To Send Culprits To Hospitals
In Allessandria province secretary Dr. P mande Sala announced a new Fascisti system where criminals are clubbed and sent to hospitals instead of prison. He warned malefactors that the regime will administer justice under its own laws, with guilty parties placed in hospitals after being beaten.
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Rome
Allessandria
Pamindo Sala
Doctor Ordered Woman Obeyed in Domestic Advice
A Chicago woman with three children praises Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound after following a doctor’s orders. The ad extols the tonic’s success for nervous and run down women, urging trials for ailments of women. Separate scene shows two children playing, a boy and a girl negotiating who leads in a navy game.
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Comdia E. Pinkham
Lydis E. Pinkham
Adrith Tomshe Ge
Tomsheck
Lydia E. Pinkham
Diamond Dyes Promise Easy Home Dyeing For All Garments
An advertisement touts Diamond Dyes as simple for dyeing fabrics from skirts to draperies and guarantees against running or fading. The copy notes to indicate fabric type before dyeing and claims dramatic, foolproof results for wool, silk, linen, cotton, and blends. A humorous dialogue imagines a worried wife discussing her husband’s ailment and domestic mishaps.
Impossible Faith in a Dictionary's Musical Items
A puzzled college student questions how one can trust a dictionary that lists a saxophone as a musical instrument. He muses that ignorance can be remedied, but excessive knowledge leaves little hope.
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U. S
Straits OF Black Sea
Dellora Angell
John W. Gates
Lester Norris
Cal Norris
St. Charlies, i
Miss Angell
U.S. Plans Ownership
Hubert Work
Post Office Department
Hamburg
M. Pointcare
Germany
Reichsbank
Allied Control Organization
Berin
Munich
National Socialists
Ruhr
Adolph Hitler
Mussolini
Berlin
Boersen Zeitung
Rhine
Aguila Oil Company
Izchatlan
Puerto Mexico
Vera Cruz
H. K. Wereker
Aguila
Tlacolula
Minneapolis
George S. Grimes
Northwestern Telephone Exchange Company
Edmonton
Alberta
United Mine Workers of America
W. A. Sherman
Electoral College
Tay
Wens
Las
Alrkes
Mosul
Mesopotamia
India
Comitan
Chiapas
Interior
Lydia E.pinkham
Harold
El-Ans
THE
Lathrop
Haarlem
Holland
Mrs. Smith
Tommy
Mr. Smith
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