Mellon Demands Absolute Power on Allied Loans
Secretary Mellon fights to secure unlimited authority to negotiate and settle war debt refunds for Allied nations. He rejects limits and resists delaying the bill, though some lawmakers seek to curb his powers. The Ways and Means Committee plans to act soon after Friday’s testimony.
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Mellon
W. R. Harris
Washington
Treasury
Senate
House
United States
Representative Frear
Wisconsin
House Ways and Means Committee
Frear
Fordney
Wilson
Pickford Warned to Take Long Rest from Acting
Paris dispatch reports silent film star Mary Pickford suffering a nervous breakdown. Specialists urge at least a one month rest to preserve her ability to act, citing screen itis from long hours and anxiety over aging. Dr Warden notes similar malady among stars away from studios and work demands. Pickford to rest in South France while confined to bed at the Critton.
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C. F. Bertelli
Special Cable Dispatch
Paris
Mary Pickford
Warden
Olive Thomas
Jack Pickford
Mary
Worden
Mary Will Lakely
France
Critton
Dominguez quits Arbuckle case over money
In San Francisco on October 7, special report says Frank Dominguez a leading Los Angeles lawyer quit as chief counsel for Roscoe Fatty Arbuckle over a claimed $60 000 retainer while Arbuckle reportedly would have paid $6 000 more. The report notes Dominguez quit due to other business and cites missing state witness Jack Lawrence and a Volstead act warrant.
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San Francisco
Frank Dominguez
Los Angeles
Roscoe
Fatty” Arbuckle
Virginia Rappe
Domingues
Arbuckle
Jack Lawrence
Australia
Lawrence
United States
Thuraday
Fragmentary Kanous City Star OCR Note
Odd clipped text from the Kanous City Star references a bee fraction and a joke about an American comment by Jowel. The passage is garbled with unrelated phrases and names, offering no clear event or report to summarize.
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Kanous
Jowel
Babe Ruth exclusive inside stuff on the world series
Ring Lardner reports Babe Ruth writes daily articles on the World Series with inside details. He describes signals, base running, and a book titled The Home Run King while noting Yankee and Giants action and the betting mood in New York.
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New York
Giants
Lardner
Swenson Named Envoy to Norway by President Harding
President Harding on Thursday nominated Laurits A. Swenson of Minnesota to be minister to Norway. Swenson previously served as minister to Denmark, Switzerland and Norway from 1897 to 1913. The Senate was also sent Sawyer A. Smith of Kentucky for U S attorney for the eastern district, Kentucky. Brig Gen Charles J. Slew and Samuel D. Sturgis were nominated major generals.
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Washington
Senate
Sawyer A. Smith
Kentucky
United States Attorney
Easternstrict
Charles J. 4.Slew
Samuel D. Sturgis
Bishop Mitchell to speak at Huron Methodist meet
Charles Bayard Mitchell of St. Paul will delivers the address A Man's Man at the South Dakota Methodist Episcopal conference in Huron Friday night. M. E. B. Davis of Chicago outlined efforts for the aged and children in Methodist hospitals at the conference Thursday. Mrs M E Platt of California addressed the women's missionary society in the afternoon.
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Huron
Charles Bayard Mitchell
St. Paul
Minn
South Dakota
Hines to Command Eighth Army Corps
Secretary of War Weeks announced Maj. Gen. John N. Hines now commanding Camp Travis Texas will lead the Eighth Army Corps area at San Antonio Texas. He succeeds Maj. Gen. Joseph T. Diekman who retired Thursday. The Russian exchange rate shows $1 equal to 0 rubles and 0 kopeks with 221,000 rubles for the pound.
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Washington
Oct. T
John N. Hines
Camp Travin
Tex
San Antonio
Joseph T. Diekman
White Sox beat Cubs in city series game two
Chicago reports the White Sox defeated the Cubs 6 to 2 in the city series. Strunk and Hooper drove the decisive hits in a seventh inning burst. Cubs starter Martin was pulled after the big inning and Faber left with an injury while McWeeney finished.
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Chicago
White Sox
Chicago Cubs
Cubs
Sox
Comiskey
Strunk
Faber
Johnson
Hooper
Collins
Martin
Kullier
Red” Faber
McWeeney
Rhe White
obAsakeasdanaecs
Millifer
Albion Fire Destroys Half Block Of Shops
The Albion Neb fire burned four business houses, forming half a city block, with contents and four cars destroyed. A garbled line mentions July dates and a nationwide telephone increase, but core fact remains a devastating local blaze.
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Albion
Neb
Det
Pire
Bix
Arrests Follow Grand Jury Work in Omaha
In Omaha on October 6, M. B. and W. Shafer of the Shafer Novelty Printing & Engraving Co surrendered to Sheriff Clark after indictments by a special grand jury probing last year’s business irregularities. They face conspiracy with intent to embezzle as the company, valued at $500,000, is in receivership. Samuel H. Grace, a noted labor leader, was later arrested on charges of misappropriating a $20,000 cash certificate belonging to a railway union he represents.
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Omaha
Neb
M. B
W. Shafer
Shafer Novelty Printing & Engraving Company
Clark
Shafer Company
Maide
Samuel H. Grace
Alliance Man Killed In Western Alliance Auto Crash
Arthur Jones a 36 year old well driller from near Berea was killed Saturday night in Alliance when struck from behind by a speeding car while securing a load on his Ford truck. A large search by deputies and volunteers continues as county officials consider a reward of 500 dollars. The body is in the care of the local Odd Fellows and will likely be sent to Waco Nebraska.
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Alliance
Neb
Arthur Jones
Simita
Jones
Berea
Miller
Box Butte County
Waco
Vice Raids End in Large Omaha Arrests
Omaha Neb October 5 police raided the city in a Sunday night operation led by Chief Dempsey. More than 250 men and women were arrested and several auto loads of home brew and liquor confiscated, marking the biggest single night for the department and pushing weekly arrests toward the 1000 mark.
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Omaha
Neb
Dempsey
Husband She Thought Dead Gets Divorce
Cameron D. McClelland’s petition for permanent divorce decrees in the supreme court shows no wife had married George T. Grauham of Oshkosh after learning McClelland had ended his life. The wife was McClelland’s key witness believing he had killed himself, yet she faced divorce proceedings when husband No. 1 was found alive. A 11 month old baby is the tragic victim of the affair.
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Cameron D. McClelland
Supreme Court
George T. Grauham
Oshkosh
Wis
McClelland
Public debt rises in September to 23.02 billion dollars
The treasury reports September 30 public debt at 23,024,105,000. The total outstanding debt falls 969,248,000 from September 30, 1920, and remains 2.67 billion below the August 1, 1919 high of 26.51 billion.
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Washington
Treasury Onesight
Boy Held to Tell of Death of His Brother
Hugh Buffington, 10, questioned by police in Chicago over the death of his 14 year old brother Samuel found with a noose in a clothes closet. Police pursue theory Samuel died while experimenting with knots. The mother, Mea Pinkham, believes her son was murdered.
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United Press
Chicago
Hugh Buffington
Samuel
Charles F. Pinkham
Beeves
Albania in 1916 A Forsaken Land Amid War Skirmishes
A National Geographic bulletin notes Albania’s unsettled, wartime status with Greek incursions in northern Epirus and Serbian attacks along the Drin. It recalls Koritza’s brief Republic in 1916 under French protection, describes southern towns, sparse comforts, and harsh, primitive life behind stone walls and walled villages.
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Albania
National Geographic Society
Epirus
Drin
France
Italy
Korltza
Greece
Durazzo
d'Annunaio
Koritza
Europe
Edward Gibbon
America
Balkans
England
United States
Albany
N. Y
Pew
George P. Scriven
U.S. A
Arjirokas
Villace
Premiati
Viowa
Koritna
Viulona
Khan
Ball Howe
China
Tibet
Dad
Chaplin to London as Paris visits fuel tabloids
Charlies Chaplin plans London luncheon with Chaplin the Russian bass and Sir Philip Bassoon while continuing his European tour. Reports from Los Angeles link his abrupt European halt to sentiment toward him there.
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Pavls
Chariie Chaplin
London
Lunc
Chaliahin
Basso
Philip Bassoon
New York
Southampton
Charlie
Paris
Elsie de Wolf
Versailles
Lloyd George
Los Angeles
Lenroot Attacks Smoots Tax Bill
Senator Lavroot of Wisconsin attacked the Smoot manufactured sales tax Thursday in the Senate saying it ignores ability to pay and would be hard to administer. He warned the 3 percent levy could not be passed to consumers and would worsen burdens on manufacturers operating without profit to provide jobs.
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Ator Lavroot
Wisconsin
Senate
Sai Berator
Lancot
Iowa Lad Killed Attempting to Board Freight Train
A Hawkeye area youth about 20 died Thursday in Ravenna Nebraska while attempting to board a Burlington freight train. The tragedy stemmed from a risky act near Ottumwa and was reported in local papers as a fatal accident with early details.
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Iowa
Ravenna
Neb
Craft
North Hanover Street
Ottumwa
Burlington
Eotate
Laune
Yankees Triumph as Hoyt Rises from Boyhood Dream
A 1921 World Series game features Waite Hoyt pitching a one hit shutout against the New York Giants while Babe Ruth drives in runs and steals bases. The article traces Hoyt’s Brooklyn upbringing at Erasmus High School, his early pitching success, and his path from local teams to the majors via John McGraw and Jack Dunn, highlighting the hero’s journey from schoolboy dream to Yankee ace.
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Damon Runyon
Vole Inocu
Seow Werk
America
Commercial Street
Hoyt
Waite Hoyt
Brooklyn Ad
Polo Grounds
Yankees
New York Giants
Horatio Alger
Oliver Optic
Father
Ble
Manhattan Inland
Arthur Nehf
Giants
McGraw
Balla
Nehf
Long Bett Mengel
Ruth
Mike McNally
Bob Meusel
Whispering Smith
Babe Ruth
Ead
Waite
Brooklyn
Erasmus High School
Flatbush
Church Avenues
Familtes
Pele Jiea
John J. Me-Graw
Methin
Crow
McGrow
Rochester
Ship Yards
Baltimore
Jack Dunn
Oriole
Sage
Aome Dow
Dunn
Southern Association
Memphis Niles
Photographer Admits Setting Studio Fire in Lincoln
Lincoln detective Capelli reports photographer Franc G Hartman admitted starting a blaze at a Nelson photographed gallery in the City Hotel building. Deputy marshal Harry Vlaser returned with the confession and Hartman remains jailed pending trial as firefighters saved the stock and equipment.
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Lincoln
Neb
T .Capelli
Harry Vlaser
Miar Shal
Nelson
Franc G. Hartman
City Hotel
Vicious Suggestion From the Brooklya Basie
A garbled note argues for cheaper books and broader access while pressing the Senate to drop the new tariff tied to Kean. It hints at Paderewells report and California home Ward Wickes with unclear context and names.
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Brooklya Basie
America
Werplie AP
Ordney
Senate
Jwevinien li
Kean
Paderewells
Mtbring
Calfironia
Ward Wickes
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International Harvester Company
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Ring Lardner
Hell Syndicate
the Tribune
Babe
McNally
Mike
Bobe
Ward
Schang
Rawlings
Mensger
Bob
Bancroft
Frisch
Peeck
Peck
Meusel
Dob
Yanks
George Morarity
Nehl
George
Beezer
Cincinnati
Ross Young
Othar Meusel
Bill Lange
Irvin Cobb
Capt. Peckinpaugh
Roger
Snyder
Smith
Swenson
Norway
Harding
Minnesota
Bishop Mitchell
Windy City
New York Herald
Teim
Koepnick
Germany
Blanche Graham
Alaskan
Louis Bakimo
Alaska
Polar Bear
Cupid
California
Chaplin
Franny Fellow
Alexander of
Jugo-Slavia
Belgrade
New York Sun
Nnally
Mead
Brom
Johnny
Lenroot
Smoot
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Alexander Hof Tuasla
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