Tennessee Eastman authorized for 2.5 million capital stock
The Tennessee Eastman Corporation has had capital stock increased to 2.5 million dollars, authorized but not issued. General manager P. S. Wilcox said the change signals potential future development, with housing plans ready to proceed if contracts are favorable. The Kingsport plant now employs about 225 people and produces wood alcohol acetone wood oils and related products.
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Tennessee Eastman Corporation
P. S. Wilcox
Kingsport
Wilcox
Robbing Trains Seen as Dangerous and Unremunerative
Kansas City post office inspector Joe P Johnston says government train robberies are not lucrative and risky. Marines guard valuable mail with strict access rules and armed guards deter theft. Bandits face swift punishment, with few getting rich and many meeting jail or death.
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Associated Press
Kansas City
Joe P. Johnston
Johnston
Mr. Johnson
Denby
Peculiar Old Customs Revived in England
In England a strange rent in kind is paid for land once hosting a forge. Two bundles of fagots a hatchet a billhook six horseshoes and sixty one horseshoe nails are handed to King George V’s agent in the Strand and in Shropshire. The Ring Remembrancer accepts the yearly rent dating back to a 1235 tournament when a smith earned the right to a forge on the field.
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Associated Press
London
England
George V
Strand
Shropshire
Wages of Russians Puzzle Despite Government Pay
Moscow reports a perplexing wage landscape where government pay averages about 50,000 rubles monthly, roughly 50 cents, with many workers holding multiple government jobs and receiving in kind rations. Workers also obtain theater tickets and free transport, while sought goods are often exhausted, prompting ration-based income strategies.
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Moscow
American Relief Administration
Associated Press
Soviet Officials Call on Kerensky in Moscow Talks
Riga reports suggest Bolshevik and Social Revolutionary envoys explored Kerensky party joining the Moscow government and even a foreign minister post. Kerensky denies any negotiations, calling rumors foolish and criminal as he cites the collapse of Bolshevism.
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Riga
Latvia
Kerensky
Russian Social Revolutionary Party
Moscow
M. Tchernoff
Reval
Maxim Litvinoff
Russia
Prague
Czecho-Slovakia
Social Revolutionaries
M. Kerensky
Social Revolutionary Party
Bolsheviks
Invitation of Mexico Accepted by Powers
Mexico City report in El Democrata says Spain France Holland Great Britain and Italy accepted Mexico's invitation to appoint members of a mixed claims commission. Delegations expected to arrive in Mexico City early December to begin deliberations.
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Associated Press
Mexico City
Spain
France
Holland
Great Britain
Italy
Mexico
Mixed Claims Commission
el Democrata
Paris Theater Families Run Plays Amid Management Talks
The practice of families managing and producing plays in Paris theaters draws attention in theatrical circles. Jean Richepin and his son have jointly applied for the Odeon's management after its recent change in ownership.
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Associated Press
Paris
Jean Richepin
The
Academy
Odeon
hundred Russian orphans sail for Buenos Aires
Paris reports one hundred orphans aged eight to twelve from Ukraine and Galicia are en route to Buenos Aires for adoption by Argentine families. They endured four offensives and revolutions, witnessed death and destruction, then joyfully discovered a football for the first time at a Paris asylum.
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Paris
Buenos Aires
Ukrainia
Galicia
Europe
National League of Women Voters Institutes in Chicago
The National League of Women Voters plans its first efficiency in government institute in Chicago December 1 to 3. Miss Belle Sherwin leads the program to educate women about the voting system and how government operates under party influence, aiming to raise political sophistication and participation.
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Associated Press
Chicago
National League of Women Voters
Belle Sherwin
Cleveland
League
Riots In Vienna Target Foreign Guests And Hotels
Widespread Thursday riots in Vienna attacked American guests in hotels including the New Bristol and Old Bristol looting clothing and jewels and wrecking the Hotel Imperial. Police expressed fatigue and restraint while workers gathered in the Ring to discuss protection as shops and cafes were looted amid economic unrest.
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Associated Press
Vienna
Hand
United States Army
Miller
Bristol
Hotel Imperial
Moros Plot to Hoist Turkish Flag in Lanao
A Manila dispatch reports a communication from the Sultan of Ramain and 25 sultans with 241 dattos and others alleging a Moro plot in Lanao to drive out Americans and Christian Filipinos and raise a Turkish flag. They accuse older dattos of opposing compulsory public schooling for girls and hindered progress in the province.
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Manila
P. I
Lanao
Mindanao
Alaoya Alonzo
Ramain
Dattos
Arkansas Governor Declines Governors Conference Trip
Governor Thomas C. McRae of Arkansas says a chief executive should not leave the state during tenure and has declined three invitations to the Charleston conference. He also pledged not to incur criticism for pardons and has issued only two during almost a year in office.
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Associated Press
Little Rock
Ark
Thomas C. McRae
Arkansas
Charleston
S. C
McRae
Seed disinfection efforts begin in San Juan Porto Rico
A preliminary plan combats pink boll worm by burning fields and disinfecting seed and cotton areas. No drastic actions have been taken yet. a three year planting suspension has been proposed, though planters oppose bans that would threaten Porto Rico’s $400,000 annual cotton crop.
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San Juan
Porto Rico
United States
Cigars Defy Economy and Come into Their Own
London reports cigars reclaiming prominence after wartime tax relief. Since the 50 percent ad valorem duty on Havana cigars was removed five months ago, bond releases exceeded last year by 10,648,000 units. The exchequer gained 250,000 in revenue and tobacconists forecast further growth.
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Associated Press
London
Havana
H. Norman Bubb
National Union of Retail Tobacconists
Washington State and USC Face Center Eleven Winner
In Los Angeles it is announced that the tomorrow’s Washington State College versus University of Southern California football winner will meet the Center eleven from Danville Kentucky in San Diego on December 26.
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Washington
California
Los Angeles
Washington State College
University of Southern California
Danville
San Diego
Lloyd George to Visit U S for Armament Conference
London reports Prime Minister Lloyd George plans to depart December 12 for the United States to attend the Washington conference focused on armament limitation.
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Lloyd George
U. S
London
United States
Typhus Epidemic Worsens Across Russia Amid Famine
Typhus fever sweeps Russia with rising violence in Odessa, Baku, Turkestan and the Volga regions. Moscow reports two thousand cases in hospitals and a unusually high death rate as starving peasants weaken.
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Moscow
Russia
Odessa
Baku
Turkestan
Volga
Sevre
Bank Robbery Attempt Fails at Smith's Grove Bank
An attempted hold up at Farmers Bank in Smith's Grove Kentucky failed last night as a blast blew the vault door but yielded no loot. The Kentucky Bankers' Association offers a $1000 reward for each robber captured dead or alive.
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Kentucky Bank
Bowling Green
Farmers’ Bank
Smith’s Grove
Kentucky Bankers’ Association
Deaf School Commissioner Resigns in Kentucky
Frankfort Kentucky A S Robertson resigned as commissioner of the Kentucky school for the deaf at Danville after recently being elected to the city council he could not hold two offices at once.
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School For Deaf
Frankfort
A.S
Robertson
Kentucky School For Deaf
Danville
This Woman Had Twelve Husbands
Mrs. Helen Drexler of Waukegan is accused by federal authorities of being the champion collector of army and navy allotment checks. She allegedly married at least twelve service members in various states, divorced none, and drew about $400 monthly for three years. She says she traveled on government funds while evading secret service agents.
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Chicago
Helen Drexler
Waukegan
American naval opinion disagrees with Japan on fleet balance
American naval experts say Japan seeks a higher fleet ratio with most extra tonnage in offensive ships. Debate at the armament conference centers on capital ships, viewed as offensive weapons. British efforts aim to harmonize Japanese and U S positions under the 9-5-3 proposal based on Japan’s needs.
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Washington
Japan
United States
Notorious Morse Ordered Back to New York
Charles W. Morse, the American ship builder, arrived at Havre from New York but was forced by French police to return to New York. He will sail next Monday to face a grand jury investigation into his ship deals. Morse formerly served time in a federal penitentiary and was pardoned by President Taft.
Germany seeks £50 million loan from England officials
London reports that former German reconstruction minister Rathenau is negotiating with Sir Robert Horne and Bank of England officials for a 50 million pound loan to Germany. High authorities say a definite answer is expected today and likely to be negative.
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London
Herr Rathenau
Robert Horne
Bank of England
Germany
Rathenau
British subject flogging inquiry opens in Miami
Acting under instructions from the British embassy in Washington the British vice consulate in Miami began an investigation into the flogging and tar and feathering of Rev Philip Irwin archdeacon of the Protestant Episcopal church and a British subject who worked among negroes in Miami A similar inquiry will examine the mistreatment of a British subject negro blacksmith also subjected to the incident last August
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Miami
Fla
Washington
Hubbard
Philip Irwin
Protestant Episcopal Church
Irish Negotiations Seem to Fracture After Bar This Week
London reports indicate Irish talks hung by a thread as Sinn Fein delegates prepare for a weekend review of British proposals with Eamon de Valera and the Dail cabinet. Robert Barton heads to Dublin while further meetings hinge on potential summons to Lloyd George’s residence. If no agreement, Ulster talks may be dropped and negotiations end.
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Robert C. Barton
Dublin
Sinn Fein
Sinn
Eamonn de Valera
London
Ulster
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