World Court issue returns to Senate for another stay
Senate debates the World Court amid tax bill dispute with resolutions from Sen Shipstead seeking department correspondence on United States adherence and relations with the League of Nations. Senator Overman adds reservations to bar purely domestic questions without U.S. consent. debate features Shipstead, McKinley, and McLean.
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Dan
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Leat
Shipstead
Farmer-Laborer
Minnesota
State Department
League of Nations
Foreign Relations Committee
Overman
North Carolina
McKinley
Eccentric Promoter of April Farm Under Scrutiny
Reports reveal Charles Garland promoter of April Farm inherited and divested fortunes within recent years. A colony member says Garland declined a $1,000,000 legacy from his father in 1920 and later funded a $500,000 bequest to a trusteeship of the Fund for Personal Service.
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Ian
Charles
April Farm
Garland
American Fund For Public Service
Momber
Musty
New York
Ehair
April Farin
Gayl Lidu
Thy Ators
Two Rescued Alive as Ninety-One Believed Trapped in Mine
Twin miners were rescued alive from the lower levels of Dernan McCansell Mine No 2 after an explosion entombed many workers. Ninety-one men are believed dead or unaccounted for. Cecil McKinney crawled over his father’s body and described the blast as “explosion utter blackness.” Engineer B A Thomas died in the initial recovery effort.
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McKkinney
Nur Hw Jong
Fingly
McKin
Klan May Be Asked to Reveal Members in New York State
Albany reports that legal authorities doubt the Ku Klux Klan can be forced to reveal members in New York under the Walker law. The Klan reportedly operates under a charter as Knights and Women of the Ku Klux Klan, with Alpha Pi Signa renamed.
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New York State
Knights and Women of the
Ku Klux ‘Klan
Albany
Ku Klux Mlan
New York
Walker
Knights and Women of
Ku Klux Klan
Alpha Pi Signa
Legsc
Benevolent Order
Secretary of State
Clarence 5
Nettles
Court of Appeals
France and Italy Endure Severe Cold and Snow
Paris and Rome confront frigid weather as snow blankets northern and southern regions. France records temperatures near five degrees below zero at Briancan and heavy snowfall across Toulouse Bordeaux and Nice areas while France floods froze into swamps. Mediterranean storms disrupt shipping and port damage rises as Naples and other ports endure gales and rough seas.
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France
Italy
Naples
Otro
Briancan
Niece
Cannes
Toulouse
Bordeaux
Montepelien
Avingnon
Mediterranean
Schwab To Take Long Wear Top Coat To Europe
Chicago businessman Charney Schwab plans to take a durable top coat with him to Europe. The article notes Schwab’s pride in the product and mentions it as a long wear item, though it is not clear who informed whom or the exact context of the trip.
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Chicago
Charney Schwab
Europe
Cooperative leaders seek cooperation to lift agriculture
Secretary Jardine pledges full support to cooperative marketing at the National Cooperative Marketing Conference. He calls for farmer and farm-leader cooperation, warns against paternalistic regulation, and outlines three study subjects: production adjustment to markets, marketing conditions, and producer bargaining power. Senate Finance Committee approves discontinuance of income tax returns and aims to set a February vote date with tax relief potentially by March 15.
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Cooperative Billiby
Senate Finance Committee
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Dan Khadne
Tanger Lib
Department of Agriculture
Washington
United
Robbers Foiled by Hadley Citizens in Lapeer Bank Raid
In Hadley Michigan four men attempted a bank robbery late yesterday. Three entered the Hadley bank while a fourth waited outside. Citizens alerted by local telegraph and telephone workers pursued and fired on the robbers. Three were captured with gunshot wounds and the fourth, after wrecking a car, was captured nearby. Names given: Harold Anderson Fred Williams Andrew Barry William Willard. The raid left several injured and the town shaken.
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Mich
Hadley
Wadley
I E. H. Potter
Newnan Barber
Wheer
Potter
B. F. Hadley
Telephone Exchange
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Tra Cones
Ralph Green
Harold Anderson
Fred Williams
Andrew’ Barry
Wiliam
Williard
Toledo
Ohio
Miners Gather for Wage Conference Amid Strike
In Hazleton and Scranton Pennsylvania the United Mine Workers address the anthracite strike. John L. Lewis leads officials and strikers at Hazelton meeting while a scale committee gathers to review failed New York negotiations and aid groups report daily appeals.
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John L. Lewis
United Workers of America
Hazelton
Ines
Unitad
Miners’ Union
New York
Scranton
Contingent Parley on New Airplane
Washington reports the House Naval committee discussed replacing the Shenandoah with a dirigible three times as large. Rear Admiral Hillary P. Jones said military proof of big air liners is needed to determine feasibility. He noted no other method to ascertain effects. He questioned British dirigible construction as propaganda.
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Shenandoah
Hous Naval Committee
Hillary P. Jones
Navy General Board
Navy
India
Virginia Assembly Faces a Battle Over Fees
Richmond Va January 14 The Virginia General Assembly opens its sixty day session with a push to abolish police fee payments tied to convictions in prohibition cases A second measure seeks to bar county officers from making arrests on public highways A senate bill mirrors abolition aims and a separate proposal would allow cities to tax abutting property to cover street costs A treasury bill would require corrections of voting list errors with penalties for noncompliance
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Virginia
General Assembly
Vivian L. Page
Norfolk
John W. Wright
Rosnoke
Nubie Highway
Page
Senate
Saxton W. Holt
Newport News
Holt
James A. Bear
Roanoke
Treasury
HW. T. Wickham
Hanover
Ees
Weather Outlook for Virginia and Tennessee
Increasing cloudiness tonight and Friday across Virginia and Tennessee. Temperatures rise Friday, with Virginia seeing mild west to southwest winds and Tennessee mild east to west shifts as winds turn light.
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Virginia
Tennessee
Wooster College Allows Old Time Dancing Again
Wooster College faculty end years of opposition and permit the old time dancing style on campus, restoring a traditional social activity for students and staff.
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Wooster’ College
Weather Foils Solar Eclipse Views Across Asia
Heavy clouds at Palembang Sumatra blocked observation of the first phase of the total solar eclipse by eight astronomical parties including the US Naval Observatory Harvard and Swarthmore College. Despite earlier hopes, corona visibility was limited as clouds persisted with some brief glimpses through breaks. A Greenwich UK report notes a corona similar to the 1898 event was observed during totality by the British expedition at Bencoolen Sumatra.
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United States Naval Observatory
Harvard University
Swarthmore and
Allegheny Colleges
New York
Connecticut
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Afric
Philipines
Bencoolen
Greenwich
Eng
Greenwich Observatory
United Action in Senate Promises Tax Bill Passage
United action in the Senate aims for prompt passage of the revenue bill to apply its tax reductions by March when the first income tax payments are due. Senator Simmons backs quick passage, while proposing amendments to raise the reduction by up to 170 million dollars beyond the House plan. Finance Committee continues hearings on related amendments and expects completion by week’s end.
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North Carolina
Glenn Shaver
Democratic National Committee
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Special Committee
Internal Revenue Bureau
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