Tuberculosis Death Rate in Tennessee Shows Decrease
Tennessee health officials report a substantial drop in tuberculosis deaths over twelve years, about 28 percent among whites and 30 percent among Colored residents. The maximum death rate appears around ages 22 for Colored and 29 for Whites, with West Tennessee showing the highest rates and East Tennessee the lowest. The state total declined from 205 to 130 per 100,000, whites down 40 and Colored down 144 per 100,000.
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Nashville
Toon
Dan
Tennessan
Tennessee
Ell, Bishop
State Commissioner of Health
Sven Yeas
Penny Fiels
Tubaccllo
West Tenn
West Tennessee
East Tennessee
West
Union City High Teachers Strike Over Exam Scandal
Union City High School closed as teachers strike following the resignations of county superintendent G. K. Wilkerson and high school principal H. B. Evans. Five students were suspended for buying or borrowing advance exam questions, with a full hearing planned after four weeks.
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Union City
Town
G. K. Wilkerson
H. B. Evans
Wilkerson Andvans
Disco Rey
Z. W. Corum
Wilkerson
Corum
Notorious Bandit Hunted in North
Detroit reports a dying man whispered the name Tommy O’Connor linking him to the Chicago badlands escape. Police in Illinois and Chicago rushed to verify, while authorities identified the slain companion as Ray O’Neill. Investigations traced Dale and O’Neill to Michigan prison records for leads.
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Detroit
Tommy O'Connor
King “Pin
Chicago
Cools County
Ilinois
Chivsn
Martin Dale
Ray O'Neill
Dale
O'Connor
O'Neill
Milwaukee
Michigan State Prison
Jackson
Ot Connor
Mother Involved in Series of Tragedies
Cincinnati report sketches a sequence of misfortune surrounding Mrs. Annie Pilot as her children perish or suffer fatal injuries. Warren Cawin, 13, drowns in Mill Creek after earlier losses include Emmett 3 burned by a grate fire and twins Wallace and Warren’s siblings fatally burned in a crib fire amid parental hardship.
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Cincinnati
Mill Creek
Warren Cawin
Annie Pilot
Pilot
Leo Cawin
New Orleans
Emmett
Wallace
Warren
British soldiers urged not to go to China
London reports attempts by the young communist league to sway troops and dock workers against dispatch to China. Leaflets and personal appeals circulated before Saturday departures, but soldiers ignored the calls and police quickly dispersed the league members.
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London
China
Young Communist League
League
Chamberlain
Austen Chamberlain
Great Britain
Shelby County Delegation to Probe Elections Demands
Nashville Tenn Jan 31 Politicians here expect a Memphis Cy Club committee to press for a general assembly probe into elections and push bills favored by the group They seek to investigate the Democratic primary results in Shelby County and urge action. The debate includes a proposed constitutional amendment taxing intangibles and farm property at reduced value amid broad opposition and uncertain House action.
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Nashville
Tenn
Tennessee
Cy Club
Memphis
General
Senate
House
Peay
Austin Peay
Shelby County
Davidson
Flood Waters Drive Hundreds From Homes In Arkansas
Floods along the White and St Francis rivers inundate more than 20 000 acres, forcing 300 to 400 families from their homes. Refugees are sheltered in private homes and camps with no reported deaths or major livestock losses. Crops suffer heavy damage as levees are reinforced near Devalls Bluff and Marked Tree.
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Little Rock
Ark
Arkansas
White River
Devalls Bluff
St. Francis River
Des Are
Mine Fire Rages in Connellsville By-Products Plant
Flooding efforts continue at the Connellsville By-products Company mine as flames burn for at least a week. Emergency pumps discharge around 1,000 gallons per minute while mine operators estimate about $175,000 in costs if the weeklong effort persists. Two explosions occurred yesterday but no injuries due to strict entry prohibitions.
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Morgantown
W. ViI
Connellsville
Robert M. Lamibie
State Department of Mines
Reach Agreement on German Fortification
Paris January 31 The inter allied military control committee led by Marshal Foch and the German delegation under General Von Pawelsz have nearly settled the eastern frontier fortifications issue. Only the number of fortified works to be destroyed in the Koenigsberg and Pogonax sectors remains unsettled as the midnight deadline nears for central committee consideration of Germany Military control.
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Paris
Inter-Allied Military Control Committee
Marshal Foch
von Pawelsz
Germany
Kussian
Kegnigsberg
Plognax
Cortrel Committee
Weather Tennessee and Virginia forecast notice
Fair tonight and Tuesday in Tennessee with increasing clouds and warmer conditions. Virginia sees fair weather tonight and Tuesday with colder tonight. Readings compiled at the local weather station by G. L. Bunn report highs and lows from yesterday and last year and rainfall to 6 p.m. yesterday.
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Tennessee
Virginia
G. L. Bunn
Diary Evidence Ruled Out In Browning Case
White Plains January 91 The diary of Frances Browning kept before her marriage was ruled out as evidence by Supreme Court Justice Seeger. Browning’s lawyers had planned to use it to establish character witnesses with names of several boyfriends. Three letters to girl friends were also excluded though some pre maritial life evidence was later allowed to be presented carefully.
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Browning
White Plains
Frances “Peaches
Heenan
Supreme Court
Brownings
Justice Seeger
Universities Blamed for Moral Law Revolt
In Atlanta on January 31 Bishop Warren A. Candler of the Methodist Episcopal Church South blamed universities for a revolt against moral law. He criticized psychology texts as trash and said only a few ethics books treated God. he recommended publishers send copies for theological students at a Decatur church service.
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Atlanta
Warren A. Candler
Methodist Episcopal Church, South
Decatur Methodist Church
War With Mexico Within Two Years Predicted
New York January 31 United States Senator Burton K Wheeler Democrat Montana predicts war with Mexico within two years unless current administration policies change He blames Central America unrest on Secretary of State Kellogg whom he accuses of seeing bolsheviks in every sage brush between Washington and Mexico City The senator spoke under the non intervention citizens committee criticizing American policy in Central America Continued on page two.
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New York
Mexico
United States
Burton K. Wheeler
Montana
Wheeler
Central
Ameria
Kellore
Washington
Mexico City
Central America
Citizens' Committee
Coffey Reveals Deliberate Murder Plot in Latest Confession
Lancaster Wisconsin itinerant bond salesman William N Coffey confessed to authorities that he planned and carried out the murder of Mrs Hattie Hale to hide a bigamous marriage. He said a baseball bat and hammer were used and that he diverted $5000 in securities. Sheriff Lyall Wright received the confession.
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Lancaster
Wis Dan
Hattie Hales
William N- Cofffey
Ten of Good Will Planes Back Home
Mount Clemens Michigan January 31 ten of twelve pursuit planes from the army air corps that took part in the Good Will flight through Canada were reported safe in their hangars after a hazardous last leg from Buffalo. Two other planes were disabled and remained in the east until better flying conditions prevailed and a convoy ship failed to make the final hop. The 10 planes arrived yesterday from Buffalo after bucking a 75 mile per hour gale.
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Mount Clemens
Mich
Army Air Pork
Selfridges Field
Canada
Buffalo
Refugees in Washington Tell of Serious Rioting in China
Seattle refugees recount Hankow chaos during British concession seizure as rain halted mobs. Mrs Hunter Mann and son hid on a bank building third floor while looting raged, noting Germans killed and bamboo pikes as weapons. They escaped on a Japanese steamer and plan to stay with relatives in Bristol Tennessee.
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Washington
China
Seattle
Hney
Grant
Hankow
Hunter Mann
Bristol
Tenn
Joshana
John’ Nichols
Paty
Astoria
Oregon
British Troops to Shanghai Protested by China
Peking, Jan 21. Foreign Minister Koo urged London to order withdrawal of British naval and military forces in Shanghai, calling the dispatch contrary to the League of Nations covenant. He warned large foreign troops could cause misunderstandings and unwanted complications in Chinese affairs.
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Peking
Y. K. Wellington Koo
Shanghai
London
China
League of Nations
Koo
Shanghai International Settlement
Amene
Catholic Priests Ordered to Report to Interior Mexico
Mexico City January 31 Priests in Jalisco have been ordered to report daily to the interior department in Mexico City after February 1. Similar orders affect Durango priests. others likely spared. Rebellion in Jalisco said crushed after sharp combat per war department reports. Yaqui resistance in Sonora remains blocked, with hunger tactics aiming at surrender negotiations.
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Mexico
Mexico City
Jalisco
Department ‘of Interior
Durango
Guadalas Jara
Heir to Millions Falls Victim of Sleeping Disease
Chicago report says Paris hospital treats DOrsay Palmer son of Hohore Palmer and grandson of the late Mrs Potter Palmer. The 20 year old heir to millions is hospitalized after contracting a sleeping sickness allegedly contracted in Africa, per the Herald Examiner copyrighted story.
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Chicago
D'orsay Palmer
Hohore Palmer
Potter
Palmer
Africa
Heryald Examiner
Paris
Liner Resumes Voyage After Collision Repairs
The White Star liner Celtic, damaged in a collision with the Diamond liner Oceanic Saturday night, resumed her voyage from New York to Liverpool today. Temporary repairs were completed overnight, and the vessel arrived here late yesterday, taking on additional passengers.
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Boston
White Star
Celtic
New York
Liverpool
Proclamation Appeals Worldwide Help for Latin Americans
A Moscow issued proclamation by the third international calls the world’s workers and peasants to aid Latin Americans from U S imperialist aims. It accuses the United States of planning to transform Latin America into an American colony and seeks solidarity against perceived oppression.
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Moscow
United States
Latin-America
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Michigan
Illinois
Peaches
Senator Wheeler
Coffey
Wisconsin
Britain
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