Heaviest Snowfall Buries Mid Atlantic in Years
A historic snowstorm grips the Middle Atlantic, the capital, and surrounding states. Washington is largely cut off with trains stalled, streetcar service halted, and widespread disruption to business and daily life as depths reach one and a half to two feet. The storm rivals the 1899 blizzard for severity.
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Washington
Middle Atlantic
Caroline
Virginia
Union Station
New York
Cincinnati
Traina Ard
Richmond
Atlantic States
Potomac River
Pennsylvania Avenue
Governor Deploys National Guard Over Nebraska City Riot
Lincoln dispatch reports five National Guard companies under Lieut. Col. Douglas dispatched to Nebraska City in response to a sheriff county attorney and mayor appeal for protection amid packing house strike disturbances martial law declared across four mile precinct in Otoe county Nebraska City and vicinity. Fort Worth court hears contempt charges as workers clash with packing industry at local plants in Armour and Company case against seven men and one woman.
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Associated Press
Lincoln
Neb
National Guard
Douglas
134Th Nebraska Infantry
Nebraska City
Otoe County
McKelvie
Fort. Worth
Texas
Armour and Company
Plague of Rats Worsens in Hungary Amid Scarcity
Budapest reports rats and mice swarming from famine areas. Efforts to control the infestation fail as rodents become aggressive. Villagers abandon poultry in favor of cat breeding to supply fur and meat substitutes. Shops offer 3,000 to 4,000 kronen for a kitten.
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Associated Press
Budapest
Budapests
Indiana Governor Responds To Debs Quotation
Indianapolis, Ind. governor McCray released a public reply today addressing Eugene Debs remarks. He stated Debs accused the state of harboring a traitor and asked Blatter if the quoted statements were accurate, clarifying the record.
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Associated Press
Indianapolis
Ind
McCray
Eugene Debs
Itty
Antry
Indiana
Blatter
Yemarke
Republicans weigh recognizing the pope in Italy
In Rome on January 28 several Republican deputies discuss Premier Bonomi’s potential interpellation on whether the Italian government should formally recognize the pope. The Sacred College’s stance on rapprochement is tied to its chosen successor to the late Pope Benedict.
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Rome
Chamber of Deputies
Bonomi
Sacred College
Benedict
France Denies Report On Jusserand Receptions
Paris reports the French foreign office contesting a London Morning Post claim that President Harding and Secretary Hughes refused to receive Ambassador Jusserand. Washington officials issued a categorical denial saying Jusserand was received whenever he wished to see the president or secretary of state.
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Associated Press
Paris
Foreign Office
London Morning Post
Harding
Hughes
Ambassador Jusserand
Poincare
Jusserand
Washington
State Department
White House
Offier
Trecetva
Branes
M. Jusserand
Berlin Answers Reparations Commission On Payments
Germany delivered its reply to the allied reparations commission in Berlin. It proposes 720 million gold marks plus 1.45 billion marks in goods to the allies in 1922, and asks that the sums be reduced due to heavy taxation.
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Associated Press
Berlin
Germany
Allied
Paris
Abolition of Pulque Proposed by Mexican President Obregon
President Obregon plans to abolish pulque the national drink of Mexico. A commission has been appointed to study removing the maguey plant from which pulque is produced, according to a commerce department report from Consul Cornelius Ferris in Mexico City.
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Washington
Mexico
Obregon
Commerce Department
Cornelius Ferris
Mexico City
Premier Liang Resigns Under Military Pressure in China
Liang Shih Yih has submitted his resignation as premier amid reported pressure from General Wu Pei Fu, a leading Chinese military figure. The move follows rising tensions between civilian leadership and the military in Peking.
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Peking
Liang Shih-Y
Wu Pei- Fu
China
Passenger Tragedy Near Ponce City In Oklahoma
Five members of the Ryan family are involved in a fatal car crash near Ponce City Oklahoma with James B. Ryan and Zelma McDaniel dead and P H Ryan seriously injured while en route to visit their ill father. Local authorities investigate the cause of the plunge from a bridge in the Oklahoma corridor.
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Associated Press
Ponce City
Okla
Kan
James B. Ryan
Kansas
Zelma McDaniel
Newkirk
P. H. Ryan
Dominy
Oklahoma
Bolivia Rep Representation Sought for Anconia Conference Refused
President Harding refused Bolivia's request for representation at the upcoming Anconía treaty conference between Peru and Chile. He stated the issue is for the two governments directly involved to decide, marking Bolivia's participation as not on the agenda.
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Associated Press
Washington
Peru
Chile
Harding
Bolivia
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