Congress deadlock and Prohibition satire in Massachusetts
The week ends with cross-house efforts to break committee appointment deadlock as factions prepare for campaign time. Massachusetts proposes prosecuting farmers who fail to plow or burn cornstalks by December 1. A Quincy man offers a $100 prize for a word reflecting on prohibition as scathingly as scab does in labor. Alcoholism cases rise as society debates machine age drudgery and personal restraint.
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Congress
Washington
Massachusetts
Quincy
Mass
Prison Break Theories Stir Kansas News Mutterings
A mix of prison break theories and political notes fills the page. Investigators doubt a guard’s bribe claim related to recaptured prisoners while noting outside aid to breakout participants. Missouri voting rights and German relations topics appear alongside a Kansas marriage license and a Knights Templar inspection report.
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Lansing
J R Holmes Just Insurance Ad Notice
An old classified style note promotes J R Holmes offering insurance services under the banner Just Insurance. It lists a business location at 107 East Broadway Seventh and provides a phone contact. The brief ad emphasizes coverage options and local service.
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J. R. Holmes
Just Insurance
Robinson Heads Senate as Democratic Leader in U S
Joseph T. Robinson of Arkansas, chosen Democratic leader in the U S Senate, is described as a fighter and a witty, ardent orator with a mild, amiable side in later years. Born in Lonoke in 1872, he rose from Arkansas legislature to Congress in 1902 and Senate in 1913, earning a blue ribbon in naval observatory service as background. Captain Edwin T. Pollock, a native of Ohio, is noted for naval service from Annapolis to captaincy in 1917 and for roles in Virgin Islands transfer and the George Washington transport during the war.
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Joseph T. Robinson
Arkansas
U. S. Senate
Lonoke
Ark
University
Little Rock
National House of Representatives
Senate
United States Navy
Naval Observatory
Washington
Edwin T. Pollock
Charles Wilkes
M. FL. Maury
Asaph Hall
Simon Newcomb
Pollock
Ohio
Annapolis
United States
Virgin Islands
George Washington
Blashfield Turns Seventy Five and Other Notes
Edwin W H Blashfield eminent mural painter reaches seventy five today. Democratic leader in the U S Senate and Mrs Robinson celebrate their twenty seventh wedding anniversary. The Texas State Democratic Executive Committee meets in Dallas to set date and venue for the presidential nominating convention. St Louis launches a drive for 130000 to bid for the 1924 Democratic convention.
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Edwin WH. Blashfield
Joseph T. Robinson
Arkansas
U.S. Senate
Robinson
Democratic Executive Committee
Texas
Dallas
St. Louis
Drama League to Meet Monday in Green Hall
The Lawrence Drama League schedules its December meeting on Monday December 17 at 8 p m in the Little Theatre Green Hall. Two one act plays will be presented The Maker of Dreams by Oliphant Downs directed by Max B Jaslow and Spreading the News by Lady Gregory directed by Bryan T Gilkinson. Members and prospective members are urged to attend.
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Drama League
Lawrence Drama League
Little Theatre
Green Hall
Oliphant Downs
Max B. Jaslow
Lady Gregory
Bryan T. Gilkinson
Churches Aim for a Warless World
Columbus reports the Federal Council of Churches proposes a global peace plan. The declaration asks US entry into the World Court, generous aid to suffering peoples, and full cooperation with League of Nations humanitarian commissions. It urges theological schools to teach international questions and pastors to spread informed, constructive views.
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Columbus
America
Executive Committee
Federal Council of Churches
Commission On International Justice and Goodwill
United
Council
United States
Permanent Court of International Justice
Harding
Senate
League of Nations
Lawrence Council of Religious Education meeting announced
Lawrence invites all interested in religious education to a Friday evening meeting January 18 addressed by Supt. W. S. Heusner of Salina Schools. Heussen discusses Week Day Schools of Religion and the role of religious education in the United States. The article lists members of the executive committee, trustees, and educational committee with church affiliations in Lawrence.
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Lawrence
W. 8. Heusner
Salina
Heusner
United States
America
Hugh McGill
Nationa Teachers Association
International Council of Religious Education
Smith
New York
Raffety
Department of Education
Lawrence Council of Religious Education
Sunday School Council of Religious Education
Lawrence District
First Presbyterian
E. A. Bleck
Anna Olinger
Second Presbyterian
Paul Lawson
Frank Dodds
First Baptist
Frank Jennings
Will Gorrill
Ray. Eusden
D.H. Spencer
Edward Hislop
J. S. Daniels
Chas
Edward
C. B. Williams
B. F. Jaudy
W. Newby
N. D. Goehring
A. C. Reuter
United’ Brethren
W. L. Browning
Neil Thornburg
Church of Brethren
G. W. Burgins
Walter Schaal
Free Methodist
Minnie Beers
J. E. Wade
John Howard
T. C. Bailey
N. Lawrence M. E
W. J. Schuler
Clarence Pine
N. Lawrence Christian
Braden
Ross. Moore
H. P. Smith
R.A. Schwegler
J. 3. Stover
Chas. A. Richard
N. T. Thornburg
Treas
A. E. Newby
S. B. Braden
E. E. Price
FE. Witcraft
Eliot Porter
J. S. Stover
Young ‘Peoples
H. L. Chambers
Cleveland Names First City Manager William R Hopkins
William R Hopkins, a lawyer engineer realtor and railroad builder, becomes Cleveland s first city manager on Jan reflecting the nations interest in the Fifth City s experiment with proportional representation as the new municipal government form.
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Sloe
William R. Hopkins
Cleveland
World News Snippets Stir Global Turbulence Claims
A jumbled review notes Poland cutting expenses, Kemal Atatürk in Turkey, Greece’s failed Metaxas plans, high taxes in America, Austria’s resilience, Holland’s cheese risk, Kaiser nostalgia, Scandinavia’s new minister, Portugal cable dispute, Mussolini’s vague role, Argentine meat packers' closure, Cuban radio songs, Romania beside Russia, rising rents in a tense region, Czechoslovakia stubbornly independent, Japan recovering from earthquake, and a holiday chocolate push by Liggett and Lowney with half to five pound boxes offered.
Aid urged to spare Germany millions from starvation
Columbus December 14 The Rev Dr Samuel A Cavert warned that millions in Germany will face starvation this winter unless aid from the United States is provided. He cited German and American church observers and announced a joint campaign by the Federal Council of Churches and allied groups to fund relief in central Europe, with emphasis on Germany and the Near East. Cavert praised the American relief effort and urged continued support through church channels to assist hungry families and vulnerable elderly and children amid currency collapse.
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Columbus
Germany
United States
Samuel Ales Crea Cavert
Ferral Colmcil of
Federal Council of Churches
American Friends, Service Committee
Europe
Cavert
Herbert Hoover
American Relief Administration
America
American Friends Service Committee
Quakers
Federal Council of Churchies
Committee On Mercy and Relief
Near East
Christian Churches of America
Federal Council of ‘Churches
Federal Council
Washington
Churches Unite as Denominations Expect Council Aid
Bishop Thomas Nicholson of Chicago speaks at the Federal Council of Churches annual meeting in Columbus Ohio. He says sectarian rivalry among Protestant churches has faded and they now cooperate rather than compete. The Executive Committee discusses expectations for Federal Council actions.
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Columbus
Ohio
Thomas Nicholson
Methodist Episcopal Church of Chicago
Federal Council of Churches
Federal Council
Transformation of Greenwich Village Newsroom Era
Greenwich Village loses its old Latin quarter charm as art studios vanish and luxury apartments rise. War era migrants and locals depart or adapt, changing the village into a modern outpost of America with shuttered open studios, high rent, and a new social scene dominated by younger revelers and ambitious workers.
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New York
Associated Press
Greenwich Village
America
Broadway
Brooklyn
Bronx
Itv
France
Paui
Eale
Park Avenue
14Th Street
Paradise
Baron Okura to attempt building new Tokyo museum
Baron Okura announced plans to replace the great Tokyo museum destroyed by fire after the earthquake. The collection, saved in part, was valued at about 2.5 million dollars and drew many foreign visitors. A future project aims to recreate its historic relics.
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Tokio
Associated Press
Baron Okura
Protestant cooperation urged by church leader council head
Bishop Olson urges stronger Protestant unity through Federal Council collaboration. He says the council should coordinate and inform churches, promote goodwill, and speak on social moral and economic questions for over 20 million members. Denominational conflicts fade as cooperation grows.
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Nicholson
Federal Council
Real Estate Transfers in Baldwin Kansas
Minnie A Bigler transfers 1-3 interest in Lot 82 and 1-2 of Lot 80 Elm Street to Geo W Underhill for $1 and other considerations. Bart R Underhill to Geo W Underhill 1-2 interest in Lot 82 and W 1-2 Lot 80 Elm Street Baldwin Kansas also for $1 and other considerations.
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Minnie A. Bigler
Geo. W.underhill
Elm Street
Baldwin
Kansas
Elm St
Baldwin, Kans
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Hugh Means
Knights Templar
Tom Sims
Poland
Mustapha Kemal
Turkey
Russia
Greece
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Holland
Kaiser of
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Scandinavia
Marks
Portugal
Mussolini
Haly
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Japan
Liggetts and Lowney’s
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