Secretary Weeks Warns Against Army Budget Cuts
Secretary Weeks urges Congress not to cut the Army budget noting current strength is below needs and defense costs rise with wartime stock consumption. He calls to raise Regular Army enlisted strength to 150000, increase commissioned ranks, repeal age proof for enlistments, and argues defense spending is essential to freedom.
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Washington
Congress
Weeks
Germany
War
Navy Department
War Department
Mr. Weeks
Rey
Father rescued from bandits in Shantung province
Officials announced that Father Frederick, a Catholic priest held by bandits in Shantung since November 13, was rescued last Thursday. The report notes the recovery confirms the latest developments in a high profile international incident.
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Peking
Fredérick
Shantung Province
Health Center Opens As Clinic For Able Bodied Adults
San Prango December 1 health article outlines a new Health Center in San Francisco by the University of California medical school. It serves healthy adults who cannot afford a family physician, offering annual bone and tissue inventories and scientific examinations.
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San Francisco
Medical School
University of California
L. S. Schmitt
Unemployment rises in occupied Germany in first half of November
Berlin reports about a quarter of a million more jobless in the first fortnight of November as occupation forces record rising unemployment across Germany. In Birmingham Alabama a Georgia man identified as J E Haywood lies unconscious in hospital with head wounds from a blunt instrument. Chicago notes F W Foulds head of a macaroni factory with no will, leaving an estimated estate over one million dollars according to county probate records.
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Berlin
Germany
Birmingham
Ala
J. E. Haywood
Georgia
Chicago
F. W. Foulds
Chinese girl students sew 1000 kimonos for quake victims
Chinese girl students from eight Tianjin schools worked after classes under American missionaries to sew 1000 kimonos for Japanese earthquake survivors. The finished garments were handed to the Chinese Red Cross and then to the Japanese consul.
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Tienstein
A. P
Tienstsin
Chinbee Red Cross
Housing Situation 18 Shows Improvement
The National Association of Real Estate boards semi annual survey notes a retreat in housing shortages since the war. Indications show a new equilibrium between demand and supply with rents stabilizing near current levels. Building labor shortage eases and investment money remains plentiful with reasonable interest rates.
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Associated Press
Chicago
National Association of Real Estate Board
Retail clothiers form plan to cut clothing costs
Indianapolis leaders of the National Association of Retail Clothiers announce an industry commission to lower production costs. Committees from manufacturers spinners woolen goods hats and knitted items will study expense elimination and unite in Chicago to reduce distribution costs and improve retailer value. Moonshine poisoning claims three lives in Chicago with John Schlenger linked to supplying liquor for a card party.
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Indianapolis
National Association of Retail Clothiers
Sol Schloss
Chicago
Clothing Industry Commission
John Schlenger
Cooperation Strong in Russia
Petrograd reports cooperative unions of Russia totaling about 80 000 societies supplied the population with needs economically and accounted for 40 percent of Russia's merchandise trade in 1921, up from seven percent in 1914. The unions are purely economic with no political interests.
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Petrograd
Russia
Four Creeks Oil Finds Shallow Gas Show Near Dubach
The Four Creeks Oil Company near Dubach reports a shallow sand test at 650 feet showing oil and gas. While not yet a commercial producer, the test hints at a deeper sand prospect similar to Monroe gas field. artesian water flows and gas showings suggest potential for a new gas field. drilling continues aiming for a 1,300 foot sand already productive in Homer field located about 25 miles away.
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Four Creeks Oil Company
Dubach
Four Creeks
Monroe
Homer
Professional Wrestler Bound Over for Murder in Arkansas
Wood Butler a 19 year old professional wrestler from Dallas Texas waived preliminary hearing on a murder charge. He is bound over to the Ouachita county grand jury without bail for the death of Charles Turner at Louann Arkansas. Butler's wife was present at the hotel room killing and Butler claims self defense and unwritten law.
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Shreveport
Camden
Ark
Wood Butler
Dallas
Texas
Charles Turner
Louann
Arkansas
Chichester
Butler
Ouachita County Grand Jury
Scientist to Reveal Trinit Man Secrets in Peking Lecture
In a Peking lecture, Dr Henry Fairfield Osborn explains why Professor Dubois may publicize the Java Trin it Man findings. He cites Heidelberg Piltdown and Foxhall as older fossils and argues man and ape descended from a common ancestor, with Asia as the origin.
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Peking
A. P
Dubois
Henry Fairfield Osborn
Amerean Museum of Natural History
China
Duboi
Osborn
Heidelberg
Neckar
Germany
Piltdown
Sussex
England
Foxhall
Java
Nature
Bryan
Asia
India
North
South America
Farrar Sings in Atlanta Amid Auditorium Closures
Geraldine Farrar will perform in the city auditorium despite two church doors being closed to her. A three years ago her Season appearance caused a church ban on her concerts. Dr. John W. Ham of the Baptist tabernacle cited that incident. Farrar sang in Birmingham last night. advance sales suggested a full Atlanta show.
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Atlanta
Geraldine Farrar
City
Farrar
John W. Ham
the Baptist Tabernacle
Naples Farmer Endorses Black-Draught After 30 Years
H H Cramer of Route 3 Naples Texas says Black-Draught cured indigestion in childhood and has been his stand-by for liver issues for over three decades. He praises its effectiveness and reliability and recommends it to friends.
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Naples
Texas
Thedford
H. H. Cramer
Here
Thas
Cramer
Muscle bound misbeliefs in physical culture explained
The article debunks the idea that vigorous training invariably causes muscle binding. It defines muscle bound as muscle shortening that limits movement, argues that proper full-range exercises prevent this, and notes older weight lifters’ methods caused it. It also counters the view that older people should avoid exercise, stating lack of movement leads to physical decline.
Clearer Definitions of Political Policies at Capital
In Washington on November 30 the Republican and Democratic leaders in both chambers moved toward clearer policy lines as party conferences awaited. House progressives planned a 60 member meeting to review a bloc drafted program while committee ratios between parties neared agreement. Democratic seats on the ways and means committee and other panels emerged as the main points of contention for the party conferences tonight.
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Washington
Senate
House
Ways and Means
Appropriations
Melting Snow Check Paused By Freezing Cold Weather
Snow in the region for November reached record depths but froze as temperatures dropped overnight. Forecasters expect warmer air to return across most areas later today, easing the chill after the surprise late November melt.
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Kansas City
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