World powers urged to prevent new war as Ruhr blockade tightens
The Ruhr’s coal flow to Germany is halted as Allied forces enforce a complete blockade of industry. German authorities report hunger threats and strained food supplies amid occupation control. Train service partially resumes, and Ruhr workers mostly return to duty in some areas. An appeal from German officials and a Sweden archbishop seeks American help for a direct power agreement to ease the crisis.
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Cologne
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Dusseldorf
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Archbishop of Bishops of
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Rear Admiral Sims Calls for Tough Mask Crackdown
Rear Admiral William S. Sims, in a Loyal Coalition address, condemns both Ku Klux Klan and Sinn Fein sympathizers. He proposes criminalizing mask wearing, an open season against masked men, and a bounty for their ears, mirroring wolf bounty practices.
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Associated Press
Boston
Ku Klux Klan
Sinn Fein
William S. Sims
Loyal Coalition
Four Ashley County Men Executed in Culprit Murders in Arkansas
Four men convicted of murder were electrocuted at the Arkansas penitentiary in a single day. Dan Richardson 29 Ben Richardson 19 and Fr Bullen were executed for Ira Culp’s murder near Wilmot while Will Debord killed Mr and Mrs W M Sil sb y in Stone County. Debord shouted at an attendant as he was strapped in. The executions marked Arkansas’ largest single-day capital punishment tally.
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Dan Richardson
Ben Richardson
Fr. Bullen
Ira Culp
Farmer
Wilmot
Will Debor
W. M. Silsby
Stone County
Arkansas
Duncan Richardson
Debord
Richardson
Culp
Silby
Directors of mines warned to start work
Ruhr cities report food shortages with potatoes and cabbage as main diet. Dortmund Gelenkirchen district mine directors told to resume coal deliveries to France within 24 hours or face arrest. Inter Allied railway sub commission says German rail workers to resume when soldiers withdraw, but no trains for reparation shipments. Coal output continues to fall.
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Ross Dusseldorf
Ruhr
Recklinghausen
Dortmund Gelenkirchen
France
Standard Oil balks at two percent tax in Louisiana
Baton Rouge February 2 Standard Oil refuses to pay the 2 percent license tax on December production unless credited against the 3 percent production tax due in April. State Auditor McFarland rejects conditional payment. Attorneys for Standard Oil argue the 2 percent would trigger an overall higher tax for the quarter. State and local lawyers prepare defense for a Baton Rouge hearing before Judge Brunot and associates.
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Associated Press
Baton Rouge
Standard Oil Company
McFarland
Harry Sneed
Attorney General's Office
Brunot
Herold and Lee
Shrewsport
New Orleans
Coca
Bolshevism Declared Dead by Sir Paul Dukes in Chicago
Sir Paul Dukes, secret investigator for the English government, told the Fortnightly Club of Chicago last night that Bolshevism is dead and communism a failure in Russia.
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Chicago
Russia
Paul Dukes
Nazimova Says Applause Keeps Stage Drive Alive
Russian actress Alla Nazimova who quit the stage for film plans a return to the stage. She says applause is the vital reward and that she craved it after tense scenes, feeling hollow when it wasn’t forthcoming.
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Los Angeles
Alla Nazimova
Acors
Guns from armory used in vigilance move in Arkansas
Testimony shows guns from the state armory at Heber Springs supplied the Citizens' squads. The Osceola inquiry heard claims that strikers from Harrison and other railroad towns were targeted by these squads. The committee planned hearings in Harrison to probe bridge burnings, warrants, and the lynching of E. C. Gregor.
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Associated Press
Little Rock
Missouri and North Arkansas Railroad
Citizens' Committee
Harrison
State
Heber Springs
George W. O'Neal
O'Neal
Marshal
Baldrige
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Citizens’ Committee
E. C. Gregor
Internal Revenue Man Passes in Shreveport
Inspector D. F. Mannion of the revenue office died in Shreveport after a short illness at age 37. A past grand knight of the Knights of Columbus Alameda Council California and former exalted ruler of the Elks, he was popular in Monroe where he worked stateside. Survived by his wife and eight year old daughter, they accompany the body to Alameda. He served in the treasury department for several years.
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Shreveport
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Alameda Council
California
the Elks
Alameda
Mannion
Treasury Department
New Orleans
Monroe
Louisiana State University Board Reappointments
J L Adams of Monroe and Lester Gumble of New Orleans were reappointed by Governor Parker to the LSU board of supervisors. This confirms continued leadership for the university in Louisiana.
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Associated Press Beton Rouge
J. L. Adams
Monroe
Lester Gumble
New Orleans
Parker
Louisiana State University
Girl Mysteriously Missing After Medicine Dose
Aileen Goodwin, 14, who had been ill with influenza in Water Valley Mississippi, vanished from her room after receiving medicine. Police sought help from nearby cities. the girl was later found in bed with her hands and feet bound by a window cord and dazed, with no clear explanation.
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Associated Press
Water Valley
Miss
Aileen Goodwin
Ailen Goodwin
W. L. Goodwin
North Water Valley
Tremors Reported From Georgetown Seismograph
Washington February 2 Earth tremors described as rather severe were recorded early today on the Georgetown University seismograph. The disturbance began at 12 19 am and lasted to about 2 30 am reaching peak intensity between 12 52 and 12 57 am Father Tondort director of the observatory estimated the disturbance 5200 miles from Washington.
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Associated Press
Washington
Georgetown University
Father Tondort
Observatory
Plans for a livestock loan to Louisiana discussed
Plans to authorize a 4.5 million dollar loan to bolster Louisiana livestock will top a conference between Dr. George M. Paxton of the Federal Bureau of Animal Industry and the Louisiana Farm Bureau Federation. A Ouachita Farm Bureau proposal calls for a new cattle association under the federation to coordinate tick eradication and dipping-law enforcement with state and federal aid.
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George M. Paxton
Federal Bureau of Animal Industry
Louisiana Farm Bureau Federation
Ouachita Farm Bureau
J. H. Watkins
H. C. Minor
Houma
W. I. Ross
Industrial Lumber Co
Elizabeth
J. B. Walker
St. Joseph
Harry S. Kapp
Farm Bureau Federation
W. R. Perkins
Compere
Cotton Cooperative Association
Watkins
Louisiana Farm Bureau
Louis
Agreement on Debt of War With John Bult Arranged
Washington reports a near completion of the wartime debt settlement with Britain. Ambassador Geddes presented interpretative understandings to the American debt commission as it considers recommendations for action by Congress. Senate debate opened with McKellar denouncing the plan as a subsidy to Britain. Glass defended the terms amid heated exchanges.
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Virginia
Tennessee
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Alabama
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New York
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