Violent Seismic Shocks Traced Near Japan
Seismograph readings across the United States indicated a strong quake centered south of Japan possibly near the Philippines. Officials in St Louis reported a tremor as violent as the 1906 San Francisco quake, with no Japan damage reported on wireless advisories.
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Japan
San Francisco
Cal
United States
Radio Corporation of America Wireless Service
Associated Press
Pacific
Earthquakes Record Magnitude At Georgetown and Springhill
Washington scene reports an unusually strong quake at Georgetown University with needles thrown off the chart before 1 p m Father Tondorf notes Tremendous disturbance. In Mobile Alabama the Springhill College seismograph logs violent shocks from 9 17 am to noon with instruments spinning and distance estimated at about 5000 miles by Father Rohiman.
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Washington
Georgetown University
Father Tondorf
Violent Earth Shocks Recorded at St Ignatius Observatory
Seismograph at St Ignatius College Observatory in Cleveland logged the main quake at 11 22 am. Father Odenbach called it the most violent event recorded there and warned of potential bad news if the shocks are land based. readings hindered by weather until completion.
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Cleveland
St. Ignatus College Observatory
Father Odenbach
Mount Pelee
Tornadoes Cause Major Damage in Mississippi and River Breach
In Senatobia Mississippi on February 3 a tornado damaged property worth about 50000 dollars. Savage in Tate county and Evansville in Tunica county reported wrecked buildings and the Cold Water river flooded banks near Savage and Sara. About twenty people were injured including W S Sullivan who was seriously hurt. Washington reported that a joint committee of Woman's Union Christian College has secured about one million dollars from the Laura Spellman Rockefeller Memorial fund.
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Senatobia
Miss
Savage
Tate County
Evansville
Tunica County
Savage and
Sara
W. S. Sullivan
Washington
Woman’s Union Christian College
The
Orient
Laura Spellman Rockefeller
Associated Res
Tunica
James Norman
Seven Mile
French Begin Move to Restore Order in Ruhr Region
The Ruhr and Rhineland show improved relations between occupying forces and broader population though industrialists resist cooperation. Railways operate, mines stay idle due to car shortages, and food trains move to districts with rail strikes. Paris notes the situation satisfactory, while German officials resist reparations terms.
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Ruhr
Associated Press
Rhineland
Varis
Reparation Commission
Germany
Boincare
Council of the
League of Nations
Paris
Kahr
Witten
Berlin
Payot
France
General Payot
Gulf
Standard Oil Advances All North Louisiana Crude Prices
Shreveport Feb 3 Effective today Standard Oil Company raises all grades of North Louisiana and South Arkansas crude by ten cents a barrel marking the fourth such advance in a little over two weeks Top crude in Caddo Homer Haynesville and El Dorado now two dollars twenty cents Bull Bayou one eighty DeSoto two dollars Creighton one sixty five and Smackover one dollar fifteen The Texas Company had posted a ten cent advance on North Louisiana light crude yesterday in response.
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Associated Press
Shreveport
Standard Oil Company
North Louisiana
South Arkansas
Caddo
Homer
Haynesville
el Dorado
Bull Bayou
DeSoto
Creighton
Smackover
Texas Company
Louisiana
Bread Prices Hit Lowest Chicago Level In Months
Chicago on February 8 saw bread prices drop with a 16 ounce loaf at 312 cents in stores run by one firm and four cents in outlets operated by another organization.
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Chicago
Embassies Face Prohibition Liquor Import Questions
Resolutions by Rep Cramton of Michigan ask the Treasury and State Departments for reports on diplomatic liquor imports since prohibition. The measures seek detailed import figures, regulatory authority, and identification certificates issued by the two departments.
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Associated Press
Washington
State
Treasury Departments
Cramton
Michigan
Treasury Department
Department
State Department
Director of Lines Releases Wartime Rail Data to Congress
Washington reports from James C. Davis director general of railroads show total losses from wartime railroad operation and aftercare at about 1.8 million dollars with a potential 400 million dollars in cash and securities to be returned to the treasury. The accounting spans three phases involving the LCC and railroad administration and covers claims from 80 percent of railroad mileage now liquidated with settlements largely in cash or securities.
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Associated Press
Washington
James C. Davis
Congress
Harding
Treasury
Davis
LCC
Railroad Administration
Farm Credit Measure Passes Senate by Wide Margin
The senate approved the Lenroot-Anderson farm credit bill 59 to 0 and sent it to the house as the second of the program measures. It authorizes up to 1.32 billion dollars in agricultural credit, with 60 million of loan capital from the government and potential to double that amount, plus 1.2 billion in tax free debentures subject to farm loan board approval.
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Washington
Senate
House
Farm Loan Board
Freezing Temperatures Sweep Midwest and East
A northwest blast of winter spreads across the United States bringing record lows in Minnesota and the Dakotas and a 14 degree drop in Chicago. Flood fears grow as Memphis reports heavy rains and the Mississippi River could reach flood stage next week. A cold spell threatens the northern state with forecasts of freezing temperatures Sunday.
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Chicago
Plain States
United States
Lower
Lake Region
Ohio Valley
Tennessee
East Quif States
Atlantic States
North Carolina
St. Paul
Minneapolis
Minnesota
North
South Dakota
Memphis
Mississippi Valley
Ohio River District
Mississippi River
Savage
Miss
New Orleans
Mississippi flood stages forecast for Memphis early next week
The Weather Bureau in Memphis forecasts the Mississippi river will reach 30 feet at Memphis early next week as higher Ohio river levels and heavy valley rainfall drive rising water. Flooding will not alarm planters, though water will cover some lands and sloughs while levees remain intact.
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Associated Press
Memphis
Ohio River
Mississippi River
United States Weather Bureau
Arkansas
Cumberland
Tennessee
Mississippi Valley
Commission Plans to Submit Britain Debt Funding to President
The American debt funding commission approved its draft for funding Britain's wartime debt and aims to deliver the recommendations to President Harding for transmission to Congress. The plan fixes a 3 percent rate for ten years, then 3.5 percent, with gradual amortization and flexible principal payments.
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Associated Press
Washington
American Debt Funding Commission
Harding
Fundig
Great Britain
Congress
Fed
United States
Commission
Auckland Geddes
Real Winter Arrives as Cold Wave Sweeps North Louisiana
The Weather Bureau predicted a sharp cold spell across Louisiana and Mississippi with temperatures possibly dropping to 36 in New Orleans and 20 in northern areas. Rain and unsettled conditions were forecast to begin today, with the north and west coasts included in cold wave warnings and strong northerly winds.
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New Orleans
Louisiana
Mississippi
Weather Bureau
Rice Belt
Oklahoma mob case jurors in long deadlock
Ardmore Okla Feb 3 The jury in the Jeff Smith murder case tied to band of Carter county men over the slaying of Joe Carroll, an alleged bootlegger, remained out with little chance of breaking the deadlock. Carroll was shot during a raid on his Wilson home by masked men who attempted seizure.
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Associated Press
Ardmore
Okla
Jeff Smith
Carter County
Joe Carroll
Brok
Carroll
Wilson
Case of Klan employe in Chicago to be heard
Chicago Feb 3 The hearing of William H Green a city fireman suspended for alleged Ku Klux Klan membership was announced for February 16 before the Civil Service Commission Imperial officers of the Klan arrived to aid Green asserting Klan membership did not render him unfit for public service as claimed by a city council special committee
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Chicago
William H. Green
Civil Service Commission
Imperial
Klan
Green
State Assessments Show Decrease in Sixty One Parishes
Louisiana's total state assessment for 1922 is 1 561 580 784 dollars, down from 1 718 2 million in 1921.61 parishes show decreases while three parishes St Charles East Baton Rouge and Jefferson rise. Major declines stem from increased property exemptions 1921 constitution and losses in credits agricultural implements and farm improvements timber mineral lands and personal property values.
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Associated Press
Baton Rouge
State of Louisiana
St. Charles
East Baton Rouge
Jefferson
Osborne
Tax Commission
Supreme Court of Louisiana
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New York
Philippines
American Museum of Natural History
St. Louis
Seismographical Observatory
St. Louis University
Mobile
Ala
Springhill College
Daesseldorf
Cologne
Coblenz
Treves
Ludwigshafen
Schutz Polizei
Duesseldorf
International Commission
Badems
Coblens
Paul Tirard
U. S
Tereport
Genasco
South
Oklahoma
Christian Church
Monroe
Leo F. Terzia
S. M. Collins
First Baptist Church
Frank Tripp
McMillan
Louisiana Gas Products Corporation
National Bank
L. N. Larche
L. W. Gresham
Mattress Factory
Monroe Steam Laundry
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