Plan to Build 100,000-Bale Cotton Compress in Crittenden County
Arkansas Cotton Compress corporation plans a massive 100,000-bale facility on a 40 acre site bought by Joseph Newburger, near Thompson's gun on the Memphis Marion road. R. L. Taylor to manage. project promises a new town around the plant, within 20 minutes of Front Street by truck, near West Memphis.
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Memphis
Memphis-Marion Highway
Crittenden County
Arkansas
Arkansas Cotton Compress Corporation
Grenada Com Press Company
Falls
South
Joseph Newburger
Tri-State
Memphis-Marion
Missouri- Pacific
Frisco
Marion
Ark
Newbureer
R. L. Taylor
Front Street
West Memphis
Hulburt
Pershing Warns U S On China Weakening Due To Poor Military Setup
General John J. Pershing told a St. Louis chamber luncheon that China’s problems stem from weak military organization and warned the United States could be pulled into foreign conflicts if it fails to build a stronger military. He urged a larger American establishment to avoid becoming the football of fortune under external dictation. He cited ongoing near and middle eastern turmoil since 1914 and noted danger of entanglement in historic strife surrounding Turkish victory and Greek conflict.
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China
St. Louis
John J. Pershing
America
Chamber of Commerce
Far
Near East
Middle Europe
Far East
Mussolini Recovered From Illness Says Rome Dispatch
Rome reports Premier Mussolini has entirely recovered from the slight indisposition he had been suffering.
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Mussolini
Rome
House Passes Pension Bill For Civil, Mexican War Veterans
Washington scene reports the house approved a senate pension bill boosting pensions for soldiers of the Civil and Mexican wars and granting increases to widows and certain dependents of war veterans from 1812 and later Indian wars.
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House
Washington
Senate
Postmasters Authorized to Grant Half Holidays
Washington Postmaster General Werk allows postmasters nationwide to grant half holidays to postal workers throughout the year whenever feasible without harming service.
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Washington
Werk
United States
Greek king held fear executions spark regional fear
London reports fear of further Greek executions after six former leaders were put to death. Prince Andrew and King George are mentioned as potential targets while Bulgaria forges a court of war widows and wounded soldiers to try 24 former officials. Rome plans Vatican protest over Greek executions.
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London
Prince Andrew
Constantine
King George
Bulgaria
Constantinople
Rome
Vatican
Pius
Berne
Eliphtherios Venizelos
Lausanne
Greece
Greek generals arrested amid interim army shakeup
Athens issues statement announcing the arrest of Gen. Dousmanis and Gen. Valetras, former staff chiefs, with a warrant for Gen. Papoulas. It also notes the upcoming trial of Prince Andrew, former commander of a corps during Sakaria operations, starting next week.
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Athens
Dousmanis
Valetras
Asia Minor
Papoulas
Andrew
Constantine
Greek Ministers Executed by Revolutionary Government
The execution marks a blow to Greek prestige among world powers and signals the rise of younger hot headed former officers, now a dangerous element in the Near East situation, as allied diplomats warned.
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Athens
Near East
Washington senators discuss rural credits bill delays
Washington reports that a White House conference with Republican senators did not finalize the rural credits program. Senator Capper of Kansas said further conferences are needed before all details can be worked out during the winter session of Congress.
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Washington
White House
Capper
Kansas
Senate Farm Bloc
Physician Killed In Arkansas Train Collision
Dr J W Melton aged 50 of Benton Arkansas was killed instantly when his car was struck by Missouri Pacific train No 17 near Benton station. Trainmen said the accident was unavoidable and the automobile was wrecked.
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Hot Springs
Ark
J. W. Melton
Benton
Missouri Pacific
Benton Station
Conference to Be Called for Dominion and Mother Country
Portsmouth England Colonel Leslie Wilson chief conservative whip said telegrams would be dispatched at once to summon the economic conference of representatives of the dominions and the mother country as urged in Prime Minister Bonar Law's election address.
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Portsmouth
Eng
Leslie Wilson
Economic Conference of
Dominions
Bonar Law
Washington Aids Small Farmers With Relief Plan
The administration finalizes an immediate financial relief program for farmers after discussions among President Harding, Secretary Wallace, and 15 Republican senators led by Senator Watson of Indiana.
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Washington
Harding
Wallace
Watson
Indiana
Reds Are Freed After Commutation by Governor
Springfield Illinois Len Small commutes the sentences of William Bross Lloyd and 16 associates. They were serving time in Joliet penitentiary and Cook county jail for violation of the state anti syndicalism law. Their sentences expire at once.
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Springfield
Ill
Willam Bross Lloyd
Joliet Penitentiary
Cook County
Len Small
Clemen ceau Pays Tribute at Lincoln Tomb on Thanksgiving
Georges Clemenceau, in Springfield, bared his head and paid homage to Abraham Lincoln calling him one of the greatest men that ever lived on Thanksgiving Day.
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Springfield
Georges Clemenceau
Abraham Lincoln
Plant Board Conference Ends With Notable Insect Reports
The Mississippi State Plant Board annual conference wrapped after three days with updates from Prof. R. W. Harned on plant health and quarantine measures. News covered include pink bollworm in West Texas, Mexican bean beetle impacts, peach pest controls, sugar cane borer quarantines, camphor scale eradication, and new pest discoveries across the state.
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A. & M. College
Miss
State Plant Board
Plant Board
United States Bureau of Entomology and Plant Industry
Mississippi
R. W. Harned
K. H. Townsend
Houston
Texas
Federal Horticultural Board
Big Bend
West
New Mexico
Oklahoma
Louisiana
J. E. Graf
Neale F. Howard
Birmingham
Bureau of Entomology
Oliver I. Snapp
P. P. Garner
State Department of Agriculture
E. K. Bynum
West Indies
H. L. Dozier
Plant
K. L. Cockerham
Hancock County
R. P. Barnhart
Jackson County
J. R. Ricks
Mississippi Agricultural Experiment Stations
Ball
Experiece Satan
D. W. Grimes
State Nursery Inc
M. R. Smith
D. C. Neal
Mississippi Experiment Station
Neal
America
Education stats show growth in Mississippi schools
State education report by W F Bond lists 787 consolidated schools and 200 teachers homes. It notes 184 four year high schools, 800 schools offering one to four years of high school work, 19 all southern high schools, 49 agricultural high schools with 23 offering vocational work, 43 consolidated schools engaged in vocational work, 12 part time industrial schools, 23 vocational schools for Negroes, and 833 crippled youths applying for vocational training. The state claims leading in agricultural high schools, consolidated schools, and teachers homes.
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Friends of Education
Mississippi
Spelling Help From Classmates Cited
A student asks how to spell a word in a home message and another replies with the spellings for financially and embarrassed, noting two r s in embarrassed. The exchange preserves school context and spelling guidance.
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New City
Pershing
U. S
Patterson Bros
Oxford, Miss
State Department OF Education
W. F. Bond
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O. H. Douglass & Co
Oxford
Carload
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