Detzer court martial ends Wednesday in LeMans case
The trial by court martial of Capt Karl W Detzer charged with mistreating prisoners at Le Mans France will close Wednesday as final arguments are heard at Governor's Island. Testimony ends today with witnesses including Maj Thomas W Campbell and Lt Leonard Maha describing disciplinary methods and transfers for noncommissioned officers.
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New York
Jian
Karl W. Detaey
Oat LeMans
France
Governor's Island
Oel Aleshire
Fort Siamhouston
Tex
Thomas W. Campbell
Dartford
Coun
Trent
Leonard Maha
Maj
Campbell
Mahan
World Debt Reaches 200 Billion Amid Postwar Rise
National City Bank estimates global debt at 200 billion dollars, up from 40 billion in 1914. Paper currency has surged sixfold since 1914 while gold reserves rose only 40 percent. Principal-country currency values climbed from 7.25 billion in 1914 to 50 billion by the armistice, with December 1919 figures excluding Russia.
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York
National City Bank
State frowns on gift taking in Gibson county case
Indianapolis Jan 27. State board of accounts chief examiner denounces dealers and officials over gifts from Worrell Mfg Co of St. Louis to Gibson county commissioners. Three sprayers and two gallons of disinfectant fluid were given as gifts. The janitor said purchases were openly made and the shipment included the gift sprayer.
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Indianapolis
State Board of Accounts
Worrell Mfg. Company
St. Louis
Gibson County
Jesse H. Lichbach
Board of Accounts
Worrell Company
John R. Ford
N. P. Wirth
Robert Field
Mr. Eschbach
William McKenzie
Court House
McKenzie
Senator Newberry Election Fraud Trial Opens
Grand Rapids January 27 United Press reports Michigan politics expose three years of history as United States Senator Trueman H. Newberry and 134 co defendants face charges of corrupting the ballot box. Jury panels drawn as snowbound defendants arrive by 2 p.m. to resume proceedings delayed earlier.
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Grand Rapids
Michigan
United States
Trueman H. Newberry
C. W. Sessions
Trees for Shade in Summer Protect Wind in Winter
Indianapolis January 27 Many miles of new roads will be built and repaired in Indiana in 1920 under a road-building program. Charles C. Detm heads the forestry division urging extensive roadside tree planting for shade windbreaks and road moisture retention. The walnut and yellow poplar are recommended for their commercial value and lighter shade, while smaller nursery stock is advised to reduce transplant shock. Laws should prevent damage to trees from sign posts and billboards.
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Indianapolis
Indiana
Charles C. Detm
Forestry Division
State
Conservation Department
Department of Conservation
New Secretary Appointment at White House
President Wilson plans to appoint David S. Houston as secretary of the treasury with Edwin Meredith of Missouri named to succeed him as secretary of agriculture. Meredith, editor of the Farm Journal, flies to Washington to assume duties at once.
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David S. Houston
Secretary OF Treasury
United Press
Washington
Dan
Byrnes Pushes Dishonorable Discharge for Sims
Washington January 27 Representative Byrnes urged a dishonorable discharge for Rear Admiral William H. Sims after his senate naval committee testimony. Byrnes said Sims violated confidential instructions and slandered the Army and Navy to glorify Britain, noting British disapproval of his conduct abroad.
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Washington
Willian HF. Simms
Senate
Byrnes
House
Simson
England
United States
Sims
Financial Drive Near East Relief Appeals to Save Armenian Remnant
The Near East Relief launches a February fundraising drive from February 1 to 22 to aid Armenian survivors decimated by war and starvation. Gibson county targets 4500 dollars to support 75 orphans at sixty dollars each, with Thomas H. Riggs as chairman and Miss Selma Toelle as treasurer.
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United States
Near East Relief
Gibson County
Thomas H. Riggs
Selma Toelle
T. M. McDonald
Box Social at First Baptist Church Thursday Night
The B P Y U of the First Baptist church will host a box social at the church Thursday night with special music by the church orchestra.
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B. P. Y. U. of the First Baptist Church
Orches
Northern Black mixed oats shipment on C and E J track
A carload of Northern Black mixed oats is expected to arrive on the C. and E. J. track around February 10. Watch this paper for arrival updates and mention of Gee Witherspoon and Bette.
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Eee Gee, Witherspoon
Bette
Legion Meeting Tonight at Princeton Court House
The Princeton American Legion posts its weekly meeting at the court house with officer elections on the agenda. Members are reminded of sales of half the proceeds from The Red Wave film showing at the Empress Theater, with tickets available in city businesses or from Legion members.
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Princeton
American Legion
Court House
Legionaires
Empress Theater
Vickers
Legion
Wrist Fracture In Fall On Ice At Local Farm
Mrs. T. P. Cannavan living two miles southeast of the city on the poor farm yond suffered a fractured right wrist in a Saturday morning ice fall. The injury was very painful and the fracture was reduced by a local surgeon.
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T. P. Cannavan
Yond
Doctor Braselton Named Chief Health Examiner for Gibson County
Dr. O T Braselton city health officer chosen by the United States Public Health Service as chief radical examiner for Gibson County. His duties will include examining all World War veterans who wish to make indemnity claims.
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O. T. Braselton
United State Public Health Service
Gibson County
Deportation drive targets Communist groups in raids
Secretary Wilson classifies Communist and Communist Labor parties as revolutionary under the deportation law. About 3,000 aliens were rounded up nationwide. 600 have seized membership cards, enabling swift deportation. Hearings and removals to proceed while convictions continue. Russians make up about three quarters of those seized. others include Germans Austrians Hungarians Lithuanians Letts Finns and Chinese.
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Washington
Wilson
J. D. Hoover
Palmer
Mr. Hoover
Department of Justice
Hoover
Arki” Ag
Smallpox Cases Reported Near Francisco Indiana
Two mild smallpox cases occur in Walter Spencer’s family two miles west of Francisco. Meanwhile Thomas A English aged 62 is seriously ill at Ebner English’s home with influenza, a Civil War veteran and long invalid with little hope of recovery.
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Francisco
Ind
Walter Spencer
Thomas A. English
Ebner English
Fell from tank injures Southerm shops worker
Frank Collins of the Southerm shops in the round house fell from an engine tank while at work Monday afternoon. He sustained bruises to his hips and shoulders and a gash on his side. Railroad surgeons treated him and he was sent home south of the city near the poor farm. No bones were broken but he was severely shaken.
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Frank Collins
Southerm
Round House
Fund To Feed Starving People In Poland Request
President Wilson urged Congress to appropriate 150 million dollars to feed starving Poles and others on the Bolshevik frontier. Herbert Hoover General Bliss and aides advocate the measure now before Congress. Wilson not expected to send a note but will indicate approval to individuals.
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Washington
Wilson
Congress
Poland
Herbert Hoover
General Bliss
Europe
Hungary to reject peace treaty as talks resume in Paris
Count Apponyi leads the Hungarian delegation which will depart for Paris to return an absolute refusal to sign the peace treaty in its current form. The movement signals a firm stance as the peace conference proceeds.
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Anerlin
Apponyi
Delega
Paris
Foirm
Briton Perfects Deadliest Shell
Jan 27 The British navy may soon deploy a new large caliber shell hailed as unsurpassed by Sir Robert Hadfield, chairman of Hadfields Ltd. He asserts the feat is achieved and claims such a shell could have scuttled many German battleships during the war.
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Ondon
Robert Hadfield
Hadfields, Ltd
Scapa Flow
Army Training Bill Approved in Senate Military Committee
The Senate Military Committee advanced provisions for compulsory military training for men aged 18 to 21 and endorsed a favorable report on the army reorganization bill. The plan creates a citizen army, a standing army of 280000 enlisted men and 18000 officers, plus national guard, with gradual reductions over five years to cut costs.
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Washington
Senate Military Committee
War Department
Congress
National Guard
Wadsworth
Sennator Wadsworth
Treaty Parley to Continue After Two-Hour Meeting
The bipartisan treaty conferees adjourned after a two hour session leaving the treaty situation uncertain. The conference did not break up and will reconvene Thursday for the next session in Washington.
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Washington
Germany asks Paris to relieve war crime clause
Germany sends a note to the peace conference urging relief from the Versailles treaty provision that obliges Berlin to deliver persons accused of war crimes to Allied authorities.
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Paris
Germany
Peace Conference
Disabled Powhattan Near Halifax Harbor
The Powhattan, a disabled American transport, lay 49 miles off Halifax harbor at 11 a.m. today. It was traveling at five miles per hour and expected to reach the harbor by 7 p.m. according to a message.
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Halifax
Halifax Harbor
Raisin crop payments reach about forty million dollars
Fresno reports total payments for the 1919 raisin crop will fall between 38 million and 40 million dollars to growers. The figure comes from W. M. Giffen, president of the California Associated Raisin Company, in an official announcement.
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Fresno
Cal
W. M. Giffen
California Associated Raisin Company
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Stephens
Jore Biccci
H. G. May
Piths
Detzer
Turkey
C. Q O
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Alva Levi
Gibson County Commissioners
U.S
Trueman Newberry
Meridith
Lews
Financial Drive
B. Y. P. U. Entertainment
RED Viper
Braselton
Thomas English
Hungary
Army Training Bill
Powhattan
Wright
Shoptaugh’s
J. M. Scantlin
West Side Square
Harding & Miller Music Co
Hudson, Ford
Essex Cars
A L Maxwell Co
Null Bros
Cash & Carry
Oldsmobile
Scripp’s Booth
Austin Garage CO
White Lumber CO
Studebaker and
Briscoe
Reinhart Motor Co
G. W. Guthrie
Edisons and Pianos
Childrens
the Marinello Shop
Mra. Lockwood Kerr
Goodrich
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