Greek Army Moves East Amid Thrace War Draft
A Athens dispatch says the whole Greek army moves toward Thrace as war looms. Ex-premier Venizelos urges reinforcements. 1920 and 1922 reservists are called. War Minister Pangaios named commander in Thrace and travels to Saloniki. Lausanne reports Ismet Pasha fails to secure U S and European backing. Near East talks risk breakdown. Balance of trade may tighten with spring, as Hoover says tariffs won’t curb foreign demand.
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London
Athens
Thrace
Venizelos
Washington
Europe
United States
Harding
Herbert Hoover
Big Order for Locomotives and Cars in Burlington Purchase
Chicago announces a 60 locomotive order valued at about 3.18 million dollars for spring delivery by the Chicago Burlington and Quincy railroad. The deal adds to a fleet of 2,000 reconditioned steel coal cars and 700 other rail equipment recently received and leased. The piece notes a tax dispute with Nebraska over 1922 levies, with Burlington appealing the decision and offering 65 percent tender to county treasurers.
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Chicago
Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad
E. P. Bracken
Fairbury
Neb
Burlington
Tax Commissioners of
Nebraska
Uneasiness in Near East and Obituary and Dust Explosion
In Near East conference circles unease grows as final reckoning on Turks and allied powers approaches after partial or no agreement. Dr Wilbur F Crafts, longtime reform leader and prohibition advocate, dies at 73 in Washington hospital from pneumonia. In Kansas City a dust explosion at Schreiber Flour and Cereal injures 30 to 40 people, some fatally.
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Near East
Susanne
Washington
Wilbur F. Crafts
International Reform Bureau
Kansas City
Bio
Schreiber Flour and Cereal Company
Census to Gauge Nation Wealth and Debts
The census bureau will begin a decennial determination of U S citizens wealth including taxes paid and public debts by state, county and city. The survey will start January 1 and cover securities issued by various subdivisions.
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Washington
Census Bureau
United States
Negro Dies at 121 Years in Parts Texas
John Dunham a Black resident of Parts Texas died at his home aged 121 claiming to be the oldest man in the area. He worked up to his death and endured a long life in the community.
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Negro
Parts
Tex
John Dunham
All Banke Ordered Closed in Vladivostok
The Soviet government of Vladivostok has ordered the closure of all foreign and Russian banks as it took over the city administration and surrounding Primoria region.
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Banke
Vladivostok
Massacre Survivor John Martin Dies in Brooklyn Hospital
John Martin, who claimed to be the last survivor of the Little Bighorn Custer massacre, died in a Brooklyn hospital Sunday at an undetermined age. The obituary notes his long public claim to be the final survivor and places his death in New York.
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New York
John Martin
Little Big Horn
Brooklyn
Daring Holland Countess Jacqueline Fights Rebellion
Detroit News recounts the 15th century saga of Jacqueline countess of Holland Hainault and Zealand who rallied 6000 knights and 300 ships to defend her realm against Otto lord of Arkell. Her marriage to Prince John of Touraine and bold arena challenge by lions frame a legend of loyalty and revolt.
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Jacequiine
William of
Holland
Jacequline
Prince John of
Touraine
Lord
Otto) von Arkell
Count Williams
Otto
Jacqueline
Hans
Hainault
Zealand
Arkell
Hons
Gorkum
You Arkell
Jord of Arkell
Detroit News
Surplus Army Supplies Aid States Road Work
About 190 million dollars worth of surplus Army road building machinery and other supplies have been approved by the Bureau of Public Roads. Some 150 million dollars worth has been delivered, enabling states to organize maintenance divisions for statewide patrols. Major items include shop machinery to equip repair shops, lathes, planers, milling machines, and drills.
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Army
Bureau of Public Roads
United States Department of Agriculture
Bureau
United States
Germany
France
Cadillac
Dolly Madison Saves State Papers From Burning Capitol
Story of Dolly Madison during the 1814 British attack on Washington. As capital houses burned, she returned to recover the Declaration of Independence and carried it to safety, ensuring the state papers and the most important U.S. document were saved.
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James Madison
England
Madison
United States
Dolly Madison
Detroit News
Game Law Violator Sentenced in Baltimore Case
William T. J. Lewis of Hopkins Virginia was jailed by Judge Rose in federal court Baltimore Maryland for months for selling wild ducks and shipping them unlabeled by mail. The case marked one of the harshest sentences under the migratory bird treaty act enforced by the Biological Survey of the USDA.
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William T. J. Lewis
Hopkins
Virginia
Rose
Baltimore
Maryland
Lewis
Federal
Biological Survey
United States Department of Agriculture
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Balance of Trade
Secretary of Commerce
Lausanne
Ismet Pasha
Turkey
Mrs. Madison
Hanna
Hanna Coal Farmers Union Co-Operative Association
A. R
Dempster
C. M. Wright
First Ave East
Kratz Abstract Company
Stuht-Hine Bldg
FHONE
A. R. Lesueur
Sidney
Nebr
Hahler Garage
Western
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