General Strike Ties Up Ruhr Rail and Telegraph Lines
Paris reports a general strike of Ruhr miners railway postal and telegraphic workers beginning Sunday night. All outside communication with the Ruhr has ceased and trains are halted at Cologne and the Ruhr edge as German crews refuse to operate. Czech Slovak and Italian laborers are being brought in to replace strikers and will be supervised by German authorities. The stoppage aims to pressure French withdrawal with all state workers promised wages.
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Paris
Ruhr
Rivar
Hssen
Berlin
France
Coblenz
Cologne
Rahn
Ancient Egyptian Princess Tattoos Revealed by Excavation
Archeologists from the Metropolitan Museum of New York unearthed the well preserved body of an Egyptian princess dating to 2150 B C She is said to have been among the beauties of the first dynasty and her neck and chest bear luish symbols indicating noble status The discovery suggests ancient women valued facial and body decoration.
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Luxor
Veypt
Jan
Nile
Metropolitan Museum of New York
3350 Year Old Beef Found In Tutankhamun Tomb
Egyptian archaeologists report the discovery of the world’s oldest canned beef, dating 3350 years, preserved in the tomb of King Tutankhamun along with venison haunches venison ducks and game in wooden boxes. Four bronze candle sticks and a giant duck were also unearthed.
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Lukor
Egypt
Tutenkhamun
Luxcavators
Derby Hat Set To Finish Tailored 1923 Look
Cincinnati observers report the International Association of Clothing Designers will recommend a low flat derby hat with a small feather as the finishing touch for the 1923 tailor made man. The style committee announced the plan after its meeting in Cincinnati.
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Cincinnati
Ohio
International Association of Clothing Designers
Odessa riot leaves forty killed during religious procession
A Copenhagen dispatch reports heavy gunfire during a religious procession in Odessa. Crowds attacked Jewish shops as the mob grew enraged and military forces failed to stop the violence. Forty persons are said to have died.
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London
Odessa
Copenhagen
Congress Braces for Hunger Relief Pleas for Europe
Washington January 22 petitions flood Congress from across the United States seeking government action to aid the hunger stricken populations in Germany and Austria.
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Europe
Washington
Congress
Germany
Austria
Russian Plane Service Moves Toward Turkish Route
The Turkish government accepts a proposal by a Russian aviation company to operate passenger flights between Constantinople Ismidt Ankara and Smyrna, signaling a new air link in the region.
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Turkey
Constantinople
Ismidt
Angora
Smyrna
Debt Parley Fails Over Interest Rate and Payment Terms
Washington talks between the American and British debt funding commissions end in complete disagreement on interest rates payment amounts and timing. The British mission sails to New York then home while Sir Austin Geddes and Mellon plan future negotiations through diplomacy. The chancellor of the exchequer will return to London for cabinet consultation and the sessions adjourned with no immediate reassembly.
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Washington
Drebt
Great Britain
United States
New York
London
Stanley Baldwin
Sir Auckland Geddes
Mellon
Debt demand unreasonable from London on debt talks
The Baldwin financial mission returned from Washington without settling Britain's debt. The Daily Express says America is unreasonable to insist on liquidating the obligation, risking widespread suffering, and suggests affairs must wait until Washington is more amenable.
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London
Washington
Baldwin Financial Mission
Daily Express
America
Reid's Drug Battle Ends In Hollywood Death
Wallace Kid, longtime figure around the Lasky lot, died Thursday at the Bansia Place sanitarium after a battle in Los Angeles. He returned to Hollywood in a coffin and was placed in an undertaking establishment near his former workplace.
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Los Angeles
Cal
Wallace Kid
Hollywood
Lasky Lot
Ile
Bansia Plaece Sanitarium
Liquor Raid Nets 400 Gallons in Washington
Ten raids by prohibition agents and police across Washington yielded about 400 gallons of assorted liquors and eight arrests. The most valuable stash was found in a residence in the fashionable district.
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Washington
Ellis Island Chief Decorated for War Service
Robert E Tod commissioner of immigration at Ellis Island received the distinguished service medal for war services He formerly served as a lieutenant commander in the navy in New York on January 22
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Ellis Island
New York
Robert E. Tod
Herrin Jurors Free Miners Acquit All Defendants
In Marion Illinois on January 20 all five defendants in the Herrin massacre case were acquitted after twenty six hours of deliberation. The jury cleared Leva Mann Joe Carnaghi Peter Hiller Bert Ifrace and Otis Clark of murder during the riot.
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Marion
Iill
Herrin
Howard Hoffmann
Hartwell
Uartweil
James Weaver
Leva Mann
Joe Carnaghi
Peter Hiller
Bert Ifrace
Otis Clark
Work as usual at Essen amid blockade and expected capitulation
In Essen on January 19 the chimneys smoke as industries stay active. The article notes Germany’s expected capitulation in a few days and cooperation with France in exploiting the Ruhr. France has begun a coal blockade, stopping several hundred coal cars and secret barges en route to Germany and rerouting them to Strassbourg and Metz.
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Essen
Jan
Ruhr
Germany
Strasshourz
Metz
Coal output at New Mark exceeds prior seasonal highs
Washington reports the geological survey estimates that coal production this season is at record levels. For the week ending Saturday bituminous coal reached 11,000,000 tons and anthracite 2,000,000 tons, marking unprecedented outputs for the season.
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Washington
Geological Survey
Grain Merchant Killed by Auto in Chicago
Howard B. Jackson, a leading grain commission merchant and wartime official with the United States Grain Corporation, was struck and killed by an automobile just after 1 AM while crossing Sheridan Road at Ainslie Street. He was 62.
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Chicago
Howard B. Jackson
Grain Commission
United States Grain Corporation
Sheridan Road
Ainslie Street
Ruhr War Rumor Grows in Coblenz Secret Mobilization Talk
Reports from Coblenz claim secret mobilization of German soldiers as thousands of youths disappear and may reappear in uniform. Rumors of an alliance with Russia spread widely. In Washington, a federal report shows drug law arrests rose 65 percent in late 1922 versus late 1921.
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Coblenz
Jan
Russia
Washington
Howat and Aids Released from Contempt Sentence
Pittsburgh Kansas report says Alexander Howat former president of the Kansas miners and five other ex officials were freed by Judge Would after serving 266 days of a one year contempt sentence.
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Howat
Aids
Pittsburgh
Kan
Alexander Howat
Kansas Miners
Wooley
Mrs Edward F White Drafting National Marriage Law
Deputy Indiana attorney general Mrs Edward Franklin White has been authorized by the General Federation of Women’s Clubs to draft a bill creating national marriage and divorce laws. The plan would raise marriage difficulty and require a one year wait after an interlocutory decree before remarriage, with nationwide validity.
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Edward Franklin White
Indiana
General Federation of Women’s Clubs
U S Market Report shows mixed livestock and grain prices
For the week ending January 18 live stocks led with hogs to 8.60, beef steers around 7.75, fat lambs 13.00 to 15.00 and veal calves up to 8.28. Wheat and corn quotes mix across No. 2 hard and mixed grains, with farm prices and regional market notes included.
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Washington
Chicago
Kansas
Cincinnati
Minneapolis
St. Louis
Prairie
Baldwin
Northwestern
Spokane
Wisconsin
Young Americas
Nearly 100 Great Lakes freighters load grain worth millions
About 100 large freighters lie moored along Buffalo harbor loaded to capacity with grain from the northwest. Their cargoes total nearly 29 million bushels of wheat corn oats rye barley and flax valued at roughly 50 million dollars at current market prices.
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Buffalo
Great Lakes
Canadian Northwest
Berlin to Ask British Aid for Mediation in Europe
A confidential German mission departs for London to request Britain mediate between France and Germany. In Washington the army appropriation bill of 233 million dollars passes the House with an amendment boosting waterway projects to 56.585 million and Muscle Shoals dam funding accepted.
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London
France
Germany
the Times
Essen
House
Washington
Army
Muscle Shoals Dam
Germany to lose Ruhr coal if obstruction continues
Paris reports that Germany will be deprived of Ruhr coal altogether if it persists in obstruction. The French government has informed the German charge d affaires in Paris of this stance.
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Paris
Germany
Ruhr
Eveline Booth Dies at 125 in Georgia
Eveline Booth of Oglethorpe county Georgia dies at age 125 years nine months and eleven days as reported by Dr William A Davis in Atlanta Georgia on January 20.
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