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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 11, 1920
Page
3
The piece surveys immigration policy debates with calls for moderation, notes fears of job loss and political upheaval, and endorses America as a haven for the aged and oppressed. It also reports an Oklahoma anti talk society and remarks on farmers seeking credit and better crop distribution to ease market strain and bank pressure.
A fragment from an article lists proposed chapter titles for a future President Wilson memoir. The suggested chapters cover topics such as battles with colleagues, cabinet choices, European diplomacy, Versailles, and opinions on a Republican Senate.
The Journal raises the idea that if Lenine and Trotzky were recognized by the US, Britain, and France, Russians might turn against them. The suggestion frames recognition as a catalyst for shift in Russia and questions allied policy. The piece implies a provocative international stance on Bolshevik leadership.
A fragmented report recalls Civil War era action near Chattanooga with names Ebenez e Kingsbury James Biakwell and Wm Mills reported fallen. The piece notes destruction of a mill and shingle works and adds a Beecher Thanksgiving tribute praising President Lincoln.
A rural reform plea calls for Farmers to unite under the Lorain County Farm Bureau. The speaker warns of high fruit prices, praises organized peach growers with a central station, and urges members to run the bureau on strict business lines with principled leadership for the benefit of both farmers and consumers.
Major and minor league committeemen met with Judge Landis to draft a new national agreement for professional baseball. The session was held behind closed doors with guards barring newspaper men from the entrance. Representatives of the National Association of Minor Leagues met at the same hotel in a separate session.
A string of deaths and injuries reported across Ohio and nearby areas includes Elmer Edwards of Paupan West Virginia killed by a gun pipe blow during an argument in Columbus power house area. Nat Yulich of Bulgaria charged with murder. Norma Heger, 22, dies from automobile crash injuries in Toledo. Harvey Pepple crushed under a truck. Wetherell in custody. L Debord, 27, wounded wife, children left unharmed in Portstown incident. Mrs Tracy H. Well, 23, killed by coal oil explosion in Coatesville. Seven railroad workers die in a Pennsylvanian rail line crash near Coatesville. A Warsaw, Indiana shipment-related death in Youngstown. horse shipment crash leads to amputations and fire. No official cause yet from railroad investigators.
In Lucerne Switzerland, December 11, former King Constantine received official notification and an invitation to return to Athens and reclaim the throne. A Greek government escort of warships will meet him and his family in Venice on Wednesday, with the party to depart Lucerne by ordinary train likely Monday.
The General Motors truck plant in Pontiac, Michigan, resumes operations after a period of inactivity. About half the workforce are back on a pre-quantity schedule of 400 workers for the remainder of the month. Management expects normal operation soon after the new year.
Toledo report states a fifteen round heavyweight bout between world champion Jock Dempsey and Tommy Gibbons of Paul is planned by Ad Thatcher. Thatcher, who helped arrange the Dempsey Wallard match in Toledo last July, said he has signed Gibbons and awaits Jack Kearns’ response. The bout would be set for shortly after the new year.
A message picked up by the naval radio station reports the Shipping Board steamer Riverside Bridge in distress about 450 miles east of Charleston. The vessel was moving at three knots and asked a westbound ship for towing to New York. nature of trouble not specified.
The house voted unanimously to adjourn until Thursday December 23 and will reassemble the following Monday for two weeks, to tackle annual appropriation bills. The action, moved by Representative Mondell, ends the current session period.
President elect Harding weighs a new American foreign policy framework with Col. Harvey and advisers in Marion. The plan contemplates an association of nations built on Hague tribunal or Versailles League concepts, or a blend, while Hoover leads pro league voices and others urge staying out or lone terms. The approach aims at national unity and balanced international engagement as Harding prepares to consult merchants and leaders.
A western physician announces a discovered cure named Hem Roth for chronic distress. He claims many years of symptoms vanish quickly and offers this product through Phillipa with a money back guarantee.
The Know School of Cleveland instructor B Parmond opened a salesmanship course at Elyria Business College last night. Thirty are enrolled with expectations to reach sixty. Arnold will lead the first lesson next Friday evening. Workmen meeting moved to Tuesday. Machinists union will nominate and elect officers Monday night, expecting full attendance. Judge Landis to officiate next summer at Cleveland team’s first world series pennant raising, per Rotary Club president.
Warren Ohio December 11 county authorities announced they would issue a warrant for Mrs Thomas Koehler charging her with killing her two children whose bodies were found in the ruins of their Hubbard area home Sunday. Relatives of Nira Koehler, with counsel, planned to seek probate court action to declare her insane. Neighbor Harry Coller testified that Mrs Koehler said she had shot her children and herself and later the house was found afire.
Weather predictions for Ohio Valley Tennessee Great Lakes call for moderate temperatures with cloudiness rain and a later colder spell. In Chicago a conference voted to form a foreign trade corporation under the Edge Act with capital of 100 million dollars.
In Columbus the attorney general filed a suit in Franklin county common pleas court seeking to restrain forty one steam railroads from implementing rates and fares beyond the state prescribed limits for intra state traffic. In Washington the Senate finance committee backed final decision against any deferment of December tax payments, ratifying an earlier Republican measure.
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