National Guard plans show rapid growth and funding tension
Washington reports the 1921 22 militia budget pushes the National Guard toward 160000 men with 331 organized units, exceeding the regular army by about 10000, while funding for 122000 in the current year threatens deficiencies and may provoke disputes over unit recognition. Brigadier General Jesse McI Carter notes regional progress across Arizona Colorado New Mexico Oklahoma Texas California Idaho Montana Nevada Oregon Utah Washington Wyoming and Fort Sam Houston reports.
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Washington
National Guard
Burreau
Jesse MclI. Carter
Carter
Army Corps
F. O. Johnson
Eighth Corps
Fort Sam Houston
Arizona
Colorado
New Mexico
Oklahoma
Texas
Ninth Corps
Presidio
Cal
Militia Bureau
California
Idaho
Montana
Nevada
Oregon
Utah
Wyoming
Debs Pardon Comment Sparks Socialist Response
Chicago December 24 Otto F Barnstetter executive secretary of the Socialist party said Debs pardon shows rising public support and the administration cannot delay justice. Washington December 24 five former soldiers and Eugene V Debs were pardoned for life term killings including George Lancefield, a former British officer.
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Chicago
Otto F. Barnstetter
Socialist Party
Eugene V. Debs
Harding
Debs
Washington
Carl J. Bryan
James A. Odell
Roy Youngblood
George van Gilder
J. R. Richardson
George Lancefield
Midnight Pardons Issued for Federal Prisoners
President Harding commutations have been upgraded to pardons for certain inmates. Attorney General Daugherty sent telegrams to federal prison wardens confirming the action and announcing that all affected prisoners will be released at midnight tonight.
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Washington
Daugherty
Harding
Alaska Flyers Send Holiday Greetings to Alaskans
The Alaska Flyers fleet of four army airplanes sent Merry Christmas and a Prosperous New Year greeting to all Alaskans via the United States Signal Corps. Under Capt. St. Clair Street, the flyers first reached Alaska in 1920, flying over Juneau on August 16 during a route from Wrangell to Whitehorse and then to Nome with several stops.
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New York
Nome
Alaska
United States Signal Corps
Signal Corps
Washington, D. C
St. Clair Street
Juneau
Wrangell
Whitehorse
Christmas Brandy Pies Fuel Festive Demand in San Francisco
Christmas pies with brandy are poised to be popular for dinners as bakers use federal permission to flavor them. In the past three days more than 2,500 gallons of brandy have been withdrawn from government warehouses.
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San Francisco
Deportation Recommended for Illinois Staats Zeitung Editor
United States District Attorney Clinnin said he recommended deportation proceedings against Arthur Lorenz editor of the Illinois Staats Zeitung. American Legion Posts urged action claiming he is not a citizen. The Black Hawk Legion Post filed a $100,000 libel suit against Lorenz for articles in his paper.
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Chicago
United States
Clinnin
Thay
Immigration Authorities
Arthur Lorenz
Illinois Staats Zeitung
American Legion Posts
Lorenz
The
Black Hawk American Legion Post
Universities to Debate Industrial Court System Nationwide
A tri angular debate will be held in January among the University of Missouri University of Wisconsin and Washington University. Each university will field two teams, one for and one against the proposal that the Kansas Industrial Relations Court System for the Settlement of Industrial Disputes should be adopted throughout the United States.
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ST. Louis
University of Missouri
University of Wisconsin
Washington University
Kansas
United States
Colombia Ratifies Treaty With the United States
A cablegram reported that Colombia's Congress has ratified the treaty with the United States. The decision was announced by the American International Corporation in New York on December 24.
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Colombia
The
United States
New York
American International Corporation
Columbian Congress
United States’ Colombia
Pasadena Prepares for 34th Tournament of Roses
Pasadena crowds expected for the 34th annual Tournament of Roses on January 2 1922. About 200000 spectators anticipated to view nearly 100 floats with blossom themes. The pageant culminates at Tournament Rock where the East West football game will be played between University of California and Washington and Jefferson University.
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Pasadena
Cal
University of California
Washington and Jefferson University
Ali brothers acquitted of conspiracy but jailed on sedition charge
In Karachi, the Ali brothers were acquitted of conspiring to seduce British troops, yet found guilty on statements intended to impede His Majesty's forces. All but one were sentenced to two years, with the judge warning against verdicts born of fear from threats by Shaukat Ali. Shaukat and Mohamed Ali argued religious duty justified their actions, prompting a tense courtroom exchange.
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Karachi
India
Ali Brothers
All India
Shaukat Ali
Mohamed Ali
Sing Observer
Victoria
Health Service Bulletin Broadcasts Health Tips Online
The Federal Public Health Service night inaugurated a bi weekly wireless telephone health bulletin. Broadcasts will go every Tuesday and Friday with messages advising on how to maintain good health nationwide.
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Washington
Federal Public Health Service
Extraordinary Operation by Dr Lorenz Performed
Mary Moore, an actress, spoke for the first time today after a fractured skull and other injuries from an automobile crash 32 days earlier. The utterance came after an extraordinary operation described as a medical milestone performed by Dr. Adolf Lorenz, the Austrian orthopedic surgeon visiting the United States.
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New York
Mary Moore
Adolf Lorenz
United States
Seattle Murder Mystery Case Shifts to the East
Police shifted the search for Clara Sharkin Winborn today from California to Chicago and Michigan cities in connection with the Ferdinand Hochbrunn case. Authorities believe she fled east after Hochbrunn was slain in his Seattle apartment late in November.
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Seattle
Clara Sharkin-Winborn
Ferdinand Hochbrunn
California
Chicago
Michigan
Hochbrunn
Soviet to Spend Millions in U S for Food Relief
London Dec 24 The Soviet government will turn over 10 million dollars in gold to the American Relief Association for the administration to buy foodstuffs and feed in America for relief of the Volga famine area after new talks between the American Relief Association and Soviet trade representative Leonid Krassin.
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London
American Relief Association
Leonid Krassin
America
Volga
Wife Has Right To Take Money From Husband
MALDEN Mass December 24 Judge Charles M Bruce finds Alphonso Di Esco guilty of assaulting his wife and holds that women are justiciable in taking money from their husbands pocket.
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Malden
Mass
Charles M. Bruce
Alphonso di Esco
Bandits Hold Up State Bank of Dupo in Morning Robbery
EAST ST. LOUIS Mo Dec 24 The State Bank of Dupo at Dupo six miles north was held up and robbed of between 10 000 and 12 000 Five bandits entered after opening and forced the president and several employees to the floor while money was scooped into valises and the gang escaped in an automobile.
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East ST. Louis
State Bank of
Dupo
Train Derailment In Kansas Injures Several Passengers
A St. Louis and San Francisco passenger train derailed and overturned this morning while en route from Fort Scott to Cherryville near Pittsburgh Kansas. A number of passengers were injured, with details and exact counts not yet released by officials.
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Pittsburgh
Kans
St.Louis
San Francisco
Fort Scott
Cherryville
Gates Open for Thousand Aliens for Ninety Days
Washington December 24 Secretary of Labor James J. Davis ordered immigration stations to admit for 90 days all aliens currently held there whose countries had already exceeded their quota. The temporary landing pause extends to all such individuals, allowing time to adjust admission levels and policies.
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Washington
Secretary of Labor
James J. Davis
Ellis Island Gates Open Free Over Thousand Aliens
Ellis Island gates opened late yesterday freeing more than 1,000 aliens held under the immigration law to spend Christmas with relatives in the Land of Promise. They will be at liberty for 90 days.
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Ellis Island
New York
Liberty
Nationalist disorders claim five lives in Gizeh unrest
Cairo dispatch reports five people killed and twenty wounded in Nationalist disorders at Gizeh, a suburb. British troops intervened to restore order promptly, with authorities moving to quell the unrest and secure the area.
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Cairo
Gizeh
Americans Enliven Trade In Coblenz On Rhine
Coblenz residents, Germans and occupying Americans mix as peace settles. An American colony grows to about 2000 civilians with American stores and goods on sale. English is common in streets near newsstands and shops. American Force News appears alongside New York and Chicago papers.
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Coblenz
Europe
Germany
Rhine
United States
Amaroc News
New York
Chicago
Ralph Gren leaf Retains Pocket Billiard Title
New York December 24 Ralph Gren leaf pocket billiard champion retained his title last night defeating Arthur Woods of Minneapolis by a score of 459 to 277.
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New York
Ralph Grenleaf
Arthur Woods
Minneapolis
Christmas Cheer to Two Great English Speaking Nations
Arthur J. Balfour in a Christmas message to the American people declares peace and goodwill between the two great English speaking nations. He asserts such a bond has always been his faith and never seemed nearer to realization than now.
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Washington
Arthur J. Balfour
Posses of Angry Men Seek Girl Murderer in New Jersey
In Brunsw ick New Jersey on December 24 a five year old girl Tessie Kucharski was found murdered her body discovered in a hotel suitcase. A posse searches for George Garfis aged 45 identified as last person seen with the child as anger grows over the crime.
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New “Brunswick
N. J
Tessie Kucharski
Albany
George Garfis
Beef price probe clouds by beef trust claims
The Amalgamated Association of Meat Cutters and Butchers says the Attorney General's price investigation into retail beef and related essentials may be a smoke screen to shield the beef trust. The inquiry covers prices of food fuel and clothing nationwide.
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New York
Amalgamated Association of Meat Cutters & Butchers
Daugherty
Arbuckle Trial Delayed From January Ninth
San Francisco December 24 Police Judge Lyle T Jacks said the state will not be ready to proceed on January 9 with the second trial of Fatty Arbuckle for manslaughter in the death of Virginia Rappe.
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San Francisco
Lyle T. Jacks
Fatty” Arbuckle
Virginia Rappe
Ku Klux Klan Parade In Texas Town Led By Fiery Cross
In Temple Texas last night a parade was staged by about 250 white robed Ku Klux Klan members led by an automobile bearing a fiery cross. The procession was escorted by two police officers.
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Texas
United States Submits Plan for Submarines
The United States presented a submarine limitation plan to the full naval committee proposing a 60 000 ton allotment for Britain and the United States with remaining tonnage for France Italy and Japan. The plan would reduce American and British submarine tonnage by about one third and reallocates about 42 000 tons to France, 32 000 to Japan, and 22 000 to Italy, scrappping over 30 000 tons. Italy protests, demanding parity with France, while France informal suggests a 90 000 ton minimum for major powers.
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Washington
Great Britain
United States
France
Italy
Japan
America
Storm Strikes Clarksdale Area Killing Eight in Arkansas
A tornado ripped through Clarksdale Arkansas and nearby farms last night killing seven Black residents and one white man and injuring about twenty. A store was demolished at the refuge site as the storm moved through Morehouse Parish Louisiana today killing one white woman and six Black residents.
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Memphis
Tenn
Clarksdale
Arkansas
Here
Monroe
Morehouse Parish
Hamlet Wiped Out by Storm Hits Louisiana Parish
Storm wrecks the Spencer hamlet in Union Parish Louisiana killing seven and wounding twenty seven. A special Monroe train carries doctors and nurses to aid survivors after the morning disaster.
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ST. Louis
Spencer
Union Parish
Louisiana
Monroe
National Guards Deployed to Newport Kentucky Strike
Governor Edwin P. Morrow ordered four National Guard companies to Newport Kentucky after a strike at Newport Rolling Mills. Private investigators reported conditions beyond peace officers to control.
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Frankfort
National Guards
Newport
Edwin P. Morrow
Newport Rolling Mills
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