President Freezes War Time Prisoners in Guilded List
President Coolidge commuted the sentences of all remaining war time prisoners in federal custody. The action covers those convicted in Chicago Kansas City and Sacramento. Attourney General Daugherty and a special commission recommended the measure which releases about thirty one prisoners.
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Kansas City
Chicago
Sacramento
Washington
Coolidge
Daugherty
Newton D. Baker
Bishop Brent
James G. Harboard
Army
White House
Charles H. Brent
J. G. Harboard
Alien Smuggling Plot Bursts From Canadian Border
Federal agents and the state police reveal a major scheme to smuggle aliens into the United States along the northeastern border. This month fifty aliens have been captured, with many being Irish English Swedish and a few Italian skilled workers and farmers. Liquor laden cars seized support border harassment claims.
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Malone
N. Y
Black Horse
New York
Davis
United States
France May Pay America Early Debt Settlement
France considers an early funding of its debt to the United States with deferred interest and principal. Premier Poincare fears tax burdens and exchange effects, but U.S. Secretary Mellon’s stance opens a path to a funded arrangement. French officials suggest a 2 percent interest rate.
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Paris
France
United States
Poincare
Mellon
Louis XVI
Obregon Takes Command In Mexican Military Crisis
President Olvaro Obregon travels from Mexico City to Puebla to personally command troops under General Juan Andrew Almazan against De La Huerta forces, as reports reach Juarez.
Record holiday commerce signals strong year ahead
Statistics from government agencies indicate a peak in holiday business and likely broad prosperity for the new year. The latest figures suggest the public will be in the best financial condition in history as households spend during the season.
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Washington
United States
Dismantling the Luxor Shrine Canopy in Karnak Tomb
Excavators labored four hours at the tomb of Tutankhamun to begin removing the large canopy over the shrine of the Pharaoh. The canopy, split into three parts, slopes along the chamber and is richly gilded with carvings.
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Luxor
Egypt
Tutenkhamen
John Torpey
Grand Island
Earth Tremor Kills Many in Colombia Destruction Reaches Cumbal Chiles
A quake devastated Cumbal and Chiles in Colombia with eighty five dead reported at Cumbal and many injured. Bridges collapsed and communications to Ipiales were cut. Chiles and Cumbal volcanoes erupted with lava and ash as relief teams organize to aid the stricken zone. The Cumbal peak rises 15710 feet in the Andes near Ecuador, Ipiales lies 300 miles southwest of Pasto near the Ecuador border.
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Bogota
Columbia
Cumbal
Chiles
Ipiales
Andes
Ecquador
Cacau
Pasto
Federals Evacuate Puebla as Mexican Forces Brace for Attack
Advices report Puebla evacuated by Vera Cruz Obregon units under General Almazan. Defense of Mexico City noted as a strategic goal. Obregon forces fear an imminent assault by General Sanchez of De La Huerta faction per local dispatch.
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Puebla
Vera Cruz
Obregon
Almazan
Mexico City
Sanchez
de la Huerta
Senator Sterling Seeks Higher Wheat Duty in Washington
A bill to raise the duty on imported wheat to 50 cents per bushel was introduced by Senator Sterling of South Dakota. The measure also would repeal laws allowing drawbacks on wheat imported for milling.
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Washington
Sterling
South Dakota
Winter Reaches Canada With Severe Cold Across Ontario
A long delayed winter sweeps Canada with ships seeking shelter in Lake Superior harbors. White River records 24 below zero while Ottawa drops to 14 degrees as frigid air grips Ontario.
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Canada
Toronto
Lake Superior
White River
Ontario
Ottawa
Repeal Proposal Seeks End to Railroad Fair Return Guarantee
Senator Gooding of Idaho proposes repeal of Section 15-A of the transportation act which guaranteed railroads a fair return on invested capital. The bill targets the existing guarantee and would shift how rail profits are secured.
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Washington
Senator Gooding
Idaho
Fox Branded Insane in Coburn Murder Case
Atlanta Atlanta, Ga. Phil B Fox former publicity director of the Ku Klux Klan was declared a paranoiac the most dangerous type of insanity in superior court. The murder charge against Fox for W S Coburn prompted the insanity ruling.
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Fox
Atlanta, Ga
Phil B. Fox
Ku Klux Klan
W. S. Coburn
Dawes to Lead Budget Committee on Germany Study
General Charles G. Dawes, Chicago banker and first director of the budget, will preside over the first committee of American and allied experts assigned to study Germany's financial condition, according to reliable authority.
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Dawes
Washington
Charles G. Dawes
Chicago
Germany
Lineberger Bill Proposes Retirement for War Officers
Representative Lineberger of California introduces a bill to retire enlisted emergency officers disabled in the world war on the same basis as regular army officers.
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Washington
Representative Lineberger
California
Nebraska Dates For State Fair Set For August September
The Cornhusker News lists the 1923 Nebraska state fair dates as August 31 to September 5. Other notes include Burwell sewer project cost near 50000 dollars, Minatare post office burglary about 300 dollars stolen, and Beatrice moves to relocate Doane College to Crete.
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Beatrice
Doane College
Crete
Minatare
Nebraska Retailers Federation
Lincoln
Analysis by Classes Of the Taxable Property of Nebraska 1823
The report presents the total assessed valuation by Nebraska county assessors for 1823, with percentages for each property class and each class’s share of total state taxes. It outlines class proportions and shifts in valuation across inventory types within the state.
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Nebraska
Bandit Raid Ravages Chinese Town In Henan Province
Dispatches report bandits led by Chen Yen Teh and Han Ying captured a town near Changsha looting burning and seizing officials including the magistrate and education commissioner. About 100 residents fled the pillage and many women were among those affected with larger outbreaks of violence across Honan and neighboring areas.
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Shanghai
Chen Yen-Teh
Han-Ying
Sha
Kweiyang
Hah
Likwankia
Chaho
British optimism grows over reparations talks
The British foreign office sees two key moves as brightening the reparations outlook. France agrees to direct talks with Germany and the United States plans to join the reparations inquiry. The German press welcomes American participation as unofficial but influential to eventual international decisions.
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London
France
Berlin
United States
Germany
America
Britain Makes First Debt Payment to United States
Great Britain paid 23 million dollars on the principal of its 4.6 billion dollar debt to the United States, as announced by the treasury. An additional 69 million dollars was paid as interest in a semi annual period.
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Bureau of Veterinary Activities
State Department of Agriculture
Nebraska State Veterinary Medical Association
Grand Island
Buffalo County
Alf Alfe
Michael McDougall
Humboldt
McDougall
John Holman
Katherine Shrader
Federation of Nebraska Retailers
Nebraska
Gillmore County Boys
Britain
Washington
Great Britain
United States
the Treasury
Mexican negotiator leaves Mexico City for Washington
Ramon Ross, a Mexican government negotiator in the recent recognition conference, departed Mexico City for Washington presumed to meet President Obregon.
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Washington
Bassy
Émnor Ramon Ross
Mexico City
Obregon
Opium Traffic Talk At League Session In Paris
A Paris meeting of the League of Nations council considers convening an international conference on opium traffic with potential actions discussed for November 1924.
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Paris
Council of the Oe of Nations
O . Gli
Berlin German Minister Seeks Early Franco-German Clarification
Berlin reports that Dr. Stressmann the German foreign minister insists on an early clarification of France's stance regarding Franco-German relations amid tensions over Paris's role in regional affairs.
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Streedmann
Berlin
Stressmann
France
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Nebraska Manufacturers Association
Edward Phillips
Odell
Burwell
Bellevue
Burt County
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Ella McKinnin
Omaha
State Game and Fish Department
Illinois
Exeter School
Fillmore County
Arbor Lodge
George Porter
Arnold
Nila Schlapfer
Arlington
Nebraska State Bar Association
Department of Commerce
Wymore
Roy Piper
State School For the Blind
Nebraska City
State Board of Control
Law College
University of Nebraska
American Bar Association
Campbell Hospital
Norfolk
Lutheran Congregations of
North Nebraska
Lutheran Hospital of
Box Butte County
Nebraska Potato Improvement Association
Chadron
First Congregational Church of
Plainview
Columbus
Platte County
Sheldon Tefft
C. E. Tefft
Weeping Water
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Rhodes
Tefft
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