Two Men Missing After Skiff Capsizes in Dog River
Pensacola authorities joined by government dispatch boat search the Dog River bay for Robert Martin and John Harper who disappeared after a skiff left the river in rough seas. Relatives fear the vessel capsized and the men drowned as breakers and NW winds hinder rescue efforts.
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Utm
Pensacola
Robert
Martin
John Harper
Rker
Dog River
Atenat
Joseph H. Lyons
Eport
Mobile
William Spipper
Youmnen
Dog River Ernoon
Watch Parties Form to Greet Dawn of 1922
Mobile adults plan watch parties and church services to welcome the new year as several downtown churches host midnight events. Public offices banks and many stores close for New Year observances, with schools reopening Monday morning after the Christmas holidays.
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Mobile
Towet
Government Street Presbyterian
Central Presbyterian
NY Prohibition Enforcement Schism Tightens Over New Year Holiday
A 155 strong New York enforcement battalion reinforced by several of B C Yellowey liquor sleuths received final instructions to enforce the Tenth Amendment era law across Broadway Bowery Fifth Avenue and 14th Street through New Year’s. Special vigilance continues until Tuesday with an injunction restraining liquor sales on West 42nd Street while hearings proceed. warnings about poisoning and deadly contractions attributed to holiday drinking accompany the crackdown.
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New York
New York City
B.C. Yellowey
Ralph A. Day
Broadway
Bowery
Fifth Avenue
14Th Street
Shanney’s
West
42Nd Street
Lesson of Two Years Has Been Well Learned
Gov Harding of the Federal Reserve Board says recent business experience should guide a return to prosperity. He cites cycles in business and warns that mis-timed waves of expansion can magnify downturns, urging controlled recovery to soften future declines.
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Lawrence Martin
United Press
Washington
Gov
Harding
Federal Reserve Board
Washington Chamber of Commerce
Bay of Fundy
Tears in Court Fail to Reach Recorder
A distressed defendant wept in court but the recorder showed no leniency. The case involved a youth with a troubled family background and alleged theft from a benefactor, with testimony about a father’s desertion and prior relationships.
City County Courts to Close for Holiday
A brief notice states city and county courts will close Monday for a holiday. The presiding official, J. Grove, announced a later opening hour of 8:45 instead of the usual 9:00.
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J. Grove
Tanker Betterton Arrives at Fort Morgan on Mobile Run
The tanker Betterton arrives at Fort Morgan after docking in Mobile to be tied up. The Bethelridge is ordered to move to Placola with cargo and will unload into a tanker at sea.
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Betterton
Fort
Mobile
Fort Morgan
Bethelridge
Placola
Police Await Owner for Diamond Ring Discovered
Police say a valuable diamond ring was found and is in possession of the department. The text shows garbled details about a pawn event and an individual, requiring confirmation of ownership and recovery steps.
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Gous
Renee Ne
Weather Forecast for Alabama Tonight and Sunday
Washington weather bulletin notes by coastal area expect northerly winds and colder temperatures tonight and Sunday. Strong winds may accompany the cold snap, with higher gusts along exposed shores and inland areas facing a sharp temperature drop.
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Washington
Alabama
Sunday Colder Forecast for Mobile and Northeast Storm
Weather forecasts indicate a cold Sunday with 41 to 42 degree morning temps in Mobile and a light frost. A severe storm travels from the northwest toward the Atlantic coast with wind and colder air spreading across the lake region Ohio Valley Tennessee and east Gulf states.
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Cozier
Weather Bureau
Mobile
The
Mercury
Washington
United States
Lake Huron
Atlantic
Norfolk
Eastport
Lake Region
Ohio Valley
Tennessee
East Gulf States
Atlantic States
Florida
Gas Rate Cut To Be Taken Up Soon Says Mr Gaillard
Mobile Public Service Commission member P Gaillard says a gas rate cut dispute with Mobile Gas Co will be reviewed in the new year. A survey of company properties by engineer I F McDonnell was completed but not filed yet. The report will include valuations and business volume.
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Mobile Gas Company
Aato
P. Gaillard
Mobile
Alabama Public Service Commission
Gaillard
Commission
I. F. McDonnell
McDonnell
Atlanta Gas Rate Reduced to $1.55
Atlanta will pay ten cents less on each thousand cubic feet of gas consumed under a state railroad commission order. The new rate is $1.55 effective tomorrow.
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Atlanta
State Railroad Commission
Youths Injured in Pistol Blast Hospitalized
David Parsons aged 13 of Owens Lane near Springhill Avenue was admitted to City Hospital with injuries to a left hand from a blank pistol blast. Randolph Jones 23, a Black man, was noted as involved in an incident on a southbound train where his left leg was severed and he was transported by ambulance to City Hospital.
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David Parsons
Owens Lane
Springhill Avenue
Randolph Jones
Berton
Southern Railway
Jones
Youth Whipped by Five Toulminville Men
Warrants issued for Warl Huet Tom Ben Willison Doug Thomason Barton Greer and Busel Greer all Toulminville residents for assault and battery in the alleged attack on 20 year old Sherrod Wesley of 1255 Washington Ave Wesley was dragged into a car taken to a wood where he was stripped and whipped before being left to make his way home He is confined at home under a physician’s care Wesley had returned to Mobile from Foxworth Mississippi for the holidays and visited a young woman in Toulminville when the assault occurred prompting the warrants and arrest efforts.
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Toulminville
Inferior Criminal Court
Toda
Sherrod Wesley
Washington Avenue
Wiley
Wesley
Warl Huet
Tom Ben Willison
Doug Thomason
Barton Greer
Busel Greer
Foxworth
Miss
Mississippi
Mobile
Debs Case Declared Closed by Justice Officials
Washington officials say Eugene V. Debs, freed from prison under President Harding’s commutation, is a closed matter. The Department of Justice does not expect a full pardon soon and anticipates no renewed civil rights actions. Debs is not expected to seek clemency even after a year at liberty.
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Washington
Department of Justice
Eugene V. Debs
Pres. Harding
Atty
Debs
Daugherty
Nearly One Hundred Lepers In New York City
New York City health officials report eighty to ninety known leprosy cases in the city as of December 31. Dr Royal Cope land notes most cases are non contagious with no open sores. Thirteen are isolated on North Brother Island while others are monitored by inspectors.
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New York
New York City
Royal
Copeland
Health Department
North Brother Island
Youth Attacks Man with Knife at Dance in Arkansas
Texarkana Ark Dec 31 Young Boatright a 50 year old farmer is in serious condition with multiple knife wounds after an alleged attack by Bob Reed a Centerpoint youth at a dance near Mineral Springs Both had been drinking and the fight occurred at the event
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Texarkana
Ark
Young Boatright
Farmer
Bob Reed
Centerpoint
Mineral Springs
Gaile Resigns From Police Force Amid Illness Move
Police officer Louis Galle tendered resignation to Chief P. J. O'Sha today effective tomorrow. Galle served several years with the force and received compliments from superiors. He will relocate to Daphne Baldwin County due to his wife’s illness.
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Louis Galle
Galle
Daphne
Baldwin County
Alexander to France Again
Belgrade reports King Alexander will depart for France soon where his engagement to a French princess is believed to be announced.
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Alexander
France
Belgrade
Wilson Forecasts 1922 Revival For Democratic Party
Woodrow Wilson predicts in a New Year letter to the Women's Democratic Political League that 1922 will show the Democratic Party has regained the nation's confidence. Miss Lillian R. Sie, president of the league, released the message.
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New York
Democratic Party
Woodrow Wilson
Women's Democratic Political League
League
Lillian R. Sie
Women’s Democratic Political League
Balfour Plans Return Sailing January Fourteen
Washington December 31 Arthur J Balfour head of the British arms conference delegation will sail for home January 14 accompanied by Lord Lee of Fareham first lord of the British admiralty. The British spokesman said the move signals nearing completion of the conference and a treaty embodying Root principles is expected to be signed by all powers.
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Washington
Associated Press
Arthur J. Ifour
Arms Conference
Lordee
Fareham
Theritish Admiralty
Sir Auckland Geddes
Britain
Mr. Balfour
Lord Lee
Bhai
China
Shantung
Messrs. Hughes and Balfour
Peking
Lancaster and Guardsmen Taken to Hamilton for Arraignment
Sergeant Robert Lancaster and eight guardsmen were moved from Bessemer to Hamilton Alabama in custody of a deputy sheriff. They will be arraigned on January 2 on charges of murder connected to the lynching of Will Baird, a miner, during the 1920 coal strike after Baird allegedly killed a sentry and another miner in clashes near Jasper.
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Bessemer
Robert Lancaster
Aia.ee
Hamilton
Ala
Will Baird
Baird
Jasper
A Gripping Tale of Canadian Wilds Begins Monday
A gripping Canadian wilderness tale reads like a graphic adventure by Edison Marshall. It follows two men and a girl trapped by snow in a forest fastness, their loves and hates driving toward a tragic climax as the story opens.
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Edison Marshall
Chicago disperses to enforce dry New Year's Eve
More than 5 000 officers including Prohibition officials and 93 investigators from Brundage and the A G offices ready to enforce a dry New Year. Police caution on searches without warrants while noting illicit liquor remains a concern and owners with knowledge may be arrested.
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Chicago
Lquor
Fitzmorris
St Louis Prepares New Year Festivities Despite Prohibition
St Louis plans an elaborate carnival style New Year celebration with about 10 000 reservations. Hotels and watch party venues pledge to curb alcohol but will not stop guests from bringing their own booze. Prohibition agents are on alert for violations under the Volstead act.
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ST. Louis
Forged Way Out of Prison Camp by Inmate
C E Leon alias R W Jones a hospital steward at Aldrich prison camp forged an official order erasing a paroled convict's name and substituted his own, then walked out on a ten day parole. He began serving a two to three year sentence for second degree forgery in Montgomery county and is said to be wanted by Cincinnati police.
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Montgomery
C. E. Leon
R. W. Jones
Aldrich
State
Leonard
Leon
Montgomery County
Cincinnati
Cannibalism Report Prompted in Far North Expedition
Edmonton Alberta December 31 A Royal Canadian Mounted Police officer with an Indian guide and two dog team drivers sets out from Fort Fitzgerald to the barren lands north of Lake Athabasca to investigate reports that caribou eating tribes in the area are starving and have resorted to cannibalism. If evidence is found the officer will bring back prisoners. It is a force tradition that they always get their man.
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Edmonton
Alberta
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
Fort Fitzgerald
Lake Athabasca
Bank Clerks Jailed on Theft Suspicion in Youngstown
Joseph Vernucci and Guido Venucco, bank clerks at F Mas troiani State Bank, were arrested on suspicion of involvement in a Friday hold up. Vernucci says three men bound and gagged him and stole 4000 dollars from the safe. A sister reportedly found him unconscious in the banking room.
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Youngstown
Joseph Vernucci
Guido Venucco
F. Mastroianni
Vernucci
BIDDLE University Suffers Major Fire Loss
A fire today destroyed the industrial building of Biddle University in Dec. 31. The fire caused an estimated 100000 in losses. Valuable mail and records housed in the building were considered irreparable.
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Biddle
University
Char , N. CC
Biddle University
Northern
Wallace Invites Farm Conference Under Harding Direction
Acting for President Harding Wallace calls a national farm conference in Washington within a month to seek practical improvements for the severe agricultural situation. The aim is to divide work into two sections: current difficulties and future policy.
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Washington
Dec
Pres. Harding
Bec
Wallace
Wna
New 1921 Peace Dollar Ready for Distribution
The Treasury says the silver dollar of the 1921 peace design will be distributed Tuesday. Philadelphia mint officials are rushing coinage and the first new dollar has been presented to President Harding. The coin bears Liberty on one side and a dove with an olive branch on a sunlit mountain on the other. Design changes are not allowed more often than every twenty five years by law.
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New York
Treasury Department
Philadelphia Mint
Pres. Harding
Liberty
William E Krebs of Orleans Dies at 58
New Orleans Item associate editor William E Krebs died at his home from heart failure at age 58. Born in Columbus Ohio, he started the first Sunday paper in Zanesville at 16 and later worked with the Platt Co Bulletin at Monticello. He served as associate and managing editor at several southern dailies and with the Item in 1918.
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New Orleans
Wil Ham E. Krebs
Krebs
Columbus
Zanesville
Platt Co Bulletin
Monticello
Paper marks turn down by New York bank dispute
Fragmentary text notes a New York bank turning down a matter related to a German subject, involving clearing processes and membership terms amid unsettled cases. It hints at gold payments and European involvement within a trading framework, but details are unclear.
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N.Y. Bank
Ats
Financiers Soggi World CG Paris Deal Narrowed
Fragmentary text indicates financiers in Paris discussing a consortium and a capital arrangement. The readable portion mentions a potential structure and December timing but lacks specifics on participants or terms. Further details are unavailable in the extant excerpt.
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Robert Martin
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Great Britain
Quay d'Orsay
Arthur J. Balfour
Corres
Sahara
Tippling
P. G. Harding
Federal
Nessie Board
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Philad
Ipathy
Mack
Adjuot
Amer- Bernae
Baook
Gyn Ge Ker
Bae
J. Soave Ik
Hir
Ama
Gaile
Wilson
Balfour
Geddes
Lancaster
Forger
William E. Krebs
Orleans
Financiers
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