Ford’s Muscle Shoals nitrate project wins favorable view
Henry Ford’s bid for leasing and operating the Muscle Shoals nitrate and water power works in Alabama is called the only comprehensive plan offering both project construction and private fertilizer manufacture. Engstrum and Tinkler proposals are deemed noncompetitive as they focus mainly on construction without fertilizer production.
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Washington
Henry Ford
Muscle Shoals
Ala
Sec. Weeks
Ie Engstrum
Wilmington
N. C
C. C. Tinkler
Ward
Arms Conference Moves to Ban Poison Gas in War
Washington dispatch reports the arms conference advancing on a ban of poison gas while debating submarine use. The American delegation leads the push against war vipers and notes growing U S opposition to unrestricted submarine warfare. The Shantung railway issue and mediation prospects with Hughes and Balfour are also in flux.
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Washington
Shantung Railway
Sec. Hughes
Arthur J. Balfour
United States
Italy
America
Great Britain
American Advisory Committee
De Valera Resigns as Irish President Shocks Peace Efforts
Dublin reports acute suspense as Eamon de Valera resigns the presidency of the Irish republic. Supporters of the peace treaty question the move, while the public largely doubts its sincerity but regrets the course. Peace prospects appear seriously imperilled by the action.
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Dublin
Associated Press
Ireland
Eamon de Valera
Irish Republic
Moonshiner Guards Bodies After Mountain Shootout
In Marl an Kentucky a moonshiner kept watch on a mountain perch after a shootout that left Fee and Enos Fee dead. John Wilson and Sheriff Blair found a still in use, ordered the men to surrender, and returned fire killing both moonshiners while the lookout prevented removal of the bodies.
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Marlan
Fee
Enos Fee
John Wilson
Blair
Age
Desrot
Five Youths Face Assault Charges in Whistler Woods
The January term grand jury will hear assault and battery charges against five under twenty one residents of Selteatelavane. Sherrod Wesley twenty was beaten and stripped in the woods behind Whistler after being lured to a car by the youths. Wesley’s father filed charges after Willie Wesley returned from Mississippi. Warrant names Douglas Tho ti Tom Ben Williama Busste Macinet Burton Greer. Witnesses expected before the grand jury next Friday.
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Selteatelavane
T Sherrod Wesley
Whistler
Young Wesley
Mississippi
Inthhe Inferior Criminal Court
Janary
Witnresses
Fenty
Wealey
Toulninie
Fércer
Douglas Tho Ti
Tom Ben Williama
Busste + Macinet
Burton Greer
Two Men Connected to Calvert Raid Named in Murder Confession
In a sworn confession Rivers and Wash Sullivan admit planning and carrying out the murder of Brill during a raid on a still near the Calvert area. Ed Everett and Ed Sullivan are named in the case with deputies and a county deputy sheriff involved. Sullivan denies intent to kill Everett.
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A.C. Bri
Calvert
Riveray
Wif Holcombe
Rivers
Ee County
Ed. Everett
Wash
Everett
Sullivan
Ned
Holcombe Chamberlain
Burch
Hudoff
Pheritt
Brill
Britt ‘Everett
Brill Everett
Brit
Wash Sullivan
Star Rivers
Van
Chamberlaine MiThe
Mobile-Washington County
Hd Everett
Ed Sullivan
California Firm Seeks Semi government Muscle Shoals Offer
C C Tinkler president of a San Francisco construction firm met with Secretary Weeks and engineers to discuss a semi governmental plan for finishing and operating Muscle Shoals nitrate and water power works. Tinkler and associate Hitchcock proposed development and construction with fertilizer manufacture to be added later, with decisive moves expected after further reviews and a Ford bid comparison. Senator Harris urged state industry involvement and stockholder scrutiny in lease bidding.
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Washington
C. C. Tinkler
San Francisco
Sec. Weeks
Muscle Shoals
Ala
F. C. Hitchcock
Tinkler
Sec
Weeks
Muscle Ooee
X. Tinkler
Beach
Taylor
Army Engineers
Califor
Engles
Ford
Engstrum
Newport Ship Acre Company
Wilmington
Army
Sen. Harris
Georgia
Cacot
Miner Soulers
Emmiewa Congress
Threats Force Prohibition Chief to Police Guard
In Chicago seven death threat letters were mailed to United States Prohibition Commissioner Roy D. Haynes. He was met by a police guard at Pennsylvania Station and will stay under protection until Monday while police investigate the letters postmarked from Chicago.
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Aicago
United States Prohibition
Roy D. Haynes
Pennsylvania
Washington
Chicago
Haynes
Sherman
A. Cuneo
Investi
Weather Forecast for Alabama and Mississippi
The weather: probable rain tonight and Sunday in Alabama and Mississippi with no significant temperature change. Local forecaster W W Washington notes likely showers and steady temperatures through the period.
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Washington
Alabama
Mississippi
Shantung Talks End In Deadlock Over Railway Payment Proposal
Japanese and Chinese delegates adjourned talks on the Kiao Chow Tsunanfu railway after China rejected a Japanese counter proposal for a one year loan repayable in five years or installments over twelve years. Chinese terms also called for a Japanese chief engineer. Japanese delegate Masana Hanthara labeled the Chinese response unacceptable and said the center of the dispute remains unresolved.
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Washington
Associated Press
Shantung
Kiao-Chow-Tsunanfu
China
Japan
Masana Hanthara
Ragged Stranger Sought In Death of J. R. Compton
Atlanta January 7 search for the slayer of J Russell Compton a wealthy young Atlanta businessman continued after his body was found in his automobile Wednesday night Witnesses at the coroner inquest identified a ragweed stranger seen near the Munnally McAhea overall factory shortly before the killing They plan to resume the inquest Monday as detectives seek evidence including the pistol used in the shooting.
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Atlanta
J. Russell Compton
Munnally-McAhea
Compton
Auneta
Death Lingers at Cringle's Domicile
Paterson News reports a family tragedy as Alice six years old died Christmas Eve while her elder brother and mother succumbed to illness in quick succession. A six day old babe and a one year old boy were also ill, with the mother a victim of pneumonia. The home of Marrs, visited thrice since Christmas Eve, remains the focus of concern as the death toll rises.
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Paterson
WN. J
Marrs
Alice
Salt mine located by oil well crew
New Orleans Jan 17 salt mine discovery described as a new deposit struck in the eastern part of a state. The aging mine causes speculation about its extent and possible exploitation by the oil crew involved in the drilling operation.
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New Orleans
Loes
St. Ard
Dail Nears Vote On Anglo Irish Treaty Debate
Dublin report says the Dail Éireann is close to voting on the Anglo Irish treaty after a morning session marked by speeches from Harry Boland and Joseph McGrath. McGrath revealed Boland’s U.S. trip aim to persuade Irish American sympathizers that peace would require concessions short of a republic. The house adjourned at 1750 to reconvene at 4 p.m. for the final session.
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Dublin
Dail Éireann
Harry Boland
Joseph McGrath
McGrath
Boland
United States
Eamon de Valera
Ireland Declares Sovereign Nation in Dail Motion
In Dublin the Dail session opens with Speaker MacNeill reading a motion asserting Ireland's sovereignty derivable from the will of the people and that all international relations are governed by that sovereign status. Harry Boland speaks against the treaty as the debate begins.
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Dublin
Associated Press
Dail
John MacNeill
Ireland
Harry Boland
Ker MacNeill
Dail “Eireann
Acting Chief of U S Staff McRae Takes Command
Brig. Gen. James H. McRae assumed duties as acting chief of staff of the army while Gen. Pershing is on leave in Kansas for Christmas. Maj. Gen. Harboard, previously acting chief, left on a cross country inspection tour with Asst. Sec. Wainwright.
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Washington , Dan
James H. McRea
Gen. Pershing
Army
Pershing
Kansas
Harboard
Sec
Wainwright
Gen. McRae
Gen
Rboard
Kentucky
Georgia
Louisiana
Texas
Oklahoma
Illinois
Rivers and Harbors Congress Set for March in Washington
Announcement from focal headquarters states the National Rivers and Harbors Congress will assemble March 1 and 2 in Washington, postponed from December due to the arms conference. The convention will precede the National Merchant Marine Association meeting to ease joint attendance.
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Washington
National Rivers and Harbors Comgress
I Mpeting
National Merchant Marine Association
Aged Mother of Two Senators Dies in Florida
Mrs J B Bryan 78 mother of former Sen Nathan P Bryan of Florida and Sen William James Bryan died in Miami after a brief illness. She was believed to be the only woman to have two sons serve in the United States Senate.
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Miami
Fla
United Es Senate
Bryan
Nathan P. Bryan
Florida
Fifth Circuit
Agnenla
New Orleans
Wiliam James Bryan
Congress
William James Bryan
Stephen R. Mallory
Ofc
Celluloid Collar Sets Off Torch on Berlin Streetcar
A Berlin man caught a light from a burning celluloid collar after a fellow passenger touched it with a lit cigar. His beard mustache eyebrows and hair were severely burned while several other passengers were involved in the incident yesterday on a streetcar.
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Berlin
Harris Demands Audit of Board Building Expenditures
Sen Harris and fellow Democrats press for a full accounting of 26 million dollars spent on buildings and furniture by the board. They question the cost of a New York building and argue the expenditure harmed agricultural interests while benefiting moneyed powers.
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Sen. Harris
Dem
Georg Rrng
Agricultural Bloc
New York
Harris
N. Heflin
Democrat
Arn
Clothes Designed To Fit Jazz Call Made For Willies
New York January 7 Clothes set to music for young men drawn to jazz are shown at the American Designers convention in progress. Waists braids and satin piping highlight the fashions with eping waist lines above formal. Buttons cluster on coats, backs feature plaited finishes, and colors lean black blue and dark brown.
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New York
Mary Garden Receives Police Protection in Death Threat Case
Mary Garden, director-in-chief of the Chicago Grand Opera Company and noted soprano, is under police protection after receiving a pistol and nine cartridges in a box along with a threatening letter. The note warned she would be killed, and referenced the writer’s intent to see her harmed.
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Chicago
Mary Garden
Chicago Grand Opera Company
Coerd Carton
Grain For Russia To Leave Next Week
On January 7 a shipment of American wheat valued at 000 will depart American ports aboard a Shipping Board vessel, starting a flotilla of grain exports to Russia. More vessels will follow from Philadelphia Newport News and five other ports as Congress debates the policy. Officials indicate the exact departure schedule may be delayed by decisions in Washington.
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Russia
America
Shipping Board
Ansing Board
Congress
Philadelphia
Wport
Hin
Smiths Leading at Columbia University 1922 Census
The 1922 Columbia University roll lists Smiths as the largest family with 114 members tied to the campus. Cohen appears 71 times and Johnson 566 times, while Jones numbers 40. Other common surnames include Clarke Murphy Brown White Green Gray Black Blue Orange Red and a variety of birds such as Robins Sparrows Partridges Drakes and Swans.
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Smith
Columbia
Sam
Cohen
Johnson
Jones
Joneses
Harrises
Clarke
Murphys County
Sproul to Confer with Crow Over Pennsylvania Senate Pick
In Pittsburgh Gov. Sproul planned talks with Sen. Crow as the state gears for a possible split in the G. O. P. machine. City factions gathered with Mayor Magee amid a contest for control and potential ticket plans for next year’s primary.
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Pittsburgh
Sproul
William E. Crow
Boles
Penrose
Magee
Vares
Sproul-Crow
Depesters
Joe Grundy
State Manufacturers Association
Crow
Sprowl
United States
Fisher
John A. Bell
Pittsburg
Congressman Ware
Gotham Automobile Show Opens With 4000 Cars On Display
The 22nd annual show opens in Grand Central Palace New York with over 400 cars and 92 American and foreign makes. The four floor display features a purple and gold decor and gleaming autos, while accessory displays offer 256 models limited by space.
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New York
Toda
Grand Central Palace
Gov Len Small Case Continued One Week
Hearings on motions for separate trials for Gov Len Small and Vernon Curtis on conspiracy to defraud the state were extended for one week. Judge Claire C Edwards granted the delay to allow more time to study the states bill of particulars filed Thursday. Edward Pree of Sangamon county stated the state had no objection.
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Waukegan
Associated Press
Len Small
Vernon Curtis
Claire C. Edwards
Edward Pree
Sangamon County
Milk Prices Fall in Memphis Retail Market
The Memphis market reported a drop in milk prices with forecasts of six cents per pint and ten cents per half gallon. Local retailers expected the new pricing to take hold today, signaling lower consumer costs across the city.
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Memphis
Eeepc Emer
Tenn
Anti Neon Ae
Sloan Former U S Attorney On Visit
James Sloan, former United States attorney for the district, is in Mobile today as an applicant for the office of the present administration. His home is in Queonta, Als.
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James Sloan
United States District
Mobile
Queonta
Als
Mobile Seeks Gulf Site for Nautical Training School
The Mobile Chamber of Commerce says the city may submit its case to the Veterans Bureau in Washington for a proposed mobile nautical school to train ex service men for the merchant marine. Officials note that if a gulf location is chosen, it could advance the project with support from commercial interests and Forbes, director of the effort.
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Advantaresa
Mobile
Veterans’ Bureau
Washington
Gulf
Mobile Chamber of Commerce
Ashington
Infes
Cor Forbes
Atlantic Coast
Ocation
Railroad Rate Reductions Announced for January
The traffic bureau of the Commerce today reports the Grand Bay rate dropping from 1.21 to 0.94 dollars per hundred pounds with other points cut proportionately. The changes, previously published, fail to affect the Satsuma crop movement this winter and the road may seek reparations for affected shippers.
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Aville
Eomance of Commerce
Grand Bay
Satsuma
No Trace Yet Found Of Martins Body
Ten days after Robert Cotton Martin an automobile mechanic age 29 disappeared from a docking skiff south of Dog River no trace of his body has been found. Joe Harper age 24 found near the last sighting spot. Mrs Martin says he carried money and a $100 reward is offered for the recovery.
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Robert
Cotton) Martin
Dog River
Joe Harper
Martin
Acetylene Torch Opens Bank Vault After Prolonged Effort
After two days and nights, experts used acetylene torches to burn through a large steel vault at Peoples Bank. Guards and two firemen with extinguishers stood by as the vault resisted early attempts and floor drilling on the second floor during the operation.
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Peoples Bank
Secon F Foor
Zion City Uproar Over Manuelson Case
Independent factions opposing the Church of Zion plan to appeal Lake County State's Attorney Smith to rescue Miss Gertrude de Manuelson held by Zionists. An affidavit from Rev. Thomas H. Nelson says she is subjected to harsh third degree tactics to extract a confession, risking madness.
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Zion City
Ills
Church of Zion
Smith
Lake County
Gertrude de Manuelson
Manuelson
Thomas H. Nelson
Grace Mission
Bennie Betseda Charged Under Federal Prohibition Law
Bennie Betseda of Mobile was served with a federal warrant charging Violation of the federal prohibition law. He was bound over to await grand jury action as federal agents issued the warrant.
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Bennie Betseda
Mobile
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