World News Briefs From The South And Beyond
A compilation reports shifts in international courts naval restraint hope in Latin America and Europe. It notes France reducing infant mortality policy moves after war and Japan Britain and the United States debating naval cuts amid new peace era anxieties.
Senators Consider Farm Loan Amendment For Warehouse Loans
A proposed amendment to the federal farm loan act would authorize joint stock agricultural banks to make loans secured by staple agricultural products stored in federally licensed warehouses and backed by warehouse receipts. President Wilson marks his 14th birthday with celebrations as his daughters and relatives attend at the White House.
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Harrison
Mississippi
Wilson
Margaret Wilson
W. &. McAdoo
Stockton Axson
Marjorie Wilson Brown
United States
Laredo
Piedras
Negros
Mexicalo
Navy Yard
Washington
Western Union
Barbadoes
Colby
Baker
Daniels
District Supreme Court
Telegraph Company
Congress
Asweill
Louisiana
House Census Committee
Con
Aswell
Census Committee
Distress Signals, Fires, and Prohibition Raids Span Nation
Wireless distress signals from the steamer Dauperata off New York City report needed fuel water and a tow to Norfolk. Fires at Barber Steamship Building Liberty theater and a garage camp trigger investigation into incendarism. Prices cut by a major shirt firm to cut skirts by 50 percent aiding retailers. Navy F5-L planes of the San Diego Panama expedition reach San Benedolome Bay after a five hour flight. Governor elect Dixon opposes inaugural ball over ticket price. Business leaders in Boston say export deflation nearing end. Armed guards foil an arson attempt at Junction House Star Junction and fires in Uniontown area cost over a million dollars. National Music Teachers Association session in Chicago notes jazz decline. Fifty seven men arrested in Burley raids await arraignment. liquor used as evidence in jail custody.
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Rockford
Ill
Liberty Theater
Chicago
Navy
San Diego
Dixon
Montana
Philadelphia and Pennyslvania Chamber of Commerce
Boston
Chamber of Commerce
Junction House
Star Junction
Uniontown
National Music Teachers Association
Burley
Opposition to Primary Law Sparks Debate in Legislature
Marion W. Neal of McDowell county denounces the present primary election law saying it is a farce and announces a repeal bill to be introduced after the legislature convenes. He argues the law shifts nominating power to the people but now pleases bosses and costs the state for primaries of one party.
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Senate
Jones
Washington
John Berens
Mexico
Michoacan
State Department
Interstate Commerce Commission
American Railway Express Company
Wells Fargo, Adams, American
Southern Express
Commission
Finance Committee
Society For the Advancement of Colored People
Congress
House
House Committee
Marion
W. W. Neal
McDowell County
Neal
General Assembly
Regard for Baptist Preacher in Kinston
Rev Marshall Craig will leave Kinston for Petersburg after the week end but will not depart without strong public esteem. He receives many gifts including an expensive pair of candle-holders from the Israelites of Kinston and a fund from Jewish residents supports the present.
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Kinston
Marshall Craig
First Baptist Church
Petersburg
Train 54 55 kept between Lenoir and Hickory after hearings
State Corporation Commission ordered the Carolina and Northwestern railway to maintain trains 54 and 55 on the Lenoir Hickory route. Coffey the Lenoir chamber of commerce had pressed the issue. Despite the ruling trains 54 and 65 were altered to mixed local freighters causing daily delays of one to two hours.
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Lenoir
Carolina and Northwestern Railway
Hickory
State Corporation Commission
F. H. Coffey
Raleigh
Corporation Commission
Chamber of Commerce
Coffey
Lenoir Electric Company
Tts
Wronged Colombia indemnity debate over Panama canal
Senator Thomas of Colorado denounced Washington American conduct in Panama canal negotiations as indefensible and urged ratification of a 25 million dollar indemnity to Colombia. He recounted 1903 dealings, accusing Roosevelt of bartering for the canal and the republic of Colombia. He warned against repeating such alleged wrongs.
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Senate
League of Nations
King
Utah
Office of
Farm Management
Farm Booleans Association
Washington
Panama Canal
Republic of Columbia
Panama
Thomas
Colorado
Colombia
Theodore Roosevelt
Decrees on Secondary Boycotts Sent Away by Court
Supreme Court rules that Clayton act immunity cannot justify illegal labor actions. Duplex Printing Press Co of Battle Creek Mich loses bid to restrain International Association of Machinists from boycotting its product. Court narrows protection for organized labor under immunity clause.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Duplex Printing Press Company
Battle Creek
Mich
International Association of Machinists
Alfred E. Smith Joins U S Trucking Board as Chairman
Alfred E. Smith retired New York governor ends twenty two year public life to become chairman of the board at United States Trucking corporation. He leaves public work to take a leading role in the company's affairs in New York.
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Greensboro
North Carolina Public Service Company
Highpoint
Southern Power Company
James B. Boyd
United States Court
Boyd
Plain Smiths
New York
Alfred E. Smith
United States Trucking Corporation
Anarchy in Armenia Report From Armenian Soviet Republic
News from Armenia describes a state of anarchy as Russian troops maneuver in the Armenian Soviet Republic. The bulk of the Armenian army has fled to the hills while many towns and villages suffer looting and disorder.
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Armenia
Constantinople
Pennsylvania Republican Ware Proposes Liquor Adulteration Bill
A Washington bill would bar the manufacture and sale for medicinal use of whiskey containing less than 45 percent alcohol. Introduced by Representative Ware of Pennsylvania the measure targets doctoring or adulteration of liquor for the sick.
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Washington
Ware
Pennsylvania
German disarmament report totals from The Temps
Paris Marshall Fochs report on Germanys disarmament via The Temps states Germany surrendered 41000 cannon 29000 unmounted cannon barrels 163000 machine guns and barrels 2800000 rifles 16000 airplanes and 25000 airplane motors
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Paris
Marshall Foch
Germany
Temps
Cone Reduces Wages and Store Prices in Greensboro Mills
Cone interests in Greensboro announce a 25 percent wage cut affecting 3,000 workers. The same company reduces prices of merchandise in its stores that supply employees by 25 percent.
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Cone
Greensboro
N. C
Hawaii Faces Prospects of Large Sugar Crop in 1921
Hawaiian Trust company forecasts a potentially enormous sugar crop in Hawaii for 1921 while noting comparatively low prices. The report highlights favorable growing conditions and anticipated strong production in the islands.
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Hawaii
Honolulu
T. H
Hawaiian Trust Company
Earthquake Obliterates Elbasan City in Albania
An undated despatch to the American Red Cross from Tirana reports a major earthquake that killed fourteen people in Elbasan, Albania, injured about 300, and left 10,000 homeless, nearly destroying the city.
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Paris
Elbassah
Albania
American Red Cross
Tirana
New York Tax Reform Tops Revenue Reform Plans
New York and other states prepare to open legislatures with tax reform and new revenue measures as top agenda items. At least 16 states are slated to discuss approaches to raise funds, guided by early reports.
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New York
Tokio Seventh City By Population
The census lists Tokio as the seventh largest city globally with 2,147,190 residents. Osaka ranks second in Japan with 1,248,056 people, while the cuburbe area boosts Osaka’s total to 2,679,361.
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Tokio
Osaka
Japan
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