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Newspaper
The Review
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jan 06, 1921
Page
9
Washington reports 140 ships under construction for the navy including six battle cruisers with 33 knots speed and eight 16 inch guns, ten light cruisers with 12 six inch guns, a fleet submarine program with six boats in progress and six more authorized but not yet contracted.
White robed figures marched through Columbus Georgia scattering Ku Klux notices threatening both white and black loafers. Negro residents fled in terror seeking cover as the warning circulated city streets and warned an end to unlawful loitering and crime.
Philadelphia urged to adopt 100000 European children to finish relief work. Hoover called it final appeal urging $10 per child to save 15 million young lives. Only 3500000 remain before September harvest, rest on Europe’s future and America’s welfare.
New Orleans reports total rice production for Louisiana this season estimated at 25,200,000 bushels in a local USDA Bureau of Crop Estimates release. Also noted Baraboo probate shows Alfred T Ringling estate valued at 1,056,543 dollars. D Annunzio declares war over Fiume conflict with Italy.
Gold imports fell by more than seven million dollars in the ten days to December 10 versus the prior ten days of November, while gold exports rose by over nine million dollars. The house appropriations committee reported the pension bill at 265 million dollars, 14 million under the year’s appropriation. In Jasper Alabama Pvt James Morris of Company M Tuscaloosa was ambushed and killed at Nauvoo after killing coal miner Northcut.
The Fordney emergency tariff bill passed the House 196 to 86 after eight hours of debate at 8 46. The vote saw 41 Democrats and one Prohibitionist align with 154 Republicans, while 14 Republicans joined 72 Democrats against the measure aimed at protecting about 20 farm products for ten months. Rainey of Illinois led the opposition in a sharp speech as amendments were defeated.
Fire in the Northern Commercial Company store endangered the region's food supply. Firefighters and volunteers battled freezing conditions at 30 degrees below zero to extinguish the blaze.
Congress consideration of the France resolution seeks immediate amnesty for prisoners held under the espionage act. Labor leaders led by Samuel Gompers argue the act infringes democratic ideals and freedoms. The measure asks the President, the Attorney General, and the Secretary of War to grant amnesty to all prisoners.
Secretary Houston estimated the soldiers bonus bill would cost about 2.3 billion dollars to the government. He noted tax burdens would rise and that exact costs for the four optional plans vary. Estimates for each plan include 1 342 billion for adjusted service pay 3 534 billion for insurance 1 88 billion for vocational training and 1 800 billion for farms and home developments.
Crowds in Rome gathered to support Captain Gabriele D Annunzio but royal mounted guards charged and dispersed the demonstrators. D Annunzio’s chant Down with the treaty of Rapallo rang through the scene as authorities moved to quell the agitation.
Washington report says the Illinois Central Railroad filed with the Interstate Commerce Commission for authority to issue mortgage bonds totaling 6,953,000. The company argues the bond issue is needed to secure the full six per cent return required by the transportation act.
In Rome Signor Odenigo a Regency official says D Annunzio may not hold Fiume against Italian regulars as supporters await news along the Adriatic. In Copenhagen a Riga peace talk breaks off with Adolph Joffe stating Russia’s position is strong and no further talks with Poland are needed.
Paris reports Germany refuses to disband the Hinwerhnerwehr civilian guards in Bavaria and Prussia. The note will be examined by the council of ambassadors, according to The Petit Parisien.
Constantine carefully shapes the address for a January 8 opening of parliament in Athens. The cabinet members were deported with the Cross of the Redeemer as a symbol of the crackdown.
The First Farmers Bank of Minot, North Dakota, was closed due to depleted reserves. In Scotland five local areas show dry spots from the local veto liquor poll this month in Edinburgh Kilsyth Sanquhar Kirkintilloch Auchterarder and Ruth erglen. Dr Morris W Ehnes reports Methodist Benevolence receipts for the year ending November 1 totaling 15489762 about 72 percent of pledges. American railroads finish a record year and seek no general rate increase, says Thomas Dewitt Cuyler, chair of the Railroad Executives group.
London reports India endures a severe constitutional and public order emergency as deep unrest spreads across major regions. Officials describe the situation as among the gravest crises in the nation’s history.
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