Greece and Turkey in Asia Minor Conflict Escalates
Greek troops about 120,000 face Turkish nationalists with ~90,000 in the field as Athens fears a Russian-backed Turk advance east of Smyrna. Premier Lloyd George calls for a general election, while Hamburg sees communist seizure of city administration and shipyards.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Asia Minor
Athens
Greece
Smyrna
Lloyd George
Hamburg
Blohm and Voss
Berlin
Germany
von Simons
Poland
Barcelona
Spain
Domenech
Premier Data
Austen Chamberlain
Unionist Party
Andrew Bonar Law
Moscow
Washington News Roundup Includes Rail Tariff Complaint
A complaint filed with the Interstate Commerce Commission by the National Live Stock Exchange and the Cleveland Provision Company charges eastern railroads with failing to publish suitable tariff rules and seeks 50000 in reparations. The White House announced recess appointments for John J. Esch and Dwight L. Davis, plus a special session proclamation for April 1. Other items note Texas quarantine release, war medal accessibility issues, and Bergdoll’s likely return to face court martial in Germany.
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Eastern Territory
Interstate Commerce Commission
National Livestock Exchange
Cleveland Provision Company
America
France
John J. Esch
Wisconsin
Dwight L. Davis
St. Louis
War Finnance Corporation
Congress
Harding
Supreme Court
Fredericksburg and Northern Railroad Company of
Texas
San Antonio and
Aransas Pass
Fredericksburg and
War’ Department
Germany
Grover Cleveland Bergdoll
Multiple crimes span nations with robberies and arrests
Ringgold bank burglars failed to blow vaults and disappeared after digging through a brick wall. A Denison post office messenger was held up by two masked men. A New Brunswick man was convicted of murder and faces execution in May. A Warsaw death case exonerates a suspect. An aviation field near Fort Worth was ordered sold at auction. railroad executives face testimony before a labor board. a suit questions federal board authority over wage rules. A Lexington warehouse fire caused 125000 in damages. Navy free balloon and crew remain missing. Cardinal Gibbons died at 86. New Orleans holds five men in connection with the Wall Street bombing. Dora police chief and a miner were killed in a pistol duel at Dora, Alabama.
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Bank of
Ringgold
Denison
Texas
George Washington Knight
New Brunswick
N. J
Edith Wilson
John Invagnolia
Fort Worth
United States
Association of
Railway Executives
Railroad Labor Board
Chicago
Federal Railroad Labor Board
Federal District Court
Columbus
Ohio
New York Central Railroad
Hurst of Co
Lexington
United States Navy
Pensacola
Florida
Gulf
James Cardinal Gibbons
Baltimore
North Carolina
New Orleans
New York
Wall Street
Jasper
Ala
Hurd
Dora
H. N. Hammer
Supreme Court Rules Taxes On Trust Asset Profits
The Supreme Court holds profits from trust asset sales taxed under the incomes and excess profits law. The case, Merchants' Loan and Trust v Ryerson, involves $560,000 stock later sold for $1,280,000 and a $311,000 tax. Justice Clark read the opinion, affecting pending litigation and many trusts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Supreme Court
Merchants’ Loan and Trust Company
Arthur Ryerson
Illinois
Ryerson
Ryerson and Son
Clark
Tremors Reported as Very Severe Near Washington
Seismographs at George Town University recorded very severe earthquake tremors with a stated distance of 1,900 miles from Washington. No injuries or damages are mentioned.
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Washington
Georgetown University
Ford Motor Company Assets Reported for 1920 in Lansing
The Ford Motor Company files its annual report with the Secretary of State showing total assets of 384 million 554 thousand 941 dollars and 68 cents as of December 31, 1920, in Lansing Michigan.
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Ford Motor Company
Lansing
Mich
Railroad passenger totals rise in 1920 across system
Interstate Commerce Commission reports 1920 passenger traffic on American railroads reached 1 234 222 889, up from 1 174 721 842 in 1919, reflecting stronger postwar travel demand.
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Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
Incendiarism Campaign Spreads Across England
London authorities mobilize Scotland Yard resources including motor cars and lorries to rush responders to fires as a nationwide incendiarism campaign grows in scale and urgency.
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England
London
Scotland Yard
No Cause for Anxiety at Allied Brewery Banquet
London reports Baron Birkenhead lord chancellor told allied brewery traders the nation faced no real danger of a dry Britain. He warned members there was no cause for anxiety at the annual banquet and urged calm amid temperance concerns.
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London
Great Britain
Baron Birkenhead
Allied Brewery Traders’ Association
Plan to Renounce Pledge for Austrian Credit
Paris reports the League of Nations finance commission began considering a plan to loosen the Austrian pledge from the St German treaty. The aim is to enable Austria to borrow money against the pledges to buy raw materials and restart factory production.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Austria
Maritime Losses In 1920 Reported By Bureau Veritas
The January bulletin notes 1920 maritime losses and accidents with 28 steamers lost overall. The United States ranks third with three steamers, while England leads with seven. Irwin Cobb, famed humorist, nominated again for a commission at his former rank in Kentucky.
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Paris
Bureau Veritas
United States
England
Irwin Cobb
Louisville
Irwin Shrewsbery Cobb
Irvin S. Cobb
A. Q O. Stanley
Communist Attack Hits Halle Newspaper Building
In Halle Germany Communists hurled a hand grenade into the Hallesche Zeitung offices injuring two occupants. The Pan German organ sustained damage as authorities investigated the incident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Halle
Germany
Hallesche Zeitung
Coney's Condition Worsens After Plane Crash
Natchez Mississippi Lieut W D Coney in critical condition following a crash when his airplane struck a tree near Monroe Louisiana early Friday his status deteriorates per latest reports from the scene
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Coney
Natchez
Miss
W. D. Coney
Monroe
Greek Offensive Intensifies in Brussa and Smyrna Fronts
Fierce fighting reported as Greek forces press Turkish Nationalists along the Brussa and Smyrna sectors. The clash signals escalating hostilities in Constantinople era reporting.
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Constantinople
Brussa
Smyrna
Plymouth votes extra funds for tercentenary celebration
At the annual town meeting Plymouth, Massachusetts appropriated 40000 dollars in addition to 10000 dollars already set aside to help defray the costs of the upcoming tercentenary celebration next summer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Plymouth
Mass
Courting whiskey foes and tobacco market totals
Sheriff Flynt urged harsh penalties to curb illegal whiskey sales at a mass meeting in Waughtown while the local tobacco market headlines report a record 39,000,000 pounds sold this season and a projected 60,000,000 pounds in the next two weeks.
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Winston-Salem
Flynt
Waughtown
Thomas Lyons
The
Baltimore Sun
Chamber of Commerce
Lyon
Government Should Pay Rail Judgments Rejected in North Carolina
Federal Judge James B. Boyd held that Union county sheriffs cannot enforce Seaboard Air Line judgments as the actions arose during government control of railroads. The ruling, becoming permanent, affects similar pending cases across the state.
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Monroe
Boyd
Fowler
Seaboard Air Line Railway
Greensboro
Union County
Seaboard Aid Line
James B. Boyd
Western North Carolina
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Southland
Rene Viviana
Department of Agriculture
White House
Davis
Secretary of Labor
White
Panama-Costa Rica
Porras
Panama
Senor Porras
King
Liberia
Hughes
State Department
Bureau of Markets
Frierson
Western Union Telegraph Company
Atlantic
Chapel Hill
University of North Carolina
Atlanta
South
Charles S. Mangumana
A. H. Patterson
Belmont
Wake Forest
Wilson
Frank Linney
Boone
Morehead
Stonewall Jackson Durham
Gastonia
Clinton
Katherine Robinson
Fayetteville
Bond
Rocky Mount
Board of Alderman
Gravely
Charlotte
Mecklenburg-Cabarrus B. Y. P. U. Association
First Baptist Church
Daniels
Raleigh
Raleigh Chamber of Commerce
Z. M. Caviness
Dr. Caviness
Chamber
Claude B. Barbee
Virgil St. Cloud
Sheriff OF
UNION
Durham
G. W. Hursey
Cleveland Street
Hursey
Asheville
Planas
Mission Hospital
Guilford County
Lenoir
Horace Sisk
Hoey
Shelby
Clyde R. Hoey
Ryburn & Hoey
Rexall
W. F. Clegg Cigar Company
Creensbeore, N. C
Matton
Eastman Kodak
Matton Drug Company
North Main St
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