Navy disarmament debate dominates testimony in Washington
Secretary Daniels urged a world disarmament conference as a path to peace while insisting the United States must keep a powerful navy. General Bliss warned any refusal to disarm could lead to a future Germany with similar dangers, urging broad talks among major powers before any cuts.
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Secretary of the Navy
League of Nations
Washington, D.C
United States
Daniels
House
Naval Affairs Committee
Aesaea
Harding
Great Britain
Japan
Borah
Washington, D. C
House Naval Committee
Tasker H.bliss
Supreme War‘ Council
Paris
Germany
Bliss
Army
Great Brita
France
Italy
Urban population in United States tops rural for first time
Washington January 13 The Census Bureau reports 54,818,082 people or 61.4 percent live in urban areas of 2500 or more. Rural residents total 51,390,789. First time urban share exceeds rural across continental U.S. with notable state shifts and World War I linked migration.
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Washington
D. C
United States
Georgia
North Carolina
Colorado
Montana
Wyoming
Michigan
Texas
Indiana
Ohio
Florida
Oklahoma
U. S. Ships Withdrawn From Service Declared
The Shipping Board announced orders to withdraw 13 government ships totaling over 156000 deadweight tons from service. The vessels will be tied up at Hampton Roads Philadelphia Gulf and the Pacific coast locations.
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Washington, D. C
Hampton Roads
Philadelphia
Gulf
Pacific Coast
The
Shipping Board
Thom as County Board Meets In 1921 Session
Thomasville Georgia January 11 1921 county commissioners meet with all members present except Taylor after opening prayer minutes of December 1920 read and approved. Reports on stockade building progress roads bridges farm and machinery filed. Authority granted for surplus war wagons and repairs approved. various claims settled. New board reorganizes and elects permanent officers. budget moves to abolish some offices and set salaries. Public petition and road closing considered. county depository chosen. warrants issued totals and financial report published.
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Thomasville
Board of Courtty Commissioners
Taylor
Anderson
Bickley
Brown
Stockade
County Farm
Nee
E Highway Department
Georgia
Z- Alana
J.a.—Chastain
Rogers, Barwick
Oo Oomhide
Carr
Banister
J. T. Cone
Cone
Sherrod
I. P. Hart
Arnold
State Highway Department
Frank Mitchell
Jack-Smith
Jack Smith
Krelig
Werdrep
Eres Kreis
Wardrep
Duncan Bickley
L. Heald
Tomé Economics
Williams
Commissioner of Health
Board of Health
J.B. ‘Williams
Thck
Lebeson
Thomas
Chastain
Col. P. C. Andrews
Roscoe’ Luke
Thomas County
Roscoe Luke
Junius Avenue
Blackshear Street
Gordon Riveritp Road
Coburn Haskell
Junius
Gordon Avenue
Montgomery
Box Hart ‘Plantation
Bank of
Board of Commissioners
Canar An Towne
McArthur
Homer Williams
Rouse
Mardre
Boston
D. F. “Knupp
Knapp
Hia-Cessenation- N
J. B. Willams
Pavo
M. & M. Bank
Superior Court Fund
MTO Jufots
Tetenectseevsens
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Et Hoersy
Court House Fund
L. Hisald
Board of County Commissioners
Possestialy
E. Brown
Iduidest Permanent Road Fund
Ochlocknee River
Clayton-Mitchell Co
Langdon Shot by Japanese Sentry at Vladivostok
Washington reports indicate Lieut. W H Langdon chief engineer of the US cruiser Albany was fatally shot by a Japanese sentry at Vladivostok after failing to halt. Officials abroad say the incident prompts a careful inquiry and await fuller details from both government sides.
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Washington, D. C
W. H. Langdon
United States
Albany
Vladivostok
Reed
Washington,d. C
Navy
State Departments
Death report of M Karpoff linked to Lenin in Moscow council
A Moscow communique via Paris reports the death of M Karpoff a member of the Soviet supreme economic council Berlin dispatch cites the link to Nicolas Lenin the old pseudonym of the Soviet premier Lenine had earlier rumors of illness on January 9 in the United States press
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London
Moscow
M. Karpoff
Supreme Economic Council of Soviet Russia
Berlin
Exchange
Paris
Supreme Council
Karpoff
Nicolas_Lenine
Women must pay poll tax to vote in future elections
Montgomery Alabama January 13 The Alabama Supreme Court ruled that women must pay poll taxes if they participate in future elections.
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Montgomery
Ala
Alabama Supreme Court
Henry Ford Nets 896 Vote Gain in Senate Recount
Washington D C Jan 13 Henry Ford achieved a net gain of 896 votes in the Senate recount. The tally change followed earlier results and reflects Ford's lead over opponents in the contested election.
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Henry Ford
Senate
Washington, D. C
Newberry
Michigan
Senate ‘Election Committee
Mob Storms Alabama Jail and Rescues Miner
An early morning mob stormed a Jasper jail in Alabama and freed miner William Beard. Guardsmen arrived, the carrier-flag body found riddled with bullets, authorities believed Beard had been rescued by friends and driven away before the mob dispersed.
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Jasper
Ala
Jans Beard
Manchester Road
Alabama
Jai
Miner Frie
Reseu Liam Beard
Ariven Ward
Tragic Ax Attack Strikes Orlander Family in Deridder
John Orlander Italian grocer and his wife and two children were hacked with an axe in their Deridder home. The wife and one child died, others wounded, as neighbors found them in the night. Sheriff Frazier searched for a mystery assailant amid ongoing investigations.
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Deridder
John Orlander
Houston
Texas
Orlander
Josephine
E. Iy
Chabih
Frazier
Lake Charles
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