Mrs Phillips Escapes From California Prison
Mrs Clara Phillips, sentenced for the hammer murder of Mrs Alberta Meadows, escaped from the Los Angeles county jail with help from inmates using steel saws. She climbed from a window, dropped to a roof, and fled via a fire escape, possibly by automobile, as authorities investigate accomplices and nearby sightings.
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Nord
Ebs
Calif
Deer
Clara Phillips
Phillips
State
Alberta Meadows
Cas
W. Trieger
Madelyn Obenchain
J. Belton Kennedy
Ola Weaver
Etta Jackson
Armour Phillips
Long Beach
Los Angeles
Kansas elects Democratic governor as GOP controls legislature
Kansas voters expect the legislature to be mostly Republican with Jonathan M. Davis to become governor. The 96 Republicans and 29 Democrats in the lower house and 38 Republicans to 4 Democrats in the Senate mark a GOP-led session. Davis pledges to repeal the industrial court, replacing it with an American law, while tax cuts unite both parties.
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Associated Press
Topeka
Kansas
Jonathan M. Davis
Kansas Court of Industrial Relations
Pittsburgh
Kan
New York
William Allen White
Emporia
Vox Populi
Vox Dei
Havana Cafe Men War On The Loafers
In Havana Cuba on November eighteenth editors report cafe owners have removed embedded seating and expanded bars to curb loiterers and speed service. Domino players and political speakers are displaced as reforms boost sales though reaction from Cuban patrons, especially women, remains uncertain.
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Havana
Cuba
Loafer
United States
Arkansas Puzzle Baffles Local Poultry Dealer
Jim Hudson of Magnolia reports he has never learned why a chicken scratches with two feet first then reverses feet next time in plain field correspondence from Magnolia News.
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Jim Hudson
Plainfield
Magnolia News
Brookhart Assigned to Labor Military and Manufacturing Panels
Senator Brookhart who took office Saturday was assigned today to the labor military and manufacturing committees. Little Roberta Brown of Boston and her mother Mrs Eleanor Bailey Brown arrived for a visit at the home of Roberta’s grandparents Mr and Mrs M W Bailey. Grandfather Brown accompanied them to Chicago.
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Associated Press
Washington, Dp
Brookhart
Eamade
Jaws
Labor, Military and Manufacturing Committee
Roberta Brown
Boston
Eleanor Bailey Brown
M. W. Bailey
Brown
Chicaco
Progressive bloc wins first Congress victory in direct election push
The progressive group in Congress secured a favorable senate agricultural committee report on a constitutional amendment for direct presidential election. The draft keeps inauguration on March 4 and sets new terms starting the first Monday in January after each biennial election, with annual sessions beginning January.
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Associated Press
Washington, D. C
Progressive Bloc
Congress
Senate Agricultural Committee
Senate
House
Des Moines Car Crash Injures Three People
Two men F Overton and Tom DeBord and a woman Miss Marvel Whitney were seriously injured when their automobile collided with a coal wagon near town. The car was completely wrecked.
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Associated Prews
Des Moines
F. Overton
Tom DeBord
Miss Marvel Whitney
Early use of a word from two words dating to 1250
The origin of the term remains unclear its form once appeared as two words and appears in literature from as early as 1250.
Ireland to Become Free State Tonight as British Troops Leave
On December 5 the Irish Free State will assume governance with the Dail Eireann set to meet at 5 PM Wednesday. British troops are being evacuated and the last occupying forces are expected to depart by December 18 as King George proclaims the dominion.
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Irish Free State
Associated Press
London
Dail Eiren
Free State
King George
Parole Board Grants Start In Life For Iowa Prisoners
Women gain equal rights with men in Wisconsin under the 1921 equal rights law. The Supreme Court decision made today places women on the same footing as men in endorsing notes and handling transactions that previously afforded them special privileges.
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Associated Press
Madison
Wisconsin
Dee
Supreme Court
Parole Board Reports Low Reoffense Rates in Iowa
Iowa parole board chief L W Drennen says in two years 570 men were paroled. 1.2 percent convicted of new crimes and 26.6 percent had parole revoked. 209 men reentered honest, law abiding life after trials on state jobs under supervision.
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Associated Press
Des Moines
Iowa
L. W. Drennen
Drennan
Board of Parole
Winter Weather Covers Wide Range Across Nation
Winter today began and spread from north to south and east to west. Zero temperatures reached to Texas and Tennessee with widespread drops in several districts. Havre Montana registered 16 degrees below zero the coldest in the country while San Antonio saw a ten degree fall.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Texas
Tennessee
Conpiere
Havre
Montana
Southland
San Antonio
Theft of Fifty Barrels Whisky At Pekin Reported
Officials investigate theft of fifty barrels of whisky at Pekin Illinois by twenty five armed bandits in a raid similar to a November 21 attack on the American Distillery. A detail of officers was sent toward Springfield to intercept suspected thieves who fled with trucks. no arrests or traces yet found.
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Associated Press
Peoria
Pekin
Illinois
Springfield
Maya Zero Pioneers Predate Hindu and European Use
Maya Indians of the Guatemala region developed zero in their numerical calculations about 560 years before Hindu use and some 100 years before European adoption, highlighting early concepts of place value and mathematics.
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Guatemala
Butler Nomination Returns to Senate for Justice Seat
President Harding sent the nomination of Pierce Butler to the associate justice post back to the Senate after it failed confirmation in the special session. The move sets up renewed Senate consideration of Butler's appointment.
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Butler
Senate
Assuinted
Washington, D. C
Pierce Butler
Supreme Court
Congress
Harding
Window Shade Guide for Darkening a Shelf
The guide explains shielding ghéeds from light and hanging a shade as if on a window. When drawn it darkens the shelf area to protect contents. An all window shade Wil illuminate how to hang and adjust for light control.
Origin of Hollyhoek Mallow Name Traced to Holy Land
The plant known as Hollyhoek or holyhoek derives its name from the Holy Land where it is indigenous, with the term mallow linked to the Anglo-Saxon hoc.
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Holy Land
Hollyhoek
Mallow
Holyhoek
The Way People Speak and Act by Custom
A concise quotation from Francis Haron notes that people speak from learning and opinion but act mainly from custom, contrasting inclination and habit with the influence of social norms. The line underscores behavioral influence beyond personal creed.
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Francis Haron
Different Types of Sea Buoys
A readable survey of forty buoy types outlines each buoy’s distinct purpose. Green markers may indicate wrecks while others reveal rocks shoals sand banks and deep water channels for navigational guidance.
Turks Bar Armenians From Leaving on French Passports
In Constantinople police barred about a hundred Armenians with French protege papers from boarding ships. Kemalist authorities demand Turkish passports for departure and have reportedly charged $50 to $100 to approach vessels. A new rule requires Greeks and Armenians aged 18 to 45 pay a $50 military exemption tax before leaving.
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Constantinople
France
Coal Operators Meet in Chicago Face Wage Scale Deadlock
United States coal operators hold a second Chicago session to decide a wage scale for soft coal miners next January. They plan a joint conference with miners, with a nationwide strike possible in April 1923. Operators seek arbitration, miners led by John L. Lewis oppose it. indictments against some operators and internal disagreements loom.
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Chicago
United States
John L. Lewis
Fire destroys Sulpicrian church seminary in Quebec
A Sulpicrian church seminary and priest residence in Quebec were destroyed by fire this morning. A nearby monastery was spared. This marks the sixth Catholic institution fire in recent weeks.
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Associated Press
Quebec
Canada
Sulpicrian Church
Mayas Led the World in Early Calculations
The fragment notes Maya achievements in advanced calculations dating roughly 500 years before Windus and about 1,000 years prior to European methods, highlighting premodern mathematical prowess.
Indirect Sight
A fragment from the Buffalo Express reports a dialogue where Mr. Littleton comments on a large woman occupying a seat and reading titles, expressing disapproval of the distraction from the show. The exchange highlights social manners and public perception.
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Mr. Littleton
Buffalo Express
Ancient lamps traced to Roman era use of oil
Wax candles were common in ancient times but at the start of the Christian era oil lamps appeared across the Roman empire. In Italy and Calestine oil lamps were widespread in olive oil regions, with many lamps found in ruins of Roman elites and in Pompeii.
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Italy
Calestine
Pompel
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Arkansas
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Sweetheart
Ireland
Parole Board
Enty
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