Submarine row stalls arms talks as Japan holds line
The wartime naval conference stalls over submarine tonnage with Japan and France stubborn on 54 000 or 60 000 ton limits. Britain and the United States push for limits amid fears of future talks breaking down. A French compromise and calls for larger cruiser programs loom if submarines aren’t settled.
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Japan
Paris
France
Paria
Italy
United States
Great Britain
amu mna R F
Liang Shihs Premier Appointed in China
Peking December 25 reports a presidential mandate appointing Liang Shih as premier. He replaces Chin Yun Peng who, with his ministers, resigned a week earlier.
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Chin Yun Peng
Peking
Liang Shih
Man shoots intruder in struggle at city home
John Dawson wrestles the assailant, frees his pistol, and fires three shots after an intruder seized him at 1148 Seventh Street Southwest. The wounded man, Cunard B. Lynchard of Camp Humphries Virginia, is unconscious at Emergency Hospital. Dawson is held for investigation.
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Seventh street
John
Wawson
Cunard
Camp Humphries
Lynchard
Ohio River Rises Above Flood Mark in Cincinnati
The Ohio River at Cincinnati reached 63.5 feet, 3.6 feet above flood stage, rising at 0.1 ft per hour. Forecaster W. C. Devereaux expected continued rise to tomorrow with crest likely by noon if rains hold. Little Miami tributary receded. no major damage reported.
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Cincinnati
Ohio
Associated Press
W. C. Devereaux
United States
Little Miami
Louisvill
Louisville
Ohio river
weather bureau
Angahela
Pittsburgh
United States weather bureau
Monongahela
Allegheny river
Rent Act Extension Sought as Landlords Press for Increases
Congressional push to extend the Ball rent act beyond May 22 faces opposition from tenants and senators alarmed by rent hikes. Letters from real estate interests urge leases with $5 to $15 monthly increases, promising no ejectment if signed but threatening eviction otherwise. Senator Pomerene has drafted a two-year extension proposal, submitted to committees for quick action after the holiday recess to avert a lapse in protections.
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Senate
House
Senate District committee
Washington
rent commission
Bali
Ball
Ball ac
Pomerene
Ohio
District
House committee
Debs to Call on Harding And Daugherty Here Today
Eugene V. Debs, the Socialist leader and former presidential candidate, leaves Atlanta penitentiary after a presidential commutation. He will reach Washington today, call on President Harding at the White House, and confer with Attorney General Daugherty. Debs was convicted in 1918 for espionage act violations and jailed in 1910 after failed appeals.
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Washington Post Co
Eugene V. Debs
President Harding
White House
Atlanta
Harding
Washington
Daugherty
Supreme Court
Debs Leaves Prison After Commutation In Atlanta
Socialist leader Eugene V. Debs walks out of federal penitentiary at 11 30 am after sentence commuted by President Harding last week He departs to Washington with Warden Dyche and others amid cheering inmates and photographers Debs plans rest in Terre Haute and to consult Attorney General Daugherty before returning home
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Atlanta
Eugene V. Debs
Federal
Harding
Washington
Debs
Daugherty
Terre Hautes
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Pebs
tare
Theodore
Lucy Robbins
American Federation of Labor
Celia Hotter
Debs freedom conference
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Dyche
Memphians Enter Senate Race In Democratic Primary
Chattanooga reports Capt. G T Fitzhugh of Memphis announces candidacy for the Democratic nomination for U S senator in August to succeed Kenneth D McKellar. Rumors say former Governor Malcolm R Patterson may also run, creating a three Memphian field.
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Chattanooga
Tenn
Tennessee
G. T. Fitzhugh
Memphis
United States
Kenneth D. McKellar
Malcolm R. Patterson
New Board President Outlines Plan To Boost City Schools
Daniel A. Edwards, newly elected president of the board of education, calls for a $4.5 million surplus to fund a broader building program and higher teacher salaries. He argues current funds and annual appropriations fall short of needs, urges permanent salary legislation, and proposes expanding high school capacity via extending facilities or creating a junior high in the Eastern building.
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Edwards
Treasury
Washington
Congress
Edwards beleves
Eastern High school
Eastern
Auto fumes kill three in Winnfield Louisiana
In Winnfield Louisiana authorities report a car engine exhaust asphyxiated Mrs King the mother of locomotive engineer John King and his two children Frank eight and Dorothy six on Christmas Day. The tragedy occurred when fumes entered a bedroom from an idling automobile, authorities said.
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Winnfield, La
Index to Today's Issue Page
Page index items list a mix of wartime briefs and society notes including Debs to come today and British sailors in Cairo. Topics cover rent fights school funds park plans and charitable gifts with references to Ohio River conditions and local civic events.
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New Park
Cairo
Ohio River
McCulley
Walter Reed
Haiti
China
Georgetown
Blue Jackets to Force in Cairo Civil Unrest
Cairo reports say Blue Jackets arrived to help quell days of rioting. A Nile flotilla is expected to move upriver. Port Said saw mobs breach police lines but British troops restored order and assumed control. Martial law warns of strict suppression. Twelve dead in Cairo, including a man known as Professor Jean Orth. Azhar University students strike. sporadic clashes reported in Damanhur and Beni Suif. Telegraphs and railways operate normally as authorities prepare decisive action.
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Egypt
Associated Press
Blue Jackets
Nile
royal navy
Upper
Port Said
wadlets
Jean Orth
Orth
Azhar university
Damanhur
Beni Souef
Naval officer saves woman from runaway horse in cab
Commander Walter Anderson of the Navy Department chased across Connecticut avenue to seize the bridal reins and halt a runaway horse attached to a cab carrying a woman passenger. The cab was struck by a southbound streetcar, the horse bolted, and Anderson dragged 50 feet before stopping the horse. The woman, badly cut, was taken to a nearby house for treatment. her condition was not serious. Rear Admiral Fisit and bystanders helped, but the horse could not be stopped in time.
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Walter 8. Anderson
Navy Department
Connecticut avenue
Anderson
Anderagon
Park plans eyed as Patterson tract linked to city parks
A Washington District task force led by Representative Millspaugh surveys park needs and endorses authorizing purchase of the Patterson estate near Camp Meigs. They cite 84 acres with a timbered northern edge, a potential stadium site, and a swimming pool, highlighting linkages between Rock Creek and Potomac parks and urging quick congressional action.
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McKinley
Business High
Rock Creek
Potomac Parks
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citizens
Focht
House District committee
citizens of
Washington
Maissouri
citizens' committee
Patterson
Camp Meigs
McKinley and
Moore
commission of fine arts
citizens’ committee
Potomac park
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