Norris Produces New Shoals Bill
In Congress the Muscle Shoals fight shifts as Senator Harrison presses a quick vote on Henry Ford's plan. James T. Lloyd unveils a Lloyd proposal creating a federal chemical corporation with a 10 million dollar capital to lease Shoals for 60 years, produce fertilizer and power, and keep property intact for wartime explosives.
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Washington
Henry Ford
Muscle Shoals
Congress
Harrison
Mississippi
Ford
Senate Agriculture Committee
Sentnor Harrison
Senate
House
Norris
James T. Lloyd
Missouri
Lloyd
Federal Chemical Corporation
Secretary of Agriculture
Secretary of the Treasury
Destructive Fire Levels Pine Bluff Hamlet Resort
A large portion of Pine Bluff, a winter tourist resort 22 miles from Hamlet toward Aberdeen and Pinehurst, was destroyed by a fire likely starting in the Pine Bluff Inn kitchen. The blaze wrecked the Pine Bluff Inn, the Mother Perkins hotel, two dwellings owned by Rev. J. A. Ives and D. M. McGlaghlin, and damaged much of the volunteer fire department's equipment. Estimated loss runs about 45 000 dollars.
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Pine Bluff
Aberdeen
Pinehurst
Pine Bluff Inn
3. A. Ives
Baptist Church
Rate cuts seen by other banks eyed in near term
Washington expects the New York Federal Reserve to cut the rediscount rate from 4 1 2 to 4 percent and foresees similar moves by Boston and Philadelphia. Secretary Mellon and others doubt the reduction will greatly stimulate new business as money supply remains adequate and rates are easy.
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Washington
New York Reserve Bank
Boston
Philadelphia
Mellon
Beiieve
Tornado Kills Nine in Chipley Georgia Area
A destructive tornado struck Chipley near Columbus injuring about 30 and killing nine people. Two of the deceased were white women. Red Cross officials have rushed to the scene as property losses run to several thousand dollars.
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Chipley
Columbus
Here
Georgia
Red Cross
Red Cross Mobile Relief Sent To Tornado Areas
The Red Cross dispatched a disaster relief mobile unit led by Henry M. Baker and Marty M. Richmond from Washington to the South to aid stricken regions. The unit will assist local chapters with the relief effort and respond to messages from Atlanta division HQ. Five killed in Kansas City refinery gas explosion at Interstate Refineries plant with several injured and fires spreading to storage tanks.
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Red Cross
Washington
Henry M. Baker
Marty M. Richmond
Uther
Atlanta
Kansas City
American Red Cross
Joseph C. Logan
Columbia
S. C
Shelburne Urges Baptist Seminary Move
Dr. J. M. Shelburne, chairman of the special committee, says a new Baptist seminary costing 2.5 million dollars will be recommended to the Southern Baptist Convention meeting in Atlanta this month. The report lists Richmond Virginia Birmingham Alabama Macon Georgia Jefferson City Tennessee and Greenville South Carolina as candidate cities.
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Helburne Urges Baptist Seminary
Denville
Southern Baptist Convention
Atlanta
J. M. Shelburne
Richmond
Birmingham
Ala
Macon
Jefferson City
Lurs of Luristan Natives of Persia
Washington dispatches recount Teheran troops aiding Lurs of Luristan in a view of Persia’s ancient identity. The article covers Luristans religion politics and culture, Elam ruins, Persian artifacts, wine origins myths, and historic military actions by Alexander the Great and Antiochus IV.
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Washington
Teheran
Luristan
Tutankhamen
National Geographic Society
Persia
Susa
Roman Amphitheater Unearthed in Philippopolis Square
Workmen digging foundations for a new structure in Djumala square unearthed four meters underground a flight of marble stairs worn smooth by countless footsteps. Officials say the steps appear to be an amphitheater aisle and archeologists from Sofia will study the find further.
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Philippopolis
Bulgaria
Djumala
Ethnological Museum
Sofia
New Burn Treatment Tested in London Hospital
A new method to heal severe burns avoids dressings. Burns are washed with boracic acid and stearate or zinc is applied, requiring little medical attention as the injuries heal on their own.
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London
London Hospital
Red Cross mobilizes aid after South Carolina tornadoes
Washington reports national funds for Red Cross relief to the tornado belt. Hundreds of tents will house the homeless as Red Cross units arrive in Columbia to manage recovery. Governor McLeod urged donations to fund wide relief across thirteen counties with focus on food clothing and medical supplies.
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Columbia
S. C
Red Cross
South Carolina
Thommas G .McLeod
Central Relief Committee
Central Red Cross Committee
Central State Relief Committee
Bonus Bill Heads to President after House Approval
Congress completed action on the soldier bonus bill with adoption of the conference report in the House, sending it to the President. The Senate had already approved. the measure drew debate over including female Navy yeomen. Treasury and Veterans Bureau reviews were anticipated, with Coolidge yet to act.
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Washington
House of the Conference
Senate
House
McKenzie
Illinois
Garner
Texas
Ing Democrat
Ways and Means
White House
Treasury Department
Mellon
Veterans’ Bureau
Hines
Coolidge
Five Cuba Veterans Leaders Remanded After Arrest
In Havana the five leaders of the Veterans and Patriots association arrested after the Santa Clara revolt were denied freedom by three judges on habeas corpus and ordered back to the village jail.
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Cuba
Havana
Veterans and Patriots’ Association
Havan
Santa Clara
Tornado Toll Rises to Twenty in Sumter County
New details confirm twenty dead in Sumter County tornado with Edward Dick the sole White victim and nineteen Black victims. Destruction remains widespread with uniform devastation along the northeastern path.
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Sumter County
Sumter
Edward Dick
Mount McKinley Sinking Myth Stirs Alaska Fans
People in McKinley Park Alaska claim Mount McKinley drops about two feet yearly from its 20 500 official height due to frequent earthquakes. They cite unstable Aleutian islands whose locations shift, with Bogoslov vanishing and reappearing, blamed on Katmai and Pavaloff volcanic activity.
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McKinley Park
Alaska
Mount McKinley
Aleutian Islands
Aleutian
Bogoslov
Bogoslav
Suard
Bear
Mount Katmai
Pavaloff
Fire Hero Dies After Princess Theater Fire Rescue
Mrs. L. L. Byerly, 35, who was badly burned while attempting to rescue a friend in the Princess theater blaze, died at Walker Memorial Hospital. She escaped at first but returned to aid another, receiving fatal injuries as the other woman had already been rescued by firefighters.
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L. L. Byerly
Princess Theater
Walker Memorial Hospital
Cyanide Gas Used to Rout Rats in Portland
Portland authorities led by H. S. Speer report success in eradicating rats from dumps and fills at Duniway Park Alameda and terminal No 1. William G. Halber notes no rats left in the dump after four years of costly poison use. Residents urged to cover garbage cans and avoid throwing refuse in sallies while harbor master Capt. Jacob Speier and the dock commission aid rat-proofing.
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Portland
H. S. Speer
Duniway Park
Alameda
William G. Halber
Mr. Speer
South Portland
Jacob Speier
Harbormaster
Dock Commission
General Julian S. Carr Dies in Chicago While Visiting Daughter
General Julian S. Carr former commander in chief of the United Confederate Veterans died in Chicago at 10 15 pm after contracting influenza on a Durham to Chicago train His illness worsened despite consultations by specialists Carr, a wealthy Durham banker, was famed for aiding Confederate veterans and their families and funded many college expenses He was a regular at Confederate reunions and political events in Raleigh and across the South.
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Chicago
Ill
Julian
Carr
United Confederate Veterans
Durham
N. C
H. C. Flowers
Raleigh
Jaulian S. Carr
Dixie
General Carr
Gray
Girl Recovers After Groundbreaking Heart Operation
Baltimore doctors describe a nineteenth year old girl who survived a daring heart surgery in which the heart was bared. Dr Elliott Cutler of Harvard inserted a finger into a heart orifice to relieve a valvular obstruction. Eleven months later the patient remains alive and improved.
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Baltimore
American Surgical Association
Elliott C. Cutler
Harvard Medical School
Woman Weather Observer Keeps Northland Records
Seattle reports that Mrs. Mollie Ward Greist, wife of the surgeon at Point Barrow Presbyterian hospital, has served as the United States farthest north weather observer since 1920. Four to five times yearly she sends observations to the outside world by dog team, coast guard cutter, or trading schooner.
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Seattle
Wash
United States
Point Barrow
Alaska
Coast Guard
Mollie Ward Greist
Presbyterian Hospital
Washington Senate Approves Revenue Bill Amendments
The senate approved finance committee amendments adding a 10 percent tax on radio sets, reducing automobile taxes, repealing the capital stock tax, and restoring the tax on drafts checks and promissory notes. Debates on radio and automobile rates are expected, with remaining provisions on income tax rates earned income deductions corporation tax estate and gift taxes and publicity of returns to be addressed.
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Washington
Senate
Finance Committee
Publicity of Returns
Board of Tax Appeals
Tailless Pups Born to Spaniel at Hague Kennels
Silverton Oregon reports Patesy a clipped-tail spaniel has produced 11 tailless pups. The dam herself is tailless and early interviews with dog fanciers have not revealed a similar historic case.
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Silverton
Ore
Patesy
Hague Kennels
Young York Man Goes Blind Studying For West Point
Frederick Flinckbaum Jr. of York Pennsylvania became blind while studying to pass West Point entrance exams. The infantryman is expected to regain sight after a long rest, according to surgeons.
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York
West Point Military Academy
Frederick Flinckbaum, Jr
Collie Saves Eight From House Fire in New York
Lestie Morrison and family escaped a blaze in Lamberton New York when a collie woke them by tugging at the bed clothes. Morrison his wife and cousin James Morrison carried five children aged three to nine to safety. Two children Robert and Richard were overcome by smoke but survived.
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Lamberton
N. Y
Lestie S. Morrison
Morrison
James Morrison
Robert
Richard
Sacred carvings found in bottle from ancient castle ruins
Smithsonian officials study a carved miniature crucifixion set sealed inside a narrow-neck bottle found in Piedmont Italy. The wooden stopper and crossstructure keep the pieces intact. the scene includes the cross rooster spear garment and dice. The base bears the crude artist name Majocco Bortolex of Torino, Italy.
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Washington
Smithsonian Institution
Piedmont
Ialy
Christ
Jesus of Nazareth
Majocco Bortolex
Torino
Italy
Mah Jongg Queen Brings Game to United States
Mrs. Joseph Park Babcock, known as Mah Jongg, introduced the game to the United States and helped write most of its rules. A photo shows her in Chinese costume on hotel grounds in Pasadena, California before an exhibition game.
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Joseph Park Babcock
Mah Jongg
France Claims Demon Ray Could Annihilate German Forces
Paris reports a secret 1918 discovery of a demon ray capable of wiping out the German army and civilians. Authorities seized the device then and abandoning it after the armistice, with plans to revive it as a counter weapon to the Matthews ray.
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Paris
France
Grindem Matthews
London
Boy of 6 Killed Playing With His Mother's Pistol
Ernest Shine six year old son of Mamie Shine found a loaded revolver under a pillow and played with it while his mother slept. The gun discharged when he dropped it, killing him. Mrs Shine posted 500 bond and was released to take charge of the body. The Shine family shares a Harlem apartment at 223 East 103rd Street with two other children. the father works nights.
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New York
Ernest
Mamie Shine
Shine
East One Hundred ‘Third Street
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