Salvation Army plans million dollar Christmas baskets drive
The Salvation Army central territory estimates spending nearly a million for Christmas baskets and related aid. Ten cities report about 46 000 baskets at roughly two dollars each, serving at least eleven people per basket. Industrial homes and rescue centers will also provide meals for thousands of fortunate and underserved residents across Indiana and adjacent states.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Salvation Army
Central Territory
Williawn
Chicano An
Ottawa
Streator
Rockford
Joliet
Aurora
Belvidere
East Chicago
Hammond
Mishawaka
Gary
Salvation
Army
Salvation Army Corps
Indiana
Iowa
Nebraska
Kansas
Michigan
Wisconsin
Hainais
Missouri
Arkansas
Minnesota
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South Dakota
Alabama
Texas
Louisiana
Slyven
Hunan
Ghia
Bank Robbers Elude Police in Midwest Escape
Police hunted two men linked to a Pisgah Iowa bank robbery that yielded 2100 cash and 15000 in Liberty bonds. After a chase through Crescent Kansas and Council Bluffs shots were fired. The robbers fled their car and vanished. a suspect later identified a witness at his dwelling.
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Associated Press
Omaha
Neb
Crescent
Council
Ross
Council Bluff
Pisgah
Mellon Opposes Soldier Bonus In Holiday Statement
Secretary Mellon announced that the treasury's stance on a soldiers bonus bill remains unchanged since July. He reaffirmed that no plan to raise money by taxing liquor and beer is being considered to fund the bonus, stressing fiscal restraint and administration priorities.
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Mellon
Associated Press
Washington, D. C
Treasury
Frelinghuysen
New Sover Sty
Refuge of 50 Negroes Wrecked by Storm and Loss
By Associated Press Memphis report notes nine dead and over twenty injured as a powerful windstorm swept through six settlements in Crittenden county and along the Mississippi River. Property damage is estimated near $200,000 with numerous buildings wrecked and at least one white person reported killed.
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Presa
Memphis
Tenn
Crittenden County
ATEK
Acre
Misippi
Clarke- Ec
Pawnee Morrison
Banks & Co
Clarksdale
Washington, D. C
Arthur
Balfour
Arms Conference
Peopile
Ark
Retail Clothiers Deny Price Fixing in Letter
The National Association of Retail Clothiers led by president Shr Anse M. Frankel and executive director Chase A. Wry issued a letter refuting Attorney General claims of unconscionable retail dealer profits. They criticized the investigation as poor and noted 6,800 clothing dealers as signatories.
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Daugherty
Associates Press
Chicago
Ni Association of Hetail Clothiers
Shru Anse M. Frankel
Chase A. Wry
Journey Uineral Daugherty
Farm Bloc Leaders Rise in Senate Conflict Review
The article surveys the farm bloc led by Senator W. S. Kenyon and its influence in both houses, detailing membership among Republicans and Southern Democrats. It explains the bloc's aims, including the $500,000,000 farm relief program, credit measures, and proposed rural reforms, while noting key figures like Kellogg, Lenroot, Norbeck, McNary, and McCormick.
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Capp
Kansas
Wil Tre
Stitas
Mirwisslogl
Lenroot
Lenrout
Senate
Kellogg
Minnesota
Sginuop
Senator Ladd
North Dakota
Norbeck
South Dakota
Kendrick
Wyoming
McNary
Ora
Johnson
Borate
Uke Johnson
Sontern Democrats
Republic
Teadhers
Callan
Wallace
Smith
South Carolina
Fletcher
Florida
Sheppard
Texas
Harris
Georgia
Caraway
Arkansas
Heflin
Albania
Wey
Treasury
The
New York
Eugene Mayer
Meyer
Focal
Pho
Stomkratsars
Origital Borrawars
Hag Bern
Faror
Federal Reserve Board
Sonate
McCormick
House
Warding
Senate Finance Committee
Tiuinois
Medill McCormick
Christmas Dinner. for Gene Grows Cold with Wait
Des Moines dispatch notes presidential clemency actions. Among those freed was D T Blodgett of Des Moines, once sentenced in 1917 to 20 years for alleged violations linked to the espionage act. The report mentions several other convicts and deportations connected to wartime cases and commutations by President Harding.
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Wil
Ewaaldazzi
Ashleigh
Flye Soldie
Carl J. Bryan
James A. ‘O'Dell
Roy Younghtacd
Des Moines
Pressant Harding
D.T. Blodgett
Blodgett
Radical Magazing
Christmas Crime Wave Hits Chicago and New York
Chicago bandits bound a watchman and spent four hours inside a meat plant before fleeing. two burglars were caught as they drilled a rear door. In New York a Christmas crime wave left two dead and several wounded, with robberies including a Bowery restaurant jewel heist and the robbery of a Bronx cigar store and a saloonkeeper.
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New York
Tare
Nelson Levy
Bronx
Leon Sattili
Philip S. Soneywood
Bowery District
Newberry Men May Quit Him Over Campaign Spending
A surprise move by six Republican senators signals possible loss of Newberry's seat. They demand a Senate defense of his campaign expenditures against Henry Ford, threatening to vote to unseat him unless he writes in and explains the spending during the Ford controversy.
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United Press
Washington, D. C
Truman _ i. Newberry
Senate
Newberry
Gurtis
Henry Ford
Foley advertisement for tonics and laxatives offered by mail
Old time ad copy promises Foley's Honey and Tar Compound for coughs and colds, Foley Kinney Pills for pains and rheumatic aches, Foley Cathartic Tablets for constipation and headaches. Mail order form urges readers to send name and address to Foley & 2835 Sheffield Ave Chicago.
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Foley
Sheffield Ave
Chicago
Foley Kinney
Investigation of Ku Klux Klan Probe in Oklahoma
Ardmore reports an attorney general inquiry into alleged Klan activity in Carter County. Freeling seeks to learn connections to the Wilson double murder amid masked raiders, a strongbox, and Bourland’s testimony at a preliminary hearing.
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Oklahoma
Altted Brews
Ardmore
Okla
Tec
Ku Klux Klan
Carter Country
Torney
Freeling
Fred Bourland
Tuesiday
Hourlind
Swicteases
Wilson
Joe Carroll
Carroll
Judgehall
KR. K
Borland
Bourland
Bourhind
Tir
Feather Carroll
Christmas Carols and Odd News From Today's Papers
A collage of holiday snippets from various cities reports a Sapulpa marriage of a 16 year old bride, a small boy’s letter box mishap, a Milwaukee man choosing to serve a 30 day DUI sentence, New York youths and a department store bottle linked to Christmas gifts, and a mule’s menu of a Christmas tree. Other items note President Harding hanging stockings at the White House and a Des Moines turkey misadventure ending in a feathered prank.
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Washington
Harding
White House
Executive Mansion
Pinehurst
N.C
Howdy Do Santa Claus Visit Described in Muddled Text
Fragmentary OCR reads a noisy Christmas scene with a figure delivering gifts and greeting someone named Arti or Arti. The garbled dialogue mentions a cane, overcoat, a Christmas bag, cigars, pipes, safety razors, and varied misinterpreted lines suggesting a holiday exchange or street encounter.
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Arti
Howdy
Conlfale
Natorm
AX le
Broken Sword Not on New Dollar Coins Design
Washington December 24 The Treasury announced two designs for the new silver dollar, one showing a broken sword and the other omitting it. The latter was accepted as the official motif marking a new era, with Treasury officials noting it will circulate soon nationwide.
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Asseulaced
Washington
Groves
Tolape
Gaker
Baker
Thros
Treasury
Christmas Warmth Fails as Des Moines Sees Coldest Spell
The Des Moines weather bureau forecasts a drastic Christmas turn with temperatures plunging to five below before tomorrow morning. Forecasters warn of frigid conditions across the region, urging residents to bundle up.
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Prasa
Des Moines
Dozen Dead in Southern Storm
A severe storm struck Morehouse parish near Monras Louisiana causing seven deaths and multiple injuries. A special train with doctors and nurses was dispatched to the scene. Reported fatalities include a white woman and several Black residents, with a plantation home demolished and two children injured.
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Wie Associated Press
Monras
Ary Spain
Tisdale
Stop Douging at Night Bronchial Relief Ad
Letter from Myrs Suter of Stratford Conn praises Boley’s Flower for relief of bronchitis and night coughs. The ad touts the product as a nationwide family remedy for colds coughs and croup sold everywhere.
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Myrs
M. Suter
Lougbrook
Ave
Stratford
Conn
Boley
Tornado Hits Plantations Near Greenwood Killing Three
Greenwood Mississippi December reports say a tornado demolished buildings on the Rawson and Sutton plantation, six miles southeast of the city, killing three Black residents and injuring several others.
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Greenwood
Miss
Rawson and Sutton Lantation
Federal personnel board created to improve government employment
President Harding authorizes a semi official federal personnel board to streamline hiring across government departments in Washington New York. The report notes complaints against film producer All Woods connected with the movie They.
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Associated Preas
Wooshington
D. C
Federal Personnel Board
Harding
New York
al Ll. Woods
Fragmented News Snippets From Early 20th Century Dispatches
Clippings report a New Jersey play dismissal for obscenity, a California fire alarm box note, Kentucky National Guard response to Newport labor strife, a Washington health bulletin service launch, Arthur Balfour sending Christmas greetings, and a deadly Clarksdale Arkansas storm with multiple deaths and many injuries.
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Frankfort
Kentucky National Guardem
Newport
Newport Rolling Mills
Washington, D. C
States Public Health Service
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