Senate Deliberations Delay Immigration Restriction Bill
The Senate stalled on the immigration restriction bill amid debates over racial factors. Jewish opposition from New York lawyers and groups like the Hebrew Shelter Shelter Aid Society surfaced, but broader pressure came from powerful business interests including steamship, railroad, sugar, lumber, and construction firms opposing limits. The article frames the fight as general interests versus organized sectors, with lawmakers influenced by constituency and industry, and notes a marked contrast between isolated Jewish opposition and broad commercial pressure.
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Mark Sullivan
Washington, D. C
Senate
New York
National Hebrew Trades Union Immigration Iu
Hebrew Shelteringe Aid Society
American Jewish Congress
The
Union of American Hebrew Congregations
Europe
America
Jeremiah Jenks
New York University
Warsaw
Poland
New England
Mexico
Texas
John C. Box
Rex
Great Western Sugar Company
Utah-Idaho Sugar Company
Texas Land Owners’ Association
National Federation of Construction Industries
Associated General Contractors of America
American ‘ Wholesale Lumber Association
Federation of Construction Industries
National Redention of Constructive Industries
Edge
Senate Committee On Immigration
Penrose
Bullets Miss Do Not Excite Bowling Green Native
Alvin Hickman of Cincinnati, formerly of Bowling Green, repaid two bullets fired by a sniper with calm resolve. The shot crashed through his kitchen window and into a wall as he played solitaire, and investigators questioned him about possible mistaken identity. He remained composed and resumed his card game.
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Associated
Cincinnati
Alvinj Hickman
Hickman
Bowling Green
tRy
Truthful Ads in Truthful Papers Urged by Ad Convention
Tracy Ellis of Indianapolis told the Associated Advertising Clubs that readers trust newspapers when news and editorials are truthful. He argued confidence in news drives higher demand for advertising space and better sales.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Wilson Plans Copy on Public Questions
President Wilson will seek rest and quiet after retirement next month but will retain an active interest in public questions. J P Tumulty said Wilson aims to avoid political projection that could embarrass the Harding administration and will remain available to reporters. He will attend theater and take daily auto rides, secretary says.
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Associated Pressy
Washington, D. C
Wilson
J. P. Tumulty
Tumulty
Detroit Resort Fire Wrecks Pier Dance Hall and Coliseum
A Detroit blaze of undetermined origin destroyed the Pier dance hall and the Coliseum on Belle Isle, causing an estimated loss of 500000. Several firefighters were slightly injured when the pier hall roof collapsed, and flames threatened nearby amusement concessions near the Coliseum and Belle Isle bridge approach.
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Associated Press
Detroit
Mich
Pier Dance Hall
Coliseum
Pier Hall
Belle Isle Bridge
We Adoo Silent on Business in Mexico
United Press reports in Mexico City that William G. McAdoo and his party travel toward the United States. McAdoo says nothing worth comment was accomplished while Jouett Shouse notes discussions on extending the Orient railway to the Mexican coast with hopes for completion.
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United Press
Mexico City
Wiliam G. McAdoo
Swere
United States
The
Treasur Y
Jouett Shouse
Highways Report Covers Midwestern Towns in 1921
The bulletin lists towns including Albert Lea Algona Charles City Cedar Rapids Davenport Des Moines Dubuque Faribault La Crosse Mason City Marshalltown New Hampton Postville Waterloo and Waverly as part of the subjoined report. It notes highways fair to good with normal motor traffic and a partly cloudy forecast for Ponigae and Thataday.
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U. S. Department of Agriculture
Weather Bureau
Charles City
Albert Lea
Minn
Algona
Cedar Rapids
Davenport
Des Moines
Dubuque
Faribault
la Crosse
Wis
Mason City
Marshalltown
New Hampton
Postville
Waterloo
Waverly
Victims Recovering After Dubuque Slayer Attack
Edna Daly Larue and Constance Lahey, relatives of Matthew W. Daly, are out of danger after George D. Larue's attack in Dubuque. Edna Daly Larue denies being married to Larue, while Larue admits a criminal record and claims the woman he calls his wife fooled him. The case centers on the family home incident and Larue's arrest in Dubuque.
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Dubuque
Daly
Associated Press
Constance Lahey
George D. Larue
Matthew W. Daly
Edna Daly Larue
Larue
Edna R. Daly
Crown Point
Ind
Sheriff Registers Accidental Hanging Error in Louisiana
Baton Rouge report says Sheriff T A Grant of Guachi ta parish informed Governor Parker he forgot to hang Lonnie Eaton, a convicted murderer, on Feb. 4 as required. The governor referred the issue to Attorney General Coco. Grant said his duties on Feb. 4 kept him from carrying out the sentence.
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Associated Press
Baton Rouge
T. A. Grant
Guachita Parish
Parker
Lonnie Eaton
Coco
Grants
Drygoods Chief Says Business Conditions Near Normal
Salmon P. Hall of the National Retail Drygoods Association told the tenth annual convention that retail business is rapidly approaching normal and improving daily. He warned that the test is the willingness to think and act normally and noted the era of wastefulness has been checked. In Virginia, unemployment is widespread with many workers on short time, per a survey by Samuel B. Montgomery, labor commissioner.
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Associated Press
New York
Salmon P. Hall
Cleveland
National Retail Drygoods Association
Virginia
Sharleston
W. Va
West Virginia
Samuel B. Montgomery
Fabor
Mrs. Peete Seeks New Trial in Denton Murder Case
Los Angeles February 9. Attorneys for Louise L. Peete file for a new trial and obtain a postponement to February 16 for formal sentencing to life imprisonment for the murder of Jacob C. Denton. A stay of execution is granted pending motion arguments before Judge Willis. Mrs Peete appeared in court for the first time since the verdict, appearing weary and low.
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iBy United Press
Los Angeles
Cal
Thert Beralf
Louise L. Peete
Jacob
C. Denton
Willis
New Yorker in Cin cinnati Seeks Homeward Bound Message
Frederick Soter a New York tobacco exporter picked up in Cincinnati minus memory revived at a hospital. His first words were I want to go home. Secretary of the Navy Daniels announced he sent back the court report on the balloonists flight inquiry for further review and to probe a dispute between Lieuts Farrel and Hinton.
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Associated Press
Cincinnati
Frederick Soter
New York
United Press
Washington, D. C
Secretary of the Navy
Daniels
Naval Court
Canada
Naval
Farre
Hinton
South African party wins big in Capetown Durban Rand
In Capetown and Durban the South African party swept seats amid large majorities, while Labor faced a sharp reverse in the Rand district. Prime Minister Smuts led the party to gains as Hertzog’s secession stance drew workingmen away from Labor.
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Hertzog
Labor Party
Associated Press
Capetown
Durban
Rand
East London
Futz
Herstzog
South Africa
Jan Christians Smuts
Union
Emmpire
Great Britain
Frederick H. Creswell
Javorite
Randaperriee
Chicago High Schools to Reopen German Language Classes
The Chicago school system plans to restart German in high schools abandoned during the war. A bulletin to principals from Supt. Peter A. Mortensen notes classes require a minimum pupil enrollment before teachers are supplied, and states German now has the same standing as other modern languages.
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Associated Press
Chicago
United States
Sunt
Peter A. Mortensen
Mortensen
Howat Wins Week Long Stay in Contempt Battle
Howat and United Mine Workers fight Kansas industrial court clash. Howat gains a one week continuance while the state prepares three charges including contempt of court, conspiracy, and violation of the industrial court law. Miners in two mines idle amid protests as legal maneuvers continue.
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United Press
Pillssburg
Kan
State of Kansas
Alexander Howat
United Mine Workers of America
Kansas Industrial Court
District Court
Howat
Kansas
Curran
Seroud
Black residents in Jacksonville lose homes to blast
In South Jacksonville two Black housing units were wrecked by an early morning blast suspected to involve hazardous material. One building was empty. the caretaker in the occupied house escaped unharmed. An earlier placard warned residents to vacate, with Will Bell remaining as caretaker in a former boarding house now charged with the hazard.
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Associated
Prez
Jacksonville
Fla
South Jacksonville
Will Bell
Mexico Leases U S Railroad Equipment
Mexico City announced the government has leased railroad equipment from American lines to ease freight congestion. The rolling stock includes 35 engines and 200 tank cars valued at 9 500, 000 pesos, as stated by Francisco Perez, national director of railways, upon returning from the United States.
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Associated Press
Mexico City
Mex
Francisco Perez
National Director of Railways
United States
Mexico
High Grade Clothes Prices Due for Rise in Spring
Wisconsin retailers warn prices for high grade clothing will rise this spring though still below last year. Henry B Boehm president of the Wisconsin Retail Clothiers Association says stores have cleared stocks and sold below cost due to weak conditions. Harvey Coley and his brother Dale have been living in a ground hole on Lick Mountain near Wytheville for five years to escape high rents and housecleaning efforts.
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Associated Press
Milwaukee
Henry B. Boehm
UN Crosse
Wisconsin Retail Clothiers’ Association
Men's Apparel Club of
Wisconsin
Mr. Boehm
Wytheville
Harvey Coley
Dale
Lick Mountain
Bridge spans world’s second longest single span
Traffic reopened over the Susitna river railroad bridge in Alaska, claimed as the second longest single span in the world at 504 feet, built in temperatures about 40 degrees below zero. In New York City, state troopers arrived to aid police during the United Traction strike of 1,206 workers as trolley service remained stalled by downed wires.
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Ute Associated Press
Anchorage
Alaska
Susitna River
Associated Press
Albany
Miller
United Traction Company
Prans
Fourteen Escape Fire In Four Family Apartment
At 4:20 this morning fire of undetermined origin destroyed a four family apartment house in St. Louis. Fourteen persons woke and fled from bedrooms in night clothes into the street. Property loss about 35 000 dollars with brick structure.
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Associated Press
St. Louis
Paper Delivery Note For Late Arrival
The Courier should be delivered to your home before 3 30. If the paper is not received by that time due to the carrier or other cause, please phone 3330 and a copy will be sent. Phone calls must reach the office before 6 30 p m.
War warnings stir Britain and United States ties
British charge Leslie Craighe pressed Secretary Colby to deny reports that British officials warned of a drift toward war with the United States. London officials say the foreign office did not authorize the comment, while American reaction sparked widespread press attention and questions about oil debts and concessions in Latin America.
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Associated Press
Washington, D. C
Leslie Craighe
Todiuy
Colby
State Department
British Foreign Office
London
Great Britain
America
United Press
Foreign Office Today
Foreign Office
Britain
United States
United Press Dispatch
British
England
Daily News
Washington
Costa Rica
Colombia
Venezuela
Star
United Press London
Harding an Everyday Sort of Human Says Ex-Bandit Innkeeper
Dalton, survivor of the Dalton gang, describes the president-elect as a lovable man. The ex-outlaw, nephew of the Younger brothers, runs a Daytona hotel and provided furnished cars for the Harding party. He has a long past with trials and prison time, pardoned by Roosevelt in 1967.
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Harding
Takai Press
Daytona
Fla
Bob Dalton
Dalton
A.H. King
Althe
Rooselvelt
Shippers Win 225000 Judgment in Missouri Rail Case
The Scruby Brothers Grain & Implement Co. of Chillicothe Mo. won a 225000 judgment against the Chicago Burlington & Quincy railroad in circuit court Kansas City. The suit sought overcharges in freight shipments under Missouri’s 1907 maximum rate law, with Scruby acting for themselves and other Missouri shippers.
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iBy
Associated Press
Kansas City
Scruby Bros.’ Grain & Implement Co
Chillicothe
Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad
Scruby Brothers
State of Missouri
Missouri
Sinn Feiners Hold Dublin Rail Station and Loot Jewelry
One hundred armed Sinn Feiners seized control of the Great Northern station in Dublin for over an hour. An unknown group derailed a Burtonport to London ferry train by placing boulders on the track with no casualties. In Wellington Quay an eight-man raid looted a jewelry shop valued at 3,000 pounds.
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Associated Press
Dublin
Sinn
Bayonets Used to Fend Crowd From Catholic Parade
In Mexico City a 3000 strong Catholic youth parade protesting the attempt on Monsignor Mora faced abuse from spectators after a bomb at the archbishop’s residence. Government troops ordered bayonets to drive the crowd back, causing a temporary halt before the march resumed. Several personal confrontations occurred between marchers and onlookers.
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Associated Press
Mexico City
Mex
Nfe
Monsignor Mora
Mexico
Giants wage war to gain control of world oil supply
United Press report from New York and Washington outlines a global oil power struggle among Standard Oil, Anglo-Persian, and Royal Dutch Shell. Dr. Manning and Senator Phelan press open door policy, US supply diversification, and congressional action on foreign oil interests and rights.
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HAROLD J_ JACOBS
United Press
Waolted Press
New York
Standard Oil Group
Anglo-Persian
Royal Dutch Shell
United States
Great Britain
France
Holland
van H. Manning
American Petroleum Institute
Manning
Bureau of Mines
Institute
Anglo-Persian Oil Company
Senate
Iby United Press
Washington, D. C
America
Phelan
California
State Department
Dutch Shell Co
Japan
San Francisco
Ford Assembly Plant at Buffalo Reopened
The Ford Motor Company assembly plant in Buffalo New York resumed operations yesterday on a four day week with about one fourth of the usual workforce back at work. Officials say the plant will soon operate with full force after a closure since December 24.
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iBy United Prenny
Buffalo
N. Y
Ford Motor Company
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Girard
Merrester
William T. Muaoning
Trinity Church
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