Troops On Rhine Are Ordered Home
Washington reports the Allied dispute over a 241 million dollar Rhine occupation bill prompted President Harding to order American forces out of the Rhineland. About 40,000 troops will be withdrawn as transport allows, with plans to have the last doughboy home by July 1. The State Department will dispatch notes to Allied governments asserting the U S did not wish to station troops there and criticizing the reimbursement dispute as unusual.
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Washington
Rhine
Harding
Rhineland
War Weeks
War Department
Senate
State Department
United States
Texas Ku Klux Have Not Asked Charter
Austin March 21 There has never been a request or application from the Ku Klux Klan in Texas for a State charter Secretary of State Staples said this morning adding that within the past six months however the department refused the application for a charter of an organization which had for its purpose certain social and educational advancements Yet he did not say that this application has any connection with the Ku Klux Klan The charter was refused because it was indefinite and vague failing to set out clearly the purpose of the organization.
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Austin
Ku Klux Klan
Texas
Secrrtary
Staples
Disabled Veterans Fail to Get Money in New York
Several hundred disabled soldiers in New York suburbs crowded the Veterans Bureau district office demanding their semi monthly pay. Six thousand treasury checks have been held up since the bureau ran out of funds due to Congress not passing the deficiency appropriation bill. It is reported 105,000 disabled soldiers nationwide face the same plight.
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New York
Veterans’ Bureau
Treasury
Congress
Revival Campaign Now in Full Swing
The revival campaign by the Presbyter ian and Methodist Churches of the city, begun March 12, draws large crowds. The meeting moved from the Presbyterian Church to the Pierce building for seating about 1000, with daily sermons at 9 am and 7 30 pm. Businessmen attend day services, children boost with a choir, and women hold four afternoon prayer meetings. Evangelist DeLaye, aided by Rev Max Strang and a strong choir directed by Mr Adams, delivers forceful sermons aimed at awakening sinners and guiding toward rectitude.
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Presbyterian
Methodist
Presbyterian Church
Pierce
DeLaye
Max Strang
Adams
Arkansas Boundary Petition Is Refused
Washington March 20 The supreme court denied Arkansas petition to intervene in the Oklahoma Texas boundary dispute Arkansas claimed ownership of the Red River bed and land west of Louisiana to the 100th meridian and north of the 32nd parallel, under its enabling act terms
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Washington
Arkansas
Oklahoma
Texas
Supreme Court
Red River
Louisiana
Billie Blaine Visits Home Folks During College Break
Billie Blaine, a student at Austin College in Sherman, was in town for a brief visit with family at the start of the week.
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Billie Blaine
Austin College
Sherman
World Sunday Returns To Methodist Centenary Drive
Nashville Tenn March 20 A South wide Methodist effort plans World Sunday on March 26 to flag delinquent Centenary of Missions subscriptions. Eighteen thousand churches will spotlight the campaign and seek cash payments to cover arrearages. The Centenary fund aimed at 35 million over five years is only forty percent paid to date, with sixty percent still due, prompting a revival of the drive.
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Nashville
Tenn
Southern Methodist
Methodist Episcopal Church
South
No Tax Reduction Now Says Senator
Washington March 20 Curt warning that Federal taxes will not be reduced until the war debt is fully paid was voiced by Senator Wesley L. Jones Republican of Washington in a review of the first year of the Harding administration. He said it was utterly impossible to cut taxes to prewar levels and nearly impossible to reduce them to war levels. Jones praised Republican legislation and defended tariff delay while accusing Woodrow Wilson of leaving the nation in a humiliating position. He blamed the burdens on the war and Democratic incompetence and stated any reductions would be limited by war debts.
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Washington
Mar
Senate
Wesley L. Jones
Harding
Jones
Woodrow Wilson
Wilson
Bonds Stolen From National Treasury
Washington March 19 Between 170000 and 200000 in negotiable Liberty bonds are missing from the Liberty bonds branch of the Treasury Secret Service operatives have been sent to Richmond and Charlottesville where two branch employees are wanted in connection with the loss Charles A Clehenger was held for questioning but no charges were placed at this time
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Washington
The
Treasury
W. H. Moran
Secret Service
Richmond
Charlotteville
Charles A. Clevenger
Bond theft recovered and arrests linked to treasury raid
The secret service announced recovery of all 175000 dollars in Liberty bonds stolen from a treasury department branch office on Saturday night. A. O. Walmslye, formerly of Washington, was arrested in Charlottesville, Virginia, and charged with complicity with C. A. Clevenger, a treasury bond department employee already in custody.
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Washington
Treasury Department
Secret Service
A. O. Walmslye
Charlottesville
C. A. Clevenger
Bond Department of the Treasury
City Marshal and witnesses attend Sherman exam in Ben Smith killing
City Marshal Mark Montgomery and several witnesses to Ben Smiths death traveled to Sherman on Tuesday to appear at the examining trial of Will Jones charged with the crime. Jones was remanded to jail awaiting grand jury action.
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Mark Montgomery
Ben Smith
Whitewright
Sherman
Will Jones
Jones
Igrand
Weeks Opposed To Reducing Army Strength
Washington March 20 Secretary Weeks voiced firm opposition to House committee plans to cut the army to 115 000 enlisted men after returning from a Florida rest trip He noted the War Department had urged 150 000 including 7000 Philippine Scouts and argued it would be unsafe to go below that level about 140 000 are currently in service He disputed proposals to limit garrisons in Hawaii and the Canal Zone via pay limits while suggesting a reduced American garrison could be managed with 7000 Philippine Constabulary and treaties from the Washington conference
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Washington
House Committee
Weeks
War Department
Florida
Department
Congress
Hawaii
Canal Zone
Miners Ordered To Strike April First
Six hundred thousand union miners in the anthracite and bituminous fields will quit work April 1 unless a wage dispute is settled. John L. Lewis announced strike orders today, with walks expected at midnight March 31. About 1,000 miners stay on in anthracite and 3,000 in bituminous mines to guard operations.
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New York
John L. Lewis
International Organization of United Mine Workers
The
Union
Cleveland
Home building on increase in America
Washington reports marked stimulation in home construction with contracts awarded in the last three months. The division of building and housing says 27 states in the northeast saw December contracts total 101 million dollars and January and February 75 million each, higher than the 1921 monthly average of 73 million.
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Washington
Department of Commerce
Department
Masonic Temple Sold Again Without Bunco Tie
Chicago reports the Masonic Temple, once a frequent target of bunco schemes, was sold legitimately on Monday for about 3.1 million dollars. The skyscraper, an early example in the nation, had routinely been part of fake rural buyer schemes over decades.
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Chicago
Masonic Temple
Lake Michigan
Sallie Joe Gowdy Completes A B Degree at Baylor
Miss Sallie Joe Gowdy returns from Baylor University in Waco where she completed the work for an A B degree to be conferred in June.
Parrish Improves After Auto Crash and Meningitis
Congressman Lucian W. Parrish of Henrietta, a Senate candidate, survived a car crash last week after his car rolled three times. He suffered a broken jaw and spinal meningitis but, though initially in serious condition, physicians now say he has a good chance to live.
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Lucian W. Parrish
Henrietta
United States Senate
Parrish
Lucile Ltd Bankrupt Amid Creditors In New York
Lucile Ltd the famed fashion house once led by Lady Duff Gordon was placed in involuntary bankruptcy in New York Saturday night with liabilities listed at 177000 dollars and assets 202000 dollars The London Lucile Ltd remains a separate entity Forty major creditors met and sought an extension after creditors rejected a plan to clear the debt by 1923 Lady Duff Gordon has been out of the city for months and communication has been limited A cable from an English nobleman said efforts were under way to raise funds to satisfy the debt
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New York
Lucile, Ltd
Paris
Duff Gordon
England
Employment of Labor Shows Some Increase
Washington reports February changes across major industries from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Ten of four teen principal industries posted higher employment than January, with iron and steel up 9.3 percent and autos up 4.8 percent. The cotton finishing sector fell by 10.1 percent, the steepest drop.
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Washington
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Department of Labor
Youth Kills During School Play at Naaman
Garland Texas March 20 Fred Jones 17 was accidentally shot and killed at 8 30 pm during rehearsal at Naaman schoolhouse two miles north of town The gun was reportedly unloaded when Ocie Bickle 17 pointed it at Jones and snapped the trigger Sparks regret filled the community after the accident during a play intended for the close of the school year
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Garland
Texas
Fred Jones
Naaman
Here
Ocie Bickle
Jones
Forces Line Up For The Fight On Treaty
Washington reports the final ratification battle for the four power pact with four days of speeches left before a Friday noon vote. Lodge and Underwood expect at least 64 votes, facing at most 29 in opposition, while Wilson rumors fail to shake the high command. Plans proceed to approve the supplementary four power treaty on Japan, the nine power China pact, and the five power naval accord in that order.
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Washington
Harding
Florida
Lodge
Underwood
Woodrow Wilson
Treaty High Command
Wilson
Senate
Japan
China
Pacific
Alfred Sze
Johnsons, Reeds and Robinsons
Nsue
Rev A E Major III Unable to Lead Sunday Service
Rev A E Major III pastor of Central Christian Church is home ill for several days and will miss Sunday morning appointment. The Sun is requested to make the church announcement.
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A. E. Major
Central Christian Church
People of Our Town The Old Fossil Voicing Alarm
The Old Fossil loudly complains against improvements and progress urging boosters to pause and reconsider. For years his moans have amused readers while town supporters push ahead with plans, provoking debate about the town’s future direction.
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