Red Flag Over White House Sparks U S Political Probe
The State Department released intercepted Soviet instructions to the Workers Party of America outlining plans to raise a Red Flag over the White House. The document details weekly combat training and sapper work for industrial workers as part of a broader revolutionary project tied to Moscow. The disclosure supports Secretary Hughes’s refusal to negotiate with Soviet Russia and cites the Moscow government’s ongoing propaganda activity in the United States.
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Washington
Russia
Workers Party of America
America
White House
State Department
Hughes
Department
United States
Moscow
Tchitchern
W. N. Mitchell
Atlanta
Postwar national wealth estimates from leading nations
Edgar Cramhmond of the Bankers Institute of London estimates 1920 national wealth in postwar money for the United States 250 to 2000 billion dollars United Kingdom 120 billion France 2.5 billion Germany 83 billion Italy 35.5 billion Japan 23 Belgium 12 billion.
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Edgar Cramhmond
Bankers’ Institute of London
United States
United Kingdom
France
Germany
Italy
Japan
Belgium
Three Ways to Wealth and Honest Gain
A historical reflection on national wealth outlines three paths. War yields plunder and robbery, commerce breeds cheating, while agriculture stands as the honest method yielding a real increase from seed and diligent labor blessed by providence.
Hope dwindles for French dirigible Dixmude
Paris December 25 Navy communique casts doubt on Dixmudes location over Tunisian coast and lights sightings. Reports from Bizerta and Sfax wrong. Fort Flatters wireless last reliable news. Crew numbers 33 aboard. 52 men total with 17 officers. Torpedo boats on standby at Toulon for possible sea dash if location confirmed.
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Paris
Dixmude
Navy Department
Bizerta
Sfax
Tunisian
Fort Flatters
Sahara
Gulf of Gabe
Hotel Clerk Prevented Panic During Danville Fire
A fourth floor fire at a Danville hotel was discovered by a policeman and promptly notified to 51 guests by the night clerk. The fire, caused by a cigarette on a bed in room occupied by A. B. Carr of Richmond, was extinguished with only slight damage and no panic occurred.
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Associated Press
Danville
A. B. Carr
Richmond
Cheerless Christmas Sees Three Suicides Attempts in New York
Despondent over a cheerless holiday a 65 year old porter John Brown killed himself by gas in New York. A 23 year old woman from a rooming house and a 19 year old youth Jack Hosen from Glens Falls attempted suicide with poisoning. The youth recovered after hospital care.
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New York
John Brown
Jack Hosen
Glens Falls
Tobacco Plant Fire Destroys Chatham Structure
A four story brick tobacco plant in Chatham Virginia owned by Barker and Terry was destroyed by fire. The building and contents were reported at an estimated loss of fifteen thousand dollars with partial coverage.
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Chatham
Hargrave
Barker and Terry
PartiaNy
Strasburg Celebrates Meet of Tunnel Borers Under Massanutten
Strasburg Virginia rejoiced as the Massanutten water tunnel linking Little Fort Valley to the city nearly finished after two gangs met at 6:26 PM. Mayor Heator led cheers as whistles bells and engines proclaimed the milestone. The 1665 foot tunnel will supply 20 to 30 million gallons via a 1,000,000 gallon reservoir with a final cost estimated between 50 000 and 66 000 dollars and a completion in about a month.
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Strasburg
Massanutten Mountains
Massanutten
Mayor Heator
Shenandoah County
America
N. Wilson Davis
Harrisonburg
New York City
Little Fort Valley
Massannutten
Harrisonbure
Reserve Basin
Cooke Estate
Baltimore
Strange Lizard of Queensland Walks Upright
A curiosity of Queensland, the frilled lizard, known for its stance on hind legs and erect posture, reportedly reaches a yard high when standing. The creature appears as a rare sight among lizards, fascinating observers.
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Queensland
Ueto
Wilmeth Refuses Offer of Old Government Job
President Harding ousted 30 officials from the Bureau of Engraving and Printing two years ago. James L. Wilmeth declined reassignment as bureau director after talks with Secretary Mellon. Treasury officials consider new leadership from outside the bureau. Wilmeth cites personal business in Philadelphia as reason to refuse return to government service.
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Wilmeth
Washington
Harding
Bureau of Engraving and Printing
Bureau
Méllon
James L. Wilmeth
Treasury
Mellon
L A. Hill
Wilmét
Tor
Philadelphia
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Anton Heinen
Shenandoah
Heinen
Heator
Lions of the Hour
Brady Bros
J. EF
Richmond, Va
Kopax
Bank Street
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