The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1922-02-10
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birs. herbert hoover has been elect
ed National President Of the Gil
Scouts Of America.
More than four thousand deer wer
killed in New Hampshire during tn
past hunting season.
Sweden has accepted the Invitation
to attend the International Economi,
Conference at Genoa In March.
Lenine. the Bolshevist premier, ha,
been appointed to head the Soviet
delegation to the Genoa Conference.
Figures compiled by automobile in
dustries show that a total Of 1s,449,-
1856 motor vehicles were in use in the
United States during 1921.
The Shober ministry in Austria re-
signed on January rs and resumed az.
flee next day with some changes IN the
list of ministers.
Possibly one-half the orange crop
and one-third of the lemon crop in
1 California were lost In a three-da
freeze in that State last week.
Five members of one family have
died at Boise. Idaho, of botulinus pois
oning from eating greens canned by
the daughters of the family.
Great Britain is preparing to pay
the United States thirty-five million
pounds sterling as an instaIlment on
war loans on October |, 1922
Prohibition Commissioner HAYNES
has announced the appointment Of ".
s. Root, OF Huntsville, as Federal Pro
hibition Agent for Alabama.
Great Britain has agreed to a re-
quest from France that the Anglo
French ministers meet in February to
discuss issues In which the two coun-
tries are interested.
More than ninety per cent of the
striking packing house workers in the
Middle West have voted to continue
the strike that has been 4. atfsa. E.nes-
December 8.
The House has declared itself in ia
Vor OF the government exerting its
authority in an effort to stamp out
ynching, passing by vote of 23O to
lib the Dyer anti-lynching BILL
Matthew Bullock the negro wanted
in North Carolina for trial for incit-
Ing a riot and who fled to Canada, is
to be allowed by the Canadian au-
thorities to remain in Canada.
1t is said that the president of Por-
tugal, because of Ill health, will offer
his resignation at the assembling of |
the new parliment in February. He |
assumed office in October, 1919.
Traffic in the American skies would
be placed under government control
by a bill just introduced in Congress
n acf m
In the Department of Commerce.
France has six unknown poilus..
The men. their memories a complete
wreck from the horrors undergone
during the war, are being cared for
by the government, which is seeking
to establish their identity.
The United States Grain Growers
Corporation will control one hundred
million bushels of the 1922 crops, ac-
cording to the general counsel of the
cooperative organization at Chicago.
About $40 civilian employees of the
War Department at Washington are
to be dropped from the service be-
tween now and the end of the fiscai
year in July, reducing the force to
1 800
Germany is asking the Preparations
Commission for relief from all pay
ments in cash during 1922 and for a
reduction in cash payments
md an increase in payments in kind.
The National Agricultural Confer
ence ended its five-day session in
on January 2S. Secretary
Wallace, of the Department of Agri-
culture, states that much constructive
work was done.
The War Finance Corporation has
the approval of one humid
ed and fifty eight loans for agricul-
ural and live stock purposes aggre-
rating S5,350,000 distributed between
wenty-eight States.
Beer containing more than two and
ne-half per cent alcohol is to be for
hidden in Poland in the future. The ,
aw also limits the number of drink
ng places to one for each twenty five ,
population. !
Giovanni Verga, noted Italian nov S
list and poet, died in Rome on Jan '
AIRY q at the age of so years. One of rs
is best-known works was "CavaIleria i
lusticana," from which Mascagnis u
pera was adopted. S
Charles b. Kennamer has been nom U
mated to be United States District
.ttorney for the Northern Alabama
district, and Aubrey Boyles was nam
United States Marshal for the
outhern District of Alabama, n
Indications are that the United
tates is opposed to participation in a
ne Genoa International Economic
should it be held at the "
me set, but would look with more ia a
or on conference at a later date.
The Portuguese government has mo- g
fled the Allied Council of Ambassa-
ors that Portugal will be unable to :,
and the expense of supporting for :"
Ter Emperor Charles of Tustria and !.
is wife on the island of Madeira.
The powers have agreed to call an
her International conference follow
g the present conference at Wash
gton, to revise the laws of war for I
lie submarine and other new agen-
es of attack on land and sea.
The Shanghai Bankers Association
Id the Chamber Of Commerce have
arted a nation wide movement in
hina to sell sufficient five dollar
,nds to provide funds with which to
irchase the Shantung Railway from
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