National Life Ins Co Weighs Purchase of Chamber of Commerce Property
A prospective deal to buy the Chamber of Commerce building at Gold avenue and Fourth street by the National Life Insurance Company of the Southwest emerged yesterday. Max Nordhaus, head of the holder, would only say the death had not been finalized, but talks have run for weeks. the sale is widely believed. The company has sought a suitable site with ample floor space for a permanent home. The Chamber building, erected in 1889 1898, involved $175000 in construction. E W Merrit served as first president and Jesse Wheelock as architect. A local dealer notes the wood and stone cannot be replaced for $125000 today.
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Chamber of Commercce
Gold Avenue
Fourth Street
National Insurance Company of
Southwest
Max Nordhaus
Fin. Cts
Nordhaus
KE. T. Chase
Insurance Company
Mowover
Chamber of Commerce
M. P. Stamm
E. W. Merrit
Jesse Wheellock
Hoover Campaign Ads Denied by Lucey in California Row
John F. Lucey of New York and Hoover campaign leaders rebut charges by Meyer Lissner that Hoover's effort in southern California was a “saturnalia of political extravagance.” Lucey claims Johnson spent between $200,000 and $250,000 with heavy billboard costs, while Hoover’s southern campaign reportedly spent under $20,000. A public audit was welcomed as a test of campaign expenditures by both sides.
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Morning Journal
Leeson
San Francisco
Calif
Meyer Lissner
Southern California
Hiram W. Johnson
Herbert Hoover
California
John F. Lucey
New York
Hoover Republican Club
Johnson
Senator Johnson
Lucey
Hoover
Lisaner
Vorah
Camppaien
Troover
Lacey
Lisener
Primeary
Lissner
Pub Hc
Newark Growth Surpasses Cincinnati in Population
Newark New Jersey, the state’s largest city, now reports a population of 415,609, outranking Cincinnati at 401,153. The record shows Newark rising steadily since 1840 with substantial growth since 1900 and Washington’s rise to outrank both.
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Morning Journal Opeca
Washington
Newark
New Jersey
Cincinnati
Cincinnat
Weather Portcast for Denver and New Mexico
Denver Colorado May followed by unsettled showers in the north portion Sunday and Monday with cooler conditions expected in the north portion Sunday and Monday.
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Denver
Colo
May
University Weather Summary for Twenty Four Hours Ended
Conditions for the day end at 6 p m show a high temperature of 7 and a mean value around 34 with humidity near 40 percent. The 6 p m humidity is about 65 percent and wind was mild from an undefined direction with a partly cloudy character.
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Yeatenday
Parlly Éis
Weather and crime mix in Nebraska and national notes
A Nebraska farmer Buchanan shot and killed Grace Chapmien then killed himself. Reports from Omaha discuss air service expansion to Cheyenne and West Coast routes with planned starts in four weeks. State and federal political and legal items include New Jersey governor Pickford facing campaign limits, Senate Leader postponing a vote due to senator absences, and Arkansas retrials in a race murder case. Indiana coal conspiracy case moves as indictments against 125 miners and operators await a ruling.
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Indianapolis
Ind
May
Dodge
Abderson
Chmarieos Pvans
Louisiana poised to ratify suffrage amendment this week
Wise Morning Journal reports suffrage leaders moved headquarters to direct ratification efforts as the Louisiana legislature convenes. Lydia Wickliff Holmes arrives and predicts Louisiana will be the 39th state to ratify with action by midweek.
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le Morning Journal
Specal
Haten Rouge
Mire Lydia Wickliff Holmes
Seven Men Die In Gelatine Plant Blast At Emporium
Morning Journal reports seven workers killed instantly in a blast at the Aetna Explosives gelatine mix house in Emporium Pennsylvania at 3 PM. Only Patrick Burke was identified among the victims as his car carrying supplies exploded at the mix house door.
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Emporium
Aetna Explosives Company
Patrick Burke
Burke
Mix Holses
Alaska Seen as Big Source for U S Paper Mills
Secretary Meredith urged establishing paper mills in Alaska to end the U S shortage. He touted Alaska’s vast forests, water power, and tidewater access, proposing state-supported timber contracts for thirty years with initial prices as low as fifty cents per cord for spruce and twenty five cents for hemlock.
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Morning Journal
Washington
Alaska
Meredith
Department of Agriculture
Norway
United States
National Forest
Agriculture Department
Doster Murder Case Deliberations Continue in Deming NM
In Deming New Mexico May the jury did not reach a verdict as the case against Mrs Maud Doster accused of first degree murder in the death of Capt Wade Doster medical corps A and A remained unsettled past late hours the outcome awaited.
Tuesday Sugar Day sale at Journal office
The Journal will sell nearly 20 000 pounds of beet sugar in fifty cent packages at its Gold avenue office starting 9 a.m. One package per person, two or more from a family may buy. Sugar costs 15 cents per pound, $14.25 per 100 bought by the paper. Salvation Army supervises distribution and takes a share to cover services. This temporary relief aims to reduce profiteering and lower prices long term.
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The
Journal
Gold Avenue
Salvation Army
New Mexico
Hoover urges sugar rationing and export talks to ease shortage
In a May telegram to Senator Capper, Herbert Hoover argues government failure to buy the Cuban crop caused the sugar squeeze. He calls for nonessential consumption limits and international talks with European powers to curb bidding and profiteering, noting wartime substitutes and potential 12 cent sugar for consumers.
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Morning Journal
Washington
United States
Herbert Hoover
Hoover
Senator Capper
Kansas
Mother’s Service and Hope Inspires Final Pledge
Sunday sermonette venerates mothers as life givers and moral guides. It recalls a mother’s care through illness and school days, urging a renewed commitment to service, love, and purity in line with a mother’s prayer.
Debs, Socialist Candidate, Launched For 1920 Campaign
Eugene V. Debs, serving ten years for wartime espionage law violations, is formally launched as a candidate for the socialist presidential nomination for a fifth time. Morris Hillquit signals Debs as "our candidate" at an upcoming Madison Square Garden keynote. The convention outlines themes on amnesty, free speech, press, assembly, taxation, socialization of key industries, and labor reforms. The party also backs a six hour workday with sessions from 10 am to 4 pm, with night sessions to follow next week.
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New York
Eugene V. Debs
Atlanta, Ga
Socialist Party
Morris Hillquit
Debs
Madison Square Garden
Oscar Ameringer
Oklahoma City
Palmer
League of Nations
Ireland
Utah-Idaho Sugar Company Accused of Profiteering
A government complaint filed in Salt Lake City charges the Utah-Idaho Sugar Company with profiteering in sugar. Floyd B. Jackson leads the case after a weeklong probe into rising prices from 13 to 22 3 4 cents. President Licher J. Grant of the Mormon church is named as president of the company.
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Morning Journal
Salt Lake Chpy
Utah
Utah-Idaho Sugar Company
Salt Lake City
United States
Bk. VV. Vanpelt
Floyd BF. Jackson
Department of Justice Bureau
Jackson
Man
Merrill Nibley
Utah-Idaho— Sugar Company
Jolackom
Licher J. Grant
Moreon Church
Rivals for Mexican Presidency March Into Capital
Gen Alvaro Obregon and Gen Pablo Gonzalez lead rival revolutionary forces into Mexico City after battles in Vera Cruz and Juarez. Lampazos joins rebels. Gen Urbalejo heads south from Casas Grandes to Chihuahua City amid shifting northern command.
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Urbalejo
Juarez
Chihuahua City
Cassa Grandes
KR. Durazo
Antonio Ll. Villareal
Coahuila
Nuevo Leon
Tamaulipas
Nuevo Laredo
Monetary Commission
Laredo
Tex
Reynaldo Gerta
Carramanga
Poles Move to Positions Around Kiev
Polish forces advanced toward Kiev occupying approaches to the city as firing lines opened to the north and south. Artillery was deployed in positions that commanded the Ukrainian capital, redirecting operations in the region.
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Kiev
Warsaw
May
Torreon Commander and Troops Revolt
Information from General Martinez in Chihuahua reports that General Cesaro Castro commander of the garrison at Torreon has renounced allegiance to the Carranza government. Some 6,500 troops under Castro reportedly revolted with him, according to a message received by General P. Elias Calles.
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Bonera
Martinez
Chihuahua
Cesaero Castro
Torreon
Carranza
P. Elias Calles
Genera Castro
Smith Easily Defeats French Boxer for Middleweight Title
Jeff Smith of Stayonne New Jersey knocked out Ercole De Balzac of France in three rounds to win the middleweight championship of France. The bout drew the largest crowd since the Johnson fight as De Balzac was outclassed throughout the match.
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Paris
May
Jeff Smith
Stayonne
N. J
Ercole de Balzac
Prance
Smith
de Balsac
Johnson
Marines Move to Key West and Charleston Ports
The transport Henderson remains in port and is set to depart in the forenoon with marines bound for Key West for possible Mexican service, after an increment was slated for deployment.
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Key West
Charleston
Henderson
Volunteers Wanted for Salvation Army Work on Copper Avenue
The Salvation Army seeks volunteers this afternoon to assist in activities in the rooms once used by the San Jose Market on Copper avenue between Pirat and Becond streets. Both men and women are needed, with emphasis on younger helpers. Come in your good clothes.
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Salvation Army
San Jose Market
Copper Avenue
Pirat and
Becond
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