Border blockade reopens for Arizona California line tourists
Border control at the Arizona California line resumes after a disinfecting station shutdown. Dr Edward Stam Arizona quarantine officer orders auto travelers barred from crossing westward. Knob Siding reports show no new arrivals while disinfection continues. A few auto parties resist at the bridge before complying with fumigation and passage rules. Friction lingers between Yuma Arizona and Imperial California officials.
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Phoenix
Edward Stam
Arizona
Knob Siding
Colorado River
Middle West
Yuma
Yuma County
Imperial County
California
C. L. Patterson
Martin Poised for Kanatak Hop to Dutch Harbor
Aircraft Major Martin plans to depart Kanatak tomorrow morning for Dutch Harbor on Unalaska Island as weather conditions are favorable. A new motor has been installed in the Seattle and should be completed tonight. The air cruisers arrived from Chignik and will stay several days awaiting Maj. Frederick L. Martin, who was forced down at Cape Ixvaik Tuesday.
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Associated Press
Cordova
Alaska
Kanatak
Dutch Harbor
Unalaska Island
Martin
Seattle
United Cage
News
Boston
Chignik
Frederick L. Martin
Cape Ixvaik
Governor Pinchot Attacks Vare Over Delegate Move
Governor Pinchot denounces Representative William S. Vare for opposing his bid as delegate at large and for linking to President Coolidge. He accuses Philadelphia politics of desertion and insists the state unity and liquor policy are at stake. Ware says his stance stems from Pinchot action on appointing Francis J. Heney to the Senate internal revenue inquiry.
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Harrisburg
Pinchot
William S. Vare
Philadelphia
Vare
Coolidge
Ware
Pennsylvania
Ralph B. Strassburger
Finehot
Francis J. Heney
California
Senate
Internal Revenue Bureau
Gifford Pinchot
Cleveland
Philadelphia Ward
Illness Fatal to Famous Actress in Hotel Stay
Renowned actress Edienne died early this morning in a hotel where she had been confined two weeks with influenza. She had been performing in America after winter on the Pacific coast and appeared in Detroit late March. After a Detroit show she contracted influenza, was ill on April 5, grew worse April 9, then improved until a relapse on April 16.
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Edienne
Duso
Ian American
Pacific Coast
Detroit
King of confidence men dies in prison
Lou Blonger famed as king of an international confidence ring died in the state penitentiary after a long illness. He had been sentenced to seven to ten years and died before Colorado’s Supreme Court acted on his appeal. Blonger, once a colorful figure with a history in mining, theaters, and saloons, spent his final months largely bedridden as his family visited him at the prison.
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Non City
Col
Lou Blonger
Denver
Blonger
Colorado Supreme Court
Ithade
Intentiary
Charac
Sam
Rocky Mountain
Great Balt Lake
Utah
State Supreme Court
Colorado
Treasure State farmers finding secure footing
A Agriculture Department study based on reports from 302 county offices in nine states shows a shift from wheat and beef toward dairying poultry swine corn and feed crops. Dairying expands in 205 counties while only seven contract. The survey notes a drift from beef cattle to dairy, and diversification in areas once single crop.
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Middle ‘West
Northwest States
Agriculture Department
Hials
Kansas
Minnesota
Nebraska
South Dakota
Montana
Idaho
Washington
Department of Agriculture
Congress Faces Bills Amid Bonus Tax and Probes
Congress in spring session tackles soldiers' bonus and tax relief measures alongside prohibition Muscle Shoals and various appropriations. Senate oil panel on recess. Daugherty Wheeler probes hearings set. House shipping board inquiry continues. Senate aims to pass the bonus quickly, with debates on cash option and potential presidential veto concerns.
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Washington
Gress
Senate
Daugherty and Wheeler
House Shipping Board
Borah
Wheeler
Montana
Daugherty Committee
Navy
Democrats Back Cash and Insurance Bonus Plan
Senate Democrats endorsed a cash and insurance bonus option in a minority report from the Finance Committee. The plan would cost the government about 1.0 billion dollars less than the pending bill, with six of seven committee Democrats signing. It offers a choice of full cash payment or a 20 year endowment policy, funded by 1.5 billion in additional bonds from the second Liberty Loan.
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Peat Emer Ree
Washington
Senate
Finance Committee
Walsh
Massachusetts
King
Utah
Robinson
Kansas
Coolidge
Watson
Indiana
American Legion
Eruption of Philippine Volcano Displaces Natives
An AP report says a volcano near Rabuyan Island drove scores from San Dionisio on Batan. Gov general authorities planned steps to move residents to safety as food and medical supplies were arranged. The alert confirms rumors of activity on Rabuyan island and nearby areas.
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Philippine
Associated Press
San Dionisio Village
Yac Apo
Gorard Wood
Shickers
Rabuyan ‘Island
San Dionisio
Batan Island
U S Aviator and Woman Fall 1000 Feet in Bay Rescue
An army aviator and a young woman passenger aboard a commercial airplane fell about 1000 feet into San Francisco Bay today but were not injured. A Coast Guard lifeboat cruiser rescued them and towed the plane ashore.
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Ton
San Francisco Bay
Coast Guard
Renton
Reductions in Several Industrial Lines Reported
A press summary notes little change in recent industrial reports with steel production slightly slackening yet at about 90 percent capacity. Investors await Judge Gary’s remarks at the Steel’s annual meeting and the first quarter earnings and dividend actions due next week. Auto output remains uneven with some firms near full capacity while others cut back to meet demand.
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Associated Press
New York
Gary
Steel Corporation
President Opens Forest Campaign for Forest Protection Week
President Coolidge opens Forest Protection Week urging Americans to reduce forest fires and protect timber. He notes 80 percent of fires result from human carelessness and calls citizens to prevent waste of the timber supply during the fourth annual observance in 1924.
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Associated Press
United States
Flapper Bandit Jailed After Brooklyn Holdups Arrest
In Jacksonville Florida two New York detectives arrested a woman known as Cecilia and a man named Iward Cooney in a rooming house. They faced weapons and are held on suspicion for New York charges of hold ups and assault to murder connected to the Brooklyn National Biscuit plant shooting on April 1.
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Associat
Jacksonville
Pla
Brooklyn
New York
Cecilia
Iward Cooney
Gray
William G. Casey
Cey
Atent
Nathan Alessio
National Biscuit Company
Four Injured in Bomb Explosion in Lower East Side
Four persons were injured when a bomb exploded on the first floor of a lower East Side tenement early today. The blast shattered hundreds of windows and panic spread through the neighborhood as police reserves rushed to the scene.
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Associated Press
New York
Lower East Side
Hhe
Mass meeting in Tokio protests US immigration ban
About a thousand people attended a mass meeting in Tokyo protesting US immigration restrictions. Foreign Minister Matsui and Marquis Saionji discussed the issue, with officials signaling government concern and hopes America will act to prevent a rift. The Japanese press notes the boycott of California goods as a U S response.
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Associated Press
Tokio
Matsui
Marquis Saionji
Japan
United States
Marquis Sanjon
Okitsu
United States Senate
Saionji
Matsukata
Coolidge
Hughes
California
Japanese Printing ‘Association
Runaway Baltimore and Ohio Engine Causes Four Deaths
Police and railroad officials investigate a runaway B&O switch engine that sped through three miles of tracks at 50 mph and wrecked after striking an automobile at a grade crossing. Four men killed and two injured. witness Hoza Laitie describes the scene and crew actions as the engine started.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Baltimore & Ohio
South Side
Hoza Laitie
Memorial grove planned to honor Butte war dead
J B Taylor supervisor of the Deer Lodge National Forest proposes a memorial grove in Butte as a living monument to fallen soldiers. The idea aligns with Memorial Tree movements in the United States and calls for planting evergreens on Garden Week’s first day to honor those who died in World War I.
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Douglas
Butte
J. B. Taylor
Deer Lodge
Taylor
Rocky Mountain
Elans’ Organization
United States
Bean
Sequoia
California
Lebanon
Europe
Rosslyn
Ruskin
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