World News Roundup From 1920s Briefs and Events
A broad digest notes Amelia Earhart receiving the first woman’s license from the National Aeronautic Association in Washington after flight tests. Harding vetoes a peace-enforcement bloc speech at Hamilton monument unveiling. Gulf Mobile & Northern line permitted to operate a Mississippi rail line. Hughes condemns League of Nations enforcement. Harding appoints Walter Cohen in New Orleans district. Harding plans West Alaska trip for around sixty days. McIntosh named deputy comptroller of the currency. War decorations tally shows 8,822 valor awards by April 7. A labor case in Durant, Mississippi results in a $5,100 fine. Four deaths in an automobile crash near Cairo Illinois. A South Carolina school fire burial record and a forged Schwab note case in New York. Denver postmaster Stapleton elected mayor of Denver. Polk portrait unveiled aboard the Inez. Pie ggy Wiggly stores sold in Chicago. Tornado toll in Mitchell County Texas. Fort Morgan area to be abandoned amid Mobile battle history. Lutheran Mission conference in Toledo draws attendees. A bishop elected in Michigan. Bible Union president named in Kansas City. Peoria floods as alcohol confiscations overflow streets. J. W. Woodrough sentences for mail fraud linked to a Charleston company. Wisconsin moves to amend the Volstead Act regarding beer and wine. Lakes-to-the-Sea waterway faces expected construction. Alva Adams named to Senate vacancy. Primary and election calls in Minnesota. Eastern mileage books sale restrained by court. UC Berkeley graduation records cap a world-record class.
Notable deaths and international incidents from early 20th century notices
Obituaries report the deaths of Major Thomas Baldwin Akron district engineer and inventor of the parachute in Buffalo. Arthur Letts a Boy Scouts leader and prominent merchant dies in Los Angeles. Edward Miller, U. S. district attorney, perishes from elevator injuries in Milwaukee. Reports note land purchases in Tamaulipas for forest plantations and a clash near Vladivostok where Russians killed one and wounded three Japanese. Rebels suffer heavy losses in a Gaúcho conflict with state troops in Brazil. A violent quake strikes Quito with casualties and property damage. Moscow imposes 61 death sentences for bribery and thousands more jailed. Paris market prices surge as the Seine and coal trade face a tax rise planned for May. O’Connor, aging House of Commons veteran, honored in London. Spanish leader Regusral of Biscay provinces detained by authorities. escapes noted. Populations and births data from Abyssinia, Spain, and Madea cited by League of Nations and census figures.
French Romanian artist presents art book to Harding
Mine Lomas Jonnecou, a noted French Romanian artist, called at the White House and presented President Harding with a volume of Romanian art. The book, compiled by the Queen of Romania and Jonnecou, is described as a beautiful piece of art. A photograph shows Mme Jonnecou with the volume.
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What Shoe Says
The man asks if his wife objects to Sunday golf. He says she yawns at his 7:80 o clock start and wishes he would rise cheerfully to go to church. The exchange hints at household routine and Sunday priorities.
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Bank Commissioner appoints deputy from Guthrie Center
State Bank Commissioner R Loach announced Carl 8 Foater of Guthrie Center as deputy bank commissioner. The Iowa Highly Commission cites mud raids costing the state about 214 809 dollars, a figure linked to a gasoline shortage. A fatal auto accident near Cedar Rapids is noted as a reminder to drivers. Des Moines insurance and railroad notes touch on a $300 robbery at Grand Auto Salvage and a seventy fifth birthday luncheon for Lafayette Young Sr. at the Des Moines club.
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