Federal Board limits Opium and Cocaine imports for year
The Federal Narcotic Control board and drug manufacturers agreed to cap crude opium and cocaine imports for the current fiscal year at 1922 levels. A schedule will later regulate imports, with emphasis on legitimate medical needs and tighter rules on manufactured narcotics. Colonel L G Nutt warned against surplus narcotics reaching drug peddlers and addicts via army storehouses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Federal Narcotic Control Board
L. G. Nutt
Narcotics Division
The
Protection Bureau
Assemblyman G H Douglas Dies in Sacramento
Assemblyman G H Douglas aged 65, physician of Crescent City and head of the Assembly roads and highways committee, collapsed and died here from a sudden illness. He represented Del Norte and Siskiyou counties and advocated building the Klamath River bridge, amid efforts to secure appropriations during this Legislature session.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sacramento
G. H. Douglas
Crescent City
Assembly Roads and Highways Committee
Douglas
del Norte
Siskiyou
Assembly
Klamath River
ABCC
Henwood Returned to Prison After Parole Violation
Harold F. Henwood, released from Canon City State Penitentiary under Governor Shoup’s clemency after serving part of a life sentence for double murder, is sent back to prison to complete the life term. He had threatened to kill a young woman, a banker, and a woman he had worked for because she refused his marriage proposal, a parole violation report notes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canon City
Colo
O. H. Shoup
Harold F. Henwood
Henwood
Federal land banks chartered under new agricultural act
The Federal Farm Loan Board completed charters for the Federal land banks under the agricultural credits act in connection with the intermediate credit system. The Berkeley California land bank received its charter, completing the set of twelve banks ready to function as credit banks and continue their lending activities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Federal Farm Loan Board
Federal Land Banks
Land Bank
Berkeley
Cal
Land Banks
Zinc Refinery Plans Near Keokuk Iowa
Joseph F. Leopold secretary of the Iowa Chamber of Commerce reports a new zinc refinery costing 3,060,000 will locate at Keokuk Iowa. The plant will process zinc mined in New Mexico and is expected to boost regional industry and employment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Iowa
Keokuk
Joseph F. Leopold
Iowa State Chamber of Commerce
California
New Mexico
Pony Express Race proposed from Missouri to San Francisco
Karl Snell of Reno proposes a pony express race from the Missouri River to San Francisco as a Mark Twain memorial. In Topeka, sheriff Mayer of Pottawatomie county was shot and severely wounded by bank robbers after they looted the Farmers State Bank at West Moreland Kansas, per state officials.
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Carson
Kansas City
Coast
Missouri River
San Francisco
Karl Snell
Reno
Mark Twain
Topeka
Kans
Mayer
Pottawatomie County
Farmers State Bank
West Moreland
Iowa Supreme Court OKs World War II era bonus law
Des Moines Iowa The State s Supreme Court upholds the validity of the Iowa bonus law affirming the lower court s decision. The act assures soldiers sailors marines and horses who served from Iowa in the World War adjusted compensation at fifty cents a day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Iowa
States Supreme Court
Viennese musician Hien Sonnenthal leapt from Hotel Astor
Despondent over a failed professional engagement Hien Sonnenthal a Viennese musician employed as an elevator operator at the Hotel Astor for several months jumped from a ninth floor window. Her death is reported from New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Hien Sonnenthal
Hotel Astor
Abraham Obeying God in Call and Faith
Lesson on Genesis 12 1 5 and Romans Galatians James outlines God chosen Abraham leaving his country obedience to God's call and the testing faith of offering Isaac. It highlights separation gracious promises obedience and belief as foundations of the pioneer of faith.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Abraham
God
Isaac
Good
Santa Fe Railway gets extension to install flagman at Reedley crossings
Santa Fe Railway Company was granted until May 15 1923 to complete the installation of an automatic flagman as ordered by the Railroad Commission for crossing protection at Tenth and Eleventh Streets over its Reedley tracks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Santa Fe Railway Company
Railroad Commission
Tenth
Fleventh Streets
Reedley
Coincident Passion Sparks Quiet Domestic Scene
A man speaks ardently as a woman blushes, while Ife searches for his collar stud and she touches up her makeup at the mirror, capturing a charged moment of intimate tension.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ife
Farm life gossip and trade talk in a Malay peninsula tale
A Hinkley girl asserts her “shrek” understands why many boys abandon the farm. The piece notes the ease of milking from bottles and jokes about a returned explorer claiming a man on the Malay peninsula can buy a wife for S5, stressing that upkeep outweighs original cost.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hinkley
Shrek
Malay Peninsula
Public Land Notices and Withdrawals Announced in Independence
The Department of the Interior announces approved plats of surveys for several townships in Twp 12 N to Twp 13 N and ranges 15 18 E. Land withdrawn as water reserve No 65 and lands granted to the Southern Pacific Railway are noted. A preference entry right of nine days applies, with applications due before filing. lands open to the public June 19 1923.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Department OF the Interior
U.S. Land Office
Independence
Calif
Wandisk
Southern Pacific Railroad Company
See
the Ney
St. of Nwig
Notice Change of Ownership of Business
Notice states Frank B. Nickey has leased Mother's Place restaurant in Randsburg California from Jamie Hallowell. Nickey will run the restaurant and disclaims responsibility for Hallowell debts or liens. Hallowell not liable for Nickey debts. accounts go to Hallowell for payment. Dated February 5 1923. espen-
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank B. Nickey
Jamie Hallowell
Mother's Place
Butte Ave
Randsburg
California
Jannie Hallowell
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Arends Cash Grocery
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Barstow, Cal
Purita Ian
Postoffice
Barstow
San Bernardino Valley
E. L. White
Federal Board
Assemblyman
I. C. Bank
P. B. Fitzwater
D. D
Moody Bible Institute of Chicago
Western Newspaper Union
Abraham the Hero OF
Faith
J. A. Connell
M. D
Offce
Neue Nee
Katz Bldg
Ae Bernardino
A. P. Ring Shoe Repair Shop
Ford and
Fordson
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