Mitchell Demoted In Washington Political Shakeup
Brig. Gen. Mitchell, assistant chief of the air service, is reverted to colonel as War Secretary Weeks does not reappoint him. Lieut. Col. James T. Fechet, former Kelley Field commandant, is named to succeed. Mitchell moves to Fortress Monroe to test anti-aircraft guns and may pursue Congress after resignation.
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United Press
Washington
Mar
MitChell
Air Service
Weeks
James T. Fechet
Fechet
Kelly Field
San Antonio
Fortress
Orroc
Rim
Congress
Ile
Pame
Dawes Receives Widespread Telegram Support for Senate Rules Stand
Vice President Dawes may push his demand for Senate rules revision nationwide. He plans summer speeches to explain his position after enduring hazing in the Senate cloakrooms. A flood of telegrams from officials and citizens praises his stance.
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United Press
Washington
Dawes
Senate
Stock salesmen held on license charge in Utan York event
Thirteen stock salesmen from the Templar Motor Car Company were arrested in UTA NY for selling stocks without a license. The county grand jury indicted fifteen additional former salesmen on securities law violations related to unlicensed stock sales.
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United Presse
UTA NY
Atayeh
Ifteen Additional
Templar’ Motor Car Company
Mexico to combine postal and telegraph services
Mexico plans a unified postal and telegraph system to cut costs across government. Director-general Cosme Hinijosa says savings could reach five million pesos yearly after full implementation, starting with smaller offices to prove feasibility amid staff opposition.
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A. W. Folger
United Press
Mexico City
Mexico
Senor Cosme Hinojosa
Postal Service
The
Republic
Near Mine Disaster At Peabody Mine Triggers Rescue Efforts
Seventeen men overcome by bad air were rescued at the Peabody mine near Springfield after reports of an explosion circulated. Air in the shaft is blamed on a windy shot from last night that incapacitated the shot firer and injured the mine examiner. Eighty three escaped today with seventeen carried to safety.
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United Press
Springfield
Peabody Mine
Here
Army flyers reveal battleship bombing plan at demo
Army flyers surprised Washington officials at Fort Monroe Va by disclosing plans to bomb a dummy canvas battleship during an anti aircraft gun demonstration for the House Aircraft Committee. The demonstration focused on anti-aircraft fire while the battleship issue was not discussed.
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United Press
Fortress Monroe
Washington
Weeks
House Aircraft Committee
Bootleggers clash as liquor seized in Liberty battle
A bootlegger was wounded and two men were arrested after a police clash in Liberty Texas as officers seized two cars of corn whiskey during an oil fight. A second group fought police as the raid unfolded today.
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United Press
Liberty
Texas
Liberty Oil
Earliest Liar Noted In Kish Tablet Satire
A Kish excavated tablet from 1000 B C. portrays a hunter telling a tall tale of prowess in the hunt. The find by Weld-Blundell and Nield Museum expedition at ancient Kish includes miniature Kish chariots, bone hairpins, oldest writing clay tablets, and a champagne vase. Professor Stephen Langdon discusses the Tower of Babel relic and its misinterpretation in Bible history.
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United Press
C.T. Hallinan
London
Mater
Matt
Kish
Weld-Blundell and Nield Museum
Babylon
Mar
Stephen Langdon
Oxford
Tower of Babel
Babylonia
Langdon
Bagdad
Alleged Fake Oil Stocks Spark Mail Fraud Charges
Kansas City dispatch describes charges filed March 6 accusing J. F. Trowbridge cashier of Coursem and Matches of using the mails to defraud in selling alleged fake oil stocks. I. H. Coursem, a firm member, is under arrest in San Antonio Texas on the same charge.
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United Press
Kansas City
J. F. Trowbridge
I. HH. Coursem
San Antonio
Texas
Bodine Family Killed as Auto Struck Train at Crossing
Six people die when an automobile collides with a train at a grade crossing in Williamport Indiana on March 16. Victims include Mrs. Ruby Bodine Miss Clara Hurd Gertrude Bodine Marie Bodine Ellsworth Bodine and Fred Bodine Jr. children of Mrs Bodine.
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Ay United Press
Williamport
Ind
Ruby Bodine
Clara Hurd
Gertrude Bodine
Marie Bodine
Ellsworth Bodine
Fred Bodine
Bodine
Help the Hudsonville orphans need clothes now
A call for aid to clothe Hudsonville orphans asks for shoes stockings underclothes hats and bunnets and for household and kitchen furniture to help the girls living in a dormitory burned at 2 am. Local contacts M McSwain and Mr Richardson in Lamasco arrange pickups and contributions to ease the children’s plight.
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Hudsonville
Childre Lave
M. McSwain
Mr Richardson
Lamasco
Capaae
Bunham
Fannin County
Amnest y Bill Push Faces Senate Hurdles
In Austin March 6 the Senate plans a night session to advance Jim Ferguson’s amnesty measure amid efforts by allies to press the bill quickly. The session also tackles the education bill and four major appropriations bills. In Beijing and Shanghai, Americans held by Lin Ching bandits received ransom payments totaling forty one thousand dollars, sent to relatives of Rockefeller kin.
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United Press
Austin
Sesson
Senate
Pergson
Lear
Ferguson
Pekin
Lin Ching
Legation
Shanghai
Lucy Aldrich
John Rockefeller, Jr
State Department
Washington
Warren Nominated Again for Attorney General
Washington March 6 The nomination of Charles B Warren of Midwest to be attorney general was favorably reported by the Senate judiciary committee. The action followed weeks of consideration and was officially announced today.
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Charles B. Warren Ouceeeds
United Press
Washington
Tne
Charles B. Warren
Midt
Rereral
Ate Judiciarys
State schedules trial for Raymond Whitecam case continuation
The court, after jury selection begins, granted a continuance in the case of Raymond Whitecam charged with rape. The State also moved for trial readiness in the Raymond Whitecam matter and then in the J. M. Thomas case, who faced false swearing charges and received a two year suspended sentence.
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Raymond Whitecam
J. M. Thomas
Our Market and Grocery Advertises Quality and Meat
A local market promotes top quality groceries and meat offerings. It emphasizes self-sourced beef and pork and invites readers to place orders for reliable, good-value products.
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Springeieunl
Pratlow
Indiana
Jim
China
H. L. Rodgers Co
the Good Clothes Store
Moore Bros
Hassell & Caldwell CO
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Bonham, Texas
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