Supreme Court bars owners from transporting liquor into dry states
The Supreme Court ruled that a owner transporting intoxicants by his own car into a dry state violates the Reed bone dry amendment. The decision quashed part of an indictment against Everett L. Simpson for carrying liquor from Wyoming to Colorado, affirming interstate commerce reach. Justice Van Devanter wrote the majority. Justice Clarke dissented.
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Supreme Court
Everett L. Simpson
Wyoming
Colorado
van Devanter
Congress
Clarke
Bank Robbery Nets $3000 Cash and 8000 Liberty Bonds
Four men forced entry at Fidelity State Bank in Minneapolis just before opening. They held clerks up and escaped with about 3000 dollars in cash and 8000 dollars in Liberty bonds. Police search for suspects.
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Minneapolis
Fidelity State Bank
Reenactment of Paul Revere Ride Recreates Lexington Gathering
Sergeant Harry D. Bishop led a State Guard cavalry unit riding a black horse through North square in a colonial era costume. The annual reproduction occurred yesterday at 10 15 in the morning to mark the historical ride through Lexington amid cheering crowds.
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North Square
Harry D. Bishop
State Guard
Lexington
Paul Revere
Mayor Peters
Boston
I“arry D. Bishop
Dawes Ride Remembered in 95th Anniversary Commemoration
An hour before dawn Captain Fred B. Hunneman led First Troop Massachusetts State Guard Cavalry in the first reproduction of William Dawes ride. Mayors Peters and Roscoe Walsworth spoke as students sang The Star Spangled Banner and America during commemorative exercises marking the anniversary.
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Massachusetts State Guard
William Dawes
Revere
America
Frank Leveron
William .Dawes
Lexington
Dawes
North Square
Roxbury
Brookline
Allston
Arlington
Enthusiastic Revere Ride Reproduction Draws Crowds
Spectators watched a reenactment of Paul Revere’s ride with Sergeant Bishop and Captain Hunneman in period costumes. Bishop followed Revere’s route via Charlestown Medford Arlington arriving Lexington Green at 12 15 PM, Hunneman at 1 PM. Mayors Peters and Walsworth spoke as students from Eliot and Hancock schools joined the exercises.
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Lloyd George Names Lady Astor as Delegate
Premier Lloyd George invites Lady Astor to Geneva for the International Woman Suffrage Alliance congress in June as the British government representative if feasible.
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Lady Astor
London
Geneva
Body of Miss Appel Found in Versailles
The body of Miss Mary Ellen Appel a welfare worker from Allentown Penn missing since April 7 was found near Versailles France. Authorities say she likely died by her own hand. A letter to Miss Allison Fox amid other letters and valuables suggests mental strain and mystery surrounding Miss Fox.
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Mary Ellen Appel
Allentown
Penn
Society of Friends Welfare
Versailles
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Allison Fox
Society of Friends
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One Per Cent Sales Tax For Soldier Relief Plan
Washington April 19 House Republican leaders tentatively agreed to a one per cent gross sales tax to fund soldier relief. The plan would be presented to the House about May 1 with cash payments in quarterly installments starting January 1, 1921.
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Washington
House
Lawmakers Clash Over Proposed Gross Sales Tax Bill
Vigorous opposition from Democrats and top Republicans signals a bitter fight. The bill would offer adjusted cash compensation for service members plus land settlements, home building aid, and extended vocational training. Two compensation plans include $1 per day or $1.25 per day with a two month nonpayment period.
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House
Ways and Means Committee
Miss Marie Raftery Voted One of Radcliffe’s Prettiest Girls
Classmates and many Radcliffe girls name Marie Raftery among the prettiest in college. A senior now prominent in all activities, she is a striking brunette highly liked for her personality and beauty. Her home is Roxbury.
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Radcliffe
Marie Raftery
Roxbury
Dardanelles To Be Internationalized by Supreme Council
Paris April 19 The supreme council has definitively decided to internationalize the Dardanelles. Allied contingents will be stationed at Constantinople.
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Paris
Supreme Council
Dardanelles
Havas
San Remo
Constantinople
No Claims Against Ships Seized in U S
The State Department said claims in the distribution of former German ships may be filed for transmission to the interallied reparations commission and apply only to vessels not seized in patent ports.
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Washington
State Department
Falls From Wagon In South Boston Starves 48 Year Old Man
John Geddes 48 of Green Street Jamaica Plain sustained a scalp laceration after falling from a wagon in South Boston yesterday afternoon. He was taken to City Hospital where his condition was reported not serious.
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Green Street
Jamaica Plain
Boston
List of World War veterans graves in Greater Boston
The Suffolk County Council of the American Legion seeks locations of graves of World War I veterans buried in Greater Boston. Relatives should send grave locations to Frederick T. Doyle, chairman, 0 State Street, Boston. Memorial Day decorations will be organized, and designations should be submitted before May 1 for planning.
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Suffolk County Council of the American Legion
Greater
Boston
Frederick T. Doyle
State Street
Survivors of 10th Battery Hold Dinner
Survivors of the 10th Massachusetts Battery gathered at Youne's Hotel for their 42d annual reunion and officer election. About a dozen members attended as Jacob B. Sulman presided. Michael Haley Swampscott was elected president with William S. Roundy Marblehead and Hiram P. Ring Fayville as vice presidents. John D. Billings Allston was secretary and treasurer. Benjamin G. Hooper Lynn, Francis M. Howe Gardiner, and Thomas J. Cusick Nahant joined the executive committee. A dinner followed.
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10Th Massachusetts Battery
Youne’s
Jacob B. Sulman
Michael Haley
Swampscott
William S. Roundy
Marblehead
Hiram P. Ring
Fayville
John D. Billings
Allston
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Lynn
Francis M. Howe
Gardiner
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