General May Day Strike Goes On At Midnight In France
Paris reports a general labor strike set to start at midnight May 1 after the French Federation of Labor approved the move. The walkout targets public utilities, transportation, and postal telegraph services as part of broader labor goals. Posters in Boston urge a May Day strike, titled May Day Proclamation of the Central Executive Committee Communist Party of America.
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France
Associated Press
Paris
General Federation of Labor
Boston
Central Executive Committee
Communist Party of America
May Day tensions rise across Europe with France at center
Paris looms for a 24 hour general strike starting midnight April 30 as labor leaders aim to halt most activity for May Day. France faces alarming railway strike threats, while European reports note Vienna’s jobless waiters and chefs amid rising living costs and reduced patronage.
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Paris
France
Europe
United States
America
Continent
Congress of French Railway Workers
General Federation of Labor
H C L Drives Man Back To Prison.
Robert Needham a 26 year old paroled April 2 sneaked back into the State prison last night. Officials say it is the first time a convict climbed the walls to return to the penitentiary. He cited the high cost of living as his reason.
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Robert Needham
Needham
Chicago police spring cleanup targets radicals
Chicago on April 30 reports over three hundred fifty people held at police stations in a spring cleanup initiated by Police Chief Garrity. He said radicals were among those detained but did not expect a demonstration tomorrow, though precautions were taken.
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Garrity
Sheriff’s Notice of Election for Special School Tax
The Texas Brazos County Sheriff issues notice of a May 24 1920 election in College Station Independent School District to determine support for a supplemental tax up to 50 cents per $100 valuation. Qualified property taxpayers residing in the district may vote. the county commissioners court would levy the tax if approved. Dated April 29, 1920 by L. E. Morehead Sheriff Brazos County.
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L. E. Morehead
Brazos County
Texa
Gen Wood Leads Johnson in New Jersey Primary
Complete figures in the New Jersey preferential presidential primary show General Wood ahead of Senator Johnson by 1207 votes. The Associated Press reports the corrected totals from Newark dated April 30.
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Associated Press
Newark
New Jersey
General Wood
Senator Johnson
Government men taking hush money probe ordered
Federal Judge R. L. Williams in Muskogee Oklahoma on April 30 ordered an immediate grand jury impanelment to investigate charges that internal revenue officers are taking hush money from violators of the prohibition law.
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Associated Press
Muskogee, Ok
R. L. Williams
Internal Revenue
Bryan City Tax for Hire Vehicles Urges License by May
Bryan Texas April 29 1920 notice warns any person running dray cart wagon or other vehicle for hire in the city must obtain a number and license as per ordinance by May 1 1920 or face legal action. Acting City Manager H A Burger signs the directive.
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Bryan
Tex
H. A. Burger
Car shortage hits Texas cattle movements
Fort Worth April 27. The car shortage is acute in parts of Texas and is impeding cattle movements. The Texas Cattle Raisers Association reports curtailment of movements in Oklahoma and Kansas pastures and in stockyards at Fort Worth Oklahoma City Kansas City and Chicago.
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Ort Worth
Texas
Texas Cattle Raisers Association
Oklahoma
Kansas
Fort Worth
Oklahoma City
Kansas City
Chicago
Extension Club Picnic Planned By Service and Campus Study Club
Officials and employees of the Extension Service along with Campus Study Club members and their husbands are invited to a barbecue at 5 p.m. Saturday May 1 in the pasture next to the Evans residence. The Extension Service Club sponsors the event and two calves will be provided for the feast.
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Extension Club
Extension Service
Campus Study Club
C. M. Evans
Extension Service Club
Export balance exhaustion linked to future price crash
Bankers and economists at the Academy of Political Science meeting in New York heard D. M. Anderson Jr. argue that when export balances disappear and domestic markets absorb large unspent goods monthly, prices will fall. Lefingwell criticized the government as deadlocked and obstructive.
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New York
Associated Preess
United States
Europe
Academy of Political Science
D. M. Anderson, Jr
National Bank of Commerce
Leffingwell
Treasury Department
Big Brewer Secures Several Breweries
Edward Landsberg of Chicago announces he invested in new breweries as the United States may exit harsh prohibition. He purchased the American holdings of the Milwaukee and Chicago Breweries Ltd, owner of United States Brewing Company, about 917000 dollars. He remains optimistic about a future relaxation of prohibition and public sentiment toward mild beverages.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Ill
Edward Landsberg
United States
Landsberg
Milwaukee and Chicago Breweries, Ltd
United States Brewing Company
Price cuts at Chicago chain restaurants on seven staples
Wry Chicago report notes two sets of chain restaurants reduced prices today on seven staples. Soup drops from ten to five cents, beef stew from twenty to fifteen, corn beef hash from fifteen to ten, baked beans from fifteen to ten, Frankfurters and potato salad from twenty five to twenty, corned beef and potato salad from twenty five to twenty, and two eggs with toast from twenty five to twenty.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Wichita Sheriff Seizes Vast Whiskey Vault Evidence
Wichita Falls Texas April 30 Sheriff Bob McFall guards a large whiskey vault in the Wichita county courthouse. He says the seized liquors including cheap and imported varieties will serve as evidence against alleged bootleggers in upcoming trials. The oil region conditions are described as peculiar.
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Associated Press
Wichita Falls
Texas
Bob McFall
Wichita County Court House
California Blue Beard in Jail
Los Angeles reports James Huitt, dubbed the Blue Beard murderer, allegedly married many women across the U S He is linked to multiple murders and two accidental deaths while with him and may have killed more. An attorney and county officials released a purported confession Huitt claims memory gaps due to poor health and two suicide attempts.
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Los Angeles
James Huitt
Labor Federation Discusses Beer Amendment At Convention
In Cleburne on April 29 a Texas Federation of Labor session debated a resolution to amend federal prohibition to allow 2.75 percent beer. The plan, likely delayed until Friday or Saturday, faces opposition from another group. O A Anderson of Galveston heads the resolutions committee and notes the federation has historically refused prohibition measures.
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Cleburne
Texas Federation of Labor
O. A. Anderson
Galveston
Resolutions Committee
We Are Drifting Blurred Price Outlook for Paper
A Sulphur Springs News Tribune note indicates blank newspaper will cost twenty dollars per hundred pounds in about two weeks, down from three dollars in 1913. The editor warns against rash promises and admits uncertainty about current positions.
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Sulphur Springs News-Tribune
Mexicans Needed For All Farm Work
Fort Worth Texas April 30 President H E Lyday of the Texas Farmer Union says labor shortages threaten farming and that Mexicans are essential for this year s wheat and cotton crops. He urges government restrictions to ensure migrant workers reach the fields and notes broad labor participation has declined.
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Fort Worth
Texas
H. E. Lyday
Texas Farmer Union
Marie
Meredith
Downtown fire saves block of Kennedy Knox stores
Fire department battled an early morning blaze in a rear ware room behind the E Kennedy grocery and B H Knox dry goods stores. The fire, started by a faulty insulated electric wire, caused limited damage with losses mainly to stock and fixtures insured for 5000 dollars to Kennedy, 15000 to Knox, and 10000 for the building.
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E. Kennedy
B. H. Knox
J. Daly, Jr
Kennedy
Levy Bros
Houston
Sam Levy
Impostor Sheriff Detected by Bryan Official
Sheriff Morehead spotted a man on Bryan streets posing as a government secret service officer. The imposter was arrested in Navasota on charges of impersonation after a crude bid for money failed. He claimed to be a U S officer and is held for full investigation.
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Morehead
Bryan
Navasota
Sheriff Morehead
U. S
Congressmen 10 Jaunt At Expense Of The U S Tax Payers
Washington April 30 a hundred or more members of Congress plan a July voyage on a Government transport to Hawaii the Philippines China and Japan to study Oriental problems. Each congressman pays 1.25 a day. the rest of the cost comes from the federal treasury amid charges of extravagant spending and government inefficiency.
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Associated Press
Washington, D. C
Congress
Hawaii
Philippines
China
Japan
Orient
Washington
Federal Treasury
Republican Party
United States Congress
Federal agents vow to break up May Day protests
Washington on April 30 reports that federal agents were told to go as far as the law allows to disperse May Day demonstrations. Justice officials said protection for officials at risk from radicals has been intensified nationwide.
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Washington
Department of Justice
Joe Bailey Receives Grand Ovation in McKinney Texas
Joseph Weldon Bailey arrived in McKinney to a crowd over 2,000 at the interurban station. He greeted cheering farmers and townsfolk, with a solid handshake line and a mayoral level reception. Colonel R. M. Johnston called it the greatest Texas reception he had seen. Bailey had spoken in Denton to about 4,000 people the day before, denouncing high taxes and certain Texas newspapers.
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Associated Press
McKinney
Texas
Joseph Weldon Bailey
Bailey
R. M. Johnston
Houston
Denton
A. J. Harris
Denton County
Mary Pickford Amid Nevada Court Proceedings Rights Fight
Minden Nevada April 30. Judge Langan orders service by publication for six weeks in Gardnerville in the divorce suit against Miss Mary Pickford and Owen Moore. Attorneys argue that publication service is insufficient. Washington April 30. Attorney General Palmer reports plots to kill federal and state officials connected with May Day unrest and European disturbances. Officials notified. co operation requested.
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Minden
Nevada
Mary Pickford
Owen Moore
Miss Pickford
Langan
District Court Today
Gardnerville
Hollywood
Calif
Associated Press
Washington
Department of Justice
Palmer
Department
Europe
Congress Considers War Termination Plan
Washington reports the Senate Foreign Relations Committee backs a resolution terminating the state of war with Germany and Austria as a substitute for the House resolution to end the war with Germany alone.
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Washington
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Germany
Austria
House
Million Dollar Gifts For Rachel Littleton Bride
New York April 30 Miss Rachel Littleton receives gifts valued over 1 million dollars for her wedding to Cornelius Vanderbilt Jr The ceremony at St Thomas Church draws 5000 invitations and 700 guests. Vanderbilt mansion hosts the reception. The tiara valued at 300000 and the laurel leaf pin with large diamonds are highlights. The couple will tour Hot Springs and Europe after the wedding.
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Associated Press
New York
Rachel Littleton
Cornelius Vanderbilt, Jr
Miss Littleton
Martin W. Littleton
St. Thomas Church
Fifth Avenue
Fiftythird Street
Vanderbilt Mansion
Vanderbilt
Hot Springs
Europe
Weather outlook unsettled with rain likely
Tonight and Saturday bring unsettled conditions with possible rain. The forecast suggests rainfall continuing into Sunday.
Whisky Ring in Oil Fields Exposed in Texas
Justice officials in Wichita Falls report exposure of a whisky ring transporting large quantities of liquor from south of the Rio Grande into Texas. The liquor reached the oil district in northern Texas and several arrests were made. federal charges under liquor and revenue laws were filed. In a 10 day campaign, 15 arrests were made and over 100 gallons seized at about 250 dollars per gallon.
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Wichita Falls
Texas
Department of Justice
Rio Grande
Oil
Buy It In Bryan Slogan Echoes Local Retail Pride
The phrase Buy It In Bryan resurfaces as a rallying tag for local shoppers and merchants urging support for area businesses, reflecting a community minded push to keep shopping dollars in the city.
Red Cross Offers First Aid Class in Bryan
Brazos County Red Cross plans a regular First Aid course taught by a graduate physician. Fields to enroll include teachers who can travel countywide and those who pass the exam may lead future classes. Send name to Red Cross secretary by next week to join now.
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Brazos County
Red Ie Ee
Yegular
Bryan
Red Cross
Leaving Oil Fields Warns of Hard Times
Mr. C. L. Beason reports oil fields show high wages but warn luring conditions drive people away. In Bryan two men say Burkburnett workers earned 7 to 8 dollars daily for a year yet high living costs force many to leave town and prospects fade in Ranger Burkburnett and nearby fields.
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C. L. Beason
Ranger
Vernon
Burkburnett
Resigns Office of Bureau of Mines to Join Oil Institute
Washington April 20 Van H Manning director of bureau of mines resigns effective June 30 to join the American Petroleum Institute. He cites waste and extravagance as motives. The note alleges Liberty Bond prices fall with shorter hours lower production and higher wages.
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Washington
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