Outrage at Sofia Blamed on Reds Amid Chaos
In Sofia Bulgarian officials report the cathedral bombing and a week of violence killing over 150, with martial law and a 7 30 p m curfew imposed. Authorities accuse Bolshevists in Moscow of orchestrating insurrection, while Britain seeks international action against Austria and plotters.
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Sofia
Bulgaria
M. Paskalef
Davillof
Kissof
M. Kedlelechef
Colonchef
Ratchef
Lekarski
Berlin
Germany
Popoff
Moscow
Boris
Belgrade
Zarbred
Sofa
U S Sues Bethlehem Steel for Excess Profits in War Contracts
The government filed the first major war contract profits suit in this district against Bethlehem Steel and four subsidiaries seeking recovery of more than 15 million dollars. It claims profits paid on cost plus contracts for shipbuilding exceeded the 10 percent allowed, with overpayments tied to contracts exceeding 50 million dollars. Charley M. Schwab is noted as director general of United States Meet corporation.
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Philadelphia
Bethlehem Steel Corporation
Bethlehem Companies
Charley M. Schwab
United States
Meet Corporation
Illinois Senate Votes $50,000 to Halt Bandits
In Springfield the Illinois Senate approved a $50,000 reward plan to curb bank robberies after noting 68 holdups last year netting bandits over $516,000. The bill, sponsored by Senator Kessinger, sets $1,000 per bandit dead or convicted.
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Illinois
Senate
Springfield
Til
State Senate
Kessinger
Draftees Denied Bonus Questioned by Comptroller General
Washington says men drafted for World War service who were not accepted due to physical disability are not entitled to the $60 bonus granted by Congress according to Comptroller General McCarl.
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Washington
Army
Congress
McCarl Yulea
Isaacs Dies in England Former Marconi MD Godfrey Isaacs
London report states Godfrey Charles Isaacs long time managing director of the Marconi Wireless Telegraph Company died at his home Virginia Water Surrey after a prolonged illness in England.
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G. C. Isaacs
England
London
Godfrey Charles Isaacs
Marcon! Wireless Telegraph Company
Virginia ‘Water
Surrey
U S Fleet Heads to Hawaii for Major War Game
The United States fleet sails from Seattle as the umpire ship for a vast Pacific joint army and navy maneuver near Hawaii. Admiral Coontz and Maj. Gen. Himes designate senior umpires to judge the Blue and Black forces. The grand fleet under Admiral Rubison departs for the exercise.
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San Francisco
United States
Seattle
Hawaii
Pacific
Robert E. Coontz
Admiral Coontz
Joha L. Himes
Army
Navy
War Departments
William H. Stanley
War Plans Division
Joint
Army and Navy Board
Berg
Leroy Eltinge
War Dluna
Grand Fleet
Bay
Rubison
John Singer Sargent Dies Noted Portrait Painter Dies
London. John Sargent, notable portrait painter, died suddenly at his Chelsea home after a stroke. Born in Florence, he became one of the era’s best known portraitists, with famous works including Theodore Roosevelt. He lived abroad much of his life, mostly in European capitals and since 1884 in London.
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London
John Sargent
Chelsea
Cheodore Roosevelt
Bancroft Burns License at Shrine of Buddha Shimoda Japan
United States ambassador Biger A Bancroft attended an official visit to Shimoda Japan commemorating the nineteenth anniversary of Commodore Perry's landing and the opening of Japan to world commerce. Bancroft burned incense at the Budd hist shrine and paid respects at the graves of the early American consul and the Doloneery of 1855.
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Bancroft
State War on Wolves Approved by Illinois Governor
Governor Small approved a state war on wolves invading western counties and killing livestock. A bill appropriating $10,000 will be introduced in the general assembly to fund the effort.
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Illinois
Springfield
Wii
Small
General Assembly
Wheat Acreage Increase Reported for Foreign Nations
A Department of Agriculture report shows 19 foreign countries planted 193,726,000 wheat acres, up from 128,158,000 a year earlier. The rise reflects expanded cultivation abroad and affects global supply estimates.
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Washington
Department of Agriculture
German Farmers to Tour U Washington State
German agronomists visit the United States to study agricultural midsummer practices and technology. The delegation arrives in Washington for a formal program with university researchers and government officials to share farming methods and policies.
Woman Admits Poisoning Three Children in Indiana
Mae Cunningham confesses in a Crown Point jail interview that she murdered three of her five children with arsenic and attempted to kill her surviving son, David, who lies critically ill in Columbus Memorial hospital. She details how she fed poison to Isabelle, Walter, and Harry and took arsenic herself during blue spells, blaming no one else.
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Ind
Mae
Anna Cunningham
Crown
David
Columbus Memorial Hospital
Mia
Harry
Isabelle
Charlie
Walter
Watter
Ll Mae
West
World Radio League picks U S for headquarters
The first world congress of Asteners in reached a decision to establish the International Union of Amateurs of the Uaulic with headquarters in Hartford Connecticut at the American Radio Relay League offices. An international committee urged governments to extend radio transmission protection for authors and artists.
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U.S
World Radio League
Paris
Toll of traffic deaths and losses hit high in U S
Washington reports 26,000 killed in traffic accidents last year, including 10,000 children, with property losses ranging from 700 million to 1 billion dollars. figures to be stressed in a national safety drive led by Secretary Hoover this summer.
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U. S
Washington
Department of Commerce
Hoover
Cuban Congress Proclaims Machado New Cuban President
Gerardo Machadom and Carlos de la Trosa were proclaimed president and vice president of Cuba at a joint session of the senate and house. They will assume office May 20. Gen. Enoch H. Crowder, the American ambassador, attended the session.
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Ruavana
Gerardo Machadom
Carlos de la Trosa
Republic of Cuba
Senate
House of Representatives
Issume
Enoch H. Crowder
High priced bull breaks record at sale in Los Angeles
A four year old pedigreed bull from Beryl Wood named Bull Brings $110,000 at a Los Angeles sale. Stein Iriestan bull, with seven near relatives reputed to hold old world butterfat records, topped the market with the hefty bid.
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Bull
Los Angeles
Prince Aggie
Berylwood
stein-Iriestan Bull
Stamps Travel by Airplane to Supply Post Offices
A special mail service plane will carry 8,500,000 of the new half cent stamps to supply post offices at Denver, Los Angeles, San Francisco and Martha.
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Washington
Denver
Los Angeles
San Francisco
Martha
Market Quotations By U S Government
Washington end April 11 market notes covering livestock prices with top hogs at 14.25 and fat lambs at 14.00 16.28, dairy wholesale butter quotes from New York Chicago Philadelphia and Boston, cheese and dairy prices, fruits and vegetables including Idaho Spaulding Roses and yellow onions, and grain bids for No 1 dark northern wheat and No 2 red winter wheat with several regional price distinctions and pack terms.
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Washington
West
Chicago
New York
Philadelphia
Boston
Wisconsin
Aquare
Ida Spaulding
Pittsburgh
Carlet
Lexus
U. S
Middle West
B. Laredo
Minneapolis
St Louis
St. Louis
St Loula
SL Louis
Bandits Shoot Express Guard and Flee with $10,000
In Blue Island at Stockyard station four bandits shot guard George F. Pugsley as the Illinois Merchants Trust shipper’s money was loaded from a baggage car to a truck. Pugsley was wounded. the four bandits departed in a car with a trunk carrying $10,000 in currency.
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Chicago
Stock Island Vailyard
Blue Island
Dlinois Merchants’ Trust Company
Commercial Bank
Clue Island
Beng
George F. Pugsley
Orchard Street
France Forms Strong Financial Way Cabinet At Midnight
Paris reports France's "financial war" cabinet formed at midnight with Paul Painleve as premier and secretary of war Aristide Briand routing foreign affairs, Joseph Callaux named minister of finance, marking one of the strongest governments in France's history.
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Paris
France
Las Ud
Paul Painleve
Aristide Briand
Joseph Callaux
Lakeman to Succeed Borglum at Mountain
Augustus Lakeman of New York has been named sculptor of the Stone Mountain Confederate memorial. He succeeds Gut zon Borglum, who was discharged. Lakeman is a native of Richmond Virginia and has a New York City studio.
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Atlanta
Augustus Lakeman
New York
Stone Mountain Confederate Memorial
Gutzon Borghim
Mr. Luketrip
Hichmond
Tag Q Studio
New York City
Young Coolidge Seeks Camp Deveng Training Permit
Boslin John Coolidge, son of the President, asked Maj. Gen. A. W. Brewster to allow attendance at the eit igens training camp at Camp Deveng in August, seeking permission from the first corps area commander.
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Young Coolidge
Boslin
John Coolidge
A. W. Brewster
First Corps
Eitigens
Camp Deveng
John H Springer Dies in New York
John H. Springer, known for early work in aviation and the film industry, died at home in New York. The Goan eler figure contributed to fly activities and the beginnings of the motion picture arts, with his passing marking the end of an era in these fields.
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John H. Springer
New York
John Springer
Goaneler
Dothon-Picture Industries
Lle Hone
Iowa News Briefs From Kenwick To Ames And Beyond
State officials announce Joseph F. Higgen as Kenwick postmaster on the Representative Ramtseyer recommendation. April crop data show higher wages despite a small labor surplus. Northwestern towns push school construction valued at about 300000 dollars. Sioux City eyes an air mail route Minneapolis to New Orleans. Iowa sees a spring shock of new homes and a 502134 dollar University hospital project in Town City. Armistice Day memorial markers planned. Highway and public utility expansions loom. Iowa debates male voting rights and heart disease prevention. Iowa hosts the first state poultry show at Ames with new back lot egg contest. Four counties remain tuberculosis free, with Jasper, Wapello, Potta Wattamie among others.
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Ramtseyer
Joseph F. Higgen
Kenwick
Iowa
Minneapolis
New Orleans
Sioux City
Dawson Township
Paton
Iiavis
Indiana
Oskaloosa Herald
Veishea
State College Exposition
Ames
Postal Department
Storm Lake
Canning Company
University Hospital
Town City
Highway Commission
County Board of Supervisors
Iowa, League of Women Voters
Iéana
Club of
Ames College
Towa
United States
United States Department of Agriculture
Jasper
Wapello
Potta
Wattamie
Winnebago
Iown Tops in Percentage of Farm Land Improved
Iown leads in the share of farmland improved, with a higher percentage than peers, signaling progress in land development and agricultural efficiency. The data highlight Iown's performance in farming improvement metrics and regional gains.
Carter's Little Liver Pills Claim Popularity Restored
An 1880s testimonial from John A. Perry of New York City praises Carter's Little Liver Pills for curing chronic bad breath and sour stomach. He says the pills relieve constipation headaches and indigestion gently with no after effects and recommends them to all afflicted.
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Carter
John' A. Perry
New York City
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