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Newspaper
Cheyenne State Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Apr 05, 1919
Page
25
Apr 4 report from Berne notes wartime restraints continue on eastern Switzerland. Bread and meat rations persist with limited milk and fats. food scarcity worsens daily. Officials warn only meager supplies reach households, despite ongoing controls and hoarding issues.
Fragmentary report describes a transition of a battlefield or competition area into a links course. Names, dates, and places are obscured, but the text implies a shift to a formal game setup with anticipated officials and witnesses. Further details are unclear due to garbled OCR.
Indoor athletics report notes Vincent Richards capturing the title amid a field of athletes. The event highlighted performances from Witham and Tieton, with stadium crowds and officials confirming Ricards’s win as the meet closed.
The proposed Channel Tunnel linking England and France traces back to Napoleon era schematics by engineer Mathieu. Rejected due to wars and political shifts, early boring near Tower reportedly began at 60 feet depth with a 7 foot shaft 2,000 yards long before military opposition halted progress.
A dispatch from PEPNE reports that the Rhinhevick government now commands roughly 800,000 troops, with about 220,000 combatants ready for action. The forces are organized into fifteen armies of 7000 to 6 000 men each, though many are deserting or poorly organized. Units range from regiments to small divisions, with officers and men totaling a few hundred to 2,000 per unit.
In Asti Louisiana on Thursday, two bandits entered the local bank, robbed the cashier at gunpoint, escaped with about $10,000 in cash, and fled. Police later found no injuries or further details as the suspect(s) remain at large.
London dispatch reports Soviet war minister Trotsky ordering the Russian Baltic Fleet to go to sea and attack the Allies with a harsh warning that any disobedience will be met with execution.
In Musseldorf Germany authorities report plenty of food near Dusseldorf but the poor cannot buy it with ration cards as prices soar. Smugglers sell goods at up to four to seven times normal value, moving items by night and supplying markets by day.
Roosevelt’s son gives first political address in New York at the chamber of commerce. He stresses immediate employment for returning soldiers and urges chambers of commerce and allied groups to work to assist veterans.
An incomplete report from Copenhagen notes a commission investigation into the execution of Captain Fryatt by German forces. The inquiry reportedly found violations of international law but the death sentence was upheld, with details sourced from Berlin.
Liverpool April 4 The Liverpool Shipwreck and Humane Society’s silver medal with laminated certificate has been presented to Ensign J. J. Munns of the United States destroyer Bowes for gallantry at sea. In September when the la mer torpedoed he launched from the Bowle and, under great difficulty, saved three of Bowles four men left on board.
The text honors Servier cross bearer Corporal Asher Miner a 5S year old veteran who served in the 28th Pomertvrania nation guard division and distinguished in action. It also notes a stockholders meeting of Wyoming Refining Company to reduce directors to five and that Certificates of Proceedings have been filed with Secretary George P. Larsen.
Notices bids for purchase of two parcels in Cheyenne Wyoming to be received by the city clerk by March 21 1919. Sealed bids may cover Lot 2 4 6 8 in Block 17 and the north pump house and city hall sites with 10 percent certified check. The city reserves right to reject bids and property is to be read publicly at a city council meeting.
Notic e r for publication from the Department of the Interior Cheyenne Land Office. Nels M. Person of Cheyenne Wyoming filed for three year proof to establish ownership of a northwest quarter section 26 township 15 north range 67 west Sixth Principal Meridian. The hearing before the Register and Receiver will occur April 6 1919 with witnesses Oscar Weitz Rd Pink Oscar Johnson and Charles A Griffiths all of Cheyenne Wyoming.
New York reports that the British transport Mauretania carrying Admiral Sims and his staff left Brest on April 1 and is due in New York by Sunday or Monday, per a cablegram from the British ministry of shipping.
Department of the Interior announces Lizzie McGinnis of Campstool Wyoming must prove up her 1914 homestead entry No. 612450 for lands in section 1 township 13N range 64W before the Cheyenne Land Office on April 25 1919. Witnesses include Bert Crist W H Rice Earl Martin and M M Kennels of Campstool. Register WILL REID confirms filing dates and deadlines.
French army aviators begin instructing Japanese officers in aviation under a program sending fifteen French officers to Japan. Thirty three Japanese officers receive instruction at the military arsenal. Practice flights start at aviation grounds with expected battles by end May. Aerial gunnery bombing and photography wireless telegraphy taught. Airplane motors to be produced at the arsenal near the city.
Truggists refund money if PAZC OINTMENT fails to cure itching, burning, bleeding or protruding piles. Stops irritation, soothes and heals. You can get restful sleep after the first application. Price 0c.
The article analyzes whether private rail ownership should return after wartime control or if the government should retain management. It cites history of wartime efficiency, urges permanent policy to revive railroad credit, and argues for a clear future plan favoring private capital and phased restoration of private operation.
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