Cheyenne Encounters Severe April Blizzard Thru Daybreak
The Cheyenne region faced the severest April blizzard since 1897, with six and a half inches of unmelted snow and .84 inch precipitation by nightfall. Winds reached 48 mph from the northeast, roads and transit heavily disrupted, livestock losses feared as lambing and shearing proceed amid waist-deep drifts.
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Cheyenne
Weather Bureau
Capitol Avenue
Sixteenth
Seventeenth Streets
Railroad Labor Board Elects Chair and Secretary
Washington April 17 the Railroad Labor Board elected R M Barton from Tennessee as permanent chairman and named C P Carrithers of Texas as permanent secretary Carrithers formerly served as secretary of adjustment board No 1 of the railroad administration.
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Washington
Railroad Labor Board
R. M. Barton
Tennessee
Texas
Carrithers
Adjustment Board No. 1
The
Railroad Administration
High jackers take sacramental wines from bishop's home
Five robberies in Cheyenne connected by wine thefts from religious and private sources. Incidents included vault openings at the bishop P A McGovern residence and other homes, with seven locked doors and Yale locks bypassed. Police noted empty carboys near a cemetery and a Ford truck seen at Wyoming Fuel and Feed office.
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Cheyenne
P. A. McGovern
Wyoming
John Kunkel
Kunkel
Wyoming Fuel & Feed Company
C. W. Riner
R. N. Matson
Outlaw Strike Breaks Up as Sporadic Walk-Outs Continue
Freight movement rises across the Far West as railway officials report attempts to end the switchmen strike. California crop growers fear stalled perishables and Los Angeles messenger services threaten to halt non mail trains. In Cleveland an early break in passenger service occurs with a small switchmen walkout, replaced by volunteers after a partial refusal to work passenger trains.
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San Francisco
Far West
California
Iways
Los Angeles
Gleveland
Union Station
Overalls Craze Spreads From Capitol to Pacific Coast
Congressman Upshaw wearing denim to protest clothing costs sparks national chatter. Governor Bickett denounces overall clubs while Southern Wholesale Dry Goods Association backs restraint. West Coast trade and business wear see overalls gain traction as a protest against high clothing prices.
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Raleigh
N. C
Bickett
N. K. Rambo
Southern Wholesale Dry Goods Association
West
San Francisco
Pacific Coast
California
Vancouver
British Columbia
Fate of Hugh Armstrong Charged With Murder at Choper
The case against Hugh Armstrong charged with the murder of Undersheriff Tom Majors at Casper last November 1 was given to the jury after six days of trial. The death penalty was asked. The proceedings began with Judge Winter for the prosecution and ended with venue changes delaying the case until the April term in Douglas.
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Hugh Armstrong
Tom Majors
Choper
Casper
Majors
Pat Noyce
East
W. F. Kilgore
George McKenzie
George Poulos
Charles Baslton
Roberts
Burlington
Natrona County
R. B. Martin
R. BE. Martin
Lawson Hallowell
Mckenzie
Martin
Moore
Winter and
Purcell
W. B. Patten
Pat Royce
Kilgore
Patten
Alfred R. Lowey
Royce
Ralph Kimball
Douglas
Delaware Suffrage Ratification Blocked by Parliamentary Obstacle
Washington April 18 After a conference with Delaware legislature leaders Representative Fess of Ohio said ratification of the suffrage amendment by Delaware had been blocked only by a parliamentary obstacle that would be removed next week He was told by Delaware assembly leaders that there were enough favorable votes in each house to ensure ratification.
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Washington
Delaware
Representative Fess of
Ohid
Republican Congressional Committee
Fess
Wyoming Funeral Directors Meet in Cheyenne July Session
Cheyenne hosts the Wyoming Funeral Directors association from July 22 to 24 with lectures by Professor Albert Warsham of Warsham College of Embalming. About twenty casket displays and twenty-five motor hearses are planned, with committee members W. W. Dumm B. H. Finkbiner and Harry Pepper in charge. Colorado directors expected.
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Cheyenne
Wyoming Funeral Directors’ Association
Albert Warsham
Warsham College of Embalming
Chicago
W. W. Dumm
B. H. Finkbiner
Harry Pepper
Wyoming
Colorado
Arizona Senator Warns Against Mexican Troop Passage
Senate debate erupts over Mexican federal army officers seeking permission to move forces through U S soil to attack Sonora. Arizona Senators Ashurst and Smith oppose any grant amid tense testimony before the Mexican affairs committee. Henry Lane Wilson forecasts approval despite official doubt.
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Washington
Sonora
Senate
State Department
War Department
Alin
Haan Tens Nak
Ashurst and Smith
Arizona
Ashurst
Knox
Pennsylvania
New York Sun
Henry Lane Wilson
Mexico
Wilson
Woman of 108 Regrets She Does Not Die
Antoinette Smith, born 1812 on Madeira, prepares to observe her 108th birthday in Springfield Illinois. She hopes it will be her last, laments being forgotten and notes she is the oldest member of a large Alves family with members aged 80 to 108 across several states.
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Springfield
Ill
Antoinette Smith
Mrs. Smith
Madeira
United States
Alves
John Alves
Salt Lake City
Manuel Alves
Jacksonville
Fiueria
Brooklyn
N. Y
J. J. Alves
Farmingdale
Casper Show Fal Less Than Here Casper Show Fal
Casper Wyoming reports three inches of snow by 10 o clock last night with freezing temperatures. Heavy losses of sheep are feared in the area.
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Casper
Wyo
Culiacan Falls to Invaders in Sonora Offensive
General Angel Flores with 5000 Sonora troops captured Culiacan the capital of Sinaloa as revolutionary forces moved toward Mazatlan and Tepic. Reinforcements and reports tied to Carranza opposition spread from Hermosillo to Nogales amid claims of weapon shipments from Japan to federal troops in Chihuahua and Coahuila.
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Angel Flores
Sonora
Culiacan
Sinaloa
Hermosillo
Nogales
San Antonio
Tex
Japan
Mexico City
Chihuahua
Coahuila
Ojs
Twenty One German War Brides Arrive in New York
Twenty one German war brides and 1,449 Polish soldiers who fought with the Polish Army in World War I arrive in New York aboard the Army transport Antigone from Danzig and Antwerp. The ship also returns 1,047 U S troops and officers and a large cargo of war stores.
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New York
Antigone
Danzig
Antwerp
Wmy
Resignations Follow Control Of City Water System
Beginning May 1 the city water department will be overseen by the office of the city engineer. Mayor Ed D Taylor announced the change after Robert Cook resigned as custodian at Round Top and Rodger Talbot, formerly with the fire department, will replace him. The move follows a reform effort that exposed mismanagement and lack of discipline in the department.
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Ed. DP. ‘Taylor
Robert Cook
Round ‘Top
Maeh
Paylor
Hubert Jlerpa
Cool
Engineers
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Sgore
Ecomeare
Horace Baker
A. @. Wharton
Catholic Parsonage
Wyoming Fuel & Feed Office
Ohnhaus and Kunkel
C. J. Ohnhaus
United States District Court
Ohnhaus
Outlaw
Congress
Georgia
Representative Upshaw
House
Carranza
Culiacan Falls
Marely
Mazatlan
Socinvine
Nayarit
Tepic
SenaRa Flores
Jesus Aguirre
Agua Pridta
Carta Ee
Thermosillo
Manzo
Flores
Jlermo
Silo
México City
Pablo Gonzales
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