Cabrera Keeps Guatemalan Office for Twenty Two Years
Deposed President Manuel Estrada Cabrera of Guatemala, a prisoner of revolutionists, ruled for 22 years after coming to power in 1898. His regime saw uprisings, assassination attempts, and efforts to modernize Guatemala including railroads, hospitals, and education while opposing Central American unionism.
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Central América
Manuel Estrada Cabrera
Guatemala
Cabrera
Igne
Uatemala
Germany
Honduras
Maade
Guatemalan Military Academy
National Palace
William Heimke
Carlos Herra
Guatemala City
Gabrera
la Palma
Matamoras
San Jose
Annie Kit Wee Wiese
Ihe Snyott
America Holds Enormous Trade Balance in Year
Washington reports March imports at a record 484 million dollars while exports reach 820 million, boosting the nine month totals to 6.051 billion in exports and a trade surplus of 3.332 billion. Gold exports total 47 million against 17 million imports, and silver exports total 14 million versus 9 million imports.
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America
Washington
United States
French Army Heads Occupation of Frankfort Germany
The French army occupying Frankfort Germany is led by General Degoueltt. About 15 000 French troops are under his command and will withdraw once German concentrations along the Rhine neutral zone are dispersed.
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Frankfort
Germany
Rhine
Degoueltt
First Federal Hanging in Kansas in Almost Fifty Years
Robert F. Stroud of Juneau Alaska faces execution at Leavenworth tomorrow for a fatal attack on guard Andrew Turner in the federal penitentiary. His three trials produced alternating verdicts before the death sentence was upheld by the US Supreme Court. Stroud seeks clemency from President Wilson. his mother arrived from Alaska to help case.
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Leavenworth
Kan
Robert F. Stroud
Juneau
Alaska
Federal Penitentiary
Kansas
Wilson
Stroud
Trith
Andrew E. Turner
Turner
Nin
Court of Appeals
United States Supreme Court
Elizabeth Stroud
Department of Labor Explains March 1949 Job Rise
The Department of Labor attributes improved industrial conditions and a revival of business activity after government contract cancellations last year to a large rise in employment in March 1949. The statement today links theMarch 1949 growth to earlier contract cancellations and broader economic recovery.
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Washington
Department of Tabac
Ohio's 48 delegate solid for Cox at San Francisco
Ohio voters face a April 27 primary to decide the fate of the favorite son tradition. Democratic delegates to San Francisco pledged to Governor Cox. Republican Wood Harding split, with Wood supporters in most districts and Harding backers led by local party figures. Contests noted in several districts, but overall expected light Democratic turnout.
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Columbus
Ohio
San Francisco
James M. Gox
Hias
Leonard Wood
Warren G. Tfarding
Chicago
Wood
Harding
Senator Harding
Progressive Party
H. M. Daugherty
Starding
Daugherty
Cox
Ganton
Army officers may greet friends by salute only
Secretary Baker issued orders restricting army greetings to salutes only when officers and men meet friends. A 1941 regulation previously allowing hats or caps raised in greeting is now paused.
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Washington
Baker
Stroud to be executed in Kansas federal prison
Leavenworth, April 22. After decades without capital punishment Kansas prepares for a legal execution next Friday in the federal prison here. Robert E. Stroud, who killed a guard while under sentence for another crime, faces the death penalty as the only possible option in the state. Despite efforts to commute the sentence to life, higher courts and the president have refused.
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Leavenworth
Kan
Kansas
Robert E. Stroud
Stroud
Cheyenne Windsor Baseball Game Postponed
The season opener between Cheyenne and Windsor is postponed due to heavy snow and field conditions from a blizzard. Only two or three days of practice have occurred, with four games scheduled this season against Windsor and the Laramie university high team.
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Cheyenne
Windsor
Galo
University High Team of
Laramie
Profiteering Probe Nearing Completion
Washington April 24 The justice department expects to complete its profiteering probe within 80 days. Howard B. Figg special assistant to the attorney general told a senate committee the investigations into shoe prices will proceed to prosecutions where warranted by the facts disclosed.
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Washington
Department of Justice
Howard B. Figg
Senate
Britain warns Russia on Denikine remnants pursuit
London April 24. Britain again informs Russia it would disfavor any move to pursue Denikin’s defeated army in Crimea. British officials express irritation at Russia’s reply rejecting the earlier note and seeking various concessions including the release of Hungarian Soviet members.
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London
Russia
Great Britain
Denikine
Grimea
Circulation Figures Reported for United States
On January 4 circulation in the United States totaled 5,846,086,199 dollars or 54.77 dollars per person.
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United States
Four Million Car System for Hankow
Hankow, China on March 10 reports a group of Chinese capitalists planning a street car system for the city with an estimated cost of 4 million dollars.
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Hankow
China
Japanese Field Laborers Hold Out for Higher Wages in Hawaii
Honolulu reports say Okinawa and Japanese laborers faced a strike since January 45 affecting sugar fields. Rain eased work drought while irrigation reserves extend weeks. Over seven hundred Filipinos arrived since January with four hundred more expected. most of the 2600 strikers returned to work alongside about 2000 strike breakers. The Japanese Federation of Labor vows to press for higher wages.
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Honolulu
T. H
Oahu
Hawaiian Sugar Planters’ Association
Island federation votes to extend aid amid labor shifts
The Mau branch votes to continue contributions to Oahu's exchequer while no word comes from Kauai and Bahu. Plantations report replacing former Japanese managers with Americans Hawaiians Portuguese and Spaniards in senior posts.
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Iield
Island of Mau
Federation
Island of
Oahu
Kauai
Bahu
House approves large deficiency appropriation for railroad administration
In Washington on April 24 the House passed a no dissenting vote deficiency appropriation bill to wind up railroad administration affairs. It provides 3890 million for the agency plus 300 million for its operation and 90 million in Liberty bonds bought at par by the Finance Corporation. Proceeds liquidate the administration as Congress totals 1.78 billion for the roads. The measure now goes to the Senate which adds 7 million for hospital treatment of disabled soldiers.
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Washington
House
Railroad Administration
Liberty
Wainance Corporation
Congress
Senate
Storm Losses Loom Over Wyoming Livestock After Deep Snow
Weather bureau report says it is too early to gauge livestock losses from the recent Wyoming storm. Laramie shows 20 inches on the ground, G m he 12, Pine Bluffs 8, Cody 4, with heavy snows across eastern and southern districts. Lambing delayed in western districts, some forage and moisture hold improved in farm districts, while losses in eastern areas due to precipitation and cold were reported.
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Wyoming
United States Weather Bureau
Laramie
Weather Bureau
Gheyénhe
Pine Bluffs
Cody
Beoe” Dens
Wyorich
Domé Hake
Sheridan
Gheyenne
Lander
Editor of Toledo Blade Dies After Surgery in Toledo
Locke, editor and owner of the Toledo Blade, died in a Toledo hospital following an appendectomy. Born March 18, 1836, he led in masonry and held national offices, inheriting the paper from his parents. His father was David Ross Locke, pen name Petroleum V. Nasby. He served as U.S. consul to Newcastle-on-Tyne in 1883. A widow survives him.
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Toledo
Ropinson Locke
Olle
Toledo Blade
Locke
David Ross Locke
Petroleum
V. Nasby
United States
Newcastle-on-Tyne
Scot
Arthur
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John Bull
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