Unfavorable Wyoming Week After Blizzards Impacts Livestock
The week ending April 26 in Wyoming saw cold weather with average temperatures twelve degrees below normal and about half an inch of precipitation. Livestock losses were heavy, lambing and shearing delayed, roads impassable in southern areas, and feed shortages prompting willow chopping for cattle.
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Wyoming
United States Weather Bureau
Cheyenne
Sheridan
Lander
Salt Lake
Schroeder Not Hurt by Altitude Flight
Major R W Schroeder holder of the world altitude record suffered no ill effects from a Dayton Ohio flight where he dropped five miles, according to Major B L Bauer head of the medical research department at Mitchell Field.
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Mineola
N. Y
R. W. Schroeder
Dayton
B. L. Bauer
Medical Research Department
United States Army
Mitchell Field
High Cost Still Higher
Boston April 28. The average cost of living for wage earners rose 7 percent from November 1919 to March 1920 per a report by the National Industrial Conference Board. It shows a 9.8 percent rise since July 1914 and a 21 percent rise within the last year. Food prices in March were 100.
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Boston
National Industrial Conference Board
War Era Price Gains Reported by Dealers
Figures from 2,000 dealers show general price increases postwar with pants up 48 percent from 1944 and clothing up 177 percent. Data gathered from 209 dealers provides the basis for the tally of price rises and interplay with wartime shortages.
Fugitive Shot After Running Duel With Turner
Denver dispatch reports 49 year old George Charlton was shot and likely fatally wounded by contractor B. W. Turner during a running duel. Turner fired in response to cries for help from George Blatinck whose establishment Charlton is said to have robbed.
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Denver
George Charlton
B. W. Turner
Turner
George Blatinck
Charlton
Paper pricing blamed on corner in spot market
New York Times executive manager George McAnemy told a senate committee the surge in news print prices is caused by a corner in the spot market driven by a short age. He said brokers and small manufacturers push prices higher, while profits run large for paper makers.
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Washington
George McAnemy
New York Times
Senate
McAnemy
Reed
Missouri
Frank P. Glass
Birmingham
Ala
American Publishers’ Association
Charles Lane
New York Evening Post
Futile Peace Resolution Slumbers in Senate Steady Debate
Washington April 28 Certainty ebbs on the fate of the so called peace resolution in the Senate where leaders have not pressed for quick action. House passage earlier in April is overshadowed by a Republican Senate that marks time amid questions of constitutionality and wisdom. Representative Barkley argues the measure is ineffective without treaty backing and warns that even if adopted it could not diplomatically alter German policy, exposing the limits of congressional power in peace negotiations.
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Washington
Senate
House
A. W. Barkley
Kentucky
Congress
Barkley
Berlin
Reichtag
Germany
Would Reopen Suit Against Steel Trust
The government asked the Supreme Court to reopen the antitrust suit against United States Steel Corporation, which was dismissed March 4 by a 4 to 3 vote.
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Steel Trust
Washington
Supreme Court
United States Steel Corporation
Navy War Plans Outlined Before U S Entry
Rear Admiral J S McKean told the senate committee that general war plans for the navy were drafted in 1913 revised in 1915 and again two months before the United States joined the allies. He said detailed plans were lacking due to insufficient trained officers.
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Washington
Sims
J. S. McKean
Senate
United States
Thwarting gophers saves McLean County big fund
McLean County North Dakota reduced losses by 1.645 million dollars in a year long campaign against gophers and grasshoppers. Seven hundred farmers participated in the effort.
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McLean County
North Dakota
LA Sees Surge of Screen Struck Girls Seeking Film Roles
A recent count shows more than fifty girls in Los Angeles during a single month pursuing opportunities as moving picture actresses.
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Los Angeles
Pepsodent Promises to End Harmful Dental Film
An advertising feature promotes Pepsodent toothpaste based on pepsin to dissolve the albuminous film that dental science links to tartar and pyorrhea. It urges a 10 Day Tube trial, claims clinical backing, and invites households to try the product at home.
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America
Cheyenne
Wyoming
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