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Newspaper
Cheyenne State Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Feb 25, 1920
Page
12
Fragmentary text references tax policy and exemptions, noting 18 year status and 1919 filings. Mentions a bureau, penalties for late payments, and public figures in Washington dealing with tax collection and administration. Names, dates, and complete facts are unclear.
In a public letter Samuel Gompers warns that forming a separate political labor party would harm workers. He clashes with Indiana labor leaders led by William Mitchell, arguing AFL policy and practical labor victory require unity, not a standalone party. He says such moves aid labor’s enemies and harm national progress.
Galveston residents pursue invitations to dine aboard foreign owned ships entering the port after Washington alters a rule on unsealed wine. The Treasury decision allows limited wine for officers inside the three mile limit, aiming to keep crews available. A prior rock and key policy on wine was reversed to ease crew recruitment.
London reports estimate of 60 million pounds from Australian wool sales in 1919 and 1920. Sir Arthur Goldfinch defends government profits while noting wool resold from Australia and New Zealand at market rates after military needs end. Prices for finer wool climb as demand from Europe, especially Germany, grows.
Paris fashion observers report a revived chignon hairstyle at Parisian salons. The new look features a low nape knot with hair brushed into soft waves framing the temples and brow, contrasting with the earlier short bobbed styles.
The University of Pennsylvania will build a new athletic offices structure named The Mike Murphy Memorial to honor the late trainer. The facility will relieve the Athletic Association of finances and support an athletic club training house with lounging reading and club rooms for athletes.
Sydney reports the hulk of the German raiding cruiser Emden in the Cocos Islands was demolished by surf after being defeated by the Australian cruiser Sydney in November 1944. Some guns were saved and one serves as a public trophy in Sydney.
Congress appropriates 27,500,000 for the Brazilian army this year under a reorganization plan. It will field 8,626 officers and 25,000 to 29,000 regulars plus 10,000 reservists. Universal conscription lasts 18 months with the colors, aided by a national guard in reserve defense.
The YWCA hostess house in Coblenz has grown so large a larger hotel has been taken over. A cable from national headquarters says the move is at the request of Pierre Pont B. Noyes, the American commissioner of the inter allied Rhine alliance high commission, to avoid disrupting women employed with the commission.
Detroit Mich Feb 24 The Michigan delegation faces a speculative field for the presidential endorsement with March 4 filing deadline and April 5 preference primary. Maj Gen Leonard Wood Gov Frank O Lowden and Sen Hiram Johnson are among Republicans on the ballot while Hoover may appear on both ballots as petitions rush to finish.
London February 24 The leading British constructors of dirigible airships favor a ministry proposal to combine for development. The American chamber of commerce in London says this year should see progress replacing vast airsheds with mooring towers nationwide.
Berlin Feb 24 The German jurists league protests to the national council against haste in enacting major measures. They accuse the national assembly of lacking sufficient competent legal advisers as laws rush to the statute books.
Chester, February 24. A shipbuilding company seeks government approval to add a granite and steel shipway at its Chester plant. The Delaware river yard, noted as the American Clyde, is flourishing with some of the nation’s largest ships built here.
The Y W C A Week campaign closes nationwide by February 29 seeking pledges to cover a $3 000 000 national budget with Wyoming asked to contribute 5 000. Cheyenne chair Mrs Gyrus Beard leads state efforts with Agnes Wright Valeria Bonnell Mabel Knight Mary A Brown directing.
The text notes contributions to the general fund may be mailed to the State Director at Postoffice Box 536 Cheyenne Wyoming or deposited at the State Committee headquarters in Room 549 Hynds Building. It highlights programs aiding women globally to live fuller lives through physical mental and spiritual development.
American officers may bring their wives from the United States to the Rhine port of Coblenz until living conditions improve. Coblenz, crowded as the Rhineland high commission center and home to 415,000 U.S. troops, hosts about 200 officers with their wives, many with children and servants. Many families share homes with German households, and allied soldiers are billeted at most local residences.
London court ponders the cash value of a wife in a divorce case as counsel argues the old view of a wife as property. The judge notes the question is heavy and reserved judgment after considering damages, with the notion of a wife as a quasi chattel debated by counsel.
A stream of visitors is noted in Cheyenne with residents and guests from Hartville Pine Bluffs Casper Chugwater Sheridan Sheridan Lander Laramie Worland Burns Thermopolis Rock Springs Pinedales and more. Names include Mrs G Gettin Mr and Mrs Elliott Dr Alma Dehli J A Kirkpatrick W S Henning R C O Bryan Ralph Kimball Newton Wester Burton Wester G H Williams J Gegg and others.
The Cheyenne Butchers Union No 478 announces its first annual ball with the slogan Meat me at the Butchers ball. The event will be held Thursday evening at the Has hall with Ross' orchestra providing music.
Doctor Nidezo Noguchi of Japan, after two years with the Rockefeller Institute in New York, established extensive laboratories in Yucatan to study the origin, prevention, and cure of yellow fever. The Mexican Academy of Medicine named him an honorary member.
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