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Newspaper
Cheyenne State Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Feb 25, 1920
Page
5
Fragmentary notes discuss tax law changes and compliance issues. Mentions to file and avoid penalties, references to 1919 1920 dates, authorities and exemptions, and public reaction. Notes include scattered terms like Sons, bureau, adminis, and Miller without full context.
Washington dispatch reports Samuel Gompers denounces a separate political labor party as harmful to workers. He replies to Indiana labor leaders arguing that AFL oppose party lines, warning such efforts would aid labor enemies and hinder national progress and workers' welfare.
Galveston collectors and residents react to a Treasury Department ruling allowing enough unsealed wine aboard foreign owned ships within the three mile limit. The change preserves wine as part of the ships food allowance and aids crews as ships enter U S waters. The decision follows pressure from foreign governments and notes the need to keep crews for vessels calling at U S ports.
British report cites Wool Council chair Sir Arthur Goldfinch defending wartime wool sales profits. He notes government resold Australian and New Zealand merino and cross bred wools at market rates after military need ended, with dominions receiving half the profit. Prices rose for finer wools due to demand and scarcity.
Paris embraces a revived chignon style with hair brushed into soft waves at the temples and brow, pinned low at the neck. The look contrasts with recent bobbed cuts, signaling a shift in Parisian salon fashion.
The University of Pennsylvania will erect a new structure to house athletic offices named The Mike Murphy Memorial in honor of the late athletic trainer. The building will relieve the Athletic Association of financial duties and allow an athletic club training house with lounge reading and club rooms for athletes.
The hulk of the German raiding cruiser Emden, beached after loss to the Australian cruiser Sydney in November 1944, is reported demolished by surf at the Cocos Islands in the Indian Ocean. Some Emden guns were saved, with one serving as a public trophy in Sydney.
Congress appropriates 27,500,000 for the Brazilian army this year. Reorganization yields 8,626 officers and 25,000 to 29,000 active men plus 10,000 reservists. Service is 18 months with the colors. A national guard serves as a second line of defense.
The YWCA in Coblenz has enlarged its hostess house by taking over a larger hotel to serve women with the inter allied Rhine patrol high commission. The increase is at the request of American commissioner Pierre Pont B Noyes who says it would be a great loss if the hostess house ceased to function.
Michigan delegates head toward the national convention with a growing field for the presidential preference primary. Maj. Gen. Leonard Wood Gov. Frank Lowden and Senator Hiram Johnson are among Republicans filing petitions. Hoover may appear on both ballots as signatures rush toward the March 4 filing deadline.
London February twenty four Leading British constructors of dirigible ships weigh a proposal from the air ministry to unite for the main line of development. The American chamber of commerce in London reports the year will see progress in replacing large airsheds with mooring towers across the country.
Berlin February 24 The German jurists league complains to the national council about rushes to pass major laws and have them enacted into statute. They say the national assembly lacks enough competent legal advisers for proper drafting and scrutiny.
Chester, Pennsylvania February 24. A shipbuilding firm asks the government for permission to add a granite and steel shipway at its plant signaling a boom for the Delaware shipyards dubbed the American Clyde. The Delaware yards are turning out some of the nation's largest ships.
Wyoming hopes to raise five thousand dollars as part of the national Y W C A drive to cover a three million dollar budget for 1920. Mrs Gyrus Beard leads the Wyoming committee with Agnes Wright Valeria Bonnell Mabel Knight and Mary A Brown directing state efforts for alumnae professional women and publicity. The drive extends education and finance campaigns through December to February with local and national programs aiding girls and women nationwide.
The article notes women across different countries benefit from development programs improving their lives. Contributions to the general fund can be mailed to the State Director at Postoffice Box 536 Cheyenne Wyoming or delivered to the State Committee HQ at Room 549 Hynds Building.
American officers may bring their wives to the Rhine frontier city of Coblenz until living conditions improve. Coblenz houses the Rhineland high commission and the command of 415,000 US troops. About 200 officers and families are in Coblenz, with many households sharing space with German families and allied personnel.
London court debates the cash value of a wife in a divorce damages case. Counsel argued the old view of wives as chattels remains with modifications while the judge noted the issue is too heavy for a quick ruling and reserved judgment.
A brisk city brief lists many visitors and guests from surrounding towns. Names include Mrs G 8 Gettin Hartville Mrs N A Elliott Dr Alma I Dehli Pine Bluffs W S Henning R C O Bryan Jr Ralph Kimball Newton Wester Mrs Burton Wester Casper G H Williams Little Bear J A Kirkpatrick real estate Cheyenne visitors J M Van Wysgarden Chugwater M R Johnston J F Turpin L L Potter N J N McCallum Wheatland A C G Evans Sheridan Feb 8 Mar 8 W A Walker Lander BE Travis Laramie John W Hay Rock Springs Burns Thermopolis L E Laird Worland Frank Charter Pinedale.
The Cheyenne Butchers Union No 478 announces its first annual ball with the slogan Meat me at the Butchers' ball. The event takes place Thursday evening this week at Has hall and Ross' orchestra will provide the music.
Doctor Nidezo Noguchi of Japan, after two years with the Rockefeller Institute in New York, established large laboratories in Yucatan to study yellow fever origins prevention and cure. The Mexican Academy of Medicine named him an honorary member.
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