Wool Growers End Convention Endorsements In Utah
The fifty sixth annual National Wool Growers association convention in Scope of Proposed Aid, Great Salt Lake area, re-elected Frank J. Hagenbarth as president. Resolutions call for early testing of federal farm loan act, liberal reserve bank policy for stock raisers, import duties on foreign mutton and lamb, branded imported meats, and petitions to reduce live stock and wool freight rates. A plan to amend the war finance act to aid livestock producers and a committee to organize warehousing and marketing under federal acts are also endorsed.
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Alt Lake
National Wool Growers Association
Frank J. Hagenbarth
Salt Lake
Inter-State Commerce Commission
Legalized boxing stirs Wyoming debate at church meeting
An open First Congregational church Men's club session covered two boxing bills before the Wyoming legislature. Governor Robert D. Carey and others attended to hear arguments for and against legalizing boxing, weighing sports reform against concerns of moral decline.
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Wyoming
First Congregational Church
Robert D. Carey
W. W. Daley
Kansas Farmers Decline League Interest At Meet
Kansas Farmers Union opens its fourteenth annual convention in Topeka with H P D Colting stating the group is not in politics and will take no action on the Nonpartisan League. The Kansas body emphasizes nonpartisan focus amid calls for agricultural reforms.
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Topeka
Kan
Nonpartisan League
Kansas Farmers Union
H. PD. Colting
Eric
Reapportionment Bill Passes With Ten Year Cap
In Washington the house approved the reapportionment measure with an amendment that limits its membership for ten years to 435, preventing an increase to 488. Earlier, the committee of the whole rejected delaying redistricting, voting 108 to 77 to maintain the current maximum.
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Ashington
Congress
House
Committee of the Whole
Palmer seeks congressional probe of justice department abuses
Washington Jan 19 Attorney General Palmer urged a sweeping congressional investigation into accusations that Justice Department agents abused legal rights during raids of radicals last winter. A Senate judiciary sub committee promised to hear both supervising agents and defendants, while Palmer warned amnesty would not immediately free war time convictions without case by case review. He cited reports by DOJ agents and urged fact finding despite political tensions.
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Ashington
Palmer
Department of Justice
Senate Judiciary
Pallmer
National Popular Government League
Climb Poles for Glimpse of Lady in Murder Trial
Eleven prospective jurors sat in the box at day one of the murder trial of Mrs. Louise L. Peete. Three salesmen were excused for cause, eight faced peremptory challenges. Judge Willis set court to reconvene at 9:30 a.m. the next day and warned of a possible night session if jurors were not seated by 6 p.m. Mrs. Peete walked to the courtroom over the Bridge of Sighs from the county jail.
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Louise Peete
OS Angeles
Louise L. Peete
Jacob Charles Denton
Frank R. Willis
Dempsey Carpentier Bout Forfeit Funds Stand, Fight On
In New York on January 19 the forfeit money of both principals and promoters in the planned Dempsey Carpentier heavyweight bout for July 2 was accounted for. Officials report no contract terms violated and no ground for cancellation appears, keeping the match on schedule.
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York
Harding delays cabinet picks until just before inauguration
President elect Harding said the cabinet selection is too difficult to rush and will be postponed until near inauguration. After weeks of consultation he will not announce definite posts until a full organization is ready. He also resigned as president of the Harding Publishing company but remains chairman of the board at Marion Daily Star.
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Marion
Harding
Harding Publishing Company
Marion Daily Star
Hinton Repeats Tale From Frozen Balloonists Inquiry
Rockaway New York Jan 19 two of three balloonists missing in the Canadian wilds four days ago testified on cold hunger and worry Lieutenant Hinton described Farrell’s exhaustion and fainting as the group debated using a knife on him or his body for food during the march to safety.
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Rockaway
New York
Walter Hinton
Farrell
Naval Inquiry
Hinton
Parrell
Butler Bros Declares Dividend Amid 1920 Depreciation Loss
HICAGO Jan 19 Butler Bros wholesale dealers announced a merchandise depreciation loss of 7,750,000 in the last quarter of 1920 yet declared a quarterly dividend of 3 18 per cent.
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Hicago
Butler Bros
Carrie Catt Compelled Split With Heirs Over Estate
New York January 19 Mrs Carrie Chapman Catt who inherited most of Mrs Frank Leslie 2 000 000 estate settled with two heirs to avert a will contest The referee's report in surrogate court shows Mrs Leslie s niece receiving 160 000 from a 850 000 trust fund and another potential contestant paid 100 000 by Mrs Catt.
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New York
Carrie Chapman Catt
Frank Leslie
Leslie
Catt
Wyoming Weather Cast Sees Fair Thursday and Friday
Generally fair weather is forecast for Wyoming on Thursday and probably Friday. Snow is possible in the extreme northwest, with somewhat colder conditions in the northeast.
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Wyoming
Arrests in 1920 murder of Schwab linked to Nash and Brady
Harry Nash, a motion picture actor and rodeo figure, and Buffalo Brady were arrested in separate locations for the murder of Martin Schwab, a National Cash Register salesman. Schwab vanished after being seen with Nash near Flagstaff, Arizona, in April 1920 and his body later found in a well.
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Arry C. Nash
J. C. Nash
Hillsdale State Bank
Los Angeles
Martin Schwad
National Cash Register Company
Mulford
Utah
Nash
Southwest
Schwad
Flagstaff
Ariz
Buffalo
Brady
Butte
Mont
Wyoming
Schwab
Boise
F. H. Faurot
Weiser
Ida
Campbell
Coconimo County
Arizona
Faurot
Buffalo Brady
Sinwid
SthwWad
Woman turned away from charity house in Newark
An 80-year-old woman living on charity for 15 years in an attic room was refused admission to the city alms house after charity workers found she had $6,000 of her own. She stored funds in an old trunk unopened for 20 years, with $1,000 in bills and $2,000 in $5 gold pieces.
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Ewark
N. J
Ministers Dine Together at Hague State Dinner
The German and American ministers sat side by side at a state dinner hosted by the queen for heads of diplomatic missions in The Hague. Officials believe it is the first such meeting since the war, signaling a rare moment of cordiality between the nations amid ongoing hostilities.
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the Hague
Calder bill sparks clash over federal coal rules
Washington January 19 J D A Morrow vice president of the National Coal Association denounced Calder bill provisions for federal regulation as revolutionary in government industry relations before the senate manufacturing committee Huston Thompson chairman of the federal trade commission endorsed the measure Morrow warned of price fixing and possible nationalization while senators pressed for constitutional limits and cost disclosure provisions
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Washington
J. D. A. Morrow
National Coal Association
Senate Manufacturing Committee
Eral Trade Commission
Morrow
Jones
New Mexico
Reed
Missouri
Senate Reed
Snorer May Get Deserts If Oklahoma Bill Passes
Oklahoma City January 19 A bill proposed in the house would outlaw snoring and talking in sleep after 1 am. Penalties escalate from loss of breakfast for a first offense to living with a mother in law for a second offense and fines from 100 to 1000 dollars for the third and subsequent offenses.
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Snorer
Oklahoma
Alahoma
City
Vienna Population Decline Revealed by Red Cross
In Ashington on January 19 the American Red Cross released figures showing Vienna lost 9 000 people in the first half of 1920 due to child mortality. There were 15 681 births and 20 129 infant deaths with 2 474 other children dying in their first year.
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Ashington
Vienna
American Red Cross
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