Tribute to Johnny Green Early Cheyenne Athlete and Rancher
Johnny Green, a gifted Cheyenne athlete and rancher, died suddenly during a business trip to Cheyenne. Born in Ireland, he built a remarkable record in running bicycle racing baseball and later became a strong Western league player. He homesteaded near Granite Canon with his wife and six children and was survived by his widow sister father two sisters and two brothers.
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Cheyenne
Johnny” Green
Johnny
Dorn
Ireland
Patrick Green
United States
Rodin
Johnson School
Jimmy
Central School
Johnny Green
Rocky Mountain Region
Brswell
Rocky Mountain
Granite Canon
America
Green
Robbtaille
John Hodgkinson
Robert McCafferty
Thomas
Frank Green
Ruling Bars Enlisted Men From Distinguishing Service Awards
Army policy from the war department barred enlisted personnel from the Distinguished Service Medal and related awards. General Robert C. Davis told a House sub-committee that instructions from the department made enlisted eligibility impossible and the order of merit could not be revised. He noted about 4,200 medals and over 5,500 Distinguished Service Crosses were awarded by the AEF.
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Washington
War Department
Robert C.davis
A. I. F. Award Board
House
Army
Davis
Three Revenue Men Indicted in Chicago
In Chicago on January 30 an indictment charged three Internal Revenue Department members. Deputy collector John Snoroski was accused of gossipping.
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Chicago
Internal Revenue Department
John Snoroski
Indictments Return Charges in Bribery and Profiteering Case
Indictments allege bribe related acts by John Warren and Earl Trembley for disposing liquor seized in a probe. Additional indictments name 1% individuals and firms charged with profiteering in sugar, outlining charges across multiple parties.
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John Warren
Earl Trembley
Prairie Farm Population Estimates Reach Near Eight Million
Canada’s interior department estimates show Manitoba could support 4,689,313 farmers, Saskatchewan 2,349,968, and Alberta 3,739,478, totaling 7,698,759 across the three prairies. Immigrant and soldier settlement gains bolster the projection, with western cities like Winnipeg and Calgary poised to double in size in the coming decade as land prices stay near pre war levels. Record building permits signal rapid urban growth.
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Winnipeg
Man
Department of the Interior
Prairie Provinces
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Alberta
Canada
United States
Hudson's Bay Company
Saskatoon
Prince Albert
Calgary
Regina
Edmonton
Martens Refusal to name couriers amid Soviet recognition talks
The testimony outlines couriers sent from Moscow to Martens with funds and credentials, including one believed to be a Soviet ambassador to the United States. Out of about 20 attempts, seven got through, nine were jailed in Germany, and several were shot in Finland. Martens claims $150000 moved via underground routes and cites contracts with firms requiring export licenses. He declines to identify couriers and notes an ongoing investigation by Wade H. Ellis.
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Moscow
Martens
Finland
Germany
United States
Moses
New Stampshire
Brandagee
Connecticut
State Department
Soviet Russia
Wilson
Wade H. Ellis
Pershing Outlines Training Plan for a Prepared Nation
General Pershing spoke at a Phoenix dinner urging a cadet system free of militarism yet capable of forming a strong army when needed. He called for a lasting preparedness foundation, to keep the country ready for future emergencies while avoiding immediate military display.
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Phoenix
Ariz
Pershing
Young Field Takes Charge of Estate
Captain Marshal Field the third, grandson of the Chicago merchant, assumes control of the Field estate valued at 120000000 as chief heir. He has trained in the bond business with a Chicago firm and is praised as a capable, ordinary man by fellow clerks. He was elected president of Chicago’s Community Service and will pursue Americanism work.
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Captain Marshal Field
Chicago
Captain Field
Community Service
Chiccago
Senate Treaty Talks End In Breakup Over Article 10
The conference on the treaty adjourned after talks failed to resolve all differences. Senator Lodge rejected any change to the Article 40 reservation and insisted on no counter proposal. Senator Hitchcock described the Taft reservation as tentatively accepted by some but ultimately not embraced.
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Titchcock
Lodge
Senator Lodge
Hitchcock
Senate
Pulp Embargo Threat Said To Freeze Canada
Sir Andrew McPhail of McGill warned at the Canadian Pulp and Paper Association convention that an embargo on pulp wood exports to the United States would provoke retaliation. He said a U S coal cutoff could freeze every building in Montreal before spring. He noted Canada’s pulp reserves may last only 85 years at current consumption.
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Montreal
United States
Andrew McPhail
McGill University
Canadian Pulp and Paper Association
Canada
Canadian
Department of Forestry
Sir Andrew
Local Unions to Vote on Nation Wide Strike
Cheyenne railway trades unions face a nationwide strike vote proposal with a noon February 16 deadline. If a majority supports it, the national body decides approval and likely strike timing. local leaders doubt enough support will emerge. Cheyenne unions reportedly plan to oppose the plan.
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Cheyenne Railway Trades
Pennsylvania
Beieve
Cheyenne
Awards for Merit in Army Service History
The National Geographical Society issues a bulletin tracing the three U S army awards for merit and heroism. It notes the Medal of Honor, the Distinguished Service Medal and their criteria, history, and cross national comparisons including Britain and the United States standards.
No Jury Yet to Try Centralia Murderers
In Montesano Washington January 30 after 87 veniremen examined 12 were tentatively chosen as jurors to try 41 alleged I W W members charged with the murder of Warren O Grimm one of four Armistice day Centralia victims The panel included a former liquor dealer a watchman a plumber a housewife a poultry dealer a manufacturer and a clerk Several remain under further examination and all face peremptory challenges
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Montesano
Wash
Warren O. Grimm
Centralia
Laramie Ranchman Falls From Moving Train
LARAMIL Wyoming January 30. Wealthy ranchman and stockman William Tatham was found lying beside a swiftly moving passenger train. He was brought to a hospital after stepping from a car while suffering from delirium and fatigue. He was returning from California for his health. His brother, unaware of the trip, hurried after him but they continued on toward Los Angeles.
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Laramil
Wyo
William
Tham
Trabing
Tatham
Carly
California
Los Angelea
Cabinet Members Eat Too Much Noted by Rep Rucker
Missouri Democrat Representative Rucker told the House that cabinet officers and their clerks eat too much, criticizing the $10,000 appropriation for upkeep of official department automobiles and noting officers are often at lunch from late morning to mid afternoon.
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Washington
Representative Rucker
Missouri
House
State Department
Rucker
Women Receive Distinguished Service Honors in Modern Army
The passage notes that modern military service extends beyond the fighting front to those who train others and support operations. It explains the Distinguished Service Cross as an army decoration for acts of extraordinary heroism not meeting Medal of Honor criteria. It observes that both Distinguished Service Medals and Crosses have been awarded to women, highlighting their growing role in the modern state.
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Washington, D. C
Congress
National Geographical Society
Robert E. Wyllie
U.S. A
Great Britain
United States
Navy
Army
Legion of Ilonor
France
Communist party development cited in Gitlow trial
In New York on January 30, Assistant District Attorney Rorke outlined evidence linking the Communist party to left wing Socialists. Benjamin Gitlow, ex- Bronx assemblyman and publisher of the Revolutionary Age, is accused of printing a manifesto urging violent government overthrow. Witness Nathan Elkin said 46,000 copies circulated and that Gitlow supplied the manuscript.
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New York
Communist Party
Benjamin Gitlow
Rorke
Gitlow
Bronx
Revolutionary Age
Communists
Socialist Party
Nathan Elkin
Elkin
Moose Pastor Stokes
Spanish Influenza Now Sweeps Kansas Wide spread
Influenza continued to gain across Kansas with 1,441 new cases reported to the state health board from 52 counties and cities. The totals compare with 41,424 cases yesterday, 300 of which covered a five day period.
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Topeka
Kan
Kansas
State Board of Health
Wyoming Area Opened to Settlement on Shoshone Irrigation Project
About 5,000 acres of public land on the Shoshone irrigation project in Wyoming will be opened for entry on March 43 with water rights applications accepted March 6 through 48 at the Reclamation Service office in Powell. A tentative U S contract with canal companies and irrigation district has been approved, plans foresee storage dams and a proposed high dam at American Falls on the Snake River, requiring town relocation and railway realignment.
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Washington
Shoshone
Wyo
Lane
The
Reclamation Service
Powell, Wye
United States
Canal Companies and Irrigation District
Snake River
Idaho
American Falls
Oregon Short Line Railway
Farmer and Son Face Federal Investigation Near Fort Ruchell
Conrad G Eves and son Joseph were arrested six miles north of Fort Ruchell for buying oats from soldiers and released on 8500 bonds each. They will be held for investigation by the federal grand jury. Soldiers who sold the oats face court martial. Joseph Evers was detained at Fort Russell guard house after taking oats.
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Conrad G. Eves
Joseph
Fort Ruchell
Sol Pwps
Federal Grand Jury
Joseph Evers
Fort Russell
Joseph Byers
Conrad CG. S Byers
Why 1919 saw record wedding ring sales in U S history
Chicago reports link the 1919 wedding ring boom to high wages and demobilization. Psychologists cite battle courage boosting marriage proposals, while jewelers tried platinum bands which failed. Nine of ten Amestead girls wore plain gold bands in 1949.
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Chicago
United States
Amestead
Roosevelt May Lead Move to Reopen Albany Trial
New York January 30 The second week of the trial of five suspended Socialist assemblymen ended with counsel unable to predict when the case would finish. Prosecution presented volumes on the Socialist antiwar program and the party’s stance toward war legislation. Algernon Lee admitted Socialists deem general strikes a possible political weapon. A new push to oust the judges and readmit the ousted members was rumored for Monday night, with Lieut. Col. Theodore Roosevelt named to head the movement, a claim he neither confirmed nor denied.
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Albany
N. Y
Assembly Judiciary Committee
Socialist Party
Assembly
Algernon Lee
New York
Socialist State Committee
Judiciary Committee
Theodore Roosevelt
Cheyenne Chamber of Commerce Files Incorporation
Cheyenne Chamber of Commerce filed articles of incorporation with no capital stock at the secretary of state's office at noon yesterday. Directors for the first year include Archie Allison B Yoder Peter Appell Jr Warry WL Davis Harold L Vaughan Max W Ball George W Daiber Leslie A Miller and Marion A Kline. The Chamber is the Industrial club under its new name adopted at the recent annual meeting.
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Cheyenne Chamber of Commerce
Secretary of State
Archie Allison
B. &, Yoder
Peter, Appell, Jr
Warry
WL. Davis
Harold L Vaughan
Max W. Ball
George W. Daiber
Leslie A. Miller
Marion A. Kline
Chamber of Commerce
Industrial Club
Foley's Honey and Tar Compound Praised by Local Writer
John Wagnue of Alberton Georgia recounts a severe cold that left him bedridden until he used Foley's Honey and Tar Compound. He reports rapid improvement after eight doses and endorses the medicine as the best cough remedy, noting it is sold widely.
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John Wagnue
Alberton
Sam Brown in Serious Condition After Surgeries
Sam Brown, Cheyenne pioneer, remains in serious condition after two major operations in recent months and is likely to undergo a third operation.
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Sam Brown
Mission official recounts capture by Mexican soldiers
Dr. James M. Taylor, secretary of the board of foreign missions of the Methodist Episcopal church, said he was held up near Tampico by Mexican soldiers after taking a photo of oil properties. He paid 200 in gold for release after being ordered to surrender the film and appear before a general. No trial or formal charges occurred.
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Washington
Jan
James M. Taylor
Board of Foreign Missions
The
Methodist Episcopal Church
Tampico
Taylor
Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee
Fifty Fifty On Military Committee Remains Unbroken
Washington Jan 380 To ob viate charges that house military committee was packed either for or against universal military training Republican house leaders have virtually agreed not to fill a vacancy on the committee now framing an army reorganization bill. The vacancy was caused by the resignation of former Representative LaGuardia of New York. Representative Harrold Republican of Oklahoma nominated as successor declined to serve after friction among Republicans developed over his selection because of his opposition to universal training. The military committee now composed of 20 members is understood to be evenly divided on universal training through no test of strength has been recorded by formal committee action.
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Washington
Jan
House Military Committee
House
LaGuardia
New York
Harrold
Oklahoma
Foley Kidney Pills Relieve Soreness in Mrs Henry’s Back
Mrs. David Henry of 65 S Lincoln Ave Washington NJ reports kidney pills eased dreadful soreness and rheumatic pains. She says the remedies helped both her kidneys and the rheumatism, removing the limb soreness.
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David Henry
S. Lincoln Ave
Washington, N. J
Foley
Olive Tablets Offer Gentle Calomel Alternative
Dr Edwards Olive Tablets act gently on the bowels and liver to stimulate natural action. They claim to purify the blood and entire system without calomel’s after effects. Take one or two nightly for a week and notice the pleasing results, 15 and 25 cents a box.
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Dominion
Young Field
Marshall Field
Papa
Laramie
Communist Party Development
Wyoming
Farmer and Son
Hotoevelt
Carranza General
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