Sims cites tracking subs as key to shipping safe on home waters
Rear Admiral Sims told a Senate committee that saving shipping came from accurate tracking of German submarines and routing vessels away from them. He argued the navy misfocused on defending home waters and urged wholehearted cooperation with the Allies. He cited German raider departures and British intelligence as proof of his plan to concentrate forces in European waters.
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Washington
Mar
Sims
Senate
Navy Department
Atlantic
Admiral Sims
Germany
Admiralty
Gun Threat in Casper Hotel Involves Ex-Wife’s Husband
Raymond Rouan confronted by ex wife’s husband Bert Crane in the Henning hotel lobby. Crane drew a revolver and threatened to shoot unless Rouan left, but no shot was fired. Eye witnesses describe the attempt, a frightened girl nearby, and ongoing court actions over money after Crane married Rouan’s ex wife.
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Casper
Wyo
Raymond Rouan
Nerbert Crane
Henning Hotel
Crane
Rouan
Grane
Ant
Gasper
Raymond Rovan
Mable Rovan
Higgins seeks new trial in land fraud case
John H. Higgins has moved for a new trial in a federal case over alleged fraudulent title to homestead lands. The government won about one third of nearly 100000 dollars claimed and the motion cites 64 evidentiary flaws. A separate railroad appeal to the circuit court follows a favorable lower court ruling for Chicago & Northwestern against Card of Manville. A large four mill west of the Mississippi began operation in Astoria Oregon with a 4000 barrel daily flour capacity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John H. Higgins
United States District Court
Higgins
Avery Haggard
Chicago & Northwestern Railroad
Harry B. Card
Manville
Haggard
Nye F. Moorehouse
Chicago
Counse
Card
United States Circuit Court of Appeals
Mississippi River
Astoria
Ore
Ex-Device Man Starts Private War and Wing 1T
Sergeant Clinton D. Miller, former A.B.F. member and Park View School Community Center agent, defied fixed cracker prices by selling below manufacturer suggested prices. After pressure from a national distributor and a Palmer inquiry, the company reversed policy, allowing Miller to continue trading crackers, and prices in the region dropped. Miller quips about treating Hans rough.
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Grand Forks
N. D
Clnton D. Miller
A.B. F
France
Miller
Park View School
Palmer
Hans
Union Pacific to Buy 100 Modern Locomotives in 40 Million Order
President Gaiy Gray announced orders worth 6 million dollars for 100 locomotives with 30 switch engines. Pacific Fruit Express unit also plans 4000 refrigerator cars at 4 million. Mallet engines slotted for Sherman Hill Wyoming Oregon Short Line and Oregon Washington routes.
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Gaiy Gray
Union Pacific System
Pacific Fruit Express
Union Pacific
Southern Pacific
California
East
Ogden
Omaha
Union Pacific Railroad
Oregon-Washington Railway and Navigation Company
Oregon Short Line
Judge Grants Change of Venue in Albany County Murder Case
Judge EB CG Raymond of the Seventh Judicial district sits for Judge Tidball and grants a venue change for John Cordillo Peter Cordillo and Walter Newell charged with the murder of Frank Jennings. Prosecution opposes but locals support fairness and law. Also noted is annual oyster losses in Long Island Sound totaling about a million dollars to starfish.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Laramie
Wyo
EB. CG. Raymond
Seventh Judicial District
W. J. Tidball
Second
John
Peter Cordillo
Walter Newell
Frank Jennings
Jennings
Albany County
Raymond
Cordillos
Newell
Slayers May Face Trials Across Three Wyoming Counties
Judge H B G Raymond in New Castle said trials for John and Peter Cordillo and Walter Newell on the Frank Jennings murder near Laramie on September 7, 1949, may be held in multiple counties depending on juror availability. A first trial here seems likely, with others possibly moved if local jurors are scarce. Trial dates for related cases shift due to court room readiness and equipment delivery delays.
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Raymond
Newcastle
John
Peter Cordillo
Walter Newell
Frank Jennings
Laramie
Cheyenne
Laramie County
City and County
Capitol Building
Court House
Liberia described as hermit republic by traveler
Liberia is a hermit republic with no roads or railways and no telegraphs or steamboats on its rivers. Monrovia lacks lodging except for one mayor run hotel and a North Carolina born mayor who dominates business and police functions, while food and water shortages plague the European settlement. Parliament enforc es formal dress and fines for congress members. Temperatures reach 44 in the shade.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Liberia
Alan Bourchier Lethbridge
Daily Telegraph
Monrovia
North Carolina
Icr
Mr. Lethbridge
Congress
Dalton Sub Agency to Be Opened Here
W L Rowan of Denver arrived in Cheyenne to establish a sub office for the Dalton Adding machine company and seek an agent to run the business here. He will stay four or five days at the Moffatt hotel and renews acquaintance with Harry Davis, a friendship formed in France with the A E B F. Rowan holds the D S CG credentials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. L. Rowan
Denver
Cheyenne
Dalton Adding Machine Company
Moffatt
Harry Davis
France
A. EB
Rowan
Foley's Honey and Tar Restores Sleep For Mrs Davidson
Mrs Annie Davidson of Long Beach California writes that Foley's Honey and Tar gave her a restful night. The coughs and wheezing from influenza are soothed as the medicine coats irritated throat and eases breathing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Annie Davidson
Myrtle St
Long Beach
Cal
Foley
Yoley
Protecting Premier Crop from Alien Bay
Washington reports measures to protect corn the nations premier crop from the European corn borer now found in broom corn shipments. The Federal Horticultural Board is to rule on quarantines to stop further entry of stalks and ears of Indian corn broom corn or related plants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Federal Horticultural Board
Miners Await Word From President Wilson
Washington March 12 In the bituminous coal controversy all sides waited for President Wilson to act. The majority report of the commission was at the White House while the minority report by John P White remained unfinished. No document would be released until the president decides if White Robinson and Peale can reconcile their views.
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Washington
Wilson
White House
John P. White
Public Representative
Rembrandt Peale
Three Wyoming firms chartered by state in filings
Articles of incorporation filed in the Wyoming secretary of state include Rawlins Land & Investment, capital stock 100000, directors Sam Ohnstein James Bracken James M Ferguson A S Lambertson and H Larsen. Desert Oil Co of Manville, capital stock 250000, directors GC W Fisher BE Fisher I G McCann Warry Padghan and J E McCann. Wyatt Petroleum Co of Rawlins, capital stock 200000, directors Charles M Bowen D A Burris Charles R Berger Harry Breitenstein and George Livingstone.
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Wyoming
Wyatt Petroleum Company of
Rawlins
Capital Stock
Charles M. Bowen
D. A. Burris
Charles R. Berger
Harry Breitenstein
George Livingstone
Germans Organize for Rascality Rout Army of Guardsmen
Berlin dispatch says workers at the analine dye works at Ludwigs hafen stole 30 million marks of the company’s property last year. The thefts were so open and systematic that 440 armed deputies were hired, arriving to be met by worker resistance that injured nine and drove the rest away.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
Analine Dye Works
Ludwigshafen
Publishing Company Files Dissolution
Certification filed in the office of the secretary of state dissolves Casper Publishing Company which issued a morning newspaper not Casper. Stockholders listed are Frank and Elizabeth O'Brien and P C Kelley.
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Secretary of State
Casper Publishing Company
Casper
Lsted
Frank and
Elizabeth O’brien
P. C. Kelley
Snowy highway report shows widespread icy, muddy, and impassable roads
A storm left Denver one inch of snow while many Wyoming routes degraded to mud and rough conditions. From Cheyenne to Pine Bluffs and Laramie area roads are impassable or very rough with several detours. Some segments like Walcott to Rawlins are fair then deteriorate toward Thayer Junction and Ogden. Side trips show heavy snow and drift, all complicating travel.
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Denver
North Plate
Cheyenne
Casper
Lander
Sheridan
Lincoln
Pine Bluffs
Archer
Buford
Laramie
Rock River
Hanna
Walcott
Rawlins Fair
Thayer Junction
Granger
Ogden
Pinedale
Big Piney
Opal
Kemmerer
Cokeville
Yellowstone Highway
Greeley Road
Wellington Pool
Chug Witer
Wheatland
Glentlo
Orin
Douglas
Gasper
Lusk
Arcola Pood
Grover
Sterling
Educator argues mankind would vote for war if universal
Dr. Benjamin W. Van Riper of Rockford College for Girls tells students war is a needed force. he says excitement, courage, sacrifice, and solidarity arise from conflict and that war’s elimination would require a moral substitute. He urges education to reduce future wars.
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Rockfield, Ill
Benjamin W. van Riper
Rockford College For Girls
Dr. van Riper
Florence Reed Shines In The Woman's Law At Atlas
Fascinating Florence Reed won approval from a large Atlas audience in The Woman's Law a clever drama of society life with two men mistaken as twins. The Keystone comedy kept up its usual high standard and drew laughs as a finale. The show returns today for the last performances.
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Florence Reed
Atlas Theater
Miss Reed
Screen Fun
Vicious Lobbying Charged in House Debate on Crops
In Washington the house debated an amendment to the army reorganization bill amid accusations of an organized lobby of contractors aided by army officers aiming to create a separate construction corps. Republicans Madden Anthony Knudson and Wood labeled the lobbying. Democrat Harris defended the amendment. The measure passed tentatively 133 to 74, creating a 250 officer eight thousand man corps to oversee all real estate purchases and construction for the war department excluding work by the engineer corps.
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Washington
Madden
Illinois
Anthony
Kansas
Knudson
Minnesota
Wood
Indiana
Harris
Virginia
House
Military Committee
War Department
Engineer Corps
Gem Garment Store Opens to Crowds in City
The Gem Garment company opened a new store at Seventeenth street and Carey avenue attracting hundreds of visitors last night. The shop offered a view of women and girls wear with festive decorations, carnations for guests, and Kopald’s orchestra providing music. No sales occurred, but interest signaled a strong local retail debut.
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Gem Garment Company
Seventeenth Street
Carey Avenue
Kopald
Anthracite miners likely to avoid strike
Phil Murray of the United Mine Workers said there is little possibility of work suspension on March 31 when the current contract lapses. Negotiations with operators are proceeding satisfactorily though miners’ demands for a five day week a six hour day and a 60 percent wage rise have not yet been discussed.
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New York
Phil Murray
United Mine Workers of America
Murray
Local jokers join jobless ex-soldiers in London ads
London readers report a growing postwar trend as overworked former service men turn to jokesmithing. An ad offers a new dinner story for nine weeks at one shilling sixpence, prompting critics to say the advertising joker shows no profit motive.
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London
Railroad Debate Sparks Young Men’s Literary Club Meeting
The Young Men’s Literary club held a lively session last night. Secretary A Baker read voluminous minutes full of speculation and humor. Carlisle who was to present the evening paper was away. The group held a general discussion on the railroad situation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Young Men's Literary Club
A. Baker
Carlisle
Wheatland High to Play Here Tonight
Cheyenne high school meets Wheatland high in a key race for the championship on the gym floor. A postgame event is planned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wheatland High
Cheyenne High School
Wheatland High School
Fragmentary notice from Kansas City remedy advertisement
Partial OCR shows a Kansas City Missouri remedy ad snippet with scattered letters and no clear event or names. Limited readable content prevents further specifics.
Hines Officially Designated as Government Legal Target
President Wilson by proclamation named Walter D. Hines, director general of the railroad administration, as the government official against whom legal action, equity proceedings, and admiralty actions arising from railroad control may be directed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
President Wilson
Walter D. Hines
Railroad Administration
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Negro Republic
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Alien Bay
Publishing Company
Mloo
Atlas
United States
Automobile Insurance
O. Benner
East 24St Street
City of Homes
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Kansas City, MO
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Cain
Eveyynedt
W. W. Dumm
Carey Ave
Sloan
Eagles’ Hall
Dr. Edwards
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Edward
Bae
Ben
Jazz Orchestra
J. P. Schoel
Eagles Hall
Ross
McKeon & Archer
Hines
Theatre OF Varieties
America
Keystone Comedy
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