Bliss Denies He Urged Brigading of US Troops
Washington reports detail General Tasker Bliss denying in a letter to Secretary Baker that he recommended brigading American troops with foreign forces. The exchange followed Admiral Sims’ criticism of the navy department and an unsigned letter cited as British propaganda.
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Washington
Sims
Navy Department
War Department
Tasker H. Bliss
Supreme War Council
United States
Bliss
Baker
Pershing
Daniels
Hale
Senate Naval Sub-Committee
Pittman
Nevada
Admiral Sims
Fie
Great Britain
Justice Probe Into Gasoline Price Increases
Washington March 23. A House resolution introduced by Rep. Dyer Republican Missouri directs the department of Justice to investigate recent price increases in gasoline kerosene fuel oil and related petroleum products.
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Washington
Department of Justice
Dyer
Missouri
City Sells Its Old Steam Roller for $500
The city held an auction yesterday morning in front of the old city hall with Commissioner Charles W. Hirsig as auctioneer. Old desks and furniture and the city steam tractor were sold, with the tractor bought by Mr. Bovee for $500. Bids on the boilers were too low and kept for later sale.
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Old City Hall
Charles W. Hirsig
Bovee
House
Central Alleys set American Bowling Congress record in five-man event
Peoria Ill March 23 Central Alleys of Indianapolis established a new American Bowling Congress record with a 4 127 in the third game of the five man event The former mark was 1 113 set at the present tournament a week ago by the Oangs Crush team of St Louis
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Peoria
Ill
Indianapolis
American Bowling Congress
O'angs Crush
St. Louis
General Wood Leads in South Dakota Republican Balloting
Leonard Wood held a 1146 vote edge over Frank O Lowden with Hiram Johnson close behind as returns from 359 of 1740 precincts in South Dakota showed Wood leading in most counties. Johnson led Yankton and Pierre favored Johnson, while Norbeck and McMaster held sizable margins in the GOP race for senator and governor respectively.
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Sioux Falls
S. D
Leonard Wood
Frank O. Lowden
Illinois
Lowden
Hiram Johnson
Wood
Johnson
Huron
Black Hills
Yankton
Pierre
Peter Norbeck
Dick Haney
W. H. MceMaster
R. O. Richards
New Col. Scandal Involves Missing Mayor’s Adopted Daughter
Denver report states 13 year old Marguerite Boyd, adopted daughter of Mayor D. B. Boyd, vanished last week and was taken into custody by police. She is kept at city hall as a witness against three men and a woman arrested at a downtown hotel on charges of contributing to juvenile delinquency. The girl said the suspects urged her to cut her hair and provided clothing of older women.
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Denver
Marguerite Boyd
Boyd
Ouray
Colo
Union movement to control government begins
The Associated Press reports organized labor launches a nonpartisan political campaign with enthusiasm. AFL leaders Gompers Morrison and O Connell direct locals to form committees, urging worker ballots to advance labor principles and unite with sympathetic farmers and liberty-loving citizens.
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Washington
Associated Press
Organized Labor
American Federation of Labor
Samuel Gompers
Frank Morrison
James O'Connell
Proclaimed Gift to France Week Aimed at Marne Monument
Governor Carey asks Mayor Ed P. Taylor to issue a proclamation designating March 22 through 27 as America’s Gift to France week. The drive seeks funds to erect a monument in France near the River Marne honoring the 1944 stop of German forces and return the Statue of Liberty gift. Subscriptions will be received to support the project.
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Ed. P. Taylor
Carey
America
France
Marne
United States
Carpentier Dempsey Match Hangs On Military Affairs
Georges Carpentier arrives in New York as talks about a Dempsey bout reignite yet promoter contracts and schedule entanglements by Carpentier and his team may bar a bout within the next year. Descamps and Cochran cite binding commitments to films tours and option rights delaying a boxing match. Dempsey’s manager Kearns also delays until his draft case is resolved.
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New York
Georges Carpentier
Jack Dempsey
Dempsey
Firttime
Carpenter
Descamps
Carpentier
Cochran
Garpentier
HAL
s1Cnes Luluaue
Jack Curley
Gurley
France
Jack Kearns
Two Thousand Hanged Negro Man in Texas Public Square
In San Augustine Texas 2000 people witnessed John Hood Price a 43-year-old black man hanged publicly after being convicted of murdering farmer John Kennedy. The execution passed without incident. In New York a Bolshevik threat warning claims if Germany falls to Bolshevism Germany and Russia could unite to conquer the world.
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San Augustine
Tex
John Hood Price
John Kennedy
New York
Germany
Ebert
Russia
A.J. Slack
United States
Slack
Bolshevis
Bolshevist
Moscow
Berlin
Red Army
Europe
Salt Lake May Become Naval Training Base
Salt Lake City, March 23. Commander Mann of the local recruiting station reports to Washington that Great Salt Lake could host a naval aviation training camp. He cites favorable weather and states that if approved, more than 3,000 personnel would be stationed there with funds for hangars, barracks, and equipment.
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Salt Lake City
Great Salt Lake
Naval Aviaors
Comander R. R
Washington, D. C
Navy Department
Mann
Great Lakes
Cruelty Grounds Grant Sawyer Divorce and Alimony
Verna O Sawyer was granted a divorce from Christopher S Sawyer on cruelty grounds and awarded $50 monthly alimony. The court ordered Sawyer to stay away from his former wife's home.
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Verna O. Sawyer
Christopher S. Sawyer
Sawyer
Robbery Suspects Arrested After Pool Hall Heist
Jacques Chaves and Joe Martinez wanted in Casper for a $600 pool hall robbery were arrested here by police. They are in custody for Casper authorities. one man had 84 dollars and the other a hundred in an envelope.
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Jacques Chaves
Joe Martinez
Casper
Darkest Hour of Ireland 5 Now Upon Isle
Dublin diary describes Ireland in darkest colors with a serious outlook and grave western conditions. Sinn Fein urges acceptance of a theory that Lord Mayor MacCurtain of Cork was killed by government agents, while Dublin riots signal ongoing danger as soldiers clash with civilians near a theatre after a national anthem protest.
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London
Dublin
London Times
Ireland
Sinn Fein
MacCurtain
Cork
Pete Dracos Takes Over Dannelly's Cafe
Pete Dracos has purchased Dannelly's cafe and will open under his management at 41 o'clock this morning. The proprietor plans remodeling and redecorating. A new chef and cook from the east are brought to Cheyenne by Mr. Darcos to emphasize service and culinary art as guiding principles.
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Pete Dracos
Dannelly's Cafe
Cheyenne
Darcos
Conditions of soviet rule spread in Rhine provinces
Essen and Dortmund report that the Ruhr area is under revolutionary workers control with a Red army of 50 000 advancing on Wesel. Prisons opened, political and common prisoners freed, firearms demanded, rationing strained, food scarce, coal for food the hoped exchange, looting restricted, provisions requisitioned without pay. Schleswig capital falls to insurgents. cavalry officers captured. a self styled committee seizes control.
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Essen
Germany
Wesel
Regula
Rotterdam
Associated Press
Rhine
Russia
Rotterdamsche Coturant
Dortmund
Berlin
Holland
Berliin
Schleswig
Schlleing Holstein
Calvary Regiment No. 48
Wieringer Granted to Former German Crown Prince
The premier read a royal decree to parliament granting the island of Wieringen as a residence for the former German crown prince, dated March 20, with future arrangements reserved.
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the Hague
Associated Press
Wieringen
Wage Demands of 2 Million Men Before Referees
Washington March 23. The joint wage board began reviewing the wage demands of about 2,000,000 railroad workers formed yesterday by the conference committee. It studied data from the railroad administration board of adjustment and will keep claims confidential until progress is made. Leaders said attention will cover all details to prevent new disputes over living costs and pay rates with other industries.
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Washington
Joint
Conference Committee
Railroad Administration Board of Adjustment
Whittier
Sugar Climbs to New Price Level on Coast
Cane sugar rose along the Pacific coast from 415 to 416 cents a pound wholesale, with retail prices 48 44 cents. The second rise in four days pushes the coast’s highest price since the Civil War.
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San Francisco
Leipsic Death Toll Rises in Street Fighting
In Leipsic, March 28, deaths from fighting between communists and troops reach 150 on each side. Lieutenant Buechner, a famed German aviator with 40 air victories, was shot down and killed during the clashes.
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Tleipsic
Buechner
Arrests of Kapp revolt leaders reported in Berlin
Major General Von Luettsviltz and Admiral Von Trotha, key figures in the Kapp rebellion, are arrested. Kapp’s location remains unknown, believed to be at his East Prussia estate. Ebert orders action against leaders including Kapp and Von Luettsviltz.
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Berlin
Associated Press
von Luettsviltz
Kapp
von Trotha
Admiralty
East Prussia
Ebert
Imperial Court
Leipsic
von Luekwitz
von Jagow
Throtha
Wyoming Oil Royalties Could Fund Schools At Half a Million
State education chief A A Slade told parents and teachers the new federal oil leasing act could yield about 500000 dollars annually for Wyoming. He noted 87.4 percent of oil royalties would stay in state to support schools roads universities and related institutions. He urged action to avoid a teacher shortage while outlining the expected 60 to 75 million dollar annual production and 8.5 million in royalties for California and Wyoming.
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Wyoming
A. A. Slade
Mr. Slade
Slade
Aehanila
California
Natrona and
Platte Counties
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Dakota
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Yank
Ushtel
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Naval Training
Now Upon Isle
Dannelly’s
Rhine Provinces
von Luellwitz
Wieringer
von Luettwitz
Drumhead
Eber
Greater Berlin
Nordhausen
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