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Newspaper
Cheyenne State Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Mar 31, 1920
Page
9
A garbled notice hints at an April sale by IGS with pricing and terms. The fragment mentions ink, lighting, and possible addresses or contact details, but the text is incomplete.
William Jennings Bryan leaves Denver after insisting he is not a candidate. He criticizes universal military training and profiteering, urges tax on war fortunes, supports public ownership of essential commodities, and comments on the peace treaty while noting political shifts and reforms discussed by Isaacs and Hitchcock.
Grover Bergdoll, wealthy Philadelphia draft dodger, was found guilty of desertion by a military court martial after evading the draft for two years. He received five years in prison with hard labor at Governor's Island and a dishonorable discharge, and his citizenship rights were revoked.
SIOUX CITY IA March 30 Harry BE Simon former army airman from Pittsburgh and Arthur L Peterson student aviator from Victory South Dakota were killed when their plane went into a tail spin and crashed 300 feet to the ground late this afternoon.
The article notes Herman Mueller as the new premier of the German republic, succeeding Gustav Bauer and previously serving as foreign minister. It also mentions Koyertvine admitting his job is 400 percent man sized.
Berlin March 30 the national assembly rejected a vote of no confidence in the government and approved the government statement despite opposition from the nationalists and independent socialists.
Chicago faces a growing general strike as 4000 city hall clerks stenographers and bookkeepers walk out causing the garbage reduction plant to close with 400 workers out. Firemen threaten to resign unless wages rise and police guard council sessions amid picketing and an assault on a stenographer.
Three men posing as federal prohibition officers read a warrant to the caretaker at the summer home of Frank Rehm, son in law of J. B. Crommel of Crommel & Ulrich Liquor Co Chicago. They fled with $10,000 worth of whiskey on a motor truck in Lake Geneva Vic March 30.
T W Fremont of Indianapolis returns from Lovell and plans a large experimental turkey farm in Cheyenne. He secured 300 acres and will invest $50,000 to fit the place and import stock. The venture aims to raise high grade turkeys, fancy geese, and other poultry, citing the state’s past success in buffalo and robust wild game as indicators of strong potential.
Washington March 30 L C K A Martens a Russian Soviet agent in the United States is a German subject and should be deported to Germany according to a Justice Department brief to immigration authorities. The case ties him to Russian communists and efforts to overthrow the U S government by force.
The trades union federation postponed until tomorrow a decision on whether to call a general strike in Copenhagen.
Washington March 80 Arguments on the constitutionality of the prohibition amendment and portions of the enforcement act were concluded today in the supreme court. Seven proceedings rest with the court for determination. The cases involve Christian Felgenspan of Newark New Jersey seeking to manufacture beer above one half of one percent alcohol and Manitowoc Products of Wisconsin challenging restrictions on beer at two and one half percent alcohol.
In Bangor on March 30 delegates were chosen to the democratic national convention. The platform backs President Wilson and supports prompt ratification of the peace treaty with the league of nations, with reservations not destroying its goals.
Federal Judges Baker Alschuler and Page took under advisement the appeal of Victor Berger former congressman and four co defenders all socialists from sentences of 20 years in federal penitentiary for alleged violation of the espionage not
Herbert Hoover telegraphed California Republicans that he would accept the nomination if the party adopts a forward looking liberal platform on treaty and economic issues and is backed by leaders who assure the policies. He said he will not seek the nomination himself.
A Denver woman, 23, arrives in Cheyenne with ouija board and letters seeking to meet her supposedly dead fiancé, a geologist who worked for Sinclair oil in Oklahoma and Wyoming before being killed in France in 1948. Her brother and companion urge realism while she remains convinced she speaks with Lieutenant Jones.
A Union Pacific rail loader derrick escaped control near Otto 74 miles west of Cheyenne early yesterday, ran toward the city, and struck a freight train. The collision damaged both trains and injured two stockmen aboard the freight.
A large crowd watched as Internal Revenue Collector Leslie A. Miller unloaded several thousand dollars worth of seized wine into the federal building for safekeeping. The 12 barrels, about 400 gallons, were seized for unpaid taxes after lying 18 months in a storage warehouse.
Washington reports chaos at Garfield Memorial as nurses, news hounds, and cameramen swarm the facility. Nadira Visilovna Kroubetzkoy, described as a princess and hospital hero, struggles with her workload and nerves amid the press frenzy.
Rear Admiral William B. Fletcher completed a five day defense of Brest convoy operations before a naval court. His flag lieutenant Joseph J. Carey testified as Fletcher departed from the stand while the court weighs Vice Admiral Sims actions in October 1917 after the Antilles Vizag torpedoing incident.
A 12 year old from Lexington Kentucky was abducted and held for twenty five thousand dollars. His father a banker placed the ransom in a hotel spot but the kidnappers did not recover it. The boy escaped by calling his sister and the father arrived to free him. two men remain at large.
About 125 carpenters in Cheyenne threaten a strike on Thursday April 1 unless wages rise from 7 to 9 dollars a day. Contractors resist, sticking with 8 dollars, arguing a higher rate would hinder construction and harm the public and industry.
March 30 report from Essen says a government advance is expected if Allies do not halt Reds. Unionized workers strike spreads in Ruhr as Wesel nearby sees fighting and a paymaster heads to the front with bank funds for workers. Dusseldorf accepts government ultimatum.
At the Cheyenne Chamber of Commerce banquet Dr. Davis announced the Frontier committee would not oppose holding races within 90 days after July first, a break from current rules. Dr. Bulgin urged strong city planning while Leslie A. Miller outlined a $255,900 apartment project to house 48 families and fund subscriptions.
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