29 Oct 1919
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Newspaper
Cheyenne State Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Oct 29, 1919
Page
1
The Senate passes the wartime prohibition measure by 63 to 20 as Congress lines up to enact enforcement laws despite White House objections over wartime restoration. The House has not yet acted while discussions linger on the Germany treaty and postwar policy.
Witnesses in five Pan Motor trial testified about Pan Motor Company officers and alleged mail fraud. Crowder Whit brothers posed as Provost Marshal General Crowder’s cousins selling stock to soldiers and exploiting patriotism. Montana rancher Hinstey said the group claimed government contracts and misrepresented their authority.
Principal speakers at the session of the conference of Western Superintendents of Children's Home Social Welfare were announced. John W. Flesher of Boise Idaho state superintendent of the Idaho Children's Home Service and relief probation officers attended.
Readable fragments describe a kidnapping style incident involving an agent held against his will in Mexico. Ransom demands of A460,000 are mentioned and references to government responses and international reactions appear, though details are unclear.
The Massachusetts senator backs a strategy to keep the treaty alive only if Republicans are persuaded to join him. Democratic senators face a choice between ratification with reservations, indefinite postponement, or withdrawal by the president. Three paths loom, with reservations drafted by Borah Johnson Pall and Lodge aimed at defeating ratification.
Two stragglers in the trans continental air lane are due at O Neill field today Capsule F Jiole eastbound from Bawlion should reach Cheyenne by 10 this morning Lieutenant RK Worthington westbound from Omaha should arrive this afternoon at Des Moines and Liew Me houw B ney end
Government and executives prepared for an eleventh hour decision as the International executive board meets in Indianapolis to decide on a coal strike. President Wilson’s letter and John L. Lewis’s full committee await a reply while stocks are monitored and government agents census inventories to gauge fuel shortages.
Frank Stockdale of Cheyenne told Industrial club members that advertising is the artillery of modern business and that newspapers remain the biggest aid for retail ads while urging merchants not to neglect earlier forms. He warned Cheyenne is short on advertising and that dollars leaving Cheyenne go to foreign competitors due to weak local promotion.
Washington October 28 A strike of trainmen in the Chicago switching district led by local union leaders for Thursday would be unsanctioned, according to W G Lee president of the Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen.
During the Banner Period subscriptions count double while the campaign offers extra credit until November 6. The prize goes to the club member who gathers the highest past subscription totals during the period and wins an extra prize. special ballots issued last Friday are to be returned to the Club Department with a list of eligible members.
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