Harding backs 350 million reclamation fund bill
President Harding approved the McNary bill to create a 350 million revolving fund for western and southern reclamation and drainage projects. A congressional delegation led by Senator McNary and Representative Smith presented the measure at the White House and said Harding would confer with party leaders. The memo highlighted past gains from reclamation, including 8 million acres reclaimed, 40,000 families settled, and substantial national wealth and food production benefits across 14 states during earlier programs.
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Washington
Harding
McNary
White House
Oregon
Smith Republican
Idaho
Senate
House
Congress
Smith
Minidoka
Arkansans Appeal to Government for Aid
Governor McRae telegraphed Washington for an emergency federal appropriation to combat Mississippi River floods in Arkansas. Arkansas City reports 1,000 men working to avert a major break, with additional forces being recruited in southern Arkansas and northern Louisiana to meet rising flood danger. A break at Arkansas City would flood thousands of square miles of rich farming land and threaten numerous towns.
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Little Neck
Ark
Mississippi
Arkansas
Washington
McRae
Arkansas City
Louisiana
Meredosia Lake drainage levee breach floods vast wheat lands
The Meredosina lake drainage district levee broke on Wednesday flooding about 5,000 acres of wheat fields and homes of over 50 families. All district residents and livestock reportedly escaped before the break. Many families fled from the McGee Greek and Meredosia Lake districts along the river. The levees are among the largest on the river.
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Meredosia, Tl
Meredosina Lake
McGee Greek
Meredosia Lake
Inland Empire Lumber Shipments Placed With East Firms
Weyerhauser Sales announces an order for 500 carloads of Inland Empire lumber to three eastern industrial concerns, marking one of the largest lumber transactions in recent months.
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Spokane
Inland Empire
Weyerhauser Sales Company
Sald
Europe Gets Western Wheat Shipments To Europe From Seattle
Approximately 250000 bushels of Washington Idaho Club and red wheat valued around 325000 dollars will be loaded at the Seattle port and shipped to Europe about May 1 for marketing. Walter J. Robinson secretary of the Washington Idaho Wheat Growers association announced. This marks the third full shipment to Europe this year with several partial shiploads already sent.
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Europe
Spokane
Washington and Idaho Club
Seattle
Walter J. Robinson
Washington-Idaho Wheat Growers’ Association
Robinson
Germany Barred From Genoa Economic Conference
Allies exclude Germany from further discussions at the Genoa economic conference after Berlin’s separate Rapallo treaty with Russia. The pact by Chitcherin and Rathenau cancels war claims and nationalized property claims, restoring equal diplomatic relations and setting a precedent for Russian problem talks.
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Genoa
Germany
Russia
Rapallo
George Chitcherin
Walter Rathenau
Brest-Litovsk
Che Paet
Negotiations Open for Merger of Three Packing Firms
Informal talks in Chicago discuss merging Armour & Co Wilson & Co and Cudahy & Co into a $500 million corporation. Armour would chair with Wilson as president, ICC consent needed, and no new financing expected.
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Chicago
J. Ogden Armour
Armour & Co
Herald and Examiner
Thomas FE. Wilson
Wilson & Co
Armour
Cudahy & Co
Interstate Commerce Commission
Mr. Wilson
Wilson
Aviators Reach Third Leg on Lisbon to Rio Transatlantic Flight
Portuguese aviators Capt Coutinho and Snenadura left St Vincent for St Paul Rocks on the risky third leg of their Lisbon to Rio de Janeiro journey. The 900 mile water stretch has no markers and may take 10 to 12 hours. Landing at St Paul Rocks poses difficulty due to a narrow bay between islets. From there they plan Fernando Noronha and Pernamburo.
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Porto Praya
Cape Verde Islands
Coutinho
Snenadura
St. Paul Rocks
Lisbon
Rio de Janeiro
mid-Atlantic
St. Vincent
Fernando Noronha
Brazilan
Pernambureo
Senate Republicans urge passage of soldiers bonus bill
Senate Republicans in party conference resolved on a 36 to 9 vote to urge immediate passage of a soldiers bonus bill in this session. Senator Lenroot of Wisconsin offered the motion. The conference resolution calls on the finance committee to report a bill within a reasonable time.
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Washington
Congress
Senate Republicans
Lenroot
Wisconsin
Senate
Finance Committee
Washington views Genoa crisis with little American concern
Washington officials said the Harding administration sees the Genoa talks as an economic matter with no strong political impact for the United States. They top-line that the Russia Germany treaty adds no immediate consequence and that the United States will remain noncommittal, maintaining a hands off stance on European issues while trusting European powers to resolve the situation.
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Washington
Genoa
Russia
Germany
United States
Harding
State Department
Liberation of Mooney Asked by Prosecutor
San Francisco. District Attorney Brady asked Governor Stephens to pardon Thomas J. Mooney and Warren K. Billings, claiming they were convicted on perjured evidence and that continued incarceration harms California justice. He attacked key prosecution witnesses Frank Oxman and John McDonald in his letter.
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San Francisco
Thomas J. Mooney
Warren K. Billings
Brady
Stephens
Mooney
Billings
California
Frank (. Oxman
Oregon
John McDonald
Bars Showing of Arbuckle Films New York
Will Hays head of the Motion Picture Producers' association announced cancellation of all contracts for showing Roscoe Fatty Arbuckle films in New York. He said nearly 10 000 contracts were affected after consultation with Nicholas Schenck and Joseph Schenck of Famous Players Lasky and Adolph Zukor and Louis B. Mayer of MGM.
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Arbuckle Films
New York
Roscoe (Fatty) Arbuckle
Will FH. Hays
Motion Picture Producers’ Association
Nicholas Schenck
Joseph Schenck
Adolph Zukor
Mr. Lasky
Famous Players-Lasky Corporation
Hays
Attempt on Michael Collins life in Dublin sparks midnight attacks
An Irish Free State leader Michael Collins survived a midnight ambush in Dublin after addressing a Naas meeting. Gunmen fired on his party’s car as Beggars Bush HQ was assaulted, with one attacker captured and a live bomb found.
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Dublin
Michael Collins
Free State
Collins Party
Collins
General Headquarters
Beggars Bush Barracks
Ennis
Civic Guard
Balsbridge
Naas
County Kildare
Amenn
de Valera
Ireland
Tornado Devastates Three States Across Midwest
Tornadoes hit Kansas Indiana and Illinois killing at least eight people and injuring dozens. Illinois and Indiana suffer heavy damage as lines are down and towns like Centralia and Irvington endure ruined depots and widespread debris. A special medical train aided survivors while reports of a twister near Shooksville remain unconfirmed.
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Chicago
Kansas
Indiana
Illinois
Centralia
Irvington
Here
Illinois Central
Shooksville
Southern
DAR Continental Congress Opens With Record Delegates
The thirty first continental congress of the Daughters of the American Revolution convened in Continental Hall Washington with more than 2000 delegates and alternates recorded. General officers called it the largest meeting in the society s history. Mrs George Maynard Minor opened with the president general s annual address.
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Washington
Thirty-First Continental Congress of the Daughters of the American Revolution
Continental Hall
George Maynard Minor
Luke Fought His Own War in Early 1918
The late Lieutenant Luke, famed American ace, fought largely without orders and died near Murvaux after a forced landing. His sister Anna Marie Luke now cheers ex soldiers in Phoenix hospitals and supports veterans through the American Legion named for him. Posthumous honors include the Italian Croce di Guerre, a Congressional Medal of Honor, and a Distinguished Service Cross with oak leaf cluster.
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Frank Luke
Anna Marie Luke
Phoenix
Ariz
American Legion
Luke
Croce di Guerre
Diaz
Murvaux
The Typical Yank Fighter Portrait of Sergeant William Mettlen
Omaha Nebraska native Sergeant William Mettlen is photographed as the typical American fighting man. Officials sought a fierce look and settled on 5 feet 10 14 inches, 160 pounds, light brown hair and blue eyes. He enlisted at nineteen as a Nebraska University freshman and holds four bravery citations. He remains active in the American Legion and is described as Scotch Irish.
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States
William Mettlen
Omaha
Neb
Signal Corps
Mettlen
Nebraska University
American Legion
Sixteenth Infantry
Legion Wins Court Battles Over Name in Nebraska Suit
The American Legion won default judgments and damages in its first legal action to defend its name against Francis H. Shoemaker of Omaha who called the Legion subsidized by big interests and opposed to organized labor. Shoemaker, a claimed radical, allegedly called the Legion a trained murderers group. The Legion also secured indictments against two Illinois Staats Zeitung editors for an editorial in Vibeling ex-service men.
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American Legion
Legion
Francis H. Shoemaker
Omaha
Neb
Shoemaker
Nebraska
Illinois Staats Zeitung
Candle burns at both ends taunts the night
The fragment quotes a poem line about a candle burning at both ends and faces foes and friends, noting it gives a lovely light as the speaker endures hardship.
Beans and Breads From a Penny Pantry
A collection of old time kitchen recipes outlines baked beans with bacon and molasses, lemon tart filling, almond crinkle cakes, corn bread with sour cream, minced lamb sandwiches, raisin drop cakes, frosting, and related steps. It lists exact measures and steps for each dish.
Spring Day's Calm Reflections in Verse
A succinct literary fragment evokes a serene morning with dew on grass and the idea that God is in heaven and all is right with the world, attributed to Robt. Browning.
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Robt
Browning
Potatoes in Diverse Preparations From Soup to Stuffed Dishes
The excerpt outlines several potato preparations including Potato Soup with mashed potatoes in milk, Stuffed Potatoes with cream and egg whites, Franconia Potatoes roasted with the joint, plain sliced fried potatoes in butter, and a note on serving Pokeweed as a side dish. It emphasizes variety and cooking steps.
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South
Middle States
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