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Newspaper
Cincinnati Commercial Tribune
Location
Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Apr 04, 1920
Page
1
Herbert Hoover, ready to accept the Republican nomination if demanded, asks not to be pressured by independent calls to enter another party. He cites limited partisan activity and his mining engineering career as factors, notes his fundraising and the need for open books, and urges supporters to respect other candidates and delegates.
Washington reports from April 3 describe a heated split among Republicans over a joint resolution declaring peace. The article notes potential clashes with the Constitution and the danger of forcing Germany into treaty rights, with Democrats preparing to push a strengthening of congressional authority.
At Hoover headquarters Major Joseph C. Green said Michigan voters will back Hoover spontaneously with little organization. Hoover will appear on both parties ballots due to Michigan law. Reports from California and Oregon show growing Hoover activity and enthusiasm on the eve of the primary.
Conservators of Mrs. W. W. Kimball estate urged the Chicago Art Institute to assume custody of a $2,000,000 art hoard amid fears of theft. The collection includes Rembrandt’s Portrait of His Father from 1630, Reynolds, Turner, Gainsborough, Miller, Romney, and Corot works.
Weather Bureau forecasts show Easter finery parades in the eastern United States will be troubled by showers. Today brings fair conditions east of the Mississippi, but tomorrow clouds, showers, and possible downpours diminish hopes for Easter finery with unseasonably cool temperatures noted in several states. New England may escape tomorrow’s rain, though showers could arrive tomorrow night.
Snow and cold spread across the West with heavy snow in Denver and Western Montana and Colorado. Nebraska and Wyoming report single digit to ten degree readings as blizzards close Kansas rail lines and trigger large snow drifts up to six feet in places.
Thousands of Greenwich Village Chelsea Gramercy Park dwellings now bachelor studios and housekeeping apartments are derided as fire traps and birth control houses by Tenement House Commissioner Frank Mann. He promises legal action once housing shortage eases.
Night watchman John Pointer was knocked through a lobby glass door while trying to quell a fight at the Olympic Theater. Four men, barred for disorderly conduct, were arrested and taken to the Second District Police Station. Pointer was hospitalized with a scalp wound.
Valencia County report of two pre volcanic skeletons in a prehistoric house was an April Fool hoax. Amad92 Chavez of Santa Fe admitted he was victimized after issuing the statement describing the find.
About 700 switchmen on the Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul line and 350 on the Chicago Junction Railroad walk out over wage demands. Union seeks reinstatement of President Grunau, raises to foremen and switchmen, and overtime pay. a general tie up could halt terminal operations before Monday, impacting stock shipments and prompting embargo warnings.
In Cincinnati Easter services echo the first Easter hymn as churches sing anthems and floral displays bloom despite a tough winter. Prices for cut flowers rise while eggs turn into chocolate bunnies. Archbishop Moeller leads Pontifical mass at St Peter's Cathedral as various churches announce programs for the holiday.
Dispatches to the State Department report wholesale raids on Petrograd homes by the Soviet government to fund pay for Commissars and high officials. The operation, dubbed golden week, seized gold articles and jewelry, reflecting extensive extortion in the former Russian capital.
General Leonard Wood ends his first Ohio swing for the Republican nomination with a Memorial Hall address as his fourth speech of the day. He and Mrs. Wood head to Chicago, with a new Ohio tour slated before the April 27 primaries. He urges immigration regulation, a strong foreign policy, and a square deal for all. He praises Americanization and cautions against war expenses while stressing future lessons. Later he speaks to a teachers’ meeting.
Edna Enocks 13, daughter of Mr and Mrs Edward Enocks, of Richville road, Buckhill School seventh grade pupil, was killed when a tree toppled by a windstorm struck her head near the school as she walked home from class yesterday afternoon in Canton Ohio.
General Harbord concludes a U S mandate could solve the Turkish problem outlining Constantinople as part of a unified mandate area He estimates 59000 troops needed for year one and a first year cost of 275 million including 88 5 million for army and navy He lists thirteen pro and con arguments with implications for U S policy and League of Nations duties report dated October 9 1919 and sent to the Senate.
Government experts report 1600 gallons of whisky taken from the Old ’76 Distillery bonded warehouse at Finchtown near Newport. The 40 barrels worth about 50000 dollars sparked a larger pattern of thefts as federal indictments loom for Covington figures connected to multiple whisky robberies this year.
Government experts report plants depend on light, not temperature, for nourishment and can mature year round by adjusting daylight. Greenhouse studies show flowering and fruiting respond to lengthened or shortened days using artificial light or morning and evening darkening. The work by W. W. Garner and H. A. Allard suggests day length may even affect animals, with too much daylight hindering flowering and enabling vegetative overgrowth.
German government troops push through the Ruhr region driving insurgents back with fast advances from the right center and left wings. Reds appear poorly coordinated under nonprofessional leaders while Reichswehr captures Duisburg and Ruhrort after street fighting. Paris notes Millerand warns Germany over Ruhr incursions breaching Versailles terms.
Belfast and Dublin report intensified military patrols ahead of Easter as Sinn Fein prisoners clash in Londonderry Jail. Roadblocks and searches target drivers and passengers while soldiers occupy colleges and houses near Pearse and Duffy related sites.
President Monroe Stowe of the University of Toledo was elected president of the Ohio Academy of Social Sciences at the closing session in Columbus. D. C. Sowers of Akron, director of the Bureau of Municipal Research and secretary of the Joint Committee on Administrative Reorganization, was elected vice president.
At Buffalo Creek near Hazard Kentucky a pitched battle left two alleged moonshiners Robert Cornett and Kilburn and two deputy sheriffs Logan Johnson and Jerry Cornett wounded. Deputies and three others tried to arrest the bootleggers who opened fire prompting the clash.
Rear Admiral Sims, president of the Naval War College, asks for Major E. L. King to join the faculty to boost army navy cooperation in war problem study. Previously army officers attended classes but were not faculty members.
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