Tornado Toll Tops 140 as Mississippi Alabama Hit
A powerful tornado swept across eastern Mississippi parts of Alabama and northern Tennessee, killing at least 140, with Meridian and Aberdeen among the hardest hit. Towns like Rose Hill and Philadelphia suffered widespread destruction, while floods and damaged roads hinder aid.
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Birmingham
Ala
Mississippi
Alabama
Tennessee
Philadelphia
Miss
Meridian
Aberdeen
Rose Hill
Lauderdale County
Williamson
Maury
Glen
Alcorn
Ingomar
Egypt
Baker
Bay Spring
Neshoba County
Sheffield
Gurley
Little Cove
Waco
Tennesseine
Palmer Leads Hoke Smith in Georgia Primary Contest
Nebraska primary results trickle in as voters pick presidential preferences and 32 national delegates. Early tallies show Johnson leading a Republican ticket including Wood and Pershing while Hitchcock and Bryan vie for at large Democratic delegates.
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Johnson
Wood
Nebraska
Hitchcock
Bryan
Mississippi
Alabama
Palmer
Hoke Smith
Georgia
Omaha
Neb
John J. Pershing
Leonard Wood
United States
Hiram W. Johnson
Robert Ross
Lexington
G. M. Hitchcock
Douglas County
Pershing
Ross
Shallenberger
Neville
McNeay
Noble
San Francisco
Stephens
Berge
Thomas
William J. Bryan
Hundreds Homeless in Central Ohio Floods Rise
Heavy rains and cloudbursts in Central and Southeastern Ohio caused property and crop losses in the thousands of dollars. Greene County roads and bridges washed out. New Burlington residents moved to upper floors. Xenia cellars flooded. wheat in the Hocking Valley damaged. a severe storm hit Lancaster. Sidney saw hundreds evacuating as the Great Miami River rose. Newark residents moved to higher ground amid flood fears on the Licking River.
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Ohio
West Fork Creek
Tenth District
Cumminsville
Camp Washington
Sedamsville
Downy Store
Fourth
Vine Streets
Probasco Avenue
Kentucky
West Virginia
Little Miami
New Baltimore
Falmouth
Cynthiana
Columbus
Greene County
New Burlington
Xenia
Hocking River
Lancaster
Sidney
Miami
Newark
East End Cellars Flooded by Heavy Rain
Heavy rainfall across Hamilton County and beyond caused sewer backups flooding East End cellars and streets. College Hill and Ludlow lines suspended service. a retaining wall collapsed near the Dixie highway. backwater delayed Ft. Thomas line. homes including 3417 Golden avenue marooned.
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Hamilton County
Ohio
College Hill
Ludlow
Dixie Highway
Southern Depot
Ft. Thomas
Bonnie Leslie
Golden Avenue
East End
Henry Horstman
Storm floods Bellevue carnival grounds with wild animal escape scare
A miniature cloudburst drenched the Belle Vue Ball Park in Bellevue Kentucky flooding the circus grounds. Lions, tigers and other beasts were moved to safety as water rose four feet in an hour. Bears roamed tents before being secured. A movie man filmed the chaos from the grandstand. Rumors of escaped animals spread quickly.
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Sheesley
Bellevue
Ft. Thomas
Campbell County
Gold Buckled Overalls Now Offered at $40
Newark, April 20 Details from a local merchant advertise substantial one piece overalls in various fashion able models. Plain overalls range $2.25 to $3.50 while belt buckled versions with precious metal or rhinestone buckles are priced from $40 to $50.25 and $43.50 to $42.25 respectively.
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Newark
N. J
Potatoes From South Hit Record Prices in Cincinnati
New South potatoes arrive in Cincinnati with wholesale prices at 22 per three-bushel barrel and a record 7.33 per bushel for early stock. Northern potatoes in storage bring 7.50 per hundred pounds, seed potatoes from Minnesota at 9 per hundred. High seed prices may reduce plantings, possibly lifting future consumer prices. The Bureau of Markets notes hundreds of cars moving through Cincinnati.
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Cincinnati
Minnesota
Bureau of Markets
Potato King Indicted on Profiteering Charge
Federal Grand Jury returned two indictments, naming Eugene A. Sullivan known as a potato king, and William H. Fleming with Henry Schulte of New York and New Jersey Produce Company, all accused of profiteering in potatoes. Pleading set for tomorrow.
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New York
Federal Grand Jury
A. W. Reily
Eugene A. Sullivan
William H. Fleming
Henry Schulte
New York and
New Jersey Produce Company
Harrison Boy Walks After Healer Touch at St Pauls
Tangible results from a healing mission led by James Moore Hickson at St Pauls Cathedral are reported in Harrison Ohio. William Weston Rosenfelder, 11, once a paralytic, is said to walk unaided and begin talking after the healer laid on hands. Other cures are being reported and authenticated by Episcopal rectors.
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James Moore Hickson
St. Paul’s Cathedral
William Weston Rosenfelder
William Rosenfelder
Harrison
Hickson
Stuart Purves
Body of 14 year old found in Indianapolis creek
The body of Martha Huff, 14, found in Eagle Creek near Washington street after being enticed away from home by an unknown Black person. She had been assaulted multiple times and stripped before being thrown into the creek.
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Indianapolis Creek
Indianapolis
Ind
Martha Huff
Eagle Creek
Washington Street
Geddes to Colby for Diplomatic Privileges
Washington April 20. Arrangements were made for the presentation of Sir Auckland Geddes the newly arrived British ambassador to Secretary Colby at the State Department. He was to receive the same privilege as his predecessor Lord Grey and about six other diplomatic representatives to transact embassy business pending credentials to President Wilson.
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Washington
Sir Auckland Geddes
Colby
State Department
Lord Grey
Wilson
H. J. Boland
New York
Auckland Geddes
United States
Treland
Mr. Boland
House OKs $390 Million Deficiency Bill for Railroad Administration
Washington April 20 The House passed without dissent a deficiency appropriation bill granting $390,000,000 to the Railroad Administration to wind up its affairs.
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Washington
House Today
Railroad Administration
Wilson pressures Congress to act on high cost of living
President Wilson hints at keeping Congress in session through the hot months to push bills on tariff reform excess profits taxes soldier relief and government economy while members seek campaign time and districts. The White House questions Congress absence as it reviews stalled measures and recommendations from the last message by David Lawrence.
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White House
Wilson
Congress
Girl Spirited Away From Station in Kentucky Case
An eighteen year old girl, Elizabeth May of Jackson County Kentucky, vanished after being led to a taxi at Central Union Station in Baltimore by a stranger. Her brother Walter May reported the abduction to police after waiting for a ride to Hamilton Ohio. Police lacked taxi license numbers and had only a vague description as they searched for clues.
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Central Union Station
Walter May
Jackson County
Baltimore & Ohio
Fifth and Baymiller Streets
May
Elizabeth
Hamilton
Kentucky
Union Station
Fourth District
Newport Police Probe Captivity Case In Carlisle Avenue Home
Irene Worthington nine reports being held in a vacant room at 857 Carlisle Avenue by Richard Bailes a 35 year old Black resident. Worthington returned home after missing since Sunday and Bailes was arrested on suspicion. Police and parents searched Newport and Cincinnati before Irene disclosed the captivity and the alleged voluntary stay. Bailes denied harm and claimed the girl came to his home of her own free will citing affection for his family.
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Carlisle Avenue
Irene Worthington
West Second Street
Newport
Richard Bailes
Fourth District
Cincinnati
Ralles
Plot rumors rattle officials over uprisings abroad
London officials opened an investigation into rumors of a coordinated plot to spark uprisings in Egypt Ireland India and Canada in June. British authorities consider Irish Americans as potential funders while parliament member Boland argues Ireland speaks for itself in the international dispute.
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London
Egypt
Ireland
India
Canada
New York
United States
South Wales
Sir Auckland Geddes
Great Britain
Britain
America
Teachers Reject Board Plan for Pay Increase
Cincinnati public school teachers demand a flat 500 yearly raise rejecting a tenure based boost. At Woodward High School the group urged uniform raises to aid all members, condemning the plan as unequal and contrary to cost of living, with leaders calling for immediate permanent pay hikes.
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Cincinnati Association of Public School
Woodward High School
W. C. Sayrs
Association
W. M. Henderson
Boys’ Special School
Henderson
J.M. Hamilton
East Side High School
J. W Ritchie
Hughes High School
Lucy J. de Mar
Woman Teachers’ Association
Noel Hosea
Carson School
A. le Byter
Sherman School
Lincoln
Belgium
E. F. Macke
The
Men Teachers’ Association
Raschi
Board of Education
Bankers Wear Overalls in Dress Down Clothing Costs
Cincinnati bankers led by Morris Plan Bank Vice President J Castle Ridgway wore blue denim overalls on "jumper" to protest high clothing prices. Board involvement, police reactions, and similar dress campaigns by Federal Employees Union 25 and local mayor in Emporia followed in a broader push for frugality.
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J. Castle Ridgway
Morris Plan Bank
Cincinnati
Ridgway
Bank
Stock Exchange
Dc. A. Hinsch
Fifth-Third National Bank
Casey Jones
Arthur Morgan
United States Printing and Lithographing Company
Frank Kuhr
Second District
Kipling
Judy O’grady
Federal Building
Cincinnati Federal Employees’ Union 25
Labor Temple
William E. Chamberlin
Clubs Form Across Cities Fight Rising Clothing Costs
Yesterday several organizations sprang up in Athens Ohio, St. Louis Missouri, Lorain Ohio, and Michell South Dakota to curb clothing expenses. Lorain formed an old clothes club to curb profiteering on overalls while St. Louis saw multiple societies including a celluloid collar club a cotton stockings club and a patch club aimed at reducing clothing costs.
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Athens
St. Louis
Lorain
Michell
S. D
Representative Upshaw Appears in Long Coat on Capitol Hill
Georgia congressman Upshaw explained to House members that he abandoned his overalls due to cool weather and a cold. With him only one member remains in the “overall brigade” on Capitol Hill, a House clerk.
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Representative Upshaw
Georgia
House of Representatives
Capitol Hill
House
Palmer Leads Georgia Democratic Endorsement Race
At midnight April 20 with 131 of 155 counties reported A. Mitchell Palmer led in unofficial Georgia ballot returns for the Democratic Presidential Endorsement. Palmer held 48 counties and 132 convention votes versus Watson's 46 counties and 109 votes and Smith's 37 counties and 89 votes.
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Watson
Parker
Louisiana
Atlanta
Mitchell Palmer
Thomas E. Watson
Hoke Smith
United States
Georgia
Atlanta Constitution
Palmer
Smith
Cummings Chosen Temporary Chairman for National Convention
Homer Cummings, chairman of the Democratic National Committee, elected temporary chair of the San Francisco convention opening June 28 and to deliver the keynote address. The committee also formed a program sub committee on women’s enfranchisement to present at the convention. General William S Bruce Haldeman resigns as Kentucky national committeeman due to ill health.
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Chicago
Homer
Cummings
Democratic National Committee
San Francisco
Hig
League of Nations
Michigan
United States
Republican Congress
Democratic Party
Women's Advisory Board
Mr. Cummings
William S38ruce Haldeman
Louisville
Kentucky
Harding Denounces Eleventh Hour Attacks in Columbus
Senator Warren G. Harding denounced recent pamphlets as eleventh hour attacks aimed at injuring the Republican party. In Columbus he asserted he is on record on the liquor issue and would not dodge his record. He spoke en route to Richmond Indiana.
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the Commercial Tribune
Columbus
Warren G. Harding
Richmond
Ind
Marshall Raps Too Free Speech At AP Banquet
Vice President Marshall addressed the Associated Press at its annual meeting in New York, praising freedom of speech and press while arguing rights differ for native born and immigrant Americans. He urged newspapers to defend justice, constitutional old principles, and warned against sensational crime coverage.
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Marshall
Associated Press
New York
America
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League of ‘Nations
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Wildons Club
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David Lawrence, Inc
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Emporia
Kan
J. C. Brogan
Grace Methodist Church
Harding
Flanders
France
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