Swain’s Island History Ties US Samoa Jurisdiction Claim
A U S House resolution extends American sovereignty over Swains Island in Samoa. The atoll, 1.5 by 1 mile and 20 feet high, has a long Jennings family history and unclear jurisdiction since 1899. Early notes describe inhabitants, cocoanut plantation, and a small, weathered economy.
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New York World News Service
Washington
Isla de Gente Hermosa
Olosega
Jennings
Turnbull
Eli Jennings
Samoa
New England
Apolon
Swain's Island
Maria Jennings
Eli Hutchinson Jennings
Swain
Anne Elizabeth Carruthers
Irving Hertherington Carruthers
Alexander Jennings
Carruthers
United States
American Samoa
Jennin
Apia
Germany
Great Britain
Western Samoa
Swains Island
Congress
Enguano Islands
Little Island
Gilbert Islands
State Department
Britain
Western Pacific
Quiros
Tax Deputies Open Stations Across Cincinnati For Returns
Internal Revenue collectors are on duty daily at multiple Cincinnati stations to aid taxpayers in preparing returns and avoiding penalties before the March 16 deadline. Locations include Dow station, Fifth and Vine, Union Savings Bank, Brighton Bank, Clifton Heights, Clifton Avenue, Walnut Hills, Melrose and McMillan, Cumminsville Cosmpolitan Bank, West End banks, Norwood First and Norwood National Banks, Oakley Bank, and Hyde Park Savings Bank with hours varied by site.
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Collector of Internal Revenue
Dow
Fifth
Vine
Dow’s
Fourth
Plum
Union Savings Bank
Court
Railway Clerks’ Bank
Brighton
Brighton Bank
Clifton Heights
Western Bank and Trust Company
Clifton Avenue
McMillan
Walnut Hills
Provident Savings Bank
Melrose
Cumminsville
Cosmopolitan Bank
Hamilton Avenue
West End
Cincinnati Bank and Trust Company
Eighth Street
State Avenue
Norwood
First National Bank
Norwood National Bank
Oakley
Oakley Bank
Hyde Park
Hyde Park Savings Bank
Newport bank messenger robbed in daylight street caper
Four youths halted Frank Hughes a Citizens Bank messenger in Newport Kentucky on Eighth and York. They grabbed his satchel containing 500 dollars then fled by car as the tea spilled from the kettle. Onlookers and a clergyman watched a chaotic caper end with the money returned and thieves vanished toward Cincinnati.
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Newport
Eighth
York Streets
Frank B. Hughes
Isabella Street
Newpor
Citizens Bank and Trust Company
Hughes
First Baptist Church of
Ohio River
Cincinnati
Harvey
Harry Sparrell
West Tenth Street
Wolff
Campbell Circuit Court
Joseph Konen
Third Street
Monmouth Street
Alexandria Pike
Hardy sugar cane could double U.S. sugar yield to 600 million tons
USDA scientists report a transplanted hybrid cane from domestic stock and a Java variety may yield 600 million tons in the United States, doubling current production. The work aims to push cultivation about 100 miles north of the Canal Zone and resist diseases and heat.
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U.S
New York World News Service
Washington
Department of Agriculture
United States
Hughes and family sail for Bermuda vacation
New York reports Charles E. Hughes Mrs Hughes and their daughter Elizabeth sailing for Bermuda for a two months vacation in good health and high spirits. Hughes said I feel very pleasantly toward everybody.
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New York
Charles E. Hughes
Hughes
Elizabeth
Bermuda
Cincinnati's Commercial Tribune Celebrates Ideal Builders
The piece praises Cincinnati communities for turning dreams into reality through diverse civic work. It credits the newspaper’s ideal of fair news and advertising as earning the city’s confidence and support for ideals in modern urban life.
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Cincinnati
Commercial Tribune
Tiger Clemenceau Observes Paris Show For Lighting Invention
Paris March 7 The Tiger Clemenceau attends a flashy Paris revue to study calcium light effects on the chorus. He forgets the usher’s tip after paying with a 60 franc note and repays later with a 10 franc note, joking that the usher has a mustache and should shave.
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Associated Press
Paris
Clemenceau
France
M. Clemenceau
Rue Franklin
Willis A Moore Praises Cincinnati Safety Drive
Dr. Willis A. Moore former director of the Greater Cincinnati Safety Council and now connected with the National Safety Exposition in Cleveland discussed Cincinnati safety problems with W. C. Culkins of the Chamber of Commerce. He endorsed the chamber’s plan to convene a joint conference of over 100 officials and leaders to energize the local safety movement citing rising accidents and deaths and urging immediate action.
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Willis A. Moore
Greater
Cincinnati
Dr. Moore
Female Parrots Dislike Women in Berlin Court
In Berlin a district court commissioner ruled against Frau Horn in a suit over a female parrot named Lora. The bird attacked her owner and torn her hat, while Lora showed affection to Kraemer, the dealer, implying the parrot’s temperament rather than misrepresentation.
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Associated Press
Berlin
Frau Horne
Herr Kraemer
Lora
Sora
Kraemer
Frau Horn
Hair Returns to Fashion in Paris Amid Shingle Rebound
Parisians dig into storage to reclaim hair saved during last season. Women fetch locks to weave into plaits and chignons as new hair grows, while a new head dress features a double Grecian filet with gilded leaves and a large black tulle chou at the back.
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Paris
Roof Collapse Injures Twenty-Five in Torrington
Twenty-five people were injured when a tabernacle roof under construction by volunteers collapsed in Torrington Connecticut. Thirteen suffered serious injuries as sixty workers were on the roof, with excessive weight blamed for the failure.
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Torrington
Conn
P. and G. Employees Celebrate Profit Sharing Anniversary
The Procter and Gamble Company held its seventy fifth semi annual profit sharing celebration at Music Hall with employees and guests standing due to a full house. William Cooper Procter spoke praising profit sharing and job security while the P. and G. Chorus of 200 delivered choral numbers directed by C. Hugo Grimm. The program featured The Feast of the Kol Folk and a fifteen minute syncopation by the Chubb Steinberg orchestra.
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Procter & Gamble Company
Music Hall
William Cooper Procter
Whittier
C. Hugo Grimm
Cincinnati
Grimm
Procter
Chubb-Steinberg Recording Orchestra
Matilda H. Brooks
Elizabeth D. Langhorst
Sprano
Howard Hafford
Alfred Hartzell
May Festival Chorus
License for Realty Men Discussed at Meeting
Representatives from the Cincinnati Real Estate Board urged Hamilton County legislators to support a pending House bill to license all realty dealers in the state. They argued the law would exclude unreliable “fly-by-night” operators, with P. Lincoln Mitchell Myers Y. Cooper and Theodore Mayer presenting the board’s case.
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Cincinnati Real Estate Board
Hamilton County
Real Estate Board
P. Lincoln Mitchell
Myers Y. Cooper
Theodore Mayer
French Casino Owners Face Higher Profit Tax Threat
French casino owners say gambling will shrink as a 90 percent profit tax rises. They would turn over 70 percent of 204 million francs to the state and charities, with a 20 percent surcharge possible unless the Senate acts. Twenty of France's 134 casinos drive most business, while cashing foreign checks and extending credits remain risks. Managers press Senate to avoid further tax hikes.
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Senate
France
Paris
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Americas
Pacific
Gallardo
Messenger
Louisiana
W. C. Procter
THE
Robt. J. Bonser CO. Wholesale
Race and Pearl
Latta
WEAF
Thermiodyne
Wurlitzer
Thermiodyne Radio
East 4Th Street
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