News of the Week Highlights From National Events
Inland Empire Teachers' association selects Dr. E O Sisson as president with Dr M Elliott as vice president and R L Kirk as treasurer. Judges Cushman and Evans rule on war and conscription while war industry labor ends a long San Francisco strike. Navy plans, antitrust reconsideration, wool stocks, and postwar funding projections shape national policy.
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E. O. Sisson
University of Montana At
Missoula
Inland Empire ‘Teachers’ Association
Spokane
M. Elliott
Idaho State Normal School
Lewiston
R. L. Kirk
Dalles
Ore
J. M. Hamilton
Montana State College
Bozeman
Educational Council
J. C. Eliott
Montana
Europe
United States
Walter Evans
Louisville
KK. BR. Cushman
State of Washington
Cushning
San Trrancisco
Government seeks large lamb purchase at Chicago stockyards
The United States intends to buy 3 730 000 pounds of lamb marking a first large wartime purchase. Lamb prices stay high with beef and pork. The order would keep major slaughterhouses in Chicago busy for about 15 days.
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United States
Chicago
National Wool Growers’ Association
Winter Wheat Crop Set To Be Largest On Record
Washington estimates the nation's winter wheat harvest at 837 million bushels the biggest ever, with government price guarantees to support the crop. Officials predict spring wheat between 225 and 800 million bushels, boosting total wheat value toward two and a half billion dollars while noting both surplus and potential prosperity for farmers.
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Washington
Department of Agriculture
Congress
America
United States
Cheap Clothes Likely to Be Cheaper in Fall 1919
Chicago officials say prices for medium and better clothing will not fall this fall and winter while cheaper lines may see no large reductions. The statement reflects the view of the National Association of Retail Clothiers and the National Association of Clothing Manufacturers after a meeting here yesterday.
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Chicago
National Association of Retail Clothiers
National Association of Clothing Manufacturers
Home Made Whiskey Suspected in Three Fatalities
Three people died in Freeport, OL, after consuming homemade whiskey believed to contain wood alcohol. Victims named are Mrs. Oscar Ruthe, Mrs. John Holiday, and Red Galbraith, who allegedly compounded the whiskey. Authorities investigate the deaths.
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Freeport
Oscar Ruthe
John Holiday
Red Galbraith
Galbraith
Strangler Lewis to wed Dr Ada Morton in New York
Robert Frederick known as Strangler Lewis, famed wrestler, will marry Dr Ada Scott Morton, a renowned California surgeon, on May 1 in New York. The couple announced their engagement in San Jose yesterday, with Lewis planning to continue wrestling. The romance began after Dr Morgan operated on Lewis following a match in Butte where his ankle was broken.
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San Jose
Cal
Robert Frederick
William Tyler Page to Become Clerk of the House
William Tyler Page, named clerk of the next House of Representatives, is among a small group who have served in Congress. He previously held the post as house minority clerk under Democratic rule and is famed as the winner of Baltimore’s prize for the best "America's Creed."
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William Tyler V Page
House of Representatives
Congress
House
Vily
Baltimore
Tacoma unions plan recall of city officials
Tacoma labor groups announce a bid to recall the entire city administration led by Mayor C M Widdell and commissioners I T Pettit HW Roy Harrison Fred Shoemaker Ira Davisson. A 25 member committee will organize petitions while a three person panel seeks releases for tagged day arrestees.
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Tacoma
Wash
C. M. Widdell
I. IT
Pettit
Roy Harrison
Fred Shoemaker
Ira
Davisson
Commissioner of Public Safety
Soldiers’ and Sailors ‘Council
Hibor Council
Citizens
Sil
Secretary Baker Sets Sail for France on Leviathan
Secretary Baker departed New York aboard the transport Leviathan bound for France. He travelled with CG. W. Cuthell, the war department rep for the American liquidation commission, and his secretary Stanley King.
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Baker
France
New York
Leviathan
CG. W. Cuthell
War Department
American Uquidation Commission
Stanley King
Minneapolis Grain Market Report April 9
Wheat receipts 234 cars vs 93 a year ago. Cash No. 1 northern 2.50. Corn No. 3 yellow 1.58 to 1.50. Oats No. 3 white 0.67 to 0.68. Flax 2.84 to 2.87. Flour unchanged. Shipments 86,630 barrels.
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Minneapolis Grain
Minneapolis
Chicago Livestock Market Report Shows Mixed Movements
Receipts total about 28 000 cattle and 14 000 sheep with steady to firmer demand. Beef steers and butcher stock ease slightly while stockers and feeders stay firm. calves and veal show varied gains. lambs trend unevenly lower with prices around 18 to 19.75 for light weight and up to 19.65 for best woolled. Cattle classes list price ranges across weights, with hogs and pigs priced from 17.60 to 18.50 in mixed trades.
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Chicago
Wweight
Omaha Livestock Market Report Summary
Omaha cattle hogs and sheep receipts detailed with price ranges from heavy hogs at 19.20 to 19.90, native cattle at 15.18 to 16.60, and lambs around 19.50 to 20.15. Receipts: hogs 14 000, cattle 5 800, sheep 9 800. market directions mixed with hogs higher and cattle and sheep lower.
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Omaha
St Paul Livestock Receipts and Prices Report
St Paul market receipts total 5,000 with steady to strong tone. Cattle receipts 7,000 with killers mostly steady to higher. steers 64 to 69. cattle cows and heifers 51 to 50. calves around 7.0. stockers and feeders 5.25 to 15.50. Sheep receipts 100 with lambs 12 to 19, wethers 14 to 15.25, ewes 5 to 14.
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St. Paul
Ashes Scattered Over Seattle Air Show Hero
Seattle homecoming for the Sixty third artillery corps honors Sergt A Hudson of the Eight Hundred seventy sixth aero squadron. Eddie Hubbard, local flyer, scattered Hudson’s ashes from an airplane and later returned the urn at the request of Hudson’s parents.
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Seattle
A. Hudson
Eddie Hubbard
Hubbard
Sixtythird Artillery Corps
Hudson
Aero
Rainbow Division Soldiers Leave Coblenz for Home
April 7 two train loads depart Coblenz carrying the 42nd Rainbow Division, including the 165th Infantry and New Yorks 69th. Other units follow: 38th division in Luxemburg prepares to sail, 82nd division to begin Rhine departure mid April, with shifts in General Bullard and Diekman commands shaping occupation forces.
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Coblenz
Brest
New York City
Rhine
38Rd
Iltihois
Luxemburg
France
82Nd
Wisconsin
Michigan
Rainbow
Atlantic
Government Will Use Surplus Army Motors
Washington reports Acting Secretary Crowell says the air department will take over surplus Army trucks and aircraft machines to aid road building and state cooperation. Deliveries under war contracts near peak. steel surplus estimated at about one million pounds, much in fabricated parts, to be disposed of as noncommercial scrip.
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Atlantic Ocean
Roosevelt
Irelimd
Azores
Congress
Chamber of Commerce of the
United States
War Department
Navy Department
Artiss Airplane & Motor Corporation
Buffalo
N. Y
United States Housing Corporation
Department of Labor
Federal Trade Commission
Representative Good
Iowa
House
Good
Eoen
Frank
Leslie Krueger
Neillsvlle
Wis
Harry Jenssen’ Withee
Caroline Krueger
Chicago
Wilson
Cincinnati
Apalachian
Mountain School Workers’ Organization
Knoxville
Tenn
Wleet Corporation
Industrial Board
Department of Commerce and Steel Manufacturers
J.D. Cox
Washington
Air Department
Crowell
Department of Aericuldire
Aettydtes
Mrr
Po Seconmo
Helena
Boards of Health
Cord
Morgan
Deer Lodge
Mike Anc
County Board of Death
Supreme Court
Bolshevik Attack Meets Repulse Near Archangel
Archangel April reports show allied forces mainly British and Russian repulsing a large Bolshevik assault in the Sreda Mekhrenga area. The clash left many Bolshevik dead, with nearly 100 prisoners captured including a battalion commander and adjutant as American patrols harass near Bolsheia Ozerki.
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Archangel
Sreda Mekhrenga
Bolsheia Ozerki
France Leader Clemenceau Intervenes in Cottin Case
President Poincare commutes Emile Cottin's death sentence to one year in prison for his February 10 shooting attempt on Premier Clemenceau. The measure follows a recommendation from Clemenceau.
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Poincare
France
Emile Cottin
Premier Clemenceau
M. Clemenceau
Michigan Votes Dry as 3/4 Counties Back Amendment
Inciplete returns from nearly every county show about three fourths of the total vote in favor of the constitutional amendment legalizing beer and wine sales, a margin of 90,000 and 30,000 over the 1916 dry lead. Prohibition leaders forecast a larger majority. The Republican state ticket won minor offices and a $50,000,000 highway construction program was adopted.
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Michigan
Detroit
Mich
Livestock Now Targets Estray Fund Purse In Montana
State officials plan to publish estray notices and locate owners to distribute about 30,000 dollars remaining from cattle sales. The livestock commission says 750,000 dollars were collected from eastern markets, with 30,000 still undistributed, while misapplied sales and brand disputes prompted adjustments and hearings.
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Raymond
State Livestock Commission
Hvestoeck Commission
Chicago
Montana
Nho Shipper
Hese
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Wssen
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