Bryan accused in film project suit over prohibition movie plan
William Jennings Bryan faces a lawsuit at the Chicago Coliseum press platform filed by George R. Dalton who claims a contract to produce a prohibition themed motion picture with Bryan as hero and seeks enforcement of terms including profit sharing and time investment. Dalton says Bryan refused to fulfill the pact and Bryan later got a copyright on using his lectures for a screenplay. Dalton cites $12,000 spent plus labor valued at $25,000.
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William Jennings Bryan
Bryan
Chiccago
George R. Dalton
Dalton
Edward F. Goltra
St. Louis
Republican women push for fifty fifty role in party councils
Mary Garrett Hay of New York, leader in the Republican Women’s division, calls for full recognition of women voters in the party on a fifty fifty basis. She warns that excluding women from secret councils could cause resentment and influence male voters reading convention dynamics.
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General Federation of Women's Clubs
Mary Garrett Hay
New York
Republican National Executive Committee
Miss Hay
Mary Booth a Springfield photomicrographer turns life around
Mary A Booth of Springfield Massachusetts rose from long invalid status to become a leading photomicrographer. She studies seaweed and insect anatomy with a microscope and holds fellowships in major societies. An exhibit of her work is planned at the Washington bureau of entomology.
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Mary A. Booth
Springfield
Mass
Long Island
Royal Microscopical Society of London
American Society For the Advancement of Science
New York Microscopical Society
Bureau of Entomology
Washington
Cummins Poised for Another Term in U S Senate
Senator Albert B. Cummins of Des Moines appears set for re election. His current term ends March 3 1921 and he was backed by Republican conservatives amid Iowa GOP strength. Cummins age seventy a lawyer began in the 22nd Iowa legislature and rose to governor in 1902 before filling a vacancy in the U S senate in 1908.
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Albert B. Cummins
Senate
Iowa
Kenyon
Senator Cummins
Des Moines
Republican National Committee
United States Senate
W. B. Allison
Yellowstone Lake level rises five feet higher
Lake Yellowstone is five feet above its September level and near its 1918 peak. A proposed dam could raise the lake up to seven feet for irrigation storage. Only minor scenery impact is expected as mostly small features would be submerged.
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Yellowstone Park
Livingston
Yellowstone
Jerome G. Locke
Grand Canyon
Yellowstone Lake
Locke
Women Politicians Warned by Dean Stone
Dean A L Stone told Missoula audience that politics must not override natural laws and urged women to enter politics only if they keep their mother instinct and raise standards. He said women in politics are justified when they pursue service and Americanization should be taught to immigrants.
Mail violation case sets September trial in Great Falls
Art M. Anderson of Dover Montana pleads not guilty to mailing libelous letters against the Montana Loyalty League. Bond set at 300 dollars. A 19 year old, Charles B. Floyd, pleads guilty to Grace Montana post office burglary with sentence suspended. potential navy recruitment noted.
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Grace
Mont
Navy
Floyd
Acquit Youth Kidnapping Case At Fort Shaw
A kidnapping charge against Clarence Hoyt, 20, of Fort Shaw, was dropped after it emerged the 18 year old Phyllis Wright consented to elope. Hoyt had been arrested while attempting to obtain a license to wed Wright, a Fort Shaw School girl, in Great Falls.
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Great Falls
Clarence Hoyt
Fort Shaw
Phyllis Wright
Wright
Hoyt
Butte Garbage Men Quit Over City Warrants
Butte Montana garbage collectors quit work on orders from their union due to difficulty cashing city warrants. The city contracts with Montana Garbage Disposal for disposal service. A conference of city officials was called to address the warrant issue and the public was warned to burn all garbage until a disposal solution is found.
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Butte
Montana Garbage Disposal Company
Commissioner of Public Works
Yank Troops In Germany Face Quiet Frontline Routine
Reporting from Coblenz, the American bridgehead along the Rhine now numbers 769 officers and 18,219 men with Antwerp detachments. The piece describes daily life in German towns, the town major and burgomeister enforcing order, and locals reacting to the occupation amid social and economic activity including a pottery works supplying souvenir plates for soldiers.
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Germany
Coblenz
Yankee Army
New York
Doctor Kupp
Ruhr
Foch
Rhine
Frankfort
Katherine Gay
New York Post
Ruhr Valley
Antwerp
Belgium
Paumbach
Ransbach
Rhineland
Berlin
Paris
Hitle
Ehrenbreitstein
Child
Army of Occupation
Alabama
France
America
Pupils Build Barn In Berlin Heights School Project
In Berlin Heights Ohio J C Whitney agriculture instructor plans hands on learning by having pupils plant and care for crops in the field and to build a barn to house implements. Whitney said arrangements are being made to give students more actual experience through the project.
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Berlin Heights
Ohio
J.C. Whitney
Whitney
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Dean Stone
Art Anderson
Montana Loyalty League
Liars
Helena
United States
Watervnlet Arsenal
Ond
YANK
Baumbach
Vielbach
Dernbach
Nentershausen
HULL
Jacobs Shipyards
City Island
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