World disarmament urged by U S official in hearings
Henry White former Versailles negotiator told the House naval committee that world disarmament is overdue to curb taxation. he favored US leadership at the talks and warned France might resist land cuts while Bolshevism spreads. Senator France proposed a 1935 naval reduction pact among US Britain and Japan. Dead Bandits Reward offered after a bank robbery attempt in Kansas City. Paris walls to become building stone for postwar projects. A Swedish dispatch notes Austria seeking union with Germany. King Albert's car struck two children in Belgium killing a girl and injuring a boy.
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Union News Service
Washington
Henry White
France
Roosevelt
House Naval Committee
United States
General Pershing
Tasker H. Biles
Supreme War Council
Daniels
Davis
Mate Department
White
Great Britain
Germany
Harding
Wilson
House Committee
Maryland
Senate
Japan
Borah
Idaho
Soldiers Cannot Sue Government Over Train Injury
In Montgomery Alabama the court rejected Jacob Moon's appeal asserting a soldier cannot sue the government for damages. Moon claimed train employees locked him out of his car during a lunch stop at Alexander City and he was injured stepping from the train.
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Montgomery, Aln
State Sun- Court
Jacob Moon
Hallroads
Walker D. Hines
Alexander City
Congress Limits Army To 175000 Enlisted Men
Congress moved to cap the regular army at 175000, with the Senate and House approving joint resolutions directing the secretary of war to stop enlistments. Debate touched on economy, Pershing’s safety margin, and Japan questions amid no party split.
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Union News Baretow
Washington
Congress
Senate
New
Indiana
House
Kahn
Military Affairs Committee
Secretary of War
Bee
Texas
Blackman
Alabama
Cody
Maryland
Cramton
Michigan
Joint Conference Committee
War Department
Pershing
Baker
Senate Military Committee
Wilson
Phelan
California
Williams
Mississippi
Pacific
Japan
Yap
America
Open Shop Upheld By National Manufacturers
C. Mason president of the National Association of Manufacturers declares the open shop the true American standard where no one gets special privileges and all have equal chance. He cites long-time association support and urges Congress to remove government shackles on private business to quell national discontent.
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Chicago
C. Mason
National Association of Manufacturers
Mason
Congress
No-Blue Sunday League Inc Formed in Albany
The No-Blue Sunday League Inc has been incorporated in Albany New York with Secretary of State J J Lyons listed. The group aims to promote activities that restrain the making of annoying harassing and unfair blue Sunday laws and to do any act in compliance with the law to benefit those interested in limiting blue Sunday laws.
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Albany, N. Y
No-Blue Sunday League, Inc
J. J. Lyons
New York
Robbers Take Rialto Safe In St Louis Heist
Three men robbed the Rialto theater vaudeville house in central St. Louis and escaped with a safe containing about $3,500. Police investigated the bold daytime burglary at the Rialto known venue.
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St. Louis
Settlement on Child Denied in Chicago Court
Judge Dunne plans to continue fights over the Field estate to secure a larger share for Mia Marah’s illegitimate son by Henry Field. Peggy Marsh’s marriage to Albert Johnson from Cleveland is noted amid the dispute and a claimed 850000 settlement is disputed by John P. Wilson for the Field estate.
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Chicago
Peggy Marsh
Albert Johnson
Cleveland
Dunne
Mia
Marah
Henry Field
John P. Wilson
Reprisals Fight Cork Martial Law Quietly Unfolds
In Cork city two Washington street houses housing Royal Irish Constabulary members were blown up by military engineers after being warned. A cordon blocked all entry and exit as explosions shattered the area, while officials said attackers fired from surrounding homes. Major General Strickland hailed martial law as a success as he spoke of vigilance and eventual collapse of Republican activity.
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Cork
Ireland
Cork City
Washington Street
Royal Irish Constabulary
Dwyer
Sion Fein
Strickland
Associated Press
Tax on disability payments for veterans clarified
Washington reports unmarried war veterans must pay income tax at 4 percent on disability payments over 1000 dollars a year. Those in service face tax only on amounts above 3500 dollars. War risk insurance payments are not taxable.
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Washington
Treasury Department
Connecticut Woman Suffrage Association Dissolves After 51 Years
The Connecticut Woman Suffrage Association ends after decades of work in New Haven. Founders include Susan B. Anthony, Isabelle Beecher Hooker, Harriet Beecher Stowe, Julia Ward Howe, and William Lloyd Garrison. Frances Ebbien Burr, 69, survives as the lone pioneer, having served as secretary from 1860 to 1920.
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Suffrage Society Dieband
New Haven
Conn
Connecticut Woman Suffrage Association
Susan B. Anthony
Isabelle Beecher Hooker
Harriet Beecher Stowe
Julia Ward Howe
D. Stowe
William Lloyd Garrison
Hartford
Frances Ebbilen Burr
Pioneer
Untermyer Urges Immediate Congress Inquiry Into Justice Dept
Samuel Untermyer urged a swift congressional probe of the Department of Justice and the alien property custodian office in New York. He warned of mortifying scandals and claimed vast patronage and possible corruption, insisting any investigation be nonpartisan and guided by experienced counsel.
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Union News Service
New York
Department of Justice
Samuel Untermyer
Untermyer
Legislative Committee
Building Trust
Congress
Lockwood Committee
Train Hits Slide Near Stine Nevada Hurling Passengers
Scores of passengers on Train No. 19 of the Salt Lake line bound for Los Angeles were shaken up and bruised when the Continental Limited crashed into a landslide that had on the track about ten miles west of Stine Nevada. The collision sent several people to the floor of cars as the train derailed.
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Los Angeles
Calif
Salt Lake Line
Stine
Nev
Hamon Trial Set in Carter County District Court
Judge T W Champion announced the docket for Carter County District Court will open March 28. The case of Mrs. Clara Smith Hamon charged with shooting Juke Hamon is set for March 10 in Ardmore Oklahoma.
Oklahoma House considers curbing nocturnal disturbances
A bill in the Oklahoma House would make creating loud snoring or talking in sleep unlawful and punishable. First offense carries loss of breakfast, second offense requires living with a mother in law for a set period, and fines from 100 to 1000 dollars for third and subsequent offenses.
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Oklahoma City
Okla
Oklahoma House
Barbour Plan Killed in Redistricting Fight
In a final showdown the House adopted a reapportionment bill keeping the total House seats at 435 for ten years. The tally approved the 435 maximum amid a flurry of amendments while noting which states lose seats and which gain. Missouri and Indiana to Nebraska among others lose one seat each. California, Michigan, Ohio, and several others gain seats.
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Washington
Congress
House
Senate
Barbour
California
Tinkham
Massachusetts
Representative Barbour
Missouri
Indiana
Iowa
Kansas
Kentucky
Louisiana
Maine
Mississippi
Nebraska
Rhode Island
Vermont
Michigan
Ohio
Connecticut
New Jersey
North Carolina
Texas
Page sues hotel owner over alleged affair seen on film
Kansas City man Charles H Page seeks 20000 from hotel owner H H Sauders alleging alienation of his wife's affections after witnessing a New Year Eve scene at Hotel Muehlebach in moving pictures also showing Mrs Page with Oren H Souders. The couple divorced in May 1939 amid claims of repeated meetings in Chicago and California.
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Kansas City
Charles H. Page
Page
H. H. Sauders
Muehlebach
Oren H. Souders
Souders
Childless to Work Proposal Moves Congress
Letters dated Brookyln signed by Wives and Mothers of Industrial Workers urge a law forcing childless married women under 60 to perform house work three days weekly for mothers with children and demand an eight hour day for housewives. They urge Congress to focus on alleviating overworked dishwashing housewives and improving conditions for industrial workers.
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Washington
Brooklyn
Congress
Crowe Seeks Women Assistants for Cook County Court
States Attorney Robert P. Crowe announced plans to appoint one or more women as assistants. He said future trials of women in Cook County would be prosecuted by women attorneys, arguing that the average woman understands delinquent girls better.
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Chicago
Estates
Robert PB. Crowe
Cook County
Army recruiting literature tells tale of Missouri farmer family
Washington. An Ozark farmer with eleven children on sixty acres wrote Adjutant General Harris seeking special permission to enlist his second oldest son and twins just under age. He notes educational aspects of army life and that the boys are large for their ages and will grow up to be average country boys.
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Washington
Ozark
Missouri
The
Missourian
Harris
Jlo
Wyoming Highlights Include Pardons and Legislature Opening
Carrie Sanford of Cheyenne wins a pardon after years in prison for manslaughter. The Sixteenth Wyoming Legislature convened January 11 for a forty day session. Other notes cover oil glass damage in Casper, water bonds at Douglas, and state elections.
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Carrie Sanford
Cheyenne
State Board of Pardons
Wyoming
Albany County Cattle and Horse Growers’ Association
Laramie
Thomas Pearson
Lander
Francis Pearson
Harold Nichols
State Supreme Court
Douglas
J. M. Wilson
McKinley
Wyoming Wool Growers’ Association
Casper
K. H. Hadsell
House and Senate
Robert D. Carey
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East Side
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King Albert
Louvain
Kesselde
U. S
Yankee Standard
Yuan
American College
Yuan Shih Kai
Middlebury College
Middlebury
Sinn Fenners
Dublin
Western Newspaper Union News Service
Hamon
Wyoming Fields
Standard
Recorder of Vital Statistics
C. L. Patchell
University Place
Standard Oil Company
Wyoming State Land Board
Union Pacific
Pine Bluffs
Scottish Rite Temple
Coolidge
Peter Kooi
Sheridan
James Michelson
Big Piney
J. M. Schwoob
W. H. Edwards
Emma Louise Schul
Infanta
von Mrossen
W. Humphreys
Mawlina
Thermopolis
Wyoming State Teachers’ Association
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