A Square Deal Is Asked by Merchant Marine League
John A. Penton of the Merchant Marine League writes to editor urging protection for American shipping. He argues Panama Canal work mostly benefits foreign lines and flags, cites domestic procurement and higher U.S. wages, and urges passage of a House resolution extending protection to American materials and vessels.
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Merchant Marine League
Cleveland, O
Jal
Daily Item
Panama
Europe
Colon
United States
Government Transport Service
New York
Panama Canal
West India
High Seas
Isthmian Canal
Committee On Inter-State and Foreign Commerce
House of Representatives
Senate
House
Washington
Canal Zone
Congress
Great Lakes
Double Murder at Berwin Farm in Pennsylvania
Henry James aged 65 and his wife 61 were found murdered on their Berwin area farm near West Chester. Their bodies showed brutal head injuries and an axe lay nearby. a recent farm hand and a Polander worker are suspects as police pursue leads.
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West Chester
Henry James
Berwin
George Johnson
James
Ball at Win yah Indigo Society hall dazzled city crowds
A grand ball hosted by prominent A. C. L. Corporation figures at the Win yah Indigo Society hall drew a brilliant attendance. Guests included Mesdames Gardner, Harr, Lloyd, Barnes, Wright, Fraser, Congdon, Belden, Reid Whitford, James, Hazard, and many others with a large list of ladies and gentlemen in elegant attire.
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A. C. L. Corporation
Winyah
Nam Henning
Norma Reed
Linie Ehrich
Lena Ehrich
Kate Montgomery
Mae Brock
Kate Ward
Messrs
H. H. Gardner
R. Lee Farr
E. L. Lloyd
H. L. Wright
H. W. Fraser
C. S. Congdon
H. L. Oliver
A. C. Belden
Reid Whitford
W. A. James
Husband shoots wife then ends his life in New York
Mrs. George Reeves of Lexington Avenue, wounded by two gunshots, staggers to a doctor’s door shouting that her husband shot her. Janitor Reeves, drinking heavily, fired twice at her inside their basement home, then killed himself after a chase with Patrolman Walsh.
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George Reeves
Lexington Avenue
New York
Fred C. Heckel
Presbyterian Hospital
Walsh
Reeves
Alice
Mosby a Unique Cavalry Figure Defends Stuart’s Gettysburg Role
Col John S. Mosby, ill in Washington but expecting recovery, is noted for operating mainly in northern Virginia near Washington and behind enemy lines. He has completed a book on Stuart's cavalry in the Gettysburg campaign defending J. E. B. Stuart from alleged absence, a life effort to clear Stuart’s name of blame in the battle.
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Richmond
John S. Mosby
Washington
Virginia
Stuart
Gettysburg
J. E. B. Stuart
Lee
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Sec
Pennsylvania
Mr. Brickman
North
Rio
Aave
Arrowdale
Gladstoned
Bank of Georgetown
Georgetown, 8. C
Col. Mosby
Ladd
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