Ford Holdings Op U S Steel Fortune Juggernaut Ford
Ford Motor Company tanks up cash and assets, topping U S Steel in Wall Street figures. On Feb 23 1923 Ford showed 159 million cash, with total assets about 536 thousand and a profit rise to 119 million for the year. Estimated personal wealth for Henry Ford and Edsel ranges 600 to 700 million, placing Ford near the world’s richest, with rapid expansion since founding days.
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New York
Ford Motor Company, Inc
United States
Wall Street
United States Steel Corporation
Ford Company
Massachusetts Commission
Boston
BroSt
Henry Ford
Edsel
Ford
Ford Motor Company
John PD. Rockefeller
Columbus Klan ParadeBlocked at Park by Court Order
About a thousand Ku Klux Klan members marched in Columbus then rode streetcars to the city outskirts where officials say two thousand men were inducted. A Common Pleas Court injunction by Judge Tarbell prevented a planned klan ovation at the Columbus Driving Park, forcing most to assemble a mile east in an open field.
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Columbus
Ku Kiar Klan
Common Pleas
Tarbell
New York Dry Law Repeal Moves Through Legislature
Albany May 3 The Mullan Gage state prohibition enforcement laws were repealed. The senate voted 28 to 22 to concur with the assembly in passing the Cagilller repeal bill. The measure now goes to the governor after winning 78 affirmations in the house, meeting the two thirds requirement.
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New York
U.S
Albany
N. Y
Senate
House
Wife of Standard Oil Man Faces Court Martial
London May 6 Mrs Virginia Braun said to be wife of a Standard Oil official faces court martial amid a street incident in Athens. A Daily Express report says she was questioned by a gendarme. his face was slapped for alleged impudence.
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Standard Oil
Foss Graol
Army Triat
London
Virginia Braun
Raloniki
Saya
Athens
Daily Express
Brain
Russian Munition Plant Explodes and Kills 100
London dispatch reports an ammunitions factory explosion in Russia killing about one hundred people. Among the dead are General Milinikott and several military officers, plus three members of the local Soviet. Also noted is the death of former Dodge Bankers' Association vice president Dodge ta, who died here after a brief illness.
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London
Moscow
Dvices
Helsingfors
Finland
Milinikott
Fort
Dodge
Mort
Fragmentary Adamantine notes on league rejoin and congress
Disjointed OCR fragment mentions May events and a president figure amid league activities and congressional references. Names and places are unclear, rendering a concise factual card difficult.
Germany’s Reparations Offer Rejected by French Cabinet
Berlin note proposed 20 billion guild marks in cash and kind under the Versailles plan, with 20 billion to be raised by 2027 via bonds and further sums due by 1920 and 1931. Paris cites lack of guarantees and insufficient guarantees as reasons for rejection.
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Berlin
Germany
United States
California World Court Exponent Elected to Congress
Los Angeles May 3 Captain John D Fredericks a former Los Angeles district attorney and former Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce president was elected to Congress from the southern California district in a special election to fill the late Captain H Z Osborne seat The World Court proposal championed by President Harding was the main issue of the race
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California
World Court
Congress
Los Angeles
Cal
John D. Fredericks
Los Angeles County
Ruthenberg Found Guilty of Criminal Syndicalism
In St. Joseph Michigan a jury found Ruthenberg guilty of criminal syndicalism after a trial that centered on preserving the safety of the greatest motion on God’s green earth. The verdict came despite testimony from eight farmers a former Justice of the peace and two oil salesmen including an American Legion member.
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Ruthenberg
St. Joseph
Mich
Bay
Tuldan
Charles E. Rothenberg
de Pence
American Legion
Cleveland
German agrees to repay U S cash held in Germany
Washington reports Germany ready to admit cash assets looted from Americans by wartime custodian may be repaid dollar for dollar through mixed claims commission. Details from Dr Karl von Lewinick and German delegation noted. Local item from Baridtits Red Two Banks in Kansas City recounts a bank raid and a murder sentence in St Louis.
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Washington, May
Germany
Mixed Claims Commission
Karl von Lewinick
Baridits
Kinsas
City
Aiaro
Fice Hnindha
Coast to coast flight smashes all records in one hop
The army transport monoplane T-2 flown by John A. MacReady and Oakley Kelly completed a nonstop coast to coast flight from Hempstead North Carolina to San Diego California covering about 2035 miles in 26 hours 20 minutes 49 25 seconds. The arrival drew cheers from ships and factories while President Harding and military leaders sent congratulations. The aircraft has a wing span of 64 feet 4 inches a wing breadth of 15 feet and carries 725 gallons of gasoline with 25 gallons each of lubricants and water powered by a Liberty engine.
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San Diego
Cal
Lier Fensapis
John A. MacReady
Oakley Kelly
Hempstead
N. C
Rockwell Field
North Island
Rockwell Geld
Washington
Harding
Pershley
Patines
Air Service
Frank Nin TR. Kenny
New York
MacReady
Kelly
United States Army Aeronautical Authorities
Lue Army Experimentel Station
McCookeld, Duston
Oho
Dixie Cities Act to Hold Colored Folk Down There
Jackson Miss May 4 Joint meetings of white and colored citizens will be held May 19 at every courthouse in Mississippi to discuss the exodus of negroes to the North and the labor agitation, in accordance with the recommendation of a committee of twelve composed of members of both races appointed at a meeting here called by the chamber of commerce.
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Jackson, Miss
Misgissippi
Reces
Gate Chamber of Commerce
28000 in England Pay Over Two Million Yearly
London May 4 In a commons statement on the exchequer the total number of residents in Great Britain liable to a supertax in the last financial year was about 80 000 with a total income of 470000000 pounds. The number earning over 500000 yearly was 28880 with a total income of 267090000 pounds.
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London
Hour of Commons
Stanley Bald- Win
eitnesHor
Great Brritain
Tate
Gompers Urges U S to Join League Court
Samuel Gompers, president of the American Federation of Labor, urged nonpartisan unity to support the League of Nations Permanent Court of International Justice. The May 4 endorsement aligns with President Harding's stance in favor of the court.
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Washington
Harding
League of Nations
Permanent Court of International Justice
Samuel Gormpers
American Federation of Labor
Landslide Triggers Utah Train Wreck with Fatalities
Salt Lake City reports a landslide on May 4.6 toppled passenger train No. 2, Wattbound, near Woodside Utah. The wreck left five dead and twenty six injured among the passengers and crew, with authorities tracing the slide to the hillside.
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Utah
Salt Lake City
Melala
Denver & Ilo Granite Western Railroad
Woodside
Two Quakes Recorded Near Cleveland May Report
Two earthquakes were recorded near Cleveland Ohio at 11 42 a m and 11 47 a m by the Saint Ignatius College seismograph. The distance is estimated at between four and five thousand miles from here and the report notes anti Ku Klux Bill passed in Ashing New York and a legislative bid moves to Governor Smith for signature.
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Gleveland
St. Ignating College Selamograph
Ashing
N.Y
May
Pascal
Smith
Queen of the Fiesta Miss Olive Loulh Marthidate
An old San Antonio item notes Olive Loulh as queen of the fiesta, referencing a court role and social pageant within local festivities. Details are fragmentary but indicate a ceremonial title tied to the city’s celebratory events.
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Olive Loulh Marthidate
San Antonio
Tex
Court of the
Set
Allies Face Criticism Over Wide Concession
A new photograph shows Admiral Colby M. Chesier obtaining an extensive concession from the Tyek Ie Nationalist government, drawing objections from British and Tealfans. The image highlights Allied concerns over the terms and implications of the deal amid ongoing tensions.
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Colby M. Chesier
Tyek Ie
Dha Prevel
Deposed Ruler Reported Under Soviet Detention
Fragmentary OCR note describes a ruler of a territory named Iehan of Kiva taken prisoner by Bolsheviki and confined in Moscow. It mentions an ex American tailor as a witness and hints at wives and other dramatic accusations, though text is garbled and lacks clear dates or places.
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Kiva
Aral Sea
Prisvody
Moscow
Americumn
Fa Sud
Dlao
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