Sapiro and Reed clash over co op funds in libel suit
Federal judge orders stop to heated cross examination as Senator Reed presses Sapiro on the scope of his work with farm cooperatives and the legal fees from them. The dispute touches Lowden and questions if he is a farmer or capitalist amid the $1,000,000 libel case against Henry Ford.
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Detroit
James A. Reed
Missouri
Henry Ford
Aaron Sapiro
Frank C. Lowden
Illinois
Timber
Reed
Sapiro
National Wheat Growers Advisory Committee
Chicago
Robert W. Bingham
Louisville Courier-Journal
Louisville Times
Den
Lowden
Ilinois
United States
Pullman
Pullman Car Company
Fred M. Raymond
Leathernecks Board Henderson for Shanghai China
In San Diego 1500 Leathernecks loaded aboard the transport Henderson and prepared for a 22 day voyage to Shanghai. The ship’s decks were packed with 75 millimeter guns and gear as 600 men had already embarked and the rest were to join prior to midnight. Detachments rushed to complete ten trainloads of troops, ammunition, and supplies aboard before sailing.
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San Diego
Cal
Marine
Henderson
China
Shanghai
Bieta
The Weather Update From Virginia
The forecast calls for fair conditions tonight with increasing cloudiness and little change in temperatures.
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Orice
Virginia
Magazine Editor Won’t Sue Husband As Planned
San Francisco April 6 Miss B Virginia Lee editor of the Overland Monthly Magazine announced cancellation of plans to obtain a divorce from her poet husband Bert Cooxsley of New York and Berkeley on a charge of non-support. They were photographed yesterday after an interview in which the poet said the charge was uncalled for and she admitted abandoning her intention to sue.
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San Francisco
B. Virginia Lee
Overland Monthly
Bert Cooxsley
New York
Berkeley
Welfare Club Organized by B and O R G
John M. Garvey of the Baltimore and Ohio railroad outlined plans for a welfare organization in Grafton. A 300-employee meeting at the shops elected Ralph Cline temporary president and Richard Bartlett secretary to promote fellowship, social activities, and departmental athletic teams with a social center and regular dances.
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John M. Garvey
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Grafton
Ralph Cline
Richard Bartlett
Competiton
Garvey
Bombing strikes Calumet Index office near Chicago
The Calumet Index offices on Chicago's far south side were bombed for the second time in a week. Editor Carl Morgan said threats tied to his anti crime crusade prompted the attack, following withdrawal of police guard. Five residents above the offices were jolted from sleep.
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Chicago
Calumet Index
Far South Side
Carl Morgan
The
Index
Hell
Oil Refinery Blast in Parco Seventeen Die
An explosion at the Producers and Refiners oil refinery in Parco Wyoming killed at least thirteen men and left four missing. The blast damaged nine stills and two storage tanks, with a fire that burned into the afternoon and disrupted local telegraph service.
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Parco
Wyom
Calvin Smith
Rawlins
Frank F Kistler
Parco Organization
Pareo
Kistler
Producers and Refiners Corporation
Prairie Oil and Gas Company
Union Pacific
Mad Dog Slain by State Troopers Near Noon
State Trooper J W Waddell and H K Debendarfer killed a dog suspected of rabies around midday. The dog, likely John Snider’s, was untagged and later subdued after escaping its owner. It had bitten nothing, though it showed bleeding and foaming at the mouth before death at the old crematory site. The note ends with a line about the next Democratic national convention.
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J. W. Waddell
H. K. Debendarfer
John Snider
Mr. Snider
Snider
Plot to kidnap American in Mexico city foiled
Police in Mexico City captured a band led by former General Federico Cordova after spying a scheme to abduct Albert Ward Watts, head of Sinclair Oil’s Mexico City branch. Watts had just left for the United States, while Cordova and four others allegedly planned to abduct him for ransom in the mountains near Cuernavaca.
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Mexico City
Albert Ward Watts
Sinclair Oil Company
Federico Cordova
Watts
United States
Marveros
Cuernavaca
Jacob Rosenthal
New York
Cordova
Secret Service
Manisguised
William ©. Jenkins
Aberta Jcan
Puebla
Prohibition Debate Grows as Frank Stearns Resigns
Washington reports that in a broader Prohibition debate a resignation rocks the Roosevelt Club Inc sponsor of the Friday night clash between Columbia President Butler and Senator Borah. Frank W. Stearns quits amid tensions over party stance on the issue.
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Frank Stearns
Boston
Republican Party
Prohibition
Nicholas Murray Butler
Columbia Unive
William E. Borah
Frank W. Stearns
Coolidge
Roosevelt Club, Inc
Stearns
Anti American strikes rock Changsha amid evacuations
Reports from Changsha in Hunan province describe a noon Monday strike and boycott of American goods as foreigners plan evacuation. American consul moves to gunboat Palos on the Yangtze while widespread anti foreign agitation prompts near total disruption in several regions and evacuations.
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Shanghai
Changsha
Hunan
China
United States
Palos
Stang
Yangtso
Kiangsi
Hakkow
Yangue
Kankow
Influenza Epidemic Grips Alaska Town Bethel
An Alaska town Bethel with about 150 residents is reportedly hit hard by a serious influenza outbreak. R H Merrill, arriving from Anchorage, says word came from McGrath 200 miles northeast where nearly all Bethel residents were stricken.
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Name
Alaska
Bethel
Kuskokwin River
R. H. Merrill
Anchorage
Merrill
McGrath
Thompson Named Mayor In Hot Chicago Fight
Chicago April 6 William Hale Thompson former cowboy won the Chicago mayoralty with 512740 of nearly one million votes cast Dever 429668 and Robertson 51209. Thompson also expected to control the council with 18 of 38 aldermen. election marked by few disturbances.
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Chicago
William Hale Thompson
Chiago
Thompson
William E. Dever
John Dill Robertson
Vincent
Schemer
Drucci
Bill
Dever
Encampment of Boys Planned Near Windsor Castle
A YMCA world tour encampment for American boys aged 16 to 19 is approved by King George and will take place in Windsor Royal Forest near Windsor Castle. About forty nations will be represented as the group travels England Hungary Poland Czechoslovakia and Switzerland from June 25 to September 2. Parents and civic groups cover expenses. an Orient tour was postponed to 1928 due to far east conditions.
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New York
Windsor Royal Forest
Windsor Castle
Europe
George
England
Hungary
Poland
Czecho
Slovakia
Switzerland
Orient
Far East
Kiwanis Welcome Bids Warmth to District Meet in Grafton
Visiting Kiwanians from Clarksburg Fairmont Mannington Morgantown Belington Salem Philipp Martinsburg and others toured Grafton for a district Kiwanis meeting. The day featured sessions at the Hiks Club a Dutch luncheon a banquet in Webster Hall and speeches by Randolph Bias Fred Parker Jed W. Robinson and others.
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Clarksburg
Fairmont
Mannington
Morgantown
Belington
Salem
Philipp
Martinsburg
Tygart Valley
Kiwanis
Alibal
Hiks Club
Clyde N. Mays
Fred
C. W. Parker
Chicago
Randolph Bias
Weber Hall
Jed W. Robinson
Rotary
Randolph Blasaint
Fred Parker
Grafton
Kiwanisigen
Kiwani‘ans
Paul G. Lehman
Parkersburg
C. le Showalter
A. T. Post
Graham
I. Lynch
Clay D. Amos
G. Conagay
Nat. T. Frame
C. C
Basnett Mannington
Jess
C. A. Blakeslee
Basnett
Randolph Bini
Empire Meaty Market Sale by Group No 9 on April 9
The Empire Meaty Market invites shoppers to Saturday April 9 as Group No 9 of the Foreign Missionary Society of Andrews M. B. Church will sell cakes pies bread canned goods and other items in a community sale event.
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Empire Meaty Market
Andrews M. B. Chi J
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University of Illinois
Pierrots
Helen Schraebery
Oak Park
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Entente
U.S
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Senate
Janet Rankin
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Wilson
Marshall
Clark
Pershing
Commission On
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Legion
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Tiger
Haig
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Marna
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William
Hindenberg
Pooh
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Chang -Tso-Lin
Marshal Chang'Tsa-Lin
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Nanking
Chang
Westminster Gazette
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Belmont Yacht Harbor
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