American reply to Japanese protest on immigration act
Washington released the American reply to Japan’s protest over the immigration act's exclusion provision. Secretary Hughes states Congress acted within its rights and the executive must implement the law. The note highlights cooperation with Japan, cites the Gentlemen's Agreement, and notes Congress controls immigration by legislation, not international arrangement.
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Washington
State Department
Foreign Office
Tokio
United States
Hughes
Congress
Hanihara
Mr. Hughes
You
Coolidge
State Issues Report on Acreage and Crop Conditions
Texas shows a 10 percent rise in cotton acreage this year while cotton is about 69 percent of normal and corn drops 12 percent with 83 percent condition. Northwestern Texas reports the largest cotton increase. The study is based on data from correspondents in 223 counties and issued by Commissioner George B. Terrell.
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Austin
Tex
Texas
State Department of Agriculture
George B. Terrell
Storm Kills Eight in Bijou Hills and More in White Lake
A wind storm swept through at least nine counties Saturday night causing eight deaths in Bijou Hills Brule County and multiple fatalities in White Lake Aurora County. Authorities report storm-related casualties across the region as search and rescue teams assess damage and missing persons.
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Mitchell
South Dakota
Bijou Hills
Brule
White Lake
Aurora County
Murphy Sets Speedway Record at Altoona Race
Murphy wins the semi annual 250 mile race on the Altoona speedway Sunday. The veteran driver Jimmy Murphy pushed his car to an average speed exceeding six miles per hour higher than prior marks, flashing home ahead of Comer for a United States third place.
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Murphy
Altoona
Altoona Speedway
Jimmy. Murphy
United States
Texas public notices and bonds shape the month
A roundup of Texas bond approvals and public works includes Crockett Independent School District bonds for 25 000, Austin County Road District No 4 137 000, and Gennaville school house 30 000 bonds. County bridges and concrete paving projects receive federal and state aid.
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Crockett Independent School District
Austin County Road District No. 4
Attorney General's Department
Hollis
Madison County
Independent School District
Harris County
Galveston
Grimes County
Comptroller’s Department
Walker County
D. K. Caldwell
Tyler
Caldwell
Intracoastal Canal to be finished by 1928 in Texas Louisiana
Houston reports the Intracoastal Canal from New Orleans to Corpus Christi will be completed by January 1, 1928 Roy Miller vice president of the Intracoastal Canal Association states congress may pass a rivers and harbors bill providing 16 million dollars toward the Texas Louisiana project General Goethals and Major General Lansing Beach approve the plan and it gains approval in committees with a likely law on the floor of Congress the canal will be nine feet deep and 100 feet wide and is expected to take three years to complete.
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Houston
Tex
New Orleans
Corpus Christi
Roy Miller
Intracoastal Canal Association
Miller
Washington
Congress
George W. Goethals
Association
Lansing Beach
Government Force
Surplus of Unskilled Labor Aborbed in Texas
Austin reports indicate unskilled labor surplus in Texas nearly vanished. After January, idle workers caused distress in cities like Fort Worth. Since June 1 San Antonio’s free labor office received over 1000 farm laborer calls, with about one third filled. recruitment continues for the wheat harvest.
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Austin
Tex
Texas
State Labor Department
Joseph S. Myers
Fort Worth
State Free Labor Office
San Antonio
Homage Paid Mississippi Officers in Naval Funeral
In San Pedro California the Pacific fleet honored three officers and 45 men who died in the Mississippi's number two turret. Rear Admiral Pratt urged duty as coffins were saluted in hollow square. Thousands attended as civilians stood bareheaded and the marine guard fired three volleys while Bugler Pop Callaghan sounded the last post.
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San Pedro
Cal
Pacific Fleet
Mississippi
W. W.pratt
Trona Field
Japs to Land Before July 1
Immigration inspectors in Seattle examined 238 Japanese aboard the Admiral Oriental Liner President McKinley finding many with long residence yet no English spoke. Department advised 2700 Japanese will seek entrance through Seattle before the exclusion act takes effect on July 1.
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Seattle
Admiral
President McKinley
Japan
United States
Big Mall Robbery Case in Chicago Indicts Ten
A federal grand jury named ten defendants in an indictment charging participation in the June 12 mail train holdup near Chicago. The bandits seized more than $2,000,000 in cash and securities from the Chicago Milwaukee and St. Paul mail train, with nine counts each for robbery with a gun robbing the mails and conspiracy.
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Big Mall
Chicago
Federal Grand Jury
Milwaukee & St. Paul
Harris Granted Interlocutory Divorce Decree
Beverly D Harris, former banker, was awarded an interlocutory decree of annulment from Elaine Lee Harris by Supreme Court Justice Wagner. The decision followed a public trial in which a jury recommended the annulment and the judge sustained the findings.
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Harris
New York
Beverly D.harris
Friday
Elaine Lee Harris
Supreme Court
Wagner
Attempt to Scale Mount Everest Ends in Disaster
London lodged reports to newspapers that the Mount Everest expedition committee received a telegram confirming the attempt to scale Everest ended in disaster with the deaths of two members, George Leigh Mallory and AL C Ervine, as described by Sir Francis Younghusband, president of the Royal Geographical Society, on Saturday.
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London
Francis, Younghusband
Royal Georgraphical Society
George Leigh Mallory
AL _C. Ervine
Golf Meet February Dates Shown In Fragments
Fragmentary OCR notes reference a golf meet in February with scattered dates and locations. Readable items mention a San location and a February schedule. Concrete details are unclear, but the record notes a golf event with partially legible dates.
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