German Minister's Daughter Murdered in Japan Says Police
Japanese authorities say the killing of Irma von Saldern near a prisoner camp in Kyushu was a burglary and not a revenge act against Germany. Her husband Captain Siegfried von Saldern, a German prisoner, later hanged himself after learning of the crime. Police hunt for the burglar while diplomatic circles note the tragedy amid wartime tensions.
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Lekio
Irma von Saldern
Edward von Vapelle
Germany
Fukuoka
Kyushu
Siegfried von Saldern
Tsing-tau
von Saldern
Dessau
China
von Waldeck
Japan
Sala
Operation costs double on the Southern in February
Washington reports that the Southern Railway's February operating costs rose sharply while gross revenue also increased. Comptroller A H Plant released figures showing February revenue at 5,981,107 and expenses including taxes at 4,633,336, with sizable year over year gains and a for eight months period revenue totaling 52,696,028 and expenses 36,657,242.
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Washington, D. C
Southern Railway Company
A. H. Plant
Texas League Opens Season In Tight Race
Waco Texas April 5 the Texas league opener pits Dallas at Fort Worth Houston at Galveston San Antonio at Beaumont and Shreveport at Waco with all clubs seen as contenders for the championship entering a hot pennant race through Labor Day.
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Waco
Texas
Texas Baseball League
Dallas
Fort Worth
Houston
Galveston
San Antonio
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Shreveport
Foley Co Trial Package Offer Notice
Cut out this slip and mail to Foley Co at 2835 Sheffield Avenue Chicago Illinois. Receive a trial package containing Foley’s Honey and Tar Compound for coughs colds and croup Foley Kidney Pills and Foley Cathartic Tablets from Mann Drug Co.
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Foley & Co
Sheffield Avenue
Chicago
Ill
Foley
Mann Drug Co
Majestic Range Appeals in Historic Endorsements
In a series of testimonials, Eunice Slack Ruth Moffitt and others praise the Majestic Range as a top choice for durability and quality. They highlight its reputation, material strength, workmanship, and long life, underscoring customer satisfaction.
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George
Julia Johnson
Nellie Hayden
Lucile Sherrod
Ernest A. Wright
Willie Winslow
Unite
Eunice Slack
Majestic
Jessie Bendini
Vernon Snyder
Gwendolyn Cummins
Amos R. Kearns
Ione Belle Morris
Ruth Moffitt
King George praised as model landlord for encouraging parenthood
London reports Dr. C W Saleeby lauds King George as the only model land lord in Britain for moving partitions to adapt housing to growing families. He urges government policy to promote worthy parenthood amid wartime birthrate decline and calls housing a crisis while urging relief measures and education for children.
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London
George
C. W. Saleeby
Duchy of Cornwall
National Council of Public Morals
A. Bonar Law
Founder's Day Observed At Tuskegee Institute Honors Booker T Washington
Founder's Day at Tuskegee Institute honored the memory of Booker T Washington founder and longtime head. The chapel filled with guests from New York Boston Philadelphia and other places along with students. William G Willcox presided as New York City board of education president and was named to succeed Seth Low as Tuskegee trustees leader. London April 5 Lord Saye and Sele set a Red Cross sale onion record in Banbury selling an ordinary onion for 300 pounds as part of a society syndicate.
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Tuskegee
Ala
Tuskegee Institute
Booker T. Washington
Institute
New York
Boston
Philadelphia
William G. Willcox
Board of Education of
New York City
Seth Low
Tuskegee Board of Trustees
London
Lord Saye-and-Sele
England
Red Cross
Banbury
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