Women Still Lacking Full Rights Across States
A midwest and southwest Associated Press survey finds women, despite suffrage gains, do not have equal rights with men in much of the United States. Jury service remains the main barrier. states like Iowa North Dakota Wisconsin Texas Oklahoma Missouri South Dakota Nebraska and Kentucky show varied restrictions. Several juror rules and guardianship laws also reflect partial equality, with ongoing legislative efforts to remove disqualifications.
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Chicago
United States
Southwest
Associated Press
Iowa
North Dakota
Wisconsin
Texas
Oklahoma
Missouri
South Dakota
Nebraska
Kentucky
Jassamine County
Laurel County
Minnesota
Illinois
Supreme Court
Indiana
Wen
Basic Industries Climb Says Apple
Steady improvement underway in six basic industries textiles leather rubber automobiles rail road freight and building trades. Unemployment recedes in auto textile and leather sectors with February payrolls rising in cars and modest gains in textiles and leather.
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Albert Apple
Ford
Bradstreet’s
American Eontractor
Department of Labor
U. S. Steel Corporation
New York Exchange
Prophet of Hillsboro Cast as National Prohibition Aide
Hillsboro Ohio March 26 Roy A Haines longtime editor and political organizer in Hillsboro helped spark the dry movement. He led county efforts in three campaigns and helped secure a record majority for prohibition before losing a 1912 congressional nomination bid. He later predicted Harding would win the Republican nomination.
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Hillsboro
Ohio
Roy A. Haines
Haines
Hillsboro Dispatch
Republican Organization
Dry Federation
Ong
Simeon D. Fess
Fess
Haynes
Harding
Hardintg
Prophet of
High Point Loses Gusty Battle to Thomasville 3 to 2
High Point Highs fell 3 to 2 to Thomasville highs on the local diamond. Mone pitched six strikeouts for High Point, allowing only six hits. Wood led the day with strong defense and hits, while Pickens added a two-base hit behind the plate. Bady homered for Thomasville, and Chappell and Wallace contributed in the outfield and infield.
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High Point High
Thomasville
Mone
High Point
Upplas
Woodwell
Pickens
Bady
Chappell
Wall
Thomasv'le
Railroad Tunnel Under the Alps
The second Simplon tunnel between Switzerland and Italy will be completed by end of July. Traffic will shift to it immediately with repairs in the first tunnel, opened 20 years ago. Both tunnels planned for use in 1922. the first spans 12.25 miles and cost 2,940,000 pounds, the new bore about one third. Construction began before the war but halted as workers mobilized. Subterranean boiling springs were found midway, causing several deaths.
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Geneva
Alps
Switzerland
Italy
Political Freedom Demanded by Priest
A Tokyo protest reports Buddhist priests in Japan opposing their exclusion from universal suffrage. They rushed the platform demanding Representative Matsuoka be expelled after a Diet member warned against political meddling. The meeting urged amending the election law to grant priests voting rights.
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Tokio
Japan
Diet
Matsuoka
Naohiko Seki
Kokuminto
Argentina Enforces Modesty Rules for Holy Communion
A March 26 notice from the ecclesiastical governor of Argentina bans priests from administering communion to women and girls not fully covered. The rule requires nontransparent covering of the breast shoulders and arms, with enforcement beginning after Sunday March 27 and posted in Catholic church doorways.
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Argentina
Broadway Follies headline Easter week at Orpheum
The Orpheum schedules Easter week with Broadway Follies and a Riot of Laughter trove plus Hagen and Wilson Hawaiian steel guitar acts and Polly Trio. Two Monday matinees start at 2 30 with next week ladies matinees every Tuesday and Thursday at 15 cents. Phantom Foe with Juanita Hansen and Warner Oland airs Monday and Tuesday followed by Alice Brady in The Dark Lantern on Wednesday and Thursday. Friday and Saturday feature William Duncan in Fighting ate serial.
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Hagen and Wilson
Snead and Clark
Kitty Wilson
Prima Penna
Lillian Meek
Soubrette
Polly
Harmony
Big Beauty Chorus
Orpheum
Juanita Hansen
Warner Oland
Alice Brady
Realart
Miss Grady
William Duncan
Ate
Brewster's Millions at Broadway theater with Arbuckle
Roscoe Fatty Arbuckle stars in Brewster's Millions at the Broadway theater next Monday and Tuesday. Betty Ross Clark supports in The Travelling Salesman and returns as his leading lady in this feature.
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Roscoe
Fatty) Arbuckle
Betty Ross Clark
Mr. Arbuckle
Orpheum Easter Week Show Promises New Broadway Folies
The Orpheum announces an extraordinary Easter week musical attraction. Reports from Greensboro Salisbury and Charlotte note this production, Candler's Broadway Follies, as one of the classiest shows yet to play in the region.
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Orpheum
Greensboro
Salisbury
Charlotte
Candler
Brewster's Millions at Broadway Theatre Next Week
Fatty Arbuckle stars as Monte Brewster in a Paramount adaptation of Barr McCutcheon novel. Two grandfathers spar over upbringing and a challenge to spend one million dollars in one year to win five million in stock. Comedy unfolds as the plan tests wit and luck in a fast moving plot.
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Fatty Arbuckle
Paramount
Brewster’s
George Barr McCutcheon
Melville Stone
Winchell Smith
Mr. Arbuckle
Monte Brewster
Monte
Grandfather Brewster
Grandfather Ingraham
Brewster
Walter Woods
Joseph
Kenaberg Directed Cast Details
Betty Ross Clark leads as the teading woman with Fred Huntly Marion Skinner James Corrigan Jean Acker Charles Ogle Neely Edwards William Boyd and others listed in the cast.
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Kenaberg
Betty Ross Clark
Fred Huntly
Marion Skinner
James Corrigan
Jean Acker
Charles Ogle
Neely Edwards
William Boyd
Fatty Arbuckle stars in Brewster's Millions at Broadway
Roscoe Fatty Arbuckle appears in Brewster's Millions showing at the Broadway theater starting Monday and running through Tuesday. The film follows a man who must spend one million dollars in a year to inherit a fortune.
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Arbuckle
Roscoe
Fatty) Arbuckle
Living Higher in Japan Report
Prices of daily necessities such as bread meats milk sugar butter and vegetables are highest in Japan according to Osaka based Mainichi. High costs are blamed on middlemen storage issues and high transport costs across the country.
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Tokio
England
America
Japan
Osaka
Mainichi
Fuller’s earth found in United States in 1898
A historical note records the discovery of Fuller’s earth in the United States during 1898, used to clarify mineral and vegetable oils. The brief item highlights the mineral’s identification within the U S. context and its industrial use.
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United States
Bahia grass from Brazil praised for high nutrition value
The Bahia grass variety imported to Florida from Brazil is reported to offer high nutritional value, according to agricultural observers.
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Bahia
Florida
Brazil
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