Two Clues in Heed Greenwood Cases Stir Oakland
Oakland police announce two separate clue sheets bearing the names of Miss Ines Heed and Mrs. George D. Greenwood found in a box car at Tracy and in a shack of two men recently taken into custody. The lists include other prominent Oakland figures and reference the deaths of the nurse and matron.
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Ines Eligabeth Heed
Ban Traneisco
Fort Riley
George D. Greenwood
Oakland Sociery
Oakland
Tracy
Col
Miss Heed
George
Greenwood
Alain Matron
Mires Reed
Mra. Greenwood
Bean Bags and Political Promises in California's Quiet War
In a talk with Rainbow Jack in Los Angeles, Eugene Brown reports on a savvily framed plan to boost bean sales and aid war relief through a state estate publicity initiative. The promoter pitches a $200,000 investment per partner to move 600,000 sacks of beans while entertaining grand schemes to aid 4,000,000 war-torn children with bean bags. The dialogue reveals distrust of political machines and opportunistic motives as the pair debate funding and the practicality of their schemes.
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Rainbow Jack
Sacramento
Reuben
L “Beans
Jack
Belgium
France
Germany
Poland
Austria
Russia
Europe
California
March Weather Poem Previewing Spring and Winds
An atmospheric verse contrasts March storms with warming sun and spring signs. It envisions windy days, birds chirping, and the return of gentler weather as Winter fades and spring arrives with life and activity.
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Heck
USA
Hall Columbia
Winters Dying Throes Sing in March Winds
Poetic fragment notes spring air arriving as March winds clash with lingering winter. Vivid imagery contrasts sunlit lilies and roses with the uphill battle of seasonal change, suggesting winter’s retreat despite rough weather.
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March
England to Hold Railways for Two Years
The New York Post reports in December that Winston Churchill warned against private rail return, but Britain now says only to retain the railways for two years. The outcome after two years is uncertain, though many believe the government will eventually nationalize the system.
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France
New York Times
Paris
New York
England
New York Post
Winaton Churchill
Joseph Chamberalin
Churchill
The Office Boy Returns
A veteran returns to civilian life and faces alienation at a dull office job after wartime memories. He recalls bravery and the blast that killed comrades, then questions his past choices as the office environment feels hollow and unheroic.
A Test of Smartness from the Paul Dispatch
Fragmentary OCR text describes a spelling test and mentions a government and commodities list. Readable names or dates are not clear, but the item conveys a quirky feature story tone about spelling and confusion in a 19th or early 20th century newspaper.
Two Wilson Appointees In Quarrel
Washington April 4 The government policy to revive and stabilize prices through the industrial board of the commerce department is reopened after a conference over the railroad administration’s rejection of a steel price scale. Secretary Glass says Chairman Peek acted without authority and that the entire price agreement program will be reconsidered. President Wilson may be asked to decide the board’s or Hines’s view, as recommitment could unsettle business conditions amid rising unemployment and possible industrial chaos.
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Washington
Industrial Board
Department of Commerce
Railroad Administration
Glass
Peek
Railroad
Ginse
Wilson
Hines
Peek Stands Pat On Steel Prices After Hines Rejection
Washington April 4 Chairman Peek of the industrial board said steel prices would not be reopened despite Director General Hines of the railroad administration refusing to accept the approved schedule. A four hour conference among cabinet members and agency heads ended with recommitment to the board for further study.
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Associated Press
Washington
Peek
Industrial Board
Hines
Railroad Administration
United States
Food and Fuel Administrations
War Trade Board
War Finance Corporation
Glass
Iowa air man to fly in the circus
Maurice Connolly former ore on will join a 12 American aviators one French ace and two British aces in a touring flying circus to tour eastern and southern cities for the Victory loan. The group travels by a nine car special train and Connolly will report at Haszelhurst Field Mineola Long Island after visiting his mother in Dubuque Iowa.
DutchBuy Oil Wells Control Claimed By Royal Dutch Shell
Royal Dutch Shell has acquired control of the Mexical Magle Oil Company Limited, a Lord Cowdyay property with oil concessions in five Mexican states, according to a telegram received today at the New York offices of the company.
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New York
Royal Dutch- Shell
Mexical Magle Oil Company, Limited
Lord Cowdyay
Oll
Mexico
Lenine Allies Consider Immediate Peace With Powers
Paris reports indicate the Lenin government seeks recognition only after a peace with the allied powers. It proposes lifting the blockade to obtain food and materials and would cease propaganda and military actions in exchange. Russia may accept a separate peace excluding Hungary's soviet government if it ends hostilities and withdraws allied forces.
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Fred &. Ferguson
United Press
Paris
Associated Powers
Lenine
Russia
Odessa
Reds Attack on German Border In East Prussia
Berlin reports a bolshevist offensive began yesterday in east Prussia as German forces resist. Field Marshal von Hindenburg has arrived at Gielwits Prussian Silesia near the Russian border, with war councils held at Kolburg to plan defensive actions. The bolshevists promised major operations as weather allows on eastern fronts.
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Berlin
East Prussia
von Hindenburg
Gielwits
Prussian
Silesia
Marshal von Hindenburg
Kolburg
Bolshevista
War Ends in Law as Judge Rules on Wartime Case
Federal Judge Walter Evans holds that World War I is legally over citing President Wilson’s November 11, 1918 address to Congress. The ruling grants standing to a plea for a new trial on a wartime conviction, grounding authority in the Constitution and presidential state-of-the-union power.
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Louisville
Walter Evane
Europe
Evans
Wilson
Congress
Germany
Union
Official denial of Serbs revolt issued
The Serbs Croats and Slovenes legation in Washington issued a formal denial of reports from Rome claiming the Karageorgevitch dynasty was overthrown and a republic proclaimed in Belgrade. The statement called the reports Italian propaganda and dated from April.
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Karageorgevitch
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