Russian officer returns to favor in Bolshevik Russia
Riga Latvia Associated Press reports that the Bolshevik regime plans to restore army officers to near their pre revolution status while maintaining strict discipline under commissars. The Red army expands officer training through kursants and uses them as shock troops in conflicts including Kronstadt.
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Associated Press
Riga
Latvia
Kerensky
Red Army
Nicholas
Trotzky
West Point
Ukraine
Kronstadt
Hunting Returns as France Reopens Season in Rambouillet
In Rambouillet forest France the hunting season resumed with the Dowager Duchess of Uzes hounds gathered at La Celle. Six priests blessed the hounds as huntsmen sounded horns on St. Hubert’s Day, reopening a historic custom amid postwar decline in hounds huntsmen and packs.
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Associated Press
Paris
France
Rambouille
Uzes
la Celle
St. Hubert
Ardennes
Aquitaine
Conditions for Italian agricultural workers aired at congress
Italian delegate Signora Casartelli outlined harsh European farm labor living conditions at the International Federation of Working Women congress in Geneva. She urged four reforms including private beds, proper bedding airing, heated rooms, and separate sanitary quarters for men and women.
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Geneva
Europe
International Federation of Working Women
Signora Casartelli
Prince Kuhio Ends National Career to Focus on Hawaiian Homes
Prince Jonah Kuhio Kalanianaole announces he will not seek re election as Hawaiis delegate to Congress after twenty years of service. He will join the Hawaiian Homes Commission to aid rehabilitation of native Hawaiians, a move seen as a return to serve his people. Born 1872 on Kauai, Kuhio came from royal lineages and lived much of his life in Washington and the islands. His education spanned St Matthews College San Mateo Royal Agricultural School England and a U.S. business college.
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Associated Press
Honolulu
T. H
Jonah Kuhio
Cupid
Kalanianole
Congress
Prince of
Royal Blood of
Hawaii
Abrad
Liliuokalani
Republic of Hawaii
Princee
Washington
Hawaiian Homes Commission
Isles
Kapaa
Kauai
David Kahalepouli Piikoi
Kausai
Kamehameha the Great
Haaii
Kuhio
Kinoiki Kehaulike
Kapiolnai
Kine Kalakaua
David Kawanankoa
San Francisco
Kalakaua
St. Matthew’s College
San Mateo
Cal
Royal Agricultural School
England
Business
United States
British bankers dismiss pound stabilization schemes
London economists explored stabilizing the pound at a fixed gold parity but British bankers reject the plan. Sir Charles Addis defends the gold standard, saying devaluation is premature, while Sir Felix Schuster notes Britain has paid large foreign debts and urges staying the course. The Financial News likens devaluation to Mark Twain’s cigar limit.
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Associated Press
London
Charles Addis
Institute of Bankers
America
Great Britain
Felix Schuster
Britain
The
Financial News
Mark Twain
Soviet claims Russia cotton industry revival shown by exports
Moscow radio dispatch reports the Soviet government says industry in the USSR is reviving as over 100 million pounds of cotton are shipped this year from the Tashkend and Astrakhan fields up the Volga to factories, signaling renewed activity in Riga and Latvia.
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Associated Press
Riga
Latvia
Moscow
Tashkend
Astrakhan
Volga
Jaffa Plans Harbor Upgrade Spurs Palestine Trade Boost
Jaffa expects a new harbor funded by an Italian banking syndicate with up to 7 million dollars and a 30 year repayment plan. Plans call for three harbor sections for freight passenger ships shipbuilding and fishing to boost modern commerce and reduce living costs. Independent interests aim to develop four miles of waterfront with stores restaurants hotels and homes for traders and tourists.
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Jaffa
Palestine
Jonah
Joppa
Old City
Bible Times
Custom House
General Obregon Friend of Theatre and Stranded Dancers
A Los Angeles troupe recounts how General Alvaro Obregon aided stranded dancers during the Mexican Centennial events. The group says their round trip contracts failed and they were refused home transport until Obregon paid their hotel bill and supplied tickets to return to Los Angeles. They also claim he provided return transport to New York for forty two American chorus girls when the show was stranded.
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Associated Press
Los Angeles
Cal
Alvaro Obregon
Mexico
Mexico City
State Department
Treasury and Interior
Obregon
New York
New York Opens Shop Catering to Women Smokers
New York launches a dedicated tobacco shop for women mirroring Paris and London aims. Owners say there was no prior city venue where women could lounge and smoke without purchasing a meal, marking a new niche in social space.
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Associated Press
New York
London
Paris
Soldiers Must Look to Heels in Army Economy
Washington report states the Army is enforcing thrift measures across all units. Privates must inspect shoes daily and replace worn soles at their own expense if turned in shoes are beyond repair, reflecting reduced appropriations and a push for accountability.
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Washington
Aearmy
War Department
Congress
Quartermaster’s Department
Horses May Come Back Into Favor
Chicago report from the Horse Association of America notes 19,000,000+ horses and mules in the U S with 17 million on farms and over 2,000,000 in cities. Wayne Dinsmore says horses beat motorized gear for hauls under 20 miles daily and in frequent stop deliveries, citing Boston and Poston as urban examples of horse operation and cost efficiency.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Horse Association of America
United States
Wayne Dinsmore
Association
Dinsmore
Firme
Boston
Poston
America
Duke of Brunswick Sues State for 1 200 000 Marks
BrunsWick Germany The Duke of Brunswick the former Kaisers only son in law sues the state of Brunswick for 1 200 000 marks with interest since the revolution claiming no payment of his estates though an annuity of 400 000 marks was agreed. He says he cannot meet living expenses without the stipulated sum.
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Associated Press
BrunsWick
Germany
Duke of
Gorky Predicts 35 Million Russian Starvation Deaths
Maxim Gorky told AP in Stockholm that Russia could see 35 million starvation deaths. He praised American aid but urged an international relief system based on the American plan. He criticized Hoover's relief as inadequately organized and warned of food theft by gangs and officials.
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Associated Press
Stockholm
Maxim Gorky
Russian Relief Commission
Berlin
Russia
Mr. Hoover
Petrograd
M. Gorky
Hoover
France
Germany
Sweden
Gorky
Will Aid Starving Thousands in Turkey
Constantinople relief fund appeals to Constantinople residents for aid to destitute Russian refugees. More than 17,000 Russians in the city are starving, with about 35,000 refugees remaining from an allied-handled total of 200,000. The effort marks the final phase of Russian refugee relief and seeks timely disposal of the remaining cases.
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Associated Press
Constantinople
Diseases Ravage Marquesas Islands
Dr. G S Handy of the Bishop Museum reports drastic population decline in the Marquesas Islands from disease and new customs. He cites resident counts dropping from an estimated 50 000 100 000 fifty years ago to about 1800 today with pokeoko tuberculosis sweeping the south. He believes the Marquesans will persist, though only a fit minority remains to resist illness.
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Associated Press
Honolulu
T. H
Marquesas Islands
Hawaiian Archipelago
G. S. Handy
Bishop Museum
Polynesia
Dr. Handy
American Radical Labor Element to Hold Meet in Mexico City
The first international American labor congress with avowed radical tendencies will be held in Mexico City on May 1. Rafael Juvntero announced the date and Peter Svonich, Soviet Russia's continental diplomatic representative in America, is in Mexico City arranging preliminary convention details.
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Mexico City
Rafael Juvntero
Peter Svonich
Russia
America
Doctor Hadley Executed in Richmond Electric Chair
Dr. Wilmer Hadley a former army surgeon and ranchman was executed in the state penitentiary at Richmond Va for the murder of his wife Mrs Sue Tinsley Hadley in November 1918. He faced death calmly and stoically.
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Hadley
Richmond
Wilmer Hadley
State Penitentiary
Sue Tinsley Hadley
Infamous Bandit Slaughter Escapes From Tucker Prison Farm
Tom Slaughter, under death sentence for killing a guard at Tucker prison farm in Little Rock, escapes with six convicts after smuggling a revolver into his death cell. He locks the warden in a cell and seizes control as guards are outwitted. Slaughter is linked to a March 1920 bank robbery in Cave City Kentucky for $8,500.
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Little Rock
Ark
Tom Slaughter
Tucker
Louisville
Cave City
Ireland to discuss Anglo Irish Treaty at Dail Eireann
Dublin reports that Arthur Griffith will propose ratification of the Anglo Irish Treaty at the Dail Eireann meeting next Wednesday. Eamon de Valera opposes the move citing cabinet divisions and dissatisfaction with terms.
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Dublin
Ireland
Great Britain
Arthur Griffith
Eamonn de Valera
de Valera
England
Stormy Tom Watson Rumpus in Senate Committee Hearing
The Georgia senator threatened to slap Major Cochen at a hearing on charges soldiers were illegally hanged in France. Watson accused the officer of insulting him, vowed not to be bulldozed, and retook his remarks after the sergeant-at-arms intervened. Chairman Brandegee ordered Watson to sit.
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Senate Committee
Thomas Watson
Georgia
France
Watson
George Cohell
Major Cochen
Brandegee
Major Coecheu
Tobacco manufacturers seek fair play from Burley Growers
Liggett Meyers Tobacco Co. will fill all its requirements through the Burley Tobacco Growers Co operative association says a letter to association officers in Lexington Kentucky. The letter emphasizes that all buyers must have equal opportunity and fair treatment.
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Lexington
Liggett & Meyers Tobacco Company
Burley Tobacco Growers Co-operative Association
Judge Landis bars RLB from ruling in Penn RR dispute
In Chicago Judge Kenesaw M Landis issues a temporary injunction preventing the Railway Labor Board from issuing a decision against the Pennsylvania Railroad in its shop controversy. Hearings for a permanent injunction begin tomorrow in federal court.
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Landis
Railway Labor Board
Chicago
Kenesaw M. Landis
Pennsylvania Railroad
Labor Board
Governor Denies Clemency for Donnelly and Burrish
Governor Morrow refused executive clemency for L. E. Donnelly imprisoned in Henderson county jail on a Baskett post office burglary charge and for P. E. Burrish, convicted in 1912 of poisoning Henry Royster and serving a life term. Physicians cite epilepsy and long life expectancy as factors. The jail offers the same treatment as elsewhere.
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Frankfort
Morrow
L. E. Donnelly
Henderson County
Sky
P. E. Burrish
Henry Royster
Robbery at Louisville Distillery Reports Heist
Internal Revenue Agent probes theft at T. P. Ripey distillery in Louisville after 90 barrels and 200 cases of whiskey were stolen last night. Distillery guards say they were held up by 25 masked bandits.
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Louisville
Internal Revenue
Lucas
Tryone
T. P. Ripey
Foolkiller Rival Emerges in Gasoline Fire Hazard
A vivid cautionary note contrasts the archaic man seeking a gas leak by candle with a bolder danger as a girl near an open flame while cleaning gloves with gasoline. The piece implies escalating risk and moral warning about careless use of flames and flammable liquids.
Earthquake shocks remarked by a correspondent
A Punch London correspondent writes the morning paper that he has never felt an earthquake shock. A tax collector notes his name and address in the record.
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Punch London
Early Bohemians
A humorous theatrical line shows Venus scolding Cupid for trimming his wings and almost being naked, highlighting a playful mythic moment in a Bohemian setting.
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Cupid
Venus
French biologist predicts indefinite life extension by cold storage
A London Opinion note reports a French biologist claiming life span could be extended indefinitely through a freezing preservation process similar to fish storage. The idea suggests delaying the consequences of aging by cooling the body now.
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London Opinion
Moving pictures show European palaces in Southern California
A Dallas News note highlights how early cinema audiences enjoyed films featuring grand palaces of European nobility set against Southern California scenery, capturing a cosmopolitan dream on screen.
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California
Dallas News
Thought for the Day on Writing with a Message
A editorial truism argues that a writer who crafts a book without a clear message wastes time for both author and reader.
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