Swindling travel officials prey on passport visas in Orient
Prom Tuesday reports from Constantinople describe travel swindles targeting passport visas along the Orient Express. Officials in uniform pose as Serb inspectors to seize fees, while other schemes drain travelers at frontiers and on trains. Americans advised to carry checks to avoid cash bribes.
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Associated Press
Constantinople
Orient
Balkan
J. H. K. Polly
London
Orient Express
Paris
Bulgaria
Serbia
Russia
Lima to host centennial expo for American products
An industrial exposition will be held in Lima next summer linking to Peru’s centennial independence celebration. The event aims to showcase American products and boost trade with the region.
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Lima
United States
Supreme Court
British East Africa
Big League to Begin Season in 1921 Opening Dates
Chicago April 12 1921 opening day across majors and minors. National league matchups include St Louis at Chicago and New York at Philadelphia. American league features Chicago at Detroit and Boston at Washington. Minor leagues schedule 168 games in several circuits with varied openings and close dates.
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Ill
St. Louis
Pittsburgh
Cincinnati
Brooklyn
Boston
New York
Philadelphia
Detroit
Cleveland
Washington
American Association
St. Paul
Milwaukee
Columbus
Indianapolis
Minneapolis
Kansas City
Toledo
Association
Southern League
Atlanta
Mobile
Chattanoga
New Orleans
Emphis
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Birmingham
Southerns
Des Moines
Joplin
St. Joseph
Tulsa
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Wichita
Social calendar of church and club meetings
There will be a meeting of the Tuesday Music and Literary Club at Elks Hall at 4 PM. The Junior Auxiliary of Christ Church meets at the Rectory with Mrs. C. W. Cook at 4 PM. Sunbeam Band of the Baptist Church meets at the church at 4 PM on Wednesday. The Parish Guild meets with Mrs. Harry Mason at 2 30 PM. The W C T U meets at the Methodist Church at 4 PM.
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Elks Hall
Christ Church
C. W. Cook
Sunbeam Band
the Baptist Church
Harry Mason
Local Residents Arrive and Depart on Short Trips
A roundup of residents traveling to and from cities including San Antonio Corpus Christi Zapata Cotulla Dallas Rochester Minn and San Marcos. Several meetings events and announcements follow with school operetta May 21 recital Nye School Domestic Science class and missionary society activities noted.
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Nye School
North Laredo
M. Daniel
Bird Day music class features children and guests delighting audience
Friday April 8 marked American Bird Day with over thirty children in the Music Appreciation class led by Mrs. T A Austin. Students answered questions on birds, wrote compositions, and enjoyed songs and instrumental pieces by Alma Gluck and Charles Kellogg.
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T. A. Austin
Margaret Biggio
Mary Ward
Mary Genevieve Wilcox
Alma Gluck
Charles Kellogg
J. R. Moore
Austin
Personal News From Local Visitors and Officials
Mercurio Martinez of San Ignacio is in the city on business. W. T. Montgomery, contractor on the South Laredo highway, spent yesterday here and returned to San Antonio. DD. D. Davis of Dolores arrived to attend a county commissioners court session. Davis is commissioner of precinct No. 4.
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M. G. Delling
Ruth
Tyler
Brown
Dolores
City
W. T. Montgomery
South Laredo
San Antonio
DD. D. Davis
County Commissioners Court
Mr. Davis
State Rifle Match Week Set At Camp Mabry Texas
The week of June 27 is designated for state rifle matches at Camp Mabry in Austin Texas. The events follow the close of the National Guard test per Adjutant General Barton.
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Austin
Texas
Camp Mabry
Barton
National Guard
Golf Tourney Opens at Augusta With Star-Studded Field
Augusta April 12 entry list highlights many prominent golfers in the annual amateur championship of the Country Club of Augusta. The event starts tomorrow and runs through Friday with competition continuing through Thursday and Friday.
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Augusta
Country Club of
North Carolina Sunday School Convention Opens in Raleigh
Raleigh hosts the North Carolina Sunday School association annual convention for three days with a large and enthusiastic attendance marking the opening proceedings.
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Raleigh
N. C
North Carolina Sunday School Association
Woman's Missionary Council Opens in Richmond
Delegates from many states arrive in Richmond for the annual national conference of the Woman's Missionary Council of the Methodist Episcopal Church South. Sessions begin tomorrow and continue for one week.
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Richmond
The
Woman's Missionary Council of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South
Goods Piling Up as US Imports Refused at Buenos Aires
In Buenos Aires on April 12 American merchandise refused by importers due to unfavorable exchange and falling world prices piles up on quays and warehouses. The value of goods in storage and on the docks is estimated at 50 million dollars. Customs warehouses overflow into vacant lots and rail sidings as tarpaulins protect the merchandise. Ships have to offload to lighters or wait weeks for berths, with some cargoes taking as long as six weeks to discharge.
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Associated Press
London
Sir Percy Scott
Percy
France
Iceland
Sir Percy
Adair
House of Commons
Halifax
Bermuda
Jamaica
Canada
New Guinea
Singapore
Plymouth
Dover
Percy Scott
Evening Standard
Kiel Canal
Buenos Aires
Customs House
Constance Talmadge Stars at Rialto Tomorrow
Constance Talmadge, a leading silent era screen favorite, will headline at the Rialto tomorrow. The theater anticipates a standing room only turnout as audiences are promised her signature smile and humor throughout the feature.
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Constance Talmadge
Rialto
Odd and Interesting Facts From An Old Paper
A collection notes varied claims on halibut size, Russia car prices, European gold, meat values, oats as winter food, London's laundry school, and a French presidential counter-signature rule. It also lists Lords numbers, London liquor licenses decline, mustard industry employment, and Muskogee Michigan loan to unemployed residents.
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Russia
Europe
London
French Republic
House of Lords
Approved Plan of the Packers and Stock Yards Sale
The Justice Department approves a plan where Swift and Company and Armour and Company divest their interests in the stockyards and stockyard railroads. Trustees will manage the stock with annual salaries, selling within a year or extending with court approval while reporting all sales and ensuring buyers are unaffiliated. Washington April 12. The plan includes court oversight and provisions for unresolved stock. The president also signals opposition to a league of nations while urging peace terms and tax and tariff revisions.
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Associated Press
Washington
Department of Justice Today
Swift and Company and Armour and Company
Justice Stafford
District of Columbia Supreme Court
Department of Justice
Department
Illinois Trust and Savings Bank of Chicago
Henry Anderson
Richmond
George Sutherland
Salt Lake City
Utah
George Washington
Thomas Jefferson
Woodrow Wilson
Harding
Congress
Germany
Society of Nations
Soldier relief to move to risk insurance bureau plan
Assistant Secretary LaPorte said relief duties for soldiers except vocational training will shift to the risk insurance bureau once details are finalized. He announced the establishment of a hospital inspection service to support the program.
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Associated Press
Washington
Steamer Colonel Bowie Founders in Gulf With 22 Aboard
Beaumont Texas April 12 The Bowie line steamer Colonel Bowie foundered in the Gulf of Mexico Monday night with 22 men aboard according to a wireless message received here today Three men were picked up by a British steamer
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Associated Press
Beaumont
Texas
Bowie Line
Colonel Bowie
Gulf of Mexico
El Paso Votes as Republicans Challenge Democrats in City Election
In El Paso Texas on April 12 voters cast ballots for city officials with a full Republican slate opposing a complete Democratic ticket. Mayor candidates include Charles Davis seeking re election for Democrats and Scott Whit for Republicans.
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Associated Press
el Paso
Texas
Charles Davis
Scott Whit
Roper and Roberts Ready for Rematch at Commonwealth Show
New York reports Capt Bob Roper and Al Roberts have wrapped training for a fifteen round main event at the Commonwealth club show tomorrow night. It marks their second meeting with Roberts once awarded the decision after an earlier clash, and Roper seeks to prove the judges were mistaken.
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Roper
Roberts
New York
Bob Roper
al Roberts
Commonwealth Club
Mexican government pledges equal treatment on offshore land deals
A telegram to the Mexican Consulate in Laredo from Manuel C. Teilez states the government will not discriminate in offshore land exploitation and will apply equal treatment to all companies. Reports contradicting this policy are unfounded.
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Laredo
Manuel C. Teilez
Washington
Tabasco
Automobile Clue To Bandit Gang In Cashier Feeney Robbery
Police found an abandoned automobile in Fort Worth that may identify the bandits who robbed Cashier Feeney at the Texas Pacific station on Main street for 4000 dollars. The car vanished with the robbers and had been stolen the night before from Dr. Massie of Wichita Falls.
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Associated Press
Fort Worth
Texas
Feeney
Texas Pacific Railroad
Main Street
Massie
Wichita Falls
Messenger Held Up Near Stockyards Bank in Denver
Two messengers of the Stockyards National Bank were held up and robbed of about $15,000 by three bandits in an automobile in Denver on April 12.
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Denver
Colo
Stockyards National Bank
Senate Rejects Education and Vocational Training Plan
One year ago today on April 12 the U S Senate rejected the educational and vocational training project. New York City faced isolation threats as the country confronted the outlaw railroad strike action.
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U. S. Senate
New York City
Mexican Miners Return Home From Arizona and New Mexico
Large numbers of Mexican miners return home due to copper mine closures in Arizona and New Mexico. The Mexican government funds transportation. About 15,000 workers entered Juarez on Monday, bringing tools, with 4,500 total over the past ten days. Returning workers are then shipped inland in long trains running two to three times weekly.
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Associated Press
el Vaso
Mexico
Arizona
New Mexico
Juarez Monay
el Paso
Antonio Corona
Juarez
Juarez Tuberculosis Sanitarium Plan By Local Promoters
In Juarez Mexico on April 12 Trenjamin Ravilla and Manuel Lopes announce forming a company to build and run a sanitarium for tubercular patients. The project aims to convert the former ree track property for patient housing and reassign current combing house workers to hospital duties pending government action.
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Juarez
Mex
Trenjamin Ravilla
Manuel Lopes
Yenia
Jurker Given Death Penalty For Murder
Associated Press reports Carl Jurker was sentenced to death in Houston Texas for the February 3 murder of Mordie Conrol a dieustan rent car driver. The verdict follows a trial held this week and reflects the judge's ruling on the capital crime. The case drew regional attention as officials stressed the weight of the crime and the legal process moving forward toward execution procedures.
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Ty Associated Press
Houston
Texas
Carl Jurker
Mordie Conrol
Dieustan
State reunion of United Confederate Veterans moved to September
The state reunion, originally set for Temple on October 6 and 7, will now be held in Temple on September 16 and 16. The change was announced in a message to Adjutant Brandford Hancock of Waco from Commander KE W Kirnkpatrick of McKinney.
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Waco
Texas
United Confederate Veterans
Temple
Brandford Ancock
KE. W. Kirnkpatrick
Mckinney
Peace and defense themes in Harding speech urge budget reform
The address calls for government efficiency to reduce railroad rates and wartime costs, remove capitalistic burdens, and involve labor in management. It supports immediate army and mayor appropriations, favors approximate disarmament with no solo disarmament, and stresses orderly funding of war debts while cutting taxes through disciplined spending and a national budget system.
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Mr. Harding
United States
Farmer Cured of Rheumatism by Liniment
A man on a New York farm was crippled by rheumatism. After using Chamberlain's Liniment, he recovered quickly and returned to the store to buy more, saying he wants it in the house at all times. The testimonial comes from C. P. Rayder of Patten Mills, NY.
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C. P. Rayder
Patten Mills
N. Y
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