Mexican court to hand down decree on injunction cases
Mexico City Aug 20 The supreme court may issue a decree next week on Article 27 after hearings in 150 injunction suits against the government brought by foreign oil firms. Washington Aug 20 An International Land and Livestock official escaped Mexican bandits demanding 7500 dollars after kidnapping him near Rio Primero. he is safe in Jimenez Chihuahua. Austin Aug 20 House members and officers located nine missing lawmakers near the bar, brought them to the chamber and passed the educational bill under suspension of rules before sending it to the senate. The house named a free conference committee on the bill and a rural sanitation appropriation was funded. The adjournment signaled a majority for the Economist or People’s Club.
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Mexico City
Supreme Court
Supreme Bench
Washington
Eric Clarke
International Land and Livestock Company
Rio Primero
Jimenez
Chihuahua
Clarke
Austin
Texas
Joe White
Thomas
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Theerjeant
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Hall
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People’s Club
Finance Committee
Congress
Agreement for American relief to famine Russia signed
In Riga on August 20, Walter Brown of the American relief administration and Maxim Litvinoff of the Russian famine committee signed a pact granting the Americans unprecedented access. Relief shipments will be free to designated points under American control, with the famine committee cooperating and abstaining in districts Russians can feed. Hope is expressed that the accord may foster U S Russian ties and save lives.
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Associated Press
Riga
United States
Russia
Walter Brown
American Relief Administration
Maxim Litvinoff
Russian Famine Committee
America
Brown
Held for Murder in Waco After Night of Interrogation
Waco Texas August 20 police said after an almost all night grilling of Mrs Leslie Keyes and W T Aven they had secured sufficient evidence to hold both for the murder of Leslie Keyes.
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Waco
Txas
Leslie Keyes
W. T. Aven
Tex Rickard Indicted Over Dempsey Carpentier Boat Film
Chicago awaits federal grand jury action after Tex Rickard is indicted for allegedly bringing moving pictures of the Dempsey Carpentier bout to Chicago. Assistant District Attorney John Cluning says the government will seek the maximum penalty of a $1,000 fine and one year in prison.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Tex Rickard
Dempsey-Carpentier
Federal Grand Jury
John Cluning
Airship Flight Delay Looms as Weather Deliberations Rise
Howden Eng Aug 20 American aviators eye the ZR-2 transatlantic flight set for August 25 but may push back the start. Brigadier General Maitland the British air marshal says he will not be influenced in fixing the date and will wait for favorable weather at both ends before the final proving of the airship, to prevent it becoming American property.
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Associated Press
Howden
Eng
England
Maitland
Great Britain
Anti Beer Bill Agreed Upon and Related Congress Actions
Definite agreement on contested anti beer bill sections reached by Senators Sterling and Nelson and Representative Volstead. Stanley senate amendment and house substitute were rejected, warrants for home searches retained but not for autos. Also reports on Republican tax revision and allied debt funding bill, with funding completed within five years and broad treasury powers.
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Sterling
Nelson
Volstead
Stanley Senate
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