Famine in China Described by Civil Engineer Jameson
Associated Press reports from New York March 10 present Charles Davis Jameson describing famine in China since 1895 relief work. He details silent panic, starving crowds, fleeing families, death on roads, and dogs scavenging. He cites droughts and floods as causes, emphasizes slow transport, and urges rapid foreign relief under supervision.
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Associated Press
New York
China
Charles Davis Jameson
Department of Famine Relief
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Egypt
Moses
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Chihli
Shantung
Shansi
Chihu
Improving the White House grounds a Through the years
A retrospective on the White House history from John Adams era to Roosevelt era shows evolving grounds and infrastructure. It notes vegetable beds, a surrounding creek, drinking water sources, and early lighting and heating. It recounts repairs after the 1814 fire, terrace changes, and 1902 remodeling under President Roosevelt with Congress funding and temporary offices.
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University of Virginia
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Social Calendar and church notices feature in Thursday page
Thursday social calendar lists Ladies Aid Society meeting at Mrs H C Hall at 3 30 PM and W M A circles at regular times. parish events include Parish Guild auxiliary meeting with prayer services and a Negro church program highlighting history, churches, and schools. Parochial library of San Agustin opens daily 4 00 to 5 00 PM except weekends, housing 800 volumes in English and Spanish.
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Ladies Aid Society of the Christian Church
H. C. Hall
Cook
Asher Smith
C. M. Kehl
S. E. Woods
Delaney
Denby
St. Augustine’s School
Raleigh
North Carolina
St. Paul's
Lawrenceville
Fort Valley School
Georgia
Bishop Payne's School of Divinity
Petersburg
Addie Shiner
Vidales
B. F. Wright
Woods
Young
Younkin
Mrs. C. W. Cook
San Agustin
Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy Praised by Readers
Edward P. Miller of Abbottstown Pa reports Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy helps his cough and cold and notes users often prefer it over other products. The vendor claims many satisfied customers attest its effectiveness for relief from coughs and colds.
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Edward P. Miller
Abbottstown
Mail Robbery Case Heads For Grand Jury In Danville
Associated Press report from Danville on March 10 outlines a major mail theft probe led by Guy Kyle of Mt. Vernon Illinois. Cash totaling 100000 was recovered with Kyle confessing. A second 85000 stockpile found in a Mt. Vernon garage involved Loren Williamson who denies involvement. Kyle’s past as a minister and severance from the Free Methodist Church are noted along with related church actions.
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Associated Press
Danville
Stepa
Guy Kyle
Mt. Vernon
Illinois
Kyle
Loren Williamson
Williamson
Free Methodist Church
Griffith
Forest of States Planned for Exposition Park
The Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce plans a forest of states at Exposition park. A tree from every state plus Hawaii Puerto Rico Guam Philippines and Alaska will be planted and cared for by the city park commission. Governors will be asked to send a state tree. Idaho and Louisiana already respond with a white pine and magnolia.
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Associated Press
Los Angeles
Exposition Park
Idaho
Louisiana
Detroit Dissent Sparks Moscow Labor Congress Sending Rep
Detroit officials split over the Soviet union policy as Samuel Gompers calls for support. A local federation vote directed a Detroit representative to attend the Moscow labor congress opening May 1.
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Associated Press
Detroit
Mich
Samuel Grompers
American Federation of Labor
Detroit Federation of Labor
Moscow
Youngest Poetess Hilda Conkling Reads Her Book
Nine year old Hilda Conkling of Northampton Massachusetts reads Poems by a Little Girl from her own volume. Her mother is a professor at Smith College, highlighting early literary talent in a academic family.
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Hilda Conkling
America
Smith College
Northampton
Mass
Misunderstanding Mary at a New York dance
Burr McIntosh cites an anecdote at the Hotel Commodore about a girl named Mary. A young man praises her bravery for remaining calm when a mouse appeared, but his sister reveals she kept her garters on to stay seated.
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Burr McIntosh
Commodore
New York
Mary
Allied Forces Near Complete Rhine Port Occupation
Allied headquarters report virtual completion of Rhine port occupation in the Ruhr with only a few villages at crossroads to secure. Disagreement over division of the occupied zone among Britain France and Belgium persists. Local business frets over a new customs system and potential price rises while factories cancel orders totaling 60 million marks. Munich reports Bavarian diet denounces Entente troops in the Ruhr and warns further invasion could rally Germans.
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Associated Press
Neuss
Germany
Rhine
Ruhr
Cross Roads
Munich
Bavarian Dietoday
Entente
Senate rejects house change on university expansion bill
The Senate refused to concour in house amendments to the university expansion bill and named a free conference committee to resolve differences. The bill originally appropriated 1.5 million dollars for 176 acres adjacent to campus, while the house cut the appropriation to 1 million and allowed 100 acres. The session also passed a hotel and eating house sterilization bill affecting tableware and infectious-disease exclusion, plus a dairy provision. The house engrossed a senate bill repealing the current minimum wage law and a new minimum wage bill was sent to a free conference committee, the latter being less stringent.
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Austin
Texas
Senate
House
Wood
Williamson County
Senate Kills American Legion Boxing Bill In Texas
Austin Texas March 10 the house refused to take up the American Legion boxing bill which had passed the senate by noon engrossing deadline. The clock was moved back half an hour to save a number of senate bills.
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Austin
Texas
House
American Legion
Senate
House Bill to Let Convicts Testify Fails Senate Action
The House rejected a measure to allow convicts to testify in state cases and would not take up the proposal before noon. A separate three million dollar school fund supplement passed the House and now awaits Senate action.
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Austin
Texas
House
Senate
Senate For
Sawyer Renominated as Brigadier General in Medical Reserve
The Senate confirmed the nomination of Dr CC B Sawyer, the president's personal physician, to serve as brigadier general in the medical reserve corps. His confirmation came on March 10 in Washington.
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Associated Press
Washington
The
Senate Today
CC. B. Sawyer
Medical Reserve Corps
New York Central Announces Wage Revisions for 45000 Workers
The New York Central Railroad said on March 1 that starting April 16 about 45,000 employees across departments will have their wages revised. A conference will be held later to agree on the new pay scale.
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Associated Press
New York
New York Central Railroad Today
Split in Woodmen Convention Divides Houston Session
In Houston on March 10 the Woodmen of the World held a state convention to count ballots from last night. Tension rose over which tally was valid. Head Consul J. B. Cochran and several followers walked out as the meeting opened. The body urged his return, but Cochran did not lead the insurgents.
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Associated Press
Houston
Texas
The
Woodmen of the World
J. B. Cochran
Cochran
Salazar Bound Over On Forged Check Charge
Carlos Salazar was arrested on forging checks and after an examining hearing yesterday was bound over to the grand jury in 300 dollars bail, which he did not meet and he was returned to jail. Police seized his stamping tools and other items used in the crime to be used as evidence at district court trial.
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Carlos Salazar
Salazar
Russian Revolution Reports Signal Obscure Strife
Reports from the Russian scene describe unclear and violent upheaval as factions clash. Dispatches from Helsingfors claim Potemkin city is contested with insurgent advances and shelling from Bolshevik batteries. Kiev is described as in ferment amid ongoing fighting.
Bolshevik Brigades Desert to Join Revolutionaries
Ries March 9 report says three Bolshevik brigades at Mouscok deserted and joined the revolutionaries. The move follows a severe food shortage in the Soviet capital.
Noted Trial Now Under Way In Clara Hamon Case
Ardmore Oklahoma March 10 At 915 judge Thomas W Champion opened the trial of Clara Hamon charged with the murder of Jake Hamon Oklahoma s greatest murder trial in the fourteen years of statehood All principal figures were ready with 180 veniremen summoned Both sides planned to proceed in the case with little delay and contentment on both sides to move forward
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Associated Press
Ardmore
Okla
Thomas W. Champion
Clara Hamon
Jake Hamon
Oklahoma
French Plan To Modify League In U S Policy Debate
Paris reports the French foreign office says negotiations with the United States proceed to urge President Harding to accept a modified league of nations. Secretary Hughes declines comment while discussions surface over Washington’s possible reception of envoys. Viviani and Ambassador Davis moves said to open channels for policy signals before domestic reconstruction policy.
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Associated Press
Paris
Foreign Office
Washington
State Department
Harding
League of Nations
Administration
Hughes
Jusserand
M. Jusserand
Harding Nas
Viviani
Davis
London
Panama Refuses White Award as Peace Basis
Washington reports Panama rejected the White award as a basis for peace with Costa Rica in a state department note made public today. The note conveys Panama's position on the Latin American dispute and implications for regional diplomacy.
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Washington
Panama
Conta Rica
State Department
Steel tonnage shows 6.94 million unfilled orders in January
The United States Steel corporation released its January 31 tonnage report, revealing 6,938,867 tons of unfilled orders. This figure reflects the month’s output backlog and highlights the scale of demand facing the steel industry in early 1940s era reporting.
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Associated Press
New York
United States Steel Corporation
Ardmore Jury Pool Forms Quickly For Murder Trial
Courtroom fills briefly as veniremen are examined. B F Landridge reads a partial witnesses list to jurors as Ardmore bankers are noted. Oil gusher near the city draws interest while 21 men are examined and 12 qualified for the jury box. Each side earns nine peremptory challenges.
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B. F. Landridge
Ardmore
Weather forecast from New Orleans bureau
The Times reports a daily forecast from the U S Weather Bureau at New Orleans. Tonight and Friday are partly cloudy and warmer with no precipitation noted.
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United States Weather Bureau
New Orleans
the Telephone Co
Fort McIntosh 24 Hour Weather Summary
Observations for the 24 hours ending 7 a m report a max temperature of 78 degrees and a min of 46 degrees. Wind direction noted as a steady eastward breeze. Sky described as clear with no significant weather events recorded.
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Fort MclIntosh
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