Sir Douglas Fox 80th Birthday Honors Great Engineering Era
Sir Douglas Fox, marking his eightieth birthday, is hailed as a leading engineer of his era. His career spans nearly sixty years in London, with famed projects including the Cape to Cairo Railway, Victoria Falls bridge, Mersey tunnel, Liverpool Overhead Railway, and a Dee River bridge. He has been commissioned for plans across the River Dee and a Channel tunnel linking England and France.
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Douglas Fox
Cape To Cairo
Victoria Falls
Zambesi River
Mersey
Liverpool
River
Dee
English Channel
England
France
Sir Douglas
King’s College, London
Birthday anniversaries of notable figures today
Sir Squire Bancroft born in London 79 years ago. Hall Caine born Isle of Man 67 years ago. Alton B Parker born Cortland New York 68 years ago. Bishop Theodore Henderson born Milburn New Jersey 52 years ago. Alva Adams born Iowa County Wisconsin 70 years ago.
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Squire Bancroft
London
Hall Caine
Isle of Man
Alton B. Parker
United States
Cortland
N. Y
Thodore Henderson
Methodist Episcopal Church
Milburn
N. J
Alva Adams
Colorado
Iowa County
Wis
May 14 Cease Fire Agreement Reported Amid Alliance Efforts
One year ago today May 14 seven Poles and Ukrainians reached a cease fire through American influence. The Dutch Government denied a report that it had decided to surrender the former Kaiser.
Today in History and Events Across North America
Independence Bay in Paraguay New Brunswick observes Arbor Day The Philadelphia Record marks its 50th anniversary since May 14 1870 Ohio Rainbow Division Veterans hold first annual reunion in Columbus Rome hosts what is anticipated as the League of Nations most important conference Gouin premier of Quebec sails from Liverpool for home Washington hosts Federation of All War Societies meeting Albany holds public hearing on anti-sedition bill College trained engineers discussed at Washington conference called by Claxton to support automotive industries
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Independence Bay
Paraguay
New Brunswick
Philadelphia
Ohio Rainbow Division
Columbus
League of Nations
Rome
Lomer Gouin
Quebec
Europe
Liverpool
Washington, D. C
Federation of All War Societies
Smith
New York
Albany
Washington
Commission of Education
Claxton
Notable events and births from the 19th to early 20th century
A compact sequence lists 1845 Rear Admiral Charles Train born in Framingham and died 1906 in Chefoo, 1852 Louisa Adams death in Quincy with London birth, 1865 Orleans Paris anniversary by Joan of Arc, 1870 Rome ecumenical council on papal infallibility, 1884 stock market panic before bank failures, 1888 Princess of Wales opens Anglo-Danish Exhibition, 1900 Dr Esther Pak first Korean woman medical degree in America, 1918 James Gordon Bennett dies in France, born New York City May 10, 1841.
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Charles J. Train
Framingham
Mass
Chefoo
China
Louisa Catherine Adams
John Quincy Adams
Quincy
London
Orleans
France
Joan of Arc
Eecumenical Council
Rome
New York Stock Exchange
Princess of Wales
Queen Alexandra
Esther Kim Pak
America
James Gordon Bennett
The
New York Herald
New York City
Weekend Socials Highlight Elks Hall and School Dance
A Friday dance at Elks Hall starts 8 30 PM followed by a Service Club gathering. Saturday features Mrs Richter hosting Auction Bridge at 3 20 PM honoring Mrs Wormser and Mrs Watson. The Girls Club and Boys Club plan an 8 PM High School Auditorium event for the graduating class.
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Elks Hall
Service Club
Charles Richter
Auction Bridge
Marcus Wormser
Horace Watson
Social News Roundup From San Antonio Area
Several residents and visitors are noted in San Antonio with arrivals and departures from Laredo, Hebbronville, Torreon, and St Louis plus a golf or charity event. Notables include Mrs Philip Reed and two children returning from relatives in Laredo, Mr Hal Greer leaving for a reunion, and J W Thompson returning from Galveston where he attended the Pythian Grand Lodge. The Woman's Club meets Monday, and a Fort McIntosh Service Club Friday dance is listed with acknowledgments to flower donors for Mother's Day. Antoinette Ligarde invites friends to a piano recital at St Marys Conservatory in Austin on May 21.
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Philip Clinton Reed
Laredo
San Antonio
J. W. Thompson
Galveston
Pythian Grand Lodge
Grand Lodge
Fort Worth
Grace Cuff
Fort Mcintosh
Werner
Yaeger
Summers
Sheasby
Mother Machree
James Condra
Threadgill Bhat
Macdonald
Corporal Sheasby
J. L
Antoinette Ligarde
St. Mary’s Conservatory of Music
Austin
Circle and club notes from W M U gatherings
Miss Ligarde graduates in the Circle A meeting at Mrs. Trout home with Bible study led by Mrs. Philips. Circle B led by Miss Gussie Pullin at Mrs. Jivells home followed by a short business session and refreshments. Circle C met at Mrs. Walker with Mrs. Burr leading the lesson, a social hour and ice course. Numerous ladies attended each circle as listed. A party at Mrs. A D Kutz honored distances of Heights boys for an eleventh birthday with guests and a cake. The Married Ladies Social was hosted by Mrs. W W MacGregor with bridge prizes awarded to Mrs. M T Cogley and guests Mrs. K H Buenz. tables decorated with flowers and a salad ice course served.
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Circle A
W. M. U. of the Baptist Church
Trout
Philips
Mesdames Lamb
Jennings
Ince
Circle B. W. M. A
Circle C. W. M. A
J. O. Walker
J. G. Burr
Mesdames Benson
L. Ll. Leyendacker
Burr
Walker
A. D. Kutz
Heights
Datesman
Louis Schwartsman
Alvaro Tarver
Mac Sielski
Wendell Guinn
Jack Scribner
James Dickey
Webb Dickey
Woodrow Applewhite
Bobbie Woodul
Lafayette Camp
Fred Dickey
W. W. MacGregor
M. T. Cogley
K. H. Buenz
A. (. Hamilton
Mesdames Barlow
Brewster
Christen
Cogley
G. W. Derby
Fish
Huberich
J. A. McDonald
Mesdames Anderson
Pinder
Greer
Matson
Higgins
Hamilton
Seymour
Robert McCulloch
Morrow
A. E. Derby
Keller
Zupann
Kk. H. Buenz
Harry James
J. S. Penn
Lucille Murphy
Revival Cowboys Roundup At North Dakota State Fair
A roundup at the state fair grounds in Mayr 14 states Fargo June 2 to 4 revives the old west cowboy life with broncos wild cattle and horses from Diamond Bar North Dakota and western states. Entrants from Montana Wyoming New Mexico and western North Dakota compete in bronco riding rope spinning riding steers and wild horse relays for several thousand dollars in prizes.
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Associated Press
Margo
N. D
West
State Fair Grounds
Diamond Bar
North Dakota
Fargo
Montana
Wyoming
New Mexico
Ira O'Meara Leaves for Austin on Legal Business
Ira O'Meara departed this morning for Austin to handle legal matters and is scheduled to return tomorrow morning.
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Ira O'Meara
Austing
Western Intercollegiate Tennis Tournament Plans
The annual western intercollegiate tennis tournament will be held at the University of Chicago from May 27 to 29. Teams from Chicago and surrounding regions are expected to compete in this season’s event. Local facilities and organizers anticipate strong performances and student participation.
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Associated Press
Chicago
University of Chicago
More sugar beets planned in northern Ohio this year
Lima Ohio May 14 farmers in northern Ohio plan to plant more sugar beets and fewer vegetables. Canners say high sugar prices and lower labor needs drive the shift. Reports statewide indicate a decrease in vegetable acreage this season.
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Associated Press
Lima
Ohio
Bummer
Lipman Warns on Money Market Inflation and Trade
San Francisco May 14 period of low mood and falling prices may follow money market inflation. I L L Lipman Wells Fargo vice president told delegates the Federal Reserve should prevent a panic and that exports could rise with more imports. He argued exchange rates reflect international finances with gold standard as ideal, and long term US loans to Europe could boost trade but would be absorbed only by investing classes. He concluded the money market remains fundamentally sound despite some inflation risks and Liberty Bonds held by banks are not a core danger.
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Associated Press
San Francisco
Calif
United States
I. L. L. Lipman
Wells. Fargo Nevada National Bank
National Foreign Trade Convention
Federal Reserve System
Lipman
Europe
Triangular Regatta at Princeton Today in Lake Carnegie
Princeton N J May 14 The annual triangular regatta between Cornell Yale and Princeton will be rowed tomorrow on Lake Carnegie in a high profile event. Cornell is favored based on season form and past success in races with Pennsylvania and Princeton.
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Princeton
N. J
Cornell
Yale
Lake Carnegie
Ithaca
Pennsylvania
Frinceton
Racing to Begin in New York 1920 Season Opens
New York May 14 The metropolitan racing season for 1920 opens tomorrow with the Spring meeting of the Metropolitan Jockey Club at Jamaica L I lasting until May 22 then Belmont Park hosts the next meets Aqueduct opens June 14 followed by summer meetings at Yonkers and Saratoga the season runs through August with Fall meetings at Belmont Aqueduct Jamaica and Yonkers.
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New York
Metropolitan Jockey Club
Jamaica
L. 1
Belmont Park
Aqueduct
Yonkers
Saratoga
Rubber goods lead Ohio in national production
Ohio leads in rubber goods production with Akron accounting for 41.4 percent of U S output and 65 percent of tires. In 1919 Akron produced rubber goods valued at 427 796000 while national production excluding Akron totaled 667 204000.
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Akron
Ohio
Akron Chamber of Commerce
United States
Obregon predicts Carranza surrender today in Mexico
El Paso telegraph reports General Obregon predicting the surrender of President Carranza and his forces, said to be surrounded near Rinconada Puebla. Vera Cruz reports Rebel attacks on Carranza positions near San Marcos Puebla, with two trains captured and Carranza forces attempting to move north while the main body plans a follow.
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Associated Press
el Paso
Texas
Carranza
Rinconada
Puebla
Alvaro Obregon
Luis Montes de Oca
Vera Cruz
San Marcos
Daniels Again On The Witness Stand
Secretary Daniels tells the Senate naval committee that Rear Admiral Sims’s charges of Navy delays prolonging the war are baseless and recklessly supported by flawed statistics. He says the claim of 500000 lives lost is tied to exaggerated Allied daily losses.
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Associated Press
Washington
Sims
Navy Department
Daniels
Senate Naval Investigating Committee
Baron Munchhausen
Admiral Sims
Marshal Growing Population in Texas City
Washington reports Marshall Texas has a population of 14 000, rising by 2 810 residents.
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Associated Press
Washington
Marshall
Texas
Cotton Consumed In April Totals 596,794 Bales
Washington census bureau reports April cotton consumption at 567,839 bales of lint and 28,955 bales of linters. This reflects overall demand for raw cotton assets in the period.
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Associated Press
Washington
Census Bureau
Baptist group approves New Orleans hospital project
In Washington on May 14 the Southern Baptist convention unanimously authorized the Home Mission Board to construct a new hospital in New Orleans at a cost of 1.5 million dollars.
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Associated Press
Washington
New Orleans
Home Mission Board
The
Southern Baptist Convention Today
British and American forces mobilize near Vera Cruz
Vera Cruz May 14. W A Body, British vice consul, with Carranza, is surrounded north of San Marcos. British and American authorities press efforts to reach him. British and French cruisers arrived yesterday, first European ships since the revolution began. American battleships increased to four with the Dolphin's arrival from Tampico.
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Vera Cruz
W. A. Body
Carranza
San Marcos
Dolphin
Tampico
Police rifle squad kills train robber in Illinois Midwest
Chicago May 14 Associated Press The rifle squad cornered and shot dead the man who robbed an Illinois Central railroad mail car of currency about $100,000 A policeman wounded in the clash died later in hospital The robber Horace Walston 22 of St Joseph Missouri called the most daring in years in the Middle West
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Ity Associated Press
Chicago
Illinois Central Railroad
Middle West
Horace Walston
St. Joseph
Irish Question Now Paramount With Soldiers Guard
London rumors say the government plans an early general election to fix Irish policy. Reports suggest Lord Birkenhead hinted police will be accompanied by armed troops in public duties. A Berlin dispatch notes Germany will skip Spa and Brussels talks unless French troops leave the Main district by May 16.
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Hy Associated Press
London
Lord Birkenhead
Ireland
Germany
Spa
Brussels
Berlin
Texas Motor Vehicles Registered Totals Through May First
Up to May first, 444,803 motor vehicles had been registered in Texas. Reports from tax collectors show 3,044 motorcycles, 2,633 dealers licenses, 13,885 chauffeur licenses, 51,554 transfers, and 2,062 duplicate seals issued.
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Hy Associated Press
Austin
Tex
Texas
Interdenominational Rural Ministers Training at Defiance
An inter denominational training school for rural ministers under the interchurch World Movement will be held at Defiance College Defiance Ohio from July 5 to 24. The program aims to equip clergy with practical skills and lay leaders with religious service approaches.
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Columbus
Ohio State optimistic on 1920 football prospects
Columbus May 14 The Associated Press reports optimism at Ohio State University about the 1920 football team due to spring practice. A standout fullback candidate Aten, about 200 pounds and six feet one inch, shows veteran poise alongside backfield talents Nesbit Workman Doig Henderson Isabel Osborn and McGinnis. Doig hails from Cleveland where he played for Case.
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Associated Press
Columbus
Ohio State University
Aten
Nesbit
Workman Doig Henderson
Isabel
Osborn
Not Essentials Learnings From Des Moines Utilities
Des Moines residents over 100000 discovered utilities are conveniences not essentials. During a six month period they faced a street car strike, water supply loss for about a week, and a gas plant explosion that left the city without gas for days.
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Associated Press
Des Moines
Carmen
Municipal Water Works
Des Moines Gas Company
Kennedy Delicatessen and Bakery Ad Prompting Reward
A small 100 dollar reward offer proclaims no artificial coloring in baked goods at Kennedy Delicatessen and Bakery located in Reed's Drugstore. The note invites customers to try home baked ham veal loaf sausages cheese mayonnaise salad chips butter and eggs and provides phone contact 841 for orders.
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Kennedy Delicatessen and Bakery
Tent Villages Spring Up Around St Louis Miss
High rents and housing insecurity drive tent villages along the Mississippi and in St Louis County. Dwellers store furniture and plan to camp until cold weather arrives. Local factories expanding may establish test colonies for workers brought from other cities until homes are built. A housing corporation has been formed to build cheap homes.
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Associated Press
St. Louis
Mississippi River
St Louis County
Certificates Obtained By Oil Producers In Texas
Austin May 14 a number of oil producers have obtained certificates from the railroad commission department showing compliance with Section 6 of the conservation act following a warning that noncompliers would be prosecuted. The April 24 warning gave 30 days to secure certificates. These certificates are required before any pipeline connection is made.
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Associated Press
Austin
Tex
Oil and Gas Development Department
Railroad Commission
Maor George C. Butte
Notice of public auction for seized mule at Laredo Port
Office of the Deputy Collector of Customs at Port of Laredo Texas announces a public sale for cash on May 22 1920 at 10 am. The item is a male mule seized for violation of Section 3082 R S A. R Kahn Deputy Collector of Customs.
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Port of Laredo
Texas
R. S. A. R. Kahn
Engineers Meet Sixth Annual Convention in St Louis
Chicago May 14 The American Association of Engineers will hold its sixth annual convention in St Louis May 14 Sherman president of the U S Housing Corporation Washington is the sole nominee for president.
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Associated Press
Chicago
American Association of Engineers
St. Louis
Catholics in China to send first large U.S. mission
The China mission by American Catholics sails May 25 from Senille. Rev Edward J Galvin, founder of the Chinese Mission Society, notes the group includes 11 priests from St Columban College Galway and others from Omaha. The society has bought 250 acres near Omaha to build a college for priest education for China.
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Ity Associated Press
Omaha
China
Senille
Edward J. Galvin
Chinese Mission Society
Mr. Galvin
Han Yang
Holy See
Galvin
St. Columbian College
Galway
Ireland
Education funding requests total over six million
Emergency appropriations for Texas educational institutions seek 6 549 669 dollars for the remainder of the current year and the next fiscal year. The final revised recommendations will be submitted to the legislature's special session.
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Associated Press
Austin
Texas
Educational Institutions of
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