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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 23, 1923
Page
1
Transcontinental air mail carried from San Francisco to Hempstead New York in 34 hours 20 minutes. The third day of the five day test period showed east and westbound planes nearing the last lap with main cargoes making fast time, indicating records may be set.
London reports Prime Minister Baldwin plans informal talks with Premier Poincare after vacation to discuss reparation issues. Berlin dispatches say Stresemann pushes to requisition foreign currencies to bolster the mark and fund imports with possible penalties for hoarding. Some reports mention a death penalty threat, though official word is unclear.
San Francisco witnessed a 44 hour transcontinental mail flight as C Vance flew 400 pounds of letters from Hempstead Field New York to Crissy Field California in 34 hours 23 minutes. Officials and crowds celebrated the aviation milestone and compared it to the pony express.
Chicago Aug 23 An American translation of the New Testament into simple vigorous English by Dr Edgar J Goodspeed aims to reflect everyday life. He spent 12 years on the project and explains the text uses common language to reach the average reader.
A band concert is planned for court house square tomorrow at 8 pm with an eight piece program. It includes March Dunlap Commandry Hall A Garden Dance Varga Overture Three Merry Nights Strauss Impassioned Dream Waltz Rosas Say It While Dancing Fox Trot Gilver Intermission March Stars and Stripes Sousa A Day in the Cotton Field Cobb The Glow Worm Lincke Selected Star Spangled Banner
Pat Duncan and Sam Bohne of the Cincinnati Nationals testified under oath before J A Heydler after a Chicago weekly accused them of being approached by gamblers during a recent series with the New York Giants. The hearing cleared the players and suggested legal action for slander while prompting the club to pursue suit against Collyer's Eye.
President Hermann of the Cincinnati Nationals promised the club will assist Bohne and Duncan if they sue the publication that charged them with being approached by gamblers during the New York series.
Washington August 23 the arbitration treaty between the United States and Japan expired by limitation but was renewed today for five years without change in terms or provisions.
The United States government moves to avert a coal strike as anthracite production faces a possible stoppage on September 1. Officials study emergency distribution and hold a New York conference with state governors and industry leaders. A coal commission report shows labor costs rising and shares of the price shifting since 1913.
Ten men arrested in connection with the robbery of a Missouri Kansas and Texas passenger train near Okesa Oklahoma were brought to Pawhuska by a posse of federal county and city officers. A separate report from Havana Cuba notes five injured in a restaurant bombing with one man arrested. In Sacramento California a state injunction suspends IWW activities during ongoing litigation.
Captain Mildred Olsen a 25 year old Salvation Army officer who served in World War I travels to Lake George New York to seek a ruling from Commander Evangeline Booth on whether bobbed hair breaches discipline. She bobbed her hair to aid diving as she is an expert swimmer. Officials recall that during the war Mary Booth niece of Commander Booth had bobbed hair in France and was ordered by General Branwell Booth to remain in Paris until it grew long again.
Washington reports Secretary of the Treasury Jon Mellon plans a renewed push for higher income tax brackets. He cites recent treasury receipts rising partly from surtax cuts and argues deeper reductions could spur investment. Lawmakers show little optimism for new tax legislation before the next session. The recommendations are expected in the treasury annual report to Congress.
Marquette Mich Aug 23 The disability of Thomas A Edison aged inventor is a cut finger from glass and a slight cold contracted on a journey across the lake from Traverse City to Escanaba The cold has practically disappeared due to care he has exercised per Ford camping party announcement
Rev Frank Tripp recently back from a two month European tour was the Rotary luncheon speaker. He shared observations and travel impressions from several European countries and urged the value of foreign travel to better appreciate the U S government. President Harvey Trousdale reported on his New Orleans district Rotary conference visit. Mrs George Love sang several solos and Guusipia Stubbs led the mass singing with Rotarian Leon Hammond on piano.
The Turkish grand national assembly at Angora today ratified the Lausanne treaty with the Allies, formalizing the accord after months of negotiations.
About 1,000 people are homeless and damage reaches an estimated million dollars after a dam on an irrigation project near Fowler, Colorado, gave way under heavy rainfall. Large floods forced 500 residents from North La Junta and another 500 from the valley below, as houses, livestock, and debris were swept along the ApiShapa and Arkansas rivers.
A massive irrigation reservoir on the Apishapa river near Fowler broke, unleashing a 10 to 20 foot wall of water. The flood devastated farms, crops including the Rocky Ford Cantaloupe belt, and infrastructure across fifty miles, with potential losses around one million dollars and several railroad disruptions but no loss of life.
Washington reports progress toward resuming diplomatic relations with Mexico. The State Department has informed Britain France Cuba Belgium of its stance after meetings in Mexico City by U.S. commissioners John Barton Payne and Charles B. Warren.
Miss Wilhelmina Schmidt of Denmark climbs the St. Mark's church steeple in the Bowery to apply cement frescoes. She wears a paint smeared smock white trousers and cork tipped cigarette in hand. A Copenhagen Royal Academy student she earned contracts for decorating the spire.
Chicago and other regions endure cool August with frosts and 45 degree norm. Temperatures fall 20 to 40 degrees in gulf states and plains while migrating birds hint at early winter as officials note added discomfort. Light southern breezes may bring warming later.
Associated Press reports continued August heat drops with lower temperatures widespread. Some southern states show about 52 degree falls from earlier in the week. Atlanta records a 68 degree low yesterday as Richmond Virginia reports its coldest August night on record with a 9 degree reading in moonlight.
London reports a manifesto by Peter McGinley claiming if De Valera wins the Dail the republicans will seize the legislature, form a ministry with Laborites, ignore the treaty, reduce the army, cut official salaries, and deny any internal boundary while demanding England evacuate harbors and respect the three mile limit.
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