New York Repeals Enforcement Act Amid Prohibition Shakeup
Washington and New York report sweeping repeal of the state enforcement law. Officials warn rising bootlegging and lawlessness. Anti-Saloon League criticizes the move while Prohibition officials pledge steady enforcement. Legislature awaits Governor Smith’s decision on liquor bills.
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New York
New York City
Orville S. Poland
Anti-Saloon League
Washington
Wayne B. Wheeler
Nets
Haynes
Associated Press
Albany
N. Y
Smith
Assembly
Senate
Congress
United States
New York State
Testimony at Railway Hearing Supports Monroe Interests
Monroe business leaders testified at a Vicksburg hearing before the Interstate Commerce Commission on extending the Missouri Pacific line from Epps to Delhi. They argued the extension would boost Monroe area commerce and address transportation gaps, while the railroad cited a half million dollar cost and questioned the benefit. Final ICC decision was expected within six months.
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W. M. Washburn
Monroe Grocer Company
J. A. Biedenharn
Coca-Cola Manufacturing Company
Monroe
H. K. Touchstone
Monroe Furniture Company
H. J. Fernandez
E. F. Connor
Sugar Bros. Company
Vicksburg
Interstate Commerce Commission
Missouri Pacific
Epps
Delhi
H. J. Pernandez
W. M. Barrow
Missouri-Pacific Railroad Company
Treasury predicts 60 million surplus for current year
Washington May 5 Director Lord of the budget predicts a 60 million dollar end of year surplus based on latest internal revenue and customs receipts. Customs revenue is placed at 540 million for the year ending June 30 and industrial revenue at 2 515 billion. Expenditures are to be restrained while reducing operating department spending versus 1922 by more than 200 million, with aim to save more.
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Washington
Treasury
Lord
Internal Revenue
General Lord
Largest Fir Timber Sale Opened by Government
Washington May 5 The largest body of fir timber ever offered for sale by the government amounts to 685000000 board feet with Douglas fir predominating It lies on the north fork of the Willamette river in the Cascade National Forest Oregon and is the first unit of a four and one half billion foot tract to be offered under conditions to sustain a perpetual mill operation.
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Washington
Department of Agriculture Forest Service
Willamette River
Cascade National Forest
Oregon
Belgium Council Rejects German Reparations Plan
The Belgian Council of Ministers met in Brussels on May 5 and unanimously judged the German reparation proposals unacceptable. The decision marks a firm stance by Belgian authorities on postwar settlement terms.
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Brussels
Council of Ministers
Cuban Commission Manifesto to U S People Arranged
A Cuban Association of Sugar Planters and Cane Growers panel issued a manifesto to the United States explaining why Cuban sugar prices must balance producer remuneration with consumer affordability. It cites 1921-22 U.S. imports and argues drought and tariff effects, warning that boycott campaigns risk harming Cuba while noting global sugar shortages and rising consumption.
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U. S
Associated Press
Havana
Cuban Association of Sugar Planters and Cane Growers
United States
Cuba
Cunningham Goes on Reserve Board
Edward H. Cunningham of Iowa was named by President Harding as the dirt farmer member of the federal reserve board. The same announcement adds Edward E. Jones of Pennsylvania as an additional member of the farm loan board created under new agricultural credits legislation.
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Associated Press
Washington
Edward H. Cunningham
Iowa
Harding
Federal Reserve Board
Edward E. Jones
Pennsylvania
Farm Loan Board
Street Agrees Henry Ford Is World’s Richest Man
New York May 5 The street agrees Henry Ford is the world’s richest man after Ford Motor Company’s statement shows assets of 536 million dollars as of Feb 28 1923. Cash on hand 159.6 million. Estimates place Ford’s fortune between 600 and 750 million, surpassing Rockefeller and others.
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New York
Henry Ford
Ford Motor Company
Massachusetts
Commissioner of Corporations
Boston
Wall Street
Edsel
Ford
John D. Rockefeller
Rockefeller
Andrew Carnegie
Marshall Field
John Jacob Astor
England May Send Stern Note to Russia
The Independent Labour Party mobilizes workers to oppose a government break with Russia and possible trade agreement cancellation. Critics warn a hostile note to Moscow could trigger wider European conflict while defending Russia’s treatment of priests and trawler seizures on the Murman coast.
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Associated Press
London
Independent Labor Party
Great Britain
Russia
House of Commons
Daily Herald
Labor
Moscow
Murman Coast
Pope admits wife murder and confesses calmly
John W. Pope, held in Idabel, Oklahoma, with his son and accomplice Red Harvey, confessed to killing his wife and joined the trio in the farmhouse killings. The son claimed he waited outside, and Harvey said he held the horses during the murders. Pope faces district court without bond. the youths pleaded guilty to murder.
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Idabel
Okla
John W. Pope
Pope
John
Red” Harvey
Harvey
T. H. Hansell
Hansell
Los Angeles Officials Begin Honduran Mission for Clara Phillips
Los Angeles officers led by undersheriff Eugene Biscailuz depart for Tegucigalpa Honduras with two pairs of handcuffs and a leg iron to escort Clara Phillips the California murderess detained there. Mrs Biscailuz and Deputy Walter Hunter accompany them aiming to reach Tegucigalpa mid May and return to Los Angeles by June tenth.
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Associated Press
San Salvador
Tegucigalpa
Honduras
Clara Phillips
California
Los Angeles
Eugene W. Biscailuz
Judge rules laundry truck driver not a chauffeur
The ruling by District Judge E. P. Mills holds that laundry truck drivers are not covered as chauffeurs and do not need a state chauffeur license. The decision was delivered in Shreveport on May 5.
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Shreveport
E. P. Mills
Hiking Freak Returns From Frisco With Wheelbarrow
Washington May 5. A. L. Vuillmot, 24, of this city, walked into town claiming a wager to walk across the continent to San Francisco and back with a wheelbarrow burden chained to his arms. He said he completed the trip in eight and a half months.
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Washington
San Francisco
A. L. Vuillmot
Ouachita Campaign for Oil Under Way in West Monroe
The G. B. Haynes Oil Company presses a tenth attempt to strike oil on its West Monroe acreage after nine prior wells failed. Dixie No. 1 inspires wide belief it could yield about 5 000 barrels daily, amid heavy pressure and long-running hopes dating back to the era’s searches.
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Wild Cat
West Monroe
G. B. Haynes Oil Company
G. B. Haynes
Dixie No. 1
Cheniere
Shreveport
New Orleans Industrial Canal to be Dedicated in Port Conference
The five mile Industrial Canal linking Lake Pontchartrain with the Mississippi River, built by the State of Louisiana at 20 million dollars, will be formally dedicated as the concluding feature of the New Orleans Mississippi port conference. James A. Farrell of United States Steel and others will speak with Governor Parker in attendance. A boat tour and a fireworks display will follow the ceremonies.
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Associated
New Orland
New Orleans
Louisiana
New Orleans-Mississippi
R. S. Hecht
Board of Commissioners
Port
John M. Parker
Ransdell
Hecht
J. H. Puelicher
American Bankers’ Association
Lake Pontchartrain
Mississippi River
Lake Borgue
Mississippi Sound
Cana Street
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U.S
Solons
Mr. Poland
Atlantic City
New Jersey
Ance
Fernandez
Treasury Budget
Department of Agriculture
Cunningham
Hy” Ford
Detroit New World
Independent Labor OF
Britain
England
Clifford Allen
Europe
Man
Royal Confectionery
Grace Church
Corner Oak and
St. John Streets
Ouachita
Ouachita Parish
B. C. Bell
First Presbyterian Church
Leon
Zoc
Metropolitan Cafe
Genasco
First Christian Church
Bible School
F.C. Holden
I. E. Adams
First Methodist Church
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