Cold wave grips central west as snow Favors upper midwest
Unseasonably cold air, snow flurries, and freezing temperatures spread from Wisconsin to Iowa and Minnesota, with Milwaukee and Menominee reporting blizzards. Warm Pacific coast areas see near normal or hot conditions while Yuma tops 100 and Riverside hits 104.
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Brigands Hold Expatriates in Chinese Hills
Fourteen foreigners including at least seven Americans are held by bandits in the hills behind Lincheng. Troops pursue the brigands as reports say captives suffer from exposure and hunger. Names listed include J. B. Powell L. C. Solomon Major Pinger and son Major Allen and son and Emile Gensburger Theodore Saphiere Chevalier Musso and others. Negotiations for release are under way and the outlook is said to be favorable.
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Bureau of Foreign Affairs
Great War Association
Piggly Wiggly stockholders dine amid Saunders plan shift
Leading stockholders meet in Memphis as Clarence Saunders contemplates relinquishing control of Piggly Wiggly Stores Inc and forming a special committee to run the business. He bids to calm banking backers and halt work on a million dollar home while assuring loyalists his affection endures. About 23,698 shares sold in two days as 50,000 shares seek buyers.
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Tenn
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Mr. Saunders
Judge’s ruling on sugar futures eyed for Supreme Court appeal
Washington reporters note that Federal Judge Mayer’s decision not to bar the New York Sugar Exchange from trading sugar futures could prompt a direct appeal. The case may reach the Supreme Court without delay, potentially shaping futures regulation.
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Washington
Mayer
New York
New York Sugar Exchange
Supreme Court
Escaped American captives widen probe into Suchow bandits
American Major Roland Pinger Major Robert Allen and Pinger’s son Roland Jr. escaped from Suchow bandits who held up the Shanghai Peking Express. Twenty six foreigners reportedly remained in captivity as officials blamed soldiers for insufficiently sealing bandit strongholds.
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San Francisco
Peking Express
Way Stations
Pola Negri Reported Injured and Denied Yet Operated
Los Angeles reports Pola Negri a motion picture tragedienne underwent a surgical operation last Saturday and rests at her Beverly Hills home. Physicians predict bed rest for a week and restrict visitors to fiancé Charlie Chaplin. A studio says no fall or faint was observed, noting throat trouble as a probable cause.
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Los Angeles Times
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Columbia and West Monroe Highway Arranged by Jury
Ouachita police jury settles route for West Monroe Columbia highway. New plan runs north sen from Mt. Vernon school to Walker's bridge, midway between Cypress school and Luna post office. Next meeting to announce bond issue results.
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Governor Parker Opposes Special Legislature Session
Baton Rouge May 9 Gov ernor Parker will oppose a special session to consider aiding the New Orleans Charity Hospital. In a letter to Representative John R Perez he says funds are for new buildings, not maintenance, and that with a new governor and legislature next May it is unwise to call a ten day emergency session.
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Baton Rouge
Parker
New Orleans Charity Hospital
John R. Perez
New Orleans
Charity Hospital
J. Martian Hamley
Perez
British cabinet backs larger air force to aid war effort
London May 9. The cabinet concluded a considerable increase in the British air forces is necessary, stated by the Duke of Devonshire, secretary for the colonies, in the House of Lords today. Injunction denied New York May 9. Federal Judge Mayer refused the government's request to restrain the New York Coffee and Sugar Exchange and the New York Coffee and Sugar Association from handling sugar futures.
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Charles M Schwab Faces Swindle Accusation
Prominent New York financier Charles M Schwab is named in reports about an attempted swindle linked to Number III schemes. Authorities pursue details as investigations unfold.
New York Indicts Mrs. Myrtle Hayes in forged Schwab note
Mrs Myrtle Hayes a Boston businesswoman now in New York is indicted on one count for forging Charles M Schwabs name on a 25000 note connected with the Hotel Chatham project. The case alleges she endorsed notes totaling 325000 in Schwabs name and police pursue a wider forgery swindle covering more than 300000 in several notes bearing signatures of prominent financiers. Schwab himself is summoned before the grand jury amid reports of surveillance and arrest warnings for the alleged mastermind.
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Boston
Charles M. Schwab
Chatham
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New York World
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Cleveland
Financial
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Henry A. Mark
Scheat
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Brother of Busey of El Dorado discovery well fame arrested
Federal inspectors in Jackson Mississippi say E C Busey of Delhi La linked to the same oil well fraud ring investigated in Fort Worth Texas He was arrested at his father in law’s home and awaits trial in Meridian He had been indicted at Biloxi and is a brother of the Busey who drilled the El Dorado Arkansas first oil well Bloomington Ill May sugar beet laborers to Michigan from Texas fear moving 8000 people to Kansas City Friday
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Newman Sets Longest Dance Record At 16 Hours
Rosser J. Newman of Dallas danced 16 hours 35 minutes, ending on doctors orders. Judges and Newman expect the time to be official and record setting. The finale occurred at a private home after county officers halted the public hall performance.
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Newman
Ward Ten Votes Top Notch For Court House and Jail
Complete election returns show a county wide bond issue for a new courthouse and jail carried 638 to 187. Ward 10 Monroe precinct 1 produced 113 for and 3 against, valuing the ward at 1 729 405. West Monroe contributed 141 for and 63 against. total city 410 for 25 against.
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Voters Approve Ouachita Parish Building Bond by Wide Margin
Most votes in Twin Cities favor a 400 009 dollar bond for a new courthouse and jail in Ouachita Parish with about 400 ballots cast and only 25 opposed. Monroe and West Monroe yielded three quarters of the vote amid civic canvassing. A 112 mill tax for parish schools passed as well to fund facilities, staff, and books.
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