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Newspaper
New Mexico State Record
Location
Santa Fe, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Feb 27, 1920
Page
3
The Senate approves the railroad measure after a short session led by Speaker Sharp and Senator Ando. The vote tally is not specified, but the act clears the chamber with a swift, decisive majority.
Washington report outlines sharp criticism by many members as the House debates labor and guaranty provisions. Included are mentions of Senators Culherson Hendon Kendrick and others commenting on protons and voter protections amid a broader discussion of the bill's aims and potential impact on treasury and administration. The piece also covers a separate Denver murder case, aviator casualty news, and Palestine battlefield rumors.
Protest to President Archangel falls to Bolshevik as union labor chiefs urge Congress to act. Leaders warn a proposed measure would deprive citizens of guaranteed rights and call for swift action to protect wage earners amid wartime tensions. The report notes rallies, political pressure, and debates over executive power and constitutional safeguards.
Reading like a scattered archive, the piece mixes reports of Soviet advances near Archangel and the White Army, clashes over the presidency, a Taminy Club hold up in New York, Princeton War Heroes Hall dedication, and French ship construction concerns. The fragmented narrative links battles, political turmoil, and memorial events across continents.
A garbled dispatch outlines Western Union style coverage of Western and Russian political turmoil in Siberia. It mentions revolts around Vladivostok, Japanese headquarters, and a fledgling revolutionary movement in the region. It notes arrests, executions, and shifting control as revolutionaries seize key areas. Also referenced are US military armor tests and a Buenos Aires police congress amid a broad mix of war and postwar topics.
A broad detachment of Michigan officials led by a local prosecutor reportedly defies federal prohibition. Major Dalrymple sought warrants as agents clashed with state officers over seized liquor, with violence and warnings of armed guards.
In Greensburg Pennsylvania residents of Carbon, a mining village near Lere, report nightly visits by a ghost clad in snow white garments. Norwegian miner Olesen and Italian neighbor Hise describe a spectral woman in white appearing at their doors between midnight and 1 am, making no entry and vanishing with a shriek after polite refusals.
Lynn Massachusetts reporter describes George White diving twice under ice to reach ten year old George Ghouritis who disappeared into the open water. White retrieved the unconscious boy, used a drifting cake of ice to aid the rescue, then brought him to shore and revived him with first aid before an ambulance arrived. Police Captain Broad said he would report the act to the Carnegie Hero Society.
Oscar Swenson was found dead from gas poisoning in his lodgings. A homemade gas stove with a moonshine still and a gooseneck tube was discovered, along with a dark brown liquid container. Police believe a flash fire suffocated the fight allowing gas to fill the room while Swenson slept.
In Washington a wedding silver set valued at $2000 given to Mr and Mrs Durward Grinstead of Louisville was destroyed when accidentally thrown into a furnace. While unpacking for housekeeping the silver was misplaced with rubbish and moved out by a janitor.
In Hutmeville Pennsylvania a two year old girl named Emily Laning died after sparks from a furnace in the cellar ignited the mattress of her crib. Her aunt Mrs Sarah Lockton investigated after smelling smoke and found the child burned.
The page lists prices for cattle beef veal and pork, various grains and produce names, and a note on War-Time regulations. President Wilson revoked an emergency rule allowing foreign-borne ship officers to hold licenses, offering three years and three months to naturalize. It also mentions Walter Hagen and Jim Barnes planning a 36-hole golf match in New Orleans for a purse.
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