Senate Plans 5 Percent Immigration Limit Amid Debate
Washington discusses immigration policy as the Senate immigration committee backs a 5 percent limit on new arrivals from each country, marking a shift from Johnson bill provisions. Proponents argue the plan damns the flood of migrants while opponents warn of broader labor and economic impacts. The debate reflects war-time fears and political maneuvering with inauguration near.
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Senate
Senate Friends of
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Maine
Houses
Congress
Senate Committee
Success Is Earned Through Long Hours and Labor
The text asserts success requires paying a price through long hours and little sleep, with tired eyes and aching muscles as a struggle toward the goal. It emphasizes that there is no easy path and effort defines achievement.
Substitutes for Genius and the Value of Real Skill
The piece argues genius is rare and irreplaceable while many so-called geniuses are just diligent workers. It notes some gifted individuals fade under routine tasks, and that ordinary life can dull brilliance, yet rare moments of effort elevate the extraordinary.
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Tife
Little Sarah Plans One More Prank After Bedtime
A child named Aunt Mary with reservations is mentioned in a humor piece about a girl insisting on getting more steam tomorrow. The vignette contrasts a country gentleman’s comment on today’s achievements with Sarah’s determined mischief as she prays for blessing to her parents and relatives.
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Mamme
Henry
Mary
Report Soviet Is Overthrown By Revolt In Petrograd
Soldiers join revolt in Petrograd and Slavic Committee as new power takes shape. Key figures and dates remain unclear in fragmented report. Citizens react with uncertainty while authorities call for order and loyalty to the state.
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Petrograd
Regiments in Revolt In War-Torn Caucasus Front Report
Fragmented dispatches claim tenth regiment revolted and was sent to the Caucasian front. Bolshevik and Turkish forces clash around Batum and Sukhum Kait, with looting and military movements reported as foreign troops advance and suppressions occur along the Crimean and Black Sea fringe.
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Pais News Leon Riga
Maret
Muttlett
Esnimitten
Peserte
Wightting
Vassily Leone
Warship Sunk In Pacific Collision Involving Woolsey
A naval clash off the Pacific coast of Vanain resulted in the destroyer Woolsey sinking after a collision with the steamer Steel Inventor. Fifteen sailors are missing and about a dozen are injured as Aaron Ward and Philip rescue survivors. Woolsey crew members aboard Aaron Ward report 112 aboard Woolsey.
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Woolwey
Coyotes and church retreat hindered by wolf drive
Muddled OCR fragment hints at a scene where a coyote seeks refuge inside a church as men conduct a wolf drive. The text is garbled, mentioning retreat, safety, and reactions of frightened animals, with scattered names and places missing clear context.
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Green
Ken Findingell
Police Chief Kills Assailant in Nevada Shootout
In Winnemurra or nearby, Police Chief J. J. Nelson fired on a robber during an arrest attempt. Nelson, who entered a Western Pacific boxcar to pursue the suspect, killed the assailant as the officer himself was wounded. The incident ends with the assailant captured by Nelson. Washington The Farm Loan Act, aimed at aiding farmers via federal land banks, was upheld as valid by the Supreme Court. The decision, delivered by Commissioner Lobdell, confirms Congress authority to create the land banks and to exempt their bonds from state taxation.
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White House
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France
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Mountain Lion Roped On Jaramillo Ranch
Steve Elking, noted hunter from Santa Fe, treed a large mountain lion at the Jaramillo ranch in Rio Arriba county. He lassoed and tied the animal, loaded it on a pack horse, then secured it in a barn where he retrapped the cougar, emerging unharmed despite the animal's mounting aggression.
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Santa Fé N. M
Steve Elking
Jaramillo
Rio Arriba County
Elkins
Turko-Greek clash shadows Smyrna fate in postwar reshaping
Turkeys jubilant deny surrender of Smyrna and Thrace. diplomats brace for treaty revision as Allied mission probes population ratios in Thrace and Smyrna. Greeks warn evacuation looks inevitable while Americans aid war-weary travelers marching toward Mexico City, recounting aid from Legion posts in Yuma and Bisbee.
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Terks
Thrace
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Supreme Council
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Miraee
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Greece
Milwaukee Woman Wins $25,000 In Estate Case
Miss Mollie Quirk of Milwaukee claimed a $404,000 share of Patrick Kallaher Merp land estate, detailing a two decade courtship and an alleged agreement to inherit the bulk of the fortune. A Federal District Court jury awarded her $25,000.
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Menphi
Mollie Quirk
Milwaukee
Patrick Kallaher
Merpland
Coroner’s Jury Finds Dan Brolck Killed Wife Then Self
In Las Vegas Missouri a coroner’s jury returned a verdict that Dan Brolck shot and killed his 16 year old wife Dorothy before turning the gun on himself. A note found at the scene offered his planned act and disposition of the bodies.
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Killa
Kant
Las Vegas
N. Mo
Dan Brolck
Dorothy
Brolck
Tragic Kerosene Fire Claims Teen in Des Moines
Mildred Milligan, 17, died in Des Moines after she threw kerosene on a kitchen fire causing an explosion. Her sister Loraine Milligan, 15, remains in a serious condition in the hospital with burns.
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Ex Moines
Mildred Milligan
Loraine Aflligan
Young Brown of Cambridge Inherits $25 Million Estate
John Nicholas Brown Harvard sophomore and heir to the Brown fortune becomes owner of an estate valued at 25 million dollars. He is the great grandson of the late Nicholas Brown, namesake of Brown University, and was once known as Baby Brown of Newport.
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Baby Brown
Cambridge
Mass
John Nicholas Brown
Harvard
Young Brown
Newport
Nicholas Brown
Brown University
Bandit Robs Auto Party On Mount Rainier Highway
A lone highwayman halted a three person auto party near Mount Rainier, robbing two men E Beagle J F Righter and Mrs Marie Rogers Righter of about six thousand dollars in jewels and money. The masked bandit forced Righter into the car and fled.
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Giamonds
Mount Ranier
Beagle
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Marie Rogers Righter
Righter
Arraignments Set May 3 in Coal Conspiracy Case
Federal grand jury indicts 226 defendants from six states including operators miners and union officials in a three year bid to fix wages raise prices and limit coal production. Trials begin May 3 with $10 000 bonds. names include T Brewster Edward Ris Jackson Dering M Penna Willam Kavanaugh John J Lewis and Willan Green. National Coal Association among corporate defendants.
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Edward Ris
Jackson Dering
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United Mine Workers’ Union
John J. Lewis
Willan Green
National Coal Association
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Department of Justice
Fishing With Dry Docks In The Canal Zone
Canal Record notes 1000 foot dry docks used in the canal zone. A vessel opens Balboa dock gates and a school of fish swims in. Dock workers reportedly take what they want while the commensary accounts for 400.
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Washington
Canal Zone
Balboa Dock
Night flight to deliver mall may start May first
A cross continental mail relay set a new record with night flight trials from New York to San Francisco. Planes departed Hazelhurst field and Mazelhurst field, with weather delays and a dramatic leg to Chicago before returning to base. Officials hail night flying as a revolution in mail delivery.
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Americans Lose Tool Market Share in Holland Says Consul
United States Consul reports hotter areas of steel tools have driven American tools from Holland market. Earlier to Germanys industrial revival Americans held nearly all trade. Namely favorable exchange with the mark low and dollar high aids shift per Consul General Anderson. Hughes Resigns Legal Aid Society
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United States
Germany
Cording
Anderson
Hughes
Legal Aid Society
New York
Charles E. Hughes
33 Die In Dual Train Collision Near Chicago
A New York Central train from New York to Chicago collided with a Michigan Central train near a Junction point about fifty miles from Chicago, killing 33 passengers. Officials say the Michigan Central crew failed to observe stop signals, and both the engineer and fireman are held. The wreck involved a wooden coach and damaged two Michigan Central engines, with many victims from the New York Central train. Emergency crews and volunteers battled fires and aided the injured at Michigan City and nearby homes.
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Porter
Michigan City
Rockefeller Gifts Half Million to China Relief Fund
The American Committee for China relief announced a $500000 donation from the Rockefeller fortune to aid China’s starving millions. Half came from J D Rockefeller Jr and half from the Laura Spellman Rockefeller fund, bringing total contributions to $2710759.
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America
China
J. D. Rockefeller, Jr
Laura Spellman Rockefeller
American Committee For
Film Censor Bill Passed by Senate With Amendment
A bill for moving picture film and advertising censorship was approved by the Senate and amended to take effect August 1. The House must act on the amendment before sending the measure to the governor. In El Paso Texas Gust Skaley, jailed for vagrancy, confessed he served as a Red army officer in Russia and carried Trotsky’s signature and a war minister card.
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State Lexinstitute
House
el Paso
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Gust Skaley
Red Army
Russia
United States
Skales
Army
Leon Trotsky
Soviet Russia
Skaley
TWW
Senator McLane Unseated in Washington House Ruling
Patrick Melane of Scranton Democratic representative from the Tenth Pennsylvania district was unseated for violating the corrupt practices act and election fraud. The House adopted a report declaring John R. B. Farr of Scranton Republican duly elected and entitled to McLane's seat after a 361 to 121 vote.
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Washington
Patrick Melane
Scranton
Pennsylvania
House
Committee On Elections
John RB. Farr
Oaly
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