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Newspaper
New Mexico State Record
Location
Santa Fe, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
May 20, 1921
Page
3
Washington reports President will travel to Alaska to review the rail project and meet leaders on regional issues. Pershing readiness plan set, Weeks aims to boost reserve forces, and debates continue on Southern GOP strategy and tariff politics amid ongoing preparation for national defense.
A remark by a statistician foresees one car for every sixth citizen, sparking Mr. Chuggins to note a jam at the downtown crossing leading him to question the average. The exchange hints at growing automobile ownership and urban congestion in a bustling era.
A fragment reflecting on tradition's grip across civilizations and British royal ceremony. It notes centuries of rulers being crowned on the stone of Scone and references biblical imagery of Jacob and a memorial cairn. The text blends mythic symbolism with historic ritual surrounding coronations.
A fragment notes Bethel as a sleeping place with a long train of traditions tied to the state, suggesting a valued local memory or historical association despite scant detail.
A fragment from the Wynne Arkansas Progress recounts an elderly aunt fishing in a small pond near her home. She comments that she is catching nothing, then humorously says she seeks a “Cage hits bandy” as if requesting something unlikely, illustrating a folk anecdote in local speech.
An inmate aided by accomplices attempted a dramatic escape from a prison near Liberty. A car chase ensued across rural roads as guards pursued the vehicle. Shots were fired during the pursuit, with one inmate fatally wounded and others wounded or captured before the escape was thwarted.
Rep. M. Repabtioner said there should be prompt action by the House to pass a peace resolution, stating the situation from the repetitions controversy had been cleared up. Estate to Aid Education in Elmira: Mrs Eleanor C. Alms leaves $2,000,000 to fund education, charity, art, music and recreational institutions in the area under her will.
William A. Kinnan of Michigan is nominated as first assistant commissioner of patents. The President also nominates Obie as assistant commissioner of patents and Sidney F. Smith of Massachusetts as examiner in chief in the patent office.
Washington reports the Senate military affairs sub committee approved an army of 175000 men for the army appropriation bill, accepting Secretary Weeks's request to set a higher minimum after House passage of 150000. The full committee would consider 329850000 as the bill total.
Washington court rules that requiring ratification by three fourths of states within seven years does not invalidate the prohibition amendment. The decision comes in the appeal of J. J. Dillon of San Francisco, whose habeas corpus petition challenged the amendment tied to FAIA after he was arrested while transporting a case of wine to its owner's home.
The finance committee bill clears Congress 63 to 28 after hours of debate. It retains committee recommendations while rejecting several amendments. The measure, aimed at wartime import controls and tariff protections, moves to conference with limited scope beyond tariff provisions and a six month effectivity.
The Moscow correspondent reports fires sweeping central Russia with increasing frequency. In twenty four provinces 11,804 fires have been recorded destroying or damaging 5,490,000 acres of timber as peasants flee and forest services struggle to respond.
A presidential decree imposes a fine of 20 000 peson on all companies drilling without proper permits from the department of commerce and industry. Each infraction carries this penalty aimed at ending secret explorations.
Idaho Falls police found a neatly dressed baby body buried in sand near a grade school. No evidence of violence or identity markers was discovered, and investigators pursue leads to determine origin.
Three men were seriously wounded in a riot tied to a seamen strike at Port Arthur Beaumont Texas. Special officer Harvey Patillo and two unnamed sailors were shot during a dark fight as they guarded the McFadden Tron Works office amid tensions between G. R. Canada of the McFadden Company and workers who attacked the site in reprisal after a prior fight.
Rev Father Anthony faces conspiracy and possession charges after allegedly trying to raise money from $85 stolen bonds entrusted to him by Wanda Arbaytes in a Toledo train meeting. He is held on $10,000 bond.
A large blast near Bonneville Wyoming blows a 20 foot deep 30 foot wide hole, damaging Burlington station and surrounding structures. Glass and a torpedo company employee were injured as two men fled after explosives were removed from a local plant. Authorities report the blast occurred as the auto carrying the men passed through Casper en route elsewhere. A war veteran named Nelson Glass, 80, and an unidentified miner are among the victims. Washington considers new national tax plan proposals, aiming to shift burdens by reallocating exemptions and adjusting income surtaxes.
Laura Bramwell, 23, set a new world loop-the-loop record for women at Curtiss Field Mineola. From 8000 feet she completed one loop before landing, after a flight lasting one hour and twenty minutes. Last year she had logged eighty eight loops.
A two story frame house was moved across a steep hill in Glencoe Chicago suburb and began a wild flight after a steel cable snapped. Workmen halted the run before it caused damage. The house belonged to C N Gillett vice president of the First National Bank.
Federal investigators probe a Chicago stock scam peddling World League shares at 109 a share to the public. Frauds collected 25 percent upfront from numerous victims who were told the organization would bring huge dividends due to its supposed global value.
Mrs Lyda Meyer Southard, also known as Mrs Panl Vincent Sone, was held by police in Los Angeles on orders from Twin Falls Idaho on charges tied to the deaths of four former husbands and an infant. Prosecutor Frank Stephen says exhumed bodies tested by state chemists showed the same poison in each case and that she stood to gain from their deaths. The investigation centers on a diamond theft and the alleged motive to collect life insurance.
President Harding issued a proclamation, published by the State Department, altering passport rules to permit aliens aboard certain vessels at American ports en route to foreign ports to land temporarily without visas for sightseeing and legitimate purposes. Passengers must continue their voyage on the same vessel. In a separate item, 23 crew members and Olaf Swensen of the Kamchatka were saved when the burned schooner was landed by the Catherine D after four days adrift. Two crewmen suffered exposure and temporary insanity during the ordeal.
Federal prohibition officers seized New York champagne and wines valued at about 50 000 from a store run by Rabbi Ari Fleschen after purchasing several bottles from a clerk. Agents say the rabbi held no permit to sell wine for religious purposes and the purchases lacked authorization.
In Williamson West Virginia on May 14 the death toll rose to six as guerilla warfare between striking miners and state and county officers continued along an eight mile front near Merrimac McCarr Gates Matewan and Spriges. Two more were seriously wounded. Reports say miners were trapped in shelters under siege with women and children hiding in cellars without food or water. An emissary tried to negotiate a truce but violence persisted with shots across the Tug river from both Kentucky and West Virginia sides.
Four Seventh Ordnance Depot soldiers at Fort Sill Oklahoma were instantly killed when 500 pounds of black powder condemned and ordered destroyed exploded prematurely. The blast shattered bodies, with search continuing until darkness found only fragments.
Toulouse France suffered a pair of express train derailments near the city. Twelve people were killed and fifty injured as eight coaches derailed in each incident. Locomotives and tenders left the rails prompted an official investigation.
In Ta Paxco a small revolt led by Captain Ontiveros was put down with the leader escaping. Revolutionists surrendered claiming they had been misled. Former federal general Francisco L. Castillo was executed in Oaxaca for revolutionary activity.
Secretary Hoover appoints M. F. Feiker of New York former vice president of McGraw-Hill Publishing as assistant. The position does not require Senate confirmation.
Maj X F Biauvelt quartermaster corps regular army was acquitted by a three day court martial at Leavenworth Kansas. Charges over his management of the disciplinary barracks exchange were not substantiated and the court granted an honorable acquittal. Major Biauvelt has served about fifteen years in the army.
Private Calvin E B De vis of Polo, Ma, 18, dropped a package on the Crooktown Neb railroad platform to rescue Rita Sherry, 3, from an approaching train. He said he dropped two dozen eggs to alert bystanders as he carried the girl away from the tracks.
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