Rail chief warns on U S control and private railways
Chicago March 9 Howard Ethiott former railroad head urged quick return to private operation of railways and passage of constructive legislation. He argued private management, regional plans rejected, need for regulated competition and a central Washington director general to guide postwar transition. He warned of financial collapse if rate structures fail.
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Chicago
Howard Ethiott
Ehaitenan
Proitie 1 SE
Tere Fomal Club of
Chieagsata
Ethott Ett
Raibwave
Ue Pd
United States
Washington
Rumianian notes dispute over enemy bank issues
The Rumianian government informs Washington that enemy regimes continue to issue bank notes printed from plates they seized at Eucharist. Romania will not recognize the validity of these notes.
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Washington
March
State Department
Eucharist
Caruso Weds Dorothy Park Benjamin Again in Cathedral
Enrico Caruso and Dorothy Park Benjamin were married for a second time at St. Patrick's Cathedral New York after her formal reception into the Catholic faith. Their first wedding occurred at Marble Collegiate Church on August 29 1918.
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Caruso
New York
Enrico Caruso
Metropolitan Opera House
Anl
Dorothy Park Benjamin
St. Patrick's Cathedral
Marble Collegiate
Sober streets as new tax raises booze prices in St Louis
In St Louis on March 9 a downtown reporter found barrooms quieting after a new revenue tax lifted drink prices. Saloons report fewer patrons, slower service, and higher tabs. Highballs and whiskeys now cost 20 to 60 cents, with 28 cent whiskeys at hotel bars and nickel drinks fading from circulation.
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ST. Louis
Soldiers Must Send In Discharge Papers
Washington reports that millions of discharged soldiers must file original discharge papers to receive the $60 bonuses authorized by the last congress. Officials say thousands sent only true copies, delaying payments until originals arrive or the lost certificate is replaced by the original discharge order.
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Washington
War Department Distributing
Kansas Women at Draw Poker with Five Cards Wild
Atchison Kansas reports a new poker form called Michigan spitting in the ocean. It disrupts homes as two divorce suits traceable to wives gambling. Five cards dealt face down in the center, players complete hands in the hole. High hand wins the pot.
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Atchison, Kan
Michigan
Atchison
Charles T. Grundy
Atchison District Court
Spit-In-The-Ocean
State of siege proclaimed in Slovakia by Czech government
The Czechoslovak military command proclaims a state of siege across Slovakia following the discovery of a German Magyar plot. The measure aims to forestall disorders and protect traffic.
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Pressburg
Slovakia
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