Postmasters Upgraded to Presidential Grade by Harding
The Postmaster General advanced 100 fourth class post offices in 38 states to presidential grade based on increased business. Other items include a bench warrant for Harry Morse in a war shipping fraud case, and an executive order naming Alice Robertson as a welfare worker in the veterans bureau.
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Washington
District of Columbia Supreme Court
Harry Morse
Charles W. Morse
Morse
Alice Robertson
Oklahoma
Veterans’ Bureau
President Harding
National League opening day sets attendance records
Total NL attendance Tuesday far surpassed prior marks with Chicago drawing 33 500, Cincinnati 80 300, Boston 16 000, and Brooklyn 15 000, indicating a league wide surge in fan turnout.
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Chicago
Cincinnati
Boston
Brooklyn
Notable Clergy and Public Figures Noted in Global News
The report lists diverse obituaries and notices including Rt. Rev. Daniel Sylvester Tutt le death in St. Louis at 86, Signora Enrichetta Galli in Milan at 82, and Laurel Tarkington in Indianapolis from pneumonia. It also covers famine cannibalism in Shensi, Soviet actions in Tiflis, Dan Breen captured, Buenos Aires meat plant funding, Ruhr coal seizures, German crown prince illness, Quebec liquor profits, Moscow executions, and a Veshneudinsky workers’ resolution for Patriarch Tikhon.
D A R uproar as Mrs Story quits DAR election
Mrs. William Cumming Story withdraws from the race for president general of the Daughters of the American Revolution during nominations at the national congress. She favors Mrs. Anthony Wayne Cook of Pennsylvania, triggering uproar and leaving two nominees in the field.
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Washington
William Cumming Story
New York
The
Daughters of the American Revolution
Congress of the Society
Anthony Wayne Cook
Pennsylvania
Story
George Maynard Minor
Cook
G. Wallace W. Hanger
Henry Ford claims Ford Motor cash above 200 million
Ford says Ford Motor Company's cash balance remains over 200 million dollars despite major cash purchases of coal and timber lands water power sites and branch plant investments. He notes these investments were paid from current earnings.
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New York
Henry Ford
Ford Motor Company
Detroit
Wall Street Journal
Ford
Larkin Ordered Deportation By Labor Department
Washington reports James J. Larkin the Irish agitator who had been pardoned by New York Governor Smith after two years of a five year sentence for criminal anarchy was ordered deported by the Labor Department.
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Smith
New York
United States
Washington
James J. Larkin
Labor Department
US to Tax Bootleggers in Georgia
Notices of assessments of taxes and penalties under the national prohibition law were mailed to 900 Georgians as the first step toward collecting between 1 million and 2 million dollars from bootleggers and moonshiners.
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Georgia
Atlanta
Wnard
Legislature Votes to Abolish County Convict System
In Tallahassee on April 19 the Florida House, 68 to 15, approved abolishing corporal punishment in county prisoner handling and adopted an amendment to end the county convict lease system.
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Tallahassee
Fla
House
Betwixt and Between Schoolmarms Clash Over Oswald
A judge quotes on misgivings among teachers about Oswald. One schoolmarm calls him too forward, the other says he is backward, revealing a clash of opinions in the classroom. The remark captures a moment of local contention over a student’s behavior.
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Oswald
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