England confronts looming strike amid industrial crisis
London April 4 Britain faces an industrial crisis as a coal strike cuts fuel supplies and transport workers threaten sympathy strikes. Parliament and King George meet to avert a socialistic experiment while transport leaders plan meetings to decide joining the miners. Admiralty recalls sailors to duty, signaling possible measures to keep essential industries running.
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London
Great Britain
George
Transport Railway
Admiralty
Two Big Talks at Merchants Meet Tomorrow
Merchants plan a 6 30 dinner and two short talks at the Chamber of Commerce meeting tomorrow. Music will accompany the meal before business topics, including whether to continue the monthly sales day plan, with May as the last potential sales day and changes to be decided by the merchants.
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Chamber of Commerce
New Process Makes Water 99.99 Percent Pure
Crystal Bottling Works installs an electrical water plant. water after processing is near distilled purity and energizing. Public invited to tour the plant, with a window display at the Chamber of Commerce. Local booster view cites health benefits and soda production potential.
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Crystal Bottling Works
Roswell
Trains Collision Kills Thirty Three Near Paerdon
Thirty three people are reported killed in a collision between a freight and a passenger train twenty five miles west of Monterey Mexico. Some Americans are among the dead. The accident occurred near Paerdon on the National lines out of Matamoras.
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Eagle Pass
Texas
Monterey
Mexico
Paerdon
Matamoras
The Furnace Rich in Spectacular Film Craft at Trieb’s
Realart presents The Furnace at Trieb’s theatre with lavish sets including replicas of St Mary’s church London Monte Carlo hotel and a grand wedding party garden fete and carnival dance A landslide scene adds peril The all star cast features Agnes Ayres Jerome Patrick Theodore Roberts Helen Dunbar Milton Sills and more.
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William D. Taylor
Realart
Trieb’s
St. Mary’s Church
London
Monte Carlo
Julia Crawford Ivers
Pan
Agnes Ayres
Jerome Patrick
Theodore Roberts
Helen Dunbar
Betty
Francisco
Milton Sills
Fred Turner
Mayme Kelso
Lucien Littlefield
Robert Bolder
Ladies' Columbia Symphony Orchestra Tickets On Sale Tonight
Tickets for the Ladies' Columbia Symphony Orchestra go on sale at the Armory door at 7 30 tonight. Early arrival is advised as standing room may be limited and the program begins promptly at 8 30.
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Ladies’ Columbia Symphony Orchestra
Armory
Lyceum Concert by Great Lakes String Quartet Tomorrow
Roswell Plumbing & Heating ad promotes hot water heating without basement. The Lyceum number at the Armory features the Great Lakes String Quartet, acclaimed as among the nation’s best, expected to be the season’s highlight.
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Roswell Plumbing & Heating Co
Lyceum
Armory
Great Lakes String Quartet
Ronwell Plumbing & Heating
Roswell
Roswell Pumping & Heating Co
Hall Brothers Tire Help Available by Phone
Hall Brothers invites customers with tire trouble to call and state their needs. The notice emphasizes phone assistance to understand required tire services or replacements.
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Hall Bros
Former Emperor Carl Begins Return Journey to Switzerland
London reports the former Emperor Carl has started his journey back to Switzerland. The British foreign office says negotiations for safe conduct between Austria and Switzerland are concluded. Paris notes the Little Entente plans military measures if Carl fails to depart Hungary by Thursday, per Benes.
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London
Carl
Switzerland
Foreign Office
House of Commons
Austria
Paris
Hungary
Benes
Czecho-Slovakia
Petit Parisien
Bertha Bowman Plans 10 Pray Away the FACS
Miss Bertha Bowman issues a call to the five hundred thousand members of the W C T U to pray tobacco out of existence. She recalls forty years of prayer to bury John Barleycorn and says Lady Nicotine should be placed in the grave next him.
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Chicago
Bertha Bowman
John Barleycorn
Rainy days spur more marriages says Chicago official
Cook county license chief Legner notes romance surges in rain and fog but overall marriages lag as rents and jobs curb nuptials. He cites 42503 weddings in 1920 and warns 1921 may be bad. Cupid disputes waning love, others delay weddings until employment improves. Dispatches from other cities echo the trend.
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Chicago
L. C. Ligner
Cook County
Legner
Dan Cupid
lLegner
A. BE. F
Cupid
United States
Many Hardings in the Capital headline and notes
Washington directory lists 69 Mr Hardings with half a page of names including women, mechanics, and clerks. Only one president Warren G Harding appears with initial W G, Mrs Florence Harding is a Navy Yard clerk. Other items include book sales, Jersey cows for sale, and a milk delivery notice.
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W. G
William P. G. Harding
Federal Reserve Board
Warren G
Florence Harding
Pennsylvania
Navy Yard
Mr. Harding
Mr. Wilson
Wilson
United States Demands Reparations From Germany
Secretary of State Hughes declared in a communication to the German government that the United States stands with Allied nations in holding Germany morally responsible for the war and obligated to pay full reparations. The State Department made the text public, confirming Germany had been notified of the U.S. position.
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Washington
United States
Germany
State Hughes
State Department
United Press
Kansas City Cowboys Return From Berlin Visit
Cowboys from Kansas City and Texas who brought American gift cows to Germany describe their Berlin stay as hobbling and overrated. They joke Berlin has little on Kansas City, recount stifling lectures and fun dinners, and say they prefer the freedom to roam as they head home with a wary view of German hospitality and openness to debate.
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Kansas City
Berlin
Germany
Texas
AK Kansas
Kansas
American Chamber of Commerce
West
Civil Service Encourages More Male Applicants
The U S Civil Service Commission urges increased male applicants for Stenographer Typist and Stenographer Typist examinations. Entrance salaries range from 900 to 1100 dollars for Typist and 1009 to 1200 for Steno Typist, with occasional higher pay for experienced secretaries. Appointees may receive a $20 monthly congressional bonus. The pool of male applicants is far short of demand.
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U. S.S. Civil Service Commission
Commission
Congress
Petita Perra Dies at 75 in East Albuquerque Home
Mrs Petita Perra aged seventy five died yesterday at her East Albuquerque home from old age. Services were held at St John’s Catholic church at nine this morning with burial in South Park Cemetery.
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Petita Perra
Albuquerque
St. John’s Catholic Church
South Park
John Burns
St. Peter's Catholic Church
Father Roman
Roswell Floral Co. Bosses and Missouri Visitor Arrive
Roy Mason from St Springfield Missouri arrived in the city this afternoon to spend several days handling business. Flowers and mower related chatter accompany the visit as local floral interests and commerce are noted in this brief item.
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Misseei
Roy
Mason
St. Springfield
Postal Service to Speed Up Efficiency Plan
Postmaster General Hays told twelve city postmasters in Washington today that the postal service must be sped up and more efficient. He outlined aims to increase delivery speed and overall performance of the system.
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Washington
Hays
Deputies Guard Georgia Town For Williams Trial
Covington Georgia April 4 scores of deputies sworn in to patrol the town and keep order during the trial of John Williams proprietor of the death farm whose arrest has stirred interracial tensions. A squad escorted Williams and his accuser Clyde Menning to Newton county jail as the trial set to begin tomorrow looms. Williams calls the charges a frame-up and plans to remain silent.
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Covington
Georgia
John Williams
Atlanta
Williams
Clyde Menning
Wiliams
Newton County
San Francisco Divorces Rise as Quick Annulments Grow
In San Francisco Judge E P Shortall notes annulments are faster and easier than Reno divorces, prompting a grand jury review. He says couples travel separate paths after failed marriages by suing for annulment when a former mate was already married. Annulments have run up to seven daily in recent months as bigamy prosecutions lag.
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San Francisco
E. P. Shortall
Reno
Grand
Shortall
Oil firm to begin drilling near Pecos in April
Buffalo-Hoswell Oil Company will spud in the well by April 14 with drilling to start that date. Machinery arrived and crews moved equipment 22 miles east of the city across the Pecos. Attorney John D. Mell and Byron O. Beal left for Santa Fe for several days of business, with Mell returning Wednesday. Kiwanis meeting set for tomorrow at Chamber of Commerce at 12 15 with R R Browm of Roswell Milling as speaker.
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Buffalo-Hoswell Oil Company
Pecos
F. S. Jackson
Santa Fe
John D. Mell
Byron O. Beal
Mell
Mr. Beal
Kiwanis Club
Chamber of Commerce
R. R. Browm
Roswell Milling Company
County Commissioners Meet In Regular Quarterly Session
The board of county commissioners met in regular quarterly session at 9 this morning to handle routine business and discuss several road matters affecting Chaves County. Sheriff Peck arrested Charles Garner overnight on larceny charges involving saddles from Texas and he is jailed awaiting information from Texas.
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Board of County Commissioners
Chaves County
Charles Garner
John C. Peck
Texas
Henderson challenges Lloyd George in general election
Arthur Henderson, Britain's top labor leader, in an exclusive interview with United Press, declares his aim to overthrow the Lloyd George government. He frames the fight around threatened industrial revision and signals a push for a general election. The exchange positions Henderson as a major political foe to the premier.
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London
Lloyd Allen
Copyright United Press
Arthur Henderson
Great Britain
Lloyd George
United Kingdom
Henderson
United Press
Effort 10 Revive Business In South Cotton Trade
Washington April 4 Efforts to revive business and restore prosperity in the South began at conferences between government officials and Southern bankers. The program aims to end commercial stagnation in the cotton belt and improve unemployment, prices, and commerce in New England mills by restoring the American cotton export trade with Europe including Germany.
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Washington
South
New England
Europe
Germany
Will Confer With Harding On Railroads
Bert Jewell, president of the railway department of the American Federation of Labor, heads to Washington to confer with President Harding on the railroad crisis. Frank Bloom arrives from Trinidad, Colorado, to spend days in Chicago on business. Everbearing plants and Denia onior plants for sale by P. D. Wilkins, phone 726.
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Chicago
Bert Jewell
Railway Department
American Federation of Labor
Washington
Harding
Denia
P. D. Wilkins
Death of Norman Frost at East Grand Plains
Norman Frost three years old, son of Mr and Mrs Clinton B Frost of East Grand Plains, died Saturday afternoon from measles and pneumonia complications. Funeral was held yesterday from the family home. burial in South Park.
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Norman Frost
Clinton B. Frost
East Grand Plains
South Park
Ranch Owner Williams Arrives for Brief City Visit
Williams from Ranch M. S. Williams arrived last night from his ranch north of the city. He plans to spend several days in town for a mixed business and pleasure sojourn.
Storm Warning Tuesday for Roswell and Pecos Valley
A storm system moves over the central western region with cloudiness and precipitation. A strong high pressure area develops in the Northwest driving a sharp temperature drop, with subfreezing readings impacting Nevada, Montana, Idaho, Washington, and Oregon. orchards warned to brace for Tuesday night. Cleve Hallenbeck, Meteorologist.
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Roswell
Pecos Valley
Utan
Utah
Neevada
Montana
Idaho
Washington
Oregon
Cleve Hallenbeck
Hudspeth Leaves on Official Mission Across New Mexico
A. H. Hudspeth, United States marshal for the district of New Mexico, departed yesterday on the White Line toward Carizozo and western NM for several days of official duties. A stray note mentions a display notice and cheerful basement estimates, reflecting fragmentary local items.
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A. H. Hudspeth
A. H.hudspeth
United States
District of New Mexico
Carizozo
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