California Moves to Bar All Foreign Land Holdings
Representative Kahn announces a California delegation meeting to widen the state land law to prohibit foreign land ownership, aiming to curb Japanese holdings and address British interests. The plan seeks broad restriction beyond current aliens, with potential impact on immigration policy and U S negotiations with Japan.
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California
Great Britain
Kaba
Congress
APAN
United States
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State Department
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Mikado
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Immi- Kahn
Am- Shidehara
Senate
Plan to widen law and add to its authority
M D Tracy reports a sweeping California anti alien program planned for the upcoming state session in Sacramento. Proposals include strengthening the anti Japanese land act, broader alien scope, and tighter title investigations to prevent dummies and ensure good faith in land holdings.
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M. D. Tracy
San Francisco
California
Legisla‘ture
Sacramento
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Auto Run Leads to Injuries on Yesler Way Hill
Four men were injured when a runaway car crashed into a telephone pole on Yesler Way near the police station. D Rueben, resident of 18th Ave and Yesler Way, is seriously hurt with a possible fractured leg. Detectives Hubbard Phillips and Shattuck and parole officer Ralph Utley suffered bruises. The injured were walking on the north side of Yesler Way at Terrance Street junction above Fourth Ave when the car wrecked.
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Yesler Way
D. Rueben
18Th Ave
M. R. Hubbard
Charlies Phillips
Howard Shattuck
Monroe
Public Safety Building
Ralph Utley
Siath Ave
Terrance «St
Fourth Ave
First Ave. S
Forest
J. D. A. DeLappe
Empire Way
de Lappe
Sembee
J. & Major
W. 60Th St
Leary Ave
Greenwood Ave
Tacoma Gas Standards Questioned By City Officials
Tacoma received a lower illumination gas standard than Seattle or Spokane due to missing complaints about the Tacoma Gas and Fuel company. Officials said no protest was filed because no hearing notice was announced locally, and if it had been, it might have influenced the commission. Dennin recalled prior public service commission dealings and timing of decisions.
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Seattle
Spokane
Tacoma Gas and Fuel Company
Public Service
Seatte
Public Service Corporation
Dennin
Price Rise Worst Evil Says Geraghty
Spokane quoted official remarks as Operation Counsel Geraghty criticizes repeated applications for rate increases by utility firms. He argues lowering prices to avoid heavy service disruption could win public tolerance, though further hikes threaten relief and public upset.
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Spokane
Wash
Operation Counsel
Geraghty
Public Service Commission
Ninth Hubby Proves to Be Her Undoing
A South Bend report says a woman facing multiple marriages planned to wed a tenth husband after parting with her ninth. Authorities received a letter from a prospective husband. the woman, in failing health, is charged with bigamy. She married on October 16 and was captured while attempting to flee. The item notes unrelated tax figures for tobacco emphasizing historical context.
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Dee
Busohki
Mandi
Balint
Wapten
Onie
Cat With Three Eyes and Three Mouths Stuns Madison
Louie Nelson owns a curious kitten described as a freak of nature with three eyes in a row and three mouths arranged vertically, with the extra mouths positioned one above the other beneath the ordinary mouth.
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Madison
Louie Nelson
Kittten
Horse Race Betting Booms in Berlin Races
Betting machines at Berlin horse races drew nearly 450 million marks in the first three days of racing this year, underscoring strong demand and wagering activity at the event.
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Berlin
Inventor in Bank Funds Found Destitute in New York
In New York, Yam Girth, an inventor, revealed he had $26,000 deposited in a local bank but has since lived in poverty. Ralph Kutts, a bank employee, detected the dormant account and offered aid after confirming Girth’s financial distress. Paris reports France would aid Poland if threatened by bolsheviks, with 400 million francs approved for war material credits.
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Poland
New York
N. Y
Yam Girth
Arances
Ralph Kutts
Girth
Paris
Prance
Raiberti
War Department
Chamber of Deputies
Chamber
First steel spring locomotive built in England a century ago
A report recalls the creation of the first locomotive using steel springs in England about 100 years ago. This milestone marks a shift in railway technology and design from the era's early steam engines.
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England
Suspect Held in Murder Probe in San Francisco
In San Francisco Charles Voller, once an inmate at a California state hospital in Agnew, was held today as a suspect in the murder of Fred Hunt. Hunt was killed by a blow from a gas pipe in the Hippodrome theatre basement about one week ago, with Voller formerly connected to Portland, Oregon.
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Pital For the
Agnew
Cal
Uapec
Fred Hunt
Hippodrome Theatre
Voller
Portland
Ore
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