Jury Finds Day Justified in Defense of Wife and Home
Coroner's jury in Oklahoma City exonerates Jean P. Day after verdict that he acted in defense of his wife and home when he killed Lieut. Col. Paul Ward Beck. The jury deliberated 58 minutes and recommended no charges.
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Oklahoma City
Okla
Jean P. Day
Oklahoma Supreme Court’ Commission
Coronier
Paul Ward Beck
U. S. Army Aviation
Day
Beck
Washington
Mrs. Day
Dixie
Texas Windstorm Kills Seventeen Injures Dozens
Seventeen dead and more than eighty injured as tornadoes and rainstorms sweep from west Texas into Oklahoma and toward Arkansas. Officials warn death toll may rise as reports come in from Rowina Optin Electra Auburne and Lawton where fatalities occurred and injuries are widespread in other towns.
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Dallas
Tex
Japs and Siberians Battle In Siberian Front
Dispatches from Tokyo report severe fighting in Siberia where 3,000 Red troops were routed by Japanese forces with heavy casualties. The clash reflects intensified operations on the eastern theater with both sides sustaining significant losses.
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Tokyo
Siberia
British Return to Dublin Castle Guard Duties
British soldiers under government orders resumed guard duties at Dublin Castle with armed forces of the Royal Irish Constabulary whose disbandment has been suspended.
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Dublin
Dublin Castle
Royal Irish Constabulary
Maud A Richie Shoots Father to Save Mother
In St Louis on April 10 Miss Maud A Richie eighteen a telephone operator shot her father George A Richie fifty three a butcher who she says was abusing her mother The act follows alleged years of family abuse and prompted police response and investigation
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St. Louis
Maud A. Richie
George A. Richie
Dolly
Nelly
Chicago Journal
Basis for widening recovery in US business
New York April 10. The revival in business is widening despite labor troubles and past readjustments. Demand and prices are irregular as expected in recovery, with prudent actions favored over inflation. Steel production up, pig iron output growing, construction activity rising, lumber buying increasing, and auto trade improving signal broader improvement.
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New York
Father of AX victims dies amid murder inquiry
L H Tremblay a Concordia farmer near St Joseph whose five sons were hacked with an ax leaving one dead and several wounded was found dead at a neighbor's home where he stayed after the crime. Physicians say his injuries were not fatal. State prison experts grilled Tremblay during the investigation.
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Concordia
Kan
L. H. Tremblay
St. Joseph
Tremblay
Memorial for Peary Placed at Arlington by National Geographic
President and Mrs. Harding and cabinet members joined Arctic explorers in Arlington National Cemetery as the National Geographic Society dedicated a memorial at Rear Admiral Robert E. Peary's grave.
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Washington
Harding
Robert E. Peary
Arlington National Cemetery
National Geographic Society
Martial Law Proclaimed in Batum Amid Clash Threats
Reports from Batum in Constantinople indicate serious trouble looms between Bolsheviks and Mensheviks or moderates. Martial law is in effect and ships are barred from entering the port to prevent unrest.
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Batum
Constantinople
Mensheviks
Obregon Takes Rebels Property to Fund Campaigns
President Obregon ordered seizure of rebel property in Mexico City to cover expenses of military campaigns and trials of captured rebels, signaling a sharp escalation in the government’s anti rebel actions.
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Obregon
Mexico City
Grain and hay markets slip as U S reports weekly prices
Prices across grain hay and livestock drift lower for the week ended April 6 with Chicago May wheat at 1.304 a bushel and corn at 58 1/4 cents. Cash Chicago bids show mixed wheat 1.32, corn 57 58 cents while Minneapolis and Kansas City futures fall modestly. Livestock demand weak to firm with hogs up 0 40 and beef steers holding near prior levels. dairy butter and cheese prices edge lower in major markets.
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Chicago
Argentina
Germany
Iowa
North Dakota
Kansas
Minneapolis
Kansas City
Winnipeg
Timothy
New York
Philadelphia
Pittsburgh
Cincinnati
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Memphis
Prairie Kansas City
St. Louis
Buffalo
Northern
Florida
Boston
Texas
Bermudas
Wisconsin
Young Americas
Cyclone Kills Iowa Woman in Woodward Twister Death
A cyclone swept Woodward Iowa killing Mrs Will Tierman wife of a farmer. The storm wrecked many farm houses and outbuildings with damage estimated at 200000 dollars.
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Farmer
Woodward
Will Tierman
Mrs Ida Butler Swift Dies in Chicago
Mrs. Ida Butler Swift wife of Louis F Swift a principal figure at Swift & Co a stockyards firm died in Chicago after nearly a month of illness her passing reported from the city on April 7.
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Louis F. Swift
Chicago
Ida_ Butler Swift
Swift & Co
Swift
Martin Carey Dies in Florida After Stroke
Martin Carey, vice president of Standard Oil Company of New York, died in a St. Augustine hospital after a third stroke on March 23. He passed away on April 11, according to a local report.
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Martin Carey
St. Augustine
Fla
Standard Oil Company of New York
Injunction Bars Miners in West Virginia Field
A temporary injunction was issued in Charleston restraining the United Mine Workers of America from further activities in the Winding Gulf coal field of southern West Virginia. The action addresses potential disruptions and enjoins union actions pending further order.
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Charleston
W. Va
United Mine Workers of America
Gulf Coal
West
Virginia
End to coal strike urged by attorney general
Attorney General Daugherty urges miners and operators to meet and settle the coal strike. He calls the operators' delay a war tactic and says the public must not be pinched. Bland and Nolan push for government led investigation and a central meeting to resolve the dispute.
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Washington
Daugherty
Representative Bland
House Labor Committee
Bland
Nolan
Pennsylvania
Ohio
T. H. Watkins
Big Gain in Employment Across 43 of 65 Cities
The Department of Labor employment service reports up to a 28 percent rise in employment in 43 of 65 cities for the month ending March 31. Automotive and allied industries iron and steel lumber lead the gains with a 25 percent countrywide increase from 1,428 firms. Director General Francis I. Jones notes active building and more new residences in 281 principal centers.
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Washington
Department of Labor
Iron and Steel
Francis I. Jones
The
Employment Service
Semenoff Arrested in New York for Bail
General Semenoff, the Russian anti Bolshevik commander who followed Kolchak, posted 25000 bail before Justice Delehanty to avoid Ludlow Street jail after arriving from Washington. He was seized by Sheriff Nagle and deputies amid accusations of misappropriating 475000 dollars from the Youroveta Home and Foreign Trade company, Inc, a bankrupt firm with New York offices.
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New York
Semenoff
Kolchak
Sibera
Ludlow Street
Delehanty
Washington
Nagle
Siberia
Youroveta Home and Foreign Trade Company, Inc
General Von Falkenhayn Dies in Potsdam
London reports the death of General Eugene Von Falkenhayn a notable figure in the German army during the World War He passed away at Potsdam according to advices received here
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von Falkenhayn
London
Eugene von Falkenhayn
Potsdam
Slain by Shot in Police Battle in New York
Lawyer Harry Crone and a bystander were killed by a pistol shot during a clash between patrolmen and five men accused of stealing a tire from an automobile in New York on April 11.
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New York
Harry Crone
Two Women Escaped Operations with Lydia E. Pinkham
Two testimonials from St Joseph Missouri and White Plains New York describe relief from serious ailments after using Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound and related products. One woman avoided an operation after months of pain and swelling while another regained health and weight. The ads promote medical advice and a free book on women’s ailments from Lynn Massachusetts.
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St.Joseph
Missouri
Lydia E. Pinkham
Wm. Lockman
N. 4Th St. St. Joseph, Mo
White Plains
N. Y
Lydia E
Modern Miles Standish and a Suburban Porch Chat
A modern Miles Standish scene features a Woman hosting a week end in the suburbs with Dorothy six, discussing boys Jimmy Tom and a New Hampshire rival. The porch conversation turns playful as Dorothy asserts her preference among boys.
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Miles Standish
Dorothy
Jimmy
Tom
New Hampshire
Chicago Journal
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