President Wins His Navy Fight in Congress Vote
Washington April 18. The administration won its fight to save the navy by a 177 to 130 vote adopting Rep Ware Pa s 86 000 enlisted men amendment replacing the 67 000 plan. The battle drew loud cheers and an Indian war dance as leaders warned of deficits and warned Republicans about economy before the November election. The House also boosted several naval items to match higher manning levels.
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Washington
Representative Ware
Little Navy” Appropriations Committee
Little Navy
Tellers
Congress
House
Harding
Hughes
Denby
Appropriations Committee
MacArthur
Madden
Mondell
Wyo
Kelley
Naval Subcommittee
Navy Department
America feeds 8 million in Russia famine relief program
Walter Lyman Brown, European director of the American Relief Administration, declares that America has broken the back of the world's largest famine and has started a program to feed four times as many people as the peak American army in France, now feeding 8,000,000 Russian children and adults.
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London
Walter Lyman Brown
American Relief Administration
Russia
France
America
West and South Smiling Over Postwar Conditions
Eugene Meyer Jr. returns from five weeks of surveys in the West and South with optimistic outlooks on agriculture and finance for President Harding. He is managing director of the War Finance Corporation and prepared the reports upon his return to Washington.
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West
South
Washington
Harding
Eugene Meyer, Jr
War Finance Corporation
India Rebel Gets Three Years
Lahore India April 18 Khara Singh president of the Punjab congress committee who led the guardianship agitation over Sikh shrines has been sentenced to three years imprisonment.
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India
Lahore
Khara Singh
Punjab Congress Committee
Trains kills three asleep on Texas track near Trimble
Three men from Columbus Ohio were run down while sleeping on the Texas and Pacific railroad track near Trimble Texas. Elmer Thrill John Shumate and Hd Riggs were killed in the accident reported from Fort Worth Texas on April 18.
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Fort. Worth
Tex
Elmer Thrill
John Shumate
Hd Riggs
Columbus
Texas and Pacific ‘Railroad
Trimble
Flood Devastation Across Central U S Causes Millions in Loss
From the Rocky mountains to the Great Lakes the central United States faces one of the worst spring floods in years. Damages climb into millions as floods retard planting of oats wheat and corn complicating the year's harvest. Illinois towns Pekin Beardstown North La Crosse Oshkosh Oconto report major inundation and homeless refugees.
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Chicago
Rocky Mountains
Great Lakes
Canadian
Gulf of Mexico
United States
Illinois
Pekin
Ill
LaMarsh
Beardstown
I11
Tlinois
Michigan
LaCrosse
Wis
Fox River
Oshkosh
U. S. Railroads See Prosperity Upgrade in February
American railroads report a February net income of 47.76 million with 55 deficit roads, yielding a 4.57 percent annual return the highest since the war. Compared with last year’s shortfall of 5.18 million, the month shows a sharp improvement and a gain over January.
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Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
Explosion Causes $25000 Property Loss in Helper Utah
Authorities estimate the April 17 blast in Helper Utah caused about $25000 in property damage after one and a half tons of TNT exploded.
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Salt Lake City
Helper
Utah
Largest rattan shipment sails to Grand Rapids from Singapore
The 14 car rattan cargo bound for Grand Rapids Michigan departs on the Pine Tree State after arriving from Singapore. The shipment marks the largest rattan consignment to reach an American port.
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Michigan
San Francisco
Grand Rapids
Mich
Singapore
Civil War Officer Retires From Fort Leavenworth
Col. Ezra L. Fuller, a Civil War veteran, will retire July 1 at Fort Leavenworth after nearly twenty years stationed there. He is one of the era’s surviving officers and will end long service at the post in Leavenworth Kansas.
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Leavenworth
Kan
Ezra L. Fuller
Fort Leavenworth
President urges navy enlistment not below eighty six thousand
In a letter read to the House, President Harding urges maintaining at least 86,000 enlisted personnel for the navy, opposing drastic cuts to 67,000. He argues the Navy and advisers say 86,000 is needed and warns against reducing beyond the 86,000 figure despite congressional plans. Representative Longworth reads the letter. Miss Alice Robertson defends a 5-5-3 advisory ratio.
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Washington
Harding
House
Appropriations Committee
Congress
Longworth
Itep
Congressman Longworth
Navy Department
Alice H. Robertson
Okla
Fatty Arbuckle Cleared of Manslaughter Charge
Roscoe Katty Arbuckle found not guilty of manslaughter in the Virginia Rappe case seven months after the death at a hotel party. The verdict ends a high profile criminal proceeding that gripped San Francisco and the film industry.
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Fatty
San Francisco
Roscoe
Katty” Arbuckle
Virginia Rappe
Rum Ship Seized Entering Gotham Narrows
The two masted schooner W. F. Dodge, said to be bouxé from Nassau for St. Pierre Miquelon, with a load of liquor, was seized by a police patrol as it entered the narrows near New York City.
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Gotham
New York
W. F. Dodge
Bouxé
Nassau
Bahamas
St. Pierre
Miquelon
Narrows
Girl Grace Hoffman Dies in Suspected Suicide In Rockford
Rockford officials conclude Grace Hoffman seventeen year old student at Rockford college died by self inflicted poisoning. Investigators say motive is established while details remain guarded.
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Rockford, Tl
Grace Hoffman
Rockford College
U S Market Report on Grain Hay Feed Livestock and dairy
The weekly market report shows grains steady with small gains on Chicago wheat and corn amid bad weather and favorable foreign markets. It details closing prices for No 2 red winter wheat No 2 hard winter wheat No 2 mixed corn and No 2 yellow corn, plus farm prices and Winnipeg and Minneapolis Wheat. It covers hay fruit vegetables and dairy with steady butter prices and cheese market values in Wisconsin. It lists livestock prices in Chicago April 13 with hogs beef cattle veal calves and lambs and weekly stocker shipments.
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Washington
Chicago
Iowa
North Dakota
Kansas
Minneapolis
Kansas City
Winnipegz
Timothy
New York
Philadelphia
Pittsburgh
Cincinnati
Atlanta
Memphis
Ansas City
Prairie
St. Louis
Morida Spaulding
Detroit
F. A. B. Northern
Ilbs
F O. B
North Central
Louisiana
Klondikes
Middle West
Texas
Boston
Wisconsin
Want Japs Out of Siberia
Tokyo reports show mixed editorials after a clash at Spasskoa. most papers still press for withdrawal from Siberia. The Chu gai Shoge Shimbo softens stance while the Asahi Shimbun calls the objective as no longer existing.
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Siberia
Tokyo
Far Eastern
Spasskoa
Chugai Shoge Shimbo
Tokyo Asahi Shimbun
Limit Cut in Freight Rates Protest Rejected in Part
Washington April 17 Proposals by transcontinental railroads to modify freight schedules in Rocky Mountain and Pacific coast regions were analyzed by Examiner Disque. He recommended rejection in part but approval in several particulars guiding final rate decisions before the Interstate Commerce Commission.
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Washington
Rocky Mountain
Pacific Coast Territory
Interstate Commerce Commission
Examiner Disque
Commission
Senate Extends Immigration Restriction Law
Washington April 18 The senate adopted a resolution extending the existing immigration restriction law. The current law, due to expire June 30 1922, is extended to June 30 1924 for an additional year.
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Washington
Senate
Federal courts report 12,000 prohibition indictments
Commissioner Haynes said in Washington that in the last six months federal courts filed nearly 12,000 prohibition amendment indictments and secured about 8,000 convictions. The figure highlights sustained anti alcohol enforcement activity nationwide.
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Washington
Haynes
The Story of a Proud King Uzziah
Lesson outlines Uzziah the king of Judah from age sixteen to fifty two years of reign. It traces his prosperity when he sought God, military and civic achievements, then his pride leading to intrusion into the priest's office, punishment by leprosy, and eventual death.
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Dan
Uzziah
Hlis
Jecoliah
Jehovah
Zechariah
Joash
Bloth
Red Sea
Judah
Jordan
Jerusalem
Azariah
Jotham
Miriam
Moses
Gehazi
Hirsha
Cause and Upholder God Alone Quote
A cryptic quotation asserts that God alone is in Himself the Cause and Upholder of every being granted existence by Him. The remark attributes sole causation and sustenance to the divine, framing creation as a self-contained act of God.
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God
Pusey
Praise the Lord for His Goodness and Works
A devotional excerpt urges men to praise the Lord for His goodness and wonderful works to the children of men as found in a Bible passage.
The Blockhead Quotation Note
A brisk quotation about a blockhead who cannot enter leave sit rise or stand, attributed to Bruyere, reflecting a satirical line on clumsy or stubborn behavior. The brief aphorism highlights inaction and confinement as comic folly.
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Bruyere
Gude’s Pepto Mangan Ad Promises Health Boost
Advertisement touts Gude’s Pepto Mangan as a tonic and blood builder for run down health. Claims gradual but real improvements with iron in easily absorbed form and urges use with meals for weeks to feel better. Includes note physicians have used it for thirty years and offers liquid and tablet forms.
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Gude
Children play hide and seek in cluttered room
In a dim room three children Jane Robert and Helen hide in a half clothes press behind a curtain. Margaret tiptoes nearby and a moment of silence ends with a curt voice from behind the curtain telling Robert to shut his eyes or Margaret will see.
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Jane
Robert
Helen
Margaret
Ixsd y Legislator Resigns Over Gabbery
A member of the legislature resigns citing intolerable talking during sessions. The withdrawal follows prolonged debates and friction with colleagues over discourse style. The representative plans to pursue private life and avoid further public duties.
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Effie Bentham
Doctor Barnardo
England
American Relief Body
U. S
Central West
Interstate Commerce Body
U. S. Navy
House States Executive
Doctor Wirth
Germany
Bureau of Markets and Crops
Pp. B. Kfilyzwater
D. D
Moody Bible Institute of Chicago
Western Newspaper Union
Doan
Indiana
I. M. Reeves
W. Huntington St
Montpelier
Ind
Foster-Milburn CO
Buffalo, N. Y
Martin
TIN Varnishco
Chicago Hlinois
Rs Mats Yee
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