Washington News Digest Highlights Political and Legal Moves
In Washington the Woman's Committee for Political Action begins operations claiming the first women drafted political program. President Coolidge reserves 82710 acres near Carlsbad Cave NM. Grain exports rise to 1735000 bushels from 1655000. Senate passes bill on public ownership of airspace. radio licenses limited to two years. House labor panel backs ban on cross state labor across strikes. LaFollette's progressive platform on worker ownership outlined. Supreme Court rules interstate railroads need not fund union stations or remove grade crossings. J B French says Hamon spent half a million to aid Harding. US accepts invitation to Rome sixth congress for serial legislation. three delegates named.
Notable Obituaries of Three Public Figures
Former United States Senator Marcus A. Smith of Arizona dies in Washington at seventy two from heart disease. Rev George R Palmer ninety, trustee emeritus of Northwestern University, dies in Sanford Florida. Victor David Brenner fifty two, sculptor and Lincoln cent designer, dies after long illness in a New York hospital. George Clark eighty two, chairman of the board of American Stove Company, dies in Evanston Illinois.
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United States
Marcus A. Smith
Arizona
Washington
George R. Palmer
Northwestern University
Sanford, Fla
Victor David Brenner
New York
George ©. Clark
The
American Stove Company
Evanston, Il
Warmest April 6 in San Francisco since records began
Sunday set a high of 86 degrees in San Francisco drawing thousands to beaches. A Boston dispatch notes a 10 million dollar fund to care for orphans of service men will be raised by the national children's welfare committee of the American Legion. A Canal Zone Democratic convention named six delegates to the national convention. An embargo on outbound cattle from Denver Union stock yards was declared amid suspected foot and mouth disease. Two workers died and another injured at Lubrite Refining in Cahokia Illinois. A Boston dispatch reports English rivers overflowed due to rain and snow with one death and wide damage. In Evansville Indiana a boat overturned killing Ray Walker and Lina Walker and Andrew Walker. West of Chicago fifty five railways granted trainmen a 6 percent wage increase after a conference. Rioting between townspeople and the Ku Klux Klan in Lilly Pennsylvania left two dead and many wounded.
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Boston Dispatch
National Children's Welfare Committee
The
American Legion
Civil engineers gather for ASCE spring meeting in Atlanta
More than 600 civil engineers from across the United States attend the ASCE spring meeting in Atlanta Georgia. The Albany bill to ban night parking on highways unless 16 feet wide was approved in the New York assembly. Rev F Scott McBride elected president of the Anti Saloon League of America in Indianapolis. Three doctors find Harry K Thaw sane in Philadelphia. Three Moro leaders sentenced to death and 198 followers get prison terms of 80 years in Manila.
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United States
American Society of Civil Engineers
Atlanta
Albany
F. Scott McBride
Chicago
Anti- Saloon League of America
National Board
Indianapolis
Manila
Britain Beats United States In Unofficial Golf Match
Great Britain defeated the United States 2 and 1 in an unofficial world championship match at Atlanta. Arthur Havers beat Bob Jones Jr. 2 up in the match. Earlier, Luis Firpo knocked out Al Reich in Buenos Aires. Vincent Richards won the national indoor tennis title in Yonkers with a five set win over Francis Hunter. Guthrie High School girls basketball team claimed the national title in Roselle by beating Westerfield 34 to 17. Windsor High School boys captured the prep crown at the University of Chicago defeating Yankton 25 to 6.
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Great Britain
United States
Atlanta
Whem Arthur Havers
Bobby Jones
Luis Firpo
al Reich
Buenos Aires
Vincent Richards
Yonkers
N. Y
Francis T. Hunter
New York
Windsor
Colo
Yankton
University of Chicago
Coolidge Wins Nebrasa Solidly in Primary Returns
Omaha dispatch reports President Coolidge leading Hiram Johnson by about 30000 in Nebraska with a comfortable Illinois preference victory. McAdoo runs unopposed for Democrats. Hawaii GOP delegation to support Coolidge. Deneneen tops McCormick in Illinois. Jones and Sprague named to governor and senator tickets per Chicago tallies.
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Omaha
Nebraska
President Coolidge
Hiram Johnson
Coolidge
Illinois
McAdoo
Chicago
Johnson
Lincoln Dispatch
Small
Deneen
McCormick
Jones
Sprague
Pope Pius snubs Rome ceremony for Knights of Columbus
Rome reports confirm Pope Pius did not leave the Vatican for the Knights of Columbus dedication in Rome after earlier notes he wished to attend. Other dispatches note Italy’s satisfaction with the Dawes plan, Berlin views on reparations negotiations, Bavarian election gains by extreme nationalists, and closures of French and Italian schools in Constantinople.
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Pius
Vatican
Knights of Columbus
Rome
Berlin
Ludendorff
Adolph Hittler
Constantinople
Foreign Office
Paris
Ohio Briefs Highlight Violence, Trials, and Local Booms
A Dela jury awarded Fred Jordan $1 in an action to recover $10,000 from Ralph Main for false arrest. In Cleveland Judge West enhaver ordered 40 soft drink places padlocked after liquor law charges. Meigs County reports an oil and gas boom with 25 producing wells after two new discoveries. Yost Gearless Motor and Superior Spring of Springfield merge as Yost Superior Company. James Jenkins and wife die when their auto is struck by a train near Toledo. they lived in Adrian, Michigan.
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Cleveland
Westenhaver
Thomas McGreevey
Junction City
New Lexington
Meigs County
Nease
Yost Gearless Motor Company
Superior Spring Company
Springfield
Yost Superior Company
James Jenkins
Toledo
Adrian
Mich
McCookfield
Dayton
Theodore van Vaghten
John Gibson
Marion
Wooster
Abby Schaeffer
Wooster High School
Bunday Creek
Sugar Creek
Athens
Nelsonville
Harry Bowman
Arewla Britton
Chi
Lakewood Methodist Episcopal Church
Thomas A. Burke
Hamilton
P. Siddall
Equality
Cincinnati
Juan A. Maz
Pratt
Norwalk
Maumee Bay
Cledemd
Micheel Cardina
Sitions Plieka
Anna Ware
Eiteebeth Gallenstein
Mayeville
Mephen Edwards
Sidney
George McIntire
Columbus
McIntire
Wheeling
W. Va
Georgia de Guire
Francia Z. Wetnight
College of Engineering
Ohio State University
Toledo Clyde Fe
Mangus Cook
Corns
Mtes Ave
Holloway
Belmont County
Flushing
Henri Bourbon
Middleport
BE. Bright Durfee
Delaware
Durfee
William EB. Scofield
Ohio
J. West
Federal
Geome
West
Eiizabeth Stithe
Youngstown
Ben Garrison
Bremen
Fairfield County
Lancaster
Elmer Widener
Sugar Grove
Garrison
Delphos Framing Company
Webster
Harry Reister
James B. Wilson
Canton
James Kirk
Pittsburgh
Athens County
Marion Hikes
Oscar Hitchkiss
Newark
Hitchkiss
Jonethan A. Radebaugh
Columbia
Otto Martin
Mechanicsburg
Martin
Richard B. O’brien
City Commission
Robert W. Flack
Benton Garringer
London
Edgar Coll
Madison County
Adolph Unger
Tiffin
Ruth Unger
Nettie C. Chaffin
Frank A. Chaffin
Washington D. H
Hyde Park
Meredith
Ohio Wholesale Grocers’ Association
Andrew Lavaty
Anna
McKinney
Aia
Dawes Report Endorsed by British Cabinet and Allies
London reports the British Cabinet supports the Dawes Plan as a whole and deems American cooperation essential. Officials prefer amendments but will waive them to secure help, while Paris notes a committee sees real prospects for measur es in reparations. Geneva observers expect Germany to seek League admission as reparations plans stabilize Europe.
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London
Britain
France
Germany
Geneva
Switzerland
League of Nations
Council of
League
Europe
Family Tragedy After Drinking Ordeal At Hodgins Farm
Anton Almanak reportedly released liquor to motorists before his own intoxication led to a violent rampage. He allegedly threw his wife and two children from a window, kept a seven month old girl inside, barricaded himself, and fought officers for about an hour in a dilapidated Hodgins area farmhouse.
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Chicago
Anton Almonak
Anton
Almanak
Hodgins
Dawes Report Accepted as Reparations Issue Advances
Paris witnesses unanimous adoption by the Reparations Commission of the experts' committee report. The commission recommends that the involved governments accept the experts' findings, a move presented as nearly impossible for parties to evade.
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Paris
Reparations Commission
Famous Hotel At Brighton Beach To Be Replaced
The Famous Hotel To Go at New York Brighton Beach will be replaced by a new 500000 dollar hotel and convention hall. Plans are by the Brooklyn Realty Association. Built in 1878 the hotel rose to fame during racing's peak attracting large crowds to the promenade and dining room.
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New York
Brightin Beach
Brooklyn Realty Association
Brighton Beach
Bank Burglars Loot Terre Haute Area Bank Vault
Burglars forced entry to the Farmers' State Bank at St. Bernice northwest of Terre Haute and burned the vault combination. They removed a small safe containing about $15,000 in currency, loaded it on a truck and took it away.
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Terre Haute
Ind
Farmers’ State Bank
St. Bernice
Woman Arrested in Philadelphia for Forgery and Blackmail
Police report Anna Beswick, gray haired middle aged, admitted to forgery and blackmail schemes aimed at two men from whom she swindled $5,000. She is accused of plucking her second husband William C. Martin, president of a storage company and VP of a suburban bank, for large sums.
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Philadelphia
Anna Beswick
William C. Martin
Beswick
Martin
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Carlsbad Cave Monument
New Mexico
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House Labor Committee
Republican Party
Robert M. LaFollette
Supreme Court
J. B. French
Jake Hamon
Hamon
Harding
San Francisco
United States Weather Bureau
Canal Zone
Ancon
Denver Union Stock Yards
Lubrite Refining Company
Cahokia
Ill
Boston
Mass
England
Ray Walker
Lina
Walker
Andrew
Ohio River
Evansville
Ku Klux Klan
Lilly, Pa
Harry K. Thaw
Denver
Ilinoils
William G. McAdoo
Hawaii
Honolulu
Cooldge
Dawes
Italy
Mussolini
Fancheng
Hupeh
Kiey
Dela
Fred Jordan
Ralph Main
International Chamber of Commerce
Raymond Poincare
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Farmer
Williamsburg, O
A. M. Ellis
Tobasco
Williamsville, CO
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Paul M. Rapp
Batavia
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Lawrence
Powell
Main St
NA Wikifalke Western
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Sas
John L. Blagon
Ncinnati
Winchester
Tations
Portsmout
Sone
Pee Lene
Dees
Sane
Awson Beley
Egies
Eee
Bly
Lainees Business Civen Prompt and Carefa
Hamilton Bidg
Daniel W. Murphy
Howard
Joseph Murphy
Joseph
Milford
Gwynne Bidg
Canal
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Conan
H. L. Nichols
Attorney AT Law
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Clermont County
Rieidence
A. N. Nichols
Eli H. Speidel
Charles G. White
Tichols
Bpbidel & White
Fein Street
Canal 63
Alvin H. Hodges
Gwynne
Cineinnati
George M. Epply
New Richmond
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