Labor Wants Beer Reform Cites Home Saloon Labor
Labor leaders before the senate prohibition committee urged legalization of beer at 2.75 percent and wines up to 18 percent, opposing a saloon return and a repeal of the eighteenth amendment. They argued 4 million AFL members plus families total 24 million labor, calling for a national referendum on modifying prohibition.
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Washington
United States Senate
Prohibition
United States
American Federation of Labor
Republic
Labor
William J. McSorley
Building Trades Department
McSorley
Federation
House Post Committee Chair Seeks Local Letter Postage Cut
Chairman W. W. Griest introduced a bill to cut postage on local letters. The United States Shipping Board announced the sale of the steamship East Chicago for 36000. The vessel weighs 5340 deadweight tons. Representative Chalmers of Ohio asked the tariff commission to study onion grower prices to raise onion tariffs.
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W. W.griest
House Post Committee
East Chicago
United States Shipping Board
Tariff Commission
Chalmers Ohio
Hearings of House Agriculture Committee Extend Indefinitely
With many witnesses awaiting their turn, the agriculture committee and farm relief proposals show no sight of finishing hearings.
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House Agriculture Committee
Jadwin Named Chief of Engineers to Succeed Taylor
Brig. Gen. Edgar Jadwin is named to succeed Maj. Gen. Harry Taylor as chief of engineers US Army. The appointment takes effect June 26 when Taylor retires on reaching the age limit.
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Edgar Jadwin
Harry Taylor
United States Army
Taylor
Secretary of War Davis’s 87 Flights for Pay Allowances
Secretary of War Davis makes 87 flights in a single day to collect flying pay allowances. The effort highlights wartime aviation schedules and compensation practices.
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Davis
Oil fires threaten 2000 homes near Los Angeles
The San Luis Obispo blaze at Union Oil tanks started by lightning consumed five large reservoirs and 12 smaller tanks with five already destroyed. Loss estimates reach about 5 million barrels worth 7 million dollars, with two deaths, A H Seeter and W F Seeter. At Brea, three reservoirs of 2.5 million barrels burned and flames neared town limits. Total Brea losses near 8 million dollars.
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Los Angeles
Cal
Union Oil Company
San Luis Obispo
Here
Brea
A. H
W. F. Seeter
Tank Fire Drains Oil After Lightning Strike Near Luling
A Magnolia Petroleum storage tank containing 55,000 barrels burned near Luling Texas after a lightning strike. Company workers punctured the tank to drain off most of the oil and prevent further spread.
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Luling
Texas
Magnolia Farm
Magnolia Petroleum Company
Fire Engulfs Dutch Tanker After Collision Near New Orleans
Grounded Silvanus burned after colliding with the Standard Oil tanker Thomas H. Wheeler forty five miles below New Orleans on the Mississippi. Twenty three sailors are believed dead and five more tankers’ bodies sought. Adolph M. Johnson of New Orleans died of injuries. forty five others injured. Seamen from several tugs fought the blaze.
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New Orleans
Silvanus
Thomas H. Wheeler
Adolph M. Johnson
Senate Interstate Committee Backs Rail Merger Bill
The Senate Interstate Commerce Committee voted 10 to 2 to report favorably on the Cummins compulsory railroad consolidation bill. It provides a five year period for voluntary mergers under ICC approval, after which commissioners may enforce consolidations. Endorsed by the Coolidge administration, the measure aims to fuse U S railways into a few large systems.
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Washington
Senate Interstate Commerce Committee
Cummins
Interstate Commerce Commission
Coolidge
Calles Warns Army Officers to Stay Out of Politics
President Calles reiterates that army officers must keep to military duties or resign. He warned Gen Arnulfo Gomes in Vera Cruz to choose military service over political involvement.
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Bank
Mexico City
Calles
Arnulfo Gomes
Vera Crus
Nebraska News Highlights Across The State In 1926
Norfolk plans improved street lighting in the business district. Indianola voters defeat baseball. Columbus hosts Knights of Pythias May 18 19. Farmers report winter wheat losses. Johnson County to hold five day county fair starting Sept 13. Tecumseh votes down a 25000 bond for community building. 1926 state golf tourney set for Omaha Field Club August 22. Wynot celebrates youngest mayor election Benjamin Norris. Coroner’s jury links Beatrice death to a forehead blow. Sixty six Nebraska counties debt free per state auditor. Worthingtons celebrate 59th anniversary in Aurora. Sonneman couple welcome baby girl after 20 years. State Board expands lighting at state fair grounds. Rough fish culled from lakes. Nebraska gasoline tax about 8.5 dollars per car. Over 58 784 cattle in 4001 herds tested in March. Fort Crook target practice death ruled accidental. Lincoln to gain 6000 residents via annexation of University Place. Arbor Day to plant 2 000 000 trees on National forest reserve at Halsey. California quail trial propagations planned in Nebraska next fall. Night of cash thefts and escapes reported. Easter services note Rev Mulligan’s Easter address.
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Norfolk
Indianola
Knights of Pythias Grand Lodge
Columbus
Johnson County
Tecumseh
Omaha Field Club
Wymore
Nebraska
Benjamin E. Norris
L. E. Tobias
Sterling Sun
John Hahn
Beatrice
Marsh
Mahlon R. Worthington
Aurora
H. F. Merwin
Beaver City
F. N. Merwin
H. J. Sonneman
Wynot
State Board
United States Department of Agriculture
H. J. McLaughlin
Department
Frank E. Foley
Fort Crook
Army Board of Inquiry
Lincoln
University Place
National Forest Reserve
Halsey
J. Sterling Morton
Nebraska City
California
Lost wedding ring found after 26 years in Nebraska
Mrs. Dendringer of Hartington will have her wedding ring restored, found by her son W. J. Dendinger who retrieved it from a yard where it washed away in 1900. A long, fruitless search followed the loss into the spring-cleaning era.
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Hartington
John Dendinger
W. J. Dendinger
Nebraska poultry special returns after 38 day tour
After a 38 day trip visiting 91 towns, the Nebraska poultry special returned home to Lincoln. A total of 206,512 visitors rode the train with Fairbury drawing the largest crowd at 4616 viewers. University of Nebraska representatives prepared the exhibits. officials say it was the first such train in the United States.
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Lincoln
Nebraska
Fairbury
University of Nebraska
United States
Deaf school pupils hear first human voice via new telephone
Omaha audience of Nebraska school for the deaf listened to the first audible program when the local telephone company demonstrated its new telephone for the deaf. Lectures were interpreted to the pupils by sign language music and a Charleston dance amid the showcase event.
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Omaha
Nebraska School For Deaf
Birth Records Shattered in Bridgeport with Four in One Day
Dr. C. Palmer reports the largest baby in thirty-five years, a fourteen-pound newborn to Mr. and Mrs. William Butler. In the same period, Bridgeport records four births in twenty-four hours, the first time such a count is known locally.
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Bridgeport
C. Palmer
William Butler
Births outpace deaths in Cass county in late 1925 report
Cass county quarterly birth and death report shows 107 births and 40 deaths. Murray records 47 births and 1 death, the highest birth rate, while Plattsmouth reports 22 births and 18 deaths.
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Plattsmouth
Cass County
Murray
All Candidates Tie in City Election Vote
Official count shows every candidate for city office and the school board receiving identical votes. Officials weigh options on whether to conduct a new election or have candidates draw lots for their positions.
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Humphrey
Growth of Lincoln Building and Loan Assets Since Start
Secretary Griggs of the banking department reports that building and loan associations in the state show assets rising from four million to more than 141 million over eighty years. The figures reflect sustained growth across eight decades.
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Lincoln
Building and Loan Associations of
Griggs
Banking Department
Miller seeks more land for state reformatory farm
Superintendent Gus Miller of the state reformatory on a 161 acre tract near here has appealed to the State Board of Control for additional land. He argues the institution should expand its intensive agricultural program to do more farming from now on.
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Reformatory
Lincoln
Gus Miller
State Reformatory
State Board of Control
Farmers Replant Oats After Freeze Hit Beatrice Area
In Gage county a number of farmers who lost early oats to recent freezing weather are reseeding. With favorable conditions they expect the crop to start as well as the initial planting and hope for a strong harvest.
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Beatrice
Gage County
Sugar Beet Contracts Progress on Grand Island
Contracts for sugar beets for 1026 are advancing well on Grand Island. About 6,000 acres have been secured so far, with expectations for an acreage near last year’s total of just over 7,000 acres.
Kearney Council Abandons Lighting Plant Plan
After the election the Kearney city council repealed the ordinance which would have held a special election on April 20 to decide on the municipal lighting plant proposal.
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Kearney
Potatoes in Kearney District Seeded Ahead of Schedule
A large portion of the Kearney district potato acreage is already seeded and expected to mature at least a week earlier than the remaining crop, easing marketing timing for growers.
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Kearney
Lincoln-Warden Fenton Housed in New State Home
Lincoln-Warden Fenton of the state penitentiary is moved to a newly built 10 room brick veneered house a block north of the prison. The legislature directed the project and funding for the residence.
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Lincoln
Fenton
State Penitentiary
No League for Us Asserted by Coolidge in World Court Comment
Washington reports President Coolidge announcing the United States will adhere to the World Court with reservations to safeguard American rights and preserve court independence. He warned that rejection of these terms would keep the US out of the court and emphasized peaceful dispute resolution. He spoke at the National Press Club cornerstone ceremony and addressed Pan American journalists.
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Washington
National Press Club
Coolidge
United States
World Court
Senate
Tribunal of International Justice
League of Nations
Conference of World Court Nations
League
Huerta Acts Binding on Mexico Says US Commission
The United States and Mexico Claims Commission ruled that obligations entered into by the Huerta regime bind the present Mexican government. It held Huerta an usurper whose authority was illegal yet his acts remain binding on the nation, with no effect on American rights or Mexico’s relations with the United States. The decision also references the Illinois Central suit for about 1.8 million.
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Huerta
Washington
General Claims Commission
United States
Mexico
Republic
Illinois Central
National Seamn Chineethew
Ex Gov Davis Cleared May Seek Office Again
Ex governor Jonathan M. Davis and his son Russell were acquitted by a district court jury of taking a $1,250 bribe from a convicted forger for a pardon. Davis declined to say if he would run for governor again but did not rule it out.
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Davis
Topeka
Kan
Kansas
Jonathan M. Davis
Russell
Fred W. Pullman
Walter Grundy
Train Kills Three in Auto Crash near Detroit
A car was struck by a Grand Trunk passenger train injuring Joseph Dubies and his wife. Joseph Pauze his wife Rose and daughter Stella four years old were killed in Detroit.
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Auto Detroit
Hich
Joseph Pauze
Rose
Stella
Joseph Dubies
Grand Trunk
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