Weather Drift Forecast with Patchy Cloud Cover
Weather report from Ven on April 23 forecasts fair to increasing clouds with possible local showers in the interior. Winds light to moderate, temperatures rising slowly with some areas near the lower 60s and upper 40s to 50s in listed locales. freezing conditions reported in Dakota and Minnesota.
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Lake
Mississippi River
British North Sea
Rocky Mound
Dakota
Minnesota
Atlantic City
Block Island
Roselear
Chicago
Detroit
Hartclear
Jacksonville
New Haven
Norfolk
Pittsburg
Portclear
St. Louis
Mount Higby Weather and War News Digest
Weather at Mt Higby reports a high of 64 and low of 1 with clear skies and a barometer reading of 27 feet 4 inches. The piece mentions Victory Bond flyers, flu tests, food taxes, packers extending wartime pacts, and discussions on streetcar lines and regional transit. It notes Savannah celebrating the 100th anniversary of a ship crossing the Atlantic, budget bills in Congress, and a parade featuring the 26th division with soldiers en route.
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MT. Higby
Sandusky Backs Ending Daylight Saving Time
Sandusky vows to turn clocks back an hour amid daylight saving debates. Advocates cite farmers facing bright mid-summer bedtimes as a reason to end the scheme.
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Sandusky
Hobson on the constitution and voting rights
The Boston Globe notes ex-Congressman Hobson urges strict prohibition but questions his consistency on constitutional rights. It contrasts his stance with Alabama’s history of resisting the Fifteenth and Fourteenth Amendments and asks if he supports one constitution for his state and another for the nation.
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Boston Globe
New York
Hobgen
Alabama
Arcbson
Washington
United States
Prominent Men Avoid Fine For Unlit Car Lights
A letter from Mrs. Harry L McCutcheon of Middletown Connecticut complains that last night’s Press reported three prominent men were fined no penalty for unlit car lights at a Victory Loan rally at the Grand Theatre while her son, who served in France, was fined $5 for the same offense. She asks why the difference in treatment.
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Evening Press
Victory Loan
Grand Theatre
France
Harry L. McCutcheon
Middletown
Conn
Nationals Open Season With March To Throw First Ball
General Peyton C March and officials including Franklin Roosevelt Joseph Tumulty and Frank McIntyre expected to attend the New York season opener as the Nationals faced the Athletics. Iceberg warnings persist as Adriatic nears Titanic site with a 240 foot ice mountain spotted nearby.
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Washington
Peyton C. March
Nationals
Athletics
Navy
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Joseph Tumulty
Frank McIntyre
Newton D Baker
New York
Atlantic
Arctic
White Star
Adriatic
Liverpool
Halifax
Ransome
Postmaster Announces Post Office Interior Contract Award
Postmaster D J McCarthy announced that the contract to redecorate Middletown’s new postoffice went to the lowest bidder J F Sullivan of Chicago. Work includes painting ceilings and walls and wall sheathing with a 90 day completion term and start expected soon.
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D. J. McCarthy
Middletown
J. F. Sullivan
Chicago
Til
Girl dies after attack near New Boston home
Maud Sanders died early today after a brutal assault on a lonely road near her New Boston home. She was last seen with a soldier recently returned from overseas three weeks ago. A search was ordered for the missing serviceman who has not been located since Sunday.
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New Boston
Maud Sanders
Suny
Chauncey Depew Celebrates 85th Birthday Today
Chauncey M Depew turns 85 this April 23 in New York and spent the day in his office. Tonight his wife hosts a birthday party in his honor reflecting the bustling celebration.
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Chauncey Depew
New York
Chauncey M. Depew
Hoover in Berlin to Inspect German Food Situation
Herbert Hoover, head of the Inter Allied Relief Committee, arrived in Berlin via London to personally investigate Germany's food conditions. The trip aims to assess shortages and coordinate relief efforts amid postwar strain.
Connecticut conference session to be held in New London
A social work and reconstruction session of the Connecticut State Conference of Charities and Correction will convene in New London April 27 to 29. A varied program is planned with lectures by notable figures such as Dr Edward Steiner and Brown University president W H Faunce, plus sessions on public health family and community children and delinquency and correction.
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Connecticut State Conference of Charities and Correction
New London
R. H. Fife, Jr
Benjamin T. Marshall
Edward A. Steiner
Grinnell
Iowa
W. H. P. Faunce
Brown University
John T. Black
New Haven
Ida M. Cannon
Red Cross
Boston
Mass
T. Reeks
New Britain
Conn
Mary P. Wheeler
Samuel McChord Crothers
Lawson Purdy
Charity Organization Society of
New York City
Bernard T. Williams
Hartford
Robert W. Kelso
Massachusetts State Board of Charity
Harriet E. Wittum
Northwestern University Settlement
Chicago
Race War in Chicago Threatens South Side Now
On April 23 Chicago deployed about 100 policemen in the black belt to prevent renewed clashes between white and black residents after last night’s violence left at least one black man fatally shot and over twenty others injured. The trouble began when several black youths attacked five white children in the street.
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Chicago
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