Progressive Republicans Struggle Over Senate Leadership
Senate factions clash as progressives and Old Guard debate who should preside and which leaders to back. Borah and Penrose oppose each other while Smoot, Johnson, and Lenroot figure in pro tem talks. Proposals to control the finance and appropriations panels surface amid fears of a GOP split.
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Old Guard
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Appropriations Committee
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Church Pension Fund report issued for 1917 balance
The annual report of the Church Pension Fund shows the fund amount by United States and foreign field. It states the fund started on March 1, 1917.
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United States
Pistol Winners Rise in Franklin Event Sparks Tight Race
In Franklin Ohio Oliver B leads the pistol chain of the A.B.R.P. with a strong showing as rival Lloyd Wilson from Pelham Washington trails. Ames W. Beil dominates the 685 of 800 scoring, securing first place as the event unfolds.
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Mart- Pranklin
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Exposure of Backs in Fashion Stirs London Society
London society debates a new fashion urging bare backs for women. Churchill and Lady Asquith criticize the look as scandalous and unattractive while Lady Byron argues it may draw male interest. Other peers call it atrocious and harmful to virtue, noting soldiers abroad find it uncomfortable.
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Roxbury School Students Married After Elopement
John H Sessions son of a Bristol manufacturer and George G W Keech son of a New York man married in Port Chester after elopements with Dorothy Dow Munsell and Phyllis Howell. They are not Yale students but pupils at Roxbury school in Cheshire. School authorities learned of the marriages today. parents of Sessions were unavailable for comment.
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Albert Li. Sessions
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Miss Howell
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League Convention Dates for 15 State Ratification Meetings
New York May 13 15 states set meetings to ratify the League of Nations covenant. Burlington Vermont May 21 Manchester New Hampshire May 22 Portland Missouri May 23 New Haven Connecticut May 24 Charleston West Virginia May 26 Columbus Ohio May 27 Indianapolis Indiana May 28 Springfield Illinois May 29 Kansas City Missouri May 30 Omaha Nebraska May 31 Des Moines Iowa June 2 Rapids Michigan June 3 Pittsburgh June 4 Trenton New Jersey June tentative Kansas City New York June 7 tentative William Taft to speak along with President Lowell Howard Shaw and Rabbit Wise set to speak
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Fragmentary Crime Note Sparks Puzzle of Names
A partial OCR fragment shows scattered phrases about a poison gas phrase and an inspector, with unclear names and a cryptic message. The readable bits hint at an investigation context and possible victim or suspect references, but the text is garbled and lacks coherent details.
Progressives Seek To Control The G O P
A Chicago meeting of progressive leaders from about forty states aimed to mobilize full party strength for control of the Republican national convention. Governor Henry J. Allen and Gifford Pinchot led the talks with a plan to stir up actions before a late month gathering. Possible presidential timber named includes Major General Leonard Wood and Senators Lenroot Johnson Lowden.
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Henry J. Allen
Kansas
Gifford Pinchot
Pennsylvania
R. P. Bass
New Hampshire
Ce P. Dodge
Colorado Springs
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Alexander C. Moore
Pittsburg
Edward B. Clark
Washington, D. C
Henry C. Wallace
Des Moines
Frank P. Carrick
Nebraska
William H. Dye
Indiana
Harold Ickes
Donald Richberg
Hiram Johnson
California
Leonard Wood
United States
Lenroot
Wisconsin
Frank Lowden
Ilinois
Vocational Training Rules for Compensable Cases Declared
The Federal Board will award re education training only after a case is declared compensable, requiring at least ten percent disability. Delays arise from awaiting War Risk Insurance Bureau action amid many claims. Once deemed compensable, funds move from relief to training then return after compensation decisions. Hezekiah Griffith, 88, danced a buck and wing on his birthday in Columbus Indiana to show age is not slowing him.
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Federal Board For Vocational Education
Bureau of War Risk Insurance
Federal Board of Necessity
Bureau of War Risk
Columbus
Ind
Hezekiah Griffith
First National Bank of Columbus
Freckle Vanishing Lotion From Lemon Mix
A home beauty preparation blends juice of two lemons with three ounces of orchard white to make a quarter pint of lotion. Grocers carry lemons and drug stores offer orchard white for a few cents. Apply daily to face neck arms and hands to fade freckles and blemishes without irritation.
Happenings in this vicinity twenty five years ago
The Boston Store offered Scotch ginghams at 15 cents a yard. St John’s Lodge members attended a Washington Lodge meeting at Cromwell. An entertainment benefited Hast Haddam school library at Maplewood Opera House. A tea peddler lost part of his load climbing a hill after the ferry. F C Warner received his postmaster commission for Rocky Hill. Asa B Stow builds a large cottage at Crescent Beach. Haddam Superior Court opens Tuesday. Trains run on the new Berlin Iron Bridge Co line at Arnold’s station. Co H Mansfield Guards meet for annual field day at 7:15 Tuesday. Frank Edger rode 80 miles to Ansonia and back. High School nine beat Hopkins Grammar School.
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Washington Lodge of Masons
Cromwell
Maplewood Opera House
Hast Haddam
F. C. Warner
Rocky Hill
Asa B. Stow
Crescent Beach
Superior Court
Haddam
Berlin Iron Bridge Co
Arnold's Station
Frank Edger
Ansonio
Hopkins Grammar School
Neslin Soles Named as Shoe Solution for All
From Foochow College a letter praises Neslin Soles for solving the shoe problem. The writer notes other soles fell short and recommends Neslin for the whole family. Akron also makes Wingfoot brand shoes.
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Local sports and leisure notices from the river area
Neslin Soles spent Saturday afternoon on the college grounds where a 23 to 19 score was reported. Louis Pease showed a 20 pound German carp caught in Little River Saturday night. Judge H. A. Robinson fished downstream while Thomas P. Bill visited his Lyme home on Sunday.
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