Made All-Water Route Flight With Passenger
Lieutenant J. H. Towers head of the navy aviation corps and Ensign C. de C. Chevalier completed a 169 mile all water route flight from Washington to Annapolis in three hours five minutes aboard an aero boat. The voyage went down the Potomac and up Chesapeake Bay.
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Associated Press
Washington
J. H. Towers
Navy Aviation Corps
C. de C. Chevalier
Annapolis
Potomac
Chesapeake Bay
Ithicans Favorites At Big Dual Meeting
Cambridge Mass May 10 The first dual track and field meet between Harvard and Cornell in the Tadium was expected to produce a world record for the nine mile run John Paul Jones Cornell captain trained to break the 40 minutes 15 2 5 seconds mark Heavily favored by their showing against Michigan last Saturday the Ithicans were favorites today
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Associated Press
Cambridge
Mass
Harvard
Cornell
John Paul Jones
Michican
Lhhicans
Chinatown loses "Chuck" Conners
The Bowery character known as Chuck Conners died of heart disease at Hudson Street Hospital. He guided sightseers through Chinatown and led a wartime era faction. his death sparked a truce among major Chinatown tong factions and a planned march in his memory.
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New York
Chuck” Conners
Chinatown
Tax collector arrested in Arkansas for embezzlement
A. G. Russell, former Pine Bluff tax collector, was arrested Friday on embezzlement charges. He allegedly misappropriated improvement district funds with the amount undetermined. He was detained on a bond of under 3,000 dollars.
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Pine Bzauff
Ark
A. G. Russell
Russell m
Navy quartermaster to row 2470 miles to Gulf of Mexico
St Paul May 10. Quartermaster Andrew Koehn of the United States navy is ordered to row from Park Rapids Minnesota on the Mississippi to the Gulf of Mexico. He will start June 1 and complete the 2470 mile journey in ninety days using a ten foot boat with a wooden bottom and iron sides and sleeping quarters. Koehn, renowned as an expert oarsman, is currently stationed at St. Louis.
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Associated Press
ST. Paul
Park Rapids
Minn
Mississippi
Gulf of Mexico
Andrew Koehn
United States Navy
Koehn
Navy
St. Louis
Bryan and Chinda Confer Over California Alien Land Bill
Secretary Bryan and Japanese Ambassador Viscount Chinda met to discuss California’s alien land bill after Tokyo protested the law. The talks aimed to gauge U S response and potential actions with President Wilson and White House officials to follow. A cabinet meeting to brief the president was anticipated later.
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Associated Press
Washington
Bryan
Viscount Chinda
California
Japan
United States
Johnson
Wilson
Vicount Chinda
Moore
Arizona
State Department
Methodist Church Board Approves 223000 for Home Missions
The General Mission Board of the Methodist Episcopal Church South met in Dallas on May 10 and appropriated 223175 for all home mission departments. Women’s work receives 118175 with specific allocations to Florida coast New Orleans Gulf coast London Ky Brevard N C and other areas. Memorial services were held for four missionaries Mrs J L Kenney Sophia Mann Willie Park and Kate Bell.
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Associated Press
Dallas
Tex
General Mission Board of
The
Methodist Episcopal Church
South
Home Mission
General Board
Florida Coast
Key West
Tampa
Gulf Coast
New Orleans
Biloxi
Miss
Galveston
London
Brevard
N. C
Thomasville
Pacific Coast
Augusta
Nashville
J. L. Kenney
Brazil
Sophia Mann
China
Willie Park
Japan
Kate Bell
Board of Deaconesses
Africa
Loomis Goes East to Tackle Dissolution
Nelson H. Loomis general solicitor of the Union Pacific heads to New York to work on the dissolution plan of Union Pacific and Southern Pacific. The plan seeks segregation of the two systems to present to the U S circuit court. The AG suggested possibly forming three lines with Central Pacific as an independent from Ogden to San Francisco.
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Associated Press
Omaha
Neb
Nelson H. Loomis
Union Pacific Railroad
New York
Union Pacific
Southern Pacific
United States
McReynolds
United States Circuit Court
Ither East
Loomis
Beuthen Coal Miners End Strike After Deadlock
Sixty thousand six hundred nine miners in Beuthen district suspend a four week strike that began April 21 after employers refused concessions. Trade unions cite hopelessness of success and call off action.
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Beuthen
Bonus Vote Combinations Offer Extra Ballots
An announcement outlines additional voting credits for combining labels and sales slips. It lists several combinations to redeem bonus votes including soap cartons, laundry slips, cigar bands, a subscription coupon book, and corn syrup labels with a May 15 deadline at 3 p.m. at campaign HQ.
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Cam
Special Grocery Label Offer Promises 50 000 Bonus Votes
A list of product labels including Fould's Macaroni Spaghetti or Noodle, Karo Syrup, Square Brand Milk, Sauer's Extract, Swift's Cleaner or Borax, and Sweetheart Soap. The promotion claims fifty thousand bonus votes and is labeled as Special Grocery No 27.
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Gulf City
Crown
Columbia
Norris
Swift
Pride
Sherwin-Williams
Uneek
Weinacker
Ise
Combination Number 29 30000 Bonus Votes Edges Cartons
A garbled list shows items like Lavox Shampoo Cartons 1 Weinacker Ise Coupon Book 1 Rilex Tasteless Castor Oil Carton and 1 Gulf City Dye Works Receipt Slip 1 Columbia Ice Cream Tag 1 Asco Roofing Label 1 Faultless Starch Label with a COMBIN LABEL ON PAUKRAUL.
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Lavox
Weinacker
Gulf City Dye Works
Columbia
Asco
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Price Williams, JR
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Seifert-Gower
Yeend-Potter Clothing Dept
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Creaper and Burns
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