Mormon Church Opens Centennial Conference in Salt Lake City
Thousands gather in Salt Lake City for the hundredth annual Latter-Day Saints conference with Heber J. Grant delivering a message from the First Presidency. Officials and rooms of the temple grounds hear the event via radio and public address systems.
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Mormon Church
Salt Lake City
Latter-Day Saints Church
Europe
Australia
Hawaiii
United States
Mormon Tabernacle
Heber J. Grant
First Presidency
Church
America
Council of Twelve Apostles
Reed Smoot
Washington
Congress
John A. Widstos
Assembly Hall
Tabernacle
Women’s Relief Society
Genealogical Society
Relief Society
Jeanette A. Hyde
Honolulu
Hawaii
General Board
Joseph Fielding Smith
Riot erupts as Communists clash at Newark airport
In Newark New Jersey on April 5 a riot broke out when about 500 Communists attacked a crowd of several thousand Hungarians greeting Sandor Magyar upon his arrival. Nine people were arrested and several injured as police restored order. Magyar competes for a $10 000 trans Atlantic flight prize offered by Lord Rothemere.
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Newark
N. J
Sandor Magyar
Hungary
Magyar
New York
Budapest
Toledo
Ohio
Ferenc Trattinger
Lord Rothemere
Tight Chicago primary heats race for U S senate
Illinois voters face a crowded contest with ten candidates among parties, led by incumbent Charles S. Deneen and Ruth Hanna McCormick. The battle centers on world court reservations and gender barriers, as McCormick aims to become the first woman elected to the Senate.
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Chicago
Illinois
Charles S. Deneen
Ilinois
Ruth Hanna McCormick
United States Senate
McCormick
Senator Deneen
Mark Hanna
Medill McCormick
Deneen
Adelbert McPherson
James Hamilton Lewis
Washington
Congress
Senate
Harold M. Beach
James H. Kirby
Petersburg
James O. Monroe
Louis Warner
Chenoa
Cleveland
Repub
Immigration quotas debated by Senate agriculture panel
Acting Secretary Cotton testified on Apr 5 that strict enforcement of existing laws will reduce immigration from Central and South America under quotas. Senator Harris and Chairman McNary discussed moving the measure to a vote next Monday to tighten restrictions.
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Washington
Cotton
State Department
Senate Agriculture Committee
Central
Harris
Georgia
McNary
Agriculture Committee
Land Purchase Near Grand Teton for Public Playground
Harold P. Fabian of Snake River Land Company announced the purchase of about 35 000 acres in Jackson Hole Wyoming worth roughly 1 000 000 to be turned over to the United States for a public playground. John D Rockefeller Jr aided the funding and the land lies between Yellowstone and Grand Teton ranges. The company plans to transfer the lands to the government by year end.
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Salt Lake City
Jackson Hole
Wyoming
Harold P. Fabian
Snake River Land Company
Grand Teton National Park
Fabian
John D. Rockefeller, Jr
Yellowstone National Park
Absaroka and
Gros Ventre Ranges
Teton Range
North America
W. Webb
New York City
United States
Engineer Boris Handed A Roast In Sofia
In Sofia Bulgaria April 5 the Plevna express arrived late and the station chief severely reprimanded the engineer. Afterward the chief identified the engineer as King Boris who had visited the station unannounced and asked to drive the train, a hobby he favors.
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Sofia
Bulgaria
Plevna
Boris
Pardons Board to Hear Forty-Nine Clemency Appeals
Salt Lake City announces that the state board of pardons will hear forty-nine clemency appeals. The hearing date is set for an upcoming session with the goal of reviewing each applicant's case and potential commutations or pardons.
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Salt Lake City
State Board of Pardons
Forest Supervisor Shot to Death Near Eugene
Nelson McDuff, supervisor of the Cascade forest, was found shot to death about a half mile above the Menzie bridge in Eugene Oregon. No weapon was near the body. Sheriff officials said he may have been killed by someone he believed was responsible for forest fires.
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Eugene
Ore
Nelson McDuff
Cascade Forest
Menzie Bridge
William Green Seeks Labor Aid for Federation Challenge
William Green of the American Federation seeks labor aid amid a crisis described as a revolution on its hands. The brief notes the union leader's call for support to address emerging labor tensions and organizational pressures.
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William Green
Merger Battle Over Steel Firm Heads To Turbulent Vote
In Cleveland an injunction suit seeks to block the Youngstown Sheet & Tube and Bethlehem Steel merger. Cyrus S Eaton leads opposition as stockholders prepare to vote next Tuesday amid hearings in federal and common pleas courts for financial disclosures and a bid to halt the merger.
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Cleveland
Youngstown Sheet & Tube Company
Bethlehem Steel Corporation
Cyrus S. Eaton
B R. Shover
Pittsburgh
Sheet and Tube
Sheet & Tube
Common Pleas Court
Youngstown
Arthur B. Taylor
Elyria
Ohio
Shover
Labor Objects to Judge Parker in Senate Hearing
Washington April 5 AP Labor unions press the Parker nomination as senator subcommittee vets the judge over his Red Jacket Coal case injunction against the United Mine Workers. William Green of the AFL says the decision cripples coal miners, while others cite precedents and the yellow dog contract ruling. Mercer G. Johnson denounces Parker as unable to size up the human situation.
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Washington
Organized Labor
John J. Parker
North Carolina
Supreme Court
Senate
William Green
American Federation of Labor
Senators
Parker
United Mine Workers
West Virginia
Green
Borah
Idaho
D. C. Townsend
Red Jacket Coal and Coke Company
Mr. Green
Mercer G. Johnson
People’s Legislative Service
Mooney Lands In Indiana Field End of Transcontinental Flight
Albert W. Mooney's bid to set a light airplane transcontinental flight record ended when he touched down in a field five miles north of Fort Wayne Indiana at 7 12 am Central time this morning authorities reported.
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Fort Wayne
Ind
Albert W. Mooney
Here
Irish Chief William Cosgrave resigns after government defeat
President William T Cosgrave and his ministry resign following the government defeat on an opposition measure. Cosgrave is later re elected by a substantial majority.
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William T. Cosgrave
Irish Free State
Cosgrave
Indian Leader defies British Salt Laws in march to sea
Gandhi and a small cadre prepare to manufacture salt at Dandi near Jalalpur as part of a planned civil disobedience against the salt tax. The march from Ahmadabad reached 165 miles with village support and growing unrest despite government efforts to avoid martyrs.
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Jalalpur
Ind
India
Mahatma Gandhi
Gulf of Cambay
Dandi
Mahatma
Ahmadabad
Holy One
Lord Irwin
Gandhi
Dynamite Blast Kills Man In Rexburg Church Basement
Rexburg Idaho April 5 James Shall a 53 year old man was killed when a dynamite charge at a church basement exploded after he lit the fuse and returned to inspect. The blast occurred as he approached the spot. Shall leaves a widow two sons and a daughter.
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Rexburg
Idaho
James Shall
Latter Day Saints Church
Shail
Little Punch in Evidence During Confab
London naval conference extends into a twelfth week with Briand pursuing a five power disarmament pact. Briand to Paris for talks with Tar dieu, then return to continue negotiations. MacDonald meets Stimson and Morrow for updates on a security formula satisfying French claims.
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London
Aristide Briand
Paris
Tardieu
MacDonald
Great Britain
M Briand
Stimson
Morrow
United States
Japan
Forest Supervisor Nelson MecDuff Is Found Dead
The body of Nelson A. MecDuff 48 supervisor of Cascade National Forest was found near McKenzie Bridge east of Eugene Oregon with a head wound. Authorities suspect murder and hunt for MecDuff who had angered hunters and trappers by anti fire setting campaigns.
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Eugene
Ore
Nelson A. MecDuff
Cascade National Forest
McKenzie Bridge
Here
MacDuff
New York Observes WWI Entry Anniversary Parade
Army mule team in the Fifth Avenue procession broke loose amid a ticker tape snowstorm but caused no injuries. Police controlled the crowd and halted the spectacle as veterans and patriotic groups marched along. The event marked the eve of the 13th anniversary of the United States entry into World War I.
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New York
Army Day Palace
Fifth Avenue
United States
America
Young Plan Adopted by France and Allies in Paris
The Young plan, drafted at Paris by U S and other wartime powers, received parliamentary approval amid nationalist opposition. The measure, ratified by a 204 to 8 vote, faces swift adoption in Britain, Italy, Japan, and Belgium as supporters urge its future course and France’s financial enforcement options.
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Paris
United States
The
Hague
Great Britain
Italy
Japan
Belgium
France
Andre Tardieu
Senate
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Mexico
Rockefeller
Narashi Boyer
Charles Dixey
Anna Keefe
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