Destructive Tornado Claims 155 Lives Across South
AP reports a multi state tornado disaster with 155 dead and millions in damage. Alabama Mississippi and Tennessee faced widespread ruin with towns like Guin Meridian Bay Springs and Laurel hit hard. Red Cross mobilizes tents food and medical relief for storm survivors.
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Red Cross
Alabama
Here
Guin
Ala
Mississippi
Tennessee
Birmingham
South
Bay Spring
Jasper County
Miss
Meridian
Neshoba County
Aberdeen
Rose Hill
Bay Springs
Glen Ifigomar
Starkville
Winston County
Evers
Marion County
Killingworth Cove
Washington seeks probe of mail bag repair shop
The National Women's Trade Union League asks for a Senate inquiry into the mail bag repair shop conditions at the post office department with employee testimony immunity. The request follows civil service reclassification and Burleson disciplinary action against a worker involved in a hearing. The league proposes the Labor Department Women’s Bureau, which has recent experience in navy yards and arsenals, to conduct the probe.
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Washington
Post Office Department
National Women's Trade Union League
Civil Service
Ggneral Burleson
Women's Bureau
Department of Labor
Navy
Germany seeks larger army at San Remo talks
Paris reports Germany asked the inter allied conference at San Remo to raise the standing army from 100000 to 200000 under the Versailles terms. Berlin also seeks keeping the general staff and officers, and argues for denial of dissolution orders. Other German notes sought disbanding civic guards and altering neutral zone artillery limits.
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Paris
Germany
San Remo
Supreme Council
Foreign Office
Civic Guards
Nollet
Allied Commission of Control
Berlin
Reichswehr
Turkish Treaty to Be Enforced by Allied Forces
San Remo reports the supreme Allied council ready to enforce the Turkish treaty by military means if needed. Marshal Foch, Sir Henry Wilson, and General Badoglio joined the morning session to approve a plan for allied armies. In Paris, French officials view Germany’s requests as tactical moves against the Versailles settlement and warn of firm resistance to concessions.
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Paris
Rhineland
Germany
Italy
Great Britain
San Remo
Supreme Allied Council
Petit Parisien
Millerand
Mafin
M. Millerand
Nittis
Lloyd George
Supreme Council of the Allies
Foch
Henry Wilson
Abadoglio
Aris
France
Sixty Pension Clerks Over Seventy Years
Washington April 21 AP The civil service retirement law pending before the house and passed by the senate shows an unusual case in the pension office A division led by Samuel G Rogers employs 132 clerks of whom 60 are eligible for retirement under a bill fixing 70 as the retirement age The measure is billed as a landmark piece of legislation for the 66th Congress.
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Washington
House
Senate
Pension Office
Samuel G. Rogers
Mexican cavalry deserts Carranza as rebellion gains
Washington dispatches report further defections from Carranza supporters in Mexico. General Fortunato Mayet joins the Oregonistas with his command near the border region west of Mexico City. The Mexican embassy warns Sonora rebellion could disrupt business and debt payments but says central authority remains intact.
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Washington
Mexico
Carranza
State Department
Fortunato Mayeot
Obregonistas
Morelos
Michoacan
Guererro
Mexico City
Sonora
Enrique Estrada
United States
Porfiro Diaz
Rebels defeated at Contreras as Hill wounded in battle
General Benjamin Hill, Obregon's campaign manager, was wounded in a battle at Contreras near Mexico City where rebel forces were defeated. Reports say Maycot's command now includes Obregon and other officers. Other uprisings and declarations favoring Sonora are reported across several states.
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Benjamin Hill
Obregon
Contreras
Mexico City
General Hill
Fortunato Maycot
Maycot
Arnulfo Gomez
Tuxpan
Tampico
Rodolfo Gallegos
Linares
Nuevo Leon
Sonora
Alhundro Gomez
Carransa
Akron Shows Growth Over Two Hundred Percent
Akron, D. has grown by 139,368 residents in the last decade, surpassing Kansas City, Dayton, Memphis, Nashville, Syracuse, and Albany in census gains. The 1910 listing placed Akron as a leading city with a 01.8 percent rate of growth, now just below St. Paul at 234,595.
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Washington
Akron
Kansas City
Dayton
Memphis
Tenn
Nashville
Striking railroad men in Chicago refuse to vote on return
Strikers in the Chicago district refuse to vote on resuming work. Strike leaders Kenney Murphy and Jones appeal at a mass meeting but are met with protests. They claim only John Grunau can authorize a return, while Grunau awaits bond to secure release from jail and attend. Police adjourn the meeting and clear the hall amid restless scenes.
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Chicago
M. J. Kenney
R. 8. Murphy
Shannon Jones
Grunau
Jones
John Grunau
Chicago Yardmens’ Association
Murphy
Bedlam
Kenney
Sheriff Killed In Montana Manhunt As Bandit Is Cornered
Sheriff C K Wyman was shot and killed after taking a bandit from a Monida train. Posse pursuit spread from Monida to the hills between Monida and Dillon with reports the bandit was cornered in a cabin after a gunfight.
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Montana
Montana Points
Monida
Dillon
C. K. Wyman
Wyman
Beaverhead County
Idaho Falls
Dilson
Censorship Rigid in Mexico City Press. Editorial Pages Blank
Officials report strict censorship across Mexico City as civil and military acts face suppression. Copies of local papers received show numerous blank editorial columns, signaling enforced edits and limited commentary.
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Nis
Republic
Mexico City
Parker Elected Louisiana Governor on Democratic Ticket
John M. Parker, former progressive party vice presidential candidate in 1916, wins Louisiana governorship as a Democrat over Republican J. Stewart Thompson. Voter turnout was light.
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New Orleans
John M. Parker
Progressive Party
Louisiana
J. Stewart Thompson
Geddes Begins Duties as British Ambassador
Auckland Geddes, new British ambassador, met with Secretary Colby at the state department in Washington. He was granted access to embassy matters before presenting credentials to President Wilson.
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Washington
Auckland Geddes
Colby
State Department
Department
Wilson
Delegates Chosen at Sixth District Republican Meet
Beloit Kansas April 21 delegates K Mullaney Hill City and A W Swayze Elisworth were selected to the national convention in Chicago at the sixth district Republican convention today. They were not instructed.
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Beloit
Kas
K. &. Mullaney
Hill City
A. W. Swayze Elisworth
Chicago
Settlement delays loom in wage dispute over railroad workers
Washington April 21 AP an agreed return to work for New York metropolitan strikers was announced. Several months delay in resolving wage demands was forecast as data gathering and board review extend the settlement timeline.
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Chicago
Washington
New York
Edward McHugh
K. T. Whiter
The
Association of Railway Executives
L. E. Shepperd
Conductor's Brotherhood
W. N. Doak
Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen
Barton
Freight traffic throttled by unauthorized railroad strikes
New York on April 21 reports freight traffic on lines entering New York and Jersey City down to 40 to 50 percent of normal after last week’s unauthorized rail strikes. Passenger service was nearly normal, spokesman J. J. Mantell said, discounting leaders’ claim that 70 percent of workers remained out.
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New York
Jersey City
J. J. Mantell
Palmer Has Lead in Georgia Primary
Atlanta April 21 latest unofficial returns show A Mitchell Palmer leading in Georgia with 49 counties carrying 188 convention votes while Hoke Smith and Thomas Watson trail with 118 and 118 votes respectively as 6 counties remain unreported. The Democratic state convention to select county delegates is set for May 18 in Atlanta.
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Atlanta
A. Mitchell Palmer
Thomas EB. Watson
Hoke Smith
Palmer
Smith
Watson
Blue Denims And Silk Wais ts Stir Capitol Tour
Six young women secretaries enrolled in Representative Upshawn's overalls brigade arrive in blue denim trousers with rolled hems and bright silk waists, drawing crowds and provoking mixed reactions from observers and officials in the Congress building. Their attire adds a splash of color to the drab office environment and sparks discussion among the Daughters of the American Revolution.
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Washington
Representative Upshawn
Daughters of the American Revolution
Embargo on Freight Called Off in Short Line System
The freight embargo across the Short Line system ending April 8 is lifted with yard conditions near normal in Pocatello and other depots. Additional men and engines return to service as 108 workers who walked out are reduced to 61 at present. federal warrants have been issued for eight Salt Lake switchmen facing Lever and Transportation Act charges.
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Pocatello
the &Th
Salt Lake
The
Utah
United States
Isaac Blair Evang
A. Mitchell Palmer
Floyd T. Jackson
Department of Justice
H. V. van Pelt
United States Commissioner’s Office
G. G. Sherman
A. B. Hill
Willian Moore
W. J. Rodda
W. J. Lemon
W. G. Hill
J. A. Smith
Cc. P. Wise
Sherman
Moore
Rodda
Lemon
Smith
van Pelt
William 8. Dalton
D. & Dorrity
United States Marshal
Moose Hall
Bureau of Investigation
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Austria
Jugo- Slavia
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Parker
Geddes
Chicago Yardmen’s Association
Patrick J. Hursen
Railroad General Managers’ Association
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