Concessions Sought in Genoa Soviet Debates
At Genoa a drafting panel works to harmonize British and French demands on Russia. France seeks timely property indemnities and debt handling while Britain pushes for debt relief and conditional ownership terms. Russian leaders express dissatisfaction over delays and demand necessary credits to restore the Soviet economy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Genoa
Lloyd George
Russia
France
Central News
M. Tchiteherin
Louis
Tchitcherin
Facta
Italy
Economic Conference
French factors are agreed with Poincaré cabinet
Paris reports a cabinet accord after discussions with Vice President Berthou and Premier Poincaré. The foreign office said the cabinet met to hear dispatches, approving Barthou’s actions to date.
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Paris
Pre- Berthou
Poincar
Genoa
Semiy
Foreign Office
Barthou
Flooded Yazoo Basin Reports Lead to Widespread Losses
In the Yazoo river basin 1750 square miles of prime farm land remain under back water with Warren Yazoo and Ena counties hardest hit. The spread continues slowly and property losses are unassessed. Harrisonburg Mississippi faces starvation as 500 refugees need supplies. town cut off two weeks with food exhausted. Two hundred more refugees arrive as a steamboat is sent to deliver aid to the stricken area.
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New Orleans
Yazoo River
Warren
Yazoo
Ena
Harrisonburg
Miss
Rey
New York Ad Condition Shows Change in Trust Company Shows
The April report from New York highlights changes in the ad condition of the right and trust companies. It notes an increase in certain sent values and outlines adjustments affecting shows.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Righo and” Trust
Will provides $5000 to Watson if he stops swearing and smoking
The probate filing for Dr. Barton C. Hager declares his grandson Campbell Hagerman Watson will receive $5000 on his 21st birthday if he promises not to swear or smoke until then. The clause appears as part of the will details reported from Los Angeles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
Barton C. Hagerman
Campbell Hagerman Watson
Flood Devastates Wide Regions Across Several States
Vast flooding from the Mississippi and its tributaries covers about 3 500 square miles across Kansas Louisiana and Mississippi. An estimated 76 000 people are displaced or homeless with 750 000 acres inundated and crop losses running into millions. Concordia and Catahoula parishes are heavily affected as levees hold and transport corridors suffer damage.
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Natchez
Miss
Mississippi River
Little Tensas
Ouchita
Concordia Parish
Catahoula Parish
Tensan Oguay
Mississippi
Farmer admits paternity in death case in Hoopeston
John Wyman a 36 year old farmer confessed paternity of Gertrude Hanza 25 whose body was found in the vacant parsonage of the United Presbyterian church Hoopeston. Wyman denied murder though under heavy questioning. Prosecution and Sheriff Knox lean toward murder theory though exact cause remains undetermined. Coroner plans to resume inquest next week after stomach analysis.
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Knox
Miss Hanna
Cole
Actress Virginia Rappe Leaves Small Estate
Los Angeles April 29 AP Virginia Rappe motion picture actress died after Fatty Arbuckle manslaughter trials in San Francisco. Her estate is reported as 134 dollars in a letter to the probate judge from Carl K Swansson of Trevington Alabama claiming kinship to Mina Rappe daughter of a deceased priest.
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Los Angeles
Virginia Rappe
Roscoe C
Fatty) Arbuckle
San Francisco
Carl K. Swansson
Trevington
Ala
Swansson
Mina Rappe
Will Adopt Child to Save Husband From Prison
Mrs Florence G Orton the first wife of Wm G Orton confessed bigamy and offered to adopt the child of the second wife to save her husband from prison He pleaded guilty to marrying Miss Hulda Nicholas to give the child a name Orton was bonded for 2000 awaiting report by probation next Tuesday The couple had lived in Detroit and Brockton before the marriage and disappearance last June leaving Miss Nicholas to learn of the prior marriage
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Barry Cantwell
Chicago
Billy Kaya
Billy Kay
Cantwell
Detroit
Florence G. Orton
Wm. G. Orton
Orton
Hulda Nicholas
Nicholas
Tone
Railroad Finance Study Urges Market Based Regime and Tax Reform
The joint congressional committee reports that railroads must fund operations from intrinsic revenues with limited tax-free securities and reduced government aid. It urges regional traffic executives, stronger public relations, stock financing over debt, and careful tax measures to attract investment while keeping rates fair for agriculture and industry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Joint
Congressional Committee of Agricultural Inquiry
Andereen
Sion
Anderson
Tok
Murder charges plead not guilty in Utah rancher shooting case
The court announced separate trials for two suspects in the February 3 fatal shooting of W. Irvine at a Utah ranch. One defendant pleaded not guilty to murder and faces trial May 22, while a second case remains pending details.
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Mrea
Ogres
W. Irvine
Geo
Utah
Gardner
Angel
de Faus
Emma Whit Quietly Settles at Hague
Emma Whit lives quietly at Hague after arriving some time ago to settle. The note mentions a period of abstention and a calm, understated presence in the community.
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Emma Whit
Hague
Battle fronts stretch 100 miles near Peking in 1930s clashes
Reports from Peking describe heavy artillery and dawn fighting along a 100 mile front from Machang south of Tientsin to south of Peking. Forces of Chang Tso Lin and Wu Pei Fu are entrenched along the Peking Hankow railroad with artillery audible in the capital. Foreign legations urge expats to evacuate as civil tensions rise.
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Peking
Tiensin
Chang -so-Lin
MaNchuria
Wu Pei-Fu
Central China
Machang
Tientsin
Changsingtien
Peking-Hankow
Wu-Pei-Fu
Pao Ting Fu
Chang Tso Lin
Wu Pei Fu
Hsu Shih-Chang
Chou Tsu- Chi
Chang Tso-Lin
Feng Yuh-Liang
Associated Press
Changsintien
Peking Tientsin
Tukn
Chang Tso- Lin
Chang Sintien
Marco Polo Bridge
Yungtingho
Lu-Kou-Chiao
Miners clash with police in Uniontown riot
At Hillman Coal near Tower Hill 1 in Uniontown Pennsylvania four state policemen and several strike sympathizers were injured as about 500 protesters tried to stop miners from entering the pit. Police arrests topped fifty as reinforcements arrived and disorder continued, with gunfire injuring rioters and a child wounded by a stray bullet.
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Uniontown
Tower Hill
Hillman Coal Co
Mary Raven
Orient
Orient Coal and Coke Company
Louis Hill
Hamin
Miner unionist testimony on Logan County march and jail crowding
Ed Reynolds testified in Blizzard's trial that about 300 armed followers marched from Lens Creek toward non union Logan coal fields, with Blizzard at the head of a skirmish group. He recalled District President Keeney urging return as ordered by Brigadier General Bandholtz. The case centers on a long running Mingo region strike and the sheriff Dan Chafin affair.
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Charlestown
W. Va
Reynolds
Blizzard
Logan County
Frank Keeney
United Mine Workers
Madison
Bandholtz
Unds
Charleston
Mungo County
Mingo
Lens Creek
Logan Coal Fields
Racine
Boone County
Dan Shafin
Chafin
Logan Oy
Ynoe
Morgan
West Virginia
Robbers Attempt Entry to Downtown Vaults
More than 100 police and detectives formed a cordon around a block in Chicago's downtown near State and Madison streets to stop two robbers aiming to raid vaults holding 100000 in furs. The pair moved through skylights in department stores, eluding capture.
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Chicago
State
Madison Streets
Bonus bills outlined by Senate finance Republicans
Washington April 29 AP Senate finance committee Republicans at a conference directed two separate soldiers bonus bills be drafted for majority consideration on Monday. The McCumber plan keeps adjusted service certificates but broadens loan terms while the Smoot plan proposes a paid up endowment life policy with no borrowing. Land settlement option likely removed from the house measure.
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Washington
Senate Finance Committee
McCumber
Smoot
Utah
Military report on Beck death in Oklahoma City
The military board of inquiry into the shooting of Lieutenant Colonel Paul W. Beck in Oklahoma City reached Secretary Weeks and was sent to the judge advocate general. Indications suggest the report may differ from Oklahoma authorities actions in some respects.
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Washington
Military Board of Inquiry
Paul W. Beck
Oklahoma City
Oklahoma
Dean P. Day
al Yarance
Des Moines Drake Relays Set Feature One Mile Race
Joie Ray, who drives a Chicago taxicab when not chasing world marks, faces Ray Watson of Kansas in a special one mile race at the Drake Relays. Ray holds seven world records in middle distance events and will attempt to beat the 4 14.8 five world record.
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Des Moines
Joie Ray
Chicago
Acre
Ray Watson
Kansas, Aggies
Ray
Three bandits hold up St Louis shoe firm payroll
In downtown St Louis on April 29 three bandits waylaid Leo Murren the book keeper of the McElroy Sloan Shoe Co escaping with 5400 dollars in payroll funds. Murren was unharmed as the robbers fled the scene.
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St. Louis
Leo Murren
McElroy Sloan Shoe Co
Court hearing details on martial law in Mingo county edge of Logan uprising
State executive testified about measures to disperse the Logan march, recruiting forces from across the state to defend Logan county and multiple requests for federal aid, aiming to prevent further fighting as federal troops move in.
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Mingo County
Logan
Logan County
Cork Murders Spark Dublin Outrage and Belfast Tension
Cork killings shock Dublin and Belfast with reprisals feared as MacMahon case echoes. Provisional government vows to chase culprits, while Lord Mayor O Neill's peace conference dissolves without agreement after three hours. Irregular troops seize whiskey stores in Kilkenny and other towns, aiming to cripple Southern revenues.
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Dublin
Cork
Owen MacMahon
Belfast
Richard Harbord
Murragh
MacMahon
Special Police
O'Neill
County
Kilkenny
Free State
Limerick
Galloway
Irish Provisional Government
Gallaway
John Miller
Iris 'Times
Fleming
Wexford
Staging Show for Disloyalists in Washington
A delegation described as the "Children's Crusade" arrived in Washington led by Mrs. Kate Richards O'Hare. Thirty seven women and children of federal prisoners were not to meet President Harding, per a White House note, but would receive consideration from Attorney General Daugherty and attention from the Justice Department.
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Washington
White House
Harding
Mra
Kate Richards O'Hare
St. Louis
Christian
Daugherty
Improvement in Mexico Eases Economic Tension
Washington reports an easing of Mexico's economic strain with higher silver prices stimulating industrial growth. Advices say development in the mineral sector and oil exploitation in the Isthmus of Tehuantepec is advancing.
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Washington
Mexico
Department of Ecommerce
Immlig Aal
Tehauatepee
Jury to Probe Ku Klux Klan
A grand jury panel of thirty names was drawn in Los Angeles Superior Court. Prospective jurors must report May 4. Judges decided to appoint a grand jury to investigate the Ku Klux Klan with Deputy District Attorney Turney announcing the list contained two women among potential jurors.
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Los Angeles
Superior Court
Wilkes
Raymond I Turney
W. Coburn
Grand Goblin
California
Ofttea
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Echo de Paris
M. Barthou
Great Britain
Poincare
Miles Wi
Delaware
Rhode Island
Kansas
Louisiana
Farmer
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Nbar
Prt
Beck
KU Klux Klan
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