Offer to pay for the cost referendum in Prohibition debate
Washington March 27 An offer to poll constituents on the prohibition question would be funded by the Association Against the Prohibition Amendment. William H Slayton said the plan would cover every registered voter in the district with a ballot count to be named by hopeful congressmen. The proposal follows Senate hearings and enforcement developments as officials discuss high cost of enforcement and cider and smoking issues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Congress
Association Against the Prohibition Amendment
William H. Slayton
Association
House of Representatives
Slayton
Stayton
Senate
Edge
New Jersey
Elmer Ritchie
Third
Federal District
Alaska
Senate Judiciary Committee
Enforcement
House
Treasury
Woodlock Wins Senate Confirmation to Interstate Commission
A year long dispute ends as Thomas F. Woodlock of New York is confirmed 52 25 to join the Interstate Commerce Commission. Support crosses party lines with a late shift among opponents and allies, altering earlier doubts about his fate.
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Washington
Senate
Thomas F. Woodlock
New York
Interstate Commerce Commission
Woodlock
Coolidge
Geologists elect new staff for petroleum group in Dallas
Alexander McCoy of Denver was elected president of the American Association of Petroleum Geologists defeating John R. Subman of Boston 193 to 184 votes. Charles R. McCollum of Los Angeles chosen vice president with 217 votes. Frits L. Aurilan of Ponca City named secretary treasurer with 218 votes. Other results and questions on salaried manager and headquarters left to the executive committee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dallas
Texas
Alexander McCoy
Denver
American Association of Petroleum Geologista
E. L. Degoyer
New York
McCoy
John R. 8Uman
Boston
Charles R. McCollum
Los Angeles
J. W. Reede
San Angelo
Frits L. Aurilan
Ponca City
Oklahoma
C. E B. Decker
Norman
Oklo
John L. Rich
Ottawa
Kansas
Bevmonfi CC. Moore
Lawrence
Vaccination Ordered for Pacific Coast Alaska Travelers
The public health service ordered smallpox vaccination for all persons leaving the Pacific coast for Alaska. Major cities are combating the outbreak energetically, with no federal firm stance contemplated at the moment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Public Health Service Today
Pacific
Alaska
Tacna Arica plebiscite registrations begin amid tensions
In Arica Chileans and Americans oversee registrations as Peruvians boycott the boards. Peru accepts U S good offices but suspends plebiscitary functions during interim direct settlement talks. Lima orders a transport ready to move voters if negotiations delay the vote.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arica
Chile
Lima
Peru
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Tacna-Arica
Tacna
Washington
High School Boys Exhibit at Intermountain Livestock Show
Salt Lake City March 27 The ninth intermountain livestock show opened at the stockyards with high school boys judging teams under Henry Oberhansley Utah Agricultural College guiding the entries. Heber City boys band led the parade and spoke at a chamber luncheon. A horse show and riding exhibition led by Major George S Gay and the University of Utah R O T C accompanied the opening day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salt Lake City
Utah
Henry Oberhansley
Utah Agricultural College
Heber City
Chamber of Commerce
Hebe
Hampshire Sheep Club
George 8. Gay
University of Utah
Juarez gains pulse after weeks of quiet curfew ends gambling ban
After weeks of strict propriety and a nine oclock curfew Juarez Mexico shows renewed activity at the international bridge area Open gambling returned with a full gambling club in operation offering chuckaluck roulette and other games Membership is unrestricted and free despite earlier measures aimed at shuttering such amusements
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el Paso
Tex
International Bridge
Juarez
Madly in love with Polish count ends in note and poisoning
Chicago reports Miss Mary Motree aged 380? swallowed poison and was taken to hospital. A note addressed to Count George Barthel de Weydenthal named Warsaw officials and urged a visit and sale of belongings. Weydenthal, Polish consul general, had recently moved to Warsaw. Motree had prior love affairs and was connected to a Polish consulate contact.
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Chicago
Mary Motree
George Barthel de Weydenthal
Foreign Ministry
Warsaw
Poland
Alexander Skizynski
Count de Weydenthal
Count Skizynski
de Weydenthal
Miss McGee
Paying Teller Commits Death by Own Action
In San Francisco the flag at Mission Savings Bank was lowered to half staff for James J. Matheson a paying teller who shot himself in the bank basement amid alleged account shortages Mayor Rolph said no shortage against Matheson was proven and his death may have involved other causes
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San Francisco
Mission Savings Bank
James Rolph, Jr
James J. Matheson
Rolph
Jap Potato King Kinji Ushijima Dies in California
Japanese born Kinji Ushijima known as Shima, called potato king of California, died after a stroke in Los Angeles hospital. He owned 3000 acres in Delia Farms near Stockton and supervised 5000 to 6000 acres through contracted growers. Born 1888, he led the Japanese American community as president of the Japanese Association of America and headed Empire Navigation Company.
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Hollywoot
George Shim
Galiua
Western America
Shima
Los Angeles
Delia
Stockton
California
Japanese Association of America
Empire Navigation Company
Stockton Unit
Berkeley
Kinji Ushijima
Gooding Bill Proposes Reclamation Funds for Hillcrest
A bill by Senator Gooding proposes $750,000 for Hillcrest and Black Canyon units of the Boise Idaho reclamation project. The Hillcrest would receive $450,000 and Black Canyon $300,000. both await funds to proceed with already authorized work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hillcrest
Black Canyon
Boise, Idaho
Senator Gooding
Republican
Idaho
Bootleg Trade List Emerges In San Francisco
San Francisco officials report bootleggers in the bay region are compiling a rum trade who’s who listing customers with names and addresses to sustain supply amid shortages. The system allows dealers to pass clientele lists to others after arrests, enabling profits to cover fines and incidentals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
San Francisco Bay Region
Mexico Must Check Bandits
Ambassador Sheffield delivered a note to the Mexican government urging expeditious action to capture and punish bandits responsible for the kidnapping and robbing of American mining engineers near Asarco in Durango. U.S. officials, awaiting full reports, believe the note aims to prompt swift action in this specific case amid a string of attacks on Americans in Mexico.
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Washington
Sheffield
Asarco
Durango
State Department
Department
Mexico
Former Crown Prince Carol Denies Speedway Offer
Paria March 27 AP reports that former Crown Prince Carol of Romania denied Parisian claims he sought a large payment to attend the Atlantic City speedway opening in May. He said he received an offer by mail but refused as beneath his dignity. Romania’s political shift sees a new party unite Nationalists and Peasants under Maniou Argentoianu and Lupu leadership.
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Paria
Carol of
Romania
Atlantic City
Cuke
Maniou
Argentoianu
Lupu
Ethel Shannon Divorced in Los Angeles Case
Actress Ethel Shannon has been granted a divorce from Robert J. Cary in Los Angeles. The court held the marriage dissolved on grounds of desertion as of yesterday.
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Los Angeles
Ethel Shannon
Actioss
Robert J. Cary
La Follette Plan Got Little Aid
Seven teen replies arrived to a February 20 appeal sent to 700 cities urging Milwaukees city council to lobby Congress to modify the prohibition law. Wisconsin cities mostly rejected the proposal or kept it in the waste basket while five supported enforcement and ten acknowledged receipt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milwaukee
Congress
Senate
Robert M. LaFollette
Wisconsin
Racine
Grafters Make Quick Getaway
Chicago March 27 AP disclosure that two men tied to a department of agriculture and justice inquiry into stockyards conditions fled before the probe began. An April Federal grand jury will hear the case. One principal allegedly involved over 3,000,000 in livestock sales and graft and is said to have confessed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Department of Agriculture
Department of Justice
YouthShot During Rural Play Injures Ogden Teen
Kenneth Smith 16, son of Frank D D Smith a Southern Pacific engineer, was shot in the throat and seriously wounded this morning while he and two companions played with a pistol at a friend's home in Ogden.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ogden
Kenneth Smith
Frank DD. Smith
Hambone's Meditations by J P Alley
A garbled snippet presents a police character asking about his shoe size and listing sizes eight nine and ten. The fragment hints at a dialectical comedic or observational piece with a police figure speaking in a local voice. The readable parts emphasize footwear sizes and a humorous tone.
Wives Strike in Ver tevevka Village for Fair Treatment
In Ver tevevka, Rrianyk province, wives led by Axenya Karasova staged a march to the village school and issued an ultimatum to husbands demanding end to abuse and drunkenness. The men signed pledges to reform, agreeing to stop mistreating their wives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Russia
Vertevevka
Rrianyk
Axenya Karasova
Madame Karaseva
McLean Receives Six Months For Robbery Of 55 Cents
Vancouver reports Thomas Ross McLean a 21 year old school teacher was sentenced to six months in prison for holding up Miss Mabel Newman on February 28 and stealing 55 cents and a streetcar ticket.
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Vancouver
B. C
Thomas Ross McLean
Mabel Newman
March Goes Out Per Schedule
Denver reports the storm drenching the Rockies with more snow foreseen. Cold snaps extend from the Canadian border to New Mexico. Smudge pots on the western slope aim to protect fruit crops as temperatures dip across Colorado and nearby states.
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Denver
Colo
Rocky Mountain
Canadian
New Mexico
Roswell
Leadville
Colorado
Wyoming
Yellowstone
Lander
Montana
City
Kalispell
Murder charge not maintained in Tulsa auto crash
Miss Vivian Wilcox was arraigned on five thousand dollar bail after Judge Gerald F. O'Brien ruled the murder charge could not be sustained in the death of Emma Bellas. The case was reduced to manslaughter as there was no evidence of intent to murder. Five others were injured but expected to recover after the Thursday street intersection crash.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tulsa
Okla
Vivian Wilcox
Gerald F. O'Brien
Emma Bellas
Wilcox
O'Brien
Miss Wilcox
Mrs. Bellas
Governor commuting W. T. Aven’s death sentence
Texas Governor Miriam A. Ferguson commuted the death sentence of W. T. Aven of Waco to life imprisonment after considering circumstantial evidence in the murder of his wife. An electrocution date had been set for the following Monday. poison traces were found in Mrs. Aven’s stomach tied to the 1921 case. The governor previously reprieved Aven and ordered the pardons board to study the matter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Texas
W. T. Aven
Waco
Miriam A. Ferguson
Board of Pardons
Santa Fe Plans Major Extension and Budget
The Atchison Topeka and Santa Fe railway will invest 25 million dollars in eastern division improvements this year from Chicago to Newton Kansas. A 9.77 million in new projects plus carried over funds total 25 million and work should finish by December 41. The Patfrax extension from Pawhuska to Patrofax covers thirty miles with rails and yard upgrades costing 6.66 million. General manager Lr. WH Allison reported 607,444 freight carloads in 1928 on eastern lines and 172,585 cars from connecting lines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Topeka
Kansas
Atchison, Topaks and Santa Fe Railway
Chicago
Newton
Banta Fe
Pawhuska
Okla
Patrfax
WH. Allison
Iineg
Utah Appointment Nominates J Ray Ward U S Marshal
Washington March 27 presidential nominations include J Ray Ward named United States marshal for the District of Utah. Ward faces a confirmation process as the administration fills key law enforcement posts nationwide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
J. Ray Ward
District of Utah
Descendant of Martha Washington Faces Property Suit
Armistead Peter Jr., a descendant of Martha Washington and resident at the Georgetown mansion Tor York Place, is defendant in a suit filed by his estranged wife Anna W. Peter of Dobbs Ferry New York. She seeks an accounting of roughly 2.4 million dollars in marital valuables after an inventory revealed use of property without her consent.
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Washington
Armistead Peter, Jr
Martha Washington
Tytor Place
Georgetown
Anna W. Peter
Dobbs Ferry
N. Y
Peter
Idaho Pioneer James Iverson Dies in Ogden at 81
James Iverson, an early Idaho pioneer linked to Cassia county, died in Ogden Utah at 81. Born in Denmark, he worked on the transcontinental railway and mined along the Snake River before investing in Ogden real estate and later returning to Idaho during the Burley project era.
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Ogden
Utah
James Iverson
Cassia County
Idaho
Iverson
Denmark
Snake River
Cottonwood
Owyhee
Burley
Sponge Fishers Have Hard Luck in Florida Fire
Tarpon Springs sponge fleet reels from disaster as seven men burned return for treatment after their vessel Tarpon Springs burned March 7. Two missing presumed drowned after eight days adrift in the gulf. Survivors swam back to fight flames but the boat burned to near the waterline.
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Tarpon Springs
Fla
Gulf
Mission Will Visit Mexico to Study U S Policy
A 25 member ecclesiastical mission including church leaders writers and educators will visit Mexico City on April 19 to assess Mexican government attitudes toward the United States on land oil and religious instruction issues. The group organized by Hubert Cherring of the Congregational church will include former Colorado Governor Wm E Sweet Rabbi Ephraim Frisch and several college and church figures.
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New York
Mexico City
United States
Alisn
Hubert Cherring
Congregational Church
Wm. E. Bweet
Colorado
Ephriam Frisch
San Antonio
Ernest G. Guthrie
Spring Wheat Planting Forecast Hits Par With 1925
Spokane reports spring planting of wheat is as large as last year with favorable conditions ahead. Washington 1926 crop expected to match 1925 in size. Walter J. Robinson of the Washington wheat growers association cites statewide reports. Harvest is predicted to run about three weeks earlier than last year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Spokane
Washington
Walter J. Robinson
Washington Wheat Growers Association
Osbaldeston Held on Old Charge in Apparent Case
Dr Edwin P Osbaldeston 93 was held on a warrant served by a 61 year old deputy sheriff charged with stealing a horse and wagon in Birghampton New York. The incident occurred near Asbury Park New Jersey where the warrant was served.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Asbury Park
N. J
Edwin P. Osbaldeston
Birghampton
N. Y
Actual Condition Of Clearing Banks
New York March 27 The actual condition of clearing house banks and trust companies for the week shows an excess reserve of 15 573 270 dollars. The excess reserve totalled 11 184 680 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Orin W Orcutt, Globe-Trotter, Dies at 80
Pasadena mourns Orin W Orcutt a noted globe trotter and associate of Thomas Edigon who died at age 80 in Pasadena California on March 27 AP reports.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Orcutt
Pasadena
Calif
Orin. W. Orcutt
Thomas + Edigon
Bond Election Proposed for Idaho Falls Water Works
Idaho Falls city council authorized a bond election for April 29 to issue up to 300000 dollars to develop an underground water supply. Five thousand dollars will repair and extend the current system. the rest funds new supply. The source must pass state board standards with eight million gallons daily guaranteed from underground sources.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tdaho Palle
Idaho Falls
Ang
State Board of Earth
Borah Calls For Farm Relief in Senate Speech
Senator Borah of Idaho warned in the senate that disaster looms in the next election unless farm relief is debated. He questioned administration farm legislation and urged taking up the subject. Senator Bristow and Senator Bresnart urged action and plans from agriculturists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Borah
Idaho
Senate Today
Senate
Bilease
South Carolina
BreskNart
Republicer
Towa
Congress
Peret’s Budget Plan Approved by Paris Council
Paris March 27 The ministerial council unanimously approved Finance Minister Peret’s plan to balance the budget by March 31. The agreement limits the increased turnover tax to wholesalers and jobbers, avoids small retailers, and funds the deficit by raising secondary taxes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Apne
Peret
Chapter of Deputies
Finance Committee
M. Peret
Rio Grande change fuels land claims to Chamizal tract
Capt Fernandez Terrazas, a Mexican aviation officer, arrived in El Paso to claim ownership of part of the Chamizal tract after the Rio Grande altered its course and the land was taken by the United States. He also seeks title to about 18,000 acres below Juarez.
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el Paso
Rio Grande
United States
Fernandez Terrazas
Juarez
Widow sues over two breaches of trust in Carolan estate
Mrs Harriet Pullman Schermerhorn files in Redwood City Superior Court a complaint alleging two breaches of trust by her late husband Francis J. Carolan San Francisco financier. The estate valued over 1 million dollars and the suit may affect fortune division among six siblings and relatives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Redwood City
Calif
Francis J. Carolan
San Francisco
Harriett Pullman Schermerhorn
Carolan
George Pullman
Pullman Car Company
Frost Hits North Central Kansas Fruits Hard
Topeka reports Jack Frost again crossed into Kanaag City last night and ended the cold spell begun Thursday. North central Kansas saw lows near 14 degrees in Salina and Goodland. Weather officials could not estimate total losses but expect damage largely to peaches plums and apricots.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Topeka
Kan
Jack Frost
Kanaag City
Kansas
Salina
Goodland
Weather Bureau
Peaches Likely Unharmed by Missouri Freeze
Missouri peach buds mostly escaped damage from last night’s freeze. Government meteorologist George Reeder said buds are out of danger for now as moderate temperatures forecast for tonight.
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Columbia
Missouri
George Reeder
Toni
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