Bad Bacon Gift to Austria Sparks Investigation
Buenos Aires reports a 5 000 000 peso Argentina to Vienna shipment included 60 tons of bacon from the United States. Observers say marks of North American firms appeared on decomposed bacon and attempts to erase labels. Austrian officials investigate possible misrepresentation in the deal and purchase.
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Buenos Aires
Argentina
Vienna
Bahia Blanes
Wamburg
United States
la Nacion
Schenker Company
Dispatch
Hamburg
New York
Government is Beaten on Suit Over California Lands
The Supreme Court upheld California courts in a land condemnation case from North Island San Diego Bay for a naval aviation site. Coronado Land Company won a $5,000,000 verdict with interest. Government appeal argued tidewater land was state or federal owned. Court held government cannot dispossess private owners under a national defense reservation. Mexican grant referenced anchorage of ships including submerged land.
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Washington
Mar
Supreme Court
California
North Island
San Diego Bay
Naval Aviation Tte
Coronado Land Company
Mexico
Cold snap hits Houston with 44 degree low
Houston officials report no damage to fruit or trucks from the cold as high winds accompany a sharp frost. The temperature dropped to 44 degrees, a 30 degree fall in 16 hours, per the local weather bureau.
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Houston
Sears Roe Buck Declares Quarterly Dividend
Sears Roebuck and Company board of directors declared the usual quarterly dividend on common stock citing slack business conditions.
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Chicago
Sears Roebuck and Company
Cold Wave Hurts Midwest Fruit Crops Amid Freezing Readings
A March cold wave swept the Mississippi and Ohio valleys causing damage to fruit groves in the Midwest. Severe losses hit southeastern Missouri and southern Illinois where trees were budded and winter wheat lacked snow cover. Temperatures ranged from 32 to well above zero in places, with Chicago recording 21 degrees early before rising three degrees.
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Chicago
Mississippi
Ohio River
Middlewest
Missouri
Ilinois
Kansas Oklahoma
Dry Cloud Looms Over Britain Says Change Unlikely
London March 28 A.P. Lord Chancellor Baron Birkenhead assured allied brewery traders that Britain will not go dry and dismissed fears of a general prohibition move similar to America He said he did not believe such a change is conceivable in Great Britain and advised against excitement.
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London
Great Britain
Baron Birkenhead
Allied Brewery Traders Association
America
Eleven Slaves Killed on a Jasper County Plantation
In Monticello Georgia authorities plan to expand an inquiry into peonage in Jasper and Newton counties after recovering two more bodies from the Alcovy River. Eleven enslaved people have been found killed, with bodies chained and weighted as earlier victims. Attorney General Denny was appointed to spearhead the peonage probe at Governor Dorsey’s request, as Judge Park awaits orders to convene a special Jasper County grand jury.
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Monticello
Jasper
Newton
Alcovy
John Williams
Jasper County
Denny
Dorsey
Solicitor Campbell
Newton County
Clyde Manning
Williams
Park
Ocmulgee
Federal artillery drives insurgent communists from Eisleben area
Halle Germany March 28 AP Federal artillery played a major role against insurgent communists west of Eisleben in Prussian Saxony. The communists were dispersed after shelling and the town of Sangerhausen southwest of Eisleben was occupied by federal forces. Count Poninski the Mansfeld district police colonel, has assumed command around Kisleben.
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Halle
Germany
Prussian Saxony
Eisleben
Sangerhausen
Count Poninski
Mansfeld
Kisleben
Communist Uprising Spreads Through Central Germany
Montabaur reports civil unrest after a Communist uprising. American MPs deployed to restore order in the Montabaur bridgehead area. Berlin dispatches note looting at Sangerhausen and post offices as Communists advance toward Halle and Eisleben. Government vows no truce and demands unconditional surrender of arms.
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Coblenz
Montabaur
Ehrenbreitstein
Montaba
Berlin
Germany
Hittersfled
Sangerhausen
Halle
Eisleben
Hall
Eer
Arey
Des Moines Banker A Merrill Dies in Palo Alto
A Merrill, Des Moines banker and trustee of Grinnell College, died suddenly at Peninsula hospital at midnight. His wife and sister Miss Anna Merrill were at his bedside as the Merrills wintered in Palo Alto.
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Palo Alto
A. Merrill
Des Moines
Grignell College
Peninsula Hospital
Anna Merrill
Merrills
Hungarian Crown Value Rise Triggers Counterfeit Risk
Budapest reports that Hungary overhauled its finances and raised the crown’s value to parity with Austrian crowns. Finance Minister Kolman Hegdus warns that the higher rate makes it profitable for Swiss counterfeiters to stamp unissued Austro-Hungarian bank notes with local seals.
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Budapest
Associated Press
Kolman Hegdus
Switzerland
Nevada adopts gas execution in capital punishment plan
Gov Boyle signs a Nevada bill harnessing lethal gas for executions. The law requires a 60 to 90 day window for the sentence, a sealed airtight cell, a physician and six witnesses, and envisions a gas release to cause death without awakening the condemned.
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Carson City
Nev
Nevada
Boyle
Anti-Dump Bill and Tariff Plan Tied to Legislation
Washington March 28 an antidumping bill and a plan for American valuation of imports may be merged with the emergency tariff for pension reform says Senator Penrose chair of the senate finance committee. House Republican leaders are weighing the move with only one amendment allowed to the emergency tariff bill limiting it to six months or until permanent tariff legislation is enacted. Supporters of adding hops and other articles to the Fordney bill will wait for the permanent measures.
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Washington
Mar
AIC
Pnsane
Chaireman Penrose
Senate Finance
House
Draft Dodger's Naturalization Denied in Salt Lake District Court
In Salt Lake City on March 28 a district court judge denied naturalization to Jos. Francia Wood a native of Austria who claimed military exemption. Judge W. McCrea ruled against the applicant, noting evidence presented by the naturalization examiner including a photographic copy of Wood's questionnaire filed during the registration year.
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Salt Lake, Mar
Jos
Francia Wood
Judne W. McCrea
Aday
Naturalization Examiner
Wood
Tax Court Rules Increase in Bond Value Taxable
Washington March 28 AP The supreme court rules that increases in the value of bonds held as investments are taxable as income under the revenue act The decision overturns Connecticut court rulings and affects thousands of trust funds and pending cases Merchants Loan and Trust Company as trustee of Arthur Ryerson estate Illinois filed the appeal The ruling confirms gains from asset transactions are taxable and that depreciation or losses do not negate the tax on gains
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Washington
Mar
Supreme Court
Connecticut
Hell
Merchants Loan and Trust Company
Arthur Ryerson
Ilinois
David M. Goodrich
Eupreme
Povernmesnall
Prerron
Smelting: Rust Cuts Dividend
The Punta Alegre Sugar company voted to reduce its quarterly dividend from $2 to 1.26 per share. This action for January had been delayed, and officials cited the prior rate failure as the reason for lowering the payout.
Murperian Dispatches Hint at Hidden Yearly Event
Fragmentary AP copy mentions a year and neutral topics, with unclear names or places. The readable text suggests a distant event or note but lacks concrete details for a fuller summary.
Denver Rio Grande sale to Western Pacific confirmed
Federal court confirms sale of the Denver and Rio Grande railroad to the Western Pacific for 5 million dollars. Special master William A. Jackson to deliver full deeds and assets within 30 days. $100,000 retained for expenses. Reorganization, refinancing planned under Denver Rio Grande and Western name. operation to stay under receiver for about a month.
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Denver
Denver and Rio Grande
Western Pacific Railroad
Equitable Trust Company
New York
Robert E. Lewis
William A. Jackson
A. R. Baldwin
San Francisco
U. S. District Court
Charles M. Levy
Denver, Rio Grande
Lenine's project rejected by Independent Labor party
In Southport England on March 28 the Independent Labor party conference voted overwhelmingly against accepting Lenine's 21 conditions for affiliation with the Third International of Moscow.
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Southport
England
Independent Labor Party
Lenine
Third Internationale of
Moscow
Grain Pool on a Big Scale
Conference aimed at unifying large scale grain handling plans for U S farmers. Led by Aaron Sapiro with Northwestern Wheat Growers Exchange and Wheat Growers Association of America. Attendees from several states discuss a single plan for a national cooperative program, with a big conference set for April 6 and broad farmer support expected.
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Chicago
Farmer's Grain Marketing Committee
Aaron Sapiro
San Francisco
Sapiro
Northwestern Wheat Growers Exchange
Washington
Oregon
Idaho
Montana
Jeonid W. McGreevy
Wichita
Kansas
Wheat Growers Association of America
Clifford Thorne
American Bureau Federation
Jowett
Spokane Wash
Northwest Exchange
Northern Pacific Plans $250 Million Refinancing
The Interstate Commerce Commission announced a hearing on April 11 regarding the Northern Pacific and Great Northern railway refinancing plan totaling 250 million dollars. The project would use Chicago Burlington and Quincy stockholding as collateral and governors of nine states were notified of the hearing date.
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Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
Northern Pa«fe
Great Northern Railway
Chicago, Burlington and Quincy
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Iowa
South Dakota
North Dakota
Montana
Idaho
Oregon
French Premier Viviani Arrives in New York on Courtesy Mission
Rene Viviani, premier of France, lands in New York on a mission of courtesy to President Harding. He arrives amid diplomatic welcome and plans to confer on international affairs.
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New York
Rene Viviani
France
Harding
Ogden Votes Down 500000 Bond Prop for Munis Project
Ogden voters rejected by 138 ballots a proposition to issue 500000 in bonds for a municipal power project while approving about 1500000 in bonds for special improvements.
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Ogden
Mar
Blackmail Is Answer in Cameron Suit Amid Denial
Washington reports Senator Ralph H. Cameron of Arizona denounces as blackmail a $100,009 damages suit by Edward R. McFarlin over alleged alienation of Mrs Margaret McFarlin. The formal complaint filed in New York cites 1916 events with minimal detail as Cameron says he will fight the suit.
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Arizona
Washington
Mar
Ralph H. Cameron
Edward R. McFarlin
New York
United States
Cameron
McFarlin
Chicago
San Francisco
M'Farlins
Supreme Court
Edward McFarlin
Margaret McFarlin
McFarlins
Stoneham
Mass
Greek Forces Take a Point Near Eski-Shehr
From Athens dispatches the Greek troops captured Afitin Karahissar a key railway junction south of Eski-Shehr along with numerous prisoners and large stock of war material. Turks retreat toward Kintayah as Greek forces push east of Smyrna to within four miles of the junction. Greek losses are said to be light. Brusa forces advance north of Suehut as Turks entrench before Evki-Shebhr.
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Athens
Afiun Karahissar
Eski-Shehr
Smyrna
Nea Ella
Aar
Kintayah
Afitin Karahissar
Brusa
Suehut
Evki-Shebhr
Fall of Asiun Karahissar Junction Reported in War Update
Constantinople reports the fall of Asiun Karahissar, a key Bagdad railroad junction where the Smyrna branch meets the main line. The capture is a major Greek objective in the offensive against Turkish Nationalists. Eski-Shehr is the other target, with Turkish troops said to be evacuating Eski-Bhehr.
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Constantinople
Asiun- Karahissar
Pont
Bagdad
Smyrna
Eski-Shehr
Angora
Eski-Bhehr
Manila cigar makers strike disrupts factories
Manila on March 28 AP reports police armed with riot guns surrounding all cigar factories hit by a strike. Workers seeking to work faced threats of violence from strikers as about ten thousand men are involved in the disruption.
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Manila
Mar
Rail labor board denies wage boost for short lines
The US Railroad Labor Board dismissed appeals by fifteen unions for higher pay on sixty seven short lines, affecting about 4000 workers. The ruling preserves existing wage scales from a six million dollar award made last July and clarifies no change to current agreements or future increases.
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Chicago
United States Railroad Labor Board
Association of Railway Freee Tig Sohn
Gevison No
Roa
United States Railroad Administration
Arizona and New Mexico Railway
Butte, Anaconda and Pacific Railway
Fort Smith and Western Railroad
Fort Smith, Subiaco and Rock Island
Gainesville Midland Railway
Houston and Prazos Valley Railway
Memphis, Dallas and Gulf Railroad
Northeast Oklahoma Railroad
Pacific Coast Railroads
St. Louis
Wannibal
Speaken International Railroad
Tevay City Terminal Company
Virginia and Truckee Railway
Wood River Branch Railroad
Yadkin Railroad
Britain wary as talks with Bolsheviks progress
London reports say Britain may accept a basic trade pact with the Russian Bolshevik government while the United States, under President Harding, questions Lenine’s overtures. The Daily Mail notes a sharp contrast between Britain’s stance and Washington’s distrustful mood as the Bolsheviks seek accommodation.
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