Exportation as Means to Boost Trade
Washington outlines a policy to promote exportation as a path to normal business. At a White House dinner with McHon Hoover and major financiers the administration pressed for government business cooperation to revive export trade and discussed aiding European finance and private capital loans abroad.
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Washington
White House
McHon
Hoover
J. P. Morgan
Warburg
Hardy
Europe
James A. Alexander
National Bank of Commerce
Charles A. Sabin
Guaranty Trust Company
New York
Benjamin Strong
New York Federal Reserve Bank
E. Mitchell
National City Bank
William Kent
Bankers Trust Company
H. C. McElowney
Union Trust Company
Pittsburg
Eer
Harding
Ropean Finance
Charles M. He Swab
Chester Tries First Degree Murder Case in Kansas City
Attorneys pursue a first degree murder trial for Denzel Chester in Kansas City after a juror question delayed proceedings. The case concerns the October killing of Florence Barton during an attempted hold up on a country road, with Howard Winter wounded, and detective Harry Boyle recounting arrests and Chester’s prior escape.
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Kansas City
Denzel Chester
Plorence Barton
K. L. Barton
Wecicly
Indendence
Missouri
Miss Barton
Howard
Winter
Chester
Harry Boyle
Great Falls
Mont
Broken Bow
Nebraska
Joseph Allward
Boyle
Hoyle
Biancce Ryan
Wisconsin Assembly Kills Prohibition Bill
Madison May 26 The Wisconsin Assembly defeated a bill memorializing Congress to amend the Volstead act to permit manufacturing and sale of light wines by a 46 to 40 vote.
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Madison
Wis
Congress
Rickenbacker Aims for Washington After Fog Delays
Captain Eddie Rickenbacker attempts to fly to Washington D C from Redwood City California amid fog that halted the first two attempts. He hopes to reach the capital by tomorrow as favorable weather permits.
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Redwood City
Califick 26
Eddie Rickenbacker
Ington
D. C
Mosquitoes Fare Well Since Short Skirts in Vogue
An official River Forest report explains the swamp pest problem remained due to insufficient funds and adds that piling would be unnecessary if residents did not wear very short skirts. The 10 acre swamp adjoins wealthy suburbs and had been the subject of complaints about mosquitoes.
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Chicago
River Forest
Rickenbacker Starts Flight Across California to Washington
Captain Eddie Rickenbacker began a record attempt from Redwood City at 4 06 am aiming to reach Washington D C. Thick fog forced a return after one hour thirty two minutes with note of possible later departure. He planned to fly via Martinez North Platte and Omaha to attend a Memorial Day address and a Metropolitan Club banquet in Washington.
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Redwood City
Calif
Eddie Rickenbacker
American Ave
Washington, D
Rickenbacker
Martinez
Here
Sacramento
Washington
North Platte
Neb
North Piatte
We 8
American Legion
Metropolitan Club
San Francisco
Omaha
Southern Pacific
Indianapolis
Bill to lay a Pacific cable referred to subcommittee
Washington May 26 AP a bill by Senator Jones Republican Washington would authorize federal construction of a Pacific cable to Asiatic ports including Manila The measure was sent by the commerce committee to a subcommittee consisting of Senators Jones Fernald Edge Fletcher and Ransdell Hearings are not planned and early action is expected
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Washington
Jones
Manila
Commerce Committee
Fernald
Maine
Edge
New Jersey
Fletcher
Florida
Ransdell
Louisiana
Wisconsin kills odd labor bill in state senate
Madison May 26 AP The unemployment prevention bill, the first proposal to assure workers against loss of work offered in any legislature in the United States, was killed in the Wisconsin senate today.
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Madison
Wis
United States
Wisconsin Senate
Foreign Loans Ten Billions to Be Funded This Year
Secretary Mellon stated that foreign loans totaling about ten billion dollars to the Allies during the war will be funded this year. He noted that unpaid interest would likely be funded as well and paid over a period of years. Mellon disputed any immediate plan to change or distribute foreign obligations, saying the treasury aims to shape bonds for exchange or to take up Liberty bonds, not to place foreign obligations on the market.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Mellon
Harding
New York
Treasury
Mr. Mellon
Norway Strikes Grow as Labor Mobilizes Across Nation
In Christiania May 26 AP reports steamship engineers and sailors striking over a 38 percent wage cut will be joined tonight by 120000 union laborers. Government mobilizes army and navy to maintain order amid Bolshevik urging for a general strike.
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Christiania
Norway
Ienders
Oregon Foreign Population Shows Small Decrease
Washington May 26 AP figures from the census bureau reveal a limited drop in Oregon's foreign population aside from Japanese. Total population 389, Whites 740,144, Indians 4,500, Japanese 4,151, Chinese 3,039, Negroes 3,144 and all others 268. Chinese declined 58 percent over the last decade while Whites rose 174 percent, Japanese 21.4 percent, and Negro 43.7 percent.
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Washington
Oregon
Census Bureau
T&q
Railroads Praised For Efficient Operation By A. Bryan
May 26 AP report notes railroads run efficiently under examination by the Interstate Commerce Commission. President Bryan of the Milwaukee & St. Paul highlights employee efforts aiding carriers. He cites improved economies and increased freight by mutual cooperation between management and workers.
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Washington
United States
Chicago, Milwaukee & Gaul
Tate
Bryan
British Troops to Upper Silesia Near Rhine Action
London reports four British battalions about 5000 men moved toward Upper Silesia from the Rhine area. The plan, aimed at stabilizing disturbed zones, follows orders for reinforcements and draws from specified sources.
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Upper Silesia
Rhine
Silesia
London
Addi
Citizens Guard to Be Disbanded in Bavaria
London May 26 AP reports the Bavarian council ministers decided the Citizens Guard, called the slavowentweby, must disband. The council debated for two days before reaching the ruling, pending dispatch to the London Times.
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Citizens Guard
London
Bavarian Citivens © Guard
Slavowentweby
Bavarearian Council
save @ lin
London Times
I Council
Plague Outbreak Reported Near Tampico Mexico
Havana dispatches say bubonic plague has affected Tampico and surrounding areas with thirty eight cases and twenty five deaths in April and May, according to Havana port authorities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Havana
Tampico
Mexico
Keystone Lodge to Confer Entered Apprentice Degree
Keystone lodge A PF and A M meet in special communication tomorrow Friday evening at the Masonite temple to confer the Entered Apprentice degree on a class of candidates. All Masons welcome.
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Keystone Lodge
Masonite Temple
Mavons
Americans cross into Mexico in manhunt for fugitive
Thirty Americans crossed the border into Coahuila seeking Leandro Borja, a Mexican charged with violating US law. Borja was reportedly captured and dragged back across the boundary. Obregon ordered the foreign office to inquire and consider representations to the United States government.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mexico
City
Vegas
Coahuila
Leandro Borta
United States
Borja
Obregon
Foreign Office
Route Abandoned Air Mail Route to End May 31
The Washington New York air mail route will be abandoned after May 31. Postmaster General Hava announced the decision citing economy and the ability to continue experiments with air mails via the New York San Francisco route.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Washington New York
Washington Tax Discussion Sparks Senate Finance Probe
Fragmented text shows a discussion in the Senate Finance Committee about possible tax increases and the impact on revenues. Names and precise details are unclear, but the dialogue notes cautions about tax policy and potential changes.
Fight overampontee session echoes in California seat
In a frayed exchange with signs of unresolved rifts, the internal fight within the Hugheson Republican faction in California heated discussion over the confirmation of Senator Johns. The session concluded without an open vote, leaving the matter unsettled.
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Wash Man
Hhugon
Repuir Hean
California
Senator Johns
Sabbath desecration judged distressing by assembly
In St Louis on May 26 the Southern Presbyterian general assembly adopted a report calling Sabbath desecration “most distressing.” The document criticizes commercialized amusements as robbing elites of their quiet and holy sabbath.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Louie
Southern Presbyterian General Assembly
Dividend Declared by Chicago Burlington and Quincy Railroad
The Chicago Burlington and Quincy railroad declared a five percent dividend payable June 25, marking a one percent increase over the current semiannual rate in New York on May 26.
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New York
Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad
Omaha meeting winds up without age reduction agreement
At a local session in Omaha the committee failed to reach a pact on raising the statutory retirement age. Key figures from the union and the party discussed proposals, but no consensus emerged for implementation by July 1.
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Omaha
Uni
Customs House in Dublin City Burns After Raid
Dublin reports the historic customs house burned yesterday afternoon by a civilian raid. Fire and smoke filled the ruins as British forces guarded the site. many feared dead or wounded and archives destroyed. A high official said key local government documents were saved. Belfast talk turns to potential return of forty Unionist candidates in Ulster election contests. Dublin also notes civilian defendants from the December 12 attack sentenced, with arrests and political implications in the ongoing crisis.
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Dublin
Morgues
Customs House
Custom House
Higf
Belfast
Londonderry
Robert Anderson
John McNair
Sinn Fein
Dublin University
Joseph Devlin
House of Commons
French discontent over upcoming Franco British talks
Paris May 26 AP reports French circles expect a meeting between Prime Minister Grosne of Great Britain and Premier Bolongne to grow into a full session of the supreme council. Reparations and the Upper Silesian question likely on the agenda with June 4 as a probable date. Asia Minor settlement also possibly discussed. Turkish nationalist counterproposal viewed as unsatisfactory to the French government.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Lord Grosne
Great Britain
Bolongne
Supreme Council
Asia Minor
Protest Filed Against Rail Rate Reduction Application
East Lake City May 26 AP A formal protest against the application of trings continental railroads for a rate cut to Pacific coast points was filed today with the Interstate Commerce Commission by the Intermediate Rate Association representing Utah Idaho Montana Washington Nevada and Arizona. The group asks for a hearing in this city and argues the proposal would depart from the Interstate Commerce Act provisions.
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East Lake City
Trings-Continental Railroads
Pacific Coast
Interstate Commerce Commission
Intermediate Rate Association
Utah
Idaho
Montana
Washington
Nevada
Arizona
Salary Fund for Day Cops Passed by House
Washington. May 26 AP The $100,000,000 deficiency appropriation bill carrying $200,000 for prohibition enforcement until July 1 was passed today by the house. It now goes to the senate.
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Washington
House
Senate
Packer Control Bill Advances in House Debates
The packer control bill, long debated, was taken up by the House for unlimited debate. Approved by the agriculture committee without dissent, it is not expected to reach a House vote until next week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Congress
House
Agriculture Committee
Investigation ordered into Kentucky West Virginia coal region disorders
The senate committee on education and labor voted to investigate recent disorders in the coal regions along the Kentucky West Virginia border. A sub committee will likely begin hearings at Williamson West Virginia about June 10.
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Washington
Senate Committee On Education and Labor
Coal Pines
Kentucky West Virginia
Williamson
W. Va
Death of George Krum after road encounter in West Virginia
George Krum died in a hospital after being shot during a confrontation near Nolan West Virginia between state police and National Guardsmen and a party they encountered on the road. The incident occurred last night and he died this afternoon.
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Williameon
W. Va
George Krum
Reoteaky National
Treaty ratified duty on American goods by United States and China
The senate confirmed the application of a five percent ad valorem duty on departures of American goods shipped to China under the new pact.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senate Tag
China
Louisiana Bans Horse Racing Information Transmission
The Louisiana constitutional convention adopted an amendment prohibiting transmission publication or circulation of information about horses entered in races or the odds offered. The legislature will provide penalties for violations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baton Rouge
YANK BULLETS USED IN IRELAND
London reports 16388 American ammunition rounds captured in the Dublin district since March 25. Sir Hamar Greenwood told the House of Commons in reply to Col Archer-Shee about raids on Sinn Fein premises and the source and amount of the seized ammunition. He said he would confer with the Foreign Secretary on supplementary questions raised regarding funding from the United States for the Ireland campaign.
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London
Dublin
Hamar Greenwood
Ireland
House of Commons
Martin Archer-Shee
Finsbury
Sinn Pein
Archer Shee
United States
Hamar
Farmers oppose federal trade commission
Senator Norris warned that farm organizations are being unconsciously swayed by nationwide propaganda against the commission. He said farmers unwittingly aid packers and allied financial interests aiming to discredit the commission and abolish it, citing attacks tied to the commission’s packing industry investigations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norris
Sénaté
Pete Pi Boatts
Federal Trade Commission
Commission
Daugherty Set To Form Committee On Liquor Case Docket
Attorney General Daugherty plans a committee of three district judges two district attorneys and A Blount of Pensacola to draft a recommendation to Congress to relieve crowded federal court dockets nationwide. Judge John E Sater of Columbus will chair. He called the situation very serious.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Daugherty
Congress
A. Blount
Pensacola
Fla
John E. Sater
Columbus
Trustees Review Yards Holdings in Sioux City
Former U S senators and court trustees inspected Armour and Swift stockyards in Sioux City with special assistant IR Jalloway. Livestock exchange members and shippers plan a meeting with trustees this afternoon before they depart for Omaha tonight.
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Sioux City
NV. 8
George W. Sutherland
Utah
W. H. Anderson
Richmond
Distriot
Columbia Supreme Court
Armone
Swift
IR Jalloway
Daugherty
Livestock Exchange
Armour and Swift
Omaha
Hali Pasha Condemned to Death in Ankara Court Martial
Hali Pasha an uncle of Kuve? Pasha and two bolshevik agents were condemned to death by a court martial for conspiring to overthrow the Nationalist government led by Mustapha Kemal Pasha. Three others escaped. The National Assembly sent a mission to Tehran to sign a treaty with the new Soviet Persian government.
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Angora
Hali Pasha
Kuve? Pasha
Mustapha Kemal Pasha
National Assembly
Teheran
Mint Superintendent Nominees For Nebraska District
AP reports on May 26 that Robert Inver is nominated as mint superintendent and Arthur B. Allen of Tecumseh is proposed as collector of internal revenue for Nebraska's district.
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Woashin
Aon
Pressia
Robert Nver
Nver
Arthur B. Allen
Tecumach
District of
Nebraska
Leipsie Soldier Convicted for Ill Treatment of POWs
Sergeant Hleyne was sentenced to 10 months in prison by a big court in Leipsie for ill treating British POWs at the Herne Westphalia camp. Prosecutors say he exceeded guard duties in numerous incidents, while defense cites unruly prisoners and ongoing mutinies. The next case involves Captain Mueller over abuses at Karlshru camp.
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Leipsie
Hleyne
Herne Westphalia
Hayne
Mueller
Karlshru
Kato Blames Government for Yap Mandate Issues
Viscount Takaaki Kato former Japanese foreign minister directed blame at the government over Yap mandate developments. He urged Japan to press its acquired rights while criticizing concessions on Manchuria Mongolia. He called the diplomacy blunder deplorable and warned of future trouble. He urged arms restriction after international understanding and cutting naval and military spending.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Osaka
Viscount Takaaki Kato
Yap
Kensei Poor
Japan
Manchuria
Mongolia
Tse
Kato
Vandal raid targets historic data near Chichen Itza ruins
Bandits sacked an inland Maya site about miles from Chichen Itza, destroying valuable historical documents and related ruins. The Amecigso consul at Po plans to seek indemnity from the Mexican government for Thompson's loss.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ee City
Fleet Sea
Tan
Veaterdlay
Chichen Itza
Amecigso
Thompson
British Fleet Deemed Keystone in Allied Victory
Admiral William S. Sims told Admiral Beatty and a gathering of British and American naval leaders that Britain’s grand fleet was the keystone of the allied victory. He argued Americans received too little credit for their part in the war. The luncheon, hosted by the Pilgrims Society in London, honored allied naval accomplishments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Miral William 8. Sims
Admi Beatty
Pilgrims Society
Admiral Sims
Cairo railway strike intensifies as workers walk out
In Cairo on May 26, arsenal workers and railway shop employees join a strike and a general walkout is threatened. Field Marshal Viscount As British High Commissioner issues a statement noting disorders and promising intervention but urging calm, with responsibility for order resting in the end with him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cairo
Egypt
Viscount
Tkloath
New Elk Temple Dedication Attracts Dignitaries In Spokane
Spokane May 26 delegates from Oregon and Idaho cities arrive for the Elk temple dedication event. Members will attend an afternoon program and a ball with entertainment tonight and tomorrow as part of the celebration.
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Spokane
Weee
Oregon
Idaho
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