Oklahoma Legislature Confronts Governor Over Session
Oklahoma lawmakers move toward an extraordinary session to challenge Governor Walton over habeas corpus and suspension authority. Military courts continue probing mob violence in Tulsa and state, with several indicted defendants released on bonds as trials set.
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Oklahoma City
Tulsa
Walton
B. H. Markam
Wale
Ate
Iecessary
Okla
Tulsa County
W. King
A. C. Hunt
J. Walton
Heavy Storm Disrupts Cripple Creek Communications
In Colorado Springs on September 19, a blizzard cut Cripple Creek and Victor off from outside lines. Three crews totaling 100 workers labored to repair 300 downed poles. Snow blanketed high areas with drifts over four feet as travel to Pikes Peak summit halted. a rotary snowplow reached the top later.
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Colorado Springs
Colo
Cripple Creek
Victor
Pikes Peak
Dollar Is Worth Half Farmer Value
Washington September 19 AP The purchasing power of the dollar last June based on average wholesale prices for various county groups was equal to only forty two cents as compared with its par power in 1913. The value of the dollar in commodity terms on the 1913 basis comparison dropped to forty cents in May 1920. During most of 1914 and 1915 the purchasing power of the dollar was greater than that of the 1913 dollars.
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Washington
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Department of Labor
British reply to Hughes liquor plan unsettles Washington
The British answer to Secretary Hughes proposed reciprocal ship liquor and smuggling treaty was described as generally unsympathetic. Officials said London will raise the matter at the imperial conference in London next month, leaving open a potential double barreled accord to curb rum running and allow legitimate shipments, while not altering three mile territorial waters.
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Washington
Hughes
State Department
Imperial Conference
London
France
Great Britain
United States
Thirteen Naval Officers Face Inquiry Over Destroyer Loss
Thirteen naval officers were named as defendants at a San Diego court of inquiry into the wreck of seven destroyers off Point Honda on September 8. Lieutenant Laurence F. Blodgett, navigation officer aboard the U S S Delphy, testified that radio compass signals from Point Arguello misled the squadron, prompting a reverse course that led to the rocks north of Arguello. The hearing focused on navigational errors and the misinterpreted bearings as the court sought to determine responsibility for the disaster and the 23 lives lost.
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San Diego
Calif
Point Honda
Laurence F. Blodgett
Blodgett
Donald T. Hunter
Point Arcuello
Santa Barbara Channel
Point Arguello
U. S
Delphy
Ta Barbara
Arguello
Santa Barbera
Appea Wamers Cee
Iguello
Santa Barbara
W. V. Pratt
San Francisco
Point
Point Sur
D T. Hunter
R Hunter
Dail Members Sworn In Amid Quiet Start to Session
Dublin September 19 AP reports the new Dail met for the first time in a largely orderly start. Swearing in of elected representatives proceeded privately to avoid floor incidents over allegiance to the British monarch. No Republican members attended the ceremony and De Valera supporters vow loyalty to Ireland rather than a foreign king.
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Dublin
Dail
de Valera
Funeral Arrangements Made by Woman Before Death
Mrs. Kuna Grace of Los Angeles arranged her own funeral two months prior while in good health. She visited an undertaker in July selecting a copper and silver plated casket priced at 2500 dollars and paid cash. She planned the rest with relatives, then died after a brief illness.
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Los Angeles
Kuna Grace
Gentlemen Adventurers Faces Longshoreman Fate in Los Angeles
Thirty nine adventurers who arrived aboard the yacht Frontiersman on August 25 face possible longshoreman work in the Los Angeles harbor after federal seizure for liquor law violations and multiple debts. Their ship’s surgeon has malaria, and supplies run low as a bank loan falls short.
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Los Angeles
England
Dail Eireann backs Cosgrave. De Valera debate roils
William T. Cosgrave is re elected president of the executive council as Professor Michael Hayes remains speaker. Demonstrators outside parliament call for release of republican prisoners while Gorey urges De Valera amnesty. Cosgrave condemns sentimental appeals and bars entrance of violent defendants. No division is held.
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Dublin
William T. Cosgrave
Dail Eireann
Executive Council
Irish Free State
Michael Hayes
Dail
Parliament House
Free States
Dan Breen
Gorey
Eamonn DeValera
Republican Party
Cosgrave
Berlin Raids Seize Foreign Currencies in Currency Drive
In Berlin on September 19, government agents conducted widespread raids across cafes and streets to curb dollar speculation. One hundred fifty detectives searched venues tied to currency manipulation while tourists faced no molestation with passports proving travel. The drive, led by the finance ministry, seized currencies from dollars to yen and marks, promising reimbursement of paper currency for legitimate use.
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Berlin
Fellinger
Germany
Ministry of Finance
Far North Storm Threatens Nome Sailors and Crafts
A raging storm along the Bering sea coast stretches 100 miles from Nome as several schooners Sea Wolf Silver Wave Teddy Bear Nokataka remain overdue by over a week. The Fred J Wood went ashore at Teller Port Clarence Bay with gold hunters. no casualties reported. Coast Guard sought assistance to aid overdue ships. The storm has raged for about 26 hours as the Sarthe departed Nome for San Francisco.
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Nome
Alaska
Bering Sea
Wolf
Silver Wave
Fred J. Wood
A. H. Moore
Port Clarence Bay
Teller
Maine
Coast Guard
Carmine
Usalaska
San Francisco
Lord Baltimore 11 wins Western Shore Handicap at Havre de Grace
Lord Baltimore 11 won the $10,900 Western Shore Handicap for two year olds at Havre de Grace Md Biase Was gsmond and Rinkey finished second and third respectively in the afternoon race
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Havre de Grace
Lord Baltimore
Western Shore
Biase
Gsmond
Rinkey
One Armed Driver Arrest Order Stuns Santa Barbara
In Santa Barbara on September 19, police were ordered by the chief to arrest any driver with his right arm around a girl in the car. Officers questioned how a one armed driver could drive with one arm around a girl and planned to enforce the directive.
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Santa Barbara
Calif
Soecal
Ten millions property loss at Berkeley
Berkeley California September 19 AP the Cragmont and Euclid avenue fire razed large sections of North Berkeley in the most disastrous blaze in the city’s history. Debris removal will begin as dynamite and wrecking crews clear the ruins. Loss is estimated at 10 million with only four million covered by insurance. 2,506 homeless including 1,200 UC Berkeley students and 300 faculty families seek shelter as guards patrol the scorched zone. Relievers from local state and national agencies mobilize a 10 thousand dollar emergency fund and nearly a thousand citizens donate.
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Berkeley
Calif
Cragmont
Euclid Avenue
C. C. Emslee
Berkeley Board of Fire Underwriters
University of California
A. J. Eddy
Goat Island
Little Ag
Washington Bencamarters
American Red Cross
Contra Costa County
Foster Declares Kansas City Jail Worst He Seen
William Z. Foster of Chicago radical labor leader was arrested in Kansas City after a speech. He denounced the city jail as the foulest he had seen and said he never wanted to enter it again.
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Omaha
Neb
William Z. Foster
Chicago
Kansas City
Flood Lashes Holbrook Arizona Drowning Reported
A flood swept Holbrook Arizona late yesterday and last night, causing one man to drown and sweeping several buildings from their foundations while portions of the town remained submerged.
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Holbrook, Aris
Holbrook
Death Mystery At Rockford Nurse Sven Olsen
In Rockford Illinois on September 19 a 26 year old nurse Sven Olsen died. A man drove up with her body in a car claiming she was ill and fled when a Pelagian nun attempted to intervene. Deputies search for the unidentified man as autopsy plans proceed.
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Rockford
Ill
Sven Olsen
St. Anthony Hospital
Baptista
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