Wilson in Paris 1918 Health Notice Amid Peace Talks
A 1918 photograph shows President Wilson in apparent strong health upon arriving in Paris for the peace conference. The caption notes a rosy complexion and bright eyes, contrasting with subsequent strain during the treaty fight in Washington and his Western speaking tour. The latest image allegedly dated March in Washington suggests ongoing depletion.
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Paris
Washington
Kansas City
Death Toll Rises From Palm Sunday Tornadoes
The Palm Sunday tornadoes killed 161 across eight states with Illinois hardest hit at 80 dead. Georgia and Alabama reported 62 and 16 deaths respectively, while Chicago area damage neared 6 million dollars. Looters watched by American Legion posts as relief efforts mobilized.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Middle West
Georgia
Alabama
Igin
Illinois
Indiana
Michigan
Wisconsin
Missour
Sxty
Irving Park
Melrose Park
Elgin
Maywood
Plainfield
Wilmette
Evanston
Shore
Joliet
Dunning
Legion
American Legion
Henry. J. Cox
Alaska
British Columbia
Snowy moisture linked to Twin Falls irrigation year
A letter to Dr. W H Dwight from Dr. William Ludden of St Anthony reports snow depths and water content equal to the combined totals of the previous two years. The tests note 42 inches of snow measured, indicating sufficient moisture for farm work without anxiety.
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W. H W. Dwight
William Ludden
St. Anthony
Twin Falls
Navy Subs Not Fit At Opening Of War
Admiral A W Grant testified before a Senate committee that American submarines and many second line battleships were unfit for war service in April 1917. He said 800 ton submarines were needed, overhaul delays left battleships underprepared, and none of his 24 subs had fully water tight bulkheads. He added the older vessels nonetheless undertook sea duty in World War I.
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Washington
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Senate
Navy Department
Grant
Atlantic
General Board
Department
Hale
Trammell
Florida
Supreme Court Prohibition Case May Reach Decision By April
Washington observers say the Supreme Court could issue a final ruling on prohibition questions by mid April as recess delays to April 19. Arguments on the constitutional amendment and enforcement act continued, with New Jersey and Wisconsin cases plus Rhode Island Kentucky and Massachusetts awaiting consideration as Islihu Roat for Keigenspan and New Jersey Attorney General Mc Cran pressed the concern that the amendment creates a new third legislative power contrary to the Constitution.
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Supreme Court
New Jersey
Wisconsin
Rhode Island
Kentucky
Massachusetts
Islihu. Roat
Christian Keigenspan
Newark
N. J
Thomas T. McCran
William I. Frierson
Root
Congress
Mr. Root
Three plead guilty to charges of robbery in Alabama
Shale Alabama March 29 Mrs Roy Dickerson Herbert Shouse and William Crawford pleaded guilty at circuit court to complicity in the robbery of the Phoenix Girard bank in Girard Alabama last January Me and Mrs Rutus Ford Tom Ford and S Sanders entered pleas of not guilty and will be tried Wednesday Roy Dickerson the man indicted as the actual robber is still at large after escaping from jail in Los Angeles where he was arrested with his wife.
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Associated Press
Shale
Alabam
Roy Dickerson
Herbert Shouse
William Crawford
Rob‘bery
Phoenix Girard Bank
Girard
Alabama
Rutus Ford
Tom Ford
Sv Sanders
Liberty
Os Angeles
Cal
Imperial Valley Prepares to Halt Army Worm Invasion
Imperial Valley ranchers mobilize to defend crops as army worms move from the desert west of Dixieland toward green fields. They plan to place poison along irrigation bridges to block worm entry and protect the harvest.
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Worms
EL Centro
Cali
Dixieland
Glynne attacks Irish bill treatment and US relations
London reports show John R. GlynneLabourite member moving to reject the Irish bill. He warns of imprisonment and deportation without trial harming British American relations and argues the bill is only accepted by a few, not by the Labour Party. Lords Cecil and Roberts critique its stance toward Ulster and the ability to win American opinion. OConnor calls it worsening governance. Chamberlain urges a supreme effort to settle the Irish problem and win Ulster over.
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London
John R
Aynes
Laborite Membber
Ireland
Labor Party
Ulster
Robert ‘Cecil
Senate
Lord Roberts
T. P. O'Connor
J. Austen Chamberlain
Exchequer
House
Dublin
Blumson Confesses Defrauding Banks In Chicago Case
Herman J. Blumson secretary and treasurer of the defunct Star Cereal and Milling company confessed to irregularities at the firm. The disclosure linked to losses around $200,000 to Chicago and Milwaukee banks. He was jailed to await trial.
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Associated
Byean
Chicago
Herman J. Blumson
Star Cereal and Milling Company
Milwaugee
Blymson
Repeal Daylight Saving Law urged in New York farms
In Syracuse on March 29 a broad call to repeal the daylight saving law emerged from agricultural communities statewide. Meetings organized by the state Grange Federation of County Farm Bureaus and the Dairymen's League argued the policy harms farmers and constitutes an injustice to them.
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New York
Associated Press
Syracuse
N. Y
State Grange
Federation of ‘County’ Farm Bureaus
Dairymen’s League
Strike threatens to close packing houses in Chicago
Nine stock handlers, cleaners and unloaders at the Union Stockyards and Transit Co struck today, tying up shipments. If the strike continues, packing company officers warned plants might close, risking 50,000 jobs. The men voted to strike Saturday night, against the wage dispute settlement rule before Judge Alschuler.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Union
Alschuler
Committee Urges Socialists Unseating In Albany Report
The Socialists face possible expulsion as an Albany committee urges seating of suspended members while a three member subcommittee studies charges of disloyalty. A decisive report to the committee hints at expulsion and seating of alternative members, with party leaders opposing the move.
Fletcher testimony attacked by Sims at naval inquiry
Washington March 2 an intense cross examination questioned Admiral Fletcher on convoy orders during the Antilles sinking. Sims’ counsel argued Fletcher’s orders did not require Freeman to hold the convoy together, claiming the two division run complied with practice. The defense pressed that Whetcher’s interpretation depended on understood doctrine rather than strict wording.
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Associated Press
Washington
William B. Fletcher
Antilles
Welle
Sims
Naval Court
Brest
Whetcher
Freeman
Wreemuar
Ite
Negro lynching near Paris Kentucky shocks region
Cincinnati report states Grant Smith, a Black man accused of assaulting a 14 year old girl, was seized by a mob from Paris sheriff and chief of police, hanged to a telegraph pole near Maystville at midnight last night. Source notes the event occurred six miles from Maystille, with details received from Maysville.
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Associated Press
Incinnati
Ohio
Grant Smith
Paris
Maystille
Maysville
Smith
Mob burns captured man near Blue Lake
A report from Mayville says a mob captured Grant Smith, a Black man, from Paris officials and is burning him near Blue Lake in Fleming County. The note adds that all wives in Fleming County are reportedly dawned due to yesterday's storm.
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Lexington
Mays- Ville
Grant Smith
Paris
Delaware Debates Suffrage Amendment Vote
In Delaware the legislature opens its second week of a special session with little shift in support for ratifying the federal woman suffrage amendment. Suffrage leaders say a vote today would likely fail, yet delays favor them, while anti suffragists remain confident the resolution would be defeated.
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Delaware
New England Wilson Home This Summer
President Wilson to spend the summer at Wood's Hole Massachusetts on the Crane estate near Buzzard's Bay Martha's Vineyard area. Plans call for moving the president and much of the executive offices for at least two weeks in June and all of August. The White House notes this as a sign of improving health. The summer plan includes motor rides limited yachting on the Mayflower and some golf if possible. Travel will be by train with the Mayflower departing later.
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Wood’s Hole
Miners Accept Coal Commission Award Amid Talks
New York March 29 The scale committees of bituminous operators and mine workers approved the coal commission award as affirmed by the president effective April 1 and ordered mines to keep operating pending a new contract. The wage rise is 27 percent and unions will be notified. John L Lewis stated the action avoids mine shutdowns and maintains coal supply while talks continue. A subcommittee will continue negotiations for a new bituminous contract.
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New York
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John Ll. Lewis
International Res
Mine Workers
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