Needles Border Standstill Delays California Tourists
Desperate travelers numbering in the hundreds remain stranded at Needles California after Arizona imposes a vehicular embargo to block entry over the Colorado River amid a foot and mouth disease scare. Authorities in Phoenix promise the ban will hold indefinitely.
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Associated Press
Calif
Arizona
Colorado
Here
Phoenix
Ariz
California
EL. Centro
Desert Point
Richardson
Caliifornia
Wet League Opens Iowa Offices Today
Des Moines April 18 The National Liberty League which has national headquarters at Omaha opened state offices here today. The organization is opposed to Prohibition.
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Des Moines
National
Liberty Laague
Omaha
La Follette Recovers Sufficient For Short Rides
Washington April 18 Senator La Follette of Wisconsin has recovered from pneumonia enough to take short rides to the suburbs. He expects to return to his desk at the capitol within a week or ten days.
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Washington
la Follette
Wisconsin
Capitol
Merchant Cites Journal Ad as Shopper Prompt
Shoppers told to mention seeing the Journal ad when contacting merchants. The prompt encourages using the paper as a conversational nudge to confirm knowledge of promotions.
Proctor Denies Oil Links at 1920 Chicago Convention
William Cooper Proctor campaign manager for Leonard Wood told the Senate oil committee he did not communicate with Boies Penrose or Jake Hannon during the 1920 Republican convention. He said he did not confer with Harry Sinclair though he sought a campaign gift that was refused and he learned late in the event of Harding’s nomination. Proctor testified he spoke with A T Hert but not Harry Daugherty.
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Prenay
Washington
Chicago
Senate Oil Committee
William Cooper Proctor
Cincinnati
Leonard Wood
Proctor
Boies Penrose
Jake L. Hannon
Harry F. Sinclair
Sinclair
Wholesale Prices for Food Decline in March
Wholesale prices for 404 commodities fell from February to March by four per cent, with farm product prices dropping due to declines in cotton cottonseed eggs hides wheat oats rye potatoes and tobacco. Retail food prices also declined about two per cent in March mainly from lower egg costs.
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Associated Press
Washington
Department of Labor
Labor Department
Department of Commercce
Mrs Bowers Made Vice President at Missionary Meeting
Keota April 18 The second day of the W I M convention opened with devotions by Mr Jne Houch of West Chester. Officers for the coming year were elected by ballot including President Mrs E C Gidbert and W W Bowers as first and second vice presidents. Talks covered Auxiliaries problems and prayer. Miss Thomas led installation. Queen Esther banquet set for six. next year at West Liberty. correction noted for Miss Thomas address about impression.
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Keota
W. IL. M
Jne Houch
West Chester
Gobble
God
Thomas
West Liberty
Wife of Davenport Physician Ends Life in Suicide
Mrs Matilda H Chandler 32 wife of Dr Thomas Chandler committed suicide this morning in Davenport by shooting herself in the head with a 88 calibre revolver. She had endured a long nervous breakdown and declining health for several years.
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Itty
Associated Press
Davenport
Matilda H. Chandler
Thomas Chandler
Amendment 3 rejected as too drastic in Des Moines
In Des Moines on April 15 158 the Iowa Senate voted 30 to 16 against Senator Brookhart of Washington County on an amendment to a bill banning unfair discrimination in business. Opponents warned it would curb competition while supporters cited protecting small firms from interstate price wars. The debate touched on price discrimination rules and potential impacts on Cedar Rapids creameries and Cedar Rapids raw materials access. The session also discussed gasoline selling powers, gravel highway amendments, and the budget bill conference report. The May Francis school office inquiry was postponed to next week.
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Associated Preas
Des Moines
Brookhart
Washington County
Senate
Haskell
Linn County
Cedar Rapids
Dutcher
Johnson County
Tuck
Taylor
Benton
Chicago
Oaties
Grundy County
Executive Council
House
Miss May Francis
Eskimo Boys Sail Forward in Education Program
In Juneau the Boxer a United States bureau of education steamer prepared to voyage south after a first season serving as a floating industrial school It carried 19 Eskimo students from grades seven and eight taught navigation gas engineering and radio telegraphy Eight pupils came from between Point Barrow and Wainwright Inlet the northernmost US land and the rest from the Panhandle Alaska Superintendent C W Hawkesworth praised the students as good learners.
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Juneau
Alaska
Boxer
United States Bureau of Education
Point Burrow
Wainwright Inlet
United States Land
Panhandle
C. W. Hawkesworth
Bureau
Scholarships for farmers' children to university courses
London reports the ministry of agriculture has created scholarships and maintenance grants for the sons and daughters of agricultural workers. Eligible youths may move directly from farm work to a university with an agriculture department.
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London
Ministry of Agriculture
Department of Agriculture
Maxwell Testifies on Colorado River Controversy Before Senate
George H. Maxwell director of the National Reclamation Association was called before the Senate Daugherty committee in Washington on April 18 to explain a letter alleging a Fall-Davis scheme to steal the Colorado river. He said the letter referred to a misapprehension and that he had no personal information about the department.
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Washington
Georgee H. Maxwell
National Reclamation Association
Senate
Daugherty Committee
Ashurst
Arizona
Davis
Colorado
Colorado River
Jones
Brookhart
Department of Justice
Maxwell
Thaw Case Adjourned to Monday for Final Moves
The sanity trial of Harry K. Thaw was adjourned to Monday as lawyers sharpen positions for final moves. Thaw returned to a West Philadelphia hospital for mental diseases after a brief witness appearance, with questions about his mother’s visitation and Evelyn Nesbit’s possible testimony regarding their son Russell William Thaw. Five alienists say Thaw is sane, four say insane, with two more alienists to testify for the opposing side.
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Philadephia
Harry K. Shaw
Thaw
Pennsylvania Hospital For
West Philadelphia
Hih
Evelyn Nesbit
Russell William Thaw
Early Action on Bonus Bill Predicts Senate Move
Washington April 18 reports say President Coolidge will likely approve the pending insurance soldier bonus bill. Democratic leaders weigh removing a cash payment option to avoid delaying the bill. American Legion officials conveyed the president’s stance, signaling a cash bond requirement could jeopardize passage. Noted: a clear path for the soldier bonus and tax reduction bills exists in the senate. Senator Curtis will push the bonus bill as the next order after immigration debate, Smoot to bring up the revenue bill once bonus ends. Senate says under a week for bonus consideration.
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Washington
Coolidge
Senate
Curtis
Kansas
Smoot
Finance Committee
Metro-Goldwyn Formed By Major Film Merge
New York April 18 Metro pictures Goldwyn Pictures and the Louis B Mayer company join to form the Metro Goldwyn corporation with Marcus Loew as head The merger includes Cosmopolitan production distribution and Loew Goldwyn assets nationwide while keeping individual firms distinct Produc ing headquarters will be Culver City California.
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New York
Metro Pictures
Goldwyn Pictures
Louis B. Mayer Company
Marcus Loew
Metro-Goldwyn Corporation
Cosmopolitan Productions
Loew and Goldwyn
Goldwyns
Combine
Culver City
Cal
Goldwyn Studios
Riverside Lodge Installs Officers in Foresters Chapter
April 17 at Forester hall Riverside Lodge hosts installation of Women’s Catholic Order of Foresters officers led by Past Chief Ranger Rose D Autremont. New officers include Chief Ranger Nellie Quinn and Vice Chief Ranger Mary Knittel among a full slate of secretaries, trustees, conductors, and sentinels.
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Matilda Wieland
Helen Shradel
Inside Sentinel
Ella Knittel
Outside Sentinel
Lena Bopp
Murderer Expected to Confess in Independence Hangings
In New Orleans April 18 six men sentenced for the Dallas Calmes murder at Independence La. three years ago face execution at Amite in May. One of the six is expected to confess to spare his five companions. sheriff Tangipahoa parish plans to hang them in pairs on a double scaffold and allow the inmates to choose the order of death.
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Irty
Northwestern to Measure Students by Qualifications New Yardstick
Northwestern University will implement a selective plan ranking prospective students by human qualifications rather than numbers. High schools in the Midwest will rate applicants on personality perseverance alertness confidence vigor of performance promptness participation physical and mental defects and financial standings. President Walter Dill Scott declares quality the test of incoming students.
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Associated Press
Evanston, II
Northwestern University
Middle West
Northwestern
Walter Dill Scott
Director Hines to consult doctors on medical staff reform
Washington April 18 Thirty of the country's leading physicians have been invited by Director Hines of the Veterans bureau to serve as consultants preparatory to putting the bureau's medical staff on a permanent basis through enactment of legislation and executive reorganization.
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Washington
Hines
Veteran's Bureau
Negro murderers hanged in Chicago
Lucius Dalton and Henry Wilson, Black men convicted of killing Patrolman Vincent Skiba, were hanged at 6 36 am in Cook County Jail. They spent part of the prior night listening to radio programs and had asked for a radio concert rather than the traditional chicken dinner before execution.
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Chicago
Lucius Dalton
Henry Wilson
Vincent Skiba
Cook County
Explosion Wrecks Home in Johnstown Kills Three
A mother and two of her children died when an explosion destroyed the home of Anthony Prako in Johnstown Pennsylvania. Five other family members were burned seriously in the blast.
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Johnstown
Anthony Prako
Three Big Planes Ready to Take Off From Chignik
The Associated Press reports three United States Army giant air cruisers the Chicca xo Boston and New Orleans prepared to depart Chignik for Dutch Harbor Unalaska Island 400 miles away. The start was delayed by a snow storm in the Aleutians and Major Frederick L. Martin awaits at Kanatka with his damaged Seattle. A replacement engine is being rushed to the Seattle.
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United States Army
Boston
New Orleans
Dutch Harbor
Unalaska Island
Aleutian Islands
Frederick L. Martin
Kanatka
Alaska
Seattle
Ninety Five Schools to Compete in Kansas Relays
Lawrence Kan April 18 Ninety five universities colleges and preparatory schools from across the country will send more than a thousand athletes to the University of Kansas relay games set for tomorrow Twenty one relays and fifteen individual events compose the program with entrants from Iowa Minnesota Notre Dame Northwestern Dartmouth Oregon Aggies Wisconsin Baylor Creighton and all Missouri Valley schools Thirty four college teams include Colorado Monmouth DePauw Cornell Haskell Nebraska State Teachers Butler and Missouri Forty high schools and military academies participate John Levit an Indian athlete from Haskell Institute appears in several events and McCullough Keeble the Missouri star hurdler will run outdoors for the first time.
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Lawrence
Kan
University of Kansas
Colorado
Monmouth
DePauw University
Cornell
Haskell
Nebraska State Teachers
Butler
Missouri
John Levit
Haskell Institute
McCullough Keeble
University of Missouristar
Women of D.A.R. Pilgrimage to Mount Vernon Day
Delegates of the 33rd continental congress of the Daughters of the American Revolution visit Mount Vernon for a memorial service, wreath laying on the Washington sarcophagus, and Pan-American relations programs after main business concluded.
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Mount Vernon
Associated Press
Washington
George
Martha Washington
Continental Congress
Daughters of the American Revolution
Virginia
Chester M E Choir to Present Cantata
West Chester April 17 The Chester M E Church choir will present an Easter cantata on Sunday April 20 at 10 30 am The program lists soloists including Ruth Crayne Mae Strait W S Boyer and Florence Gardner among others with choir numbers such as The Prince of Life Easter Day Gethsemane and Angels Rolled the Stone Away Readers include Mildred Craig Everyone is invited to attend.
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West Chester
West Chester Methodist Church
Prince of Life
Gethsemane
J. G. Henderson
Ruth Crayne
Mae Strait
W. 8. Boyer
Jesus
Lord
Iwle Smith
Paul DeLong
Ralph Kleese
Wayne Emery
Lola Dayton
Florence Gardner
Lucile Fisher
Mildred Craig
Writer Sentenced to 100 Days for Bogus Checks
Jack Harris, arrested while en route from Hrighton after cashing multiple worthless checks, was sentenced by Justice D. C. Kyle to 100 days in the county jail. He faced charges for passing three counterfeit checks and for skipping a board bill.
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Jack Harris
Hrighton
D. C. Kyle
Premier says no recall of Hanihara amid immigration dispute
Tokyo reports Premier Kijuro Kawara or Kiouria states no recall of Ambassador Hanihara is planned. He defends the note as not threatening U.S. sovereignty and urges conciliatory action to resolve immigration questions. Later, officials reject talk of military action and stress caution.
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TOKIO
Hanihara
Kiyoura
America
Japan
United States
Congress
Ichishe Tanno
Yomiuri
Paris
Viscount Ishii
Havas
Ishii
France
Wood
Kyoto
Matsui
Producers Declare War on the Actors
New York April 18 The Producing Managers Association denounces the Actors Equity as attempting to boss the stage and vows no equity shop. The statement compounds the threat of an actors strike on June 1, insisting on a non closed shop and rejecting leadership demands.
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New York
Actors’ Equity Association
Ita
Producing Managers’ Association
Actors’ Organization
Equity
Chattanooga Flood Drench In April Heavy Showers Paralyze Areas
Rainfall in Chattanooga Tennessee from 7 a m to 11 p m caused severe flooding in the city and surrounding districts. Lower neighborhoods were inundated as waters surged through streets and low-lying areas.
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Bureau of Animal Industry
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W. O. Proctor
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National Reclamation Assn
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Riverside Lodge
Director Hines
Chignik
Kansas Relays
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