Lord Robert Cecil Responds To Porter On Opium War
Lord Robert Cecil defends the League of Nations policy against Porter’s challenge, insisting the league is striking a vigorous blow at the drug trade and that no country or paper holds monopoly on virtue. He says production must be curbed to curb abuse and offers no changes in policy.
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Associated Press
New York
Porter
House Foreign Affairs Committee
Lord Robert Cecil
League of Nations
League
Lord Robert
Spence
Harding Opens Debate on World Court at A P Meet
President Harding declares support for a world court as outlined in party platforms and candidate promises. He says the court would align with pledges and not create a doorway to a league of nations, while stressing it is not the sole national issue today.
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New York
United States
Harding
Associated
League of Nations
Friends of the
Dhecked
League
Senate
Harding Arrives in New York for AP Meeting
President Harding arrived at Pennsylvania Station to a cheering crowd of commuters and proceeded to the Waldorf Astoria. He planned to address the annual meeting of the Associated Press with a party including Postmaster General New A D Lasker and RNC Chairman Adams. Merritt C Spiedel, Iowa newspaper owner and former Marion Star editor, was among visitors.
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Associated Press
New York
Harding
Pennsylvania Station
Waldorf-Astoria Hotel
New
A. D. Lasker
United States Whipping Board
Adams
Republican National Committee
Merritt C. Spiedel
Iowa
Marion Star
Mrs Allen Dawson Dies in New York
Mrs Nell M Perkins Dawson a literary critic for the New York Globe and writer as N Pohen son died suddenly at her home in New York at age fifty three. She was born Nell M Perkins of Sioux City Iowa and was survived by her eldest brother John Perkins a publisher in the same city.
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Associates
New York
Allen Dawson
New York Globe
N. Po Henson
Perodical
Tenants of Flats Find Marriage Easy in Moscow
Moscow reports show divorces decline due to housing shortages while marriages rise. Official stats note 4 divorces in January vs 2,214 marriages as couples seek space, with simple magistrate procedures for both union and separation.
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Moscow
The Flower of Ancient Egypt Lotus Blooms In Memory
The lotus was a popular ancient Egyptian flower used in large bouquets for room decoration. Princesses carried them and their roots were eaten while seeds were made into flour.
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Egypt
Character Study Claims Hands and Feet Reveal Personality
Northwestern's Prof Delton F Howard announces a new system of character study claiming character lies in hands feet eyes and ears. He describes a machine that supposedly determines traits and classifies people into four types while resembling an organ console with pedals levers and an aperture for signals.
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Associate’ Press
Chicago
Delton F. Howard
Psychology Department
Northwestern University
Howard
Prof. Howard
Prohibition Gains Ground in Chile Says Church Figure
Bishop Oldham reports Chile on the verge of prohibition with the president and labor party backing it. He notes vineyards and potential raisin industry as economic factors, and cites Chileans studying U S prohibition and press coverage as influence.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Chile
William F. Oldham
Methodist Episcopal Church
Buenos Aires
Labor Party
Oldham
California
Italy
United States
New Hearing Sought for J. W. Gregory in Bank Case
Des Moines April 24 A new trial is to be asked for J W Gregory financier convicted of taking a deposit after his bank failed His attorney said a hearing on the motion is set for May 3 District Judge W G Bonner fixed May 5 for sentencing if the motion is denied Mrs C E Kinsinger, also indicted, awaits further plans A verdict was returned late last night The case relied on testimony from Clyde B Fletcher receiver and bank examiners showing assets slightly over six thousand dollars liabilities sixty two thousand dollars
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Des Moines
Iowa
J. W. Gregory
W. G. Bonner
Gregory
Seberger
C. E. Kinsinger
Cottage Grove Avenue
Clyde B. Fletcher
Bouncing Baby Born Enroute To Hospital
A Davenport ambulance call carried out a bouncing baby boy born enroute to a hospital for Mrs. Ed Dent. Both mother and infant are reported doing nicely after the delivery during transit.
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Davenport
Ed Dent
Authority urges thrift in fuel use across oil gas and electric
The Boston Transcript notes an authority on the fuel situation urging careful use of oil gas and electricity and other resources. The remark emphasizes learning to eke out supply amid rising costs and limited reserves. Mary is mentioned in a peculiar aside with an ax.
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Mary
Boston Transcript
Commissioners to Mexico Named by Hughes in 1920
Secretary Hughes announced the American commissioners to negotiate with the Obregon government in Mexico City. Charles B. Warren of Detroit, former ambassador to Japan, and John Barton Payne, former interior secretary and Red Cross chairman, head the delegation.
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Associated Preas
Washington
Dpd. C
Hughes
Obregon
Mexico City
Charles B. Warren
Detroit
Japan
John Barton Payne
Governor names elevator board after Randolph Hotel tragedy
Des Moines April 24 Governor Kendall announced the five appointees to the state elevator board created after the Randolph Hotel accident that killed three people. Appointees include J. D. Seaman Des Moines W H Meeker Ames B J Lam Iowa City Carl Smith Des Moines J J Clancey Des Moines representing state statistics engineering school university of iowa elevator firm and casualty insurer. The board will draft a statewide elevator construction installation and operation program.
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Hess
Des Moines
Kendall
Randolph Hotel
J. D. Seaman
Bureau of National Statistics
W. H. Meeker
Ames
Engineering
B. J. Lam
Iowa City
Skinneering
University of Iona
Carl Smith
J. J. Clancey
Leprosy Cured Claims by Oil Injections
Sir Leonard Rogers told the Royal Society of Arts that leprosy could be cured by injections of certain oils such as cod liver and soya bean oil. He noted worldwide experiments suggesting cures within years and cited unrecognized cases among London soldiers returned from Eastern countries.
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London
Sir Leonard Rogers
Royal Society of Arts
Leonard
Two Killed by Fierce Storm in Nebraska
Tornado tore four mile path near Barneston in Gage county injuring others. Mrs Clyde Bruenbach died and Evelyn Bruensbach, three, was instantly killed when the twister lifted a plane from the house and dropped it thirty five yards away.
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Omaha
Neb
Barneston
Gage County
Nebraska
Omaha World Herald
Clyde Bruenbach
Evelyn Bruensbach
Owsley to Speak in Cedar Rapids Iowa
Alvin M. Owsley national commander of the American Legion will address Cedar Rapids on June 24. Hanford post officials said he will deliver only one other address in Iowa but the second location is not yet decided.
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Cedar Rapids
Alvin M. Owsley
American Legion
Hanford
Owsley
Iowa
Morris Packing Plant Damaged in Chicago Fire
A warehouse at Morris and Co. stockyards burned overnight and a second building caught fire today. Estimated damage rose from 100000 to about 250000 as authorities fought the blaze, under control yesterday.
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Associated
Rese
Chicago
Moris and Co
Dowries for Titled Foreigners Quick Look
A Minneapolis News report claims 500 wealthy American daughters have married titled foreigners. Their combined dowries total nearly 750 million dollars, signaling large cross border alliances among elite families.
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America
Mianapolis
Honduras Still Holds Murderess Clara Phillips
Washington reports Tegucigalpa authorities are holding a suspect believed to be Clara Phillips, the convicted murderer who escaped from Los Angeles County jail. She is held pending sworn papers requesting extradition to the United States.
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Associated
Treas
Washington, D. C
State Department
Tegucigalpa
Clara Phillips
Los Angeles
United States
Christian Endeavor Meet in Des Moines
Des Moines will host the twenty ninth International Christian Endeavor convention from July 4 to 9 drawing between 15 000 and 20 000 young people from around the world. Speakers announced include Dr William Hiram Foulkes Dr Lionel B Fletcher Huch S Magill and John Kelley with plans disclosed by E P Gates general secretary of Boston.
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Agnaotiated Press
Des Moines
International Christian Endeavor
E. P. Gates
Boston
William Hiram Foulkes
New Era Movement
The
Presbyterian Church
Lionel B. Fletcher
Australia
England
Huch S. Magill
International Sunday School of Religious Education
John Kelley
Scottish Sunday School Association
European Christian Endeavor Union
City Treasurer of Chicago Indicted
Apr 24 report says J A Cervyenka installed a week ago as city treasurer and brewery company president, John L Hoerber Jr, a brewer, and Barney Grogan a former saloon keeper and politician were indicted by a federal grand jury for violation of prohibition.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Til
J. A. Cervyenka
John L. Hoerber
Cleewer
Barney Grogan
Fire destroys two stores in Comanche Iowa
Damage estimated at about ten thousand dollars followed a blaze that yesterday destroyed two store buildings and damaged a commercial structure at Comanche Iowa. Clinton fire department assisted local volunteers to prevent the flames from reaching a nearby school and other buildings.
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Associated Press
Clinton
Commanche
Iowa
Clinton Fire Department
Was Some Other Fellow's Girl
A short anecdote from the Chicago Journal recalls a young man’s attempted outing with a sweetheart. He learns her mother says the girl has gone to a special picture with another, ending what he calls his first love affair.
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Benu
Chicago Journal
Tombstone Warns Autoists In Reading Area
A four foot stone erected near Hughes Hill on the Pottsville pike near Hamburg warns drivers to slow down. The marker bears the word Dangerous and the skull and crossbones with a note that 14 miles lie to the nearest hospital.
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Associated Press
Reading
Hughes Hill
Pottsville Pike
Hamburg
Skull and Crossbones
Nation's Soft Drink Bill Surges Since 1914 Data from Census
Nation's soft drink industry shows a rise from 58.4 million in 1914 to 115.6 million in 1921, an 98 percent gain, with 1919 the peak year at over 196.2 million. The category includes carbonated and fruit beverages but excludes natural spring waters, per census figures.
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Associatedress
Washington
Census Bureau
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