Resignation of Ambassador Woods Sparks Japan US Ties Debate
Editorials from Tokyo and Chicago discuss Cyrus Wood's resignation as ambassador and its impact on Japan US relations after the new immigration law targeting Japanese. Japanese papers express regret and sympathy while some favor maintaining exclusion policies and urging cooperation to address Japan's demographic pressures.
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TORIO
Cyrus FE. Woods
Yororu Choho
Jingo Journal
Tokio
Washington
Miyako Shimbun
Ambassador Woods
Japan
Chupal Shogyo
Whicc
Jin Shimpo
Woods
Thomas Rees
Illinois State Register of
Springfield
Inland Daily Press Association
Far East
Rees
Philippines
Hawaii
United States
Gibbons Develops A New Short Punch For Carpentier
Tommy Gibbons of St. Paul works on a new short punching technique in Chicago as preparation for his heavyweight bout with Georges Carpentier in Michigan City Indiana on May 31. Gibbons tests the move in two round workouts with sparring partners. Carpentier’s camp adds two heavyweights Soldier Kingwright Grand Keppeds and Jack Taylor to bolster training.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Tommy Gibbons
St. Paul
Georges Carpentier
Michigan City
Ind
Carpentier
Soldier Kingwlight
Grand Kepeds
Jack Taylor
Beer's Runner Identified In Raid In Chicago
Identification of James Casey as Daniel OConnor was announced by police. OConnor, a former secretary to William F OConnell, who directed the McAdoo fight, had been connected with Illinois city treasurer's office.
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Associated Press
Chicago
James Casey
Daniel O'Connor
Connor
William F. O'Connell
Illinois
Attorney William Ht Childs Found Dead in Gas Filled Room
Clinton Iowa May 21 William Ht Childs former county attorney was found dead in his office at eight this morning. The room was filled with gas from an open vent. He had suffered a long illness for months.
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Associated Press
Clinton
William Ht. Childs
Childs
Elder Groom Weds Much Younger Bride in Oakland
Wm Wells aged 71 and Mrs Mary A Little Fair aged 85, both of Richmond California, were married in Oakland yesterday. Mrs Wells is the mother of 16 children and has 39 grandchildren 16 great grandchildren and four great great grandchildren. Wells is a father of four children six grandchildren and two great grandchildren.
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Associated Press
Oakland
Calif
Wm. Wells
Mary A. Littlefair
Richmond
National Open Golf Meet At Oak Park From May 27
Conditions improved at Oak Park Country Club as 156 entrants prepare for the national open with western elimination rounds set for May 27 and 28. MacDonald Smith, California open champion, neared par 73 with two strokes to spare yesterday on the 6439 yard course.
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Associatedress
Chicago
Oak Park Country Club
MacDonald Smith
Witness Tells of Spying on Senate Probe Committee
WASHINGTON May 21 The senate Daugherty committee heard that Justice Department representatives sought to frame Senator Wheeler and spied on members and witnesses. Witness W O Duckstein testified his wife was a secret agent and that she identified Means diaries obtained by a ruse.
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Associated
T’reas
Washington
Senate
Daugherty Committee
Department of Justice
Wheeler
Gaston P. Means
W. O .Duckstein
Ias
Department
Means
Idaho Democrats Endorse McAdoo At State Convention
Idaho Democrats adopted a resolution backing William Gibbs McAdoo for the Democratic presidential nomination in St Marys May 21. The convention praised Democratic Congress members for fighting corruption and praised Senator Walsh and allies for exposing government scandals.
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ST. Marys
Idaho
Wm. Gibbs McAdoo
Congress
Walsh
World Flight Delayed by Weather Near Hitoka phu Bay
American army aviators circling the world face delays amid persistent storms along Japan and Korea. Official dispatches report anchoring off Kushiro to assist if emergency landing becomes necessary. Next stop Minto, Japan, possibly delayed beyond Thursday.
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Hitokaphu Bay
Yotorofu
Japanese Navy Department
John D. Ford
Smith
Lowell H. Smith
Ford
Kushiro
Kokkaido
Embassy
Tokio Central Observatory
Japan
Tiotart
Minto
Shanghai
Pelletier Doley
Consolidation Proposal Backed by Hoover in Senate Hearing
The Associated Press reports that Secretary Hoover endorsed a Cummins bill proposing consolidation of railway properties before the Senate Interstate Commerce Committee. The hearing took place in Washington on May 21 with Hoover outlining support for the measure.
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Associated Press
Washington
Cummins
Republican
Iowa
Hoover
Senate Interstate Commerce Committee
Man Confesses to Killing Six Men in Evangeline Parish
Earl Vidrine 25 of Ville Platte confessed to the murder of six men, according to Evangeline Parish sheriff reports received in New Orleans. The confession was filed with authorities in the wake of ongoing investigations.
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Ascnriated Press
New Orleans
Earl Vidrine
Ville Platte
Evangeline Parish
Coolidge Expected to Act Soon on Immigration Bill
President Coolidge may act on the immigration bill before week’s end after talks with Senator Reed of Pennsylvania who managed the measure in the Senate. Reed declined to detail the action but said he would leave the White House with a smile on his face.
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Associated Press
Washington
Coolidge
Reed
Pennsyvania
Senate
White House
Amile
Pennsylvania
Records of Klan Will Be Brought To The Capital
Washington May 21 Records of the Ku Klux Klan are to be brought to Washington for inspection by a special senate committee probing the Mayfield Texas election contest. Attorneys for George B. Peddy will pursue access to records at the Atlanta Klan HQ, but parties agreed to examine the books in Washington. Witnesses expected to testify include Carrie Gossett Greer and Morris Mayfield tomorrow.
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Associated Press
Washington
Ku Klux Klan
Senate
Senator Mayfeld
Texas
George KB. B. Peddy
Mayfiel
Atanta Klan
Mayfield Campaign
Counnsel
KY. Carrie
Imperial Giant
Gossett Greer
Dallas
Mayfield
Morris Mayfield
Drought hurts Iowa crops across southern and western counties
The May 21 weekly weather and crop report notes drought reduces rainfall to about one third of normal since April 1. Oats, winter and spring wheat, barley, rye, hay lands, pastures, and newly seeded grasses suffer. planting lags at about sixty percent nationally though some areas reach ninety percent. Fruit prospects are good but rain is needed. frost damage noted May 11 in southwest counties. Early honey flow remains above average.
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Preas
Des Moines
Iowa
Connie Reisser No Hits Opponent In Twilight League
Connie Reisser former Ottumwa Mississippi Valley league pitcher threw a no hit no run game in Fort Dodge twilight league yesterday. Reisser previously pitched a similar no hitter two years ago with Ottumwa.
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Tre
Fort Dodge
Connie Reisser
Ottumwa
Reisser
Boxer in Critical Condition After National Amateur Bout
Charles Quinn of Kansas City lay in a hospital in Boston today after a knockout by A Allegrini of Los Angeles in the 160 pound class of the National Amateur championships. Quinn was reported in concussion of the brain and in critical condition.
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Associated Press
Boston
Mass
Charles Quinn
Kansas City
A. Allegrini
Los Angeles
Earliest Rose Painting Found in Knossos Fresco
A frescoed plaster fragment at Knossos in Crete reveals the oldest known painting of a rose dating to about 1000 B C. The discovery highlights early botanical art in ancient ruins on the island of Crete.
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Knossos
Island of
Crete
Spider in Cup sea-hare venom lore notes
Sea hares, small sluglike mollusks, were famed by ancient writers for venomous properties and commonly appear as ingredients in tales of poisonous potions.
Displacement Extraordinary orator backs working man
Quote from London Answers asserts the working man as the backbone of the country and calls for the backbone to come to the front. The remark emphasizes labor's central role and urges visible leadership and recognition.
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London
Senate panel weighs World Court membership plans
The Senate Foreign Relations Committee met to study proposals for American membership in the world court. A White House session with President Coolidge and Senator Swanson yielded no endorsement for any plan. No decision was reached on the pending plans or the Pepper compromise as adjournment followed a two hour discussion.
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Associated Press
Washington
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Seasion of Congress
Swanson
Virginia
White House
Coolidge
Permanent Court of International Justice
League of Nations
Harding
Pepper
Pennsylvania
Attempt to cripple Los Angeles water supply exposed
An attack aimed at dynamiting the aqueduct near Haiway Inyo county 200 miles from Los Angeles was revealed. Detectives were sent to the scene and the city council offered a $10,000 reward for the capture of those responsible.
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Associated Press
Los Angeles
Haiway
Inyo County
Stokes Trial Delayed To September 8 In Defamation Case
The trial of W E D Stokes a New York hotel owner charged with conspiracy to defame his estranged wife Helen Elwood Stokes was continued to September 8 due to ill health. Co defendants include Daniel Nugent Hattie Johnson and Robert Lee with others expected to stand trial.
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Associated Press
Chicago
W. E. D. Stokes
New York
Ileten Elwod Stokes
Stokes
Daniel Nugent
Hattie Johnson
Robert Lee
Favor Revision of Iowa Motor Bus Law
A conference of county supervisors in the Tenth district at Boone Iowa favored revising the state motor bus laws to relieve counties from highway maintenance costs. Speakers condemned excessive highway damage by bus lines and urged stricter regulation. a committee was appointed to draft a resolution for the upcoming legislature session.
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Boone
Tenth District
Wesley Johnson
Webster County
H. T. Cook
Boone Chamber of Commerce
Booze Classified as Household Goods in Prohibition Case
In Los Angeles Judge Paul Burks ruled in C. T. Richmond v Globe and Rutgers Fire Insurances that intoxicating liquor purchased before prohibition may be insured as household goods. Richmond paid for liquor coverage, and the policy must pay benefits despite liquor arriving without bottles.
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Associated Press
Los Angeles
Calif
Paul Burks
C. T. Richmond
Globe and Rutgers Fire Insurances Company
Richmond
Ohio
California
Opinion sought on prison contract proposal in Des Moines
Attorney General Ben J. Gibson was asked to opine on the budget director’s approval of prison contracts to be signed by the Board of Control before July 1. Senate delays in Maytag’s budget directorship leave final authority uncertain as negotiations with Reliance Manufacturing Sallant Sterling progress.
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Axcs
Des Moines
Ben J. Gibson
Board of Control
Senate
Fred L. Maytag
Newton
Maytag
Gibson
Reliance Manufacturing Company
Fort Madison
J. Wallace
The
Sallant and Sallant Company of
New York
Sterling Company
Hopeful that measure will escape veto in tax bill
Conferees reach agreement on a tax reduction bill. The Simmons plan sets a forty percent top rate and a fifty percent cut for incomes under eight thousand ninety. Senate publicity and undistributed profits taxes are dropped while house estate tax hikes and a gift tax are kept. Senate Democrats concede a substitute corporation tax to gain presidential approval.
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Senate
Senate Republican Organization
Coolidge
House
Senate Democrats
Sidetrack Debate On Haugen Farm Relief Measure
Washington May 21 Debates over the McNary Haugen farm relief bill were sidetracked in the house by an agreement to consider miscellaneous measures The program allows fifteen hours of general discussion with day and night sessions aimed for action by Saturday night or early next week Voigt Wisconsin Republican A griculture committee member opposed the bill as price fixing and spoke at the late session ending near midnight
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Associated Press
Washington
Representative Voigt
Wisconsin
The
Agriculture Committee
Standard Oil Men Testify Before DC Grand Jury
John D. Clarke of Standard Oil Indiana and Frank F. Kistler of Pioneer Oil joined witnesses before the DC special oil grand jury. Others named include John E. Hughes B. B. Brooks and R. E. Werts of Casper Wyoming. Pioneer Oil figures in Teapot Dome interests later bought by Harry F. Sinclair.
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Associated Press
Washington
John D. Clarke
Standard Oil Company of
Indiana
Frank FE. Kistler
Pioneer Oil Company
Special Oil Grand Jury
District of Columbia Supreme Court
John E. Hughes
B. B. Brooks
R. E. Werts
Casper
Wyoming
Teapot Dome
Harry F. Sinclair
Soap Street for the Movies Woman Hurt
Mrs. Matilda MelIntosh, 40, was injured when she slipped and fell crossing a soapy, slick street prepared for a film comedy about skidding cars in Los Angeles. She was taken to receiving hospital for treatment.
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Associated Press
Los Angeles
Calif
Matilda MelIntosh
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