Post Scripts A Breakfast Dish Served Fresh Daily
A jumble of notes touches on astronomy with a comet and a new star in Messier 83, political shifts including a Minnesota governor aiming for a Senate seat, and Britain pressuring Russia with trade issues. It moves to England’s imperial stance, a prison sentence for riot responsibility, and hints of U.S. viewpoints on prohibition and global events amid dangers in China and ransom talks.
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Satan
Ophiuchus
Serpentarius
Cours
Metcalf
Milton
Flagstaff
Lampland
Earth
Minneesta
Prous
Sproul
Italians Kill 200 Rebels in Tripoli Operation
An official statement reports Italian forces defeated rebels in Tripoli, taking Bertagemut south of Mirmen and Isurate after crossing 2,800 rebels with 200 killed. Armaments and ammunition captured. Casualties include 19 Ankaris killed and 119 wounded.
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Rowe
A. P
Tripoli
Bertagemut
Kiometers
Mirmen
Isurate
Florida convict camps under fire as witness testifies
The Florida legislative committee heard travel of brutalities at convict camps run by State Senator Knabb. Mrs. Thelma Franklin testified nine deaths in a year from Knabb's leased convicts, recounting a youth whipped daily and other inmates buried in mudholes. She helped trigger the probe and described harsh rations and punishment, including a Washington youth named Paul White. The testimony led to calls for removal of prison supervisor J. B. Thomas and intensified scrutiny of Knabb’s operations.
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Knabb
Washington
Lad
Tallahasse
Fla
Thelma Franklin
J. E. Franklin
Glen St. Mary
Florida
T. J. Knabb
Baker County
Goodness
J. B. Thomas
Senator Knabb
Franklin
Mary Sheffield
Warden Thompson
Knabh
Sheffeld
Thompson
Paul Revere White
Ben
Taunton
Mass
Clarence
Internal Revenue Bureau
Convicta
Britain to Bar All Dry Ships Under Bill Drawn in Commons
A private bill to require ships entering or leaving British ports to carry a reasonable supply of alcohol for passengers on demand will be introduced in the House of Commons tomorrow by Lieut Col George Loyd Court hope. The measure has cross party support but little chance of passing.
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Krapp Works
Esaan
Britannia
The
Commons
Rye
British
England
Halifax
Britain
London
House of Commons
George Loyd Courthope
Sussex
Ite Aponriers
Chamber of Deputies
Senate
United States
Rio Grande
Mexico
Marines to Press Fight for Justice in Fredericksburg
Marines vow to pursue court exoneration against the city of Fredericksburg after a ruling cleared Officer McGhee and Jenkins. Mayor King says citizens accept the court’s decision and business remains steady while the Marines plan further action with Col. Byrd guiding the case.
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Marine Corps
Smedhey D. Butler
Quantico
R. E Byrd
Fredericksburg
Col
J Garnett King
Frederickaburg
Ita
Marire
Virginia
Coreporation
Offer McGhee and Jenkins
Citisens
Frederickeburg
Seagraves
Hon R . Byrd
Richmond
Busiaess
Policeman's Bicycle Theft Probe In Southeast City
A bicycle cache behind 2550 Nichols Avenue Southeast holds Harper's stolen bicycle and nine others. Detectives Fitzgerald and Boyd arrest Everett Lacy of Falls Church Virginia and a boy claiming to be Howard Wreen after discovering the seized bikes. Lacy says he bought Harper's wheel for seven dollars from an unnamed man.
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Harper
Monument Lot
Nichols Avenue
Fitzgerald and
Boyd
Everett Lacy
Falls Church
Howard Wreen
Nichola Avenue
Green
Lacy
Harpers Wheel
Cninred
Singer Cornell Wins 7200 in Ziegfeld Trial
New York May 3 Olive Cornell, a singer dropped from the Follies in 1940 due to enunciation, obtained a 7200 verdict against impresario Florenz Ziegfeld. She had sued for 25000 but the award was reduced after delay and earnings since.
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New York
Olive Cornell
Florene Ziegfeld
Miss Cornell
Wateh
Mexican Talks Hint at Oil Rights and Land Concessions
Mexico braces for a May 14 conference with U S delegates, outlining nonretroactivity on petroleum rights before May 1 1917 and protecting sovereignty. Instructions stress limiting foreign control over a national bank and seeking arbitration while avoiding a prerecognition treaty.
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Mexico City
May
A. P
Ramon Ross
Fernando Gonzales Roa
Obregon
Alberto Pani
Caw
Two Smoking Co-eds Back at Maryland U
Mary Spence aged 18 and Thelma Blandy aged 19 freshmen at the University of Maryland were suspended recently for smoking at a dance. They were reinstated after a conference with President Woods of Temveraire, who concluded their actions did not reflect their character and granted permission to resume studies.
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Maryland
Mary Spence
Thelma Blandy
University of Maryland
Rr Woods
Temveraire
Atois
British Note Demands Unconditional Fulfillment in Ten Days
Moscow reports an emphatic British note to Maxim Litvinov accusing propaganda and other breaches of the Anglo Russian trade pact. London demands unconditional fulfilment within ten days. Russians fear a breakdown in Anglo Russian ties and may shift London trade offices to Berlin if relations worsen.
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England
Sto
Moscow
London
Bolséhhenk
Curzon
Maxim Litvinov
Nota
Marquis Curzon
Lord Curzon
Berlin
U S Holding Peking Regime Responsible for Kidnapping
Washington struggles over the Shangai Peking express kidnapping in Shantung as President Harding and his cabinet weigh Chinese chaos. State Department notes promise of ransom payment, swift action against brigands, and Chinese government responsibility to free foreign captives. British proposals spur talks on police protection and a foreign traffic manager to stabilize rail security. Geddes meets Hughes as diplomatic efforts continue.
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Peking
A. P
Linching
Gangt
Shantung Province
Shanghai
Bantit
Hia
Albert W. Fox
Washington Post Co
Harding
Hie
Shanghai-Peking Express
United States
Smpxagest
Slate
Hughes
Promisee Wade
State Department
Shantung
Department of State
Jacob Gould Sichurman
Diplomatic Corps
Schurman
Aioli
Brenig
Geddes
Weather hits several states with frost and snow
Chicago reports a cold high and frost predictions across central west districts. Snow and sleet fell in Minnesota and Iowa, with heavy snow in Minnesota and North Dakota noted. freezing temps expected tonight. Indiana, Kentucky, and Missouri saw snow flurries. Phoenix and California report record heat. Navy critique by Admiral Sims on Naval War College leadership highlighted as political, not training based.
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WAR College
West
Sims
Chicago
Manitoba
Kansas
Wisconsin
Weather Bureau
Mininesota
Minota
Iowa
Minnesota
North Dakota
Aea‘gon
Ashland
Wis
Laker Superior
State Weather Crop Service
St. Louis
Hannibal
Indianapolis
Indiana
Owensboro
Phoenix
Aris
May
Mercury
Tory
Bernardinn
Soston
Navy Department
Naval War College
Navy
William 8. Sims
Newport
R. I
Boston Transcript
Admiral Sims
United States
Naval Operations
Naval Academy
Annapolis
Service Ss
Service
Beng
Washington
Wes
Naval War Collage
British Note to Soviet Ultimatum Demands Full Compliance
The British foreign office issued a lengthy note to Soviet Russia demanding ten days for a fully unconditional reply. It requires assurances on anti British propaganda, Soviet liability and compensation for offenses against British subjects and ships, and withdrawal of joint Soviet protests over religious prosecutions. The note warns relations may end if demands are not met.
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London
A. P
Foreign Office
Moscow
Robert M. Hodgson
Zepyizk
Mer Butchhayilch
Russia
Hodgson
Stam
Persia
Afghanistan
India
Rusia
Lesanean
Wenstein
Mroy
Cape
Marc Butebkavitch
Britain
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Tpost
Cox
World Court
Jimmy
Herbert Hoover
Chamber of Commerce
Haynes
Izzy Einstein
Manning
Percy Stickney Grant
Tisntsin
China
GR B
Talians
Butler
Zeigefld
Congress
Natonal
U.8
Bete
Tyinanfu
Tientain
Joseph Rothman
Suchow
Miss Schan~berg
Tientsin
Temrtsin
C G@ Jacobsen
British-American Tobacco Company
Jacobsen
U.S
Maja Roland Pinger
Robert Allen
Lucy
Aldrich
John D Rockefaller, Jr
Tienta
Tientsn
Tabacco Company
Javonsen
Mesa Schonberg
U. S
Lake Superior
California
Curley
AM Cathalles
Cs Murphy Co
Park Ave
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