Jap envoy stirs Congress over Japanese exclusion
Washington reports the Japanese ambassador’s stance on exclusion raises Fresh debate as California’s pursuit of strict limits collides with federal policy. The piece outlines Californians’ fears of shifting citizenship rights and the long standing Roosevelt era gentlemen agreement. The discussion notes the impact on land ownership schools and naturalization and mentions the “picture brides” issue.
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Mark
Sullivan
Washington, D. C
Congress
California
Senate
Phelan
United States
Japan
Shortridge
Martin Invincible
San Felice Cigars
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Arrest of Dr A C Busey in secret Klan murders case
Dr A C Busey was arrested at Starlingen Texas and moved toward Brownsville for identity verification. Atlanta officials say he may face further action to complete a prison sentence for using the mails to defraud. A prior claim he knew the inside story of the Mer Rouge hooded mob murders drew national interest and sparked calls to reopen the case.
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International News Wire
San Antonio
Tex
A. C. Busey
Starlingen
Brownsville
Department of Justice
J. J. Lawrence
Justice Department
Lawrence
Atlanta
Busey
Wat
Brownsyville
Washington, D. C
Dr. A. C. Busey
Mirstery
International News Service
Thomas F. Richards
Morehouse Parish
Louisiana
Richards
Mer Rouge
Ex Postmaster Jailed for Money Order Forgery
Hayes Van Gorder alias Q V Overn, about 50, arrested at Postville while boarding a train to Independence. He allegedly obtained blank money orders posing as a postal inspector and victimized several postmasters in southwestern Wisconsin. Previously hosted master at Albiala, he was convicted for murder and later released after a Supreme Court reversal, then resumed forging. Federal officials say he faces multiple forgery charges in Fort Leavenworth and Fort Madison cases, with evidence cited by William J. Burns as part of a broader investigation.
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Dubuque
Hayes van Gorder
Q. V. Overn
Postville
Keith Gray
van Gorder
Independence
Waukon
Wisconsin
Albiala
Fort Mattison
Supreme Court
Federal Penitentiary At
Fort, Leavenworth
Unknown burglar killed by lightning in Grinnell
An unidentified man, possibly from Des Moines, was found dead near a tree in Grinnell after a suspected lightning strike. A revolver, a flashlight, and a jimmy were found on him, police later noting a possible link to Des Moines bank bandit Tommy O'Connor.
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Grinnell
Des Moines
Tommy O'Connor
Fommy O'Connor
Bank Bandic
W. J. Comfort Seriously injured in Jesup fall
W. J. Comfort, 72, from Sioux City, visiting his brother in Jesup, sustained serious injuries in a fall from a stepladder onto a cement shed floor. He suffered head and shoulder wounds and possible internal injuries. He was found by a passerby. duration of unconsciousness unknown.
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Jesup
W. J. Comfort
Sioux City
Comfort Place
Chance Caller
Mr. Confort
U N Negotiations Hinge on Recognition of Soviet Russia
The British push for recognition of the Russian Soviet state could clear three obstacles to U.S. recognition. A high official said Russia might concede debts and foreign property losses to France and others in return. State Department officials weigh potential shifts in Russia’s stance after Lenin’s death.
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Washington, D.C
Russia
Great Britain
Paris
Poindebts
France
Greek
Ficials
United States
State Department
Lenin
Snow Storm Sweeps East From Colorado and Wyoming
A spring storm moved east and south spreading several inches of snow across Colorado and Wyoming. Temperatures dropped sharply with thunder reported in Denver. Wyoming faced blizzard conditions raising concern for open-range cattle safety.
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Denver
Cona
Weather Bureau
Colorado
Wyoming
Cedar Falls Post Office considers chicken yard annex
Chicken fanciers ship large numbers of live chicks via the postal route prompting Cedar Falls officials to plan extra facilities. The largest reported shipment was 500 chicks sent to Tama County.
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Cedar Falls
Io Tama
Radio knife may aid cancer cases by Dr Schmidt
A radio knife demonstrated in Chicago by Br Louis E Schmidt performed two operations, potentially revolutionizing treatment and making cancer procedures nearly bloodless.
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Chicago
Br. Louis E. Schmidt
Oil plant workers strike for ten percent wage increase
Bayonne New Jersey April 16 750 workers at the Vacuum Oil company plant went on strike demanding a 10 percent raise. Company says only office staff reported for work while 14500 standard Oil employees in northern New Jersey have made similar demands.
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Bayonne
N. J
Vacuum Oil Company
Oid
New Jersey
Klan violence and political turmoil hit Missouri and New York rallies
Reports detail violent incidents linked to Ku Klux Klan activity in Missouri including gunfire at the home of Sam T Stearns and a guard wounded. In New York, Democrats discuss Woodrow Wilson and a push to keep his legacy in platform debates while Hughes promotes Coolidge praised for administration leadership.
French airman Troyes's failed suicide attempt ends in jail
Sergeant Troyes of the French aviation corps attempted suicide by aircraft. The incident occurred during taxiing and ended with his arrest and detention.
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Maris
Troyes
Ug li
Eynoent
State Senate Asked to Authorize Full Insurance Inquiry
In Des Moines Senator Shane of Wapello introduced a resolution in the state senate seeking a full insurance inquiry and a survey of laws in other states to aid redrafting Iowa statutes. He proposed a $5000 appropriation to cover travel and expenses for the insurance committee, with continued work during recess and a report to the next general assembly on desirable law changes. The measure notes the magnitude of the insurance business and the limited time for investigation.
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Associated Trents
State Capitol
Des Moines
Iowa
State Senate
Shane
Wapello County
First General Assembly
Ser Lion
Ottumwa Plans to Use Volunteers on election boards
Wanello County supervisors face a $20 000 deficit and consider Ottumwa Courier proposed plan for precinct volunteers joining election boards. Applicants appeared at the courthouse as the plan receives favor, aiming to cut election costs in half.
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Oumwa
Board of Supervisors
Wanello’ County
Sosis
Wapella
Church of Christ
C. H. Kneller
Jerome
E. Emanuel
Senate
Insurance Commission
Emanuel
Kendrick
Wichman
Thancock County
Gilchrist
Pocahontas
White
Benton
Dart
Knelter
Ing. Mills
Fulton
Jefferson
Smanuel
Shane
Iowa
Woman Is Charged with Baldwin Death and Release Expected
Los Angeles California air 16 Bert C Webster forest ranger friend of Mrs Margaret B Willis and the man who helped her dispose of a trunk containing the body of Mr Benjamin Baldwin is expected to be released today after being held as a material witness since Sunday when Mrs Willis at a Holice shot the former Nebraska physician and obtained Webster's aid in removing the body from her apartment to a deserted spot on the highway north of here A coroner s jury late yesterday laid the responsibility of the shooting with intent to kill or murder directly upon Mrs Willis
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Los Angeles
Cal
Air 16
Bert C. Webster
Forest Ranger
Margaret B. Willis
Benjamin Baldwin
Willis T
Nebraska
Webster
Here
Willis
Gov Smith Open to Lead Democratic Presidential Campaign
Albany April 6 Governor A E Smith of New York stood before the state convention as a receptive Democratic presidential hopeful. He said he would be honored to lead the party if sufficient support is secured at the national convention in New York next June.
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Wilson
iBy
Associated Press
New York
League of Nations
John W. Westcott
Camden
N.J
Baltimore
Ward
Woodrow Wilson
Abe Lincoln
Albony
N.Y
York
Bank President Ousted Over $6600 Shortage
Kansas City Moe April 1 physicians attended John M. Moore former president of Fidelity Bank & Trust Co after a six thousand six hundred dollar shortage was found in his accounts. Relatives said Moore's condition was serious and he had been unconscious since the shortage was discovered.
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Kansas City
Moe
John M. Moore
Fidelity Bank & Trust Co
Moore
Globe Fliers Lose Ship. One Rescued in Alaskan Waters
Destruction searchers, including destroyers Corry and Hull and the Starr, comb Kialagvik Bay area after Maj Frederick Martin and others were forced to land at sea. Aboard planes Seattle and Chicago proceed toward Chignik with missions tied to the worldwide air squadron.
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Uremerton
Wash
Wall
Frederick B. Marth
Maret
Alya Harvey
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Viper
Cordova
Alaska
Seattle
Frederick (. Martin
United States Army Air Squadron
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Ceink
Kialagvik Bay
Chignik
Kardiak Island
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Starr
Kialagvik
Maj
Martin
Capelgvak
Portege
Kanasak Bay
Kodiak Island
Phaleron
Stuart Maclaren
Lake Carissa
Corfu
Crowda
Iowa Maid Wed and Deserted After Omaha Visit
Dorothy Miller of Panama Sa was wooed in Omaha then married by Hee Khe who vanished with her money and a ring. She alleges the man, claiming to be a vaudeville actor, deserted her and used the name Dorothy Mansfield. Local inquiry follows.
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Omaha
Chorba
Dorothy Miller
Panama
Po- Hee Khe
la Rowe
San Pranetico
la Rove
Vauderville
Oal la Mhove
Dorothy Mansfield
Forbes Indicted Over Army Goods Sale Case
Former veterans bureau director Charles R Forbes and Thomson Thomson and O Leary are indicted by a federal grand jury in Baltimore Md for conspiring to defraud the government in a war surplus supply deal. The Thomson Kelly company is accused of obtaining goods valued at about 3 million dollars for a reputed price around 600 thousand dollars.
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Sterriville
Col. Parkes
Forbes, Thomson and O'Leary
Daughters Debate National Policy at DAR Congress
Delegates at the thirty third continental congress of the Daughters of the American Revolution in Washington discuss international relations immigration Americanization motion pictures and patriot education. State regents will report tonight and nominations for eight vice presidents general and one honorary VP general are to be received for tomorrow’s election.
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Washington, D. C
White House
Thirty-Third Continental Congress of the Daughters of the American Revolution
Congress
Bodies of Bandit Victims Sent Home
Naptes April 6. The bodies of George T B Delong of New York and Robert Coleman of San Francisco, killed by Albanian bandits, were brought here aboard a U S steamer. They were transferred to the Italian liner Duilo, which then sailed for New York. The two Americans were killed on a lonely mountain road between Tirana and Scutari on April 6.
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George TB. Delong
New York
Robert Coleman
San Francisco
United States
Duilo
Tirana
Scutari
Japanese Working on 36 Naval Craft
London April 16 Great Britain has begun anti submarine construction while Japan starts six light cruisers 17 destroyers and 12 submarines parliamentary secretary Ammon said in the house of commons session. COULZENS RESTS WELD Baltimore Md April 16 Senator James Cons Michigan reported resting well at Johns Hopkins hospital.
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Great Britain
Japan
Ammon
House of Fonmimons
Coulzens
Baltimore
James Cons
Michigan
Johns Hopkins Hospital
Blame Auto Lights for Fatal Accident
Mrs. William Peters died from injuries after the car she rode in rolled over near Keokuk Iowa. Her husband and three children were uninjured. Blinding lights from an approaching car were blamed for causing the crash and gasoline soaked clothing did not ignite.
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Keokuk
William Peters
Daugherty Linked to Booze Graft in Indictment Probe
Gaston Meany testifies before the Daugherty investigating committee alleging Harry M. Daugherty's involvement in a whisky ring. He claims Jesse W. Smith pressured for $200,000 return and that Palmer was targeted to blackmail in Congress. Witnesses discuss Montana Wheeler case and “real men” in justice.
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Associates Press
Washington, D. C
Harry M. Daugherty
Daugherty
Gaston B. Meany
Department
Jesse W. Smith
Means
New York
Smith
Sapator Wheeler
Utchelk Palmer
Wilson
Palmer
Wheeler
Montana
Department of Justice
Washington
Department’ S of Justice
Fook Smith
House
Woodruff
Michigan
Senate
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