Giant Boat to Fly Over Pacific for Naval Experiment
United States Navy to launch the Giantboat, a 167 foot winged seaplane, across the Pacific in a major naval test. Built by Philadelphia and East Greenwich teams, with engines by Baltimore, its route potentially spans San Diego to Manila totaling about 6200 miles. The craft aims for 11 miles per hour in cruise, a 30,060 pound lift, and a 3000 mile radius with a crew of at least 12.
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United Press
New York
United States Navy
Pacific
Naval Aircraft Factory
Philadelphia
Gallaudet Aircraft Corporation
East Greenwich
Conn
Baltimore
American Propeller Company
San Diego
Cal
Honolulu
Horoluh
Wake Islands
Guam
Manila
Philippine Islands
Nova Scotia
Azores
Gallaudet
E. F. Stone
England Moves to Put Irish Home Rule in Effect
London April 119 The British government began steps to activate the Irish Home Rule Act passed December 21. Sinn Fein opposes the measure as elections are planned May 3 for northern and southern Irish parliaments. Ulster plans June 21 parliamentary opening. The act creates separate senates and a 40 member council to bridge the two parliaments, with future unification and transferred powers in police finance and other areas.
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Associated Press
London
George
Sinn Fein
Ireland
Nnorthern
Ulster
Council of 40
Telegraph Briefs From Around the World and Nation
Berlin warns Germany must deposit gold reserves by May 1. Esch's nomination to ICC confirmed. Mellon notes gov insurance policies rate. Chicago trains 2000 clerks to shoot to bill and 20 cent shots. Maj Gen Leopard Wood elected head of University of Pennsylvania. Sun Yat Sen plans resignation. Kansas City Journal sale postponed a week. Fourteen killed 100 wounded in Tuscany clashes. Senate Republicans push for stronger majorities on committees. Ontario votes by 200,000. Funeral train of former German empress reaches Potsdam. DAnnunzio marries Signorina Bacccara in Lugano. Harding to review fleet April 22. Japan tightens conscription laws. Mellon announces $16 million advance to Italy in March.
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Associated Press
Berlin
Reparations Commission
German War Burdens Commission
Cologne
Coblenz
Washington, D.C
Esch
Wisconsin
Interstate Commerce Commission
Washington
D. C
Mellon
Chicago
Philadelphia
Leopard Wood
Uni
Pennsylvania
San Francisco
Sun Yat Sen
China
Ord
Bere
Kansas City
Kansas City Journal
Rome
Tuscany
Senaie
Ontario
London
Potsdam
Geneva
Gabriel D’'Annunzio
Luganoto
Signorina
Baccara
Fiume
Washington, D. C
Harding
Virginia Capes
Washineton
D.C
Japan
Disorder in Northern Central Italy Sparks Violent Clashes
AP reports extreme disorders in northern central Italy with armed clashes between nationalist groups and socialists. Since the electoral campaign, Florence and Tuscany cities have seen melees, ambushes, and running fights. Over twenty people killed in weekend violence amid general strikes across several cities.
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Associated Press
Rome
Italy
Florence
Tuscany
Shot for Planting Seeds Inside His Neighbor's Chicken
Chicago April 19 Frank Borshlaw confronted Peter Miller over what he buried in his yard. Miller claimed seeds and admitted the seeds were inside. Borshlow, the police trained, shot his neighbor in the foot and is jailed.
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Associated Troxs
Chicago
Frank Borshlaw
Peter Miller
Miller
Borshlaw
Borshlow
Jath
Wolf e accused by girl dies of poison tragedy
Two tragic farm deaths unfold as Wolfe last seen on the Kistner property. Wolfe, married to Mrs. Kistner since 1920, reportedly took strychnine after a false accusation of abuse. Fern Kistner, 15, overheard the plan and indicated she knew where the poison was kept. Funeral arrangements pending. Wolfe leaves a widow and three stepchildren.
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Wolfe
Page OD
Nolfe
Kistner
Ebe. Kistner
Pennsylvania
Pine Grove
Cressona
John
Mrrs
Petersen Bros
Mooses
Odd Fellows Lodges
Fern Kistner
Earl
Clyde Kistner
Strychvine
Waterloo
Bandits Strike Meat Trucks In Two Chicago Thefts
Two meat trucks were held up in separate Chicago locations within five minutes, with bandits taking meat valued at more than 33000, in a rapid pair of Holdups reported by the Associated Press.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Addie Ades Adventures: Classified Ad from a Writer
The piece shows Addie crafting a Situations Wanted ad in a newspaper, detailing her nationality education and work desires. She explains how she made the ad as vivid as possible to attract a suitable position while balancing many jobs and a nervous system strain.
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Sal
Addie J
Former Empress S AID TO REST IN ROYAL N MUSOLEUM
Exiled Empress Augusta Victoria buried in Potsdam amid royal honors denied in life. Funeral drew thousands, with Hindenburg Ludendorf and Mackensen present. Crown carried by Falkenhayn. last rites at San Soucio chapel before casket laid beside Frederick the Great and Joachim.
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United Press
Potsdam
Germany
Augusta Victoria
Kaiserin
Maarn
Royal Station
Wild Park
Berlin
Royal Park
von Hindenburg
Ludendorf
Mackensen
von Falkenhayn
Hussars
San Soucio
Frederick the Great
Joachim
Harding Endorses Salvation Army Drive in 1921 Campaign
President Harding endorsed the Salvation Army 1921 home service fundraising drive and contributed 5000 toward a 40000 armory building in Marion Ohio. In a letter to Brigadier Herbert Roberts Harding lauded the Army’s wartime work and urged support for creating community advisory boards to extend its activities from cities to rural areas.
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Associated Press
Cincinnati
Harding
Salvation Army
Salvationists
Armory Corps
Marion
Herbert Roberts
Ohio
Kentucky
Roberts
Plan to Insure Fair Prices for Consumers Detailed
Washington April 18 United Press reports a plan to shield the public from profiteering. Officials and Congress discuss remedies now under development. The draft includes marking manufacturer cost and sale price on items, an emergency force under two cabinet officers to publish price indices, frequent issuance of a fair cost list, investigations of open price associations and retailer agreements, and inquiry into high rail rates and wages.
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United Press
Washington, D. C
Congress
English coal mine owners meet to plan settlement
London April 19 Owners of coal mines across the United Kingdom met today as Prime Minister Lloyd George was expected to submit conference suggestions to renew negotiations with striking miners. A formal miners conference isn’t expected until Friday, but there was belief efforts might bring the parties together soon. A favorable atmosphere followed Lloyd George’s Commons address yesterday.
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Associated Press
London
United Kingdom
Lloyd George
House of Commons
Peace Resolution to Be Up Thursday in Senate
Washington April 19 the Knox peace resolution will be taken up by the senate foreign relations committee next Thursday with a view to a favorable report. The date for senate consideration is indefinite as it is planned to take up first the emergency tariff bill and the finance committee's time for that measure is uncertain.
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Associated Press
Washington, D. C
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Senate
Finance Committee
Congress discusses Colombians treaty and tariffs
Today in Congress the Senate continues discussion of the Colombian treaty. The Finance Committee begins hearings on antidumping and American valuation or exchange adjustment features of the emergency tariff. The House Immigration Committee considers an immigration exclusion bill and may report it.
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Senate
Finance Committee
HOUSE
Immigration Committee
Capital Combined in Big Conspiracy Rail Unions Hold
The report argues that industrial paralysis is capital on strike against society with widespread wage reductions. It cites rail layoffs exceeding 102000 in nine months and notes a Santa Fe incident where machinists were overworked after layoffs.
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America
Lauck
Raton
New Mexico
Santa Fe
Hamburg Man Dies From Boiler Blast
A Hamburg man, Samuel Hudson, aged 40, died after a boiler explosion at a Hamburg shop. The incident is linked to wartime layoff policies and government contracts, with reports alleging outside repairs and higher costs from contractors for locomotive and freight car work. The Associated Press notes national layoffs and the impact on workers, while other items cover railroad practices and industrial prices.
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Iowa
Indianapolis
Los Angeles
Nashville
Oswego
N. Y
Horton
Associated Press
Kan
du Buois
Ottumwa
St. Joseph
Sam- Towa. Uel CO. Hudson
Hamburg
Stroi
Faraman
N.Y. C
Winston-Salem
Norfolk & Western
Bluefield
Eckman
W.va
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Company
Lanck
Beldwin Locomotive Works
Tara
Nancal
Governors Asked to Aid Forest Fire Prevention Week
Secretary Wallace sent letters to all state governors urging cooperation in the nationwide observance of Forest Fire Prevention Week May 22 to 28, as proclaimed by President Harding. He warned of a potential timber shortage becoming an economic reality if burnings are not materially reduced.
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Associated Press
Washington, D. C
Wallace
Harding
War Correspondent Dies in Long Illness
Phil lip M. Powers, former AP correspondent in Berlin with the German army and later with American forces, died in a Boston hospital of tubercular meningitis after a year of ill health and a February 1920 nervous breakdown. A Dartmouth graduate, he joined the Boston Sunday Post in 1910 and later worked for the Boston Herald.
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Associated Press
Boston
Mass
Phillip M. Powers
Berlin
Mr. Powers
Dartmouth College
Boston Sunday Post
Boston Herald
Ontario votes to go bone dry across province
Ontario voters backed a prohibition by an estimated majority of 100,000 based on incomplete returns. Ottawa Toronto Kingston and Hamilton stayed wet while the rural sections voted dry but the total favored prohibition.
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United Press
Toronto
Ontario
Ottawa
Kingston
Hamilton
Kenyon Faces Egg Tariff Debate in Senate Hearing
In Washington on April 19 the senate finance committee under a solemn agreement shelved changes to the Young emergency tariff and anti dumping bill. Delegations representing poultry and egg interests urged including eggs in the measure. Senator Kenyon, Republican of Iowa, heard the delegation.
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Associated Press
Washington, D. C
Senate Finance Committee
Penrose
Kenyon
Towa
Ex Kaisers Melancholy After Empress's Death
Doorn April 19 Former Emperor Wilhelm endured a severe nervous attack with household members up most of the night caring for him. He has been melancholy since the death of the empress.
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Doorn
Wilhelm
Kaiser
President Harding Backed Plan to Enlarge House
Washington reports indicate administration leaders favor increasing House size to at least 460 seats. President Harding reportedly would not oppose a final limit but would veto reapportionment without a growth in members. The move could shift seats for New York, Pennsylvania, Maine, and Missouri, with Vermont likely losing one seat.
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Washington News Bureau
Waterloo Evening Courier
Washington, D. C
House
Congress
Iowa
Senate
Wilson
Harding
Siegel
New York
Census Committee
Pennsylvania
Maine
Missouri
Republican National Organization
Republican Party
Vermont
Republican debate on southern representation in House
The article analyzes 1920 census shifts showing rural losses, especially in the South, and warns that reapportionment without more seats would cut southern representation. It notes Postmaster General Hays opposes steps offending the South and cites the Iowa delegation voting against reducing Hawkeye seats.
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Hays
South
House
Iowa
Hawkeye
Rotes
Steamship leader found dead in New York apartment
Maurice Kozminski, head of Compagnie Generale Trans-Atlantique, the French steamship line in the United States, was found dead in his New York apartment. The medical examiner reports the cause as suicide by hanging with a bathrobe cord.
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Associated Press
New York
Maurice Kozminski
Compagnie Generale Trans-Atlantique
United States
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