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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 19, 1924
Page
9
Washington analysis warns Japan’s abrogated gentlemen's agreement opens the border to Mexican immigration and surreptitious entries. Officials estimate bootlegged Mexican arrivals may rival legal numbers, challenging Europe-focused quotas and expanding border smuggling along the Rio Grande and El Paso regions.
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Paris reports Brig. Gen. Dawes leaving for London after a recent experts' report. United States Rugby team arrives in Plymouth aboard the liner America. Reports from Wadivistok claim Japanese fishermen sealed new Soviet fishing contracts. Leviathian arrives before Olympic liner. Captain Hartley declines contact. Argentine aviator Raoul Pescara flies a helicopter at seven feet for over half a mile. Spanish aviators wounded aiding infantry against rebels near Aietia Morocco. Cadiz chocolate factory fire causes 11,096,600 pesetas in damages. Admiral Tirpitz backs the German People’s party for president. Lord Byron’s centenary noted across England.
The enormous baseball from Chicago to promote military training camps will be floated into the Hudson at Albany and guided by boat toward Hudson Poughkeepsie and New York City. It aims to land at Governor’s Island then proceed to Yankee Stadium for the opening game.
The West End Presbyterian church held Holy Communion services broadcast by radio. Scores across the region joined in, with Governor Keigwin praised radio as opening a new book of opportunity for the church. 300 shut-ins were notified and provided grape juice and bread.
Moscow April 19 Leon Trotzky Soviet war commissar denies mobilization on a war basis. He envisions a future United States of Europe by working class power, calling rumor of mobilization nonsense and arguing for demobilization of 1901-born troops while expanding militia units. He discusses England France Japan and U S relations and the possibility of peace moves and economic ties. He notes leadership shifts and cautions about democracy versus revolutionary rule.
A mosaic of brief items reports narcotics seized on the steamer Achill es in Vancouver and a Soviet agent Denying propaganda in Canada. Other items note plans for a living synagogue in Poltava, a union led bank in Boston, Yucatan retaken by Obregon troops, Italian tragedienne ill in Pittsburgh, and Denby taking responsibility for naval oil leases while Washington Agriculture outlines embargo talks on foot and mouth disease.
In New York on April 19 growing European confidence in the Dawes plan and rising orders for tourism and commerce pushed the franc to a yearly high. Demand for sterling rose nearly 3 cents to $4.3818 and the franc advanced to over 6.26 cents in 1924 prices.
Chicago April 19 Christ is more popular than Lincoln or Shakespeare in India, according to a letter from Bishop Fred B Fisher of the Methodist Episcopal church at Calcutta. He cited baptizing a village of 609 people, where villagers burned an idol sacred tree, and a revival elsewhere lasting six weeks where 685 idols or rods were discarded as students sought to break from traditional worship.
The state budget bill won Senate conference approval by a 20 to 1 vote and now awaits Governor Kendall's signature. It creates a state budget director and two assistants to oversee all departments and public works contracts, with enactment set for October 1 and the first director named by July 1. Kendall praised the measure as a major administration achievement and predicted fiscal reform benefits nationwide.
The Senate delivered a final defeat to the Eugenics Amendment to the Marriage Bill. The article notes political contention and the bill's collapse amid opposition within the chamber.
Senate and House panels meet with multiple hearings under way including Boulder Dam inquiry extension and Mullican Shoals bids review. Agriculture, Interstate Commerce, and Commerce panels advance rate proposals and land fraud inquiries. Daughters of the American Revolution wrap up continental congress sessions. A special House committee probes charges against Representative Zihlman in Maryland.
In Memphis on April 19 evangelist W A Billy Sunday defended the virgin birth of Christ, denouncing modernists as heretical. He argued Christ must be the son of God to uphold Christianity and challenged accounts from Peter, Matthew, Mark, Luke, John, Paul, and the prophets. He condemned the modernist view as sacrilegious and proclaimed to hell with the modernists.
Washington report states A McNabb Charles Santee and John Thompson have been certified as eligible for Cedar Falls postmaster. Congressman T J B Robinson will seek appointment by recommending the top rated candidate after reviewing civil service reports.
Mise Mabel Elliott of Marshalltown Iowa has won a graduate fellowship at Bryn Mawr College’s Carala Workshofer School of Social Economy. Northwestern University President Dr Walter DiW Scott announced the award. Elliott, a 1922 Northwestern graduate, is pursuing graduate study in social service administration.
Doctors report some improvement in Clara Kimball Young the actress who collapsed during a Fort Wayne performance last Tuesday night A relapse occurred last night raising the possibility of an appendectomy though physicians said a operation might be avoided for now The report notes the patient remains under medical care in Fort Wayne Indiana
Weather forecast for the week starting Monday covers the upper Mississippi and lower Missouri valleys. Generally fair Monday and Tuesday with considerable clouds and likely scattered showers later. Temperatures start slightly below normal then rise to near normal by midweek.
The senate approved the third conference report on the marriage and incest measure, eliminating a subject reference. the house had prior approval. The bill moves to the governor in near form, with a sole restrictive clause banning marriage between idiots imbeciles and those under guardianship. A separate measure on trusts and pools was defeated in the senate after reconsideration. The future estates bill to clarify real estate inheritance law was passed by the house.
Des Moines April 19 The investigation of charges against Miss May Francis Iowa state superintendent of public instruction remained in status quo as George Cosson attorney for the case judiciary committee continued compiling briefs for witness examinations Monday Neither faction volunteered statements agreeing it would be ill advised to comment before the probe formally opens.
Iowa American Legion aims to recruit 20600 additional members by June 1 under state commander Bert L. Halligan. Officers push personal solicitation to boost posts, despite lean finances hindering earlier outreach and hope to keep Iowa among leaders in legion membership.
Fort Madison Iowa April 19 George Ash 23 killed instantly at stockyards crossing near Pon teosue when his automobile was struck by a Santa Fe train. Witnesses say Ash attempted to beat the train across the tracks. He lived nearby.
Washington April 19 The new soldiers bonus bill will be in President Coolidge's hands for acceptance or rejection early in May. Republican leaders aim to pass it by mid next week but a fight over cash bonus versus paid up insurance could delay final action. Senator Curtis Kansas and Senator Walsh Massachusetts lead the debate for cash payments.
Washington reports an emergency measure to combat foot and mouth disease prompts a half million dollar appropriation to aid California livestock. Arizona prepares to fumigate and admit about 800 motorists stranded at the California line, with plans to use Knob, California, facilities to speed crossing into Arizona. Washington seeks interstate agreement while Colorado maintains a cautious embargo to prevent spread.
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