Relief Efforts Rush For Flood Refugees in Iowa Towns
Relief workers from the Salvation Army and Coast Guard patrols rushed aid to dozens of river towns as the Mississippi flood receded. Beards town to Kampsville guards delivered food to 1,500 homeless in three refugee camps while eight towns received supplies. Repairs and dike breaches threatened Bettendorf and clarity over river levels varied across Muscatine and Clinton as flooding persisted and relief continued.
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Salvation Army
Gov't. Coast Guards
Associated Frass
Beardstown
United States Coast ‘Guards
Ilinois
Kampsyville
Malloy
Wiincis
F. R. Brewer
Naples
Valley City
Pearl
Browning
Frederick
Pekin
Kamipsville
Settendorf
Davenport
Betttendorf
Mississippi
Bettendorf
Campbell's Island
Watertown
Illinois
Muscatine
East End
Clinton
Clinton Is Still Seriously Handicapped Due To the Flood. Althe
Northwestern Bell Telephone Company
Tri-City Automatic Telephone Company
Burlington
Tilinais
League of WomenVoters push for uniform divorce laws
At the Maryland convention the League of Women Voters moves to enact uniform marriage and divorce laws to end divorce colonies like Reno. The plan, backed by Catherine Waugh MecCullach, urges wealth certificates for couples applying for licenses and alimony rights for men in certain cases. The group aims to drive these reforms into state statutes.
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Chicago
League
Peking Cut Off From South By Northern Forces
International News Wire reports Peking completely cut off by rail from South China at noon today. The Peking Hankow line is obstructed by warring factions, with Chang Tso Lin and Mu Pei Fu forces about seven miles apart and within 16 miles of Peking. Mediation efforts have failed. Allied guards at Tien Tsin plan to help keep the Peking Tien Tsin railroad open.
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International News Wire
Peking
China
Peking-Hankow
Chang Tso-Lin
Mu Pei Fu
Tien Tsin
Peking-Tien - Tsin
Philippine Islands Commerce Growing Under American Rule
Manila April 24 The foreign and domestic commerce of the Philippine islands has risen since American occupation. Figures from the bureau of customs show trade value 1895-1910 at 727.78 million and 1911-1921 at 1,757.7 million, totaling 2,485.48 million.
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Associated Press
Manila
P.I
Philippine Islands
Statistics Division
Bureau of Customs
U S Chamber To Address Europe at Annual Meet
Washington D C April 24 The tenth annual meeting of the Chamber of Commerce of the United States will run May 10 to 18 with European conditions the main topic. The forum will cover allied debts reparations settlements paper currency exchange and ocean shipping as essential context for future American business plans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
Chamber of Commerce of the
United States
Schanzer Tells Hope of Genoa Conference
Genoa April 24 The Italian foreign minister Signor Schanzer spoke at a garden party for visiting newspaper writers at his villa and voiced hope that the world would soon hear of complete success in the work for international peace progress and good will.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Genoa
Signor Schanzer
Schumann Heink Proposes Bonus Fund Drive Plan
Chicago April 24 Mme Schumann Heink says it is easy to raise money for a soldiers bonus. She arrives and urges repeal of the Volstead Act and use of the faxes to help the thousands of soldiers she sang for overseas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Mme. Schumann-Heink
Plane crash kills two in Grand Valley Ontario
Grand Valley Ontario April 24 Captain H L Holland was burned to death and Flying Officer Owen injured when a military airplane they were firing from struck a tree and crashed to the ground. The incident highlights safety guidelines as part of an advertising message.
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Grand Valley
Ont
H.L. Holland
Owen
Radio in the Home Try Henry M Neely
The paper launches a new feature Radio in the Home edited by Henry M Neely a practical radio builder and trained writer. The first article of the series will appear in the newspaper.
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Henry M. Neely
Calendar phrase fragment reads like publication note
The text cites Tuesday April 25 and recurring Tuesdays Thursdays and Saturdays indicating a schedule or notice. It records specific days but lacks a complete event, location, or organizational context for a standalone summary.
London Women Embrace Henna Baths for Olive Tint
A social craze in London among ultra society women forms a henna bath cult to acquire olive-colored skin. Origin traced to French or American influences, baths dyed with henna are taken monthly to impart a delicate tint matching evening dress trends. Immersion is said easier than tanning exposed areas.
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London
Masked Klansmen Offer Cash at Kansas City Church
Three masked men wearing Ku Klux Klan garb entered the Washington Avenue Methodist church in Kansas City. They offered Rev. G. Franklin Ream a monetary contribution, which he rejected after demanding identification. The men declined and left with the money returned.
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Kansas City
Kan
Ku Klux Klan
Washington Avenue Methodist Church
Rev. G. Franklin Ream
Mary Garden Resigns Opera Directorship in Chicago
Mary Garden quits as opera director amid unconfirmed plans to depart for New York for a conference with her concert manager Charles Wagner who is said to offer $250,000 for a next season concert tour. She earlier planned a move to Europe for a sojourn.
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Chicago
Mary Garden
New York
Charles Wagner
Europe
Struggle to Stabilize Soviet Finances at Genoa Aid Talks
The Soviet government presses home financial reforms as the all Russian Communist Party congress debates money policy. M. Sokolnikov argues for a sound monetary system through tax collection and curbing paper money while Genoa talks seek Western economic aid.
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A Associated Press
Moscow
Genoa J
Soviet Russia
all-Russian
Communist Party Congress
Chads
Russia
Commuunist Party
M. Sokolanikoff
Communissar of Finance
Night Riders raid leaves two dead in Los Angeles
Los Angeles April 24. District Attorney pursues charges against up to 200 residents for attempted murder after a masked, white robed mob raided Fidel Iduyan’s home in Tanglewood. One constable dead, another seriously injured. two women allegedly forced to reveal nightwear. Evidence points to a broader mob within LA County with possible Klan involvement denied by the Pacific domain grand goblin.
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United Pressey
Los Angeles
Cal
Los Angeles County
Tanglewood
Doran
Inglewand
M. B. Masher
Leonard Ruege
Walter Masher
Ruege
National Brass Works, Inc
Fidel Iduyan
Nob
Angela Eiduyan
Maria
Bernarda
Buuyan
Gat
Frank Woerner
Bidgyvan
Hack
Sheriff's Office
Masher
Woerner
William S. Coburn
Grand Goblin
Pacific Domain
Ku Klux Klan
Dorjan
Radio Broadcast Delivers Full Church Service to 50000
In Oakland on April 24 a Bock Ridge radio station aired a complete church service including sermon choir music and offertory to an audience estimated at 50,000. Rev Lloyd C Sweetman pastor of St Andrews Methodist Church in San Francisco conducted the service from the station’s music room.
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Oakland
Cal
Bock Ridge
Lloyd C. Sweetman
St. Andrews Methodist Church
San Francisco
Weather Summary From Ta Territory April 34 1922
Weather bulletin from the U S Department of Agriculture Weather Bureau reports unsettled conditions across towns such as Albert Sea Minn Algona Charles City Cedar Rapids Davenport Des Moines Dubuque Faribault Las Crosse Mason City Marshalltown New Hampton Postville Waterlow Waverly with light rainfall and showers in eastern and southern portions tonight likely Tuesday cooler tonight in western areas.
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U.S. Department of Agriculture Weather Bureau
West Central
Landis Brother of Judge Landis Dies in North Carolina
Asheville reports the death of Charles B. Landis a former Indiana congressman and a Du Pont Powder official. He died after a long illness. Judge Kenesaw Mountain Landis, his brother, was en route to his bedside at the hospital in Asheville.
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Asheville
Charles B. Landis
Congress
Indiana
du Pont Powder Company
Chicago
Kenesaw Mountain Landis
Huge Meteor Flashes Over East Into Sea
A huge meteor, seen across New Jersey and Pennsylvania, dissipated with a loud explosion and reportedly fell into the sea about five miles east of Abury Park. It burned as a hill of fire with a multicolored tail, ejecting bright sparks as it descended.
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Aabury Park
New Jersey
Pennsylvania
Embezzler of Court Fund Sentenced in Indiana Case
Indiana April 24 Marion county sentenci na to prison and fined 7007 under three separate charges of conspiracy and embezzlement in criminal court. The case concerns a shortage of 150000 in the fund's trust accounts tied to a dark's trust funds in Indianapolis.
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Marion County
Sentencina
S. Trust
Indianapolis
Gov Len Small Trial Resumes in Waukegan Today
Chicago April 24. Trial of Gov Len Small on conspiracy against the state will resume in Waukegan. Both sides ready and a jury is expected to be selected from 106 men called. The case draws heavy public attention amid ongoing legal proceedings.
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Associated Press
Waukegan
Len Small
Chicago
Colorado Governor Cleans Capitol Steps
Denver on April 24 Gov H Shoup led a capital cleanup week by sweeping the state capitol steps with a new broom marking the opening of the effort through a ceremonial gesture and public display of housekeeping at the capitol steps.
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Colorado
Capitol
Denver
Colo
Steamer Lampden Believed Lost With 17 Crew Men
Thinks lampden of the Canadian Lighthouse Service sank southeast of Michigicetea Island in Lake Superior during last week's storm. Crew of about 17 men is feared lost.
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Enrlt
Prohibition Hit by Antisaloon League Chief
Dr Purley A Baker, head of the Antisaloon League, says 15 percent of federal judges do not enforce liquor laws. He claims enforcement is 60 percent now and will reach 73 percent in six months and beyond. The conference plans non political committees to oppose anti prohibition candidates.
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Associated Press
Des Moines
United States
Purley A. Baker
Westerville
Antisalonon League of America
Missouri
Nebraska
South Dakota
Towa
Antisaloon League
Baker
Freak of Smoke Draws Crowd to Downtown Fire
Smoke fear the plait of Mary Varrett & Sons. Park Avenue on Sycamore Street echoed with heavy atmosphere as dust and smoke rolled through alleys. Liehig and Blick Hawk Coffer & Sptce Clo warehouses stood four stories high. Fire crews arrived. no damage reported amid crowd and confusion.
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Mary Varrett & Sons
Park Avenue
Sycamore Streek
Liehig
Ia & Ca
Blick Hawk Coffer & Sptce
Sycamote Ostreet
Militant Mothers Call For Mansize Peace Army
Miss Mary G Kilbreth identified a plea from militant mothers for a peace army of 199000 men to defend the United States. She told the senate army appropriations committee that the PanAmerican conference of women meetings in Baltimore and Boston backed the plan, calling it bolshevist and aimed at undermining national defense.
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Washington, DC
United States
Baltimore
Boston
Women Lead Attack on Working Miners in Uniontown
In Uniontown Pennsylvania on April 24 a mob of about one hundred strikers led by around a dozen women armed with clubs stones pokers and red pepper advanced on the Newcomer mine of the Amond Coal company. They tried to drive back workers and mine guards pepper spray blinded superintendent W J Klingensmith. Two women were arrested.
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Uniontown
Taine
Amond Coal Company
W. J. Klingensmith
Ousting Resolution Considered Over Federal Judge Orr
Washington April 24. A resolution asking removal of Federal Judge Charles P. Orr of Pittsburgh is considered today by the committee after witnesses testified Orr refused naturalization papers to coal miners because they were on strike.
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Washington, D. C
Charles P. Orr
Pittsburgh
Portugal Decorates Five American Navy Sailors
Washington April 24 The Portuguese government awarded Cruz De Guerra medals with diplomas to five enlisted men of the American navy for valor in World War I. The medals and diplomas were forwarded to the men or their next of kin.
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Washington, D. C
Bergdoll Property May Be Held by Government
Justice Dalley in the District of Columbia supreme court ruled that the alien property custodian need not surrender Grover C. Bergdoll property valued at 759 dollars if the government proves Bergdoll was convicted of desertion and is presently a fugitive from justice.
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Washington, D. C
Dalley
Supreme Court of the District of Columbia
Grover C. Bergdoll
Bergdoll
Baseball Today National and American League Scores
National League results include New York 1 Philadelphia 1, Brooklyn 0, Boston 4 at St Louis, Cincinnati, Pittsburgh at Chicago. American League shows Philadelphia 1 New York 47, Chicago 4 Cleveland 3, Boston 1 Washington 7, Detroit at St Louis.
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New York
Philadelphia
Bronklyn
Boston
St. Louis
Cincinnati
Pittsburgh
Chicago
Cleveland
Washington
Detroit
Rail Signalmen Sue on Backwage Claim
Rail signalmen sue for back wages in federal court, alleging underpayment across the three railroad shops. They claim workers were paid 68 to 72 cents per hour for several periods, with unions and maintenance staff named as plaintiffs seeking damages and compliance under the national rail service system.
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Alleg
Sox
WBC
Dart Federal Conos
Gailroads
Signaatmeat
Raileau
Oregon Wash
Bepton Railroad & Navigation
Onedin
Gayyplayes
Njlowe
Ginder Wits
Conan Doyle Statement as True A Spirit Land Note Found With Corpse
A note clipped from a newspaper and a statement by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle were found with Percy Brown’s body in his Alexander venue home. Brown, 79, reportedly trusted Doyle’s spiritualist beliefs and prepared a note in a shaking hand referencing “spirit land” as he lay dead.
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Conan Doyle
Internellewal News
Toronto
Arthur Canon Doyle
Percy Brown
Alexander
Brown
Sherlock Wolmes
Court May Appoint Aull Administrator
Judge Howard Wheeler in Saint Paul Minnesota on April 24 stated the court will appoint an administrator for the estate of James J. JT, if the heirs cannot agree by May. The dispute involves widow Mary J. UT and the Northern Trust Company, with Louis Wyll contested as administrator.
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Paul Minn
Howard Wheeler
Todus
James J. JT
Mary J. UT
Louis Wyll
Northern Trust Company
Two Children Die When Home Burns
In Youngstown Ohio this morning fire of undetermined origin destroyed the Vargo home. Margaret seven and Helen two, daughters of Mr and Mrs Augus Vargo, were burned to death after parents went to a barn to mend shores and discovered the fumes too late to rescue the children. A passing automobilist rescued a son four.
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Youngstown
Margaret
Helen
Augus Vargo
Autaist
Magnider presses Senate on soldier bonus bill
United Press report from Washington shows American Legion national commander Hanford MacNider delivering notice to the Senate that the soldier bonus bill should pass without delay. He accuses big business interests of opposing the measure and says a Chamber of Commerce referendum misrepresented public support.
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United Press
Washington, D. C
American Legion
Hanford Mac i Nider
Senate
MacNider
Senate Finance Committee
Congress
Chamber of Commerce of the
United States
Chamber of Commerce
Genoa Conference Sees France Threaten Breakover
At Genoa France under Premier Poincare warns of withdrawal if its terms fail to prevail. He denounces the Russo-German treaty as a menace to Poland and France and urges swift action by the Allies to safeguard European peace amid subcommissions and Russia debt talks.
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Russia
London
Oie
Europe
France
United Press
Bar le Due
Genoa
Poincare
Chamber of Deputies
M. Barthou
Germany
General Council of
The
Meuse
Poland
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HOUSE
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U.S
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Hope
Schumann-Heink
Augola
California
Stiller
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Lawa
Hawaii
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Haawaii
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Judge Landis
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Baseball Today
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Magnider
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Eestry
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