The Holbrook news., 1921-05-06
THE WORLD IN
 PARAGRAPHS
A BRIEF RECORD OF PASSING EVENTS IN THIS AND FOR
 ElGN COUNTRIES
IN LATE DISPATCHES
OoINGS AND HAPPENINGS THAT MARK THE PROGRESS
 OF THE AGE.
WESTERN
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 l (Western Newspaper Union News Sevice)
 WESTERN
 Bebe Daniels, motion picture star, is ag in at her Hollywood home. The
 popular little film actress has been re- leased from jail at Santa Ana after
 completing her ten-day sentence for
 racing her automobile over Orange
 county highways at a speed not per
 mitted by law
 Verda Brown, 13, was seized on the streets of Tacoma, gagged, bound and | spirited away in an automobile. The
 two kidnapers drove the girl to Camp
 Lewis, where they discovered she was not the one wanted. They then drove her within a block of her home, apolO- gized for taking her and disappeared. the girl was with the men four hours.
 John P. (Jack) Cudahy's turbulent career has ended. Cudahy blew his brains out with shotgun in his room in the house in the Hollywood district of Los Angeles where he and his fam fly made their home. Friends of Cudahy came to the conclusion that the cratic son of Michael Cudahy, famous packer, killed himself because of worry over financial difficulties and ill-health.
 Charles W. Paddock of the Univer- sity of Southern California broke worlds records for 100 meters, 200 me ters, 300 yards and 300 meters at the Southern California A. A. U. meet at Redlands. Paddock's time for 100 me ters was 10 2-5; 200 meters, :21 1-5; 300 yards, 80 1-5; 300 meters, 34 sec onds flat. He ran 100 yards in 9 3-5 seconds, tieing the worlds record, and 220 yards in 21 1-5 seconds.
 Charles R. Parmelee, aviator, exc cuted a descent and landed his plane safely on the EmbarcaderO, the broad street which parallels San FranciscO's water front, after the engine had de- veloped trouble and stopped in mid-air over the bay. Parmelee had two pas sengers aboard. They were en route from Sausalito to the Marina field in San Francisco. After repairing q feed pipe, which was the cause of the trou- ble, the party resumed the journey.
 WASHINGTON
 Secretary Wallace has written let ters to the governors of all states ask ing their cooperation in the nation wide observance of forest protection week, May 9 to 2S, recently pro- claimed by President Harding. "Ade- quate provision for the safeguarding and renewal of our forests is of vital importance to the natiOn," the secre- tary said in his letter, adding that the magnitude of the area burned over the last five years represents territory larger than the state of Utah."
 Restoration of free tolls through the Panama canal to American shipping will be taken up by the Senate oceanic canals committee, of which Senator Borah, Republican, Idaho, is chairman. Three bills dealing with the free tolls question are before the committee, in troduced by Senators Borah, Jones of Washington, and PoinGexter of Wash ington, all Republicans. Two would limit the free toll privilege to Ameri- can coastwise shipping, while another would give the privilege to all ships flying the American flag.
 All the machinery of the Department of Labor will be utilized to prevent cessation of production through May day strikes. "The department is striv- ing to maintain peace in the industrial field during this period of readjust- ment," said Hugh Kerwin, chief of the mediation bureau of the Department of Labor.
 A new high record for net tonnage passing through the Panama canal and tolls earned was established in March, according to official announcement. The previous high record was made in January. The aggregate net tonnage of commercial traffic for March was 1,112,81S, as compared with 1,094 1928 for January, and the tolls in March amounted to $1, ,1O5,52
 After a conference between Secre- tary Denby and the House subcommit- tee in charge of the naval appropria tion bill, Chairman Kelly announced that the measure would be reintro- duced in the form in which it was ap- proved at the last session. It will carry approximately $395,000,O00. Mir. Denby indicated that the work on the great battle cruisers would be rushed at faster clip than that on any other craft.
 The present Congress will not close without a test vote upon the issue of recognition of the Irish republic by the United States, Senator La Toilette of | Wisconsin announced in the Senate, | giving due notice that he intends to | force to a vote resolutions now pend | ing providing for such recognition.
 There are 13,7O3,9S7 foreign;born white persons in the United States as shown by the 1920 census, the census bureau announced. The total popula- tion of the United States Is 105, ,710,62O Thus it appears that less than one tenth of the population is foreign-born.
 Government aid to livestock growers through loans by federal reserve and banks is proposed in bill by Senator Bursum, Repub lican, of New Mexico. The bill would provide that profits of the federal re- serve banks should be set aside until a livestock loan fund" of $5OO,000 900 |