Rail Strike Peace Plans Get Backset
400 000 railway shopmen threaten walkout as B M Jewell leader ignores labor board summons. Board warns of power to compel his attendance as witness while decline sparks crisis. Also reports Irish rebels surrender Four Courts in Dublin and Suzanne Langree defeats Kathleen McKane at Wimbledon. Missouri Kansas Texas railway sale set at 28 million.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
B. M. Jewell
United States Railroad Labor Board
Jewell
American Federation of Labor
Labor Board
Federated Shop Crafts
Bes W. Hooper
Boats
Hooper
Dublin
Four Courts
Liffay
Rory O'Connor
Liam Mellowes
O'Connor
Katy
St. Lewis
Missouri, Kansas and Texas Railway Company
Sanborn
United States Circus Court of Appeals
Harding Signs Army Bill in Washington DC
President Harding signed the army appropriation bill carrying about 271 million dollars for 125000 enlisted personnel and 12000 officers just before the new fiscal year. Also notes job programs for disabled veterans and a Youngstown mayoral resignation. A Negro bank opens in Chicago, the Douglass National Bank, with capital of 200000 and federal reserve membership.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harding
Army
Washington, D. C
Negro Bank
Chicago
United States
Douglass National Bank
Federal Reserve System
Prgzo
Black Belt
Cedar Falls seeks bonds as Iowa electric and road projects advance
Reports detail Cedar Falls school bonds at 140000, council orders 154000 in payments. Humboldt bridge of 25000 part of a 120000 project nearing completion. Tama man 32 unconscious after horse accident. Leona Bates, 16, of Sioux City dies by poison after a quarrel. Columbus Junction voters approve 10000 water works bonds. other notes cover outages, farm perishables, and local elections.
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Cedar Falls
Waukon
Leona Bates
Sioux City
Humboldt
Percy Beem
Tama
Wieth
Iowa Electric Company
Guthrie Center
Kellerton
Grand River
Davis City
Lamoni
American Engine and Foundry Company
Charles City
Iowa State Chamber of Commerce
Hubert B. Wallace
Council Bluffs
James H. Wilkerson
Jundge Landis
Mount Ayr
J. W. Wilkerson
MD Ayr
J. E. Johnston
Waterloo
Hyslyn Grant
Hopkinton
China
Cal McCracken
Greene
McCracken
Columbus Junction
Rh. S$. Wade
Conradl Bluirs
Onawa
H. E. McCartney
Harlan
Bankers’ Association of
Shelby County
Chicago
Ames
J. J. Quiggins
Lyle City
Washington County
Gutharie County
Bertha Jones
Moulton
Wabash
Clarke
Iowa Agricultural Experiment Station
Ot Ames
Iowa
Marle Walton
Harold Zymah
Sheffield
Walton
Thornton
Charles Johnson
Gibson
Martin Shultz
Deep River
Johnson
American Super Power plans cross state hydro line to NYC
A filing with the Federal Power Commission shows American Super Power Corp seeking permits to build a Niagara to Yonkers hydro electric transmission line at about 2.46 million dollars. The route would deliver base load power to New York City and reach southern and central New York, with Niagara power projected to move hundreds of miles for the first time. The firm also proposes converting the La Salle to Lewiston canal into a waterway and developing a ship canal around Niagara Falls to connect Lake Erie and Lake Ontario, framing an all American route replacing the Welland canal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
WA Ashington
Federal Power Commission
American Super-Power Corporation
Lewiston
Niagara County
Yonkers
New York City
Power Corporation
New York State
Niagara
Brftain
Lake Erie
Lake Ontario
Welland Canal
Artillery in U S Army Chooses Ideal Field Weapons
Postwar studies by army experts reveal the caliber board findings on field artillery. They urge six weapon types for American operations including lightweight guns and howitzers with man killing rounds, 3 inch calibers for provisional use, and 15,000 yard max ranges, noting the 74s as practical substitutes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S
Caliber Board
Army
National Guard
Farm wealth in 1920 census shows massive U S wealth shift
The Boston Transcript notes the 1920 census placing farm property at 77 024 100 000 and farm crops at 24 755 860 000, marking a westward growth of agricultural wealth with Texas and Iowa leading state values and Illinois close behind. The trend pins the bulk of wealth in the upper Mississippi Valley as the farmer’s star moves westward over a century.
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United States
Boston Transcript
Union
Ilinois
Texas
Iowa
Tinois
Nebraska
Minnesota
Missouri
California
Kansas
Ohio
Indiana
South Dakota
Wisconsin
New York
Mississippi Valley
Who Are the Alaskan Fish Pirates
The Department of Justice will wage vigorous action this summer against Alaskan fish pirates in southeastern waters. Three departments join Treasury Commerce and Justice to curb depredations since 1919 harming Pacific fisheries. Critics dispute claims of a Bolshevik terror while others accuse packing interests of evading punishment.
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Department of Justice
Alaskan
Treasury, Commerce, and
Justice
Department
Navy Department
Alasia
Day Sutherford
Congress
Alaska
Chicago
Seattle
Portlandl
San Francisco
Sutherlan
Terra
Sutherlind
Angkor Wat and Khmer ruins in Indo China described
A National Geographic account tours the hidden Khmer temples of Angkor Tom and Angkor Wat in Cambodia. It chronicles the journey from Saigon to Mytho, Mekong steamer travel, then by road to Kompong Chnong, detailing the vast stone complexes, gray gres sandstone, immense moats, and hundreds of carved columns. The piece notes uncertainty about who built them, when, and why, with tradition suggesting a ninth to twelfth century origin and possible ties to earlier Indian empires.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Geographic Society
Washington, D.C
France
Indo-China
Angkor
America
Angkor Tom
Marco Polo
Mekong
Saigon
Mytho
Pnom Penh
Cambodia
Pnom
Stysis
Kompong Cuung
Tonte Sap
Itim
Paom Coulen
Pnom Coulen
Gays
Wil
Alfred the Great
England
Woman Cannot Work Relief Reported From Lydia E. Pinkham's Compound
A St Paul Minnesota woman reports relief from fatigue back pain and general weakness after using Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. The testimonial notes improved ability to work and reduced symptoms. claims the product helps women with conditions affecting vitality and stomach discomfort.
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Bt. Paul
Minn
Winslow St
St. Paul
Lydia BE
Pinkham
Lydia E. Pinkham
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Wimbledor—Mile
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Molla Bjurstedt Mallory
Washington, D.D. C
Rogers
Veterans Bureau
Oles
Youngstown
George L. Oles
WE Capital Affairs
Bnglier
Iriuiins of
Pangikoir
Angkor Wat
Rice Brothers Live Stock Commission
Henry
Ecktoo
Plymouth
Spruce
Doctora
Lee Aeee Ee
Parkers Senateenien
Etsta Lilscox Oherical Works
Futchewus
Hearborn Cormestondench School
Wee van Buren Street
Ellis
Memphis
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Gineeln Center
Malta
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Gioux City
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