Known Dead From Tex Flood Rise to Forty Seven
San Antonio reports flood loss climbing as rescue workers estimate 250 to 300 killed or missing. Bodies found on Alazan Creek and near the San Antonio River, with widespread homelessness among Mexican and poor residents. Power, lights, and streetcar service crippled. water pressure weak but expected to improve. damage to buildings around $700,000. wood paving causes further disruption. Red Cross aid ongoing and health officials urge drainage to prevent mosquitoes. Jitneys fill streets as cleanup begins.
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Phil Wright
Alazan
banka
Red Cross
J. L. Richter
W. A. King
camali
Owners Summoned Over Cars Recovered From Graveyard
Twenty one automobile owners who left license tags or identifiers on cars recovered from the Sumwert graveyard in NL have been summoned to appear before the grand jury. Three insurance companies are complainants. Owners will be questioned about a gang accused of burying cars to collect insurance.
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Chicago
Sumwert
grand jury
League of Nations Debate Hits Monroe Doctrine Rift
Edward W. Pickard surveys Ireland’s ongoing stand on independence, Sinn Fein tensions, and a Geneva assembly clash over the Monroe Doctrine as Bolivia demands treaty revisions. The piece covers Ulster threats, Turkish and Greek war, and Judge Landis’ Chicago building trades settlement, plus U.S. budget moves, unemployment unrest in Britain, and labor’s armament conference stance.
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Judge Landis
Chicago
EDWARD W. PICKARD
Ireland
De Valera
Lloyd George
Sinn Fein
Inverness
Scotland
England
Trades Union, con areas
the
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Iriab
Invernesa
Armagh
O'Duffey
Irish republican army
south Ireland
Ulster
Belfast
Ulster volunteer forces
Horace Plunkett
assembly of the
League of Nations
Geneva
Bolivia
Tacna
Arica
Chile
Augustin Hdwards
Hawkeye State News Aboard Record of Tragic Crashes
A string of Iowa incidents reports Pauline Cook 11 killed in Iowa City by auto driven by B. A. Smith. William Palanske missing farmer sought by reward. A. G McMann dies in 6000 foot nosedive crash. Muriel Blaine 18 killed when auto overturned on a culvert. Infantile paralysis reported at Oelwein. Ralph Owens ill but not seriously. Paul E. Clapp chosen to accompany relief petition to Russia. Johanna Brody 81 dies after long Benton county residence near Urbana. 52 purebred pigs prizes at Rockwell City fair. E. B. Miller of Butte commits suicide in Waterloo. Brenneman’s car stolen with 5-year-old inside near Cedar Rapids. Farmers unions picnic held near Lewis with Milo Reno speaking. Fairbanks seeks state health probe into typhoid. Cascade creamery opens with modern equipment. Walnut farm sells for 310 per acre. Burglar steals near Brigten. loss 1000. Honey harvested despite cold. 5000 pounds collected by B. F. Shumway. Court scene in Cedar Rapids as Mrs Anna Bixler attackers demand justice. she pleads guilty to assault, fined. Mrs. Watney burns herself at Rowland. Monona county farm bureau picnic planned in Mapleton.
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Pauline Cook
Iowa City
B. A. Smith
William Palanske
Ocheyedan
A. G McMann
Davenport
Muriel Blaine
Cedar Rapids
Oelwein
J. R. Downing
Ralph Owens
Paul E. Clapp
Col
W. N. Haskell
Russia
Paul
B. Clapp
Perry
Johanna Brody
Benton county
Urbana
Rockwell City
E. B. Miller
Butte
Mont
Waterloo
D. Brenneman
Lewis
Milo Reno
State Farmers union
Fairbanks
state board of health
Granger
state
Cascade creamery
Walnut
Iowa
Fred Arentsen
Andrew Arsentsen
Brandenberg general
Brigton
B. F. Shumway
State Bank of Reinbeck
James E. Patterson
Anna Bixler
Charles Watney
Rowland
W. F. Coddington
C. W. Hunt
C. M. Pertly
American Legion Editor Quits Front to March in War
A. W. C. L. Walter Neubert editor of the Service Star official publication of the American Legion in Montana left his post to join front line fighting. He rode through the St Mihiel drive and Argonne battles, faced arrest and court martial, was reduced to private, then served postwar in Coblenz as antotype operator on the Amaroc News. Neubert later became president of Great Falls Typographical Union and adjutant of the Great Falls American Legion post.
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Walter T. Neubert
Service Star
American Legion
Montana
A.D
France
St. Mihiel
Argon
Legion hero with one leg rescues man in burning house
Detroit salutes World War II veteran Leo Fuhrman of the American Legion who, despite losing his left leg in France, braved a blaze to save Aaron Pruitt. Awakening to a fire, he windowed the building and dragged the unconscious man to safety, an act praised as typical of a soldier.
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Leo Fuhrman
France
Fuhrman
Charles A
American Legion
Aaron Pruitt
Walter Camp All American tackle wounded in Argonne shellfire
Charles H. Paul of Seattle, a Yale football star and Harvard Law School graduate, served as a first lieutenant in the 360th Infantry. He was wounded in 12 spots within half a minute during the Argonne offensive, after shell bursts hurled him feet away and back to his starting point. He later recovered in army hospitals and returned to civilian life as a law partner and American Legion commander.
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Walter Camp
Yale
Charles H. Paul
Seattle
Wash
Paul
leutenant
Harvard law school
Rainier-Noble post
American Legion
Mental wizard Nolan defines 12 terms in under a minute
Michael Nolan, 43, a Seattle veteran and University of Washington vocational training student, astonished by defining 12 words in under 60 seconds. He holds a perfect 212 in the army alpha test, beating the Yale professor’s 207 in 17 minutes.
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Michael Nolan
Nolan
Ranier- Noble post
American Legion
Seattle
federal board of vocational training
University of Washington
France
Yale
Legion figure George L Berry shaped by war and unions
George L Berry, president since 1907 of the International Printing Pressmen and Assistants' Union of North America, founder of Pressmen's Home, and former national vice commander of the American Legion, served in the Spanish American and World Wars. He worked with foreign trade union conferences and led postwar industrial coordination, now active as a national Legion speaker.
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George L. Berry
American Federation of Labor
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allied nations
United States
service
Legion Man Saves Lives at Bound Brook Gas Leak
Michael Pascal former torpedo boat destroyer yeoman and local American Legion member halted a 1600 pound phosgene leak after a worker died and many were gasping. He and a companion with chemical warfare service traced the odor, shut the valve, saving workers. Town council honored them and recommended Carnegie medals.
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Bound Brook
Michael Pascal
American Legion
Fascat
chemical warfare service
Pascal
Carnegie
French Medals for Yanks Honor French Commemoration
All Americans who served overseas with the French command in World War I are to receive a French commemorative medal. Distribution will be through the French military attache in Washington. An estimated ten to fifteen thousand eligible veterans will receive the award, with notices sent via American Legion posts nationwide.
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Washington
American Legion
Tie Knots Without Charge At Legion Convention
National chaplain Reverend John W. In 2er of Nashville announces that the American Legion will marry members at its third annual convention in Kansas City this fall without charging fees. All license costs will be paid from the convention fund as plans arrange housing for brides and grooms in homes and hotels to accommodate about 100 couples.
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American Legion
Tey
John W
Nashville
Tenn
Legion
service organization
Kansas City
ateast
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