Uncle Sam to test transcontinental air mail in record time
The United States will launch a five day aerial express from New York to San Francisco and back with 39 hours westbound and 28 hours eastbound timings. Stops include Cleveland Chicago Omaha Cheyenne Salt Lake City Reno and more as night flying between Chicago and Cheyenne uses electric lights. Postage set at two cents an ounce and only via mail addressed for the test. Pilot counts and readiness described with minimal fatalities and 96 percent efficiency reported.
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New York
Associated Press
Uncle Sam
San Francisco
Atlantic
Pacific
Cleveland
Chicago
Omaha
Cheyenne
Salt Lake City
Tieno
Morgan
Reno
Etters
C. Eugene Johnson
Hazelhurst
Long Island
New York Post Office
Johnston
Shirley J. Kort
Vol. Smith
P. F. Collins
Brooke Hf. Pearson
Air Mail Service
Sday
Post Office
Ligest
Secretary Lellon to Remain in Cabinet After Rift
Washington on August 20 Secretary Lellon of the treasury announced he would stay in the cabinet after a difference with President Coolidge. The decision follows talks at the White House and confirms Lellon's continued role in the administration.
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Meldon Nop
Reston
Washington
Lellon
The
Treasury
Coolide
Weather Forecast for Denver and Southwest Regions
Denver forecasts show New Mexico on Tuesday and Wednesday fair with local thunder showers in the north, cooler conditions in the northeast on Wednesday. Arizona expected Tuesday and Wednesday to be fair with little temperature change.
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Denver
New Mexico
Fair Uth
Wton
Arizonne
Wednessy
Local Weather Summary From University Readings
Conditions for twenty four hours ended at 6 p m yesterday reported by the university. Temperature ranged around 75 degrees with little change overnight. Winds from the southwest light and variable. Partly cloudy conditions prevailed.
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Tventy
Dehemt Teimpcrature Eecacsees
Ywest
Germany Moves to Save Economy With Drastic Cabinet Action
Berlin reports an extraordinary cabinet session presided by President, lasting past midnight, approving emergency measures described as draconian. The plan includes requisitioning all private foreign currency reserves to halt the mark decline and finance overseas food purchases.
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Berlin
Associated Press
Thonight
Kellogg Returns from Europe Views on European Peace
F. W. Kellogg editor of the Los Angeles Evening Express, back in Los Angeles after a ten week Europe tour, passes through Albuquerque and discusses Curzon notes, European settlement, and the need for peaceful action to protect American markets for cattle and wheat farmers. He also cites France Russia and England dynamics and meets William Randolph Hearst at the Alvarado hotel lobby.
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F. W. Kellogg
Los Angeles Evening Express
Los Angeles
Europe
Albuquerque
Nor Way
France
England
Germany
Belgium
Italy
Russia
Tiuscha
Kellogg
William Randolph Hearst
Alvarado Hotel
Magee Held To Grand Jury On Alleged Libel Charge
Santa Fe Aug 20 Judge Holleman held Carl Magee of Albuquerque to the Santa Fe county grand jury in the sum of one thousand dollars on charges of libel against ex Chief Justice C J Roberts. The prosecution alleged Magee published that Roberts sat in a case and helped seat a Republican district attorney, harming Roberts’ reputation.
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Santa Fe
Holleman
Carl, Magee
Albuquerque
Magee
State Tribune
Roberts
Supreme Court
Alexander Read
Banta Fe County
J. H. Crist
Jose Dd. Sera
Parker
Leahy
Hickey
Santa Fe County
John Simms
Albquerque
Magen
Crist
Mager
Simnie
Hanna
Makee
Me. Simin
Firpo Begins Active Training Ahead of Dempsey Bout
Luis Angel Firpo starts focused training for the September 14 heavyweight title defense at the Polo Grounds. He returns to New York tonight with new trainer Horatio Lavelle and will train at Atlantic City Seaside resort. Firpo has secured sparring partner Kenner Seattle and promoter Tex Rickard aims to secure athletic commission approval soon.
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New York
Jack Dempsey
Polo Grounds
Luis Angel Firpo
Bour
Indianapolis
Joe Downey
Firpo
Atlantic City
Horatio Lavelle
Buenos Aires
Lavelle
Jimmy DeForrest
Kien
Tey Tickard
Iron
White Sulphur Springs
Sauras Toga
Atlantic
Mickard
Stace Athletic
Val
Arena
Municipal bakery plan eyed for Omaha by city officials
Omaha city commissioner John Hopkins says a municipal bakery may be established unless local bakers cut bread prices. He cites bread at ten cents per one pound loaf since World War I, contrasting with Chicago and others moving to six cents.
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Omaha
Neb
John Hopkins
The
World Herald Today
Hopkins
Chicago
Hoyt Suspended After Attempt to Attack Umpire
Waite Hoyt of the New York Yankees was indefinitely suspended by AL President Johnson after an attempted attack on umpire Brick Owens. The incident occurred following a close call in yesterday's game, with Bil Barrett of Chicago scoring the winning run in the eighth.
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Chicago
Waite Hoyt
New York Yankees
President Johnson
American League
Brick” Owens
Bil Barrett
Pirate
Tut
Owens
Three Drownings At Pleasant Hill Lake Curry Co
In Levis New Mexico on Monday Dave Wilson and two Little Jones girls drowned at Pleasant Hill lake while on a raft. Wilson attempted to save a girl, causing the other to slip into the water. all three bodies remain missing. Wilson leaves a widow.
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Levis
N. M
Dave Wilson
Little Jones
Pleasant Hill Lake
Wilson
Will They Lead G. O. P. in 1924?
A 1924 political item suggests President Coolidge is likely Republican nominee with Judge William H. Kenyon as running mate amid party confidence.
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Jority
President Coolidge
Judge Willian
Kenyon
Brookhart Sues Meredith for Libel Over Farm Price Claims
Des Moines August 20 Associated Press reports Senator Smith W Brookhart Iowa files libel suit for damages against EE T Meredith former secretary of agriculture over Meredith statements accusing Brookhart of causing farm price panic. Meredith calls Brookhart careless with statements and defamation damages seek four cents plus costs while defending farmer welfare and price index data.
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Des Moines
Associated Press
Smith W. Brookhart
Iowa
EE. T. Meredith
Secretary of Agriculture
Brockhart
T Radcliffe
Meredith
Ir. Meredith
Brookhart
Abel
Mr. Brookhart
Senator Brockhart
Sttockhart
Department of Agriculture
War Finance Corporation
Nebraska
Illinois
van Brookhart
Governor offers to call out troops to check lawlessness
Governor Walker said he would mobilize the national guard in Bibb county if local officials request help after a conference with Major General Charles H. Cox. Sheriff James Hicks of Macon assured that a deployment would be made if an emergency arises following a series of floggings.
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Nilanta
CIA
Walker
National Guard
Bibb County
James Hicks
Macon
Hounerd
Mediufant
Charles H. Cox
Two Killed as Plane Crashes at Pape Field Camp Bragg
Alfred Demesquita of Stockton and Durham newspaper publisher and Army aviator Sergeant Edmund Reed of New York City died when a privately owned aircraft nosedived after takeoff at Pape Field Camp Bragg North Carolina. An inquiry board was formed to investigate.
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Pape Field
Camp Bragg
N. Co
Alfred Demesquita
Btockton
N. Yu
Durham
Reece
Edmund Reed
New York City
Governor Bryan Eyes Low Price Coal For Nebraskans
Lincoln Aug 20 Governor Charles W Bryan says he nearly finished plans to supply coal to cities villages and local committees at prices near cost for households including farmers He suspects coal prices are inflated and notes a possible mine strike move He would arrange a supply to any municipality that acts to protect its people from a coal monopoly with delivery costs kept to a minimum.
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Lincoln
Neb
Charles W. Bryan
Lam
Nebraska
Hearst urges avoiding foreign entanglements in New Mexico visit
William Randolph Hearst, visiting on a motor trip to Islicon New Mexico, urges the United States to avoid foreign entanglements and pursue peace through nonintervention. He criticizes both German and French militarism and questions intervention in Europe while praising Coolidge as a decisive leader. He notes water is the key resource in New Mexico and expects development to follow.
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William Randolph Hearst
Congress
Friends
New York
Morning Journal
Trearst
New Mexico
Moet
United States
Mr. Kearst
America
Europe
Hearst
Mr. Hearst
Coolidge
Islicon
Wearst
Hammond Discusses Anthracite Coal Situation With Coolidge
Chairman Hammond of the coal commission met President Coolidge to review eventuities in the anthracite sector. Hammond said the talks were preparatory and that the wage contract negotiations remain in the hands of miners and operators representatives resuming discussions in Atlantic City.
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Washington
Coolidge
Chairman Hammond
Coal Commission
Hammond
Atlantic City
Mellon sees no quick debt funding deal or reform
Secretary Mellon, returned from Europe, told President Coolidge he remains pessimistic about near term settlements of wartime loans. He urged extending the debt commission and warned that until reparations are resolved Europe faces limited economic improvement. He noted French reconstruction progress but feared Germany’s stability remains fragile.
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Washington
Treasury
Mellon
Europe
Coolidge
American Debt Commission
Debt Commission
United States
France
Meilen An
Friends
America
Germany
Bankera
Republic
Melion
Four Sharpshooters Tie for High Score in Lake Michigan Introductory
At South Shore Country Club Chicago August 20 1923 four of the nation's top marksmen tied for high gun with 198 of 260 in the Grand American handicap event. Amateurs W G Warren of Chicago and WH Lambert of Oklahoma City plus professionals F L H Temlin of Glassboro NJ and Fred Gilbert of Spirit Lake Ia shared high honors. Warren and Lambert will shoot off tomorrow for the Walter Peacock trophy while pros are not eligible for the Lake Michigan introductory title.
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South Shore Country Club
Chicago
Lake Michigan
W. G. Warren
Whliam Lambert
Oklahoma City
FL H. Temlin
Glassboro
N. J
Fred Gilbert
Spirit Lake
Warren
Lambert
Walter Peacock
Bus plunge near Nice kills six on river trip
The Nice to Kivian road bus fell 300 feet into the River Var, killing Rev. Hiram Grant Person and Mrs. Person of Newton Massachusetts, Charles H Gray, two unidentified women, and the bus driver. Several others were injured and taken to hospitals in Puget-Theaiers and Nice.
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Nice
Associated Press
Hiram Grant Person
Person
Newton
Mass
Charles H. Gray
Kivian
Var
Puget-Theaiers
Rangers Come to Beaumont in Harris Slaying Case
Two Texas Rangers arrived in Beaumont to present findings of their Port Arthur homicide and Dunn brothers flogging case to the district grand jury as it reconvened.
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Rangers
Beaumont
Tex
Port Arthur
B. A. Harris
Carl
Clay Dunn
Texas Rangers
Washington commissioners report on Mexico City conference
Charles B. Warren and John Barton Payne present to Secretary Hughes the results of the conference in Mexico City. The report outlines agreed terms and next steps from the discussions.
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Mexico City
Washington
Charles B. Warren
John Barton Payne
Hughes
Diplomatic tissue toward Mexico resumed relations reported
American commissioners Charlay Warren and John Barton Payne presented their two volume report to Secretary Hughes and President Coolidge outlining conventions to settle revolutionary and mixed claims. The plan, awaiting ratification by the U S Senate and Mexican Congress, aims to restart diplomacy and set up two claims commissions. The details likely public after U S review and Mexican congress next month.
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Washington
Mexico City
United States Senate
Mexican Congress
Warren
Hughes
United States
Mexico
Coolidge
Two Claims Commissions
Claims Commissions
Renurt
State Department
Mr. Warren
Payne
McKinley County Bank Closes as Gallup Faces Financial Reverse
In Gallup New Mexico on August 20 the McKinley County bank collapsed sending shockwaves across the city yet other banks saw deposits surge while calm prevailed. State bank examiner Greggs cited cattle paper loans as the cause and noted uncertain payback to depositors as receivers pursue loan collections.
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M’kinley County Bank
Gallup
N. M
McKinley County Bank
State Bank
Railroad Avenue
First National Bank
Gallup State Bank
Merchant's Bank
McKinley County
Examiner Greggs
T. F. Smalling
Sam Bushman
H. W. Blickensderfer
State Bank eXaminer
Gregg
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