French featherweight king Criqui praised as modest champion
Eugene Criqui of France, who won the featherweight world title from Johnny Kilbane at the Polo Grounds, is lauded for his humility by H F Mahoney. Criqui and manager Robert Fudeline are described as gracious, with Criqui recalling his first knockout and expressing pity for defeated opponents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eugene Criqui
France
Johnny Kilbane
Cleveland
Polo Grounds
H. F. Mahoney
Griqui
Criqui
Beut
Firemen’s Fund
Manhasset
Eudeline
Manhatter
Carpentier
Francois Deschamp
Battling Levinsky
Georges
Criqu
Kilbane
Pershing to Tour Army Camps Across Nation This Summer
General Pershing will inspect New York Peekskill camp July 10 and visit Camp Mead Mount Gretna July 17 18. He departs Washington July 22 for four weeks visiting Camp Knox Camp McClellan Fort Sam Houston Los Angeles to meet President Harding. He will then tour Montoya San Francisco Camp Lewis Fort Douglas Fort Logan Fort Riley Fort Leavenworth Fort Des Moines Camp Custer finishing Aug 22. He may meet local guards and reserve corps officials during travel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Washington
Pershing
New York National Guard
Peekskill
Camp Mead
Pennsylvania Guard
Mount Gretna
Camp Knox
Camp McClellan
Ala
Fort Sam Houston
Texas
Los Angeles
President Harding
Alaska
General Pershing
Montoya
Cal
San Francisco
Camp Lewis
Wash
Fort Douglas
Utah
Fort Logan
Col
Fort Riley
Kan
Fort Leavenworth
Lincoln
Neb
Fort Des Moines
Iowa
Camp Custer
Mich
National Guard and Reserve Corps
Girl Injured When Car Leaves Paved Highway
Miss Olga Lindella, 20, of 402 East Broadway, was hurled through the windshield when the car she rode in left the Butte Anaconda road near midnight. The driver lost lights on a sharp curve, steering into a ditch. Lindella suffered a deep gash on her left cheek. other passengers were uninjured.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Olga Lindella
East Broadway
Murray Hospital
Butte-Anaconda
Lindella
Romanian Yugoslav Defense Pact Renewed in Bucharest
Belgrade July 8 reports the Romanian Yugoslav defense alliance renewed for three years in a protocol signed yesterday in Bucharest. The renewal solidifies regional security ties between the two nations amid shifting postwar alignments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Belgrade
Bucharest
Cal Edwards Sentenced at San Quentin for Daylight Burglary
Calvin Edwards, recently convicted of burglary, will serve one to five years at San Quentin instead of one to 15 years. The daylight burglary, proven at 6:45 a.m., carried a lighter sentence under California law.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Jose
Cal
Calvin Edwards
San Quentin
California
Accord Near East Meet Sets Turkish Debt and Concessions
An accord in principle reached at Lausanne on Ottoman debt concessions and evacuation. Allies abandon debt reference in treaty and Turkey to negotiate moratorium with bond holders while preparations proceed for Russian representation to sign the convention. Discussions focus on Turkish Petroleum, French railroad concessions, and troop withdrawal within six weeks after ratification.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Turkish Petroleum Company
Anatolia
United States
Angora
Turkey
Lausanne
Moscow
Harding opens new era with public events in Alaska
President Harding pledges a better looking era as Secretaries Wallace Hoover and Work speak. Mrs. Harding receives gold nugget chain and locket from Ketchikan women. A city drive and a navy band concert follow. He lays a cornerstone for a Masonic temple as the Henderson sails and an average cigarette note is added.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wallace
Hoover
Work
Ketchikan
Harding
Navy Band
Henderson
Wrangell
Massive Scott Field Airship Hangar Houses Big Office
Army Air Service erects a steel concrete glass hangar at Scott Field Illinois costing over 2 million dollars. The 826 by 225 foot structure could host a 10 story office building with a 50 foot tower, with electric rail guided doors at each end.
Coast to coast flight hopes to set cross country record
Lieutenant Maughan described a planned 2640 mile coast to coast flight through McCook field St Joseph Cheyenne Salduro and Crissy Field with stops in transit. He expects to finish in about 16 1/2 hours at an average 149 mph. The mission aims to prove Army air service capabilities and dedication to detail.
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Plains
Mountains
McCook Field
Municipal Field
St. Joseph
Air Mail Field
Cheyenne
Wyo
Salduro
Utah
Crissy Field
Presidio
San Francisco
Maughan
Army Air Service
Central States note increase auto travel
Chicago Automobile club statistics show about an 11 percent rise in touring automobile travel through the central states east and west bound in the first five months of this year compared with the same period last year. Total registrants at the Chicago club for January through May: 17,443 in 1928 versus 13,288 in 1923.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Chicago Automobile Club
Chicago Club
Lguireg
Marc
Local notes from Philipsburg on visitors and events
Philipsburg July 8. Leo Mee Clennan arrives from Anaconda to visit friends. Frances Florey of Maxville travels to Butte to visit friends. Funeral attendees include Mr. and Mrs. Hannifen and Mr. and Mrs. Wells and family for Mrs. Mary Hall of Garnet. Numerous residents and visitors are noted, including Scout events, travel to Missoula and Helena plans, and a study claim about coffee improving mind and muscle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anaconda
Charles Irwin
Lucy Martinich
Mme
Ana V. Crawshaw
Clay Center
Walter Enberg
McDonald Hospital
Echo Lake
Otto McQuesten
Missoula
McQuestens
Moose Lake
J. E. Itter
Julian E. Itter Jr
David T. Con
Shelby
Dempsey-Gibbons
Brotherhood in Hope for Peace Proclaimed by Bryan
William Jennings Bryan urged world peace through brotherhood and disarmament in a speech lamenting postwar turmoil. He blamed growing class divisions on greed, praised prohibition as a moral victory, and called for gospel driven reforms and enforcement to curb organized lawlessness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Europe
Shepherds of
Bethlehem
Bryan
Bitter dispute of Navios ends bitter dispute ends
The Navio Indians of Ship Rock and Fort Defiance areas in New Mexico and Colorado completed a tribal council by electing Chee Dodge chairman in a 14 to 10 vote. The interior department then transferred power to negotiate oil and coal leases to the department, ending internal conflicts that had split governance for decades. Oil discovery at Ship Rock intensified rivalries among six jurisdictions, prompting federal intervention.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallup
New Mexico
Toadlena
N. M
Chee Dodge
Fort Defiance
Nunscotie
Navjo Police
Ship Rock
Secretary of the Interior
Department
United States
Colorado
Midwest Refining Company
Standard Oil
Navios
Interior Department
Cutter Bombards Fast Booze Boat In Dash For Shore
A government cutter pursued a rum runner after the vessel headed toward shore. Despite 15 shots in 20 minutes, none struck the craft, which escaped. The Gerberville, plus two steamers and four small schooners, remained in the line of pursuit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gerberville
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Frenchman Criqui
Mahoney
Northwest
Defense Alliance
OUNG
Shirley Blyer
New York
National Stage Children’s Association
Baby
Sedna Kerr
Jerome
Gene Darke
Dan
Scott Field
Gore
Popular Mechanics Mag
Western University
Jove
INE
Atlantic Ocean
London
Atlantic
Army
Curtiss
Philipsburg News
Hollingsworth
Columbia University
Brotherhood In Hope For
Norma C. Brown
Bloomington
Ill
Ilinois Senate
Brown
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