Gompers fight looms as AFL convention opens in Denver
Denver June 12 delegates near opening of the AFL convention fail to unite against Samuel Gompers. Irish sympathizers and wage and unemployment concerns feed anti Gompers sentiment while John L. Lewis is a leading potential challenger. Meantime King Constantine and Greek forces rally in Athens as Asia Minor fighting escalates with naval bombardments and casualties reported at Ineboli and Zouroulidak.
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Denver
Cote
Samuel Gompers
American Federation of Labor
Cahyas
Atli
Labor Organization
Gompera
Aers
Gompers
Carpenters
Building and Trades Council
National Board of Jurisdiction
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
Athens
Constantinople
Smyrna
Constantine
Gounaria
Thestokis
Lemnos
Idaho
Annavea
Ineboll
Zougouldak
Karemursol
Tnebali
Zoureuldak
Asia Minor
Black Sea
Ineboli
Reform Of Modern Dance From Inside By Pastor Bricker
Dr L C Bricker pastor of First Christian church urged reform of modern dance from within the church. He told young people that while dances are worldly, the church allows participation if actions reflect Christian character. He urged using wisdom and charity to right wrongs and promote Christianity as society’s reforming force.
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L. C. Bricker
First Christian Church
Jesus Christ
Tam
Joint US Senate Resolution Aims to Probe Agricultural Depression
J S Wannamaker, president of the American Cotton Association, urges southern congressmen to back a joint Senate-House resolution to investigate causes of agricultural distress. The plan seeks full inquiry into market collapse, credit limits, export reductions, and deflation, with power to subpoena and a swift report to Congress and the president.
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Clank Howell
Kalelzh
Washington
J. S. Wannamaker
American Cotton Association
United States
Senate
House
Commission
Congress
Secretary of Agriculture
Treasury
Harding Backs Citizens Military Training Plan
President Harding urges support for a voluntary training system aiming to train at least 100000 men annually through citizen military camps this summer. He calls on young men to attend camps in nine army training areas, saying it will benefit the nation and the community while aligning with democratic defense policy.
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Washington
Harding
War Department
Army Training Corps
United States
National Guard
Organized Reserve
Youngest Confederate Soldier Dies in Macon Ga
Macon Ga June 12 Ben Goodyear Believed youngest Confederate to serve through the Civil War died here last night He was a long time mechanic at the Central of Georgia railroad shops for 60 years
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Macon
Ben Goodyearm
Central of Georgia
Greek hopes rise as Britain deploys ships to aid Turkey crisis
The article reports Greece counting on military boosts from British battleships and destroyers in the Marmara and Aegean seas as Constantine pledges restoration of the Byzantine empire. French and Italian roles shift to neutral amid Angora agreements repudiation. Ships including Iron Duke arrive at strategic waters to influence Kemalist fortunes.
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Marmara
Constantine
Greece
H. M
Iron Duke
Paris
Rome
Sami Bey
Angora
Mitylene
Aegean Sea
Sea of Marmora
Impending Battle May Decide Rule Over Asia Minor
Constantinople reports heavy military activity on the eve of a decisive clash for Asia Minor. Greek forces face Turkish nationalists as allied troops crowd the capital. Additional British units arrive from Malta while the Franco-British fleet patrols the scene and Armenian frontier tensions mount.
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Asia Minor
Constantinople
Malta
Turmoil in Near East as Forces Prepare for Battle and Peace Talks Falter
Amid ongoing mobilizations on both sides, negotiators in Angora seek a peace with Mustapha Kemal Pasha's Turkish nationalist government. Briand reports cautious hope from Paris while Bolshevik divisions loom nearby. Fears of renewed outrages in Thrace and Asia Minor persist as Greek deportations continue and Kilkis shells Ineboli. The British Navy weighs mounting 16 inch guns in turrets for future major ships.
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Opposin
Angora
Henri Franklin-Bouillon
Mustapha
Kemal Pasha
Euurope
Paris
Briand
France
Near East
Bessarabia
Thrace
Asia Minor
Samsun
Bilejik
Brussels
Kilkis
U. S
Mississippi
Inebors
Inebols
Black Sea
Body of Kidnapped Boy Found Floating in River
New York June 12 The body of seven year old Giuseppe Varotta found in the Hudson River near Piermont was identified by his father Salvatore Varotta. The boy had been kidnapped May 24 for ransom and five men arrested in connection with the extortion plot remain jailed on bonds totaling $20,000 each while investigators continue to pursue more suspects.
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New York
Hudson
Piermont
Giuseppe Varotta
Salvatore Varetta
Giuseppe
Varotta
Giu- Seppe
Boy Hit By Bicycle Injures Vaughn at Grady Hospital
John Vaughn twelve of 83 Jett Street is at Grady hospital after an accident on English Avenue near Kennedy Street. He was struck Sunday by a bicycle ridden by Albert Cowan a young white boy. Vaughn may have a fractured skull as a witness said two bicycles rode together and Cowan swerved to miss the other rider.
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John Vaughn
Jett Street
Grady Hospital
English Avenue
Kennedy Street
Albert Cowan
Cowan
Vaughn
Escaped Prisoner Recaptured Sunday at Castle Rock
Norris H Ppron, a counterfeiter who escaped from a train en route to McNeil Island prison, was recaptured with no resistance near Castle Rock Washington. No information on Roy Gardner the mail robber who escaped with Pyron was reported. Revival services began at First Baptist Church Castle Rock led by Dr B B Bailey with singing by Perry Hamilton. other church services were canceled to allow attendance.
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Castle Rock
Wash
Norris
H. Ppron
McNeil’s Island
Roy Gardner
Pyron
Thomasville
First Baptist
B. B. Bailey
Kentucky
Perry Hamilton
Virginia
Baptist
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