Record Flight by Army Aviator Albert Smith
Albert Smith of the United States Army set a one day flight record flying a De Havilland from Camp Lewis Tacoma to Rockwell Field San Diego in 11 hours 19 minutes. The 1300 mile trip with three stops demonstrated daylight travel from Canada to Mexico within a single day though the landing occurred after night.
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Aaj
Albert Smith
United States Army
de Haviland
Camp Lewis
Tacoma
Wash
Rockwell Field
San Diego
Cal
Canada
Mexico
Wholesale re emigration of aliens hits the United States
New York reports a surge in alien workers returning to Europe. An estimated 6,000 leave weekly, mainly Italians and Belgians, seeking kronen and other currencies abroad. High living costs, isolation from families, and shipping limits drive the exodus, with employers advertising to replace departing labor.
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New York
America
Europe
United States
Joseph Szebenyei
New York Times
Kronen
Geza D. Berko
KEEP DELAWARE RICH Purse Overflowing With Fees From Corporations
Delaware thrives on charter fees and annual meetings from corporations nationwide. The state funds education with $500,000 from the treasury while dedicating millions to highways and fireproof schools. It boasts $1.5 million in excess funds and asserts no property tax, contrasting with other states. Major firms like General Motors pay sizable charter fees for capitalization changes.
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Dover
Pdel
Delaware
Wallstreet
General Motors Company
United States
Last influenza epidemic cost insurance firm nearly five million
An official from a major eastern life insurance company estimates the influenza pneumonia epidemic has cost United States life insurers about 5 million dollars. The figure represents roughly a quarter of the total paid out to influenza and pneumonia victims during the 1918-19 epidemic.
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United States
Rush of Diamond Claims At Beyenspoort South Africa
A stampede of about two thousand prospectors including lawyers and officials converged on Beyenspoort in the Pretoria district to stake diamond claims. The entire area was pegged in minutes as workers used runners to secure preferred sites.
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Pretoria
South Africa
Johannesburg
Beyenspoort
Fish Industry Is Ruined By State Waters Ban Proposal
Washington's salmon industry, once a state leader, is near depletion after six years of intensive fishing. State fish commissioner L H Darwin urges a fisheries commission and to bar foreigners from state waters, citing wartime foreign crews and rising prices. Sockeye runs in Puget Sound are nearly wiped out. silverside and dog salmon also diminished. Hatchery work has limited harm in Columbia River, Grays Harbor, and Willapa, but future depletion concerns rise as fishermen take immature fish.
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Olympia
Wash
Washington
L. H. Darwin
Louis F. Hart
Darwin
United States
Puget Sound
Columbia River
Grays Harbor
Williapa Harbor
Triplets Born To Jobless Ex-Soldier In New York Flat
Frank Cangemi and his wife face hardship with three newborn daughters Mabel Erin Genevieve as the family remains in a small three room flat. The ex soldier from the Twelfth regiment struggles with unemployment while the mother tends to the babies and daily needs. A landlord keeps the family in the tenement until fortunes improve.
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New York
Pri
Frank Cang
Global unrest and rail strike disrupts American life
A sweeping railroad strike linked to radical elements paralyses traffic across major centers from the Great Lakes to the Midwest. Officials condemn the action as unauthorized and harmful to the public, while responsible unions and employers brace for a hearing under a new railroad law. The piece also surveys French occupation in the Ruhr, Japan in Siberia, and political shifts in Denmark and the U.S. presidential race.
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Chicago
Great Lakes
Middle West
Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen
Switchmen’s Union of North America
Regnar
Third Internationale
Bolshevik Offensive Fails. Poland Sets Frontier Terms
Failure of the Bolshevik push against Poland strengthens Poland’s position to enforce peace terms with Russia. Key item is a reconstituted frontier roughly along the 1772 line near the Dwina and Dniester rivers. Plebiscites may adjust boundaries, but not essentially. Roumanians Letts and Sithonians reportedly reached an agreement with the Reds and await Warsaw peace talks.
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Poland
Dwina
Dniester
Warsaw
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Emil
France
Germany
Austria
STAKE
NEW Diamond Claims
Natchez
Miss
Mississippi River
Aude
State Fisheries Commission
Tripls
Overji
Little Ft
Stork
England
Vladivostok
Siberia
Denmark
E. F. Clipson
Reichswehr
Ruhr
Rhine
Frankfort
Darmstadt
Hamburg
Hanau
Dieburg
Noske
Japan
Nikolaevsk
Korea
Manchuria
Russia
Hiram Johnson
Michigan
California
Lowden
Wood
Johnson
Ford
Newberry
Leonard Wood
Rhode Island
New Jersey
Nebraska
Rocky Mountain
Pacific Coast
Illinois
Indiana
Ohio
M. Liebe
M. Friis
St. Lawrence
Congress
International Joint Commission
Congress of the
Parliament of
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Great Lakes and St. Lawrence
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