Soviet Coining Silver Marks Bolshevik Coins in Petrograd Mint
The Petrograd mint is producing ninety percent silver coins to replace paper rubles. Coins include 10, 15, 26, 50 copecks and 1 ruble pieces with the Bolshevik motto and a new coat of arms replacing the Imperial eagle. They are sent to Moscow as government reserve and may back future paper money to simplify daily calculations.
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Associated Press
Petrograf
Petrograd
Russia
Moscow
Air mail service planned linking Egypt to India and Europe
Cairo reports the inauguration of an air mail route between Cairo and Bagdad and between Bagdad and Karachi, forming a India Egypt service. England aims to extend this northward to Egypt, creating a throughEngland India air link, with a possible Alexandria Brindisi flying boat leg and rail and air segments to Paris and London.
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Associated Press
Cairo
Egypt
Bagdad
Karachi
England
Suez Canal
Britain
India
Alexandria
Brindisi
Prindisi
Paris
London
Rail Labor Board Cuts Wages Spark Broad Dispute
In a June decision the Rail Labor Board announced wage cuts for railway clerks causing protests from labor members who say the cuts breach the health and decency budget standards. They estimate 325,000 workers lose about 136.66 million dollars in earnings. A general strike ballot is not planned by one union while another union plans a vote, warning of life impacts under the policy.
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Health and Decency
United States Department of Labor
Associated Press
Cincinnati
Brotherhood of Railway and Steamship Clerks
EB. H. Fitzgerald
Timothy Healey
Firemen and Oilers Union
Fitzgerald
Dyestuffs Under Reparations Provisions Proposed
Washington, June 16. A joint resolution to authorize the president to take steps so Americans can obtain dyestuffs and chemicals under the Versailles reparations provisions was introduced late today by Senator Shortridge Republican of California.
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Washington
Shortridge
California
Girl Sixteen Accused of Killing Father in Hazard
In Hazard Kentucky on June 16 Essel Pass a sixteen year old girl was arrested for the murder of her father John Pass fifty five. She shot him with an automatic pistol after he reprimanded her for a love affair. The bullet penetrated the brain authorities stated.
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Hazard, Ky
Essel Pass
John Pass
Fire Alarm Signals List and Central Station Notes
A damaged notice lists numerous alarm signal locations in Southside and surrounding streets including Princeton Avenue, Bluefield Avenue, Raleigh streets, Bland, Jones, Pulaski, and Middle Adams. It notes that numbers 31 47 and 412 denote phone alarms and alarms sent from the central station.
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Peerees
Southside
Ty Hall
Princeton Ave
Russell St
Bluefield Ave
Mercer St
Sublett & Barnes
Thomas St
Chestnut St
Spruce St
Cherry St
Raleigh and Federal
Raleigh and Stewart Sts
Wyoming and
Monroe Sts
Giles St
Lee and Franklin Sts
Reese and Marshall
Allen and Powell
Pulaski and Park
Bland and Jones
Bland and Williams
Bland and Pilis
South and
Jefferson
Pen Mar
Frederick
Middle Adams St
Roanoke and
Clark
Hardy and Orange
Midway
Fenry and Greenbrier
Upper Jones St
Central Station
Sale of Liquor on Shipping Board Vessels Debated
Discussion centers on permitting liquor sales aboard Shipping Board vessels with continued debate on federal action. A predicted early ruling from Attorney General Daugherty was anticipated to settle whether American ships may sell liquor.
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Shipping Board
Board Wessels
Prohibition
Daugherty
Germany pays monthly reparations installment
Germany paid the regular monthly installment of 50,000,000 gold marks for reparations. Deposits aggregating that amount were made in designated banks in Paris London and Brussels.
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Associated Press
Paris
Germany
London
Brussels
Nominations to Western Kentucky District Attorney Named
Washington reports President Harding sent to the Senate nominations for district attorneys including W. Sherman Ball for the Western Kentucky district.
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Western Kentucky
Washington
United States
Harding
Senate
W. Sherman Ball
Thief Steals Court Clock During Berlin Trial
At Berlin Moabit central criminal court a man posing as a repairman climbed a ladder and took the court clock in session. The judge and spectators watched as the intruder claimed repairs would take a moment, noting he had called six times before finding the court in session.
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Associated Press
Berlin
Central Criminal Court
Moabit
Curb Savage Dances At Colonial Exposition
Protests by religious bodies lead the government to curb the indecent dances performed by natives at the Colonial Exposition.
Officers Elected By Commercial Travelers At Grand Council Meet
The twenty seventh annual United Commercial Travelers convention in Charleson West Virginia closed with elections. W T Denton of Lexington Kentucky named grand counselor and George F Brown also of Lexington chosen grand secretary for the twenty seventh time. Other officers include F C Hill Charleston grand junior counselor H T Martin Roanoke treasurer H O Stout Clarksburg grand conductor F C Smoot Hagerstown grand page Robert Simpson Richmond and F B Endicott Winchester as grand sentinel. About 3200 members attended and parades featured a long line of automobiles carrying members wives.
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Charleson
W. Va
Grand Council
United Commercial Travelers
West Virginia
Virginia
Entucky
Maryland
District of Columbia
W. T. Denton
Lexington
George F. Brown
F. C. Hill
Charleston
H. T. Martin
Roanoke
H. O. Stout
Clarksburg
F. C. Smoot
Hagerstown
Robert Simpson
Richmond
Grand Sentinel
F. B. Endicott
Winchester
W. 8. Moore
Huntington
J. Frank Gould
Harrisonburg
Legion Convention Hopes To Be Biggest And Best Here
The local post promotes a nationwide veteran civic and social network with the aim of making the Legion convention here the largest. The Ladies Auxiliary will have exclusive use of the Dug-Out for regular meeting nights or other events. A new representative, Mr Devering, urged Post members to aid ex service men in establishing claims and highlighted government insurance benefits for World War veterans.
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Devering
Increase in costs of food announced in June report
Washington reports a two tenths of one percent rise in retail food costs from April 15 to May 15 based on 43 items in 51 cities. Cabbage led with eight percent gains, eggs up six percent, meats four percent, potatoes three percent, and bread coffee and other staples up one percent. Fifteen items fell in price, led by onions at twenty nine percent, with cheese milk and butter among others declining.
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Washington
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Mrs Martha Jarrell Tinsley Dies at 78 in Ada
Mrs Martha Jarrell Tinsley died Friday at her son Frank H Jarrells home 140 Gilmer Street Ada aged seventy eight after years of declining health She was a Mercer county native a Christian Church member and is survived by sons Robert L Jarrell of Ada and Frank H Jarrell of this city and daughter Mrs D A Lester of Alexandria Virginia Funeral services will be held this afternoon at 2 30 at the old home place in Ada.
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Martha Jerrell Tinsley
Frank H. Jarrell
Gilmer Street
D. A. Lester
Alexandria
Old Home Place
Ada
Officers elected by Fertilizer Association
The National Fertilizer Association held its twenty-ninth annual election in White Sulphur Springs West Virginia with Gustavus Ober Jr as president Spencer L Carter as vice president Irvin Waichert as treasurer and John D Toll as secretary New executive committee members include J D C Bradley Albert French Charles H MacDowell Charles Priddy and H Walker Wallace A tariff free fertilizer materials resolution was adopted and The Greenbrier Hotel was chosen as the 1923 meeting place.
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White Sulphur Springs
W. Va
National Fertilizer Association
Gustavus Ober, Jr
Ober & Sons Co
Baltimore
Spencer L. Carter
Virginia- Carolina Chemical Co
Richmond
Irvin Waichet
Waichet Fertilizer Co
Dayton
Ohio
John D. Toll
Philadelphia
Electroscope Aids Search for Lost Radium in Des Moines
Des Moines reports radium worth 15000 dollars missing from a local hospital. L V Walker from Pittsburgh arrived with an electroscope to aid the search. Authorities believe the radium was dumped in the waste vault during an operation last Wednesday.
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Des Moines
Iowa
L. V. Walker
Pittsburg
Six Die in Wisconsin Storm Toll Rise Reported
Six persons were reported dead after a severe storm with rain wind and hail swept through parts of four Wisconsin counties last night. The Associated Press bureau in St Paul said the fatalities were confirmed today.
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Associated Press
St. Paul
Minn
Wisconsin
Neely Candidacy for Senate Certified in Charleston
Former Congressman F. M. Neely of Fairmont had his Democratic nomination candidacy for the United States Senate certified to the secretary of state in Charleston.
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Charleston
W. Va
F. M. Neely
Fairmont
United States Senate
Final terms armistice in China discussed
On the south Manchurian front commanders of the opposing Chih and Fengtien armies sent a British warship to Chinwangtao to discuss final terms of an armistice, authority reports from Paotingfu said.
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Associated Press
Tiensuin
China
Chinwangtao
Paotingfu
Armed men hold up election officials in Dublin raid
Thirteen armed men entered a national university polling place as results were about to be declared. They seized documents and tally sheets, led by Rory O Connor of the Republican army dissident faction. The city reported an unusually quiet election otherwise.
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Associated Press
Dublin
National University
Rory O'Connor
Republican Army
Ireland
Visions of Angels Reported at St. Marys Church
Several parishioners of St. Mary's church in Ilford report visions of angels near the altar during Holy Communion, relayed to the vicar.
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Ilford
Eng
St. Mary's Church
Local colored life firm promotes in Bluefield region
A district notice reports the Su reme Life and Casualty Company of Columbus promoting its $100000 capital with over $200000 gross assets and assets of $120333.30. Bluefield colored business leaders join as stockholders as delegates plan substantial local activity.
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A. P. Bently
D. C. Chandler
C. R. Davis
A. B. Brown
Sureme Life and Casualty Company
Ofolumbus
Ohio
Bluefield
E. W. Lomax
D. A. Fudge
G. A. Sinkford
Widow Mrs Katie Marr Dies After Heart Trouble
Mrs Katie Padden Marr widow of Fred Marr of Mannington died in Mannington after a heart attack. A Farmington native, she had lived many years at Jerome Idaho and more recently with her sister Miss Margaret Padden in Mannington.
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Fairmont
W. Va
Katie Padden Marr
Fred Marr
Mannington
Farmington
Jerome
Idaho
Margaret Padden
Italian envoy Avezzano to resume U S ambassadorship
Milan dispatch to The Times confirms Baron Romano Avezzano will return as Italian ambassador to the United States, succeeding Vittorio Rolandi Ricci.
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London
Milan
the Times
Romano Avezzano
United States
Vittorio Rolandi-Ricci
Twenty-Five Killed in May Mines Fatalities in West Virginia
June report from R. M. Lambie shows twenty five miners died in West Virginia mines during May. Eight deaths each in Logan and McDowell counties, due to coal falls, mine cars, electrocution, explosions, and railroad accidents inside mines. Belgium stamps replace small coins.
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Charleston
W. Va
Virginia
R. M. Lambie
Department of Mines
Logan
McDowell
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Neely
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Aviation Corps
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J. F. Stephens
P. G. Gaines
Giotto
J. FE. Hereford
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William Singleton
Jones Street
Hila King
Tazewell
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Vine Street
Hattie Randolph
Brookneal
Christine Walden
Institute
Belgium
Medical College OF Virginia
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University College of Medicine
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