New Phase in Treaty Discussion Shifts Senate Strategy
In Washington July 31 a sharper definition of League of Nations issues emerged as seven Republican Senators friendly to the treaty form a reservations group aimed at a middle ground. Shantung disclosures and a new attack on alien enemy property drew White House and committee scrutiny.
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Foreign Relations Committee
Shantung
Japan
Tokio
White House
A. Mitchell Palmer
Wilson
iNew
Indiana
Keyes
New Hampshire
Bradley Palmer
Lodge
Johnson
California
Fall
New Mexico
Knox
Pennsylvania
Bosch Magneto Company
Ransdell
Louisiana
Owen
Oklahoma
Poindexter
Army to Sell Publicly Food at Bargain Prices
Public to be sold millions of pounds of food at bargain prices by the army. The treaty of peace with Germany was brought to the United States by Secretary Lansing. The Senate adjourned before the document could be read, so contents were not disclosed.
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Germany
United States
Lansing
Senate
Twenty Four Witnesses Questioned In Theft Probe
Fire Commissioner John R. Murphy and Boston police inspectors questioned 24 witnesses about the alleged theft of 14 mattresses and other articles from the Revere House after a recent fire. Murphy urged innocence until proven guilty and warned that solving the case reflects on the department and fire company involved.
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John R. Murphy
Boston Police Department
Revere House
Murphy
War surplus food to be sold at cost to public
After the war the government stores surplus American food to be sold at or below cost to civilians. The plan aims to provide the khaki and blue clad soldiers with affordable meals while surpluses remain.
Government sale of surplus canned foods reaches citizens
Army stores hold $125 million worth of corned beef roast beef bacon peas beans tomatoes corn in South Boston and other bases awaiting sale. Purchasers will order via government money orders with parcel post delivery while stock sells in carload lots at about 16 cents per can versus 25 to 28 cents in retail stores.
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South
Boston
D and
E Streets
Sam
War and
Post Office
Uncle Sam
Postoffice Department
Army
Post
Captain Teter
Baby Hurt After 20 Foot Fall From Window
A 22 month old child, Fredrio Fraiena, fell 20 feet from a second story window at 3 Salem Place North End. He is at Haymarket Square Relief Station with contusions and a possible skull fracture. The accident occurred when he leaned from the front window of his parents tenement.
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Fredrio Fraiena
Salem Place
North End
Haymarket Square
Lawrence Woman Caroline Cummings Dies at 95
Caroline Cummings aged 95 years and 9 months, longtime Lawrence resident and oldest local, died at the Lawrence Home for Aged People. Born October 12, 1823 in Charlestown, she lived in Lawrence for many years and had resided at the aged home for 21 years.
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Lawrence
Caroline Cummings
Pershing Begins Valedictory Tour of Occupied Germany
General John J. Pershing, commander in chief, leaves Paris for Coblenz to start his valedictory tour of German occupied areas. He will visit American troops first, then French and British zones, after meeting with American newspaper correspondents in Paris.
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Paris
Associated Press
Coblenz
John J. Pershing
Pershing Discusses American Dead in France and Prisoner Release
General Pershing spoke with correspondents on the burial of American dead in France and supported keeping them in France with plans for cemeteries and monuments. He noted the American dead would be commemorated annually and the permanent cemeteries secured. He also described rapid preparations to withdraw American troops, with supply services ready in ten days.
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General Pershing
France
Pershing
Paris
London
Chicago riots checked by troops in tense white black zones
Troops helped calm fears in Chicago as food aid flowed to Negro areas via cooperation among Wholesale Grocers' Association police and the troops. The negro belt remained closed to whites and guarded groceries were driven by white then Negro drivers. Pay days at the stock yards drew fear from workers while several altercations produced no casualties. Mayor Thompson sought 2000 more police though funding remained unresolved.
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Wholesale Grocers’ Association
Black Belt
Forty-Seventh Street
Vincennes Avenue
Twentieth Streets
South Side
Officials push grand jury probes into riots and causes
Attorney General E. J. Brundage and State's Attorney Maclay Hoyne cooperate to gather evidence for a grand jury. They say many people of both races will be punished and the death penalty is likely. Hoyne notes evidence from Black sources, while one Black individual blames members of his own race.
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Gentral E. J. Brundage
Sttorney Maclay Hoyne
Hoyne
Washburn Elected President of Franklin Savings Bank Boston
Worcester Five Cents Savings Bank president Broderick B. Washburn was unanimously elected president of the Franklin Savings Bank of Boston. He has been with the Worcester bank since 1906 and will resign to assume the Franklin post effective September 1.
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Worcester
Broderickb. Washburn
Worcester Five Cents Savings Bank
Franklin Savings Bank of
Boston
Washburn
Board of Massachusetts Savings Bank Commissioners
Worcester Bank
Boston Officials Urged to Move Army Surplus Food
A letter to the editor calls on Governor Coolidge and Mayor Peters to act on selling surplus army food stored in depots. The writer claims millions of dollars worth are rotting while the public lacks access, urging council action.
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Boston
Massachusetts
Making Orangeade at Home
Delicious orangeade can be prepared in minutes with Miss Curtis or Orangeade Paste. Stir into cold sweet water for a ready to drink treat. Available at S. S. Pierce Cobb Bates Yerxa Rhodes Bros. Co. Manhattan Market Ginter Co. or send twenty cents for a can to Miss Emma C. Curtis Melrose Mass.
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Miss Couort
New England
Miss Curtis
S. S. Pierce & Co
Cobb, Bates & Yerxa
Rhodes Bros. Co
Manhattan Market
Ginter & Co
Emma Cc. Curtis
Melrose
Mass
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