Harvard Gymnastics Exhibition Marks Sargents Last Harvard Class
Despite heavy rain, almost 1000 spectators packed Hemenway Gymnasium to witness Dr. Sargent's final Harvard Summer School of Physical Education class. About 200 students showcased feats on foils, dumbbells, wands, and apparatus, with folk dancing led by Miss Beatrice Gingras.
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Hemenway Gymnasium
Dr. Sargent
Harvard Summer School of Physical Education
Harvard
Sargent School of Physical Education
Beatrice Gingras
Assurance of aid for Charles Town Navy Yard workers
Assistant Secretary of the Navy Roosevelt told District Attorney Pelletier and other Massachusetts men at a Knights of Columbus peace convention that immediate steps will be taken for the Charles Town Navy Yard workers. He said a special bill is being introduced in Congress to maintain the repair and construction departments and keep current workers employed.
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Buffalo
N. Y
Charlestown Navy Yard
Roosevelt
Pelletier
Boston
Massachusetts
Supreme Council of the Knights of Columbus
Navy Yard
Congress
Chesapeake Ohio Road Hit by Coal Strike Action
Huntington West Virginia August 6 coal traffic on the Chesapeake and Ohio is suspended as shop men strike. An embargo on all freight is ordered division headquarters announces passenger and freight service west of Clifton Forge to end tomorrow. C and O handles about 125000 tons of coal daily and mine production will halt, throwing thousands of miners out of work.
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Huntington
W. Va
Chesapeake & Ohio
Division
E. L. Bock
Clifton Forge
Austrians Reply to Peace Proposals At Paris
Austrian counter proposals to the peace terms were handed to the allied mission at St Germain en Laye and carried to Paris for the supreme council. The reply was temperate in tone and acknowledged Austria as a defeated power while protesting the sweeping territorial losses, notably southern Bohemia and the Tyrol.
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Paris
St. Germain-en-Laye
Supreme Council
Austria
Bohemia
Tyrol
Hungarians Accuse Allies of Bad Faith in War
Budapest August 5 reports say Hungarian leaders charge the allies with bad faith claiming Hungarian resistance to Romanian advances aimed at saving the country. Rumanians allegedly killed 20 former Red Soldiers in the city suburbs. American officers examined the bodies.
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Budapest
Associated Press
Welcome Home Hero Hercules Korgis of Lynn
Hercules Korgis the 5 foot 2 inch waiter from Lynn returns a war hero after single handedly bluffing 256 German troops. The Greek American community plans a lavish welcome and backs his dream of owning a top French restaurant in Lynn with Mayor Creamer coordinating finances.
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Hercules Korgis
Lynn
Hercules
Shoe City
Little Lynn
Mountaineer Infantry
War on high living costs targets big packers and profiteers
Government moves include anti trust suits against five major packers and nationwide prosecutions for hoarding and profiteering. President Wilson will address Congress to push Lever act renewal, broaden profiteering bans, criminalize price speculation in essentials, and cap margins. FTC report finds profiteering across shoe supply chain.
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Department of Justice
United States
Palmer
Wilson
Congress
White House
Federal Trade Commission
Washington orders Packers prosecuted under anti trust laws
Attorney General Palmer announced that evidence from the Federal Trade Commission and congressional hearings shows a clear violation of anti trust laws and that prosecution will proceed. Isidore J. Kresel of Jerome Rand and Kresel will lead the case with DOJ support. Palmer also ordered a countrywide probe for food hoarding under the Lever Food Control Act.
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Palmer
Federal Trade Commission and
Committees
Congress
Isidore J. Kresel
New York
Jerome, Rand and Kresel
Federal Trade Commission
Department of Justice
Isidore He
Jerome, 1
United States
Will Get No Satisfaction Says Packer Wilson
Thomas E. Wilson president of Wilson & Co. and Meat Packers reacts to a Department of Justice decision. He claims FTC facts do not justify government suit and asserts the DOJ seeks someone to blame and will not achieve price reductions or satisfaction from the packers.
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Packer
T. E. Wilson
Washington
Thomas E. Wilson
Wilson & Co
Institute of American Meat Packers
Department of Justice
Federal Trade Commission
England Plans Central Authority to Prosecute Profiteers
London Aug 6 Great Britain intends to establish a central authority to combat profiteering linked to local and county tribunals. New powers and steeper penalties are to be sought with possible retrospective action under consideration. Tribunals would issue penalties up to 1000 dollars or six months imprisonment across England Scotland and Wales.
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London
Great Britain
Sir Auckland Geddes
House of Commons
Sir Auckland
England
Scotland
Wales
Ireland
Kresel Key Figure in Palmer Meat Packers Probe
Isidor J. Kresel, named by Attorney General Palmer to prosecute meat packers, previously served as assistant district attorney in New York County under William Jerome. He assisted on traction and insurance investigations and helped Palmer as alien property custodian. Though not yet returned from Washington, Kresel has spent months analyzing vast material on the packers, producing a voluminous report.
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Senate
District of Columbia
Thomas E. Wilson
Wilson & Co
Institute of American Meat Packers
Wilson
Representative Mondell
Congress
Mondell
Kresel
Jerome
New York
Palmer
Kiesel
Office of
Isidor J. Kresel
New York County
William Jerome
Washington
Strome
Ford libel suit nears decisive stage at Mount Clemons
Henry Ford's $1,000,000 libel case against the Chicago Daily Tribune moved toward a verdict as counsel argued jury instructions. Plaintiff's side proposed six items to be included in the judge's charge while the defense offered nine.
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Mount Clemons
Mich
Tucker
Henry Ford
Chicago Daily Tribune
Railroad Unions Demand Immediate Wage Action
In a united move the 14 principal railroad unions urged Director-General Hines to reject President Wilsons plan for a congressional wage commission. They insisted wage questions be settled now and expressed disapproval of the proposed mechanism.
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Washington
Hines
Wilson
Congress
General plan to avert crisis relies on Congress action and rate changes
A proposed program to meet the present crisis warns of a nationwide strike and calls for Congress appropriation to fund higher pay followed by freight rate increases. It stresses that temporary relief must accompany a strong effort to lower living costs and that a permanent railroad solution hinges on shifting aims away from returns to capital. The director-general is urged to report to President Wilson with recommendations.
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Congress
Wilson
Labor unions push plan to seize rail profits and share gains
The movement seeks to pass Congress a bill to remove private capital from railroads and give workers a stake in profits. Unions argue rates must fund fair wages and preserve property while offering adequate returns. The unified action by 14 organizations could mobilize 2,000,000 railroad workers, risking nationwide paralysis if a general strike occurs.
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Congress of Organized Labor
United States
1500 Shopmen in Lowell Quit Work
About 1500 employees of the Boston and Maine railroad, machinists and helpers from the North Billerica shops, left work at 3 30 and met at I O O F Hall on Middlesex Street to demand a settlement and stay on strike. The North Billerica shops will remain closed tomorrow as officials were informed of the action.
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Lowell
Boston & Maine Railroad
North Billerica
I. O. O. F. Hall
Middlesex Street
Concord Shopmen Postpone Strike
In Concord New Hampshire the Boston and Maine Railroad shopmen postponed a planned strike that was to start at 3 30 p m Union leaders reported delays in action for a few days after receiving advisories.
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Concord
N. H
Boston & Maine Railroad
Over 110 Separate Strikes in New York Reported
Chief John Daly of the New York Police Department says more than 110 separate strikes are underway in the city. He told Brooklyn Rapid Transit officials that the department struggles to provide enough officers to guard transit lines.
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New York
John Daly
Police Department
Daly
Brooklyn Rapid Transit Company
Berkshire Likely to Have Car Strike
Pittsfield August 6 Members of the Berkshire Street Railway Trolley men’s Association voted unanimously to strike for higher wages and shorter hours. The vote was sent to International President W D Mahon in Detroit who will set the walkout date. The strike would disrupt Pittsfield Berkshire and Hoosick Valley systems affecting about 400 men.
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Pittsfield
Berkshire Street Railway Trolleymen’s Association
Hoosick Valley Association
W. D. Mahon
Detroit
Mich
Berkshire
Hoosick Valley
Hallowell Seeks Republican Nomination for Attorney General
J Mott Hallowell of Newton a well known Boston attorney files as a Republican candidate for Attorney General of the Commonwealth He previously opposed Henry Attwill five years earlier and has long supported the League of Nations serving on the Boston convention committee in February
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J. Mott Hallowell
Newton
Boston
The
Commonwealth
Hallowell
Henry ©. Attwill
League of Nations
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Harvard Summer School
Anita Preston
Philadelphia
Josephine Herlihy
Chicago
William H. Geer
Daniel J. Kelly
Harvard University
Dr. Geer
Chesapeake
Ohio
Wild
Lynn Hero
Sergt
Mayor Takes Charge
Walter H. Creamer
Harry Gouzoulis
Tony A. Garofano
Tony Garofano
Ringsdorf
Germany
U. S. Army
Tony
Hercules Korgisa
Korgis
Greece
Turkey
Western Avenue
United States Army
Mestegna
Hresel
Clara Kimball Young
California
Ascot Speedway
Los Angeles
Cal
Uultah Rockies
Rockies
Colorado
Utah
Rocky Mountain
Mesa A Verde
Consolidated Ticket Office
United States Railroad Administration
Transportation Building
Liberty Street
New York City
Healey Building
Atlanta
Georgia
United States Railroad “Administration
Franklin Street
Mass
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