Rival Air Races Set Between Canada and United States
A transborder air race to Toronto and New York pits Canadian pilots against American flyers in a 104 mile route. Prizes total 10 000 dollars with stops at Albany Syracuse Buffalo and Toronto. The event involves the American Flying Club and Army planes with notable figures and mail flights planned.
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Ofs Aeronautics
Toronto
Roosevelt Field
Mineola
L. I
Prince of Wales
New York
Canada
Albany
Syracuse
Buffalo
American Flying Club of
Wilson
Army
Proclamation Lapse Ends Need for Jet Licenses
President Wilson revokes the permit requirement for civilian jets by the Army and Navy Aeronautic Board. Anyone may fly without a license while Congress debates flying license legislation. In Washington, D C the United States Air Service seeks no new enlistments at this time.
Major Murray to Receive Croix de Guerre for Heroism
Major Joseph D. Murray, newly in command of the Marine Corps recruiting station at 14 Tremont Row, will be awarded the Croix de Guerre at the marine barracks Charlestown navy yard at 9 this morning. Colonel Melvin J. Shaw will present the honor as the Utah battleship guard of honor stands nearby. Murray landed in France in June 1917 with the first Marine detachment and served at Belleau Wood and Verdun with the 43d Company, Fifth Regiment, Marines, and has been recommended for the Distinguished Service Cross.
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Joseph D. Murray
Marine Corps
Tremont Row
Marine Barracks
Charlestown Navy Yard
Melvin J. Shaw
Utah
Murray
France
43D Company
Fifth Regiment of Marines
Belleau Wood
Verdun
Texans in Brutal Incident on Black Person
In Austin Texas on August 22 John R. Shillaby secretary of the National Association for the Advancement of Black People was severely defeated in front of his hotel and ordered to leave town after a meeting with Black residents. He agreed to depart at once.
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Austin, Tex
John R. Shillaby
New York
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
Shillaby
Hyde Park Station Becomes Official Boston Rail Designation
The Hyde Park area will be designated Hyde Park Station Boston on U S Railroad Administration tariffs after annexation notice to Mayor Peters. The change marks the latest acquisition designation for the city.
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Hyde Park Station
Boston
United States Railroad Administration
Peters
Hyde Park
Wounded 132 Times In One Day At Chateau Thierry
Private Wallace H. Smith, 19, of Fort McHenry, sustained 132 wounds during June 18 1918 fighting with the Ninth Infantry at Chateau Thierry. He was bayoneted through the left lung, remained conscious 15 hours, was later treated in hospital, and still bears shrapnel with a brace on his left leg. He expects discharge soon and remains active in sports and dancing.
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Baltimore
Wallace H. Smith
Fort McHenry
Smith
Chateau Thierry
Bowie
Irelands Fight for Freedom and Other World War Books
A roundup review covers Ireland's struggle for independence as depicted in George Creel's Ireland's Fight for Freedom and contrasts it with Russia in 1919 by Arthur Ransome and Bolshevik works. It highlights critiques of Lenine, US policy, and the broader postwar climate, naming multiple authors and publishers while noting the era’s push for self determination and reform.
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George Creel
Ireland
Sinn Fein
Mr. Creel
Edward Carson
Ulster
Canada
Russia
Arthur Ransome
Huebsch
Ransome
Lenine
Litvinov
Macmillan
The
Round Parte
Buchanin
Kolchak
Prolific Protestants preach and discuss faith at Dudley Street
The Rev W W Bustard former Dudley Street pastor now at Rockefeller church in Cleveland will preach twice at Dudley Street Baptist Church tomorrow morning on The Power of Facts and in the evening on The Kind of Men the World Needs. Professor Kirsopp Lake of Harvard Divinity School delivers the third lecture in a four part series. Shawmut Forum holds a Good Citizenship discussion. Dean Rousmaniere will speak at noonday service on the centennial stone laying of Cathedral Church of St Paul. Offerings at Sunday services will aid Italy's babies facing extermination due to milk shortages and army decimation in the war.
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W. W. Bustard
Dudley Street Baptist Church
John D. Rockefeller
Cleveland
Kirsopp Lake
The
Starvard Divinity School
Dean Rousmaniere
Cathedral Church of St. Paul
Italy
Buffalo Eagles degree team wins first prize in ritual contest
The Buffalo degree team of the Fraternal Order of Eagles won $1000 as the top prize in a $3000 contest for best exemplification of the ritual at the New Haven convention. Fourteen teams competed with Syracuse, Milwaukee, Worcester, and Southbridge taking the other podium spots as officers were elected and committees reported.
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New Haven
Conn
Buffalo
Order of Eagles
Syracuse
Milwaukee
Worcester
Southbridge
Lyceum
Bridgeport
Bridgeport Aerie 420
Austrian Peace Treaty Ready for Handover in Paris
Paris Aug 2 The final draft of the Austrian peace treaty is completed and likely to be handed to the Austrian delegation Monday. The presentation will occur without public ceremony.
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Paris
Quimby 49er Pioneer Dies in Malden at 89
Samuel A. Quimby, who joined the 1849 California gold rush and later lived in Malden’s Linden section for 47 years, died yesterday at his daughter Mrs. James A. Grover’s home in Malden. He was 89 or 90, a native of Wakefield New Hampshire, who traveled to California via Cape Horn and spent five years there.
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Samuel A. Quimby
California
James A. Grover
Salem Street
Malden
Mr. Quimby
Cape Horn
Wakefield
N. H
Linden
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Redemp
Marte
Mlle Bourgeois
Paree
E. W. Rucker, Jr
War Department
Leonard H. Drennan
Air Service Office
New England
Rucker
Drennan
First
Luke
Arizona
Scott & Bowne
Scott’s
Harold Bell WrigHt
Ozark
Brian Kent
Marines
Bobbs, Merrill
Charles Edward Russell
Mr. Russell
Lennie
United States
Germany
Vernon Kellogg
Philippines
Maimo M. Kalaw
Alaska
Northland
Agnes Burr
Territory
Doran
William B. Stephenson, Jr
Jones
Randolph Wellford Smith
John Barleycorn
America
Dutton
Florence Finch Kelly
William Norman Guthrie
Guthrie
John Galsworthy
Scribner
Britain
Mr. Galsworthy
American Red Cross
Ruth Gaines
Julius Henry Cohen
Edith Elmer Wood
Horner
Maxwell Struthers
Burt
Scribner's Magazine
Shawmut Forum
Quimby
Ibanez
Our Sea
U. S
New York Sun
Ax Hotkscher
le P. Dutton & CO
Fifth Ave
David I
Senate Life of
David
Hoover
M. L. Requa
Tomorrow's Sunday Post
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