Paris Moves to Open Government Theater at Trocadero
Paris reports the government will open a new state theater at the Trocadero Palace. A 100000 franc temporary appropriation funds start up, with a 250000 franc subsidy for the Comedie Francaise. Plays will run nightly with two matinees and the house will train actors and musicians for the government conservatory.
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Paris
Chamber of Deputies
Senate
Trocadero Palace
Comedie Francaise
Poland Plans Large Investment in New Schools
Warsaw reports Poland may spend 800000000 marks on new school buildings and system improvements. Prewar Russian rule limited, now about half of Polish children attend state schools. In New York, a futurist exhibition provokes a Kansas City visitor who quips his aunts knit better pictures. Curiosity remains constant in Albany Journal.
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Warsaw
Poland
Republic
New York
City
Kansas City
German Language Split Sells Pastor’s Move in New Haven
Rev. Arnold F. Keller of Trinity Lutheran Church resigns, shifting from German to English services. He heads to Philadelphia to lead an English language church. The move follows past anti German sentiment during the war and local controversy over German worship.
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New Haven
Arnold F. Keller
Trinity Lutheran Church
Keller
Philadelphia
Germany
Gyst er Industry Here Is Menaced
Hartford July 10. Connecticut oyster industry may cease to be a factor within two years unless immediate and stronger action is taken. Harold G Marshall of New Haven, secretary of the shell fish commission, cites a decade of declining production. New York and New Jersey act, Connecticut lags as former growers move to Chesapeake Bay and other waters. Four-year-old stock remains, and this year’s results are uncertain.
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Hartford
Conn
Connecticut
Harold G. ‘Marshall
New Haven
Shell Fish Commission
Marshall
New York
New Jersey
Guilford
Chesapeake Bay
Massachusetts
Rhode Island
Five Thousand Draft Evaders Convicted in U S Courts
Washington reports that five thousand draft evaders have been convicted in federal courts with sentences from 30 days to one year. About 275000 delinquents were investigated out of 318314 reported. figures exclude deserters handled by the military authorities. Thirty thousand cases remain for investigation.
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Washington
Department of Justice
Department
Dishwasher Held for Theft in Broad Street Restaurant
Leo Smith of 262 State Street was arrested for allegedly stealing a gold watch from Frank Pine of Sun res taurant on Broad Street. Smith, a dishwasher at the Broad Street eatery, denied the theft and is held on $500 bond for breach of peace. City court continued the case until July 13.
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Frank Pine
the Sun Restaurant
Broad Street
Leo Smith
State Street
Smith
Obituaries for Ellen Shapiro and others in local notices
Obituary notices list Ellen Shapiro 21 and family details with burial at Adath Israel. Also funeral plans for Robert Francis Goble at 212 Cottage Street with burial in Lakeview cemetery. Lillian Sullivan of Stratford Avenue dies in Brooklyn. funeral at Star of the Sea church and burial at Holy Name cemetery. Margaret Fagan’s funeral at 457 Coleman Street and St Augustine’s Church with solemn high mass. Burial at St Michael’s cemetery and committal service by local clergy.
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Ellen Shapiro
Abraham Shapiro
Garfield Avenue
Emma
Beatrice
Charles
Hebrew Children's Aid Society
Adath Israel Cemetery
Robert Francis Goble
Robert Francis
Frank Goble
Cottage Street
Lakeview Cemetery
Lillian Sullivan
Lillian
John P. Sullivan
Stratford Avenue
Brooklyn
Star of the Sea
Holy Name Cemetery
Jersey City
N. J
Margaret Fagan
Coleman St
Augustne
J. B. Nihil
Joseph Ganley
George Donahue
Schmidt
John Hanley
Domini Jesu
Harold Yood
St. Michael's Cemetery
Father Nihill
Father Bowen
Harding to Host Wood and Cummings in Marion Visit
Senator Harding is expected to meet Major General Leonard Wood and Senator Cummings of Iowa in Marion Ohio on July 10. National Chairman Will Hays will join as guest over Sunday to discuss the "front porch" campaign and related political strategy.
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Marion
Ohio
Harding
Leonard Wood
Cummings
Iowa
Will W. Hays
Frert Porch
Third Party Awaits Result Of Labor Meet In Chicago
Delegates from the committee of 48 and the single tax movement met in Chicago to discuss a fusion third party for a presidential candidate. Talks continued through the night with no agreement. Names discussed included Henry Ford and Charles H Ingersol, with LaFollette sensitive to a nominating chance.
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Chicago
Committee of 48
Single Tax Movement
National Labor Party
Jerome C. Reis
LaFollette
Wisconsin
Henry Ford
Charles H. Ingersol
Allen McCurdy
New York
World War Veterans’ Association
Robert C. McCauley
Pennsylvania
National Single Tax Committee
J. A. H. Hopkins
Malone
Labor Party
Nord
Combine
People's Money Party
Farmers’ Equity Society
The
Producers and Consumers League
League For the Independence of India
Labor Group
Committee of
Northwest
Moonshine Still Seized After Fatal Fight in Raleigh County
Prohibition agents in Charleston report the largest moonshine still in West Virginia taken from the Raleigh county mountains. One man killed in a fight over the still and another died from liquor exposure. The device produced 12 gallons daily and operated on a single farm with twelve hidden locations.
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Charleston
W. Va
Raleigh County
Conlin and Green Hold Fairfield Cottage Outing Today
Conlin and Green, Inc. will hold their first Saturday afternoon outing at the Conlin cottage on Fairfield beach this afternoon. All employees and their families invited for games and water sports followed by dinner. The firm will close every Saturday at one o'clock during July and August. Mexico City reports the government rejected Francisco Villa's peace proposals, demanding unconditional surrender.
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Conlin and Green, Inc
Elm Street
Conlin
Fairfield Beach
Conlin and Green
Mexico City
Francisco Villa
Villa
Railway association seeks 30 percent freight rate hike
Montreal July 10 The Canadian Railway association representing all lines in the dominion today applied to the railway commission for a thirty per cent increase in freight rates.
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Montreal
Canadian Railway Association
Dominion
The
Railway Commission
Surpassing Tradition in an American City
A foreign visitor, disillusioned by Prohibition era realities, notes that America’s rivers do not flow with milk but alcohol flows in the gutters, reflecting local attitudes during the Be Ing era and the Home Sector commentary.
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John Barleycorn
America
Neighborhood Mischief Inspires Quip About Cain
A local joke about last year’s garden yields a line noting that “Some kids in the neighborhood raised Cain in it.” The speaker then vows to rise up and confront someone who calls them “bird,” framing a playful dispute as a community moment.
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Cain
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Government OF
France
John Beck
Albany Journal
Long Island Sound
Bridgeport
Jefferson
Stratford Ave
Tel
Barnum
Marine Operating
Broadway
New York City
Wood
Howland
Fairfield Avenue
Eaati Sunday Fair
Howland Dry Goods Coo
Fairfield
Firestone
United Tire & Vulcanizing Co
Bridgeport, Conn
Jake
Safa Gay
Malcolm
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