Labor federation presses for home rule and reform in U S
Resolutions from the American Federation of Labor call for a hands off policy toward Mexico and the lifting of the Soviet blockade. They demand public railroad ownership under democratic administration, reestablished trade with Russia, and recognition of the Soviet government. Calls for Ireland home rule, an American labor party, and abolition of compulsory arbitration appear alongside proposals to democratize schools and use schoolhouses as public forums. The AFL also backs free speech in western Pennsylvania steel towns and funds for pending Supreme Court cases.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Palmer
Burleson
Abraham Lefkowitz
American Federation of Teachers
National Committee For Organizing
Iron and Steel Workers Today
Pensylvania
United States Supreme Court
Plan To Produce 5000 Motors Daily
General Electric aims to produce 5000 small motors daily at the former Remington works site in this city. Currently the Pittsfield plant turns out about 500 motors daily, with orders enough to sustain the local shop for years. Officials say the plant will begin operations soon and may expand to other electrical goods and heating apparatus to meet demand, with new hires added daily.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
General Electric Co
Remington Works
Pittsfield
Mass
Organizing Drive Prompts Wage Fight in City
Sam Savitt and 11 organizers from the Amalgamated Metal Workers of America arrive to canvass city factories with a goal of unionizing metal workers and threatening a strike if demands are unmet. Elizabeth Gurley Flynn joins. Boston wage-cut plans are cited amid a tense vice investigation in Bridgeport as Prosecutor DeLaney presses for details and potential arrests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sam Savitt
Tavitt
Amalgamated Metal Workers of America
New York
Elizabeth Gurley Flynn
Newark
N. J
Manufacturers’ Association
Boston
Lavitt
Coalition bloc wins 156 deputies in Reichstag race
Berlin reports show coalition back of government secured 156 deputies as principal parties split seats. Conservative opposition earned 83, leftist Independent Socialists 57, with other groups and scattering adding to the tally. Results reflect coalition strength amid ongoing political shifts.
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Berlin
Reichstag
Independent Socialists
Geman People’s Party
Wgentrists
Democrats
German National Party
War causes crime rise in war and postwar era
Detroit June reaction from war and present day criminal procedure were blamed for a recent crime rise by August Vollmer of the University of California. He said the war period would affect crime for at least ten years. In New York June 8 Supreme Court Justice Weeks denied a motion to dismiss at the opening of the trial of Police Inspector Dominick Henry on perjury charges linked to alleged official misconduct. Jurors began selections. Henry had recently been acquitted of a charge of neglect of duty for alleged failure to suppress vice. The weather forecast: generally fair tonight and Wednesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit
August Vollmer
Department of Criminality
University of California
International Police Chiefs Association
Vollmer
New York
Supreme Court
Dominick Henry
Tenderioin
James E. Smith
Lee
Henry
Lodge
Coliseum
Transfers to Obtain Cash for City Departments
The Board of Apportionment meets at 4 in the common council chamber to arrange money for aldermen salaries and to approve transfers for police and fire departments. Police fund transfers may cover Burns detectives in vice raids, as a large third police bill awaits presentation at the finance committee. There is circulating gossip about the cost to suspend and reinstate Superintendent Redgate and Captain Cronan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Apportionment
Common Council
William E. Seeley
Chicago
Burns
Redgate
Cronan
New Record For Parachute Drop At San Antonio
Second Lieutenant John P. L. Wilson of Charlotte, S C, at Kelly Field, set a new world record for four parachute drops reaching 19 800 feet. He made the jump yesterday, landing 15 miles from San Antonio. The prior record was 14 000 feet set by a French aviator.
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San Antonio
Tex
John PL Wilson
Charlotte
S. C
Kelly Flying Field
Wilson
Antonio
Dempsey Trial Began Today in San Francisco Court
In San Francisco on June 8 the trial of heavyweight champion William Harrison Dempsey and his manager Jack Kearne opened in U S District Court. They face charges of conspiring to evade the selective service act by falsely claiming dependents to obtain deferred classification. Mrs Maxine Dempsey, his ex wife, testified before the grand jury and is expected to be called as a prosecution witness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
William Harrison
Jack) Dempsey
Jack Kearne
United States District Court
Dempsey
Maxine Dempsey
Pershing to retire from active service unless military needs arise
Washington June 8 General Pershing announced in a letter to Secretary Baker his plan to retire from active service within a few months unless a situation requires him to stay. He wishes to return to civil life after the army reorganization act work, and would pursue a more active endeavor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Pershing
Baker
Reds Driven Back In Panic From Front Line
Warsaw reports Bolshevik forces driven back in a panic along the Dvina and Beresina front. Polish troops claimed to have pushed toward Giobokol north of Minsk, penetrating Soviet lines and capturing about 800 personnel and substantial booty. Bolsheviks who crossed the Beresina were said to be driven back.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warsaw
Dvina
Beresiy
Giobokol
Minsk
Beresina
Berlin Government Resigns as Ebert Seeks Rapid Reichstag Return
Berlin on June 8 reports the government tendered its resignation to President Ebert who asked it to stay provisionally. The president also urged Chancellor Mueller to move quickly to finalize Sunday's parliamentary election results so the Reichstag can be summoned at the earliest date.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
Associated Press
Ebert
Mueller
Reichstag
Alvarado resigns as minister of finance in Huerta cabinet
Mexico City June 8 General Salvador Alvarado confirmed he has resigned as minister of finance in the pro visional president Adolfo Huerta's cabinet. Unofficial reports name Pascual Ortiz Rubio as successor and suggest Alvarado may take another post or be sent to England. Jacinto Treviño sworn in as minister of industry commerce and labor. Rail traffic resumed between Mexico City and Vera Cruz via Cardenas, with Tampico serving foreign-bound travelers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mexico City
Salvador Alvarado
Alodfo Dela Huerta
Pascual Ortiz Rubio
Jalisco
Alvarado
England
Jacinto Trevino
Industry
Commerce
Vera Cruz
Cardenas
Mexico
Tampico
Lewis denies marriage in Bridgeport case
Investigators probing George Laois alias George Lewis, accused white slaver, found a marriage certificate incomplete and a wife who says she was beaten when the subject came up. Lewis cannot name an officiant and seeks a court continuance. Marian Wilson, cited victim, returned from Hartford and awaits trial at police headquarters.
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George Laois
George Lewis
Bridgeport
Norfolk
John E. Barton
Vice Squad
Lewis
Barton
Marian Wilson
Vice Trust
the Good Shepherd
Hartford
Attorney H. W. Taylor Dies at Home in Danbury
Howard W. Taylor prominent attorney and longtime Fairfield County Democrat died at his Garfield Avenue home Danbury from throat cancer. A member of the Fairfield County Bar since 1879 he served three terms in the lower House at Hartford. Survived by his wife and one son funeral services at home Thursday. Fairfield County Bar association to meet Friday to act on his death.
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Howard W. Taylor
Garfield Avenue
Danbury
Fairfield County
Hartford
Fairfield County Bar Association
Sugar price fixed at 36 cents a pound by board
The Newfoundland Food Control Board announced control of all sugar sales in the colony and fixed the price at 36 cents per pound, to be stabilized at least through year end. The measure aims to shield the public from a predicted rise to 49 cents per pound in a few months without intervention.
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St. Johns III
Newfoundland Food Control Board
Convention to Be Record Breaker at Chicago Nomination Tumult
The Republican National Convention opened in Chicago with no clear nominee as bosses are absent and delegates run a people’s convention. Early arrivals included Old Guard leaders, women delegates, and notable Californians, North Dakotans, Arkansans, and Virginians as the hall filled amid bands and banners.
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Coliseum
Garfield
California
North Dakota
Arkansas
Connecticut
Colorado
Virginia
Vote Records Singe Lincoln Named
A glance at convention balloting since 1860 shows Lincoln dominant in earlier trips and the current cycle’s unusual prospects. From 1860 to 1916 the record lists Lincoln, Grant, Hayes, Garfield, Harrison, McKinley, Roosevelt, Taft, and Hughes across ballots and acclamations.
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Lincoln
Grant
Hayes
Garfield
Blaine
Harrison
McKinley
Roosevelt
Taft
Hughes
Mystery of Saloon Death Cleared as Cyanide Poisoning
Coroner announces 25 year old Wasil Urchena of 7 Summer Street died from cyanide poisoning believed to be ingested as gin. He collapsed behind the bar at Constantine Stroke's saloon on Railroad Avenue after pouring a drink. he died at St Vincent's Hospital.
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Railroad Avenue
Edward Fitegerald
Wasil Urchena
Summer Street
Montville
Conn
Phelan
Urchena
B. J. Burns
St. Vincent's Hospital
Constantine Stroke
Urehena
Milk bottle battle saves driver from Madison avenue hold up
John N. Hayes, driver for Dewhurst Dairy, fended off two highwaymen who jumped onto his wagon on Madison avenue at 1 20 this morning. One robber seized the horse, the other aimed a revolver and demanded cash. Hayes grabbed two milk bottles and fought back, with bottles whizzing past a robber’s head as he fled in disorder. Police were notified of the attempted robbery.
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John N. Hayes
Dewhurst Dairy Company
Madison Avenue
Hayes
Vanitie and Resolute Race in America's Cup Trials
Vanitie and Resolute began the third official trial for defender of the America's Cup in Newport. The start delayed to 11 02 after light NW breeze and a long ocean roll from last week's storm. Resolute led by about 100 yards five minutes after the start on the 15 mile windward lee ward course.
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Newport
R. L
Vanitie
Resolute
Leeward Les
Lowden Victorious Over Chicago Mayor in Illinois Caucus
Governor Frank O. Lowden's Republican slate won the Illinois caucus last night, defeating Chicago Mayor William Hale Thompson 36 to 23 and tightening Lowden's grip at the convention. Senator Sherman named national committeeman. McCormick chosen for resolutions committee. Thompson loses influence over Cook county voices.
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Chicago
Lowden
William Hale Thompson
Cook County
Thompson
Lawrence ¥. Sherman
Medill McCormick
Delaware
T. Coleman DuPont
Daniel
C. Hastings
Wilmington
Henry Line
In Johnson
Atlanta
Lowdon
Georgia
Wood
Roscoe Pickett
HOOCH VICTIM TAKES AMBULANCE RIDE AT PARK
A man found in a stupor from alcohol at Washington Park at 10 30 this morning was treated at Hillside after Dr B J Burns Emergency staff responded. In Portsmouth Thorne Mott Osborne ex commandant of the naval prison reports to the navy department on investigations of naval prisons and detention camps on the Atlantic coast.
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B. J. Burns
Washington Park
Hillside
Portsmouth
N. H
Thor. Mott Osborne
Naval Prison
Navy Department
Naval
Atlantic Coast
Miller Sues on Foreclosure
Harry D. Miller brings a foreclosure suit in Superior Court before Judge Frank D. Haines against Blue Ribbon Body Company at State street. The Bridgeport Vehicle Company issued the mortgage in June 1919 to James W. Horton and later assigned it to Miller. The Vehicle Company defends, claiming Horton failed to fulfill the agreement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry D. Miller
Blue Ribbon Body Company
State Street
Frank D. Haines
Bridgeport Vehicle Company
James W. Horton
Horton
Four Candidates for Presidency at Advertising Club Meet
Indianapolis acts as venue for the 16th annual convention of the Associated Advertising Clubs of the World. Four men Arthur Newmeyer Tim Thrift Merle Sidener and George W Hopkins are in contention to succeed Reuben H Donnelley with nominating committee meeting Wednesday afternoon. Ki Meredith and N Hurley prominent speakers at the general session. REPULSE POLISH ATTACK. London June 12 Bolshevik report cites renewed Polish Ukrainian fighting near the Dniester and Bonruisk with Soviet forces said to be successful.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Associated Advertising Clubs of the World
Arthur Newmeyer
New Orleans
George W. Hopkins
New York
Tim Thrift
Cleveland
Merle Sidener
Reuben H. Donnelley
Cbseaso
Ki. T. Meredith
London
Menays
Moszow
Bonruisk
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Ireland
A. F. of
Gompers
VICE
Alexander L. DeLaney
Fred Bozeman
Burns Squad
DeLaney
Frank Cozza
Bozeman
New Yorker
Michael Arnolsky
Haseen
Arnolaky
Edward O. Cronan
Areaa
Coalition Bloc
Department of Health
William Fr. Coon
New York City
Coon
Hillside Farm
Dentes
Gen. Pershing
Jberlin Gov't
Huerta
H. W. Taylor
Archena
Pittsburgh
Hay and National Bank
Hays
Tessiles
Paris
France
Seeveral
Miller
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