Deep scheme to overturn social order in Italy
Rome reports widespread disorders across many regions tied to unemployment and strikes. Red flags fly in Cadore, roads blocked, rail lines cut, and armored car units disperse rioters. Ancona labor offices attacked. anarchists concentrate there with machine guns. Police face gunfire. casualties on both sides. Barracks attacked at Pisa. riots end with reinforcements restoring order.
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Rome
Italy
Proere
Cadore
Venetia
Lomo
Callaxo
Domerge
Limbarse
Ronocola
Piom- bin
Rezato
Labor Bureau
Ancona
Omnes
Bor
Pisa
Cio
Burglars Crack Cairns & Funkie Lumber Office Safe
Bridgeport police report a break in at Cairns and Funkie Lumber Co at 44 Washburn Street. Burglars gained entry through a basement window, forced a door, and cracked the safe taking $80 in cash and some papers found later in the lumber yard.
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Bridgeport
Cairns & Funkie Lumber Co
Washburn Street
Maurauders
Bryan labeled not a true Democrat by Nugent in attack
James R. Nugent of New Jersey, a resolutions committee representative, charged W. J. Bryan as a paid agent of the anti saloon league. Nugent called the Nebraskan “not a true Democrat” and urged him to head the prohibition party in San Francisco.
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San Francisco
W. J. Bryan
James R. Nugent
New Jersey
Resolutions Committee
Bryan
Nugent
Prohibition
Tremendous profits in anthracite industry headline
William T. Tilden and C G Garland win singles titles in a Finnish lawn tennis event amid reports of other matches. Tilden defeats Randolph Lycett while Garland overcomes C R Blackbeard as Williams faces Mavrogordato in a separate pairing.
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William T. Tilden
Philadelphia
C.G. Garland
Pittsburch
Tilden
Nandolph Lycett
Garland
C. R. Blackbeard
Africa
Myreatt
Blackbeard
R. Norris Williams
Boston
TM. Mavrogordato
Spare Tires Stolen From Four Cars In New York City
A theft report states two spare tires and a rim were taken from four cars owned by W. H. Hochheimer of New York City while parked on Gold Street. The case was reported to the detective bureau.
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W. H. Hochheimer
New York City
Gold Street
Detective Bureau
Organized Spanish union forms at Graphophone plants
A mass meeting under the Amalgamated Metal Workers of America on Broad street moved to organize Spanish laborers at the Columbia Graphophone Company. 83% of east plant workers and 240 west plant laborers attended as Sam Lavitt spoke on organization. Committees were appointed by provinces to build the union, which will file wage-demand plans with company officials upon completion.
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Amalgamated Metal Workers of America
Broad Street
Columbia Graphophone Company
Sam Lavitt
Spain
Graphophine Company
Policy at Bridgeport Hospital Critics Open Doors
The Bridgeport Hospital plans a July start to a closed shop policy for physicians, limiting facility use to staff and designated doctors. Superintendent Dr George A Macivers says the reorganization seeks competent personnel and tighter service standards, with operating rooms to be opened to fewer, vouched for by associates.
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Bridgeport
George A. Macivers
Sai
Bryan Plank on Profiteering
San Francisco reports a proposed plank by William J. Bryan calling for state commissions like the federal trade commission to curb profiteering. It aims to remove unnecessary middlemen, promote producer organizations, curtail excessive middleman charges, and prosecute corporate officers who instruct extortion. Corporations would disclose cost versus selling price and profits would be capped as current interest rates.
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San Francisco
Federal Trade Commission
William J. Bryan
Rail workers return to service improves New Haven line
New Haven officials report improved operating conditions on the New York New Haven Hartford system as workers resume duties. In New Haven forty nine of sixty men are at work on the first shift, Meriden crews have returned to normal, and Webster and Putnam extra gangs are largely back. Passenger service remains normal and freight movements are set to rise.
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New Haven
Conn
New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad
Meriden
Webster
Putnam
Hamburg food riots leave two dead and eighty wounded
London dispatch from Berlin reports two deaths and 80 wounded in Hamburg amid food riots. Rioters looted shops and a state of siege was declared. four arrests noted and authorities say order is restored.
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London
Hamburg
Berlin
Democrats Gather For First Session
A Democratic convention declares the party will pursue forward progress, contrasts with Republicans seen as reactionary, and pledges a platform and candidate to keep America on a path of prosperity and world leadership. The speech attacks GOP retrogression and urges unity to meet current issues. (Continued on Page Six.)
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Chicago
Progressivism
America
Republican Party
Asa
Cummings Delivers Keynote At Democratic Convention
San Francisco June 28 delegates gathered for the Democratic National Convention as National Chairman Homer S. Cummings delivered the keynote and preliminaries began to set the stage for selecting a presidential candidate. The hall held over 12 000, with decor minimal and duties announced by J B Kremer.
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San Francisco
Cummings
California
J.B. Kremer
Montana
P. L. Ryan
E. G. Heffernan
Kremer
War on jitney service rumor swirls after trolley cutback
After Superintendent Frank L Kibling announced June 30 the North Main trolley line between Wentworth Street and Bethany chapel would end, city leaders and officials discuss a campaign to push jitneys out of Bridgeport. San ford and Kibling offered no comment while Goodwin’s resignation fuels speculation of a broader plan. Continued on Page Six.
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Frank L. Kibling
Connecticut Company
North Main Street
Wentworth Street
Bethany Chapel
Bridgeport
Charles G. Sanford
The
Connecticut Co
Kibling
Joseph S. Goodwin
Goodwin
Bridgeport Layoffs Peak At Three Thousand In Local Industry
A competent authority said this morning that total layoffs in Bridgeport since the Graphophone era, including Graphophone workers, will not exceed 3000. The Locomobile Co has shut for two weeks for inventory and will be busier after stock. Transportation disruptions hinder raw materials and finished goods, while wool and clothing markets show limited decline and some order cancellations, locally modest.
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Bridgeport
308 Women Eligible for Democratic Convention
San Francisco reports 308 women eligible to sit in the Democratic convention with doubt any will be seated at once. Some couples attend as delegates and fifteen women serve on the executive committee.
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San Francisco
Quinn Made Committeeman Elected in Massachusetts Delegation
San Francisco June 28 Edward W Quinn mayor of Cambridge was elected National Committeeman from Massachusetts by the state delegation. Withdrawal of Daniel F Doherty of Springfield led to seven delegates refusing to vote. The caucus urged Senator Walsh to the resolutions committee and to head the delegation. The six DC delegates adopted a Palmer support pledge and Colby joined the resolutions committee. Virginia backed a solid first ballot for Glass. New York named Cochran to the resolutions committee. Vermont urged a wine and beer plank. Hawaii pledged six Palmer votes on first ballot.
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San Francisco
Edward W. Quinn
Cambridge
Massachusetts
Daniel F. Doherty
Springfield
Walsh
Resolutions Committee
District of Columbia
Bainbridge Colby
Palmer
Colby
Resolutions
Virginia
Senator Glass
New York
Y. Bourke Cochran
Committee On
Vermont
Harding Has Quiet Sunday at Frelinghuysen Home
Raritan New Jersey June 28 Senator Harding enjoyed a calm day at the country home of Senator Frelinghuysen with Mrs Harding. The sole event was a golf match with Senators Frelinghuysen Hale of Maine and Kellogg of Minnesota. Hale and Kellogg traveled from Washington to join the party. Harding planned to return to Washington late today arriving at midnight.
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Raritan
N. J
Harding
Frelinghuysen
Hale
Maine
Kellogg
Minnesota
Washington
Governor Coolidge Urges Production Boost At Vermont Commencement
Burlington June 28 Governor Coolidge of Massachusetts urged increased production to lower living costs at the University of Vermont commencement where he received the doctorate. He warned the public must pay war debts and that profiteering has inflated prices, urging patience and national resolve. He spoke on liberty, leadership, and moral force as America seeks progress after hardship.
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Scranton
Anthracite Coal Commission
W. Jett Lauck
War Labor Board
United Mine Workers of America
Lehigh Valley Coal Sales Company
Lanck
Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Coal Com- Tei
Philadelphia and Reading Company
Burlington
Coolidge
Massachusetts
University of Vermont
Boy Thrown from City Garage Sustains Leg Breaks
Thomas Hedrick an 11 year old resident of 57 George Street suffered a left leg broken in three places after a fall from the City garage roof on Madison Avenue last evening around 10 o clock. Dr J A Maxwell of the Emergency hospital treated him and he was taken home.
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Main Street
Prank Street
Vito Creddo
Lexindon Avenue
Wiliam De“Genova
Grand Street
J. A. Maxwell
Thomas Hedrick
George Street
Madison Avenue
J A. Maxwell
Knights of Columbus convenes educators in Chicago
Chicago reports a Knights of Columbus education convention to open next Saturday with about 300 educators expected. The supreme board advised expanding the order to English speaking China settlements and plans to send a Lafayette statue from the August pilgrimage to Metz.
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Chicago
Knights of Columbus
Meecas
Supreme Board of Directors
China
Europe
Lafayette
Metz
Lost 6 Teeth In Collision In City Street
Alfred Sustad a 40 year old of 669 Lafayette street was thrown from his bicycle after colliding with an automobile at Liberty and Broad streets just after 11 this morning. He suffered severe scalp and wrist injuries and lost six teeth. Albert F. Anderson of 33 Coleman street, driver of the auto, was arrested for reckless driving and to appear in city court tomorrow morning.
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Liberty
Broad Streets
Alfred Sustad
Lafayette Street
B. J. Burns
Temergency
St. Vincent's Hospital
Albert F. Anderson
Coleman Street
Three Held on $1000 Bonds in Runaway Inquiry
A 16 year old New Haven runaway led to charges against Carl Anderson 961 Wood Avenue Hugh Dadwig Fairfield and John Hurley 8 Burr Road. They were arrested Saturday night by the vice squad and held on $1000 bonds for a Fairfield town court hearing tomorrow. The girl's parents refuse her return to New Haven and she may be placed in a state home for girls.
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New Haven
Carl Anderson
Wood Avenue
Hugh Dadwig
Fairfield
John Hurley
Burr Road
Fairfield Town Court
Bombs Explode Near Havana Police Station and Pawn Shop
Two bombs exploded in Havana at midnight near the second precinct police station and in front of a pawn shop. One man was injured by shrapnel as debris and shattered windows scattered around the area. A third bomb in the police station wall failed to detonate.
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Havana
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PLAZA
James E. Wheeler
Buperior Court
Bryan Plank
R. R
Kremer’s
Wilson
Quinn
K. O
Neva
Helsingsfors
Central News
Reuters
Stockholm
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