Rail Award Ready 12000 Laid Off Shake Downgrade
Philadelphia July 20 wage awards by the labor board prompt a 10 percent cut in the Pennsylvania Railroad working force in the western region east of Altoona affecting 11 000 to 12 000 workers. The move aims to curb rising expenses, with officials stating the action is not linked to a potential railroad strike while unions monitor wage announcements.
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Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
Altoona
Wis
Rullway Labor Board
Brotherhoods
EL Weberling
Switchmen's Union of North America
Transportation delays still constrain coal production
Washington reports a government survey showing transportation remains the dominant factor limiting coal output. The week ending July 10 saw car supply to mines roughly unchanged, with some districts improving while others deteriorated, and overall production hampered by wagon and rail car shortages.
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Washington
Uns
Ebeon
TUAN'S MEN STARVING AT PEKING GATES
Telegraph reports from Peking say General Wang fears Tuan soldiers entering the city. About five thousand troops are said to have retreated near the West wall after a series of reverses, three days without food, and the gates closed while authorities plan to feed the starving forces. General Chang Tso-Lin has moved 60,000 troops toward Yang Tsun to shift fighting away from Ten-Tsin.
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Washington
Wang
Peking
State Department
Tien-Tsin
Chang Tso-Lin
Manetaria
Tuan
Chang-chuan
Nominees Open Fight in Ohio
Ohio enters its first major political week as Democratic and Republican figures convene. Governor Cox, back from Washington, meets with Homer S. Cummings and the national committee to plan a campaign manager, speaking tours, and finances. Cox declines a wire debate with Senator Har ding and says he is pleased with his talk with President Wilson.
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Ohio
Cox
Washington
Homer S. Cummings
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Thirding
Wilson
Hariing
Slain in Hospital Feud Inmate Murder at Elgin Asylum
Elgin Illinois July 29 192? Fred Zitkuhr thirty four an inmate of Elgin state hospital died from injuries after a fellow patient Harold Taylor attacked him with a mop handle last Thursday. Taylor admitted striking Zitkuhr fracturing his skull and is to be tried for murder at Chester. Zitkuhr hailed from Marengo Illinois.
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Elgin
Fred Zitkuhr
Elgin State Hospital
Harold Taylor
Taylor
Chicago
Zukulir
Marengo
Chester
Plunder Fiume as Jugoslavs Face Disorder in Dalmatia
Washington reports Italy sending troops to the demarcation line amid expected unrest on the Dalmatian coast. Disorders target Jugoslavs in Pola with property destruction and arson. Fiume and Pola shops plundered while Jugoslav banks and ships in harbor were burned.
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Banke and
Shope
Washington
Iine
Jugo Stalin
Waly
Jugo Slav
Lidbeckyly
Belgrade
Pola
Fiume
Jugo Star
Prohibition Party Convention Opens in Lincoln
Lincoln Nebraska July 1921 Prohibition party opens its national convention with W J Calderwood stating a clear cut statement opposing weakening of the eighteenth amendment is unlikely to be issued and that without it the party will enter the tests for a fight to a finish.
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Lincoln
Neb
Cox
Harding
W. J. Calderwood
Prohibition
Soviet Rejects British Terms In Armistice Talks
Soviet government rejects British peace proposals for Poland and disputes conference participation while urging unconditional surrender of Wrangel forces. In Poland, Bolsheviks push west of the Pripet marshes as Poles withdraw from Lida toward Grodno amid heavy fighting and grain seizures. American relief shipments move Bielostok food stocks to safety as refugees are relocated.
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London
Poland
Times
Swishevikt
The
Great Britain
Tnasia
Pripet Marshes
Lida
Urlye
Grodno
Lithuania
Melostok
Bolshevik drives aim at Baltic ports in war notes
Forty, July 20 report says Soviet armies slowly absorb Lithuania Estonia and Latvia. Observers believe Bolsheviks seek control of Baltic ports now under English influence. The pace of London peace talks with the Soviets is linked to this motive.
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Lithuanie
Exthonia
Lettonia
Pole
Baltic
England
Junkers Are Flayed Blame on Wilson Peace Bid 1916 17
Berlin reports on President Wilson peace efforts in winter 1910 17 condemn Germanys military rulers for rejecting peace in favor of unrestricted submarine warfare. The commission subcommittee led by Sinsheimer accuses authorities of misleading the public and withholding communications from Hinlel Haimhausen and Franz Tapen. An emperor note says negotiations with America must end if Wilson seeks war.
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Berlin
Commission of Investigation
Wilson
Sinsheimer
Reichstag
Germany
America
Hinlel Haimhausen
Foreign Office
Franz Tapen
Washington
Baseball Scores On the Green Diamond Monday Results
National League Chicago 5 Boston 0 Cincinnati 8 Brooklyn 4 St Louis 3 Philadelphia 2 New York at Pittsburgh Iain American League Chicago New York 5 Cleveland 104 Boston 6 Philadelphia Latvia 4 Dyratt at Washington Yin
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Boston
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Brooklyn
Bu Louis
Philadelphia
New York
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Iain
Claraland
Perel Cincinnati AG
Pittsburgh
Bt. Ose
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Clevelanderes
Chicago St
Louis
Bouton
Washington
Pailadelphia TB
Ruth Busts Record Twice in One Day
New York July reports Babe Ruth, the swat king, smashed the major league home run mark with a four bagger in the fourth inning of the White Sox Yankee game and then added another homer in the ninth. He stands at 81 homers for the season and predicted reaching 40 more before the pennant run ends.
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New York
Pat
Babe” Roth
Swat
White Sox
Enrile
Coolidge Resting On Vermont Farm With Family
Plymouth Vermont July 20 Gov Calvin Coolidge is taking a rest with his two sons Jonny and Calvin on his father’s farm in the hills of Vermont. He rises early to help with farm work and enjoy quiet rural life away from duties in Washington.
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Plymouth
Calvin Coolidge
Afre
Jonny
Calvin
Vermont
Death by Own Action Shocks Doorn Kaiser Family
Doorn Holland July 29 reports Prince Joachim youngest son of the former German Kaiser died by his own hand. Empress reportedly unaware. ex Emperor William deeply affected. Joachim, sixth child, had recently visited parents in Doorn around mid June amid family ties with Frederick William, the former crown prince.
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Holland
Joachin
Gertan Kaiser
Rgalu
Willam
Prince Joachim
Doorn Reste
Wieringen
von Mulhelm
Joachim
Frederick William
Communists in England Hold Plan for National Convention
Lennon reports that an attempt remains to form a Communist party in England with a national convention set for August 1. Leftist socialist and industrial groups pursue unity through intermittent conferences. Promoters deem three points cardinal: dictatorship of the proletariat, the Soviet system, and adhesion to the Third International.
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Lennon
Communist Party
England
Grain and livestock market report from Chicago and Utica
Grain and provisions prices including wheat corn flour and rye with bids for contracts, hay prices for Timothy and clover, butter and eggs, poultry prices, and meat markets for cattle hogs and sheep. Receipts and price ranges noted for CATTLE HOGS SHEEP with regional mentions and time stamps.
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Haug
Riots in Cork Leave Dozens Injured in Bomb Attacks
Cork rushes through a violent night as civilians arm themselves with bombs injuring up to 70 soldiers and wounding around 40 others. The fighting spreads citywide amid guerrilla tactics and street gun battles following a fatal bayonet incident during a tense period in Ireland.
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Cork
Sing Felgera
Zionist Conference Split In Palestine Property Debate
London July 20 Zionist conference adopts a 40 member commission plan declaring land and property in Palestine the property of the Jewish people and gradual control by the Palestine state. The majority report approved amid socialist uproar while a minority urged immediate declaration of all land as Jewish and ban on private ownership in speculation.
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Ireland
London
Daciel Mannix
Melbourne
Australia
United States
Andrew Bonar Law
House of Commons
Archishop Mannix
Vatican
Zionist Conference
Palestine
Blast delays Aquitania on first transatlantic voyage
An engine explosion off the coast of Ireland delayed the Cunard liner Aquitania outbound from Liverpool to New York on its first equipping voyage with oil fuel. One Freman died in the blast, and repairs allowed her to proceed after work was completed.
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Liverpool
New York
Ireland
Wild Lion Attacks Owner at Sioux City Fairgrounds
Fred Delmar, owner of four wild animal acts, sustained serious facial and arm injuries when a lion attacked him at the fairgrounds. The beast sprang from its cage after Delmar jabbed it with a fork, wounding him before the trainer lunged to separate them and the lion fled back inside.
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Fred Delymar
Fair Grounds
Delman
Delmaar
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