Persian quake death toll may surpass twenty thousand
The Persian embassy in Moscow reports a catastrophic quake in northwest Persia. More than 6,000 killed and thousands hurt as villages near Terbat are leveled, with Orbat sustaining heavy losses. Relief funds are being appealed. area affected exceeds 1,000 square miles and about a quarter million people are affected. The death toll could rise beyond 20,000.
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Moscow
Persia
Messina
Terbat
Orbat
Waffaires
Millon
Two Nations Pay United States First Cash on Loans
June 16 The Treasury received the first semi annual payments on loans to foreign governments from World War I. Great Britain remitted 769,000,000 in Liberty bonds to open market to settle principal plus interest. Finland followed with a cash payment of 135,000.
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United States
Treasury
Great Britain
Finland
Thieves Kidnap Mail Messenger in Pocahontas Robbery
Postoffice inspectors search for four thieves who abducted a mail messenger in Pocahontas and seized a $4,000 payroll from a local coal company. They fled toward St Louis after throwing John Green, a 50 year old messenger, from their car near Collinsville.
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Pocahontas
Diinois
St. Louis
John Green
Colinsville
Canada Aids U S To Curb Liquor Flow Into Michigan
Windsor Ontario reports Canadian officials told H Q Yellowley of U S prohibition enforcement that they could assist in checking liquor shipments into Michigan. Shipping liquor appeared legal under Dominion and provincial laws.
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Canada
United States
Windsor
Ont
Cannadian oMcials
H. Q. Yellowley
Michigan
Baby Plane Climates 2350 Feet On Tiny Gasoline Load
A 28 foot long baby airplane with a 7 foot wingspan stayed aloft for 1 hour 8 minutes, reaching 2350 feet. It flew at 52 miles per hour and used seven eighths of a gallon of gasoline.
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London
Thieves Escape With Diamonds From Downtown Los Angeles
In Los Angeles two thieves, entering the downtown office of diamond merchant Max Light, stunned him and a patron with a blackjack, locked them in a closet, and fled with diamonds valued at about 850000. Police reports confirm the loss.
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Los Angeles
Max Light
Bin
Patron
Premier Stamboulisky Killed in Battle Near Vetren
Sofia reports Premier Stamboulisky of Bulgaria, in office since 1918, was killed in Vetren near Stayo vitna during an attempted peasants rescue from guards. The death ends a dramatic incident tied to ongoing civil strife.
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Stamboulisky
Sofia
Alexander Stamboulisky
Tulgaria
Vetren
Stayovitna
Lenin Reported Improved Amid Illness Headlines
Lenin's condition is described as considerably improved in Moscow. He is allowed to read newspapers but not to review official documents as doctors limit access during recovery. In Salt Lake City, Utah Power and Light plans a 10 million dollar hydro project employing about a thousand workers for three years.
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Lenin
Moscow
Tremler
Utah
Salt Lake City
Utah Power and Light Company
Balkan Nations Arm Paris In New Bulgarian Crisis
Stirred by Bulgaria’s revolutionary government mobilization, Jugo Slavia Greece and Romania rush troops to the Bulgarian border. Hungary calls three classes to colors as pressure mounts. Reports say former Premier Stanoulisky captured near Detriteh and that a siege of Sofia may begin under the Zankoff government. An estimated 60,000 peasant volunteers are said to be marching on Sofia with arms and supplies.
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Paris
Jugo-Slavia
Greece
Romania
Hungary
Bulgaria
Belgrade
Stanoulisky
Detriteh
M. Stanshoul
Sofia
Zankoff
Safia
China Under Five-Man Rule Cabinet Governs Peking
The Chinese executive branch is disorganized after President Li Yuan-Hung fled and the cabinet resigned. Five representatives from justice, finances, navy and foreign affairs will carry on a provisional government to maintain a national administration.
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China
Peking
Li Yuan-Hung
Justice
Soldiers Hold President of China a Prisoner
Tientsin June 14 Li Yuan-Hung president of the Chinese republic is being held a prisoner aboard his special train to the central railway station here following his retreat from Peking. The train is surrounded by troops under the orders of Wang Cheng Ping governor of Chihli province.
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Tientsin
Li Yuan-Hung
Chinese Republic
Peking
Wang Cheng Ping
Chibli
Britain Pays 70 Million on War Debt in U S Bonds
New York June 14 Great Britain paid about 70 million dollars in Liberty bonds at the New York Federal Reserve Bank. The payment covers interest and amortization on its 94.6 billion dollar war debt to the United States treasury, the first installment due under the debt agreement.
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New York
Great Britain J
New York Federal Reserve Bank
United States Treasury
Dept
Secret Vigilantes Formed to Enforce the Dry Law
New Orleans Louisiana June 14 Organization of the Outstead Vigilantes of Louisiana with charter membership of 400 was announced by O D Jackson federal prohibition chief for this state The membership is secret and the vigilantes will work in secret
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New Orleans
Oulstead Vigilantes
Louisiana
O. D. Jackson
Five stowaways die on Santa Theresa voyage from Havana
Marcus Hook Pa June 14 The British steamship Santa Theresa arriving from Havana reported five stowaways suffocated in a reserve coal bunker and were buried at sea. Two other Blowers are in no serious condition.
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U. S
Havana
Marcus Hook
Sux
Bride Witnesses Husband Die in Car Crash Injures Bride
In Chicago on June 16 Norman Bue, 27, a four time automobile salesman, died after his car was crushed and burned between two street cars. His wife of five weeks was injured. In Madison Wisconsin on June 10, the legislature passed the Tucker bill repealing the Severson prohibition enforcement law by 39 to 35, signaling movement toward repeal in the Senate.
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Chicago
Norman Bue
Wen Bue
Wisconsin
Madison
Wis
Une
Nine Killed in Battle at Sea Aboard Mary Beatrice
A smuggling ship Mary Beatrice with fifteen Chinese aboard arrived off New York bay after a voyage from Cuba. A surviving Chinese account says five Chinese, two whites, and two blacks were killed in a pistol and knife fight as the crew and passengers wrestled over money and weapons before the captain fled with the remainder. The ship is held pending deportation.
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New York
High Seas
New York Bay
United States
Cuba
Hing
Mavuna
250000 Acres Open to Ex Service Men in Six Western States
Washington June 15 More than 250000 acres of public land in six western states were ordered opened by the Interior department for homestead entry to ex service men of the World War. Filing dates for entries will be announced by the land offices in the various states.
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Washington
Interior Department
Livers
Hundreds of ROTC Students Arrive at Camp Custer
About 425 students from eighteen colleges, universities and military academies arrive at Camp Custer Michigan on June 13 for six weeks of training under the War department for advanced Reserve Officers' Training Corps students.
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Uncle Sam
Camp Custer
Mich
President urges homage to Old Glory at Legion meeting
President Iardingauld urged Americans to know and sing The Star Spangled Banner in full at a Phig day gathering by the Americanization commission of the American Legion in Continental Hall.
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Washington
Iardingauld
Americanization Commission of the American Legion
Continental Hall
Convict Mooney Among Molders Union Delegates
Yom Mooney, serving a San Quentin term, was named a delegate by the San Francisco Molders' union to the international convention at Cleveland next September.
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Mooney
Molders
San Francisco
San Quentin
Yom Mooney
Zionist Convention Delegates Arrive in Baltimore
Delegates begin to arrive in Baltimore for a three day Zionist Organization of America convention. They will discuss methods for rebuilding the Jewish homeland in Palestine.
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Baltimore
Zionist Organization of America
Eallestine
Widow Beata Croker Wins Estate Fight at Trial
Beata Croker widow of Richard Croker, once a Tammany Hall leader, is sustained by a jury in a dispute over her late husband’s estate. The ruling upholds her claim to most of the property amid the June hearing.
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Croker
Gace
Dubin
Beata Crokey
Richard Croker
Onetine Lemmany Hall
Honor Heroes in Champagne front monument envisioned
A vast memorial will rise on the Champagne front near Navarin Farm, north of Suippes and south of Somme-Py, honoring American and French soldiers who died there. Sculptor Maxine Real del Barre designs a three-figure group atop a pyramid, with inscriptions of Champagne regiments and support from General Gouraud and the honorary committee including President Millerand and premier Poincare.
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Paris
Champagne
Navarin
Suippes
Somme-Py
Maxine Real del Barre
Gouraud
Millerand
Poineure
Magihot
Jerrick
Marne
Chalons
Gourand
France
Notre Dame de‘ Lorette
Rancourt-Bouchavesnes
Yser
Lorette
Somme
Haute-Chevauches
Argonne
Dornans
Douaumont
Verdun
Tartmannswillerkopf
Vosges
Champagne Front
Moronvilliera
Bois de Gruerie
High Cost Holds Up Building Operations in New York
Building operations valued around 100 million dollars are delayed by high and uncertain prices. Christian G. Norman, chair of the Building Trades Employers Association, stated the Statler hotel interests are pausing hotel construction in Detroit.
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New York
Christian G. Norman
The
Building Trades Employers' Association
Statler Hotel
Detroit
Bravest Girl in America Honored for Courage
Aliss Miyy Bulmer, age twenty, receives the American Red Cross bravery award and Carnegie medal for rescuing Dorothy McClinterie in Tampa Bay after a barracuda attack. She survived months of distress and now attends college as a protégé of St. Petersburg Rotary Club and Chamber of Commerce.
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Aliss Miyy Bulmer
America
American Red Cross
Carnegie Institute
Miss Bulner
Tampa Bay
Dorothy McClinteriie
McClatchie
Miss Bubner
St. Petersburg, Fla
Rotary Club
Chamber of Commercce
Red Cross
Chicago Construction Costs Delayed Indefinitely
The text notes projects in Boston and Chicago with costs totaling $12,100,000 for Boston and $75,000,000 for Chicago, the latter delayed indefinitely as builders pause work on multiple structures.
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Boston
Irish Buddhist Priest Returns From Lhassa Adventure
Dr. Hugh McGovern, an Irish Buddhist priest, reached Darjeeling after being arrested by British authorities near Tibet. He and four companions endured extreme alpine conditions, faced a servant strike, and used disguise to enter Lhassa before deportation. He plans to depart for England soon. Capt Merl La Voy of Seattle is preparing to lead an American expedition toward Lhassa later this year.
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Calcutta
Hugh McGovern
Lhassa
Darjeeling
Tibet
United States
Hangu
Karula
McGovern
Liassa
Tiberians
England
Merl la Voy
Seattle
Wash
la Voy
Thdia
Flight of Birds Studied by Government Bulletin
Government researchers publish USDA Bulletin 1145 on migration records from wild ducks and 23 bird species banded in Utah. Of 1,241 birds banded, 185 were recovered from 1,195 returns, with ducks moving between Utah ponds, California wintering grounds, and Gulf coasts.
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Washington
United States Department of Agriculture
Salt Lake Valley
Alexander Wetmore
Bureau of Biological Survey
Doctor Sets Own Arm After Collision
Dr. Frank McGowan of New York City injured when another machine collided with his automobile. He treated his own broken arm at the scene, using bandages and prints from his medical bag, then took a taxi to return to his patient.
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Rasling
Frank McGowan
New York City
Unclear fragment hints at a Tepecan labor matter and train note
Fragmentary item mentions a peon in Teple Mexico who brought aluminum to a Japanese labor contractor after finding it on a leg of a hoven he killed and ate. Band returned to the hivlogtent survey in Washington with a note about a full elevated train being a right role.
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Mexcaliitan
Teple
Mexico
Washington, D. C
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Mezieres
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