Leviathan Sets New Speed Record at Sea
The Leviathan, 640 feet, set a World speed record in a sixtyhour run off Jupiter Light Florida averaging 27.4 knots surpassing Mauretania. Naval experts noted adverse conditions yet the ship achieved the fastest merchant vessel pace. To celebrate, officers toasted the United States Leviathan and All Lasker aboard with tea toasts.
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Jupiter Light
Florida
United States
Mauretania
Everylay
Leviathan
AL Lasker
French Punish Two Ruhr Cities in Drastic Manner
June reports three German deaths in the Ruhr region as French forces quell sabotage. One German was shot at Lintrep while damaging railroad tracks, a second died near Beck-Ungiusen after an attack on workers, and a third was killed near Becklinghauken during a clash with Belgian and German forces.
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Ruhr
Hobe
Lintrep
Vrench
Kien
Beck- Unghiusen
Becklinghauken
Government spends 213 million on railroad system improvements
Washington reports the government expended 213 million dollars for betterments and other items charged to capital account in its period of control of the Pennsylvania railroad system. The carrier earlier settled with the government, agreeing to pay 90 million dollars before 1934.
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U. S
Penny Road
Washington
Tennsylvania
New Pact Aims to Bar Air War on Cities
President Harding will seek senate approval for a draft treaty to control wartime aircraft use. The commission, formed by the Washington conference on armament limits, prepared the document after its first Hague meeting on December 10.
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America
Washington
Senate
Harding
Nickel Plate Merger Approved by the I C C
Washington June 23 The Van Sweringen group plan to consolidate New York Chicago and St Louis with Lake Erie Western Toledo St Louis Western Fort Wayne Cincinnati Louisville and Chicago State Line railroads was approved in its entirety by the Interstate Commerce Commission.
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Washington
Ie van Sweringen Group
New York, Chicago & St Louis Railroad
Lake Erie & Western
Toledo, St. Louis & Western
Fort Wayne, Chinnati & Louisville Railroad
Chicago & State Line Railroad
Interstate Commerce Ecomission
First Foreign Ship Liquor Seized in Alaska
June 24 in Mobile, customs officials seized liquor aboard the Norwegian steamers Susun and Smaragd, the first seizure under a Supreme Court ruling barring foreign vessels from delivering liquor to U S ports. The action follows a new tax and restraint era affecting Blue stores.
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United States
Harding rails against government railroad ownership tour speech
President Harding declared government ownership of railroads would be a colossal blunder during the second leg of his transcontinental tour to Alaska, delivering remarks in Kansas City, Missouri, on June 23. The address framed the issue as a major policy fault in his campaign against state control of key infrastructure.
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Kansas City
Harding
Alaska
Brazilian Rebels Beaten in Elegrete Capture
Regular troops in Ila Grande do Sul state seize the city of Elegrete after a bloody battle with revolutionaries. Rebels abandon dead and wounded as the city falls.
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Buenos Aires
Ila Grande Do Sul
Elegrete
President Harding Grants Clemency to 74 Prisoners
President Harding announced clemency actions affecting 74 individuals including 27 World War prisoners. He processed 138 pardons and commutations, issuing 30 conditional and 14 unconditional commutations and one full pardon. Twenty-seven former prisoners had civil rights restored, while 84 applications were denied. The clemency covered war law violators and other offenses from bigamy to bootlegging and white slave traffic.
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Washington
Harding
Department of Justice
East
Industrial Workers of the World
Sacramento
Cal
Iial
Mann
I W W protest pardon conditions in president’s clemency
The I W W defense committee protests President Harding’s pardon terms for political prisoners in Chicago and Wichita espionage cases. They argue the promise to obey laws cannot be required since the amnesty committee deems these cases as free speech and not law violations.
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Washington
Harding
Chicago
Wichita
I. W. W. Defense Committee
Cold Wave Hits Three States and More Forty Five Sizzle
Chicago, June 22. Three states suffered a cold wave on Thursday while the others forty five endured heat. New Mexico reported a frost so severe that tea could not be poured from waiter troughs until cattle could drink. In Arizona desert, the mercury fell to 28 above zero. Near Milwaukee at Superior, Wisconsin, residents dug out coats and woolen garments as temperatures fell to 40.
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Chicago
New Mexico
Arizona Desert
Superior
Wis
Internal Revenue Receipts Show Big Gain in May
Washington reports May internal revenue receipts totaling 149.5 million dollars, up from 101.9 million in 2022. The 47 million increase signals improving business conditions since last year.
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U. S
Washington
Treasury Department
U S Develops Moisture Proof Invisible Smokeless Powder
Washington reports the War department announced a successful development of a new powder for shells and artillery. The powder is moisture proof smokeless and flashless while enhancing driving power of the current round.
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U. S
Washington
Labor Candidate Wins Seat in Morpeth District
London reports Robert Smillie, president of the Scottish Miners Federation, elected to Parliament from Morpeth. Vote tally shows Smillie 20,004 to 18,087 for the Liberal candidate.
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London
Robert Smillie
Scottish Miners Federation
Morpeth
Austrian Workers Strike for Higher Wages in Pasalva
About 50,000 Austrian members of the Pan German government employees union adopted passive resistance in public service to press for wage increases. June 24 reports indicate the action aimed at forcing a breakdown of public services.
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Pasalva
Vienea
Harding Court Backs New World Court Plan
President Harding outlined a revised approach to the international court idea at a St. Louis speech. He proposed to empower the existing Hague system, set the court apart from the League of Nations, and grant self perpetuating authority to select judges while altering voting alignment between the United States and the British Empire.
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St. Louis
Harding
Coliseum
League of Nations
League
Hyle
Missouri
Harding Hughes
Hague Court of Arbitration
Council and Assembly
Permanent Court of International Justice
League Court
League of
International Court
Unite States
Coal Miners Barred From Entering "Red" Committee
Indianaplis June 22 warnings to members of the United Mine Workers of America and other unions against aiding the Progressive International Committee. The International executive board issued the statement as it considers the movement.
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Red
Committee
Tndiianpatls
Ind
Unite Mine Workers of
Annerley
Indor Hove Nient Nialmst
United Mine Workers of America
Internationaal
King of Jaly Gauges Lava With His Cane
Rome June 22 King Victor Emmanuel left Catania for Trome as Etna’s eruption subsided He refused to seek aid for sufferers insisting on self care The king measured the lava advance with his walking stick during a visit to the Iyastregin tend while in the area
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Jaly
Rome
Mount Etna
Victor Emmanuel
Catania
Trome
Tat Tay
Germany Moves to Set Mark at 100000 for $1
Berlin reports a policy shift as Germany aims to fix the mark at 100000 to the dollar. Banks and government announce a central foreign exchange deal to stabilize currency. The move follows a drastic rise in paper money in circulation.
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Germany
Berlin
Fereign Exchange
Band Playing Hail Hail Disperses a Texas Mob
A 2500 strong mob gathered around Goose Creek residents after they refused to testify to a grand jury investigating a series of whippings. The mob dispersed when a band arrived playing Hail the Gang's All Here.
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Houston
Goose Creek
Hadley Heads Washington University in Missouri
Hadley, a former governor of Missouri and law professor, was associated with Washington University in St Louis. The text notes June 23 as a date and mentions prior leaders including Frederick A Mal, with references to Colorada and university ties. The fragmentary report lacks full clarity on roles and events.
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Hadley
Washington Unversity
St. Louis
Werbert
Jladley
Misguuri
The
University In Colorida
Neeaprend
the. Elumwelluys
Stip
Washington University
Prederic A. Mal
Resteaod
Emperor Simmons Fixted Injunction With Kamella Knights
A court order restrains Emperor Simmons and associates from revealing Kun secrete to the Knights of Kamella. The Ky Six Khin involvement is noted as the recently organized group faces the injunction.
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Simmons
Atlanty, Gi
Muiperor Wilkin d. Shiamans
Kalshes
Ky Six Khin
Wyndge Munipheles
Kun
Knights of
Kamella
Stone defends open shop at Coal River Colliery talks
Warren Stone, grand chief of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and chair of the Coal River Colliery board in Cleveland, says the West Virginia mines pay union scales but allow workers to join or stay out. He notes eastern Kentucky miners are not organized and that the company pays prevailing wages without forcing union membership. The $2 million Coal River entity arose from the 1922 coal strike, emphasizing its distinct stance in the open shop debate.
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Tess
Warren
Stone
The
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
United States
Coal River Colliery Company
West Virginia
Kentucky
Fred Mooney
United Mine Workers of America
International Miners’ Union
Cleveland
Mrs Stillman Seasoned in Limelight Divorce Battle
Mrs Anne U Stillman known as Fifi returns to public view amid a famous divorce case. Flo Leeds sparked renewed interest by claiming Stillman shifted affections and left her broke. Stillman hints at seeking funds to support his son Jay Leeds, while Stillman’s wife offers to adopt him. Leeds counters that a maternal bond is unnecessary.
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Anne U
Fifi
Stillman
Flo” Leeds
Jay Leeds
Jay
Mrs. Leeds
Mrs. Stillman
Grand Anse
TI. Q
Flo Leeds
Navy
Denver appoints Col. Means safety and excise chief
World War veteran Hice W. Means is named commissioner of safety and excise by Mayor Stapleton in Denver. Born 1877 in St Joseph Missouri, he practiced law from 1901, served as Adams county judge, joined Colorado National Guard in 1885, and led units in Meuse Argonne and the 157th Infantry in World War I.
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Colorado
Denver
United States
Nicholson
Stapleton
Col
Hice W. Means
Safety and Excise
Colonel Means
Hice Williams Means
St. Joseph
Adams County
Colorado N.G
Philippines
Fourth United States Infantry
One Hundred and Fifty-seventh Infantry
Illinois Bar Elects Sherman President at Peoria
Roger Sherman of Chicago was elected president of the Illinois State Bar Association at Peoria's forty seventh annual convention. Other officers include first VP C. M. Brittain Bri tain Kankakee, second VP John K R Montgomery Chicago, third VP George H. Wilson Quincy, secretary R. Allen Stephens Springfield, and treasurer Franklin L Velde Pekin. Sherman, also former Chicago Bar Association president, is the youngest son of Feneyer L. and Louisy Dickinson Sherman. Born January 4, 1872, he trained at the University of Michigan and Northwestern University Law School, and is noted for Michigan football quarterback exploits. He married Grace N. Buttolph in 1908 and has five daughters. He is a ninth generation American descendant of Rev. John Sherman of Waterman, Massachusetts.
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Roger Sherman
Chicago
Illinins State Bar Association
Peoria
C. M. Clay Britain
Kankakee
John KR
Montgomery
George H. Wilson
Quincy
R. Allen Stephens
Springfield
Franklin L Velde
Pekin
Feneyer L
Louisy
Dickinson Sherman
Hyde Park
University of Michigan
Hiventernie Hyde Park High
Northwestern University Law School
Michigan
Grace ‘Nrnesdale Buttolph
Allert C
Louise Fuller Buttolph
Nyves
Winnetka
Sherman Lg
John Sherman
Wateran
Mass
New England
Stoger Sherman
Quote Sparks Father Daughter Swim Line Misquote
A comic exchange from Hivers Body's Magazine centers on a father's pride in his daughter who leaped from a beer line. The sutter replies that he once jumped from a dock, highlighting a playful seaside tale and nautical bravado.
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Hiversbody
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