Notable U S Celebrities Named to NYU Hall of Fame Today
New York May 21 26 famous American figures were added to New York University s Hall of Fame during a quinquennial ceremony. Tablets unveiled honored 7 residents from 1620 and 19 earlier selections, including Samuel Clemens Roger Williams Thomas Green Morton Patrick Henry and Harriet Beecher Stowe among others. The Hall stretches 500 feet along a colonnade with 150 tablets under a river valley setting.
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New York
New York University
Samuel Langhorne Clemens
Roger Williams
James Ruechanson Eads
Wiliam Thomas Green Morton
Patrick Henty
Augustus Saint Gaudens
Alice Freeman Palmer
George Bancroft
Willalin Cullen Bryant
James Fontaore Cooper
Tae Wendell Holmes
John J . Motley
Edgar Allen Poe
Francia Parkman
Mark Hopkins
Philips Brooks
Louis Agassiz
Joseph Henry
Elian Howe
Daniel Boone
Fatus Choate
Andrew Jackson
Alexander Hamilton
Harriet Beecher Stowe
Frances Pizabeth Willard
Charlotte 3. Cushman
Actrogn
Hall of Fame
Sudan River
Rivera
Twade
Madame Curie Honored at U S Laboratory Dedication
May 21 Madame Marie Curie received a gram of iodium from President Harding and witnessed the dedication of the new low temperature laboratory at the Bureau of Mines in Washington. The event drew officials and scientists. Curie spoke briefly and observations highlighted radium ore specimens from Ouray Colorado and the first carnotite shipment dated 1898.
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Washington
Madame Marie Curie
Harding
Bureau of Mines
Madame Curie
Fatiguy
Pi — A Aden
Erdan Kimball
Ouray
Volo
Madame Corie
United States
Kimball
Baseball Scores in National League Mixed Results
Brooklyn loses 13 12 to 4 in a slate of games with Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, St Louis, Philadelphia and New York. Glazner Carlson Grimes Mitchell Taylor Napier Rixey Gibson Oeschger ONeill Gowdy Haines Clemons Baumgartner Smith Weinert Peters Tyler O Parrell Perritt Snyder noted in box scores.
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Brooklyn
Pittsburgh
Glazner
Carlson and Skiff
Grimes, Mitchell and Taylor
Boston
Cincinnati
Napier
Rixey
Gibson
Wingo
Oeschger
Fillingim
O'Neill
Gowdy
Philadelphia
R. H. E. St. Louis
Haines and Clemons
Baumgartner
Smith
Pope Benedict appeals for peace in Ireland amid violence
Pope Benedict urged an end to English Irish violence in a letter to Cardinal Logue proposing settlement by the full Irish union as the way to peace. In Cork a night shooting and bomb attack injured several civilians and service members. Dublin reports a surge in crime with 60 crown force attacks and 63 police casualties, 23 fatal.
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Dundalk
Ireland
Associated Press
Pope Benedict
Cardinal Logue
Dublin
Dubin Castle
Body of Man Found Locked in Closet in Denver
Charles Faith a pioneer printer from Denver was found dead inside a closet in a local hotel room. The closet door was locked from the outside and police are puzzled. Faith had reportedly crawled into the closet in delirium last night and died there. He had lived with his son, owner of a Pueblo printing shop.
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Denver
Charles Faith
Pioneer Printer
C. E. Erickson
Faith
Pueblo
Wheat Condition Is On Decline In Kansas May Report
The May 1921 crop report from the Kansas state board of agriculture shows winter wheat condition at 77.4 percent, down four points from last month. Estimated yield stands at 116,200,000 bushels or 12.68 bushels per acre, about 25,941,000 bushels below last year but 11,000,000 above the five year average. Corn plantings projected at 4,654,000 acres, down 9.2 percent from 1920.
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Topeka
Kan
Kansas
State Board of Agriculture
Engineers to Accept Cuts in Wage Reductions
Washington May 21 Acceptance of a 15 percent wage reduction for marine engineers is agreed with modifications on working conditions and overtime. Secretary Davis and board chair Benson say actual cuts will be slightly below 15 percent. Engineers' representatives plan to confer in New York with the union to secure assent to the terms. Radio operators and seamen are expected to accept the same conditions.
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Washington
Shiping Board
Davis
Benson
The
Marine Engi
Neers’ Beneficial Association
Pavia
Jenking
Stipping Board
Marine Engineers
New York
America Breamship Cooners
Gamb Uon
Seamenn
Davin
Funeral of Chief Justice Edward White in Washington
The body of Edward Douglass White was buried at Oak Hill cemetery after a simple service at St Matthew’s Church in Washington. President Harding ordered a 17 gun funeral salute at all American military and naval stations worldwide at 10 am. The ceremony drew President Harding, cabinet members, diplomats, and relatives, with Major General March and Admiral Coont among military participants.
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Washington
Edward Douglass White
United States
Oak Hill Cemetery
Harding
St. Matthew's Church
Congress
March
Army
Admiral Coont
Navy
Monsignor
Lac
Tor
Tastica White
Canadian vets pledge aid to Legion in Grover Hergdoll case
War Veterans association of Canada offers support to the American Legion as it seeks the return from Germany of Grover C. Hergdoll, Philadelphia draft evader. A Canadian letter of attitude arrived at Legion headquarters in Council Bluffs, Iowa, on May 21. Hergdoll is believed to have escaped to Germany using a fraudulent Canadian passport.
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Council Bluffs
Iowa
War Veterans Association of Canada
American Legion
Ciermany
Grover Cloveland Hergdoll
Philadelphia
Lergdoll
Germany
American Golf Team Defeats British in Intercontinental Match
HOYLAKE England May 2 The Associated Press reports the American golf team won decisively over Britain in the inter national match. The Americans swept the foursomes and won five of the eight singles for a nine to three victory.
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Hoylake
England
Nedinnt
City Upheld for Canning Union Fire Department
Albuquerque May 21 The city commission was sustained in a recall election after revoking a referendum on discharging the entire fire department for joining a union An amendment to the city charter to bar discharge for union membership was defeated by a large margin with recalls and majorities noted The report reflects tensions over unionization among city workers and the charter change defeat This item records a political outcome in New Mexico.
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Albenquerque
N. M
Cty Commission
iGko Gage
Brotherhoods to Hold Joint Wage Conference
About 600 general chairmen of four big brotherhoods and the Switchmen's Union of North America will attend a joint conference in Chicago on Friday July 1 to consider and pass upon the wage award to be made by the United States railroad labor board effective that date.
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Cleveland
Ohio
Four
Big Brotherhoods
Switchmen's Union of North America
Chil Earo
United States Railroad Labor Board
Woman Mayor Trials Her Path To Election
BT. LOUIS May 31 The mayor of St James Missouri Mrs James Ougley described how she became the first woman mayor in Missouri. She recounted warding off officers seeking to take a domestic worker's son to reform school by boarding a train with the child and challenging the treatment. She then decided to run for office and won.
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BT. Louis
St. James
St. Louis League of Women Voters
James Ougley
Harvard Triumphs Over Princeton In Close Track Meet
Harvard defeats Princeton 50 to 48 in Cambridge as Gourdin sets intercollegiate broad jump mark of 14 feet 6 inches. Steven son wins 220 yard dash for Princeton with 9.6 seconds. O Connell leads Harvard in 440. Tolbert and Gourdin excel in field events. meet showcases strong performances from both schools.
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Harvard
Cambridge
Mans
Princeton
Gourdin
Marvard
Stevenson
Dohimian
Krogness
Massey
Minneston
Whitney
Mie
O'Connell
Foresman
G. P. Bryan
Tolbert
Halsey
Keek
Diatanon
Behew
Twomila Krun
Martin
Rogers
Steers
Knewton
F Mlinster
Crude Oil Prices Fall Across Wyoming Fields
The Midwest Refining Co and Ohio-based buyers cut posted prices on Salt Creek Big Muddy Rock Creek and Mule Creek oil by 19 cents per barrel effective today. Salt Creek drops to 1.00 a barrel the lowest in years while Big Muddy matches the change Rock Creek moves to 1.10 and Mule Creek to 0.00 a barrel others unchanged.
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Pennsylvania
Midwest Refining Company
The
Ohio Company
Wyoming
Salt Creek
Big M ' Rock Creek
Mule Creek
Sault Creek
Big Muddy
Rock Creek
Baseball scores from the American League twin bill
In Chicago New York wins 7 to 2 behind Ferguson and Schang while McWeeney Wilkinson and Schalk supply the catching support. Cleveland hosts Philadelphia with Philadelphia taking 11 to 3 behind Keefe Perry and Perkins. Detroit beats an opponent 5 to 1 with Pennock Russell and Ruel leading the hitting. St Louis over Washington 7 to 2 as Acosta and Charrity pace the effort with Palmer Severeid backing them.
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Chicago
New York
Ferguson and Schang
McWeeney
Wilkinson
Schalk
College Baseball Scores From Cambridge and Ithaca
In Cambridge Princeton defeated Harvard 8 to 2 while in Ithaca Yale beat Cornell 4 to 1. Reports note repeated results from both campuses with emphasis on Ivy League play. California congressional leaders were urged by Los Angeles officials to back Navy base plans, warning against curtailment as harmful to national defense.
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Cambridge
Princeton
Harvard
Ithaca
Yale
Cornell
Washington
California
Los Angeles
Navy Department
Pacific
Lone bandit robs mail train near Newcastle
Police chase Roy Gardner believed to be the bandit who forced Mail Clerk Ralph Docker to stop the eastbound Southern Pacific No 20 near Newcastle. He robbed bags of mail and escaped in a waiting car as officers from Sacramento Roseville and others hunt. A $5 000 reward is in effect for the mail robber dead or alive.
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Ramento
Cal
Southern Pacific
Mt Sr
Roy Gardner
Ralph Docker
Newccastle
Aig. Paichorn
Sacramento
Roseville
Auburn
Pontatree Offingle
Economic turmoil deepens in Upper Silesia as strikes escalate
Dispatches to the French foreign office report the Upper Silesia crisis worsening after German workers refuse to restore railway links and Berlin withholds miners' pay. The unrest sees extreme factions waging propaganda and contesting leadership, with about 20,000 German volunteers in the plebiscite area under a Germany-based staff.
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Paris
Aasood
Upper
Sinaia
Berlin
Adalbert Korfahty
Eny
Foreign Office
Germany
Silesia
Campaigns For Blue Sunday Aim Of Church
Winona Lake Indiana May 21 The Presbyterian general assembly outlined church efforts against Sabbath desecration and prohibition violations. Dr T F Bowlby secretary of Sabbath Observance reported a nationwide propaganda for a wide open Sunday begun in Washington November 22 with support from the daily press.
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Winona Lake
Ind
General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church Today
Tf. L. Bowlty
Washington
Ube Daily Press
Bowlby
Woman Convicted in Manslaughter Case in Tulsa
Mrs. Nellie Fields was found guilty of first degree manslaughter by a Tulsa district court jury. The charge stems from the murder of her divorced husband during a quarrel over a sewing machine ownership. The statutory penalty ranges from four years to life in prison.
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Tulsa
Okla
Nellie Fields
Carranzista in Mexico Is Shot
MEXICO CITY May 21 General Maximilino Kloss an Australian leader of the artillery bureau of the war department during Carranza’s administration and late Mexican consul general at Berlin was shot and killed at his home entrance last night. It is believed the assassin was not a discharged employee.
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Mexico City
Maximilino Kloss
War Department
Carranza
Berlin
Ti Ia
American tennis team tests French clay courts in practice
In 1931 at St Cloud France the American squad opened practice on red clay for the world hard court championships with Tilden praising the courts and the fine form of Mrs. Mallory and Edith Sigourney. He stressed gradual preparation and confidence in the team’s chances.
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Cloud
France
Associated Prem
Es Park
Ident
Hipmonte Wit
Eis Ertpriran
T. Tilden
Tilden
Mrs. Molla
Bjurstedt Mallory
Mins Edith Sigourney
Ex Governor Sidney Catts Arrested in Georgia
Former Florida governor Sidney J. Catts was arrested in Albany Georgia on a federal peonage warrant. Bond set at 2500 dollars at arraignment before US Commissioner George White. He will make further arrangements as legal matters proceed.
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Albany
Sidney J. Catts
Florida
United States
George White
Bart
Livestock Growers Seek Urgent Relief From Industry Woes
Colorado Wyoming and Montana live stock growers urged the interstate commerce commission to grant immediate relief. They warned bankruptcy would follow if banks railheads and allied industries collapsed. Witnesses blamed rising costs and proposed rate reductions for the rail and shipping sectors.
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Washington
United Press
Colorado
Wyoming
Montana
Interstate Commerce Commission
Notten
Moe
Farmer killed by lightning near Colorado Springs
A rancher near Colorado Springs was struck by lightning and killed while leaving his car during a severe storm. The accident occurred about 10 o'clock in the morning on the ranch southeast of Pexion, with the storm described as unusually fierce.
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Colorado Springs
Colo
Jennings
Pexion
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