15 Aug 1920
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Newspaper
Cheyenne State Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Aug 15, 1920
Page
1
A garbled OCR fragment references a Saturday event and various actions. Readable terms include aster, ta, and rtid, suggesting an incomplete notice or brief item about a planned activity or meeting. No solid names, places, dates, or outcomes are discernible.
Governor Cox intensifies presidential bid with five speeches in West Virginia and Ohio attacking Harding and the Republican group while promoting the League of Nations. Senator Harding outlines early September plans focusing on tariffs and the League, labor issues, and national policy.
General Weger of the fortieth Bolshevik army told a Berliner Zeitung Amsttag correspondent that Warsaw is surrounded on four sides and its capture is imminent. He predicted peace with Poland, saying the Soviet government formed at Bialystok would press on to Warsaw to conclude a Soviet based self determination peace.
Aug 14 Washington reports 1920 trade figures show crude and refined oil exports near a third of imports. Crude exports totaled 264.37 million gallons led by Canada, while refined exports reached 690.86 million gallons with Britain and Canada as top markets.
Twenty seven nations marching 1612 athletes filed past King Albert of Belgium as the Olympia stadium opened for the Games. The American delegation of 299, reinstated Dan Ahearn, led hopefuls among a diverse field in a ceremony that included cannon, pigeons, and an airplane salute.
In Greeley Colorado on August 14 large cabbage stocks spoil in southern Weld county due to a shortage of refrigerated cars. One company received only one of 17 ordered cars for loading at country stations. Prices have fallen to 60 cents per hundredweight, barely covering crate costs. Cabbage acreage is 40 percent higher than last year with nearly 2,000 carloads harvested between Brighton and Ault.
Tennessee lawmakers brace for a final struggle in the suffrage fight with both sides confident of success as the senate ratifies Munday and the house awaits the pivotal stage next week. Speaker S Walker and President Wilson messages spark defiant replies on ratification prospects.
San Antonio reports from August 14 that Dr. Paul Altendorff, ordered to leave Mexico, was seized from a train near Monterey en route to Nuevo Laredo and sent to Mexico City where he is in prison. His wife, Mrs. Wallace McIvor Woody of Louisville, has waited for word since August 7 after a telegram from the American embassy.
Census Bureau figures show Lusk at 2,902 residents and Powell at 2,488. Buffalo has 1,874 and Cody 1,242. Other towns listed include Worland 1,225 Manville 184 Tallied as Eatcatse 800 Kayces 217 Van Tassell 170 Ranchester 147 and Dayton 138.
Boston August 14 Joseph C Allen state bank commissioner says no further bank closings are likely from the Ponzi collapse. Hanover Trust and the Polish Industrial association are the only institutions in New England known to be affected. The Polish association, run as a private bank and immigrant service, was taken over. its president also led Hanover Trust. He calls affairs hopelessly intertwined with bad or doubtful loans and exhausted cash.
New York August 14 John J McGraw manager of the Giants will be questioned by a grand jury after he told the district attorney he cannot recall the events surrounding the assault on John Slavin, a prominent actor found unconscious near McGraws home Slavin is recovering from his injuries.
In BLO Colo on Aug 14 Todaro Chiognone a baby failing to thrive by mothers milk was found being fed by a dog after a nurse arrived at the home. The child now receives cow’s milk under medical care and the dog’s fate was not disclosed.
Three boys fresh from the Rock Creek Park pool were spotted by the White House entourage and invited into a presidential car. President Wilson chatted with them as they rode about 45 minutes, noting the sunburned faces and sharing pleasantries before the boys returned home with memories of a royal ride.
Reported by tourists in Casper Wyoming on August 14 indicates four people drowned when a Cadillac backed into a narrow canyon turnout on the Cody road to Yellowstone. Rumors describe a second similar crash last week with seven killed, following a Packard leaving the road into the canyon below the dam.
Washington August 14 The United States has begun an informal inquiry into the character and policies of anti Bolshevik leader in Southern Russia General Wrangel Officials say there is no expectation of immediate recognition but findings may influence Russia re entry into the community of nations A neutral observer attached to Wrangel staff has written one career report Wrangel is 39 years old and enlisted in 1901 as a private after mining engineering studies His Baltic German lineage is noted though ancestors reportedly came from Germany
In Philadelphia on August 14 detectives and state police search the Tenderloin for Rose McDonnell while Augusto Pasquale, after his confession, refuses to eat. Pauline Ruvinsky, 22, fights to keep 1800 payroll money as two armed bandits steal and flee in a stolen car, which crashes into a elevated railway pillar. money recovered.
Dr. A P Lusk of Mosinee Wisconsin father of Grace Lusk a Woaukesha school teacher sentenced July 21 1917 to nineteen years for murder seeks commutation. In a Milwaukee Sentinel letter he says his daughter is in ill health and unless freed soon she may die.
Dublin awoke to heavy firing near Dublin Castle as a crowd tried to rush the gates. Soldiers fired over the crowd and there were revolver shots, with injuries not yet reported.
The all metal airplane piloted by B H Allyon of Cleveland with Eddie Rickenbacker aboard and other passengers, halted since yesterday afternoon due to a broken propeller, will resume its coast to coast flight at 9 tomorrow morning, according to party members.
The Warsaw front moves closer as artillery flashes appear to the north and northeast before dawn. A military communique says Polish forces pulled back further to regroup on the defense line about nineteen kilometers out, signaling a maintained retreat to steady positions.
Warsaw reports that Polish peace delegates traveling with officials awaiting Bol shevik counterparts left at dawn for Minsk to discuss an armistice and peace terms. The move follows tense exchanges as negotiations begin.
Paris reports Russian Bolshevik generals undertake an extraordinarily daring move on fronts north and east of Warsaw as they push westward toward Prock risking exposure of their lines. Military writer Rislen telegraphs from Warsaw noting the extended front from the Vistula to the Prunus san frontier. Bidou warns the maneuver could invite a counteroffensive to pierce the Bolshevik lines.
Bolshevik forces push toward the Vistula with aims at Lemberg as heavy fighting continues near Brody and surrounding villages. Control of Brody has shifted repeatedly amid the front line's fluid movements. Berlin reports Solden on the Warsaw Danzig line captured as Polish troops withdraw northwestward.
Generally fair Sunday and Monday continue with continued warmth. The forecast predicts mild temperatures, light winds, and no rain, keeping outdoor plans comfortable across the region.
A carload of liquor valued at 175000 was seized by federal officials in Chicago. The shipment, sent from Kentucky, used a dummy address and a forged permit. Two men, Hugo Weiss and Harry Fabbrini, were arrested and held to the grand jury in 10000 bonds. Fabbrini is linked to earlier complaints about a $81000 purchase of Aquor from Harold Michelet.
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