Dempsey Gibbons Fight Restored After Promoter Gamble
The Dempsey Gibbons heavyweight bout was revived in Shelby after Jack Kearns agreed to fight for the final $100000 installment. Promoters and trustees reorganized funds with Major Lane assisting while Mayor Johnson backed the venture despite doubts.
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Associated Press
Great Falls
Mont
Jack Dempsey
Tommy Gibbons
Big Pine Bowl
Shelby
Jack Kearns
Dempsey
St. Paul
Jimmy Dougherty
J. E. Lane
Lewistown
Kearns
Molumby
Loy J.molumby
Plains
Jim Johnson
Johnson
George H. Stanton
Stanton Trust and Savings Bank
Stanton
Gibbons
Santon
Dempsey Gibbons World Title Fight Set in 40 000 Seat Shelby Arena
Shelby Mont July 3 The town prepares for the Dempsey Gibbons heavyweight bout in a 40 000 seat arena. Attendees expected 7 000 to 10 000 amid ticket concerns and concession shortfalls. Key figures: Jack Dempsey 28 178 pounds and Tommy Gibbons 29 178 pounds. Bout time 3 p m mountain time. Referee James Daugherty. Arena cost 85000 and tickets priced 20 to 50 dollars.
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Associated Press
Shelby
Mont
Oibow
Montana
Fistiana
Jack Dempsey
Tommy Gibbons
Ray Baker
Alfred G. Vanderbilt
Main Street
Broadway
James Daugherty
Philadelphia
Richard Burke
New Orleans
Hostelry manager held on charge of perjury in dancer death
Alfred K. Kern manager of the Blue Sea Cottages at La Jolla was arrested on perjury charges in connection with the death of dancer Fritzie Mann. Dr Louis L Jacobs faces a second murder trial over Miss Manns death, with Kern claiming the defendant was not the man who registered with her. Kern says his change of testimony follows contemplation and a recent visit from Louis Shaperio, Jacobs lawyer.
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San Diego
Cal
Alfred KE. Kern
Blue Sea
la Jolla
Fritzie Mann
Louis L. Jacobs
Miss Mann
Dr. Jacobs
Kerns
Kern
Louis Shaperio
Detroit
Jacobs
Man Found Dead at Home on Mansfield Street
William Boubin, 1624 Mansfield Street, was found dead in bed yesterday by meter reader Robert Freud of Union Gas and Electric Company. Sister Elizabeth Bueke said he had suffered heart trouble for several years.
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William Boubin
Mansfield Street
Robert Freud
Union Gas and Electric Company
Elizabeth Bueke
Elusive Bedinger Grave Probed by Detectives Turns Out
Five Cincinnati girls reported a fresh earth impression beneath an elm near Stop 14 percent on the Lake and Burnham line as a possible grave for Mrs. Anna Bedinger. Detectives Crim and Ryan inspected the site and found only shallow, root-filled soil with no signs of digging, ending the lead.
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Anna Bedinger
Crim & Ryan Detective Bureau
Little
Miami
Cal Crim
Cincinnati
Avoca Park
Ryan
Prohibition Psychology Alarm From Doctor In New York
Dr. Herbert Bernard of Detroit told the American Osteopathic Association prohibition fosters a dangerous mental state. He warned that the Volstead Act and public defiance seed harmful thoughts in youth and embolden reckless mothers and careless fathers, affecting national health and morality. He cited office whisky and golf club flasks as examples.
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New York
Herbert Bernard
Detroit
American Osteopathic Associate
U S Officer Describes Torture by Japanese in Shanghai
Lieutenant Laurance G. Gallagher, US Naval Reserve, recounts being bound and tortured in a Shanghai Japanese police station while questioned for Navy secrets. He says he faced a firing squad with blank cartridges before release and notes the report will go to Washington for investigation.
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Associated Press
San Francisco
Shanghai
United States Navy
Laurance G. Gallagher
United States Naval Reserve
Algonquin
Gallagher
Washington
Cogless gear demo cuts shaft speed from 17000 to five per hour
At Carnegie Institute of Technology Pittsburgh scientists watched George Morrison's cogless gear. A high speed input shaft turns at 17000 rpm while the outer ring turns at five rpm, delivering reduced speed and increased power without gears. The device uses interlocking rollers and a slightly offset steel ring to drive the output.
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Cogless
Pittsburgh
Carnegie Institute of Technology
George Smith Morrison
Australia
Leviathan damage ruled accident not sabotage
Gibbs Brothers engineers report the giant liner Leviathan was damaged in a 1914 docking accident in Germany, not by German sabotage. The revelation complicates the ship’s first American voyage and the fate of 15000 worth of souvenir booklets about the alleged sabotaging plot.
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New York
F. H. Gibbs
Gibbs Brothers
Gibbs
Shipping Board
Cherbourg
Southampton
North River
Robert Fulton
America
Klan Protest at Tuskegee Negro War Veterans Hospital
More than a thousand Ku Klux Klan members robed in white marched through Tuskegee Alabama in silent protest against the hospital hiring black staff at the Negro War Veterans Hospital. Some marchers traveled from Montgomery to join the demonstration.
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Tuskegeer
Ala
Ku Klux
Baggage Train Crash Kills One Injures Two Near Akron
A Cleveland Alliance and Mahoning Valley baggage train derailed at Silver Lake Junction and struck an empty Cleveland limited train. Brakeman Archie Hern, 28, of Ravenna died. Conductor Ira Whetstine, 30, and motorman Ted Matthews, 30, both of Ravenna, were injured with head and chest trauma. Officials say the baggage train ignored a safety stop 400 feet from the junction and collided broadside with the waiting train. Fire crews freed Hern after over an hour. The baggage train departed Cleveland at 2 15 this morning.
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Akron
Cleveland, Alliance & Mahoning Valley
Silver Lake Junction
Here
Cleveland Limited
Archie Hern
Ravenna
Ira Whetstine
Ted Matthews
Northern Ohio Traction and Light Company
Cleveland
Cuyahoga Falls
Texas Negro Lynched on Village Main Street
Schulenburg Texas July 3 Jesse Bullock 23 a negro was lynched on Main street before a crowd of over three hundred. He had been identified by a twelve year old girl as the man who attacked her at her parents home earlier in the day. A posse of about two hundred Colorado and Lavaca County citizens intercepted Bullock as he was being taken to jail.
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Schulenburg
Tex
Jesse Bullock
Main Street
Bullock
Here
Colorado and
Lavaca County
King signs decree for 1,418,000 pesetas repatriation credit
A Madrid dispatch reports that the King has signed a decree authorizing a bill in Parliament to appropriate an extraordinary credit of 1,418,000 pesetas for the repatriation of Spaniards living in Cuba and the United States.
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JU. S. Madrid
Cuba
United States
Leviathan Sabotage Claims Highlighted by Captain Jessop
Captain E P Jessop, retired inspector of the Waterland, reports finding specific injuries on the Leviathan after seizure. He notes the ship likely suffered less sabotage than others due to the commander’s care, while admitting deliberate damage existed and repairs were needed before operation. Secretary Daniels’ 1918 report similarizes the Leviathan among ships deliberately damaged by crews under central direction.
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Washington
E. P. Jessop
Waterland
Jessop
Daniels
Ordeal at Delaware Girls School in Disputed Dismissal
Welfare Director press alters ongoing Civil Service hearing over Mae E. Stannard removal as chief matron at the Girls Industrial School near Delaware. Testimony cites alleged mistreatment of inmates, harsh punishment, and disputed affidavits tied to finances and staff abuses at the Hartman Building in Columbus. Witnesses describe confinement, starvation risks, and coercive practices amid investigation by Gov. Donahey’s appointee.
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Associated Press
Delaware
J. E. Harper
State Civil Service’ Commission
Mae E. Stannard
Girls’ Industrial School
Here
Stannard
John McNamara
Della Herman
Columbus
Oregon Trail tribute sparks fatal gas explosion deaths
Two Watertown, New York men were killed and three injured when a gasoline tank exploded while refilling near Frederick Maryland. In Bridgeport Connecticut, coroner experts warned static discharge from gasoline flow can ignite closed cars and urged grounding and safer refueling practices. An unrelated curbside car tank explosion in Westport left occupant Joseph Bazatta severely burned.
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Frederick
Watertown
N. Y
Bridgeport
Conn
John J. Phelan
Anna Gray
Norwalk
Phelan
Ing
Westport
Joseph Bazatta
Governor Al Smith Enters Nomination Fight On Wet Platform
Norman E. Mack of Buffalo announced after a talk with Governor Alf Smith that Smith would seek the Democratic nomination for president at the national convention. He expects the platform to call for modification of the Volstead Act. Mack said Eastern states favor liberalizing the law, while Western states oppose reform. He noted industrial states and Southern Democratic cities lean toward a more lenient policy.
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al Smith
Norman Mack
New York
Norman E. Mack
Buffalo
Alf Smith
Mack
Board
New Jersey
Pennsylvania
Massachusetts
Rhode Island
Connecticut
Ilinois
Ohio
Wisconsin
Maryland
French Reply Fails to Solve Ruhr Reparations Issue
Britain learns France offers no concrete terms on indemnities after meeting with Marquis Curzon. Count de Saint-Aulaire’s talk leaves reparation plans unresolved, with allies leaning toward continued dialogue. Belgian Ambassador Moncheur shows general French-Belgian agreement while Britain warns against separate action. Reparations figures remain high and disputed as cabinet weighs next steps.
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Associated Press
London
France
Marquis Curzon
Count de Saint-Aulaire
Lord Curzon
Ruhr
Baron Moncheur
Belgium
Great Britain
Germany
Belgian Leader Calls Duisburg Bomb a Cowardly Deed
Brussels July 3 President Brunet of the Chamber denounced the Duisburg bombing as a cowardly act. He appealed for a solid allied front against Germany while nine victims were buried after the attack. Premier Theunis reaffirmed Belgium's foreign policy to maintain allied friendship and press for reparations.
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Duisburg
Associated Press
Brussels
Brunet
Chamber of Deputies
Theunis
Chamber
Germany
Socialist Party
Belgium
France Advances Bilions in German Reparations
Paris July 3 France will have advanced 111 255 000 000 francs in half of Germany's reparations by year end, figures from Deputy Eymond in a report on the receivable budget estimates show. The report notes France had expended at the start of the year.
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France
Associated Press
Paris
Germany
Eymond
League to probe Sarre Valley crisis during session
The Council of the League of Nations adopted a unanimous resolution to investigate the recent events and general situation in the Sarre Valley during the current session. France and Great Britain supported the move.
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League Council
Sarre Valley
Associated Press
Geneva
Council of the
League of Nations Today
France
Great Britain
Finished Ruhr Goods Seized by French Guard
Finished products valued in the millions, mainly machinery and iron and steel goods, seized in the Ruhr under General Degoutte's decree, will remain under guard in the plants where they were requisitioned. French authorities have not decided their ultimate disposition. They argue selling them abroad could depress prices in British and American markets.
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Essen
Ruhr
Degoutte
France Foch Message Aligns Legion Principles
Marshal Foch declares France fights for the same principles as the American Legion in an Independence Day message read at Legion national headquarters in Indianapolis. He says the Legion remains faithful to its founding principles and that France shares them in the defense of right worldwide.
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France
Legion
Foch
Indianapolis
Ind
American Legion
Marshal Foch
Window washer survives four-story fall at 241 Main Street
John Dingle, 23, a window washer of 261 Pike Street, fell four stories yesterday at 241 Main Street. Bystanders feared death but he only sprained his back and returned home in a private automobile.
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Main Street
John Dingle
Pike Street
Dingle
Harding Praises Oregon Pioneers at Meacham Anniversary
President Harding on the Oregon Trail centennial trip lauded pioneers for self reliance and urged government to sanction, not do, as Meacham drew thousands for reenactments. He and Mrs. Harding rode a Concord coach past Civil War era escorts, with Gov. Pierce and Sen. McNary among dignitaries in attendance.
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Meacham
Ore
Harding
Oregon
Nozithyyé
Oregon Trail
Northwest
Blue Mountains
Oregon Country
Concord
Pierce
McNary
Stanfield
Hart
Washington
Address by the President Reveres Historic White House Rooms
The address reflects on American tradition and links to past leaders. The speaker recalls the Cabinet room and study overlooking a tower, symbolizing Washingtons character. He notes Andrew Jackson and Abraham Lincoln in connection with pivotal moments and the Emancipation Proclamation.
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Potomac
White House
George Ashington
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