Brookhart Urges Extra Session to Aid Farmers in 1920s
Senator Brookhart of Iowa returns from Russia and says only a presidential call for an extra session can help farmers. He warns a Harding renomination could spark a third party led by La Follette and outlines a program to support farmers via minimum prices, tariffs, and cooperative marketing.
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Washington
Brookhart
Iowa
Russia
Harding
Congress
Republican Party
la Follette
State Department
Hughes
Foreign Office
Paris
Dardanelles
France
Germany
Jinghes
Brookhart Ideas Not Cure Farm Woes says Iowan
Raymond Cassady Iowa State Secretary of Agriculture rejects Senator Brookhart's call for an extra Congress session as a solution to the farm crisis. He argues only a fixed wheat price could relieve pressure, but even that would be temporary. He credits the grain marketing act under Secretary Wallace as the latest attempt to balance production and price.
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Brookhart
Iowan
Des Moines
Congress
Raymond Cassady
Secretary of Agriculture
Wallace
Runaway Car Crashes Into two Parked Autos in Mt Auburn
A runaway car rolling down Leroy court Mt Auburn struck two cars parked at the foot of the hill. Charles McDonough pursued the vehicle then leaped from a window, fracturing his right foot, while the car damaged his own and slightly damaged the others. Children in the street narrowly escaped harm.
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Leroy Court
Mt. Auburn
Charles McDonough
McDonough
Dog Terrier Fights Police as Drunk Master Is Arrested
In Cleveland on July 19 a bull terrier protected its intoxicated owner during a police arrest in Public Square. The dog blocked officers with its teeth and defied several attempts to seize the man until five policemen finally placed him in a patrol wagon.
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Cleveland
Public Square
Ford buys seven legged spinet in Columbus visit
An unidentified man calling himself Henry Ford of Detroit purchased a seven legged spinet and other antiques at George S. Graber’s shop in Columbus Ohio. He plans shipment to an East inn and a Fort Myers Florida winter home. In Detroit Democrats question Ford’s national stance ahead of a possible presidential bid.
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Columbus, CO
George S. Graber
Henry Ford
Detroit
Ft. Myers
Fla
London Dock Strikers Still Solid in Walkout
London dockers maintain a solid strike with rallies and threats to nonparticipants. Bevin warns of difficulties amid wavering members. The Azaxonia sailing from London to New York is canceled. Poplar strike committee vows no tugs or lighters operate on Saturday. Liverpool dockers’ return to work seen as hopeful though narrow support.
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Associated Press
London
Ernest Bevin
Transport Union
Southampton
New York
Poplar
Liverpool
Armed Men Rob Driver of 75 and Seize Truck
Five armed men held up Frank Costello at Second and Race last night. They robbed him of 75 dollars and seized his automobile truck, forcing him from the vehicle and ordering him to walk up Race street. Costello works for Pazzolo Wholesale Grocery Company. The truck and part of the money were the firm’s. Three other robbers then robbed Charles Anderson on Pearl Street with revolvers and searched him.
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Frank Costello
Fairmount Avenue
Second
Race Streets
Race Street
Costello
Pazzolo Wholesale Grocery Company
Central Avenue
Charles Anderson
George Street
Pearl Street
Broadway
Ludlow Street
Lancaster Inmate, 16, Faces Murder Indictment
Fred die Mills, 16, of Akron, indicted for first degree murder in the slaying of John T. Karshner, guard at the Boys' Industrial School in Lancaster. Mills struck Karshner with a hidden iron, stole his clothes, and fled before being captured. Karshner died the next day from a fractured skull.
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Lancaster
Freddie Mills
Akron
John T. Karshner
Boys’ Industrial School
Mills
Karshner
Mils
Memphis officials attend kickoff of state river barge milestone
A Memphis delegation including Mayor W A Magee and Pittsburgh officials attended the launching ceremony at an Ohio River boat yard for a large steel barge, the first unit of the Memphis rail and river floating terminal.
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Pittsburgh
Memphis
Ohio River
Memphis Rail and River
W.A. Magee
End to Franco British bluffing on reparations unity predicted
Paris dispatch says France and England will reach an agreement on reparations and war debts to avoid costly conflict. Baldwin initiates move toward compromise as Ruhr feelings complicate talks. Anglo French unity expected to pressure Germany into better payments, with a fall settlement likely.
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Paris
France
England
Europe
Baldwin
Great Britain
Germany
Ruhr
Andre Tardieu
Poincare
Rhineland
Uni
Reparations Commission
America
German Trade Council backs passive resistance in occupied territories
The German Trade Union Council in the Ruhr area today endorsed continued passive resistance against Rhineland Republican leaders and urged the Berlin government to pursue any possible reparations solution. In Duesseldorf the French authorities seized ten locomotives fourteen open weight cars and a dozen tank cars at the Rhine Steel Works following yesterday's occupation.
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German Trade Council
Associated Press
Essen
German Trade Union Council
Rhineland
Berlin
Rhine Steel Works
Duesseldorf
Czech minister foresees intact Entente despite divergences
Paris July 19 Dr Eduard Benes Czech foreign minister after talks with Premier Theunis and Foreign Minister Jaspar said he was convinced the Entente would not be broken despite divergences.
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Associated Press
Paris
Eduard Benes
Czecho- Slovakia
Theunis
Jaspar
Earl of Northesk Marries Jessica Brown in Chicago
The Earl of Northesk and Jessica Brown wed in Chicago offices of Frank T. Jordan after a race with reporters. Judge John R. Caverly officiated as the couple waited for Miss Brown’s mother to arrive. The license listed the groom as David Ludvoir George Hopetoun Carnegie Earl of Northesk.
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Earl
Jessica Brown
Chicago
Northesk
Associated Press
Earl of
Follies
Frank T. Jordan
John R. Caverly
Cook County
Miss Brown
Robert M. Sweitzer
New York
Cyril Dewitt Reinhard
David
Ludvoir George Hopetoun Carnegie
London
Middlesex
Jessica Ruth Brown
A. W. Stark
Pebride
Attorney Jordan
Mrs. Stark
Judge Caverly
Bequeaths $30,000 to Friend of Years as Death Beckons
Nicholas Toure 65 of 301 Broadway died of heart disease leaving an oral will to John Jennings, friend for ten years, bequeathing between 30 000 and 35 000. Coroner sealed the room and will search effects to verify exact total. Believed funds were on deposit in Cincinnati bank.
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John
Nicholas Toure
John E. Jennings
Toure
Jennings
James Jennings
Second District
Layport
East Third Street
Handley
Cincinnati
Fifth and
Sycamore Streets
Toures
Nicholas
Mr. Toure
Twelve Laborers Suffer Burns in Dice Game Mishap
In Steubenville Ohio twelve of thirteen Negro workers at LaBelle Iron Works labor camp were hospitalized after a dice game accident. A pistol fired as a player grabbed the pot, causing everyone to sit on a hot fuel pipe. twelve trousers were ruined and meals will be eaten standing for days.
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Stevbonville
LaBelle Iron Works
No. 13
Abandon Texas invasion ends as general strike planned
In Port Arthur Texas on July 19 the I W W invasion was called off at 11 tonight. A general strike at gulf ports will be ordered in protest of political imprisonments. Sidney Terry announced a messenger from New Orleans carried orders from Harry C Clark and John Shuskie to countermand the Port Arthur move.
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Associated Press
Port Arthur
Tex
Gulf Ports
Sidney Terry
New Orleans
Harry C. Clark
Chicago
John Shuskie
New York
Terry
Compa
William Green
Robert Jel
Atlantic
Pacific
Cording
West Coast
California
Toledo Bars I W W Mass Meeting On Sunday
Safety Director Light in Toledo prohibits a mass I W W gathering following a Chicago announcement that the Workers' Industrial Union of the I W W would organize steel workers. Light said he would not permit such a meeting and urged workers to establish homes and invest in industries.
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Toledo
Light
W. H. Thompson
Metal and
Workers’ Industrial Union of the
Chicago
Hooded gang abducted prisoner in courtroom incident
Testimony in a flogging case in Lumberton North Carolina reveals a hooded band kidnapped a prisoner after his trial in Fairmont months earlier. Police chief B M Lawson testified he witnessed the kidnapping but denied identifying the kidnappers or belonging to any Klan or related group.
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Lumberton
N. C
Proctorville
Fairmont
B. M. Lawson
Ku Klux Klan
Italy to Lay Two Trans Atlantic Cables
Italian engineer J Marenco announced upon arrival that two trans Atlantic cables will be laid soon. One will connect Italy with New York and the other Italy with Buenos Aires. The private project, costing about 20 million dollars, carries government sanction.
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Associated Press
New York
Italy
Buenos Aires
J. Marenco
Conte Rosso
Marenco
Daugherty Subpoenaed as Defense Witness in Morse Trial
Washington reports a subpoena issued for Attorney General Harry M. Daugherty to appear as a defense witness in the war time shipping frauds trial of Charles W. Morse and associates. The move, linked to Morse's personal request, was a surprise to prosecutors as Daugherty nears Florida with President Harding.
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Columbus
Washington
Harry M. Daugherty
Charles W. Morse
Daugherty
Florida
Harding
Department of Justice
Department
Pacific
Morses
Senate
Morse
Atlanta
College Men Take Odd Jobs To Disprove Edison Theory
New York July 19. In an experiment at the University Club twelve college men drew slips naming varied professions to test Edison’s claim that graduates cannot switch fields. Cornell graduate and metallurgist Leroy Ellsworth Groooms drew motion picture actor and has since worked in a Long Island studio. The group promised to pursue the drawn professions by September 3.
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New York
Thomas A. Edison
Leroy Ellsworth Groorhs
Cornell
Long Island
Edison
Erie Railroad Liable for Wage Recovery in Dispute
The Erie Railroad must compensate every employee who suffered wage cuts after the railroad, violating Decision No. 147 of the Railroad Labor Board, contracted out work to Lincoln Engineering Company. The board ruled the actions violated the act and the board order, and that the carrier cannot legally reduce paid rates once fixed.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Erié Railroad Company
United States Railroad Labor Board
American Federation of Railway, Workers
Lincoln Engineering Company
Erie Railroad
Railroad Labor Board
Labor Board
Daugherty Says He Had No Notice of Subpoena
In Columbus Ohio on July 19 At the attorney general's office officials said a Associated Press dispatch was the first intimation that Lewis Daugherty was to be subpoenaed in the Morse case No statement would be made on the subpoena.
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Maughan
San Francisco
Rock Springs
Russell
Associated Press
North Platte
Neb
Cheyenne
Air Service
Washington
Liogan
Utah
Mitchell Field
N. Y
Dayton
St. Joseph
United States Air Mail Service
Rocky Mountains
Mecha
Saladro
San
Daugherty
Columbus
Associated Press Dispatch
Morse
Deposed Mine Chief Calls for Overthrow of Canadian Powers
Daniel Livingstone former president of District 26 United Mineworkers of America declared he would do all in his power to overthrow the present government. Speaking at Glace Bay before 3000 striking miners he urged loyalty yet urged use of the franchise to force change as troops remained in Cape Breton. The crowd passed a resolution to stay on strike in protest of troop deployments.
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Sydney
Daniel Livingstone
District 26
United Mineworkers of America
Livingstone
Glace Bay
Cape Breton
Four Die As Freight Train Plunges In Indiana Crash
Four members of the Pennsylvania Railroad freight train crew were killed when the engine left the track and toppled over an embankment near Crawfordsville Indiana. Conductor Harry Tracy brakeman Loris Courtney engineer J C Derby fireman Victor A Lennen died. Only J T York escaped leaping from the locomotive as it crashed into a coal filled ditch. Wrecking crew from Logansport took hours to remove bodies amid debris. Officials could not determine a cause.
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Crawfordsville
Ind
Pennsylvania Railroad
Here
Harry Tracy
Loris Courtney
J. C. Derby
Logansport
Victor A. Lennen
J. T. York
Bootleg clash in Harlem leaves man dead two detectives injured
In Harlem's Black Belt a battle between police and bootleggers ended with one man killed and two detectives wounded. Frank Amico, identified as a bootlegger, was named as the deceased.
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Associated Press
New York
Harlem
Frank Amico
Falls From Plane Into Water Drowns In Boston
John Stevens of St Johnsbury Vermont owner of a hydro airplane fell from the machine as it side-slipped during a attempted landing on Bird Island Flats East Boston and drowned. Pilot Lieutenant Caldwell B S Phillips of Boston suffered a broken leg and shoulder. The aircraft was an old model used for commercial purposes and stunt flying.
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Boston
John Stevens
St. Johnsbury
Bird Island Flats
Caldwell 8S
Phillips
Stevens
Edna St Vincent Millay undergoes wedding day operation
New York hospital reports Edna St Vincent Millay’s condition as serious but stable after an emergency appendectomy following her wedding to Eugen Boissevain yesterday. Poets rushed to the hospital as Millay had a medical procedure during wedding day.
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New York
New York Hospital
Edna St. Vincent Millay
Eugen Boissevain
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