Motion Picture Labor Tie-Up Threatens New Films
New York June 19 The motion picture industry faces a possible strike as unions demand higher wages and a trade seal on all films. Craft workers threaten to strike if demands are refused, while producers oppose the seal. A general disruption could force rebooking of old pictures and dark houses. Efforts aim to avert a September 1 deadline.
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New York
Carl Laemmle
The
Universal
Actors’ Equity Association
Equity
Wall Street
Action by ICC to Relieve East Coal Shortage
The Interstate Commerce Commission ordered Eastern and Southern railroads to give priority to coal carloads bound for tidewater and New England. The emergency aims to speed bituminous coal to domestic destinations and coastwise shipments, with the measure taking effect next Thursday and requiring coal mine railcars for priority service.
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Washington
New England
Interstate Commerce Commission
Tidewater
United States
Anyather
Ississippi
Indiana baby sets record for living ancestors
Two year old Orland Eugene Eschelman of Connersville Indiana is said to hold the state record for the greatest number of living ancestors. His parents Ralph and Mrs Eschelman and both sets of grandparents are alive as well as a paternal great grandfather. He has six grandmothers nearby and about twenty five aunts and uncles in the area. The total of near relatives exceeds 100.
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Commercial Tribune
Connersville
Ind
Orland Eugene Eschelman
Ralph Eschelman
Little Orland
State Police Begin Coughllin Baby Hunt In Pa
State police launched a manhunt for thirteen month old Blakely Coughlin after the father George H. Coughlin relinquished personal talks with kidnappers. Multiple search teams operate statewide with a detachment checking a gypsy camp near Norristown on a tip of a sighting, but no clue to the abduction was found.
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Norristown
Blakely Coughlin
George H. Coughlin
Galveston Protest Against Martial Law Suppressed
Galveston city leaders protested military rule after Galveston was placed under martial law on June 7 amid freight congestion from a longshoremen strike. Brigadier General Wolters announced emphatically that a planned mass meeting would not be allowed and a police officer was arrested by the military for undisclosed reasons.
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Galveston
Tex
W. F. Wolters
Texas National Guardsmen
Wolters
Japs to Augment Forces at Scene of Massacre
The Japanese War Office says it will send additional troops to Nikolaievsk after a Bolshevik attack last winter. A number of Japanese soldiers and civilians were killed there. June 19 Honolulu report via AP.
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Honolulu
Associated Press
Japanese War Office
Nikolaievekt
Toku
Nippu’ Jiji
Nikolaievsk
Bolsheviki
Chicago Bond Broker Held Up in Philadelphia
Chicago bond salesman George E. Leiderman was robbed in Philadelphia as he rode a roving jitney from Broad Street Station to the Bellevue-Stratford Hotel. In a secluded area a man held a revolver, stole a $4,000 diamond ring, a watch and $125, and ejected Leiderman from the car.
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Philadelphia
George E. Leiderman
Chicago
Leiderman
New York
Broad Street
Pennsylvania Railroad
Bellevue-Stratford
New Parkway
Five Switchmen Convicted in Lever Act Case
In Los Angeles a jury found five of thirty-one railroad workers guilty of violating the Lever Act amid the April switchmen strike. Names of convicts include R. W. Canaga and William G. Fannon of Barstow and Los Angeles men Oscar F. Lefever A. N. Miller Clyde H. Isrigg. Sentencing set for July 6. retrial possible on hung counts.
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Los Angeles
United States District Court
Alteged
R. W. Canaga
Barstow
Cal
William G. Fannon
Oscar F. Lefever
A. N. Miller
Clyde H. Isrigg
B. F. Bledsoe
W. Fleet Palmer
United States District Attorney
Dartmouth shooting story clears Erwin Weis of Hull
Hanover June 19 Erwin T Weis of Hull Ala is not connected to the Dartmouth shooting. The press had confused names and said Weis was detained as a witness. The detained man is Crik Nicely Wise of Akron Ohio, with no link to the edge or whisky smuggling.
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Hanover
N. H
Erwin T. Weis
Hull
Ala
Dartmouth
Weis
Crik Nicely Wise
Akron
AFL Adopts League Covenant at Stormy Montreal Session
The American Federation of Labor adjourned in Montreal after endorsing the League of Nations despite Irish sympathy and opposition. President Samuel Gompers faced disruption as votes were recorded on the covenant, with leaders urging support for peace and disarmament goals while planning actions in Washington.
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Montreal
American Federation of Labor
League of Nations
League
Samuel Goempers
Gompers
Executive Council
Committee On International Relations
Mr. Gompers
United States
Dan McKillop
Seattle
Washington
Federation
Clark Enters Nomination Race for President
Congressman Champ Clark of Missouri announces he will seek the Democratic nomination for President at the National Convention. If not placed by the Missouri delegation Judge Regenberger would nominate him. Clark, a long-time congressman, has previously refused formal entry.
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Montgomery
City
Champ Clark
Missouri
Clark
Regenberger
Night of Terror in Londonderry Riots Recall Violent Clash
Londonderry Ireland June 19 a night of terror as Nationalists and Unionists fought with pistols and rifles. A two hour battle along the riverside ended with troops restoring order by midnight. Several wounded, armed factions controlled districts and searched pedestrians.
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Londonderry
Ireland
Ulster
Fountain Street
Bridge Street
Dayton Strike Ties Up Traffic On Three Car Lines
Dayton street car service will partially stop at 1 00 Sunday morning as nineteen union men from three locals strike over wages. Five hundred workers are affected on three lines while two nonunion lines remain operating. City officials plan meetings to maintain service and press for a fare increase tied to wage settlements.
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Dayton
International Amalgamated Association of Street and Electric Railway
Carmen
J. E. Barlow
City Commission
American School Raided Near Ismid by Turkish Troops
London dispatch reports Nationalist troops led by Mustapha Kemal Pasha entered the American school near Ismid. Civilian refugees there were killed according to the message dated Friday from Constantinople.
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London
Constantinople
Weekly Dispatch
Ismid
Mustapha Kemal Pasha
Tragic Kerosene Fire Claims Newark Boy Life
Six year old Garrett Chidester died after attempting to start a fire with kerosene in Thornport near Buckeye Lake. His grandmother Mrs Mary Chidester was severely burned and rescued from the blaze that destroyed Herbert Chidester’s home. The boy’s mother, father, and three siblings escaped unharmed.
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Newark, CO
Garrett Chidester
Mary. Chidester
Herbert Chidhester
Thornport
Buckeye Like
Cox rejects Vice Presidential bid amid Ohio rally
In Dayton at Trail's End Governor Cox declares he will not consider the Democratic nomination for Vice President. The crowd cheers as he denounces senatorial dynasties and urges party unity for the forthcoming San Francisco convention. He thanks John A. McMahon for his political start and honors fallen soldiers.
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Dayton
James M. Cox
United States
Atlee Pomerene
Ohio
San Francisco
Cox
John A. McMahon
Montgomery County Bar Association
McMahon
George Washington
Thomas Jefferson
Abraham Lincoln
Woodrow Wilson
France
Possry
America
Hearst Urges New Party Led by Johnson
William Randolph Hearst via The Chicago Herald and Examiner calls citizens to form a new independence party. He praises Senator Johnson as a safe progressive and argues big money fears his ideas, calling the Democrats lacking for independent Americans. Hearst signs the call.
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Chicago
Independence Hall
William Randolph Hearst
Chicago Herald and Examiner
Johnson
Hearst
American Aviator Destroys Bolshevik Troopship
Lieutenant George M. Crawford of the Kosciusko Squadron single handedly attacked a Bolshevik troop ship on the Dnieper during the Polish Ukraine drive. After a nearly 100 kilometer flight he fired incendiary rounds, the ship caught fire and sank with hundreds of soldiers aboard.
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Dnieper
Kosciusko
Polish Ukraine
Kiev
George M. Crawford
Wilmington
Del
Cedric E. Fauntleroy
Chicago
McGehee
Arkansas
Crawford
Mondell predicts early tax cuts as Congress adjourns
Washington reports Representative Mondell of Wyoming Republican leader says a substantial reduction of tax burdens is possible after the next fiscal year. He foresees a fiscal year ending June 30 1921 with a surplus of about 1.05 billion dollars and notes fewer government employees and smaller military appropriations as potential avenues.
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Washington
Representative Mondell
Wyoming
House
Congressional Record
Congress
Mondell
Mr. Mondell
Treasury
Woman's Club Federation rewrites membership rule
At the Des Moines biennial, the General Federation of Women's Clubs adopted by-law changes requiring a five-member at large committee to approve affiliation applications, replacing chairman-only approval. Debates touched on Barkley misbranding, vocational education funding, and urging women to vote.
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Des Moines
Saj
General Federation of Women’s Clubs
Helen Norris Cummings
Virginia
Utah
Barkley
H. M. Towner
Iowa
Mrs. Force Astor Dick Plans Reno Residence
Mrs. Made line Force Astor Dick widow of John Jacob Astor and wife of William A. Dick will take up residence in Reno Nevada arriving to lease the Gregory home. The Titanic survivor relinquished a five million dollar trust on marriage and now establishes a new home following remodeling of the Gregory residence. She was delayed but expected to arrive by Monday to begin residence here.
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Force Astor Dick
Reno, Nevada
Reno
Nev
Madeline Force Astor Dick
John Jacob Astor
William A. Dick
New York
Pr. F. B. Gregory
Astor
Gregory
Mrs Harding Chooses Photo for GOP Campaign
Mrs Warren G Harding personally approved the Senator Harding portrait to be used by the Republican National Committee. Five million lithographs bearing the chosen image for the campaign are being distributed nationwide.
Harding abandons vacation for battle of ballots
Senator Harding the Republican presidential nominee will stay in Washington until mid July and then go to Marion for the formal notification ceremony. He held conferences with party leaders and received assurances of support from Senator Poindexter Governor Allen and publishers Shaffer and Moore.
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Washington
Senator Harding
Marion
Harding
Poindexter
Hicago
Governor Allen
Kansas
Wood
Chicago
A. P. Moore
Pittsburg Leader
John C. Shaffer
Chicago Post
Rocky Mountain News
Denver
Louisville Herald
Indianapolis Star
Pondexter
Coolidge
Allen
Johnson
Moore
Shaffer
Progressive Party
Senator Weeks
Massachusetts
Hays
Republican National Committee
Harry M. Daugherty
Ticket
Representative Sinnott
Oregon
House Public Lands Committee
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Order of Commerce
Om Serand Pawar
Indiana
Friends of Erin
Bureau of Co-Operation
Canada
Rockdale
District of Columbia
National
International Unions
Organized Labor
Samuel Gompers
National Labor University
Panama Canal Zone
William G. McAdoo
Ninth
Trish Riot
Woman’s Club Federation
United States Department of Education
Percy V. Pennybacker
Austin
Pennybacker
Frank P. Walsh
Senate
Westminster Gazette
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