First Nonstop Atlantic Flight Ends in Ireland
Capt Alcock and Lt Brown complete the first non stop Atlantic crossing from Newfoundland to Ireland in 16 hours 12 minutes aboard a Vickers Vimy. They land near Clifden Galway fatigued but in good spirits after a grueling 16 hour battle with fog, gales, and technical trouble.
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Fandon
Jack Alcock
Royal Air Force
Arthur Brown
Atlantic
Newfoundland
Ireland
Clifden
Galway
St. John’s
N. F
St. John's
Alcock
Brown
Labor Condemns Day Law Protest in Washington
Anti prohibition forces from many cities, largely union men, gathered in Washington for a big demonstration led by Samuel Gompers of the American Federation of Labor. Delegations marched to the capitol and cheered as soldiers and sailors arrived. Gompers spoke to Senate Judiciary subcommittee pursuing repeal of July 1 prohibition for beer and wine. House committee heard a St. Louis anti prohibition delegation.
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Washington
Capital
Central Labor Union
District of Columbia
Samuel Gompers
American Federation of Labor
Federation
Atlantic City
Capitol
Gompers
Senate Judiciary Committee
House
St. Louis
Washington's Governor Lister Dies in Seattle
Ernnest Lister, Washington's 22nd governor, died in Seattle on June 14 after heart and kidney illness. He had led the state through part of the legislative session and rose from humble beginnings to the governorship. Born in Halifax England on June 25, 1870, he is survived by his widow and two children. Acting Governor Hart becomes the 23rd governor per state constitution.
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Seattle
Ernnest Lister
Washington
Lister
Hart
Senate panel censures radical elements in America and Russia
A Senate Judiciary subcommittee released a report denouncing Washington-Ladicaliam and Bolsheviki as exemplified by Soviet rule in Russia. It described an exhaustive investigation into these topics and other subjects conducted during the last congressional session.
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Washington
Relph De Palma Leads International Auto Race at Sheephead Bay
New York driver Relph De Palma took the lead in the thirteenth mile rate of a one mile race at Sheephead Bay on June 14 and broke world records for fifty miles winning by a wide margin over 26 miles.
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New York
Relph de Palma
Bheepahead Bay Track
Plan Moving of Big Grain Crops
The Washington report states grain production will exceed last year, urging ready transport. Wheat yields may reach 900 million bushels each for winter and spring, risking congestion. a permit system similar to 1918 is likely at ports and interior markets to ease movement and avoid shipping bottlenecks.
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Washington
Railroad Administration
Walker D. Hines
Department of Agriculture
Grain Corporation
Reinaugurate
United States Food Administration Grain Corporation
Grain Central Committees
Most Deadly War Gas Shown At Exhibition
At a wartime exhibit in Washington a sample of Lewisite or methyl gas is displayed under guard. Discovered and developed by Prof. W Lee Lewis while with the bureau of mines, the gas was being produced for the war department and a Cleveland plant was built to mass produce it. The exhibit notes its extreme lethality and the plan to deploy millions of tons by 1919, though armistice halted its use.
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Washington
Department of the Interior
W. Lee Lewis
Bureau of Mines
American University Laboratories
War Department
Department
Lewis
American University
Bureau
Northwestern University
Evanston, Til
Ordnance Department
Cleveland
Battle Front
Harrowing Armenian Refugee Crisis Reported From Caucasus
A telegram to Herbert Hoover cites extreme famine among Armenian refugees in the Caucasus. Food shortages may last a year, with women foraging greens and children suffering high death rates amid reports of cannibalism and disease in Igdir Erivan and Alexandropol.
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Constantinople
Caucasus
Herbert Hoover
Parle
Howard Melina
Near East
Heins
Cyonecaius
Walter George Smith
Philadelphia
American Bar Asociation
American Committee For Armenian and Syrian Relief
Heine
King Albert to Visit America for League Meeting
Belgian King Albert II will visit Washington for the first meeting of the League of Nations next October. The trip aims to discuss early plans and strengthen international cooperation among member states.
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Albert
America
Paria
Belgium
Washington
League of Botlons
Mistake Wages for Profits in Thrift Advice
Carl Marshall argues in The Thrift Magazine that workers confuse savings with profits. He explains a wage check equals gross receipts while true profits come from net savings after expenses. To raise profits, workers must increase income or reduce living costs, or seek better employment.
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Eitier
Carl Marshall
The
Thrift Magazine
Punctuation Helps Make Sense Of A Jumbled Paragraph
A reader demonstrates how proper punctuation clarifies a lengthy garbled paragraph about daily sun sets in valleys, dough bread on a mountain, weather, remedies, and biblical references. The example shows how commas and periods transform chaos into readable sentences.
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London
Plano
Moses
Pharaoh
Napoleon III Opens Louvre After Long Building Labor
The 14th of August 1857 marks the opening of the Louvre by Napoleon III, honoring a completed project that reflects France’s artistic genius. Two marble slabs archive the effort, one noting Catherine de Medici and the Tuileries, the other recording the joining of the Louvre to the Tuileries in 1852 to 1857.
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Napoleon
Louvre
Napoleon I
Napoleon III
Catherine de Medici
Tuileries
Gabe
Napoleon Thi
Interpreter Depicts Scottish Golf Text in New Zealand
A Beat in the Antipodes offers dialog about golf lingo. The veteran instructor explains terms such as patri d and hog, describing stance, grip, and the awkward motions leading to the "verre tee" and the moment when a learner is ready to take pride in his game.
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Durling
New Zealand
Laddie
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Armenia
Igdir
Erivan
Alexandropol
Coa
Makers OF
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