Soviet rejection of ten day truce with Poland shocks Europe
News reports from London Paris and Moscow note the Soviet refusal of a ten day truce with Poland prompting fears of renewed war in Europe. British analysts warn Bolshevik aims include blocking western powers while Warsaw defense and western Europe fate hang in balance.
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London
Associated Press
Europe
Poland
Telegraph
Belgium
Hythe
Eng
Warsaw
No Mercy Shown by Russians in Okhotsk Region
Reuters dispatch reports Japanese forces at Okhotsk in Siberia were massacred and two were burned. The report notes harsh actions by Russian troops in the area during the ongoing conflict.
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London
Associated Press
Reuter
Okhotsk
Siberia
Priest Holds Job of Labor Minister in Germany
Dr. Heinrich Brauns, a Roman Catholic priest, serves as Germany’s labor minister. He led chaplain duties at Crefeld and Bordeck near Essen for a decade, directed the Volksverein for Roman Catholic Germany at Gladbach since 1900, and later joined the national assembly. He is 52 years old.
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Perlin
Associated Press
Germany
Heinrich | Brauns
Crefeld and Bordeck
Essen
Volksverein
Gladpach
National Assembly
Brauns
Bandits Loot Cleveland Jewelry Store. Two Wounded
Three bandits robbed Solbergman's jewelry store in Cleveland today, shooting two employees who were seriously wounded. They escaped with a diamond haul valued at $30,000 in a car getaway.
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Cleveland
Associated Press
Solbergman
Federation Officials Seek Amnesty for Political Prisoners
Samuel Gompers was detained in New York at an AFL executive committee meeting delaying the conference between federation officials and Attorney General Palmer on general amnesty for all political prisoners.
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Washington
Associated Press
Samuel Gompers
New York
American Federation of Labor
Palmer
International writer Altendorf held on false article charges
Dr. Paul Bernard Altendorf a self described agent of the United States was arrested in Mexico City on August 10 charged with writing false articles about Mexican conditions. He reportedly served Austrian German and Mexican governments.
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Mexico City
Associated Press
Paul Bernard Altendorf
United States
Altendorf
Captain McKay Takes Port Position in Seattle
Seattle, Aug 10. Captain A W McKay, an Alaskan navigator for 22 years, assumed duties as port captain for the Struthers Dixon line, succeeding Captain T A Anderson who departs for Cook Inlet to build a crab and shrimp cannery using his own packing process.
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Seattle
Associated Press
A. W. McKay
Struthers & Dixon Line
T. A. Anderson
Cook Inlet
Foes of Rum Rally in Jamaica Organizes Against Alcoholism
Two American missionaries help form the Jamaica League Against Alcoholism to join a world anti alcohol effort led by Leif Jones and others. The movement aims to curb rum production which funds Jamaica's government with about 1 million dollars annually.
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Kingston
Jamaica
Associated Press
John Barleycorn
Jamaica League
World’s League Against
Leif Jones
Donald McLean
Lord Rowallan
Butte Boy Receives Daly Scholarship
James Watson Gerard, former ambassador to Germany and son-in-law of Marcus Daly, announces that John Norton of Butte will receive the Marcus Daly scholarship. The award, open to Montana mining workers or their descendants, funds study at the Columbia School of Mines in New York starting fall 1921.
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Missoula
Mont
Associated Press
James Watson Gerard
United States
Germany
Marcus Daly
Daly
Hamilton, Mont
Gerard
John Norton
Butte
Montana
Columbia School of Mines
New York
Archbishop Mannix Detained by Police at Station Entrance
Archbishop Mannix arrived under heavy guard at the station this morning amid a small crowd of reporters and clergy. Police surrounded a vessel in Penzance harbor as four British destroyers closed in on the Baltic. Mannix was placed under technical arrest.
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London
Associated Press
Mannix
Penzance
Baltic
Nome Flyers Delayed Awaiting Repair Supplies
Prince George August 10 The New York to Nome Army flyers will be held up several days longer as repair supplies fail to arrive from San Francisco, delaying the long distance air service.
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NOME
Prince George
Associated Press
New York
San Francisco
Japs Propose Steel Merger to Tide Crisis
Tokyo authorities consider a nationwide steel merger to stabilize trade conditions as Japan’s iron market weakens. US iron imports total about 2000 tons monthly under last year’s contracts, while many steel works have closed and first-half output is seen down nearly 30 percent with darker expectations for the year.
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Tokio
Associated Press
Japan
United States
Canadians Receive Offer for Pulpwood
Canadians receive an offer for pulp wood at twelve dollars f o b cars Fort Frances. The Bureau of Labor and Industries will study freight rates shipment points and other features to find a market for large pulpwood clearings in northern Saskatchewan. The wood is now being destroyed but a market would aid settlers before crops. Strassbourg reports: Germany surrenders 36 old cannon to Strassbourg under Article 145 of the Versailles treaty.
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Regina
Sask
Associated Press
Fort Frances
Bureau of Labor and Industries
Strassbourg
Strassbougr
Propagandists Little Scheme Uncovered in Sarre Valley
Germany allegedly financed a propaganda plan in the Sarre valley to undermine the Sarre commission administration. Documents claim funds of 5,000,900 marks were provided and implicate former Reichstag deputy Herr Ollmvere in the secret agitation effort.
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Paris
Associated Press
Herr Ollmvere
Reichstag
Sarre Valley
Sarre Commission
League
Germany
Foreign shippers to be consulted on Pacific Coast rates
Japanese and other foreign shippers in the United States will be invited to a conference on the Pacific ocean rate question. The Task United States will not arbitrarily cut rates unless the Shipping Board finds methods of competition unfair.
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United States
Shipping Board
Dynamite Damage Hits Cala Sentinel Office
A Cala Sentinel press was destroyed by dynamite yesterday in Cala, Pennsylvania. Bloodhounds are on the trail of the perpetrator as the paper had opposed speakeasies in its aggressive campaign.
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Cala, Pa
Desocrated Press
Cala Sentinel
Harold Bell Wright Secretly Marries in San Diego
The author Harold Bell Wright and Mrs. Winnifred Potter Duncan were secretly married in San Diego on Thursday, each having been recently divorced. The news came via the Associated Press as details emerged.
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San Diego
Associated Press
Harold Bell Wright
Winnifred Potter Duncan
Illegitimate Births rise in London noted by city leaders
During refuge opening at Walthamstow the wife of Lord Mayor Cooper urged a parliamentary bill to grant unknown fathers' names on birth records. The lord mayor said wartime and postwar periods see a terrible rise in illegitimate births and an appalling child death rate.
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London
Associated Press
Cooper
Walthamstow
Vandals Strip Nameless Cemetery Near Vienna
On the Danube river bank near Vienna the Cemetery of the Nameless was stripped. Grave markers were removed coffins exhumed and broken for firewood by vandals in the outskirt area.
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Vienna
Associated Press
Danube
Transcontinental auto trip sets new record with Frisco mail
A five passenger car carrying mail from San Francisco arrived in New York in four days, fourteen hours and forty three minutes, setting an unofficial transcontinental record. The time is reported as a day faster than any previous run.
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New York
Associated Press
San Francisco
Emma Goldman and Berkman Aid Russian Government
Emma Goldman and Alexander Berkman, once deported anarchists, are reported to be serving the Russian government in official capacity. They are said to be gathering material for use in the museum of revolution as indicated by letters sent to friends here.
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New York
Associated Press
Emma Goldman
Alexander Berkman
Museum of Revolution
Labor groups threaten general strike over war declaration
London reports many labor organizations adopted resolutions for a general strike if war to aid Poland is declared. The meetings protesting war included many veterans among the attendees.
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England
London
Associated Press
Poland
Wage Increase Granted to American Express Workers
The railway labor board awards about 80 000 American Express employees a $30 million yearly wage rise retroactive to May 1. The total increase equals 16 cents per hour, with rate hikes allowed to offset higher labor costs as Interstate Commerce Commission arguments in the rate case proceed.
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Chicago
Associated Press
Railway Labor Board
American Express Company
Express Company
Interstate Commerce Commission
Troops From Kearney at Fort Missoula
Local citizens welcomed news that a battalion of the Thirty second Infantry from Camp Kearney California will be moved to Fort Missoula four miles southwest of town. The northwest post, among the oldest, had been vacant except for a World War guard and a brief Army training corps period.
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Fort Missoula
Students’ Army Training Corps
Northwest
Sinn Fein Ties Reported On De Valera Financing
The Evening Standard claims documents show Sinn Fein congress in June voted De Valera half a million dollars for the US presidential campaign and authorized a total of a million dollars to obtain recognition of the Irish Republic.
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London
Associated Press
The
Evening Standard
Sinn Fein
Devalera
United States
Irish Republic
Japs Prepare to Send More Troops to Russia
The Japanese navy dispatches a special service ship to Nikolaievsk to clear obstacles for occupation. It signals plans to send additional troops to Nikolaievsk where Major General Tsuno administers the military government. Hospitals have been built for Russian victims and a relief society aids the destitute.
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Honolulu
Associated Press
Japanese Navy Department
Nikolaievsk
Tokio
Nippu Jiji
Tsuno
Four Men Hold Up Day Express Near Englewood Station
Four men robbed a New York to Chicago day express on the Pennsylvania road near Englewood. A dining car steward who resisted was shot in the jaw.
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Chicago
Associated Press
Pennsylvania Road
Englewood Station
German Warships Arrive in New York
Former German warships have arrived in New York yesterday, signaling a shift in naval movements amid postwar tensions. The arrival details and implications for naval power balance are under review by U S authorities.
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New York
Associated Press
United States
Market Prices Day's fish quotes in Seattle
In Seattle on August 10 Halibut brings 15 cents per unit sable fish 5 cents red and ling cod 2 cents coastal fish price list shows small, steady values for common catches reported by the Daily Times Special.
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Seattle
The
Daily Times
Peace Treaty With Turkey Signed At Sevres
The peace treaty with Turkey was signed at 4 o'clock this afternoon in Sevres France concluding months of negotiations between the Allied powers and Turkey. The ceremony followed the formal signing by representatives and marks a major step in postwar settlement.
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Sevres
France
Associated Press
Turkey
Mexican Governor Calls Election a Comedy in Mexico
Governor Cantu criticized the recent Mexican election as a comedy not the voice of the people. He urged unity to protest what he called a crude political imposition and to mobilize Mexicans nationally.
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Mexicali
Associated Press
Cantu
Mexico
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