World News Digest Highlights Multiple 1920s Events
A survey of late domestic intelligence and world happenings notes Cuban sugar sales to American Sugar Refining Co at 12 cents a pound, 420 330 386 pounds of cocoa consumed in the U S in the year ending June 30, 20 million pounds imported, and the ITU choosing Quebec for 1921. Gov Smith calls an extraordinary session for Sept 20. Chicago robbers target motorists for their companions. Federal agents plan a draft evasion roundup for over 200 suspects. A large city receives its first slacker list from Washington. Actor Conrad Janke commits draft evasion and hangs himself in Hartford. Accidents claim Mrs Norman Smith and Esther Rising. Sylvia Rising and Archie Post suffer severe injuries after a train collides with a car at an Owego grade crossing.
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American Sugar Refining Company
United States
International Typographical Union
Albany
Quebec
Smith
New York
Chicago “West Side
Chicago
Clyne
Washington
Conrad Janke
Hartford
Norman Smith
Esther Rising
Sylvia Rising
Archie Post
Endicott
Erie
Post
Owego
N. Y
Russia to Be Overthrown in Six Months Claim Sparks Alarm
An American ambassador noted in Washington that a Soviet overthrow could occur within six months. France expressed sympathy with the US stance on the Russo Polish issue, while new tax and excise disputes prompted revenue recoveries. The US signaled readiness to join any Allied blockade of Russia to curb Soviet supply movements to Poland.
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Russia
David R. Francis
Washington
France
United States
Colby
Railroad Labor Board
Chicago
Interstate Commerce Commission
Millonaire
Bureau of Internal Revenue
Bureau of Internal _TR
Poland
Nation's Business Summary of 1919-20 Trade and Labor Notes
Union truckmen end six week coastwise pier boycott in New York. Coal operators and miners in Cleveland show progress toward settlement. American firms plan Canada branches amid reorganization talk. Treasury buys 125000 ounces silver for delivery in Philadelphia. Western Pennsylvania coal miners expected to return as FCC settlement nears. Spain authorizes 200000 pairs shoes for export. Pennsylvania Public Service Commission approves intrastate rate hikes for railroads. 6915408 bales of cotton exported. Great Britain bought 3823075 bales. US shipyards produced 2086 vessels totaling 3,554,202 gross tons in the year.
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New York
Cleveland
Canada
Treasury Department
Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
Federal
Anthracite Coal Commission
Minister of Finance of
Spain
Public Service Commission of Pennsylvania
United States
Great Britain
Interstate Commerce Commission sued over express rate increase
The Interstate Commerce Commission faces a lawsuit over an order granting a 12.5 percent express rate rise, with half of the requested amount approved. Tennessee Senate backs the woman suffrage amendment by a 0 to 1 vote. Former Congressman Frank T. Doramus of Detroit to head the Chicago office of the Democratic National Committee. Capt. Thomas L. Edwards and Lieut. James G. Bowen killed in a plane crash near Mirebelais Haiti Augusta. Normal sugar prices are expected to return within a month with retail rates at 18 to 20 cents per pound. Gov. Marcus Holcomb of Connecticut says no special session will be called to act on suffrage. The wife of Major-General William C. Gorgas arrives in New York aboard the army transport Pocahontas with accompanying party.
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Interstate Commerce Commission
Tennessee Senate
Oto Th
Frank T. Doremus
Detroit
Chicago
Democratic National Committee
Thomas L. Edwards
Baker City
Ore
James G. Bowen
Baltimore
Mirebelais
Haiti
Augusta
Marcus Holcnmb
Connectcut
William C. Gorgas
New York
Pocahontas
Gorgas
William Smith
Olympic team shakeup grips Dan Ahearn dismissed
Dan Ahearn of the Illinois A. C. was dropped from the American Olympic squad at Antwerp on charges of insubordination though not accused of dissipation. Community sports notes record British golf edging the U S in Toledo and Ted Ray taking national open honors in a remarkable finish.
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Dan Ahearn
Illnois A. C
Antwerp
Great Britain
America
Inverness Links
Toledo
Ted Ray
Dempsey
Jack Kearns
New York City
Benton Harbor
Mich
Billy Miske
Jess Willard
Mission Baseball League
Hal Chase
San Jose
Gilroy
Cal
Tex_OTourke
International Sporting Club
Jack Dempsey
Bill” Brennan
Polo Grounds
Columbus Day
Marquard
Giants
John H. Wigmore
Northwestern University School of Law
Judge Advocate General
Washington
Snapper Garrison
Saratoga
Chicago White Sox
Texas
Florida
Comiskey
Jack Wright
Flint
Saginaw
Foreign war fronts and political shocks ripple across Europe
A violent battle near Warsaw threatens fate of the city as Polish forces retreat on a wide 100 mile front. In Paris doctors remove a shard from Premier Venizelos’s shoulder blade after a reported assassination injury. Delegates representing millions of British workers meet in London to block war with Russia. Weygand’s command for Polish forces is withdrawn after Pilsudski protest. Walter Winans dies after collapse during a race in Parsloffs Park. A Polish-born Paul Altendorf is ordered to leave Mexico as a supposed pernicious foreigner. An Ocean Limited crash in St Hyacinthe leaves two dead and two injured.
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Warsaw
Washington
Venizelos
Greece
Paris
Central Hall
London
Russia
Pilsudski
Maxime Weygand
Walter Winans
Henrietta Guy
Parslo¢s Park
England
Paul B. Altendorf
Poland
Mexico
Ocean Limited
St. Hyacinthe
Ponzi Arrested as a Swindler in Massachusetts Case
Boston reports Ponzi surrendered to federal authorities amid a Hanover Trust collapse. Some 40,000 investors tied to Ponzi, with liabilities estimated over 15 million dollars. He faces mail fraud charges, bail set at 25,000, and state investigations into bank insolvency.
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Boston
Charles Ponzi
Ponzi
Hanover Trust Company
Morris Rudnick
Roxbury
Rudnick
United States
Hayes
Edwin L. Bride
Securities Exchange Company
J. W. Allen
J. C. Allen
Burrell
Hanover
New England
New Jersey
Post Office Department
Post Office
Mosebey
Artist Thompson and Teen Waitress Die in Apparent Suicide
In Emmetsburg Maryland a 52 year old artist A Ford Thompson and 16 year old waitress Mary Hannah Swearinger were found dead near Flat Run. Thompson had been warned to stop courting the girl due to her age. The bodies were discovered near Hotel Slagle.
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Emmetsburg
A. Ford Thompson
Washington
Mary Hannah Swearinger
Slagle
Flat’ Run
Thompson
Toledo Voters Reject Buy Cars Bond Proposal
Toledo voters rejected a $7,000,000 bond proposal to purchase a transportation system. In a primary election they approved an $11,000,000 school bond but turned down the city transport bond backed by a council ordinance drafted by a commission appointed by the U.S. District Court months earlier.
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Toledo
United States District Court
Expresshien Gain Big Rise Wage Award
The United States Railway Labor Board awarded increases totaling 330 100 000 to 73 000 express workers. The average raise is 16 cents an hour, with 10 000 on trains receiving about 38 40 monthly and 65 000 others per month. The decision dates to May 1 and affects four unions including Clerks Freight Handlers and Teamsters. Chicago Local No 720 supported the increase.
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Railway Express Company
Chicago
Railway Labor Board
Brotherhood of
International Brotherhood of Teamsters
Washington Latest Events and Tax Figures in Brief
Officials of the Shipping Board express puzzlement over salaries for new commissioners after the Jones Act. Rear Admiral Kinkaid dies at Navy Hospital. Sugar prices to normalize soon with retail 7 to 20 cents a pound. Half of tax filers have incomes under 2000 dollars. At least 162 reported incomes over one million, up 21. France recognizes Wrangel government in South Russia, acting independently of US and Britain. France has decided to paddle her own canoe.
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Wilson
Shipping Board
Jones Merchant Marine Act
Thomas K. Kinkaid
Naval Experiment Station
Annapolis
Navy Hospital
Income Tax Bureau
France
Wrangel
South Russia
United States
Great Britain
Ulster Split Drives Dominion Home Rule Move
London reports a split among Ulster Unionists from Sir Edward Carson. A Belfast deputation urged immediate dominion home rule for Ireland, citing Catholic worker bans harming Belfast trade. Leaders warn few Unionists will yet switch, while Dublin sees doors opening but no nationwide shift.
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London
Ireland
Edward Carson
Belfast
Lord George
South Ireland
Downing Street
Tribune
Carson
Orange
Sinn Fein
Davidson
Sirocco
Cister Capital
Lloyd George
America
Ulster
Dublin
Henry Harrison
Plunkett
Dominion League
Dominion Home Rule
France and United States share similar views on Russo Polish issue
Paris informs Washington that Franco American positions on the Russo Polish situation are in partial accord. The note says France echoes America on the key principles and supported Wrangel, while resisting Soviet terms to Poland unless aligned with those principles. It highlights harmony between American and French sentiments for civilization’s future.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
United States
Italy
France
Baron Wrangel
Poland
U S Investigates Riots in West Frankfort Illinois
Secretary Colby ordered a State Department inquiry into the clashes between Americans and foreigners that triggered riots in West Frankfort Illinois. The move follows a telegram to Governor Lowden requesting investigation and a report with no formal protest from the Italian embassy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Colby
Lowden
Ilinois
West Frankfort
Ill
State Department
Lafayette Wireless Station Transferred to French Control
The Lafayette Wireless Station near Bordeaux built by American forces during World War I has been turned over to the French government. It is the most powerful plant, with more than twice the range of the Annapolis installation, and will link to French colonial points with a range exceeding 13 000 miles.
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Bordeaux
Paris
Lafayette
Annapolis
France Recognizes General Wrangel Regime in Russia
Paris reports France recognizes General Baron Peter Wrangel as head of the de facto South Russian government and will send a high commissioner to Sevastopol. The foreign office cites his pledge to adopt former government obligations and to establish a democratic Russia, noting stronger anti Bolshevik prospects than Poland or earlier leaders.
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Paris
Baron Peter Wrangel
Russia
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
General Wrangel
France
Sebastopol
Foreign Office
Lloyd George
London
Leonid Krassin
Leo Kameneff
Poland
House of Commons
General Denikin
Admiral Kolchat
The
Temps
Warsaw Front Near Collapse Amid Russian Strategy
The Warsaw front remains critical as Russian campaign tactics disrupt Polish defense by striking multiple points. In West Virginia, Mrs. Ellis A. Yost leads a Republican convention naming a Supreme Court candidate. Greece's Venizelos survives an assassination attempt at Lyons station. attackers restrained by crowd. London reports Lloyd George backs French recognition of Wrangel as de facto southern Russia ruler.
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Paris
Warsaw
Wheeling
W.va
Ellis A. Yost
Morgantown
W. Va
West Virginia
Supreme Court
Eleutherios Constanatine Venizelos
Greece
Lyons
London
Lloyd George
Krassin
Krameneff
General Wrangel
Russia
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Expresshien
Erin
Desert Carson
U. S
Frankfort
Miss Sues
White
National Women’s, Party
Sue S. White
Nashville
Tenn
National Women’s Party
Tennessee
Tennessee Commisssion For the Blind
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