Earthquakes Devastate Los Angeles Area Cause Heavy Damage
A sequence of quakes struck Los Angeles and nearby counties from 6:47 PM to early Wednesday, with a 10:30 AM and 12:35 PM tremor. Inglewood bore the brunt, with 21 businesses destroyed and most damage to homes. total losses about 100000 dollars. One death occurred from heart failure after a man fled his car in Venice. Several streets, buildings, and utilities suffered major damage.
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Los Angeles
Cal
Huntington Lake
Fresno
Los Angeles County
Inglewood
Ventura
Riverside
Orange County
Pasadena
Hyde Park
Arthur Cover
Ely
Fie-Los—Angéles—City-Council
William Shippy
To Angeles
Vénice
Episcopal Church
Citizens’ Savings Bank
First National Bank of
Edison
Laughlin
O. T. Johnson
Broadway
State of siege declared in Ulm amid food riots
Berlin dispatch to the London Times reports Ulm, Germany, under a state of siege after deadly food riots. In Heidenheim Wurtemberg the citizens defense force was attacked by Communists who seized rifles and took control of municipal offices.
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Ulm
Germany
London
Berlin
London Times
Heidenholm
Wurtemberg
Gimbel Brothers Indicted Over Unlawful Clothing Profits
Federal Grand Jury indicts Gimbel Brothers on 207 counts alleging unjust profits in men's clothing sales. Indictments claim June 8 violations show profits from 77 to 175 percent, with 55 percent deemed reasonable gross profit. Judge Learned Hand to oversee case.
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Grand Jury
New York
Learned Hand
Gimbel Brothers
Greeks Rout Turkish Army In Initial Smyrna Drive
Greek forces began their offensive against Mustafa Kemal Pasha’s Turkish Nationalists near Smyrna on June 21. The Greeks claimed success after attacking Ak-Hissar, 58 miles northeast of Smyrna, and occupying the town. News from Boulogne and Paris notes Allied premiers backed Greek actions and King Alexander left Paris for Athens amid the decision to assign the campaign to Greece.
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Ak-Hissar
Boulogne
Premmiers
Greece
Turkey
Hythe
Foch
Sir Henry Wilson
Mustapha Kemal
Dardanelles
Paris
A. Havas
Constantinople
Smyrna
Alexander
Athens
Britain to repay war debts says Lloyd George
London reports Prime Minister Lloyd George rejects repudiation rumors and states Britain plans to repay war debts to the United States. Military authorities tighten control in Londonderry and round up snipers. Northern Baptist Convention ends ties with the Interchurch World Movement. Tennessee governor weighs ratifying federal suffrage amendment without a popular vote. London University Senate accepts Rockefeller Foundation gift of £1,205,000 for medical research.
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London
Great Britain
United States
Lloyd George
Britain
Elt
Londonderry
Buffalo
Northern Baptist Convention
Interchurch World Movement
Nashville
Tenn
U.S
Frierson
Roberts
Tennessee
Senate of London University
Rockefeller Foundation
Londonderry's Terror Reaches Peak as Armored Cars Clash
In Londonderry Ireland a week of fighting leaves many dead or wounded. Sinn Fein extremists control streets while 150 police and 1,500 soldiers try to separate combatants. Barricades trenches and raids sustain chaos as residents flee and roads stay unsafe.
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London
Londonderry
Ireland
Lloyd George
Nevil Macready
House of Commons
Sinn_Fenners
Talonists
Great Northern
Belfast
Philadelphia Population Gains 274000 in Census Figures
Census Bureau figures report Philadelphia population at 1,823,158, up 274,150 since 1900, an increase of 17.7 percent.
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Philadelphia
Washington
Census Bureau
U.S. Population Up About Fourteen Percent Since 1910
Census estimate by Dr. Joseph A. Hill puts Continental United States population at about 105,000,000 for 1920. The gain since 1910 is roughly 13,000,000 people or 14 percent, with 1910 figure at 91,972,266.
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Washington
United States
Joseph A. Hill
Bureau of Census Division of Revision and Results
Gouger Hunt to Continue Court Refusal to Suspend Trial
The court refuses to suspend pending profiteer trials under the Lever Food Control Act. Justice Pitney denied the Willard Company of Cleveland's request to halt federal actions. Department of Justice proceedings will proceed until the Supreme Court reconvenes in the fall.
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Department of Justice
Supreme Court
Justice Pitney
Willard Company
Cleveland
Ohio
Fifty Indicted in Oil Stock Swindle Probe
Indictments target four oil firms and over fifty individuals for using mails to defraud investors in oil stocks. The Ranger Oil Company leads the list with $1,000,000 capitalization. officers Fulton Kisselburgh Cleveland are named. Bail set at $20,000 for Lewis Van Riper of United Securities Company. investigation spans the United States with 90 oil firms cited.
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New York
Ranger Oil Company
W. P. Williams OM Company
Great Western Petroleum Corporation
Crown Oil Company
Curtis, Packer & Co
United Securities Company
H. Kent Holmes & Co
H. Morgan Pollok & Co
Thompson, James & Co
Stick
United States
Department of Justice
Jerome Simmons
United States Attorney General
Lewis C. van Riper
Grubb
Simmons
Charles L. Fulton
A. J. Kisselburgh
John A. Cleveland
New Jersey briefs report varied local events and incidents
Verga Fire Company installs a new electric siren alarm as haying season begins. a Millville National Guard unit forms with 65 veterans among members. The page notes a strawberry pickers death in Phillipsburg, managerial changes at South Jersey Farmers Exchange, and several political and legal items across counties.
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Verga Fire Company
National Guard
Millville
Lehigh and Hudson
Phillipsburg
Mary Elizabeth Smith
Frank Davis
South Jersey Farmers’ Exchange
Arthur B. Lippincott
Oscar Ware
Charles F. Pancoast Post
American Legion
Woodstown
Hannah Chew
Culver Grammar School
Riverton
Washington Announces Cabinet Travels and Political Moves
Secretaries Daniels and Payne will visit Alaska in July to study conditions for their departments. The United States recognizes the Herrera government in Guatemala. Fred K Nielsen of Nebraska named solicitor of the State Department. The Labor Department will appeal a Boston judge’s ruling on the Communist Party. Assistant Secretary Post spoke after a Wilson meeting. Tumulty dismissed wireless talk about presidential communication as gossip.
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Hdwards
New Jersey
Hessian Avenue
Woodbury
National Park
F. F. Patterson, Jr
Camden
Congress
William J. Browning
Salem
Gloucester
Supreme Court
Trenton
Assemblyman Rowland
Camden County
United States
Court of Chancery
Ira B. Kaplan
Brooklyn
Frank Millner
Riverton
Burlington
D.H. Humphries
Woodstown
Salem County
Stewartaville
Swedesboro
Gloucester County Board of Freeholders
M. BE
Westmont
John Williams
William A. Spencer
Middlesex County Tax Board
Frank M. Denner
Peter J. Olde
Union County Tax Board
Olde
James P. Kelly
Frederick Gilkyson
Edwards
National Guard
Samuel Armstrong
Frank T. Lloyd
Circuit Court of
Ocean County
Pitman Mothers’ _Club
Purase
Internal Revenue Deparment
Mercer County Liquor Dealers’ Association
Louis Bloom
Detroit
Mich
Pompton Lakes
Bloom
Butler
Teds
State House
George—Dose—Company of
New York
Daniels
Payne
Alaska
State Department
Herrera
Guatemala
Estrada Cabrera
Fred K. Nielsen
Nebraska
Department of Labor
Anderson
Boston
Communist Party
Post
Wilson
White House
Tumulty
San Francisco
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Henry D. Flood
Virginia
Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee
House Committee On Foreign Affairs
World News
Country Districte
Gouger
Bishop Mead
Methodist Episcopal Conference
Methodist Episcopal Church
Charles L. Mead
Denver
Des Moines
WEN
New Jersey State
Hightstown
T House
Sixth Street
Ocean City
Maurice R. Potts
Vineland
Brooks & Doerr
Cumberland County
Potts
Justice DeWitt
Richard Lucas
Monroeville
Millard Kitts
State Reformatory
Waddington
Lucas
Pennsgrove
Frank J. Hummell
Argo Mills
Gloucester City
Ti. W. Fisher
John
Pine Grove
W. Va
Pittsburgh and Des Moines Steel Company
Garfield
Lambertville Odd Fellows
D. C. van Sciver
Tatman Mothers’ Club
Parent- Vender Association
Roadestown
William H. Raub, Jr
Plainfield
Union
Somerset
Mid-lesex
Arrow Head Rod and Gun Club
George Godholder
Jernee
Ife Guards
Santa Maria
Academy of
St. Paul's Catholic Church
Methodist Home For
Collingswood
M. E
Parker Avenue Association
Woodlynne
Henry C. Walton
Haddon Heights
Haddon Heights Civic Association Will Support Hoyle-Butcher
Seven Acre
Glassboro Council
Board of Health
Leon Kurtz William
Camden High School
Broadway M. E
Albert Fogg
Canton
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