Allies Control Turkish Straits Under International Commission
Official summary outlines a zone extending beyond the Bosporus to include Marmara Dardanelles shores and nearby Aegean islands with a land strip. The Inter Allied Commission of Control would oversee sovereignty like powers, operate independently of the League, and ensure open passages with strict limits on military activity.
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Washington
Constantinople
Straits
Inter-Allied Commission of Control
Commission
Europe
League of Nations
Bosporus
Sea of Marmora
Dardanelles
Aerean
Samothrace
Smyrna
Gallipolii Peninsula
Turkey
England
France
Italy
Inter-Allied Commission
Great Britain
Haida
Paddy the Bear Ryan killed in Chicago gang war
Five gunmen in an automobile fatally shot Paddy the Bear Ryan, renewing Chicago's gang war. Ryan owned a saloon linked to a police killing, and he was tied to the Edward Coleman Jahor murder case. Police say the shooting stems from the Coleman killing.
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Paddy the Bear
Ryan
Chicago
Edward Coleman
Coleman
Fire wipes out 14 buildings and 200 cars in Rockland Maine
A blaze in Rockland Maine’s business district destroyed fourteen buildings including the Willoughby Building Central Garage Berry Block and Clover Block. The fire wrecked about 200 automobiles and caused total losses near 600000 with 250000 tied to stored tourist cars.
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Rockland
Willoughby
Central
Berry Block
Clover Block
U S TO indict coal gougers
Attorney General Palmer orders nationwide probe into bituminous coal operators suspected of taking unreasonable profits. Letters show mine prices from 7 to 11 dollars a ton with costs rising from 2.32 to 2.79, while governors seek Shipping Board vessels to avert winter shortages. The Justice Department urges U S attorneys to seek indictments where investigations show undue profits.
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Washington
Palmer
United States
Department of Justice
New England
Interstate Commerce Commission
The
Shipping Board
Norfolk
Shipping ‘Board
Federal Trade Commission
Bituminous
Department
Ligelores
Cabinet members to attend Democratic Convention in San Francisco
Half of President Wilson's Cabinet will attend the Democratic Convention in San Francisco. Secretaries Colby Daniels and Meredith, Attorney General Palmer, and Postmaster General Burleson are listed. Treasury shows July 1 1919 to May 31 1920 expenditures totaling 20 775 535 858 with peak in September and trough in November. National Woman's Party dispute over picketing at the convention is noted, and uprisings in the Mohammedan world are summarized. Senator Johnson left for California without comment on the Chicago convention.
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Wilson
San Francisco
Colby
Daniels
Meredith
Palmer
Burleson
Treasury
National Woman's Party
Chicago
Washington
Johnson
California
Labor Flees Russia Issue at AFL Convention
The American Federation of Labor blocked a push to recognize the Soviet government or lift blockades against Soviet Russia. James A. Duncan led a pro Soviet bid, but the Resolutions Committee prevailed citing autocratic rule and anti democratic practices. Secretary Colby’s telegram backed the committee, and the federation kept its stance, avoiding any call to repeal compulsory arbitration sections of the Esch-Cummins act.
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Montreal
Canada
United States
Russia
American Federation of Labor
James A. Duncan
Seattle Central Labor Council
Ladies’ Garment Workers
Resolutions Committee
John Frey
Lenine
Frey
America
James Duncan
Washington
Federation
Colby
David Grange
New York
Europe
Liquor Prosectors Discharged In Chicago Office
Receipt of orders from Attorney General Palmer to discharge all special assistants employed to prosecute liquor cases was announced by District Attorney Clyne. Congress failed to appropriate 3300,000 for the work, leaving about 1,000 cases pending and at least ten prosecutors needed.
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Chicago
Palmer
Clyne
Congress
Illinois Primary Invalid Dislodges Chicago Mayor Faction
State Supreme Court declares Illinois primary law unconstitutional. Attorneys for William Fox, convicted of fraudulent voting in the April 13 1920 Chicago primary, argued the 1919 act. The case reached the court via writ of error.
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State Supreme Court
Chicago
German Army Must Be Halved Soon
Paris reports French War Minister Andre Lefevre says Germany has 200000 men left and must be reduced to 100000 by July 10 under treaty terms. He cites slow disarmament, hidden arms, and failure to modify military laws as proof of German bad will ahead of Spa meeting despite some armor and ammunition handovers.
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Paris
Andre Lefevre
M. Lefevre
Lefevre
Rhine
Alles
Third party names to be presented by forty eight committee
Chicago reports the committee of forty eight will name the American or People’s party as the proposed third party and meet in Chicago on July 10 to nominate a presidential candidate. In other items, Pennsylvania records show Leonard Woon League receipts of 44022.34 and expenditures of 43203.05 with 2088.28 unpaid. Oregon notes a convention vote against admitting women traveling salesmen. Prague reports sugar sales to the United States totaling 7 million kilograms with negotiations for 8 million more.
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Chicago
American Party
People’s Party
Committee of Forty-Eight
Harrisburg
Leonard Woon League of
Pennsylvania
State Bureau of Elections
Malcolm McGriffin
Portland
Ore
Travelers’ Protective Association
Prague
United States
Labor Shortage Impacts New Jersey June Crop Report
The June crop bulletin for New Jersey reports a severe farm labor shortage and cold wet spring delaying planting. It notes lower germination, replanting needs, and yields below normal across crops including corn, wheat, oats, potatoes, and fruit, with weather improving later but acreage reductions in several counties.
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Trenton
New Jersey
United States Department of Agriculture
State Department
United States Weather Bureau
Monmouth
Middlesex
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Turkish Straits
International Commission
Maine
Wesley Frost
Julius G. Law
Mr. Frost
Queenstown
U.S
A. F. of L
U. S
Illinois
Mrs. S. Greenfield
Zionist Organization
Caroline Greenfield
Holy Land
Zionist Organization of America
Palestine
Greenfield
Jerusalem
Jaffa
Haifa
Wildwood City Commission
Tihe
City Commission
Wildwood
Supreme Court
Koeneke
Koeneker
MacGinnis
Court of Chancery
Henry M. Black
Farmers’ Telephone Company
Burlington
Monmouth Counties
New York Telephone Company
Farmers’ Company
Court of Errors and Appeals
Black
New York Company
Camp Dix
George Pfeiffer
Court of Errors
Linker
Max Saphiro
Salem
Camden County Court
A. Molten McNutt
Adams Express Company
Harry Krauss
Camden
Elizabethtown Water Company
Board of Public Utility Commissioners
Elizabethtown Company
Elizabeth
Bound Brook
Raritan River
Elzabethtown Water Company
Middlesex Water Company
Rahway
Plainfield-Union Water Company
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