World News Roundup of Treaties and Politics
A treaty between the United States and the Netherlands on rum smuggling mirrors a similar pact with Great Britain. Italy laments Hughes’s Europe itinerary omission. Tax appeals seek deductions from prohibition losses. DOJ probes the death of government witness W. W. Rae in Butte, Montana. Prohibition progress touted by Roy A. Baynes. New York Governor bid unlikely for Mayor John F. Hytan. SC Senator Dial faces a possible second primary between Cole L. Blease and James F. Byrnes. John T. Adams to head party advisory committee. C Bascom Stemp named White House secretary and Virginia committeeman. Immigration officials propose twenty years’ imprisonment then deportation for smuggling. A Northumberland family tragedy at a railroad crossing. A tornado hits Patricks, Louisiana, killing ten and injuring nine. The third national radio conference set for Sept 30. Post Office Inspector Fahy arrested in a $2 million mail robbery case. Gulf of Mexico oil discovery discussed at a geoscience conference. Kentucky National Guardsmen insured for disability and death. Three Indiana Guardsmen killed in a highway crash near Camp Knox. Names: William Dona hue, W. Rae, J. F. Hytan, N. B. Dial, C. L. Blease, J. F. Byrnes, John T. Adams, Bascom Stemp, Roy A. Baynes.
Tunney to Meet Greb In No-Decision Bout In Cleveland
Gene Tunney and Harry Greb agreed to a ten round no-decision bout at Olympic arena Cleveland on September night. James Burgess, American Olympic runner from Georgetown University, set a new quarter mile record at Celle park Belfast, running the aten a.
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Harry Greb
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Cleveland
James Burgess
Georgetown University
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Belfast
News Review of Current Events by Edward W Pickard
The week saw widespread Klan activity met with denouncement and threats. Dawes condemned the Klan and warned against mixing religion and race in politics while Ohio and Texas campaigns pushed anti Klan stances. Miriam Ferguson won Texas governor nominating race on an anti Klan platform. Michigan Klan rallies at Camp Custer faced military bans. Henry Ford denied a Montreal Star interview about the Klan. Senate and French leaders backed Dawes plan, with Germany wary amid political friction. ZR2 test flights reported engine defects. other wartime air topics noted.
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Texas
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Judge Robertson
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George View Horne Moseley
Wroth
Henry Ford
Montreal Star
Pateloty
Fond
Hetroit
Anew
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Court, politics, and war news mix in garbled 1920s items
A jumble of clipped stories mentions calls for party leaders to condemn prejudice, a Hawaiian artillery accident injuring eight, a bank president’s prison sentence for embezzlement, prison deaths and a liquor explosion in Detroit, a White Star liner incident, and various racing records and ship news, all reflecting a turbulent era with multiple named places and people.
Global crises and feats fill terse dispatches from abroad
Reports note the Dawey plan and Prento-Helgian evacuation affecting 100,876 workers as railways revert to Germany. Pilot Fuchs sets a glider record with a 6.2 mile flight in Keen Germany. An American kidnapped in Durango is freed and returns to Durango City. Princess Mary gives birth to a son at Goldsborough bun. Landslides in LetHakene trap many, while Japan confronts a deadly sleeping sickness outbreak. Maure tania crosses to Cherbourg in 5 days 1 hour 49 minutes breaking old marks.
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Rival armies threaten Shanghei amid Chinese civil conflict
Dispatches report Shanghei poised for battle as Niangs and Cheklung provinces clash. Foreign residents seek gun boats while Gen Wu Pei Fa plots to oust Cheklang’s governor. Soviet propaganda funds rise, Susgalang famine feared, and Moscon admits crop failure with 60 percent loss amid taxes and forced loans.
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Inu
Niangs
Cheklung
Wu Pei Fa
China
Cheklang
Chang Tso‘Lin
Susgalang
Afoscon
Post office Inspector Fahy Tied to $2 Million Mall Robbery
Inspector William Fahy, longtime federal thief catcher, is jailed as alleged inside man in a $2,000,000 mall robbery at Rondout AL on June 12. Rebels killed one of their own and several members were captured. Fahy reportedly shared loot with them.
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William Fahy
Chicago
Rondout AL
Fahy
Controversy Flows Over Villard Speech at Williams College
Editor Garrison Villard accused US bankers and capitalists of exploiting weaker nations in Latin America using loans backed by military force. Rear Admirals Huse and Jones rejected his charges as unfounded, while a Chicago packing firm faces receivership. President Coolidge names ambassadors Bancroft to Japan and Sheffield to Mexico as Hoover calls for a third national radio congress to address broadcasting issues and interference.
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Japan
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Mexico
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New York
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Rebellion in China grows amid border clashes
Washington reports gravest conditions at Shanghai and Chekiang as military move on railways intensifies. Dispatches say gates closed, trains run under military pressure, and Kiangsu troops mass near Boochow while Chinese and foreign staffs keep essential services. Diplomatic corps warn Beijing of responsibility for foreign lives and property.
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China
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Ho Fong Lin
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Chekiang
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Quin Ken
Boochow
Wiehting
Two Men Found Guilty in Herrin Riot Case
In Herrin city court George Stover was assaulted with a deadly weapon by Carl Neligon of the Ku Klux Klan and Carl Winstead, yielding verdicts of guilty on the charge and marking the first convictions under indictments against eight Klansmen and 58 associates related to the February 8 riot. Neilson was acquitted on larceny with robbery indictment dismissed. Young faced $41,000 in forfeitures across related actions.
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Ku Klux Klan
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George Stover
Glenn Young
Neilson
Neilison
Instes Jah
Young
Financial position of farmers improves toward prewar purity
Washington. The agricultural review from the Department of Agriculture reports farmers’ financial position, measured by exchange values of farm products for nonagricultural goods, gradually improving toward prewar levels. Due to recent rises in grain prices and higher nonagricultural product prices, the combined exchange value of sixteen leading farm products on August 1 reached an index rating of 83 (base 1918=100), the highest in 47 months.
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Washington
Agricultural Review
Department of Agciculture
Big Railroad Merger Now an Assured Fact
New York. Completion of the 1,500,000,000 Nickel Plate railroad merger engineered by C. B. and M. J. Van Sweringen of Cleveland was insured when Pere Marquette director ratified joining the plan with four other roads already approved. Pere Marquette lines will link with Nickel Plate, White, Erle, Chesapeake & Ohio, and Hocking Valley to form a vast eastern trunk with over 14,000 miles of track.
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Ierger
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M. J. van Sweringen
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Train Wreck in Russia Claims Forty Lives
Odessa to Moscow express derailed 200 miles from here after a wagon broke free from its bed. Forty passengers were killed and many injured in the crash, amid reports of a sabotage breakage.
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Odessa
Rusenia
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Canadians Win Rifle Match at Otting Ontario
Canada defeated the United States by 1,578 to 1,541 in the first half of the international rifle match. The Canadian team will shoot a return match in the United States next year.
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Ontaria
Canada
United States
Nine Die At Grade Crossing In Toledo Ohio Collision
Seven persons were killed and one fatally injured when a Baltimore and Ohio train struck an automobile at a grade crossing in Toledo Ohio. Authorities noted the collision occurred as the car attempted to cross the tracks.
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