Red Army Wiped Out at Lemberg Front Battle Ends in Polish Victory
Warsaw reports a decisive Polish victory in the Lemberg sector where Budenny’s cavalry attack failed. Bolshevik forces were outflanked and defeated along the center front, with thousands of prisoners, guns, and matériel seized. Grodek fell to Polish forces as fighting continued around Zamosz and Lubin amid broader Polish and Ukrainian co operation, while south Russian talks seek joint action with Poland.
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Warsaw
Budenny
Cave Alry
Lemberg
Budzonny
Budenoy
Lubin
Zamosz
Lublin
Baron Wrangel
Poland
Lithuania
Minsk
Grodek
Chelm
Dublenka
Moniatyez
Cotton Makes Big Gain
Washington reports continued improvement in the cotton crop through August increasing by more than 9 quarter of a million bales. The Agriculture Department forecasts a total production of 12,783,000 bales based on August 25 conditions. Growth was rapid in August though the crop runs two to three weeks late and may require late fall for favorable termination. boll weevil damage is expected to be greater than usual.
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Washington
Department of Agriculture
Typhoon Hits Manila Hardfield Power Loss and Damage
A severe typhoon in Manila caused extensive damage with power outages, street closures, and paper shortages. Uprooted shade and mango trees blocked streets though no deaths were reported. many injured by debris. Prince of Wales departs Honolulu for Panama aboard Renown.
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Manila
P. 1
Philippines
Prince of Wales
Hawaii
Honolulu
Panama
Anthracite Miners Get 20 Percent Wage Increase
President Wilson approved the anthracite coal commission’s majority plan increasing contract miners wages by 20 percent, with company men at 17 percent and other categories also raised. The award sets a minimum rate of 52.5 cents per hour for lower paid workers, retroactive to April 1, 1920, and back pay totaling about 18 million dollars, affecting 176,000 miners. The decision rejects retroactive payment terms and the miners’ push for a closed shop and check-off system, referencing further wage-scale considerations to the industrial disputes board.
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Washington
Wilson
Anthracite Coal Commission
Thomas. Kennedy
Ecale
United Mine Workers
Board of Cvacilation
Sugar Riot Breaks Out Among Immigrants in Dining Hall
A sugar shortage sparked a riot among 1,750 immigrants at Bills Island dining hall as sugar replaced molasses in coffee for the first time since the war. Several were hospitalized with injuries, some attempting to pocket the bowls. Employees rushed to safety as guards moved in. Sugar packages will be handed out later.
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Ellies Island
New York
Bills Island
Hard Goal Men Te Vacation Beyond Union's Control
In Wilkesbarre Pa September 2 a large walkout leaves at least 60000 anthracite workers idle as 310 delegates representing 86 locals vote to take a vacation until operators grant demands. Hazleton joint committee to frame new proposals while independent mines stay active.
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Wilkesbarre
United Mine, Workers of America
Hazelton
Scranton
Wyoming
Lehigh Valley Coal Company
Susquehanna Colleries Company
Stanton
Lehigh Valley
Susquehanna Company
Pittston
Philadelphia
Wilson
Lewis
Indianapolis
Tohn L. Lewis
United Mine Workers of America
Alahama
Organization Committee
The
International Executive Board
Cpg
Coal Commission
Alabama
J. R. Kennemer
Birmingham
Riot at Pier 50 In New York Involving 2000 Longshoremen
More than two thousand white and black longshoremen clashed at Pier 50 on the North River. Several were wounded and ringleaders arrested as police reserves struggled to separate the combatants. The fight arose when 1000 white workers found 500 Black workers unloading a vessel amid tensions from a recent strike.
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New York
Pier 50
North River
British troops take Bakuba in Mesopotamia report
A dispatch from Baghdad says Bakuba, a town eighty miles northeast of Baghdad, was occupied by Sikh troops after Arab tribesmen in revolt against British rule had recently captured it. Arabs offered only slight resistance. Elsewhere in Mesopotamia the situation remained unchanged.
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London
Bakuba
Bagdad
Mesopotamia
Foreign commerce in gain in July exports rise sharply
US exports to principal countries totaled 51,281,827 in July, up 82,604,312 from last year. Imports for the month reached 537,170,851, an increase of 198,414,091 over July 1910, marking a strong rise in both directions per Commerce Department figures.
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Washington
United States
Department of Commerce
Assassination of British India Deputy Commissioner
Deputy Commissioner Willoughby was killed in his Simla residence in August. A Mughalman fanatic known as the gasasain, aided by accomplices, reportedly entered the house while servants were away, escalating unrest in the Oudh province.
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Simla
India
Willoughby
Kheri
Oudh
Woolen Mills to Open Preparatory Dept September
Boston September 2 The American Woolen company resumes operations with the preparatory departments starting September 12 and other departments to follow as soon as possible per an announcement by William M Wood president of the company.
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Otera
Boston
American Woolen Company
William M. Wood
Revolt Spreads Across Western Siberia Uprising
Western Siberian peasants overthrow soviets in Omsk Novonikolofeysk Barnaul and other towns. Kirghiz tribesmen join Cosack detachments in a broad anti Bolshevik movement led by released officers. Insurrection gains momentum with mujsk farmers in Altai Tomsk Tobolsk Semipalatinsk Akimolinsk cited as main support.
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Harbin
Omsk
Novonikolofeysk
Barnaul
Itig
Cossicka
Insurgenta
Far Hnat
Sibérian
Mujsk
Altai
Tomsk
Tobolek
Semipalatinsk
Akimolinsk
Siberia
Railway Workers Seek Board to Reopen Pay Increases
Chicago Aug 81 Members of the Order of Railway Telegraphers file a petition with the United States railway labor board asking to reopen 5 and 10 cent hourly increases. They note other railway workers gained 13 to 18 cents hourly and cite 60 000 workers backing the move. The petition says union officials seek to avoid any interruptions in carrier operations. After the increases operators earn 65 cents an hour or 5 20 a day.
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Chicago
The
Order of Railway Telegraphers
United States Railway Labor Board
Mexicans Seek Kidnapers in Zamora Bandit Raid
Mexico City August 81 war department orders search for American and British captives taken by Pedro Zamora the Jullaco bandit during the August 20 raid on Caule. General Bucina pursues the outlaws while reports from Calles cite demoralized fugitives and more than eighty killed at Ranch Divisadero. All women kidnapped at Autlon August 11 have been liberated.
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Mexico City
Pedro Zamora
Caule
War Department
Rafael Bucina
P. Bilas Calles
Guadalajara
Gasoline Use Surges 32 Percent in US First Half
Washington reports gasoline production for the first six months of this year rose 15 percent from 2019 while consumption jumped 82 percent. June gas stocks stood at 89,841,000 gallons, about 15 percent above June 30, 1919, according to the bureau of fines.
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Washington
Bureau of Fines
Gnao
World news snapshot with many global events and figures
Unusually severe typhoon in Manila causing substantial damage. Belfast riot death toll rises to nine thousand. Cholera cases and deaths surge in Korea and Seoul health officials report. W B Colvin resigns from FTC. Postmaster Burleson announces US Cuba air mail service this fall. Russian front reports repulse of Polish attacks. Max Miller and Richardson death in Morristown crash. Chicago census revision shows 2,701,705. Britten fails to prove British money influence in Democratic primary. Sao Paulo sails with King Albert and Queen Elizabeth to Rio. Wilson approves increased miners wages by 20 percent. Turkish nationalists propose armistice with Armenians. Galveston ranks second in US exports by value. Whisky seizures in Nebraska. Siberia injury to Semenoff. Italy says US-Russia stance largely aligned per note. Rome factory seizures tied to metal strikes. US 1920 auto exports at $232 million, ninefold prewar. Canton and Fukien hostilities erupt in China. 20,000 Kwangsi troops mobilized for confrontation.
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Korea
Seoul
W. B. Colvin
Federal Trade Commission
White House
Washington
United States
Cuba
Burleson
Revret
London
Wireless
Max. Miller
Mechuuietan Richardson
Morristown
N. J
James
Sureau
Chicago
Britten
Senate Committee
Sao Paulo
Zebrugge
Belgium
Albert
Queen Elizabeth
Rio Ianeiro
Wilson
Armenia
Constantinople
Galveston
Tex
Omani
Neb
Gus Byers
Council Binstr
Semenoff
Siberia
China
Peking
Italy
Russia
Poland
Colby
Rome
Milan
Turin
Department of Commerce
Canton
Snd Fukien
Chenhmnin
Puklen-Kwangtung
Refuses to issue a writ in DC suffrage case ruling
Washington reports the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia dismissed the American Constitutional League’s petition for an injunction against issuing the suffrage proclamation. The article then lists commodity prices including wheat flour, timothy hay, cattle, hogs, and sheep in various grades and weights.
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Washington
Supreme Court of the
District of Columbia
American Constitutional League
Upham Quits Doubt On Campaign Quota Figures
Republican Treasurer Upham testified under oath he had not seen or ordered the quota list claimed by Cox in his Pittsburgh speech. He defended the secrecy rules on contributor lists and showed a statewide quota sheet totaling 4,887,500 and specific sums for Illinois and New York. He confirmed starting disbursements of 1,540,604.84 and said loans to congressional and senatorial committees would be repaid from independent funds. He disputed Hays on overall budget figures and noted 12,689 donors with an average gift of 82.14 dollars.
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Chicago
Cox
Pittsburgh
Fred W. Upham
Republican Nation Committee
Campign
Kenyon
Upham
Eity
Senator Reed
Republican Campaign Fund
National Comitee
Itinola
New York
National Committee
Hays
Reed
Mr. Foss
Mr. Upham
Republican National Committee
Prohibition Candidate Auron G. Watkine Plans Air Tour
Presidential hopeful Auron G. Watkine of the Prohibition party announced a campaign by airplane starting September 16 from Inchiapapolis. The tour will cover states east of the Rocky Mountains.
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Airplane
Inchiapapolis
Auron G, Watkine
Prohibition Party
Rocky Mountains
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