Navy to Expand Aviation and Coastal Bases Funding
Congress approves 25 million dollars for naval aviation and Pacific coast base development. Funds go to Cape May Hampton Roads San Diego Pensacola Quantico Paris Island Great Lakes Charleston Lakehurst Narragansett Bay Hawaii and more. Navy training summer schools for boys aged 16 to 20 to cost 375000 with 5000 youths entering yearly. Red Cross aids for veterans' training and home service support.
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Edison First Studio and the Black Maria
The article describes Edison's first studio known as the Black Maria. It details its oblong wooden structure and a movable roof that could be raised or lowered as needed.
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Black Maria
Robbers Bind Man to Rails. One Foot Severs by Train Near Excelsior Springs
George Underwood of Carrollton, Mo., was forced by two armed men to ride a motorcar into a remote area near the Wabash tracks. They robbed him of 70 dollars and bound him to the rails with barbed wire. A passing train cut off his left foot and hand while he struggled to escape. He was found by a farmer and taken home for help. a posse found no trace of the assailants. Authorities believe knowledge of Underwood’s motorcar sales in Kansas City aided the attackers.
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Goldstein Returns $2500 Backed Lowden Nominat ion Bid
Nat Goldstein of St Louis, a delegate from the tenth district to the Republican national convention, testifying to a senate subcommittee said he received $2500 to aid Governor Lowden’s presidential bid and has returned the funds. He stated he planned to return the money if Lowden failed to secure the nomination and that he gave it to a aide close to L L Emmerson, the Lowden manager, before leaving Chicago for St Louis.
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Lowden
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L. L. Emmerson
Chicago
Rioters clash as sailor and civilian killed in Chicago riot
On Chicago's South Side a sailor and a civilian died and many were injured in a whites versus negroes riot. Chief Garrity said the clash began when a white man made a slurring remark as a parade of negroes passed the corner of Thirty-fifth Street and Prairie Avenue.
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Two Die in Santa Fe Wreck
Two persons are reported killed and 50 injured near Reno Colorado when eastbound Santa Fe train No. 4 the California Limited wrecked. The dead are A. O. Swanson of Chicago a barber and baggage man and Dr. W. F. Harper of Mount Vernon New York. Seven negro cooks and waiters were among the injured.
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Reno
Santa Fe
A. O. Swanson
Chicago
W. F. Harper
Mount Vernon
N. Y
Mexican governor ousted by rebels in Colima state
El Paso June 17 report says provisional Colima governor Jose Chavira, named by Adolfo de la Huerta, has been driven from office by rebel elements within Mexican troops in Colima, according to La Republica.
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Colima
Jose Chavira
Adolfo de la Huerta
la Republica
Ace on aviation body
Capt. Edward V. Rickenbacker, America's premier ace, was named to Ohio's state aviation commission by Governor Cox. The commission is described as the first of its kind in the United States.
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Edward V. Rickenbacker
Ohio
Cox
Golumbus
America
Ace
State Aviation Commission
United States
Wood Defends Loyal Supporters Against Butler Attack
Maj. Gen. Leon A Wood denounces Dr Nicholas Murray Butler for accusing a diverse group of stock gamblers oilmen and promoters of trying to buy his presidential nomination He praises his campaign committee chair Col William Cooper Proctor and the loyal supporters who backed him at conventions primaries and polls The general calls the Butler charge a vicious falsehood and a cowardly attack aimed at his backers
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Chicago
Leonard Wood
New York
Nicholas Murray Butler
General Wood
William Cooper Proctor
85 Aliens Sent to Ellis Island for Deportation
A train from Portland Seattle and Chicago brought 85 aliens to Ellis Island for deportation. Half are alleged anarchists. They were gathered by special agent T M Kline of the Bureau of Immigration. Some were prisoners serving terms for wartime offenses.
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Ellis Island
Far West
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Ore
Chicago
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Department of Labor
Vice President Marshall Sends Sympathetic Note to Coolidge
Boston June 17 The Vice President greeted Gov Calvin Coolidge with sympathy not congratulations in a brief message. Marshall conveyed his sincere condolences as Coolidge contemplates his possible path forward after the party's nomination.
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Boston
United States
Marshall
Calvin Coolidge
Drive on coal profiteers ordered by Palmer
Washington dispatch reports Attorney General Palmer ordered a drive against coal profiteers. All federal district attorneys were instructed to give special attention to charges of profiteering and seek indictments where investigations warranted.
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Palmer
Fight Bolo Duel Ends in Fatal Blow in Manila
Dawan and his seconds faced off in a vacant city lot near Manila center as a feud with a favored native weapon escalated. Umall forced the encounter and delivered a decisive blow that severed the adversary’s...
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Umall
Gompers Re-elected AF L President Amid Labor Debates
Samuel Gompers was re-elected as president of the American Federation of Labor by a near unanimous vote. The convention raised his salary to 12000 and set a nationwide drive to organize telephone operators. Delegates debated railroad ownership and League covenant issues with Ireland’s self-determination stance shaping the debate. Labor Memorial Day and Labor Sunday were designated, and the Pittsburgh steel campaign headquarters will stay active pending a new national committee.
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Harding Quits Senate Race Announcement
Sen War ren Harding, Republican presidential nominee, said he will withdraw this week from the Ohio senate race. He filed his petition while in Chicago before the Republican convention and stated he will not resign his senate term but will withdraw his petition to run for the senate.
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Warren G. Harding
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Ohio
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Chicago
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Housing plan calls for 160000 new apartments in New York
A report by Edward P. Doyle of Mayor Hylan's housing conference committee says New York must erect at least 160000 additional apartments with an investment of 560 million dollars to ease the housing shortage.
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Edward P. Doyle
Hylan
Duluth Lynching of Three Negro Roustabouts Sparks Mob Violence
A mob of about 5,000 in Duluth Minnesota overpowered police, seized and lynched three black roustabouts connected to an attack on a 17 year old white girl. National Guardsmen restored order after police station damage and street violence. Six suspects were arrested. three were executed, three held by police.
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Minnesota National Guardsmen
St. Paul
Superior Street
Government expenditures show steep monthly totals in 1919 20
Washington announces total outlays from July 1, 1919, to May 31, 1920 reaching 20 775 535 858 dollars. September saw the heaviest spending at 4 475 937 701 dollars while November was lightest at 611 301 764. Navy ranked third with 723 717 269, labor at 5 064 246, White House at 6 702 880, Congress at 17 681 120, and debt service at 14 846 554 373.
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Treasury
Navy Department
Department of Labor
White House
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Labor federation calls to bar Japanese immigrants
The American Federation of Labor in Montreal urged Congress to cancel the gentlemen's agreement with Japan and exclude Japanese and other Asiatic emigrants. The federation also demanded an end to picture brides and instructed departments and international unions to press this legislation.
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Congress of the
United States
Japan
Italy Fixes Reparations Claims At About 12.32 Billion
Paris reports Rome dispatches indicate Italy’s claim on reparations from central empires, including pensions, is fixed at about 12.32 billion dollars. The figure reflects updates to settled reparations and pensions as outlined by Rome.
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Cartoon Magazine Warns of Chloroform Case Trend
A cartoon from Cartoons Magazine laments rising cases and warns that the poor dogs may cry out for chloroform as a satirical jab at sensational medical or legal mishaps.
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Woman's Health Guarded by Lydia E Pinkham Remedy
A plea for women to protect health before illness spreads and a promotion for Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. It claims the remedy has restored health to suffering women and offers confidential advice from the Lydia E Pinkham Medicine Co. in Lynn Massachusetts.
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