Dempsey Retains World Title In Brutal Willard Fight
In a fierce exchange the challenger Willard was knocked down seven times as Dempsey pressed with brutal lefts and rights. The champion survived a dramatic opening rounds barrage and finished the bout with relentless power, securing the victory and retaining the world heavyweight title.
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Message to U S Heroes on Government Insurance
A historic message from President Woodrow Wilson urges veterans to convert wartime term policies into permanent government insurance. He emphasizes soldiers earned this right through service in the great war and invites them to choose permanent protection for themselves and dependents. The note frames insurance as a symbol of national gratitude and duty.
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Franco U S Pact Terms and British Aid Decree
Paris July 5 The foreign office released texts of the Franco American and Franco British pacts. The US France treaty requires immediate aid to France if attacked and allows League of Nations review with US Senate and French Parliament approval. The Anglo French accord promises British support with conditional phrases.
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German Prisoners Riot in Weetey Camp Amid Bayonet Violence
A riot involving about 2000 German prisoners of war at the Weetey camp prompted British troops to open fire and bayonets to be used as the riot escalated over rations. Separate items report a benevolent society convention in Atlantic City, a New York painter's plan to leave Midtown for a hiatus, a large garment workers strike in Chicago, a suffrage vote in Des Moines, Lloyd George's reception in Commons, and Cossack forces capturing Reds near the Don river.
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Palmer's Opinion Cited on War Prohibition Enforcement
Washington July 2 the house judiciary committees plan to report a straight bill enforcing wartime prohibition to allow sale at 2% beer. Palmer says immediate prosecutions will follow violations, with emphasis on clear interpretation of intoxicating content and gradual enforcement pending Supreme Court guidance.
Record-Year Exports Hit 6.5 Billion, US Trade Peak
May exports valued at six hundred six million eight hundred seventy thousand five hundred ninety dollars. Based on June estimates, exports for the fiscal year ending June 30 reached six billion five hundred million dollars, the highest in U S foreign trade history. Previous record in 1917 stood at six hundred two billion nine hundred million dollars.
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Doctor Anna Shaw Dead in Moylan Pennsylvania
Dr Anna Howard Shaw honorary president of the Nations American Woman's Suffrage Association died at her Moylan home aged seventy one She chaired the women’s committee on the council of national defense and recently received the distinction medal for her war work. Paris tribute to France reported by Gen Pershing and capital notes from Washington and Berne on global events follow.
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Major General Cabell Receives Distinguished Service Medal
Major General Cabell in charge of American troops on the Mexican border is awarded the Distinguished Service Medal for handling the border situation with firmness and sound judgment during the war.
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U. S. Airship Blows Up Near Baltimore
The navy dirigible C-8 commanded by Lt. N. J. Learned exploded on landing at Camp Holabird near Baltimore causing a blast that injured about seventy five people, mostly women and children. Officers escaped unharmed though several suffered shocks. Investigators cite rapid gas expansion from heat as a likely cause.
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New York Chicago Air Mail Starts Regular Daily Service
The long delayed New York to Chicago mail line began Tuesday with mail sacks leaving at 5 15 p m and arriving at 12 58 p m establishing a sub nine hour service. The flight used three relays and marks the opening of a regular daily service now in operation between Chicago and Cleveland and between New York and Washington.
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Brundage rules state liquor limit at half percent
Springfield July 3 Attorney General Brundage issued a statement interpreting the state search and seizure law as forbidding the sale of beer or wine containing more than one half of one percent alcohol The opinion holds the state law fixes the alcoholic content at that amount despite Palmer for the government and declares Illinois bone dry while the law is in effect
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R-34 Arrives At Mineola Field Amid Dense Fog Delays
Mineola welcomes the British airship R-34 as it lands amid thick fog after a 5 600 mile Atlantic crossing from Europe. American soldiers secure the moorings with five anchors while the crew praises the American handling. Possible return trip planned with stops in New York Philadelphia and perhaps Washington.
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Ex-Crown Prince in Threat and Turkish Troops Enter Alin
July 1971 reports show ex Crown Prince Wilhelm of Prussia vowing allies will not extradite him and will face only his death, while Turkish troops reportedly entered Alin with Greeks evacuated. The dispatch includes garbled dialogue fragments about personal disruption and employment efforts, lacking clear context.
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Poems and taste in poetry from Louisville column
In the Louisville Courier Journal excerpt another writer muses on poetry. The exchange notes that poems are the children of fancy and that people tend to prefer their own poetry to others.
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Prohibition Fight and League of Nations Debate Intensify
President Wilson returns to push ratification of the peace treaty and League of Nations as prohibition enforcement tightens across the United States. Senator Borah accuses Wall Street of backing League propaganda while British and German postwar plans unfold amid the Weimar assembly and Turkish, Chinese, and Armenian negotiations. The Finnish dirigible K-84 falters near New England, shipping news and casualty reports accompany updates on Carranza’s forces and Dr. Anna Shaw’s death.
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Physicians Face Ruin in German Editorial Protest
Berlin's Kaintsche Zeltung notes unity among parties including extreme socialists in praising doctors for wartime service yet warns that compulsory insurance will ruin the medical profession. It cites doctor incomes under the scheme, patient charges, and the impact on private practice as 21,100,000 people enter the new insurance system.
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Turbulent Berlin Food Strikes Spark City Turmoil
Dispatches report rising unrest across German provinces amid fears of Spartacan revolution and coups. Food price demands spark protests. troops move to threatened points, with Hamburg events showing volunteers not always reliable. Gen. von Lettow-Vorbeck troops arrive, some surrender arms to civilians.
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