News Review of Current Events for June 1921
Edward W. Pickard surveys responses to Irish questions after Admiral Sims remarks and Ambassador Harvey in London, Hughes policy on Mexican recognition requiring amity and commerce guarantee, disarmament debates, army staffing, and shipping board picks. Pueblo flood recovery, Silesia turmoil, Irish parliament in Belfast, Sinn Fein disruptions, and telegraph wire sabotage by suspected Sinn Féin elements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward W. Pickard
Ambassador Harvey
London
Admiral Sims
America
Free Ireland
United States
Medill McCormick
Ilinois
Tary
Denby
Sims
Department
Senate
Naval Affairs Committee
Secretary Hughes
Mexico
Obregon
Mr. Hughes
Northern Ireland
Ulster
Belfast
Mal Hugh O'Neill
Emerald Isle
Ireland
Sinn
New Mexico Arizona News Highlights Cause and Conflict
Groundbreaking in Lordsburg for a new Methodist church costing over 15000 dollars. Veterans attend Las Vegas cowboys reunion on July 4. New Mexico women push home beautification in dry-farming counties. California funds pave highway from San Bernardino to Yuma. Arizona literacy gaps rise from 1910 to 2020. Convict Burnet killed in posse action near Globe. Bisbee post office robbery linked to officer’s embezzlement. Douglas murder of taxi driver Louise Quackanbush under investigation. San Simon bank cash theft prompts pursuit. Tijeras cloudburst floods Santa Fe rail lines. Rio Grande flooding. NM tax relief cuts grazing land value by 25 percent, saving about 10 million. Arizona range farming shifts from traditional stock-farming to mixed farming. Charleston Dam construction begins near Benson irrigation 47000 acres. Harding county seat Mosquere established June 14–15. State faces 400000 gas company overcharge due to Supreme Court ruling. Mechem urges Youth Training Camps participation at Fort Logan and Camp Travis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Western
Union News Service
Lordsburg
N. M
New Methodist Church South
Plaina
Las Vegas
Las Vegas Cowboys
New Mexico
Stephens
California
San Bernardino
Holtville
Yuma
Washington
Arizona
Red Whiskers
Burnet
Mariana Teague
Globe
Ariz
Vioul Mountains
Long R. Bailey
Bisbee
Postoffice
Quackanbush
San Simon
A. E. Nelson
San Simon Valley Bank
Tijeris Cafton
Albuquerque
State
Forest Service
Cafton
Santa Fé Railway
Barr Station
Rio Grande
Tax Commission
Commission
United States Department of Agriculture
Charleston
Benson
San Pedro
C.J. Mulvane
J. A. Gumin
Harding
Mosquere
United States Supreme Court
A.B. Renehan
Bowman
Continental ON
Mechem
Fort Logan
Colo
Camp Travis
Tex
Lenin Between Two Fires in Moscow’s Struggle
Moscow papers report ongoing tensions in Russia as Lenin attempts to balance new policy liberalization with maintaining communist control. Radicals attack free trade while peasants show limited interest, and Senin’s power remains precarious amid assassination guards.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Riga
Moscow
Russia
Lenin
Secklov
Pravda
Izvestin
Fugitive Gardner Captured in Centralia by Police
Roy Gardner, a two time mail robber and escapee from federal guards, was recaptured in Centralia by city officer Louis Sonny. He admitted his identity in jail after a chase that included prior escapes from Castle Rock and McNeil's Island. Mrs. Marian Howell aided the capture, noting bandages and alibis aroused suspicion.
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Centralia
Wash
Roy Gardner
Twince
McNeill’s Island
Louis Sonny
Gardner
Castle Rock
Possewen
United States
Holohan
San Francisco
Marsh
Spector
Gallifornia
McNeil
Estland
Norris H. Pyron
Markets Report From Washington on Live Stock and Grains
Market notes from the U S Bureau of Markets outline Chicago hog prices up 25 to 50 cents per 100 pounds, beef steers steady, cows and heifers and feeder steers mainly down 25 cents, veal calves up 25 cents, spring lambs down, and yearlings and fat ewes lower. Prices for pork loins, veal, lambs, and mutton vary across markets with upward trends in eastern wholesale meat. World supply indicators show ample feed stocks, light demand, and steady to higher prices for specific meats, with cash wheat and corn movements mixed and regional price spreads noted. Cotton and dairy futures show declines and firming in various regions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Union News Service
Chicago
Prairie
Timothy
New York
Chiago
Minneapolis
Memphis
Atlanta
Kansas City
Miinneapolia
St Louis
Seaboard
Dinneapoli
Kat Ass. City
Winnies
North Carolina
Derbbs
Virginia
Texas
Louisiana
Bliss
St. Louis
Tairy Bandware
United States
Philadelphia
Boston
Wisconsin
Itc
York
Livestock and metal markets and antitrust case summary
Enver live stock reports show steers and cows steady to weak with best heavy cows around 6 75 and good stockers 2 50 to 4 00. hogs top at 8 00 with several grades near 7 90 and 7 85. lambs and sheep trading mixed with spring lambs up to 12 00 and clip lambs near 9 00. Colorado metals list copper and zinc values. government asks Supreme Court to dismiss Sherman act suit against American Can Company citing U S Steel precedent as basis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Colorado
Supreme Court
American Can Company
United States Steel Corporation
Frierson
Indian Chief Breaches Tradition Adopts American Citizenship
Sitka Alaska dated April 15 1921 reports traditional chief Anna Hootz removes the totem pole from his home yard and declares he will abandon old customs to become a plain American citizen. A formal declaration in early April notes his conviction to live as an American and urges youths to see his new life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S
Sitka
Alaska
Jackson Anna Hootz
Train Wreck Over Cresting Trestle Causes Five Deaths
In Nevada and Nebraska, a Chicago and Northwestern train No. 606 plunged when a sagging trestle bridge gave way after a flood upstream. Five killed, about thirty injured, thirteen taken to Hot Springs hospital, twenty-one to Chadron for treatment. Trainmen blamed weakened pillars from the upstream flood. The baggage car buried the chair car. the smoker landed upright after the fall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Omani
Nev
Whitney
Neb
Chicago & Northwestern
Whitey
Railroad ‘Company
Famines Reported in Kiev and Bernes Swell Dread
Dispatches from the Ukraine allege mass starvation in Kiev as the city endures a siege by Ukrainian insurgents. Four thousand deaths are claimed in a single day. In parallel, secret nationalist vigilance groups reportedly target Bolshevist leaders and magistrates, with several found hanged or fatally shot near lamp posts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berne
Switzerland
Kiev
Ukraine
Clothing prices drop after wartime peak in Chicago
Merchants report a broad fall in men’s clothing and fur nishings from wartime highs. Compiled by the National Association of Retail Clothiers via a questionnaire, 6 percent show 25 percent depreciation, 41 percent 30 to 40 percent, and 11 percent 40 to 50 percent reductions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
National Association of Retail Clothiers
Mob Burns Black Church in Autreyville Georgia
Authorities believe a mob attacked Black homes a lodge and church buildings in Autreyville. The violence followed the case of Lorena Wilkes a 12 year old white girl. John Henry Williams a Black man is charged with the serious case.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Autreyville
Lorena Wilkes
John Henry Williams
Soldiers Injured in Bus Crash at Camp Lewis
Washington dispatch reports thirteen soldiers seriously injured when a motor bus carrying nineteen crashed into a stone wall at the Camp Lewis entrance. Local authorities and medical units respond, with investigation underway into cause and liability.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seattle
Wash
Camp Lewis
Washington
Tragic Death of 5 Year Old Boy in Healdsburg
In Healdsburg California five year old John Tognall was killed after being struck by a railroad train while searching the tracks for a scent piece he had lost. The incident occurred while the child hunted along the rails.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Healdsburg
Calif
John Tognall
Texas Slayer Dead in El Paso After Fatal Shootings
E G Tankersley, who fatally shot Mrs Peart Morgan and Earl Thaxton with an army rifle, died in a local hospital. The incident occurred as Morgan and Thaxton sat on a lawn swing at her home. Tankersley, a rejected suitor, then killed himself by firing through the ground into his body. Morgan leaves five young children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
el Paso
Texas
E. G. Tankersley
Peart Morgan
Earl Thaxton
Tankersley
Trades Leaders Indicted by Chicago Grand Jury
A special grand jury voted true bills against Thomas Kearney president of the Chicago Building Trades Council Simon O'Donnell former head of the group and four labor agents. The Dalley Joint legislative committee aided the inquiry into alleged graft in Chicago's building industry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Thomas Kearney
Chicago Building Trades Council
Simon O'Donnell
G. A. Gorman
Dalley Joint Legislative Committee
Comet Not Coming Close to Earth from Harvard Study
Cambridge astronomers at Harvard College observatory report that Winnecke's comet will not approach Earth within 20 million miles. The nearest sun approach is forecast for June 13, with several astronomers predicting a meteor shower on June 27 due to the comet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cambridge
Mass
Winnecke
Harvard College Observatory
Wheat crops rise 43 million bushels. fruit crops fall
The Agriculture Department forecasts show winter and spring wheat totaling 43 million bushels more than last year. Oats, barley and hay decline. Apple crops shrink to less than half and peach yields drop significantly. Also reported is the death of James D. Maher, longtime Supreme Court clerk, after surgery for stomach trouble.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Department of Agriculture
Supreme Court
James D. Maher
United States Supreme Court
Georgetown Hospital
Adams Succeeds Hays at Republican Meeting
John T. Adams of Dubuque Iowa elected chairman succeeding Postmaster General Mays whose resignation was announced The committee adopted a new basis of representation at national conventions and cut southern delegates Adams was vice chairman and was replaced by Ralph E Williams of Portland Ore
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Republican National Committee
Washington
Will Hays
John T. Adams
Dubuque
Adams
Ralph E. Williams
Portland
Ore
Chicago
Congress
Alvin T. Hert
Kentucky
Hert
Lnst
Aten
Harding
Hic
Louisville
Hays
Iowa
Mays
Mr. Adams
Legion Head Killed In Auto Crash In Indianapolis
National commander F W Galbraith Jr of the American Legion was killed instantly when the car he rode in went over a twenty foot embankment in Indianapolis. Henry Ryan of Indianapolis national director and Milton Foreman of Chicago national committeeman were not seriously hurt.
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Col
Frederick W. Galbraith
The
American Legion
Legion
Smash
Indianapolis
Inc
F. W. Galbraith
Henry Ryan
Bfilton Foreman
Chicago
the Legion
Illinois
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Pueblo
University of Virginia
John Wanamaker
Evangeline Booth
Iate
William Booth
Silvation Army Memorial Training College
Secretary OF Navy
House
Senate Military Committee
United States Shipping Board
A. D. Lasker
T. V. O'Connor
Buffalo
N. Y
Chamberlain
Oregon
Edward C. Plummer
Maine
F. L .Thompson
Alabama
Meyer Lissner
Los Angeles
Georgia
Mr. Lasker
Hlinois
National Guard
American Red Cross
Upper Silesia
Korfanty
von Hoefer
Slaventitz
Kandrzin
Urest
Gleiwitz
Gross Strehlitz
Neumann
Dover Castle
Admiralty
Allied Council of Ambassadors
Berlin
Munich
Sen- In
U.S. Bureau OF Markets
Washington, D. C
Enver Live
Hayton
South Park
Denver Business Directory
Bani Aclo
New “Orlin
Snaxophons
Knight-Campbell Music CO
Erle Cords & “Olympian Fabrica
Peice
A. Hostern
Acoma
Whelewale
Dever
Seea
17Th & Logan St
U.K
Ottepee Astern Shoe Repair Factory
Yellow Front
Champa Street
Kodaks
Roan Fi Tever Phote Materials Company
Bhastman Kodak Company
Sixteenth Street
Denver
Simay Coffee A Spice CO
21St and Market
Charles Hair & Beauty Shop
16Th St
Park Floral Co
Treadway
Millicent Hart Co
Howm-Allen Jewelry CO
Nebraska
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