Aircraft carriers essential to introduce mobility in naval warfare
Washington reports from June 21 to July 21 bombing tests show battleships retain top defense role, but aviation development grows in importance. The joint army navy board chaired by Pershing notes need for mobile bases and large aircraft carriers, with aircraft able to carry heavy bombs to threaten major ships.
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Virginia capes
joint board of the ‘army and navy
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Weeks
Roosevelt
navy
army air service
army
naval
H. B. Chortz
Haan
C. S. Williams
Henry @ervey
W. C. Cole
wessel
U S Tobacco Output and Cigarette Figures for Last Year
Washington reports the census bureau annual tobacco output. About 61.36 billion cigarettes were made in the United States, with roughly 15.83 billion exported and 46.00 billion consumed domestically. Cigars reached 8.73 billion. tobacco production totaled 413,851,000 pounds. Tobacco crop was 1.57 billion pounds on 1.53 million acres. Revenue from tobacco products was about 294 million dollars, with state import values led by North Carolina and New York.
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WASHINGTON
United States
census bureau
North Carolina
New York
ee bay
Pennayton i Jersey
Misgeurt
Daugherty Urges 18 New U S Judges Plan For Court Reorganization
Attorney General Daugherty urged President Harding and Congress to create eighteen federal judges at large to relieve court congestion. The plan, drawn by a five member commission with Chief Justice Taft, envisions nine senior circuit judges gathering with the attorney general to accelerate federal business. The move targets a June 30 1921 backlog of 141000 cases, up from 118744 the prior year, amid rising civil and criminal workloads.
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House
Senate
Daugherty
United States
judicial ye
John. Hater
nfo
W. Grubb
Alabama
Joan C. Polfobk
Kansas
William B. Hayward
New York
Charles F. Clyne
Chicago
Taft
Restaurant holdup at 377 South Illinois street ends with gunpoint robbery
A masked bandit held four men at gunpoint in a restaurant on 377 South Illinois street last night, rifling a cash drawer for 82 dollars before escaping by automobile. Proprieter Hick Guleff and three staff members were in the rear when the hold-up began. A prior killing in the same establishment occurred on Oct. 23, 1920, with Carl Bernauer serving a life term for the murder. Nearby, a burglar assaulted Mrs Stirks as she woke, but was restrained by her husband until police arrived.
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Illinois street
Hick Guleff
William F. McDongell
Meridian street
Mike Dieff
George Tulchoff
restaurent
Guleff
Wlace
Sam Eads
Carl Bernauer
Victor Stirks
North
California street
Andrew Hendgroen
Roanoke Street
Edgar Brown
Woman seeks divorce and bans husband from river threat
Mary Bertha Stricklin Winterblower asks Special Judge John N. Woodbury to enjoin Walter C. Strickland from harming her or their child amid alleged threats to drown them in the Ohio River. The order is issued as she pursues divorce and restoration of her maiden name.
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LOUISVILLE
Walter C. Strickland
Tardin county
reading
Ohio river
els
John N. Woodbury
Mary Bertha Stricklin
Woodbury
Children play with gun ends in boy's instant death
Aug 15 Decatur Ind Woodrow Eli Christman eight year old son of Mr and Mrs Eli Christman was killed instantly at the Geneva home while a photo with three children in the family was discharged A shell's contents struck the lad in the chin The gun had been left standing in the corner of the bedroom
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DECATUR
Ind
Woodrow
Mia
Eli Christman
Geneva
Tax Bill Advances After Five Hour House Session
Washington August 19 More than fifty amendments to the Republican tax bill were accepted in a five hour House session. Debates included clashes between party lines and a renewed quarrel between Fordney and Byrnes. An amendment exempting charitable gifts from tax was approved despite Democratic opposition. The big fight centered on definitions of foreign and domestic corporations deriving substantial income outside the United States. CONTINUED ON PAGE NINE.
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Fordney
ways and means committee
Representative Byrnes
South Carolina
Byrnes
Chandler
Oklahoma
Mr. Burnea
andi
United States
Democrata
Mob crosses deadline in quest of Negro in Knox County
In Knoxville Tennessee deputies guarding the Knox County jail fired on a crowd attempting to reach Frank Martin a Black man accused of attacking a teacher. More than twenty wounded all white two women two deputies wounded and guardsmen on duty.
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KNOXVILLE
Tenn
Knox county
Frank Martin
Sherif Charles Lewis
Slith infantry
Tennessee Naional Guard
Martin
Cate
scorcs
Jail Guarded as Troops Sought for High Way Robbery Case
In Barnstable Massachusetts Sheriff Irving T. Rosenthal asked for state troops to guard the county jail after reports that a group planned to free three inmates held on highway robbery and assault charges against a young white woman. Prisoners John Dies Benjamin Gomez and Joseph Andreas were confined in separate sections of the jail as the situation continued.
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Irving T. Rosenthal
Jalil
John Dies
Benjamin Gomez
Joseph Andreas
Fir
ThomasS. Stapleton
United States
Earl Dickson
Frank Prough
R. Potterf
Forrest Livingston
Frank Anderson
Howard Dennison
Snider
Mutineers Defy Orders at Marion County Jail Disturbance
Prisoners in the Marion County jail twice mutinied yesterday triggering police aid. Six inmates from Federal row fought transfer, causing flooded floors and lights out. Police and jailers, including Sheriff George Snider, restored order with riot sticks under guard and escorted prisoners to secure cells.
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Marion county
George Snider
Roberta McBroom
Lawrence Roberta
Carl MNimel
LAéut. Woollen
Bergt
Helm
Rugenstein
Brynes and
Peata
Landers
Wilkinson
Bernaver
Drinkut
Fisher
Snider
Sergi Sheehan
Plan Week End Cruise From Washington Yacht Mayflower
Washington August 19 President and Mex Harding plan to leave Washington tomorrow afternoon for a week end cruise down the Potomac on the yacht Mayflower.
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WASHINGTON
Mex Harding
Potomac
Conferees Near Final Beer Bill Agreement
Washington reports Senate and House conferees are nearly aligned on the anti beer measure and hope for final enactment before next week’s recess. They signaled rejection of the Stanley amendment protecting homes, while retaining parts governing searches of vehicles and other property to avoid undermining enforcement.
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SENATE
WASHINGTON
Volatead
Stanley
Trowbridge Rejects Hub Offer to Stay in Indianapolis
Nelson J. Trowbridge, manager of the Murat and Shubert holdings in Indianapolis, declined a Boston theater offer during a New York visit for the International Theatrical Association convention. He chose to remain in Indianapolis, citing his family and ties to local venues as decisive factors. The Shuberts had prepared to relocate him to Boston, but he preferred the Indiana capital and its duties.
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Indianapolis
Mural Theater
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Boston
New York City
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Gotham
International Theatrical Association, Inc
Shubert
Boston opera house
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Whar
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clubs
pretty
Indiana
express company
Stuart Walker
Premier Fears Grisis In Erin
London Aug 19 The British prime minister David Lloyd George warned in the House of Commons that the outline of Britain’s Irish settlement cannot be altered nor the terms changed. He cautioned that rejection would challenge royal authority and imperial unity, and urged parliamentary consultation before any steps. Similar remarks were made in the Lords by Foreign Secretary Curzon as negotiations continued.
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Associated Press
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House of Commons
Ireland
Llroyd George
House of Lords
Curzon
jhe
Great
Britain
Lloyd George
der latca
Eamon DeValera
Overtime Pay Order by Board Changes Shop Craft Rules
The United States railroad labor board issued a divided ruling on overtime pay for shop craft workers on 137 roads. The majority, led by A O Wharton, altered seven rules including payment for Sunday and holiday work only when absolutely necessary for operation and permitting up to two hours of overtime before meal breaks. A dissenting labor member criticized the decision as unjust or unreasonable.
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A. O. Wharton
American Federation of Labor
all
federated shop crafts
wonder
R. M. Barton
G W Hanger
Ben W Hooper
Albert. Phipe
Walter J. McMentien
antonn
Hormee Baker
JH. Milcott
Samuel Higgins
Bunda
Weather forecast for Indianapolis area this weekend
The Indianapolis Star reports a forecast of showers and thunderstorms with cooler conditions on Saturday and Sunday. The forecast covers Indianapolis and vicinity with cooler temperatures expected, and notes bannerstorms and varying humidity and precipitation readings from yesterday’s Almanac style report.
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Indiana
Indianapolis
United States Weather Bureau
Indianapolia Star
PAY Sun
Washington U. K. Berlin Peace Treaty Near Approval
Berlin reports anticipate a formal peace treaty with the United States to be signed next week after confidential talks yield a broad Reichstag majority. Chancellor Wirth, Diesel, and Rosen await Washington approval as the cabinet prepares to present the final draft directly to a plenary Reichstag session for ratification without debate.
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Diesel
BERLIN
United States
Wirth
Reichstag
Ellis Loring Diesel
Freidrich Rosen
Washington
foreign relations committee
Girl believed murdered found in Cincinnati
Aug 19. Serana Morris with rose hair was believed buried in a shallow grave near Granite City HL. She is alive and in Avondale. Police traced an insurance payout to her grandmother Martha Hull of Saint Louis NL. Gilliland, held in Granite City, had an alibi as the body was found, and he was later arrested at Terre Haute Ind on Aug 12.
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lark
Granite City
Martha Hull
Eane St Louls
Avondale
tollinois
Giliband
Morris
Gilland j
Wife of Kokomo board member killed by streetcar
The wife of a Kokomo board of works member, Janam P. Davis, Democratic candidate for mayor, died after stepping into the streetcar path to save her grandson on a Beltline crossing. The incident occurred when a switch engine blocked the view and a streetcar struck her as she and neighbors watched. Survived by husband and five children. An investigation and arrest of a new motorman were noted.
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