Railroads accused of defying federal safety rules
Washington dispatch reports Representative Melvin O. McLaughlin of Nebraska charging many American railroads fail to install safety devices as required by federal law. He introduces a resolution to appoint five congressmen to probe railroad officials and suppliers, citing graft and low penalties as reasons for noncompliance. He cites a New York wreck with nine deaths as an example and notes growing support from travelers.
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Times
Washington Bureau
New York Ave
Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
Melvin O. McLaughlin
Nebraska
McLaughlin
New York
Second fig farm started in North Carolina tidewater
United Press reports a second fig farm opened in the tidewater area of North Carolina. The site lies on a sound island where seedlings from California, Texas and Smyrna were secured. Wild Adriatic-type fig trees, likely planted by early settlers, range to the size of oaks and provide fruit to locals.
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United Press
Raleigh
N. C
Tidewater
North Carolina
Sound
California
Texas
Smyrna
Golf on Volcano Brink
Honolulu June 21 Times Special reports a golf course near Kilauea’s mouth. The fiery crater may serve as a hazard with lava flows and possible earthquakes adding danger and drama to the game.
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Honolulu
Kilauea
Tuberculosis set to be negligible in twenty years say expert
Dr. Livingston Ferrand president of the National Tuberculosis Association spoke at the twenty annual convention in Atlanta stating tuberculosis will be a negligible factor in America within two decades. In Colorado Lupton authorities announced names for triplets born to Mr. and Mrs. John Clawson Lee Lee and Leon were chosen to form Lee A Lee B and Leon C Clawson with alphabetical additions.
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Atlanta
America
Livingston Ferrand
National Tuberculosis Association
Association
Lupton
Colo
John Clawson
Lee
Leon
Lee A
Leo B
Leon C. Clawson
Liechtenstein Plans Annexation by Switzerland
Liechtenstein, a tiny Alpine principality between Austria and Switzerland, is reported to seek annexation by the Swiss republic. The country measures about fifteen miles long and five miles wide.
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Berlin
Liechtenstein
Austria
Switzerland
Europe
King George Plays Tennis at Buckingham Palace
King George favors outdoor sport and plays one hour daily at Buckingham Palace. He plans to invite Helen Wills, the American woman champion, to play at the palace soon. United Press report from Noblesville Indiana dated June 21. Carmel Friends quarterly meeting across central Indiana records strong opposition to war.
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London
George
Buckingham Palace
Helen Wills
The
Palace
United Preas
Noblesville
Ind
Carmel Quarterly Meeting of Friends
Indiana
Shirt Tail Charlie the Seminole Outcast Warrior Slayer
A Seminole known as Shirt Tail Charlie was banished by tribal council for killing his wife twenty years ago. He must wear a knee-length one piece garment, stay behind his people, beg for pennies, and speaks mainly in a grunt. Despite his faults, he is described as an excellent athlete and skilled hunter in the Everglades.
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NEA
T. Lauderdale
Fla
Charlie
Florida Everglades
Florida
Preparations Under Way for Pulitzer Air Races
Dayton prepares for the international Pulitzer air races to be staged at Wilbur Wright field in October. Hundreds of planes, speeds around 250 mph, compete for 50 000 dollars in prizes. Army air service racers, Navy hopes, and notable pilots from Europe and America are involved. Parking, housing, and spectator plans are developing as events span three days with night flying and lighter-than-air displays.
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Bu United Press
Dayton
Ohio
Wilbur Wright Field
Jefferson Barracks
Union
Belgium
England
Sadi Lecointe
France
Black Papa
Italy
Army Air Service
Curtis
Army
Alex Pearson
W. H. Brookley
McCook Field
Bert Skeel
Selfridge Field
Navy
Barling
Harold R. Harris
Shenandoah
Wilbur Wright
McCook
Cincinnati WLW to air Zoo operas and concerts Monday
Operas Broadcast Cincinnati will air the Zoo performances and band concerts via WLW every Monday evening. The program schedule starts the week of June 23 with a broadcast lineup of operas and concerts.
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Cincinnati
The
Zoo
WLW
Economic life in China changes under new factory labor patterns
Washington reports from the International Labour Office that China is undergoing a major shift in industry and economy. The rise of street and factory work increases women and children in mills and filatures, with about 40 percent of cotton mill workers being women and 40 percent children.
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Times
Washington
International Labor Office
Crna
China
North China
Chefoo
Foreigners Welcome Washington Work Found in France for 297000
In 1923 France offered jobs to 297000 foreign workers with 262000 new entrants. Italians led with 112000, Poles 50000, Spaniards 36000, Belgians 33000, and Portuguese 11000. Builders and farmers absorbed most, 40000 and 83000 respectively, plus 51900 in other industries.
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Times Special
Washington
France
International Labor Office
Dallas Radio Amateurs Hold Meeting Amid Weather
Dallas Texas radio amateurs met as planned despite bad weather keeping many at home. They attended their regular meeting and discussed club affairs and upcoming events.
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Dallas
Texas
Relief for Mine Area Spurs Clinton Industry Plan
Richard Lieber announces proposed new industries to absorb idle labor after mine closures in Clinton County fields. Dr. W N Logan travels to Vigo County to identify Clinton area raw materials for new industries. The Clinton Chamber warned 1 000 families may leave Clinton due to summer mine slackness.
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Clinton Coas
Clinton Chamber of Commerce
Richard Lieber
State Conservation Department
W. N. Logan
Vigo County
Clinton
Lieber
Resignation Restores Romance For Dr Percy Grant
Dr Percy Grant quits as rector of the Fifth Avenue Church of the Ascension citing health and a wish to finish literary work. Friends say the interrupted romance with Mrs Rita d Acosta Lydig may resume after Bishop Manning opposed their marriage and a separation had been reported.
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United Press
New York
Percy Stickney Grant
Rita d'Acosta Lydiz
Grant
Fifth Avenue Church of the Ascension
Manning
Letter Carrier Ward Free on $1000 Bond for Mail Theft
Clyde N. Ward a 23 year old letter carrier at 1178 W Twenty Seventh St is at liberty on a $1000 bond charged with stealing two decoy letters containing $7.50. He was bound over to the grand jury Friday by U S Commissioner John W Kern after arrest Thursday by post office inspector H H Wasson who saw him take the letters from a collection box and not return them at Fountain Square station.
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Clyde N. Ward
Twenty- Seventh St
Liberty
Grand Jury
U. S
John W. Kern
Ward
H. H. Wasson
Post Office
Fountain Square
Dawes Coolidge Firm Roots Mark Political Lineage
A Boston report recalls the 147 year old Dawes and Coolidge grocery partnership in Worcester. It traces ancestral links to Gen. Charles Gates Dawes and to a presidential ancestor, with notes on the Dawes and Coolidge family’s early trades, religious devotion, and a 18th century Boston upbringing.
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Times
Boston
Mass
Dawes & Coolidge
Worcester
Coolidge and Dawes
Massachusetts
Illinois
Dawes
Charles Gates Dawes
Coolidge
United States
William
Patriot
Paul Revere
Longfellow
Puzzle a Day reveals island name hidden in sentence
A riddle describes a tall animal seen on a Mediterranean island. The island name is hidden within the sentence. identify it. Yesterday’s solution involved a three piece diamond puzzle with piece 2 fixed and pieces 1 and 3 shifted to complete the cross.
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Mediterranean
Geneva Meeting Set for July 18
The International Labor Office reports a first international meeting on industrial hygiene to be held in Geneva from July 18 to 26, 1924. The Swiss committee lists papers on lighting eyestrain, atmospheric conditions, ventilation, fatigue tests, and related methods with researchers from London Paris Liege Bologna and others. A separate Carthage Indiana incident notes Kellas Porter electrocuted at a paper mill. a wife and child survive.
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Times
Washington
International Labor Office
Geneva
Switzerland
Gaster
London
Oblath
Trieste
Stassen
Liege
L. Hill
Kohn-Abrest
Paris
Lehmann
Wurzburg
F. Lee
New York
Patrias
Bologna
Wyatt
Christiani
Institute d’Hysiene
University of Geneva
Times Special
Carthage
Ind
Kellas Porter
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Orville Houston
Committee On Rules
North Carolina Sound
Hawaii
King
Tenn
Daniels Incorporated Cor. E. Wash
Delaware Sts
Radio Meet
Northaern Paint Co
Central Ave
Kenwood
Or Advance Paint CO
W. Norwood Str
Drexel
Willna Tonic
Percy Grant
Dawes-Coolidge Frm
Ancestors Raw Grocery
William Dawes
Henry W. Holland
New England Historic Genealogical Society
Willem Dawes
Daweses
Lydie
Nicholas Boone
Lydia
John Coolidge
Wiliam Dawes
Willam Dawes
Chicago
Indianapolis
Louisville
Michigan City
City Ticket Office Union Station
Rushville
Indianapolis & Cincinnati Traction CO
L. Sayres & Company
Lake McCoy
Greensburg
Lake Front
Lon Lemay
Greensburg, Ind
Walter T. Biasengym
Siva
Maryland St
D &Ce
Indianapolis Times
Namy
Ford
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