Settlement of Shopmen's Strike Dominates Congress News
Washington and New York report no definite settlement today as President Harding presses for strong federal action. Trade unions and railroad executives meet to discuss seniority and coal supply issues, while labor leaders warn of mounting car shortages and urged government power to enforce resolutions.
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Associated Press
New York
Warren
Stone
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
Washington
Watson
Harding
Congress
National Coal Agency
Railroad Labor Board
Herrin
Brotherhood
Warren S. Stone
Association of Railway Executives
Utives
T. DeWitt Cuyler
Julius Kruttschnitt
The
Southern Pacific
Mr. Cuyler
Mr. Stone
Bert M. Jewell
American Federation of Labor
Jewell
American Railway Association
American business men to visit Poland on trade mission
The Polish-American Chamber of Commerce invites American trade concerns and financial institutions to visit Poland to boost U S Poland trade relations. Twenty two American organizations have promised delegates and are expected to arrive early autumn.
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Poland
Associated Press
Warsaw
Chile Buys Large Railroad Electrification Equipment
Westinghouse Electric International ships the International Trade Special loaded with 33 cars of railway electrification gear destined for Chile. The Chile contract totals 7 million dollars and 39 locomotives. a 750 thousand dollar consignment travels from Pittsburgh to Philadelphia for shipment to Valparaiso. The project will power 144 miles of initial track with Rio Colorado hydro plants.
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Associated Press
Pittsburgh
Westinghouse Electric International Company
Chile
South America
South Philadelphia
Valparaiso
Panama Canal
Rio Colorado
Santiago
Las Vegas
Los Andres
Russian Bandit Antonoff Killed by Soviets Near Tambov
Alexander Antonoff once hailed as a Robin Hood figure led a long anti Soviet fight from a hiding hut near a village by the Vorona River. Police siege ended at night with two bodies found including Antonoff and his brother Dimitri after a roof fire and heavy gunfire.
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Associated Press
Tambouli
Russia
Alexander Antonoff
Robin Hood
Jesse James
Tamboff
Antonoff
Steppes
Red Army
Reds
Pokulukin
Marie Katosavana
Vorona
Dimitri Antonoff
Wooden houses safest in earthquake region
Dr. F Omori a seismologist told a society that Japanese wooden houses are safest in violent earthquakes and that Tokyo will not face a disastrous quake for years. He warned dangerous structures include earth, stone and brick buildings and that ferro concrete edifices are safe.
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Associated Press
Tokio
F. Omori
Society For the Study of
Woman Preacher Addresses Meet at Winona Lake
Rev. Madeline M. Southard of Winfield Kansas urged the International Association of Women Preachers to embrace public affairs and social betterment. She argued that women’s participation brings the mother view into law and religion and cautioned against over feminizing homes while calling for shared moral responsibility.
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Associated Press
Winona Lake
Ind
Madeline M. Southard
Winfield
Kan
International Association of Women Preachers
British Navy Faces Air Deficit with Nine Planes
In Commons remarks Captain Viscount Curzon warns the navy risks a fatal gap without air power while the air ministry counters with 98 fighting aircraft in commission. Critics urge more aircraft to defend against night raids and poison gas, and to protect trade routes.
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Associated Press London
Viscount Curzon
House of Commons
United States Navy
Curzon
Air Ministry
George Lambert
Admiralty
Kenworthy
Mr.Amery
50 000 Americans Needlessly Blind
The National Committee for the Prevention of Blindness urged normal schools and universities to teach sight conservation in health education courses. A 17 topic curriculum covers eye structure, vision testing, refraction by specialists, proper eyewear, lighting and seating, school room design, and appropriate textbook type sizes.
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New York
National Committee For the Prevention
Genevieve Ward American Actress Dies in London
Genevieve Ward, noted American tragedienne, died of heart failure at her Hampstead home in London today.
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Genevieve Ward
London
Hampstead
Troops Removed From Sunlight Mine Duty Near Madisonville
Governor Morrow ordered Captain John Norman and about twenty men relieved from duty at the Sunlight mine near Madisonville after tensions between union and non union miners. County officials requested withdrawal as troops were deemed no longer needed. Norman and some troopers will move to Earlington to relieve strike duty there.
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Sunlight Frankfort
Morrow
John Norman
Sunlight Mine
Madisonville
Norman
Earlington
German marks quoted at 8 cents with no takers
New York price report shows German marks at eight cents per hundred but no buyers appeared. The quote reflects currency trading activity with virtually no demand observed.
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New York
Forest fires kill and displace in Minnesota
North of the Biwabib region fires have killed twelve people and left hundreds homeless. Communications are down except for one telephone line. More than 1,600 Minnesota national guardsmen will be mobilized today to fight fires sweeping Northwestern Minnesota counties.
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St. Paul
Biwabib
Minnesota National Guardsmen
Minnesota
Simple duct-tying procedure promises youth return
The Sun day Express reports Vien nese surgeon Dr. Steinach has devised a rapid gland duct-tying operation to restore vitality in elderly men. No donor glands required, the method allegedly returns an eighty year old to forty, with hair color and skin rejuvenation evident within hours.
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London
Steinach
Sunday Express
The
Express
Unpublished Stevenson Letters Sold To American Buyer
London report says fifteen unpublished autograph letters of Robert Louis Stevenson to his cousin R A M Stevenson sold for 3500 dollars. The manuscript of the unpublished play Monarch mouth 59 pages brought 1200 dollars along with a letter from Stevenson at age 23. A letter written the day before his departure for America to marry fetched 150 dollars and an unpublished poem went for 65 dollars to an American collector.
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London
Robert Louis Stevenson
R. A. M. Stevenson
Stevenson
America
German Papers Facing Ruin Warned By U S Attache
Washington reports from Commercial Attache Herring in Berlin say German newspapers face closure as costs soar. Wages, paper, ink, and equipment have jumped massively, while subscriptions rise little. Subsidies or tax cuts are urged to protect the press and foreign news access.
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Washington
Commerce Department
Berlin
Herring
Entente
Eloping preacher denies embezzlement and illicit romance
McAlester Oklahoma Rev J C Trotter jailed on Brooks Institute embezzlement charges denies eloping with Miss Audrey Campbell a Brooks nurse and denies illegal relations while Campbell admits romance but denies knowledge of theft. Trotter says audits will vindicate him and his wife is described as a grand woman.
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McAlester
Okla
Audrey Campbell
J. C. Trotter
Brooks Institute
Hartshorne
Campbell
Methodist Episcopal Church
South
Haileyville
Trotter
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