German Workmen in Upper Silesia Debate Plebiscite Fate
German workers in the plebiscite zone voice strong opposition to joining Poland. They warn of economic ruin and loss of German social protections if Upper Silesia becomes Polish, arguing for democratic Germany and continued control of local industry and resources.
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Associated Press
Oppein
Upper Silesia
Germany
Poland
Upper Silesian
England
United States
Notable Women in Brief: Retirement and Advances
A roundup of women’s milestones and curiosities: two Boston teachers Helen Crombie and Emma M. Savil retire after over fifty years service. US government data show living costs rising from 9.50 to 16.13 between 1915 and 1919. St Louis University grants bachelor of commercial science to three women, first in the school’s history. An auction of dancer Rigelboche’s effects reveals a silk dress hiding 1060 francs. Mrs Arthur Hamilton plans English Channel attempt in August, tied to English society and Gordon lineage.
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Helen Crombie
Emma M. Savil
Boston
United States
St. Louis University
Rigelboche
Paris
Arthur Hamilton
Solent
Hamilton
Duchess of Gordon
Gordon Highlanders
Local church groups announce meetings and farewell party
Oclet y Monday the Woman's Missionary Society of the Methodist Church will meet at the church at 4 PM. Tuesday the Sunbeam Band of the Baptist Church meets at 4 PM. Mrs Louis Joseph hosts a farewell party at 8 PM in honor of her sister Miss Rosalie Wormeer.
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Woman's Missionary Society of the Methodist Church
Sunbeam Band of the Baptist Church
Louis Joseph
Rosalie Wormeer
Ruth French
Arizona
Percy Mullen
Voices of Wind and Dusk in a Summer Reverie
Poetic reflection opens with wind dusk and stars speaking of love and heaven. A series of social and travel notes follows, listing people journeying to San Antonio, St Louis, Dayton, Laredo, and other places for summers, study, or visits, including Miss Bruna Puig and Miss Sofia Salinas.
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Bruna Puig
V. L. Puig
Sacred Heart College
St. Louis
Louis F. Puig
St. Mary's College
Dayton
Ohio
B. A. Puig, Jr
New Orleans
Laredo
Sofia Salinas
San Marcos
Clarissa Ryan
This
Place
San Antonio
California
Fort Worth
Girls Pass Life Saving Tests at Camp Pool
The Guadalupe River flow this summer draws campers to the pool near the camp grounds with good swimming prospects. Miss Flemming reports a positive fishing season. Edith Jimison led life saving tests for several young women, with five earning World's Life Saving Association emblems: Lottie Kingsbury Clarinda Jackson Edith Wilkins Anna Wilkins Lucille Huth.
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Guadalupe
Flemming
Association
Edith Jimison
World's Life Saving Association
World's Life Saving Association Are Misses Lottie Kingsbury
Clarinda Jackson
Edith Wilkins
Anna Wilkins
Lucille Huth
San Antonio Express
Today’s Events Across Nations Mark Summer Start
The 171st anniversary of Halifax’s founding is celebrated with a public holiday. Dr. Ernest H. Lindley of the University of Idaho will address commencement at the University of Oregon. Minnesota holds primaries for Congress and state offices. Duluth votes on welfare measures including daylight saving and a six cent car fare. Wilson’s antitrust wage panel meets in Washington. The International Chamber of Commerce opens its Paris convention. Sugar rationing takes effect in hotels and restaurants. Oxford hosts Keble College jubilee events. Yale Class Day ceremonies proceed. Portland hosts the Mystic Shriners convention. The second trial of 80 year old Mrs. Sarah Tabor in Michigan starts today.
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Halifax
Ernest H. Lindley
University of Idaho
University of Oregon
Minnesota
Congress
Duluth
Wilson
Washington
International Chamber of Commerce
Atlantic City
Paris
United States
Oxford
Ngland
Keble College
Yale University
Portland
Ore
Mystic Shriners
Sarah Tabor
Maude Tabor Virgo
Paw Paw, Mich
Local Professionals Directory Sketch
E A Atlee attorney at law lists office in the New Alexander Building beside Laredo National Bank with phone 771. R A and A E McCulloch dentists located in Wilcox Block over Western Union with phone 299. A dentist office is in the Richter Building at Market Plaza with phone 646. Dr W J Wilson appears last in the snippet.
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Alexander Building
Laredo Natal Bank
Richter Building
N. W. Corne Market Plaza
Civil War Rages in Londonderry Ireland
Exchange Telegraph reports civil war conditions prevail in Londonderry with authorities powerless. Several killed last night by pistol and rifle fire. Chicago dispatches describe rioting, arrests, and a parade clash with two whites dead and two seriously hurt as police hunt a supposed agitator and several alleged rioters.
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Associated Press
London
Londonderry
Ireland
Chicago
R. D. Jones
Hughes Critiques U S Governance At Harvard Law
Cambridge Mass June 21 Charles E Hughes spoke at Harvard Law School warning that current governance shows a lack of perspective and excessive dreary futilities. He said passion for legislation signals no democratic progress and noted waste in democracy attempting to function wisely with occasional constructive measures.
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Associated Press
Cambridge
Mass
Charles E. Hughes
Harvard Law School Today
Free Commonwealth
Railroad Time Table for Texas-Mexican and Connected Lines
Train No 1 departs Corpus Christi at 9 55 a m for Texas Mexican lines. Train No 2 arrives from Corpus Christi at 3 35 p m. Through fast train to St Louis leaves 9 30 a m arrives 4 p m. Night Train leaves 9 p m arrives 8 a m. Train 1 leaves Laredo daily except Sunday 8 30 a m arrives Minera 10 20 a m. Train 2 leaves Minera daily except Sunday 11 a m arrives Laredo 3 15 p m.
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Corpus Christi
Laredo
Minera
Yankee wins in Wimbledon first round match
Wimbledon England June 21 William M Johnson United States singles tennis champion won an easy victory over J M Flavelle in the opening round of the British lawn tennis championship tournament.
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Associated Press
Wimbledon
Eng
William M. Johnson
United States
J. M. Flavelle
Wheat prices rise to multi year high in Texas region
Fort Worth Texas June 21 new wheat brings 225 to 250 per bushel from farmer to dealer highest price in several years across this territory today indicating strong demand and market activity in local grain trade.
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Associated Press
Fort Worth
Texas
Medical Leaders Gather for Dominion Association Convention
Vancouver June 21. Hundreds of physicians surgeons and public health officials from across Canada and guests from the United States attend the Canadian Medical Association annual convention. The event, the largest medical gathering in the Dominion, includes sessions by the Canadian Public Health Association the Canadian Health Officers Association and other affiliated groups.
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Vancouver
B. C
Canada
United States
Candian Medical Association
Dominion
Canadian Public Health Association
Canadian Health Officers’ Association
Canadian Association For the Prevention of Tuberculosis
Dominion Committee For Mental Hygiene
The
British Columbia Hospital Association
Hagen odds lead British Open entries with Vardon and others
Walter Hagen among top contenders at 3 to 1 odds along with Harry Vardon Ted Ray and J H Duncan as entries for the British Open. Boston schedules a new Arena to replace the burned winter sports venue a du plicate of Philadelphia’s ice palace.
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Walter Hagen
America
Vardon
Mitchell
Ray
Duncan
Boston
Philadelphia
Annual stockholders meeting of Texas-Mexican Railway
The annual meeting of the Stock holders of The Texas-Mexican Railway Company will be held at the company's office in Laredo Texas on June 30 1920 at 9 00 a m for the purpose of electing directors and trans acting such business as may be brought before the meeting The Board of Directors will also hold meeting immediately after adjournment of stockholders 31 261 A B Muller Secretary
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The
Texas-Mexican Railway Company
Laredo
Texas
Commercial Travelers to Meet in Columbus
Commercial travelers known as the knights of the grip prepare to gather for the United Commercial Travelers of America national convention. Delegates from grand and subordinate councils across states will attend as sessions run through most of the week. An anticipated parade of at least 16,000 members and extensive entertainment plans for travelers and families are in place.
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Counbus
Knights of the Grip
United Commercial Travelers of America
Insurgent Workers Call a Convention for Union
Washington June 21 leaders of the insurgent I W W call a railroad workers convention at Chicago June 29 to perfect a single big union. The call is published in the Butte Daily Bulletin, which officials say is an IL W W publication.
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Associated Press
Washington
Chicago
Department of Justice
Butte, Mont
Daily Bulletin
Shekel Day Boosts Zionist Duty in London East End
In London on June 21 a Zionist event called Sheke Dy has become a community tradition among London's Jewish population. Participants tour friends and acquaintances to collect shekels, the revived Hebrew coin unit. Each one-shekel contributor gains a vote for a Zionist congress delegate.
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London
East End
England
Weather forecast and Fort McIntosh observations
The United States Weather Bureau forecast from New Orleans, relayed by The Times, notes tonight partly cloudy and warmer, with Tuesday partly cloudy in the interior. Fort McIntosh observed 24 hours to 7 a m: high 96, low 69, wind south northeast, conditions clear.
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United States Weather Bureau
New Orleans
the Telephone Co
Fort McIntosh
Service Squadron to Be Based in Canal Zone for Regional Duty
A special service squadron of cruisers and gunboats will be based in the Canal Zone and kept ready for duty in Mexico, Central America, and adjacent waters. The unit is to be organized around October 1, as announced by the Navy Department in Washington.
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Washington
Canal Zone
Navy Department
Southern Railways Post Net Balance In April
The Interstate Commerce Commission released a partial summary showing eastern and western territories incurred deficits in April net incomes, while Southern territory roads posted a net balance of 2,088,913 dollars after expenses.
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Sy Associated Press
Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
Six Die in Fire at Vancouver Apartment House
Six persons were killed and several injured when a fashionable apartment house burned to the ground in Vancouver BC at midnight last night.
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Associated Press
Vancouver
B. C
Sporting notes hint at Olympic 800m contender Meehan
Eddie Meehan of Notre Dame appears likely to contend for Olympic 800 metre honors. Billey Wright, Pacific coast welterweight champion, contracted rheumatism in the East and returned home. California college athletes excel in East baseball tennis and track.
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Eddie Meehan
Notre Dame
Billey Wright
California
Charles Whelan
Harvard
Salaries to Rise for Laredo Teachers on Higher Apportionment
State superintendent Annie Webb Blanton says the state school fund apportionment increases by 3.20 per capita to raise teachers salaries. City superintendent Christen tells The Times that salaries in the Laredo Independent School District will jump from ten to twenty dollars per month.
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Laredo Independent School District
Annie Webb Blanton
Christen
The
Times
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Laredo,Texas
Times Want
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Violet S. Oberfeldt
Dixie Willson
H. V. Puig
Daghter
Wm. Hebbrow
J. P. Leyendecker
Millett
8. A. Yates
George Winch
Helen MacGregor
Dorothy Derby
Emilie Hassell
Camp Idlewild
Refugio Diaz
Mary Ernestine
Dorothy Emilie Sielski
Marcus Wormser
Rosalie Wormser
Bristol
Tenn
New York
J. A. Burnett
Dallas
Greg
Margaret Schleyer
Lavelle Stewart
Madonna
Norman Sorrell
Camp Idlewilde
Physicians and Surgeons
J. T. Halsell
Richter
H. M. Austin
ORS. Lowry and
Crawford
Flores Ave
Lowry
H. Stow Garlick
Thaison Bldg
W. W. Shirey
J. T. Ward
Bertani
Adellina Thaison
Osteopath
Ella A. Chittenden
D. C
Bertani Bidg
HICKS
Alexander Bldg
E. A. Atlee
J. K. Thompson
W. J. Wilson
A. G. Thompson
City Drug Co
Cor. Hidalgo St
G. C. Hiatt
Salinas Ave
Brannan Building
Undertakers
H. L. Jackson
Jarvis Plaza
Travis Bruce Bunn
Flora Dilgarde Anderson
Christ Church Episcopal
Julian M. DE Villar
San Dario Avenue
GALL
Black Belt
North Ireland
Redding
Jones
William Hale Thompson
Roosevelt
South
Charles Hughes
Rio Grande
Eagle Pass
Texas Wheat High
Dominion Medics
Meeting of Stockholders
A. B. Muller
Union OF Rail
Workers
Weather Forecast
Southern Railways
Sporting Notes
Andy McDowell
Byberry
Lucilla McPherson
Roxy McPherson
Rex Dragon
Jerry Travers
K. O. Bill Brennan
Jack Dempsey
Battling Levinsky
Georges Carpentier
Jack Dillon
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