Tulsa Race Riots Endutu Red Gates Leave City In Ruin
Tulsa amid martial law after 20 hours of race rioting. Seven whites confirmed dead with about sixty blacks killed. fires threaten the 1500 black homes while hospitals overflow with wounded. Oklahoma National Guardsmen restore order as police and deputies search black neighborhoods.
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International Neves Servicers
Tulsa
Okla
Robertson
The
International News Service
Polite
Oklahoma National Guardsmen
Rising Violence Forces Evacuation as Houses Are Seized
The Whites and conditions grew more serious hourly. Homes were entered one by one with women ordered into the streets and men who resisted were shot.
Girl Killed at Grade Crossing in Mooresville
Hazel Stevens 18 and her sister Jennie Cole 23 were struck by a Pennsylvania freight train at a Mooresville crossing. The sisters, walking arm in arm to a bakery job, were engrossed in conversation and did not hear the approaching train. Hazel was killed and Jennie was probably fatally injured.
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Mooresville
Indy
Hazel Stevens
Jennie Cole
Pennsylvania
Rail unions plan Chicago meeting to decide wage cut response
US railway unions announce a June 27 28 gathering in Chicago to answer the 400 million dollar wage cut decision by the railway labor board. They warn of a possible strike or work stoppage and call workers to unite in a defensive alliance against wage reductions and lower standards. Congressman Huddleston of Alabama will address a June 5 Baltimore mass meeting to protest wage cuts.
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Berehoy
Washington
Railway Labor Board
Chicago
Southern Pacific
United States
Canada
Co-Operative Alliance
Congresman
Huddleston
Alabama
Baltimore and
Vicinity
Tragic child murder trial opens with boy witness
In Knox Indiana on June 1 11 year old Harry Sherman testifies for the prosecution in the murder trial of Cecil Burkett 11 charged with killing 7 year old Bennie Slavin Sherman says he saw Burkett shoot Bennie the boys were playing together in Burkett yard Cecil denies the shooting was accidental while not pointing the gun at Bennie Cecil remains composed though sleepy and studies a hand drawn map of the scene while awaiting further testimony
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Bennie
Sherman
Cecil
Inc
Tence
New Wage Deal for U S Railway Workers July 1
Two million railway workers face a 12 percent wage cut effective July 1 as the U S Railway Labor Board grants railroads permission to reduce pay. The award also overhauls working rules after government control, with widespread reductions across divisions including conductors, engineers, clerical staff, and maintenance.
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International News
Rervie Oy
Chicago
United States
United States Railway Labor Board
Tig
New York Central Railroad Company
Et al
Brotherhood of Railway and Steamship Clerks
Great Brotherhoods
Wage Reductions Set Across Clerk and Station Staff
The new awards cut pay across clerks with two years experience by 13 cents per hour and those with under one year by 6.42 cents hourly. New clerks get 67.50 first six months and 77.50 next six. Callers, announcers, janitors, watchmen see 10 cent cuts. office boys five cents. Only workers earning up to 30 dollars monthly are exempt.
Senator Harry New Seeks renomination in Indiana trip
The hat of U S Senator Harry New was in the ring for renomination on the Republican ticket. New admitted his Indiana trip aimed to strengthen his political stance and fences while his present term runs until next year. He said his record justifies another term.
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International News Services
Indianapolis
U. S
Harry New
New
Indiana
Shane
Ale
Grand Jury Probe Planned in Death of Margaret Van Camp
Tippecanoe county grand jury prepared to question witnesses about the death of 20 year old Margaret Van Camp of Battle Ground. The body was found in the Tippecanoe river on May 16 after she and her lover Ray Runkle took a ride the night before.
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Runkle Alsc
Battle Ground
F. M. Fiddle
VanCamp
Weinhart
Runkle
Charles van Camp
Margaret
VanCamy Savial
Tunkle
Ash Grove
Eivor
Ray
Pam
Pearl Bryan
Bryan
Ohio
Cincinnati
Wendart
Cable companies not liable for full damages ruling
The Supreme Court held on June 1 that cable companies are not liable for the entire damages caused by incorrect cable transmissions into the United States. This decision narrows potential liability for interstate cable errors.
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Washington
United States
Supreme Court
Harding appoints Bone as Alaska governor
President Harding named Scott C. Bone to be governor of Alaska. Bone previously served as publicity director for the Republican National Committee during the campaign.
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Washington
Harding
Scott C. Bone
Alaska
Bone
Republican National Committee
Scoville
Guernsey Cattle
Coal strike in England harms women workers across industries
London May 28 Unemployment from the coal strike hits women hard across England. Reports from labor centers show widespread job loss in engineering, pottery, textiles and related sectors. Glasgow and Edinburgh also report high female unemployment, with thousands registered out of work and many on short time.
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London
England
Ministry of Labor
Liverpool
St. Helens
Lancashire
Yorkshire
East Midlands
Leeds
Bermondsey
Tiead
East Ham
Edgware
Camberwell Green
Holloway
Shepherd's Bush
Tooting
Scotland
Dumbarton
Glasgow
Edinburgh
Calf Club Show Announces 229 in Cash Prizes
Boone County Calf Club to hold annual show next Saturday with $229 in prizes across seven classes for cows, heifers, and calves from first to third imports. Judges from the American Guernsey Club will rate animals on type, handling, and a written story, with ribbons for top animals and public expenses covered.
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Boone County Calf Club
Scoville
American Guernsey Club
Calf Club
Ita
Brat
Pas
Guernsey
Guérnsey
Bank Messengers Robbed of 18000 in Minneapolis
In Minneapolis on June 1, four armed bandits held up two Millers and Traders’ State Bank messengers as they arrived with currency. They seized a satchel containing about 18000, searched the men, then fled in a touring car toward St. Paul. Police and county deputies pursued.
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Nervinces
Minneapolis
Minn
Millers and Traders' State Bank
Chamber of Commerce
Minneapolia
D. B E. Bray
Emmet Erickson
Virgil Decker Goes on Trial for Murder
Virgil Decker, 19, stands trial in Warsaw Indiana charged with killing his friend Leroy Lovett 20 of Elkhart in a Tippecanoe river cabin. The state seeks the death penalty. Lovett’s body was found on a railroad crossing with coroner’s evidence of murder. The Decker family, including Lydia, Fred, and Calvin, are jailed awaiting related charges.
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Ite
International Newa Service
Warsaw
Ind
Virgil Decker
Leroy Lovett
Elkhart
Tippecanoe River
Lovett
Decker
Lydia Decker
Fred
Calvin Decker
Marion
Todlay
Purdue Juniors Lead 105 Classmates to Michigan Camp
Karl Snepp and Myron Tauer, both Purdue civil engineering sophomores, depart with 105 classmates and four instructors for an eight week surveying camp in the Clear Lake area of Michigan. The group will live in the wilds and apply their studies by charting and surveying the land.
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Karl Snepp
Myron Tauer
Purdue University
Clear Lake
Michigan
Wilds
Peace returns to Europe after Versailles era
London reports peace normalcy coming back to Europe for the first time since the Versailles treaty. Allies seek an international settlement to end German Polish clashes in Silesia while noting other industrial and political tensions elsewhere.
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London
Europe
Silesia
Silesa
Germany
Poland
Great Britain
Italy
Russia
Foreign coal flows to Britain as embargo ends
London June 1 foreign coal, much of it American, resumed entering Great Britain after railway men and transport workers lifted the embargo. A long conference of the labor triple alliance held last night abandoned the blockade saying it was bad tactics. The embargo, set during the national coal strike that began April 1 to aid miners, was rejected by the miners but there is growing discontent among miners about the government proposals.
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London
Great Britain
Labor
Triple Alliance
Telephone consolidation authorized by bill
WashingtonJune 1 Consolidation of all the telephone systems of the United States is authorized by a bill reported favorably to the House by the Interstate Commerce Committee. The measure does not interfere with state powers to regulate or prevent such consolidations.
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Washington
United States
House
Italy Sees Over One Million Idle as Government Strike Grips
Milan June 1 More than 1,000,000 persons were idle in Rome and across Italy after a strike by government employees demanding a 40 monthly wage increase. Clerks refused work while teachers deserted desks. sympathy actions by some non government workers were noted. Railway workers weigh a sympathy strike but have not decided.
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Milan
Rome
Italy
Marion Rejects Commission Manager Government In Landslide
In Marion Indiana voters rejected the commission-manager form by a near four to one margin. unofficial returns show 5,745 against the change and 1,580 in favor. The city will retain its current council-mayor system.
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Marion
The
International News Service
Ind
Ion
Vrecinets
Lally
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Roy
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U. S. Labor Board
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U.S
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Aol
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TRAL
Lebanon Hays
Purdue
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