Irish Rebels Hold Southern Cork Stronghold In Control
An official bulletin says rebels control central Cork and have moved their general headquarters to Clonmel from Limerick. Heavy fighting continues in Limerick as Free State forces disarm a Galway party, with reports of inconsistent claims about control in Munster and Cork.
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Headquar
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Connell
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County Insurance Committee
London
Cork Examiner
Munster
County Cork
Waterford
Kerry
Britain Will Not Change Naval Policy
In the House of Lords Baron Lee, First Lord of the Admiralty, said there were no new air or submarine attack developments prompting a change in British naval policy. The government has not reconsidered and does not intend to reconsider its plan to build two capital ships.
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London
Morgenthau Aims to Reorganize Austrian Industry
Henry Morgenthau Jr., former U S ambassador to Turkey, plans an international corporation capitalized at 50 to 60 million dollars to reorganize Austrian industry. He reports cooperation from the Austrian government and is consulting with financiers in Paris after returning from Vienna.
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Paris
Henry Morgenthau
United States
Turkey
Making Effort to Open Western Mines
The labor department pursues a return to work in Alberta British Columbia coal fields after a March strike. Following Hon James Murdock telegram the district agent has contacted both employers and workers. The situation mirrors U S efforts under President Harding to resume coal operations and observers expect a rapid Canadian settlement if work resumes in the American fields.
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Labor Department
District 18
Alberta
British Columbia
James Murdock
Harding
Parmentier Arrives to Press French Debt Plan in Washington
Jean V. Parmentier official representative of the French Government arrives aboard the steamer La Savoie en route to Washington. He will advise at the inter allied debt funding commission sessions, stressing France will pay debts but highlighting Germany as a key factor.
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New York
France
Germany
Jean V. Parmentier
la Savoie
Washington
British Mission to Tour Canada Opens Empire Exhibition Talks
A government communication from Winston Churchill announces a British Empire Exhibition mission to Canada next month. The seven members will travel free on Dominion lines to urge Canadian government participation in the project.
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Canada
Itawa
Winston Churchill
Forest fires sweep British Columbia causing heavy losses
Vancouver reports a brutal season with over 66 100 feet of green timber destroyed and about 3000 to 4000 acres burned in the last weeks. Grassy Bay 150 miles northwest of Vancouver has caused 5 000 000 feet of fir and cedar to burn. The coast district calls it the worst fire season in years.
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Vancouver
B.C
Grassy Bay
Coast District
Montreal Port Breaks Grain Shipment Record
The Grain Clearance Board reports Montreal Grain shipments from navigation opening to July 9 total 9,608,162 bushels, surpassing 1921. Montreal recorded 138,453,950 bushels last year, nearly fifty million more than any other North American port.
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Montreal
Canada Prime Minister in Washington Presses Boundary Treaty Revision
Rt. Hon. W. Mackenzie King met with Secretary Hughes to renew and modernize the century-old United States Canada boundary defense accord. A new treaty updating the Bush Bagot framework is expected to be negotiated.
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Washington
United States
Canada
W. Mackenzie King
Hughes
Lumber Camps in Ottawa Prompt Seasonal Building Boom
Activity in lumber camps near Ottawa drives wholesale lumber shortages and a busy season ahead. Companies idle for two years plan to resume operations, boosting demand in the market. The Dominion Livestock Branch also expects a positive effect on the horse market from this ramped camp activity.
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Ottawa
Dominion Livestock Branch
Local merchants urged to buy at home
A call for residents to support area businesses by shopping locally, boosting community commerce and keeping money within the local economy. Citizens encouraged to prioritize neighborhood shops for daily needs and services.
Cattle Embargo Debate Reopens in House of Lords
Lords members gather for talks on lifting the Canadian cattle embargo. Key figures including Lord Ernie and Lord Birkenhead clash over whether a pledge exists and what changes in policy and quarantine would allow limited admission of Canadian stock. Debate adjourned for two weeks as a Finlay commission backed pleuro-pneumonia findings and quarantine conditions.
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Lord Ernie
Ernie
Lord Birkenhead
Chan
Cellor
Duke of Devonshire
Sir Robert Borden
Canada
Dominion
United States
Lord Long
Lord Harris
Finlay Commission
Sudbury Swimmer George Coombs Wins Second in Regatta
George Coombs of Sudbury overcame the loss of both legs in an earlier accident to win second prize in the quarter mile swimming race at the local regatta.
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Sudbury
George Coombs
Reichstag Fixes 70 Billion Mark Loan for Allied Deliveries
The Reichstag taxation committee sets the compulsory loan at 70 billion marks to fund in kind deliveries to the Allies. The measure tightens wartime financing as calls for national unity rise.
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Berlin
Reichstag Taxation Committee
Moslem Leader Acquitted in War Incitement Case
Hazrat Mohani, president of the All-India Moslem League, is acquitted by the high court of inciting war. He was sentenced to two years for sedition on May 4 after a jury with five Indians failed to render a unanimous not guilty verdict. The case cites a December speech urging guerrilla warfare to form a republic named the United States of India.
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Ahmedabad
British India
Hazrat Mohani
All-India Moslem League
High Court
Mohani
All-Indian
Moslem League
United States of India
Body Turns to Stone Man Dies in Cheshire Home
James Burke, 27, once a clerical worker in the Panama Canal zone, died at Mother Margaret Mary home in Cheshire. Nine years earlier an insect bite began ossification, slowly stiffening his bones. He suffered much discomfort but remained cheerful throughout his illness.
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Pittsheld
Mass
James Burke
Mother Margaret Mary
Cheshire
Panama Canal Zone
Missouri Wreck Kills Five in Missouri Pacific Collision
Five people died and about 40 were injured, many seriously, when the Missouri Pacific Scenic Flier collided head on with a local freight train near Kansas City. The westbound passenger train was en route from St. Louis to California at the time of the crash.
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Missouri Pacificc Scenic Flier
St. Louis
California
Here
Tragic Freight Train Fatality at Woodstock Crossing
Cecil Young of Woodstock Ontario, described as deaf and dumb, was instantly killed when he walked into the path of a freight train at a level crossing. Local authorities investigated the accident and traffic controllers reported no heedless action by the train crew.
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Woodstock
Privy Council Deliberates Long in G T R Appeal Case
The Privy Council in London reserves judgment on the Grand Trunk Railway appeal against the arbitration board’s value of its stock after Canadian government acquisition. Lord Birkenhead and other peers weigh whether Sir Walter Cassels erred, with caution over a potential rehearing and its legal implications.
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Privy Council
London
Lord Birkenhead
Grand Trunk Railway
Board of Arbitration
Sir Walter Cassels
Drayton- Acworth
John Simon
Cassels
Lord Carson
Walter Cassels
Sir John Simon
Conference on Russian Problems Ends in Impasse at The Hague
A stormy session of the conference on Russian problems left little hope for agreement among powers. Russians demand absolute restitution for naturalized property while non Russians push for later mixed commissions to fix prewar debts. M Litvinoff warned the conference had exhausted its usefulness and would end without results.
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Hague
Genoa
M. Litvinoff
Russia
Collapse at Abu Elela Mosque Kills Fourteen
Fourteen people were killed and twenty injured when the roof of the Abu Elela Mosque collapsed during feast celebrations. The disaster caused extensive damage to the sacred structure and its antiquities.
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Cairo
Abu Elela
Mount Everest Party Returns in Fair Health After Hardship
Calcutta correspondent reports Brig General Charles C. Bruce and the Mount Everest party are in fairly good health despite hardships. They were delayed by flooded rivers in Tibet according to a Daily News dispatch.
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London
Charles C. Bruce
Calcutta
Daily News
Thibet
West May Need 60 000 Harvesters Montreal
Western harvest fields require about sixty thousand workers this year, up from thirty thousand from the east last year. An official of the Canadian Pacific Railway cites strong crop reports and a likely first train load of harvesters leaving around August 11 or 12.
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West
Montreal
Canadian Pacific Railway
Germany asks for relief from cash payments to reparations
Germany informs the Reparations Commission that it cannot meet cash duties tied to Versailles and London agreements, citing the mark’s depreciation. It seeks relief from 1922 1923 and 1924 payments and urges early resumption of foreign loan negotiations to avert a financial crisis.
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Germany
Reparations Commission
London
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