Pacific ships to be torn down under arms conference order
Two Pacific coast shipyards begin destroying seven battleship hulks under an armament conference mandate. Mare Island houses Montana Georgia Nebraska New Jersey Rhode Island Vermont. most were built in 1904 and served in World War I.
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Associated Preas
San Francisco
Cal
Hammer
Torch
Pacific Coast
Washington
Montana
Mare Island
Georgia
Provincetown
Mas
Connecticut
Puget Sound
Bob” Evans
Nebraska
New Jersey
Rhode Island
Vermont
Klan Watches Abbott Home After Member's Death
At Abbott home a Klan detail remains on watch following the killing of a Klansman in Carnegie during a parade clash. Funeral services are planned with Pennsylvania Klan officers and many members present. In Scottdale a Klan march may proceed next Saturday if permit is granted, with prior incidents noted between Uniontown area Klansmen and attackers.
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KLAN
Abbott Home
Associated Prose
Auinsburg
Penn
Ku Klux Klan
Little House
Thomas R. Abbott
Carnegie
Pennsylvania
Scottdale
Knights of the
Burgess W. L. Shaffer
Burgess
Uniontown
Pittsburgh
Pattonville
Hawkeye
Gtory
Oil industry probe urged over Standard Oil market manipulation
Kansas and Oklahoma attorneys general request a nationwide investigation into the oil trade to determine if Standard Oil is driving down prices to crush 4000 mid country producers. The request follows tensions in Munich Gladbach amid clashes between Berlin loyalists and separatists seeking a meeting.
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Dusseldorf
League For Rhenish
Minneapolis
Minn
United States
Charles B. Griffiths
George F. Short
Kansas
Oklahoma
Standard Oil Company
Sears Executive's Son Escapes in Milwaukee Case
Cyrus Adler son of Sears Roebuck vice president Max Adler faced charges after a Milwaukee girl alleged he carried a revolver and offered a ride. Aunts and relatives did not appear in court as the judge dismissed a serious count and police guarded Adler at his father's Chicago home amid tense crowds.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Samuel Trude
Cyrus Adler
Max Adler
Sears, Roebuck and Company
Milwaukee
Adler
R. P. Gibbons
Young Adler
Dail Elections Begin in Irish Free State Holiday Declared
Voting opens across the Irish Free State with 1.75 million eligible voters, including 500000 new voters. Dublin polls close at 7 pm amid security measures and anticipated delays in results, while republican manifesto attributed to Eamon de Valera is linked to Mrs. Erskine Childers.
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Irish Free State
Associated Press
Dublin
Larkin
Civic Guard
Eamon de Valera
Erskine Childers
Henry II
Chamberlain Named Chancellor and Hicks Health Minister
Official notice from London dated August 27 confirms Neville Chamberlain as chancellor of the exchequer and Sir William Johnson-Hicks as minister of health.
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London
Neville Chamberlain
Exchequer
Sir William Johnson-Hicks
Veterans of Foreign Wars choose Kansas City as national HQ
The 1923 convention in Norfolk opens with the selection of Kansas City Kansas as the national headquarters. The VFW council adopted resolutions accepting Kansas City's offer of a full wing in the new memorial building for the organization.
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Norfolk
Kansas City
Kan
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Council of Administration of the
Mississippi Voters Set Second Democratic Gubernatorial Primary
Mississippi moves toward a second Democratic primary to decide the governor between Henry L. Whitfield of Columbus and Theodore G. Bilbo of Poplarville. P. P. Garner and J. C. Holton also contest a statewide post, with Bilbo drawing rural support and Whitfield strong in central and delta regions. Milestones include Whitfield backing from Gov. Lee Russell and former Vardaman factions, Bilbo’s jail-related controversy, and closing rallies in McComb and Prentiss Mount Olive areas.
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Henry L. Whitfield
Columbus
Theodore G. Bilbo
Poplarville
P. P. Garner
J. C. Holton
Vicksburg
Garner
Whitfield
Vardaman
Bilbo
Jeff Bell
Birmingham
Alabama
Lee Russell
Lester C. Franklin
Russell
Birkhead
Whifield
United States
Hubert D. Stephens
New Albany
Marion W. Reily
Meridian
Webb Venable
Clarksdale
Mississippi
Delta
Judge W. 8S
Houston
Aberdeen
McComb
Mike Conner
Pike County
Daisy McLaurin Stevens
Brandon
Hardin Brooks
Prentiss
Jeff Davis County
Mount Olive
Covington County
Tragic Indian Play Ends in Double Burn Fatalities
In Wall township New Jersey two 16 year olds Charles Spindler and William Hubbard were tied to a tree by Richard Foreman and Caleb Hubbard and burned as part of a juvenile western drama. Both victims died after being removed to a hospital.
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Associated Press
Beimar
N. J
Wall Township
Here
Charles Spindler
William Hubbard
Richard Foreman
Caleb Hubbard
Hubbard
Experts Condemn Bobbed Hair for Older Women
New York reports the National Hair Dressers Association to hold its third annual convention in September. It bans bobbed hair for women over thirty, deeming the style ruined by aging wearers, while approving shorter styles for younger flappers.
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New York
National Hair Dressers Association
Germany on the brink of ruin warns Victor Berger
Milwaukee congressman Victor Berger reports from Europe that Germany is near collapse and could pull France down with it. He cites the Hamburg socialist congress results, notes no hostility toward America, and argues a $1 billion loan could revive German industry and stabilize the mark. He accuses America of aiding France and interfering in world affairs.
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Associated Press
New York
Germany
France
Victor Berger
Milwaukee
Congress
Albert Ballin
Europe
International Socialists
Hamburg
Berger
America
Railroads Brace for Strike Emergency Shifts in Coal Stocks
New York Aug 27 Railroads nationwide prepared for possible miner walkouts by Sept 1 with coal stocks rising from 6.76 million to 14.10 million tons by Aug 1 and expected to reach 18 million by Sept 1 nearly covering needs through next spring. If suspensions occur trains in transit would be requisitioned to regions with coal shortages as last winter.
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Associated Press
New York
American Railway Association
Two Men Fatally Struck by Train Near Gore Oklahoma
Fort Smith Arkansas reports James Bradshaw was killed and Frank Williams fatally injured when struck by a Missouri Pacific freight train near Gore Oklahoma last night. The two men, residents of Vian Oklahoma, had reportedly fallen asleep on the tracks.
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Associated Press
Fort Smith
Ark
James Bradshaw
Frank Williams
Missouri Pacific
Gore
Oklahoma
Vian
Oklatoma
Coolidge joins in movement to stop anthracite strike
Governor Pinchot opens a United effort with miners and operators in Harrisburg to avert a September 1 suspension of mining. Officials from both sides attend the conference, with John L. Lewis absent and Phillip Murray present, as talks proceed behind closed doors to seek a settlement.
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Coolidge
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
Atlantic City
Phillip Murray
Mr. Lewis
Government watches Pinchot talks at Harrisburg for anthracite mine settlement
Washington officials said they had confidence in Gov. Pinchot and the miners and operators representatives conference in Harrisburg to settle the dispute and prevent a threatened September 1 shutdown of the anthracite mines. Officials kept in close touch with developments while the Pennsylvania executive acted with a free hand.
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Harrisburg
Pinchot
Pennsylvania
Coolidge
Associated Press
Washington
Gov. Pinchot
Oklahoma Officer Pleads Guilty to Riot Charge
Arthur Finley constable of Broken Arrow pleaded guilty in district court to riot. He faces sentencing to the state penitentiary. Prosecutors say he confessed to participating in the July 1922 whipping of Mrs Myrtle Goolsby in Broken Arrow as part of a riot ordered by army aviators.
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Y Associated Press
Tulsa
Onle
Arthur Finley
Broken Arrow
State
Baird H. Markham
Military Court of Inquiry
Finley
Myrtle Goolsby
San Diego Aviators Seek Endurance and Distance Records
Captain L. H. Smith and Lieutenant J. P. Richter launched from Rockwell Field at 5 07 a m to attempt continuous flight of 45 to 50 hours for endurance speed and distance. They planned mid air refueling and regular contacts every two hours and aimed to stay aloft above San Diego. Previous attempts on June 27 and 28 ended with a forced landing after five hours and another after about 24 hours in fog.
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Associated Press
San Diego
Calif
L. H. Smith
J. P. Richter
Rockwell Field
North Island
Dehaviland
Smith
Richter
Birkenhead Speech Displeases British Press
London reports on the Earl of Birkenhead’s first American tour speech drawing sharp negative reaction from the British press. Editorials in the Morning Post, Daily News, Westminster Gazette and London Daily Herald accuse him of isolationist or risky, self serving views about Wilson and postwar policy.
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Associated
London
Earl of
Europe
L’enfant Terrible
Daily News
Westminster Gazetts
Birkenhead
England
Westminster Gazette
Woodrow Wilson
Wilson
London Daily Herald
Labor
Express Train Derailed Near Gary Injures, Kills Engineer
A westbound Baltimore and Ohio express train was derailed by a washout 14 miles east of Gary Indiana early today. The engineer was killed and pinned under the overturned engine.
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Associated Press
Gary
Ind
Baltimore and Ohio
Here
Standard Oil of New York to Vote on Stock Increase
A special meeting of Standard Oil Company of New York stockholders is called for September 12 to vote on increasing capital stock from 225 million to 235 million dollars. The action was announced today in New York.
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Standard Oil Meeting
New York
Standard Oil Company of New York
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