Mount Etna Eruption Threatens Linguaglossa and Castiglione
An unconfirmed Rome dispatch reports Mount Etna lava threatening Linguaglossa and Castiglione near Catania. The lava streams, up to 300 meters wide, have overrun farms and pine groves, destroyed railway stations, and forced evacuations of towns with 15 000 and 10 000 residents respectively.
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Associated Areas
London
Rome
Naples
Linguaglossa
Mount Etna
Catania
Castigilone
Lirguayglosa
Cerro
Asealated
Presse
Castiglione
Mount Nero
Catiglone
Linguaglessa
Craps Fight Ends in Miner’s Death at Labuco
Twenty five cents won and returned in an alleged crap game sparked a fight between two coal miners at Labuco. N. B. Beecham, 56, died from a fractured neck in the scuffle with Nake Higg inbotham after he lost the twenty five cents. Coroner J. D. Russum investigated.
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Associated Proes
Birmingham
Ala
Labuco
N. B. Beecham
Nake Higginbotham
J. D. Russum
Zionist Convention Moves to Include Other Jewish Groups
The Baltimore Zionist convention voted 167 to 3 to invite other Jewish groups to participate in Palestine affairs. A resolution urged the World Zionist Congress to grant these groups 50 percent representation in the Jewish Agency, eventually to be replaced by an elected world Jewish congress. The session, held in Hebrew, also noted the departure of Dr. Chaim Weizmann for New York en route to Europe.
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Associated Press
Baltimore
Zionist Convention
Palestine Colony
World Zionist Congress
Carlsbad
League of Nations
Palestine
World Jewish Congress
Chaim Weismann
World Zionist Organization
New York
Europe
U S Labor Board Rebukes Pennsylvania System for Labor Rights
The U S Labor Board publicly rebuked the Pennsylvania System for ignoring labor board mandates in its dealings with shop workers. It cites denial of workers rights to vote for shop crafts reps and to elect a union, branding the system a coerced minority. The board notes no other railroad has taken such a stance and that Congress intended majority representation to negotiate wages and conditions.
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Aso
Chicago
United States Labor Board
Pennsylvania
Labor Board
United States Supreme Court
Congress
Company
The
Changes in Reclamation Service leadership announced
Washington, June 18. Secretary Work announced reorganizing the reclamation service by abolishing the director's office effective July 1. D. W. Davis, former Idaho governor, will assume charge with the title of commissioner.
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Washington
Reclamation Service
D. W. Davis
Idaho
Rotary Welfare Work Proposals Take Center Stage
St Louis June 18 The Rotary International committee on proposed legislation discussed welfare work for crippled children and whether district clubs should be administrative instead of advisory. The meeting preceded the fourteenth annual convention and consideration of Rotary assuming the International Society for Crippled Children’s program. President Obregon invited the convention to Mexico City in 1924 with Texas Rotarians backing the effort.
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Associated Press
St. Louis
Rotary International
Theeting
International Society For Crippled Children
Obregon
Mexican Republican
Mexico City
Texas
Southern Republic
Fendick Urges Colleges to Breed Independent Thinkers
Dr Marty Emerson Fendick of New York’s First Presbyterian preached at the University of Michigan commencement urging America’s colleges to produce a minority of independent men and women who rise above the average. He criticized bowing to majority rule and called for firm stands against lawlessness and bias, includingVolstead act enforcement and lawful reform through democratic means.
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Ann Arbor
Mich
Marty Emerson Fendick
First Presbyterian Church of New York
University of Michigan
Universities of America
Fosdick
America
Convicts Rush To Arkansas Levees To Guard Cotton Crops
A detachment of 135 convicts was dispatched from Cummins state farm to South Bend in Lincoln county to shore levees after the riverbank began to cave. Officials reported seepage but levees appear in good condition, with 15 000 to 20 000 acres of cotton at risk from flood seepage.
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Associated Press
Pine Bluff
Ark
State Farm
Cummins
South Bend
Lincoln County
J. Walter Jones
Penitentiary Commission
Ford and Parker in Meeting Sparks Connecticut Valley Talk
Ford and Governor John M. Parker of Louisiana met in Springfield on June 18 with a large Democratic delegation. The session fueled speculation about possible presidential candidacies, though both men avoided confirming any discussion of their nomination prospects. Ford denied any affiliation with the Ku Klux Klan and said he belonged to no secret organization.
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Springfield
Mass
Henry Ford
John M. Parker
Louisiana
Connecticut Valley
French complete tie up of German rail lines
The French seized 170 locomotives and 2,000 freight cars on lines between Dortmund and Bescon, nearly sealing their control of Ruhr transport. Food scarcity worsens as Dortmund Bochum and nearby towns run short on butter eggs milk and cheese. About 2,500 residents of Witten receive bread from Moscow relief groups amid supply troubles.
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Pess
Dortmund
Bochum
Witten
Moscow
Cotton seed and products totals from census report
Washington June 18 The Bureau of Census reports ten months August 1 to May 31 cotton seed crushed reached 3 193 524 tons up from 2 962 840. On hand at mills May 31 23 098 vs 23 380 last year. Crude oil 982 767 658 pounds. Refined oil 873 094 702 pounds. Cake and meal 1 462 327 tons. Linters 594 698 bales. Exports linters 35 875 bales.
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Associated Seal
Washington
Playgrounds Open in West Monroe and Monroe
West Monroe and Monroe opened playgrounds at 9 this morning with Miss Mildred Benson Miss Henrietta Shholars Miss Georgia Tucker and Miss Jennie Bell Simpson directing. The Barkdull Faulk site lacks a director but a replacement will be named soon. Children from both cities are invited to join in games and stories at the nearest playground.
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West Monroe
Monroe
Mildred Benson
Henrietta Shholars
Georgia Tucker
Jennie Bell Simpson
Parish
Barkdull Faulk
Minnesota Voters Clarify Political Horizon
Minnesota voters used a special primary to choose three contenders for the late Knute Nelson's unexpired U.S. Senate term. Nine Republicans three Farmer Labor and two Democrats ran for the July 16 final election amid cautious prognostications and shifting party coalitions.
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Associated Press
St. Paul
Minn
Minnesota
Knute Nelson
United States
Farmer
Amundsen Abandons North Pole Flight Plan
London reports Captain Raald Amundsen has abandoned the proposed airplane crossing of the North Pole. A telegram cited by the Norwegian defense minister notes a May 10 flight attempt was very satisfactory but the plan was forced to be abandoned. The message from Leon Amundsen confirms the decision.
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Amundsen
North Pole
London
Christiana
Norway
Raald Amundsen
Pole
Leon Amundsen
Raold
Norwich
Alaska
Raold Amunssen
Impressive Ceremony Opens Stone Mountain Carving
In Atlanta on June 18 a grand ceremony marked the start of the Stone Mountain Confederate memorial work. Governor Hardwick of Georgia and Governor Lee Trinkle of Virginia led a parade through downtown to the Henry Grady monument and the state capitol grounds before proceeding to Stone Mountain for the dedication events.
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Atlanta
Great Stone Mountain
Hardwick
Georgia
Lee Trinkle
Virginia
Stone Mountain
Trinkle
Old Guard
Henry Grady
State Capitol
John B. Gordon
Dr Cole donates factory site to start Ouachita enterprise
Dr H C Cole of Ouachita parish donates 20 acres on DeSiara road beside the Missouri Pacific line for the Louisiana Glass Manufacturing Company. The $200000 concern plans to locate in Monroe and produce glass tableware and novelties, as urged by the Monroe Chamber of Commerce.
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DR Cole
Ouachita Enterprise
H. C. Cole
Ousachita Parish
DeSiara Road
Missouri-Pacific
Louisiana Glass Manufacturing Company
Monroe
Monroe Chamber of Commerce
Louisiana Glass & Manufacturing Company
Cole
British destroyer seizes Turkish transport near Marmora
The British destroyer Splendid intercepted a Turkish transport in the Sea of Marmora carrying guns from Thrace. The capture followed intelligence that guns and troops were clandestinely moved from Thrace in violation of the Mudania armistice amid rising hostilities with Greece.
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Splendid
Sea of Marmora
Associated Press
Constantinople
Thrace
Mudania
Greece
July cotton contract break follows yield to new liquidations
Yielding to a renewed liquidation, July cotton contracts fell eighty five points to around 34.4 cents per pound with the July month at 27.00 cents. New crop months slipped sixty to sixty seven points on favorable weather and crop prospects, sending October to 24.34.
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Associated Dress
New York
Harding says government living within its means again
President Harding told department heads and bureau chiefs that the government has eliminated the deficit and built a 200 million dollar surplus. He cited a 256 million dollar reduction in expenditures the past year and urged further cuts as a new fiscal year begins.
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Associated Press
Washington
Ment
Harding
Treasury
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Castiglione Station
Italy
Palestine Movement
U. S. Labor Board
Rotary
Mexico
Arkansas
Ford
Parker
Kh. K. K
Germany
Ruhr
Bureau OF Census
Farmer-Laborites
J. A. O. Preus
Oscar Hallam
Magnus Johnson
Preus
L. A. Fritsche
New Hull
Farmer-Labor
James A. Carley
Plainview
Democratic State Organization
Reveai
Francis Cary
Minneapolis
Freya
J. A A. Burnquist
Ernest Lundeen
Havor Steenerson
Victor Power
Hibbing
John J. Martin
C. A. Linbergh
Mhore
Genasco
R. E. Heap
Police
Ronad
la. Gas Products Corporation
Dewdrop
Monroe Steam
Chas. Saxe, Marshal
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