Northern Ireland Parliament Balloting Under Home Rule Act
Dublin dispatch reports Ulster voters in the North Ireland parliament election under the partition act. Key figures De Valera Collins Devlin and James Craig appeal for unity and loyalty to Britain as 52 seats in Belfast are contested and early results hint at strong unionist influence. Weather favorable and polling calm with minor disturbances noted.
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Cinternational
Dublin
Iledaer
Ulster
North Ireland
Ireland
Belfast
de Valers
Monna Valera
Irish Republic
Michael Collins
Irish Republican
Britain
Orange
Green
James Crate
Great Britain
Sir James
Welfast
Chloroform Robbery Suspect In Toledo and Pittsburgh Broker
International News Service reports Chicago May 24 that broker Jack Pandis with offices in Toledo and Pittsburgh was chloroformed in his father’s front hall and robbed of 304 in diamonds and cash. Two young men wielded revolvers, bound his hands, and rifled his pockets.
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International News Service
Chicago
Jack Pandis
Toledo
Pittsburgh
Landis
Jett Faces Sample Adversity in Westminster Presy Conflict
A fragmented river of garbled text hints at a tense confrontation involving Westminster Presy Wallace and the Graves era, with mentions of Jett, Indian blood, and ominous warnings. The legible pieces indicate a dramatic, possibly regional school or team standoff and threats of scalp-seeking actions.
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Wiwanis
Jett
Old
Westminster
Wallace
Goldbergs
Milky Way
Tanie
Gore
MacDull
Bill Toughens Penalties For Mistaken Hunter Fire
Harrisburg May 24 Severe penalties for shooting at a person by mistake for game are enacted in the Chaplin bill signed by Governor Sproul. If a death results the offender faces 2 to 5 years in prison and a 500 to 1000 dollar fine paid to the deceased’s relatives. If a wounded target dies or is hurt the fines and terms vary with 1 to 3 years in county jail and up to 500 dollars to the injured. The measure does not apply when actual hunting at wild game causes a human death or injury.
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County Falls
Atlantic Avenue Baptized by Automobiles During Circus Run
A News reporter records traffic on Atlantic Avenue as 16 machines per minute during two hours before the John Robinson circus opening. Two hours in the afternoon and evening saw 3,540 machines head to the circus ground, and 7,680 returned northward, peaking at 29 machines per minute. Projections if the rate persisted suggest 6,969 would travel to the circus and 13,920 including returns. Continued on page two.
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Atlantic Avenue
John Robinson
Engineers Seek Reinstatement In Brotherhood
The Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers convenes in Cleveland on May 24 to decide reinstating about 200 engineers who joined last summer’s outlaw strike that hampered rail service. Grand Chief Warren S. Stone and leaders oppose the move while many delegates prepare to debate on the floor. Also to be discussed is a renewal of the working agreement with the Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Enginemen.
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International News Service
Cleveland
Ohio
The
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
Warren S. Stone
Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen
Death toll in Alexandria rises to 48
May 24 London dispatch reports the Alexandria killing over the weekend has reached 48. Several wounded Egyptians died overnight as British authorities keep order. Also noted are marriage licenses for Norman Hanna, Isabel Cagne, John De Pilone, Mary Montant, Albert Wolthers, Pauline Lowry, and Iva Peet is seriously ill at the home of Mrs Edon Bradley on Allen Street.
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International News Service
London
Alexandria
Cairo
Norman
Hanna Caslle
Isabel M. Cagne
New Castle
John de Pilone
Ellwood City
Mary Montant
Elwooed City
Albpert J. Wolthers
New Cassig
Pauline Lowry
Iva Peet
Edon Bradley
Allen Satreet
Wind and hail wreak havoc in Lancaster area
A May storm in Lancaster Pennsylvania brought wind and hail winds lashed the region with three inches of hail near Peach Bottom. Dozens of buildings were damaged or blown down and livestock perished while wheat fields suffered near total destruction on several farms including the home of ex chief Tassice of the Supreme Court.
Mayflower In Rough Sea Bulletin
The Navy Department had not received radio contact with the presidential yacht Mayflower up to 12 16 this afternoon. The vessel carrying President Harding Mrs Harding and friends was en route from New York to Washington amid a 30 mile wind off the Jersey coast and Delaware breakwater. The gale likely slows progress though weather reports show fair conditions.
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Washington
Navy Department
Harding
New York
Weather Bureau
Jersey Coxet
Delaware
Fair St
Engineer Says Hats and Clothes Should Use Engineering
Washington engineer L. W. Wallace told the American Society of Mechanical Engineers convention in Chicago that women’s clothing wastes resources when styled to fashion. He faulted fashion dictates on men’s coats as well, urging engineering principles over trends.
Bank Robbery Sparks Massive South End Crowd
A Union National bank robbery stirred the south end as bystanders flocked to Long Avenue and Mill Street after the crime. Witnesses report two bandits with revolvers riding away at high speed in a car, estimated at fifty miles per hour.
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Union National Bank
Min Street
Long Avenue
South MII Street
Mill Streat
Germans Inflict Heavy Losses On Polish Insurgents
Berlin reports heavy losses for Polish insurgents near Annaberg in Upper Silesia as German volunteers aided by British and German officers halt the Polish advance along the Oder river. Five guns and six machine guns were seized after storming hill No. 160. Communists in Upper Silesia and Polish atrocities cited to justify the fighting. Fifty Berlin communists are said to have been captured.
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Ty Frank
Mason International News Service
Berlin
Annaberg
Upper Shlova
Kroppity
Rosenberg
Annaperg
Leschitz
Oder River
Bavarian Free Corps
Annaberk
Namelau
Lower Silesia
Namslau
Upper Silesia
Kattowitz
Germany
Upper Silegia
Bertin
Poinca
Paris
Silesia
Subscriptions Boost Milk and Ice Fund Near $100
Responses to the Milk and Ice Fund drive show growing generosity as the city realizes the need. The News Office report lists new subscriptions totaling $17 since Monday, bringing the overall to $98 with donors C L Cripps Frances H Ay ere Harold L Cotton Jr and Marlon Bradley Cotton contributing modest amounts. Subscriptions can be made at The News Mrs W J Marshall 068 Court Street or John G Nothdurft Dollar Savings Association.
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C. L. Cripps
Frances H. Ayere
Harold L. Cotton, Jr
Marlon Bradley Cotton
W. J. Marshall
Court Street
John G. Nothdurft
Wireless Aid Rescues Suffering Woman at Sea
In San Francisco on May 21 a naval radio and tug operation aided a woman with appendicitis. Operator C. TR. Class at Futellone Island station wirelessed that his wife was ill and a naval tug Tillamool sped to the island. She was taken aboard an hour later and then to hospital where she is reported doing nicely.
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International News Service
San Francisco
Twelfth District Naval Headquarters
C. TR
Futellone Island
Wne
Tillamool
Cliss
Bathing Beach Censorship Considered by City Council
The city council plans to let a contract for a bathhouse at Rural avenue on Neshannock creek and aims for completion by early June. The Big Run and Rural beaches will open in June to August with city supervision and a goal to attract hundreds of visitors. Council members say there are no current plans to regulate bathing suit types but reserve the right to set rules if censorship becomes necessary.
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Rural Avenue
Neshannock Creek
P. K. Fike
Big Run
Ques
France Threatens Ruhr Occupation Over Silesia Exit
Paris May 24 France warns Germany to withdraw volunteers from Upper Silesia or French troops will move into the Ruhr. Briand informs the German ambassador the measure may be taken if voluntary forces persist. Reports say heavy fighting continues as Poles clash with German reserves in Silesia and German volunteers seize guns.
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Germany
Ruhr
Paris
France
Rube
Upper Silesia
Briand
Wrange
Chamber of Deputies
Pro German Proclamation Threatens Military Organizers
A government proclamation in Germany imposes a 100000 mark fine and imprisonment for anyone forming a military organization. Signed by Chancellor Wirth and Interior Minister Grunalla, it aims to curb volunteers from fighting Poles in Silesia and to bar Germans from crossing into Silesia. The Berlin government also pledged to stop Germans from joining Silesian clashes by closing the frontier.
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Conternatioral
Iwerlin
Geramny
Preshiamt Whort
Wirth
Berlin
Silesia
France
Sileshy
Germu-Sibeliu
Recipe for a long happy life at 96 from Rev Antoinette Blackwell
Celebrating her 96th birthday the Rev Antoinette Brown Blackwell pastor emeritus of All Souls Unitarian Church known as the Grand Old Woman of Suffrage offered a recipe for happy womanhood. She urged top speed in house work social and political activity marriage and children and plentiful exercise especially in garden work, with devotion to causes she believes in and zealous care of the physical being.
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International Nelibarieth
Antoinette Brown Blackwell
All Souls Unitarian Church
British Constable Shot And Killed Near Mayo
In Dublin May 84 a British constable was killed in a five hour clash near Skirdeagh County Mayo as crown forces fought republicans. Eighteen policemen faced around thirty rebels, with reinforcements arriving by horse to pursue the attackers who were driven off.
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Ifnternational News Service
Dublin
Skirdeagh
County Mayo
Sing Fetners
Fragments From an Unruly Day in West Virginia
Snapshots show D Lavender arrested in Williamson for carrying a pistol. E Bill, president of Manufacturer's Light and Heat, funded a home in Prank-Yin. Eight barrels of whiskey stolen near Greensburg by bandits who fled. Bandits failed to extract hiding place from 82 year old Eas tward Ross near Greensburg. Washington schoolchildren exposed to typhoid fever via measures to curb disease. Mrs Filla Mi Koller, accused murderer, sentenced to reform school. Norman A.datovs injured selling trakes between cars. remains, to be cared for. Dr. Siti Ingram near Havenna considers adoption. Fifty gallons moonshine stolen from Justice of Pewe James Rays in South Charleston.
Death Record Sally Colly Ltes, 20
Sally Colly Ltes, age 20, of Laurel Arcus, died amid unclear circumstances at West eit Y Wantiniae. Funeral details pending.
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Sally Colly
Westeit Y Wantiniae
Laurel Arcnus
Hold-Up At Union National Bank After Noon
Five armed men robbed Union National Bank on Long Ave at about one o clock. They forced cashiers and patrons to lie on the floor, seized money from counters and private rooms, and fled in a Hudson Six toward Mill Street. Police pursued the bandits. no injuries reported. Officials estimate the haul could be several thousand dollars, with bonds left untouched.
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Union National Bank
Long Ave
Hudson
Mill St
Harry Nelson
E. B. Hawkins
William W. Eischbaum
Raymond George
Bane E. Johns
Davies
Polish Rebels Repulsed in Upper Silesia Fight
Polish insurgents in Upper Silesia were repulsed as German troops pushed back two in a chaotic clash. Reports from Reuters describe casualties and shifting lines amid the bombardment, with authorities noting no decisive outcome so far.
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Devlin
de Valera
Parliament
James Craig
Empire of Great Britain
Arthur Mometer
Hunter
Atlantic Ave
Warren Stone
Mr. T
Free Corps
Upper Siilesia
Wireless
Warellone
Primate
Hy Newton C. Parker
Brntt
Bucletis
Presnier Briand
D. Lavender
United Ming Workers
Williamson
W. Va
Ebill
Light and Heat Company
A Nerse
Prank- Yin
Greensburg
Eastward Ross
Filla Mi Koller
Wren, O
de Muaville
Norman A.datovs
Wml
Mynd- Tin
Siti Ingram
Near
Havenna
Olice of Justice
Pewe James Rays
South Charleston
W. Vu
Union National
Insurance
Bullefiny
Cater Alistat News
Upper Silesian
Touvings
Rosemberr
Carmi
Une Town
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